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Tourism Business Improvement District Board Minutes
March 26, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
TBID Board Present: Member Lori Keller, Member Winston Newland, Member
Prashant Patel, Member Sandy Sandoval, Chair Clint Pearce
City Staff Present: Economic Development & Tourism Manager Molly Cano,
Tourism & Community Promotions Manager Jacqui Clark-
Charlesworth
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1. CALL TO ORDER
A Special Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Tourism Business Improvement District
Board was called to order on March 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing
Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, by Chair Pearce.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Public Comment:
None
--End of Public Comment--
3. BUSINESS ITEMS
3.a GALA PRIDE & DIVERSITY CENTER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP (25
MIN)
Representatives from Noble Studios provided a recap on last year’s Pride
marketing and provided recommendations for this year. Dusty Colyer-Worth from
GALA Pride & Diversity Center presented a proposal for a 15-month strategic
partnership and responded to inquiries.
Public Comment:
None
--End of Public Comment—
Motion by Member Sandoval
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Seconded by Member Newland
ACTION: To allocate $23k to paid media for this year’s Pride events from the
Research budget and $30k to GALA Pride & Diversity Center for a strategi
partnership from the Events budget.
Ayes (5): Member Keller, Member Patel, Member Sandoval, Member Newland,
and Chair Pearce
Absent (2): Vice Chair Bates and Member Nipool Patel
CARRIED (5 to 0)
3.b SELECT RFP PROPOSALS FOR INTERVIEWS (65 MIN)
Public Comment:
None
--End of Public Comment—
ACTION: Board consensus to invite the top five scoring agencies for first
interviews on April 16, 2024.
4. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 2:24 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the
Tourism Business Improvement District Board is scheduled for April 10, 2024 at
10:00 a.m. in the Council Hearing Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis
Obispo.
APPROVED BY TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD: 04-10-
2024