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Visitor's Bureau Fund <br />4. The Visitors Bureau requests an appropriation of $100,000 from available fund balance <br />of the Visitors Bureau Fund to complete three initiatives. <br />• .Sales promotion efforts with local hotels - $30,000 to generate leads and future <br />sales <br />• Advertising efforts - $50,000 for advertising initiatives, including a Hillsborough <br />tourism plan and consumer/conference <br />• Building Renovations - $20,000 for renovations to the office's back entrance, to <br />alleviate pooling of water at and near entranceways. <br />With this appropriation, approximately $289,743 remains in the Visitors Bureau Fund's <br />available fund balance. This budget amendment provides for the appropriation of <br />$100,000 from the Visitors Bureau Fund for the above stated purposes. (See <br />Attachment 1, column #4) <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board of County Commissioners <br />approve the budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2008-09. <br />