CHOCVB Board Meeting Minutes 021920

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For Approval June 17, 2020 Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Board of Directors Meeting February 19, 2020 The Chapel/Orange County Visitors Bureau met at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus 430 Waterstone Dr., Hillsborough, NC 27278 Board Members Present: Dixon Pitt, David Brooks, Tanya Moore, Anthony Carey, Kayla Dempsey, Mark Bell, Sam Vadgama, Lydia Lavelle, Tim Hoke, Spring Council, Annette Stone, Libbie Hough, and Jamezette Bedford. Not Present: Pam Hemminger, Matt Gladdek, Mark Sherburne Staff Attendance: Laurie Paolicelli, Marlene Barbera, Leslie Wilcox Also present: Jeffery Strickler, Vice President, UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus, Jenn Weaver, Mayor of Hillsborough and Elise Tyler, General Manager, Colonial Inn Hillsborough. Call to Order Chair Anthony Carey called the meeting to order at 8:09 a.m. Introductions were given by all. Jeff Strickler welcomed the board to UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus. Hillsborough Hospital is an 80-bed community hospital that is part of the UNC Medical Center. It is the home for a number of elective surgical services and special programs for UNC. On the surgical side, it is the home for all elective joint surgery, spine surgery, and Ophthalmology surgery. It is the home of UNC Geriatric Medicine and the future home for UNC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. As a community hospital, it has an Emergency Department open 24/7/365 that has the distinction of being North Carolina’s first recognized Geriatric Emergency Department. As part of its focus on the needs of the older adult, it is recognized as the 2nd hospital in North Carolina which has provided Dementia Friendly training to their staff. It has recently expanded its cancer treatment options by the opening of its Radiation/Oncology unit and has started the construction on its new bed tower. This construction will take two years and will double the size of this campus to a total of 160 beds. Family Medicine is also moving to this location this summer, as it becomes the site for inpatient program. Approval of Minutes Chair Carey requested a motion to approve the January 19, 2020 minutes. Mark Bell so moved and Dixon Pitt seconded the motion. With all members in favor, the minutes were approved as submitted. Finance Report Executive Commissioner Bedford referred to the December Gross Receipts Comparison report and highlighted the information on the report. Occupancy Tax collections were $100,076, down $3,959 from December 2018, representing a 3.81% decrease. Total occupancy tax collected year-to-date through December is $858,491, up $42,847 from last year, which represents a 5.25% increase. Almost $9,548 in Airbnb occupancy tax collections and Commissioner Bedford advised that we are aware that there is a gap between what is collected and what short-term rentals actually owe. The Town of Chapel Hill has a task force looking into that. Anthony Carey is a chair on that task force and will report back on their findings. Commissioner Bedford inquired with the Board on their opinion as to the dip in Occupancy Tax revenue in December. Anthony Carey and Sam Vadgama responded that occupancy tax revenue in Chapel Hill and Orange County is strongly effected by UNC athletics and how well the teams are doing. They attributed the dip in December to the injuries and losses the Tar Heels have been experiencing. Commissioner Bedford then referred to the January Monthly Budget report and advised the largest expense in January was design and printing of the Visitors Bureau 2020 Visitors Guide and 2020 Neighborhood Guide, both regular expenses to the Visitors Bureau. She also commented that in reviewing this report she sees that the Visitors Bureau does not DocuSign Envelope ID: A3146F50-E28D-4A4E-B9E4-E9C35AD5C8AA