Question 11. Would you be open to designating a specific percentage of the TOT to fund an ongoing campaign promoting our tourist industry?
Karen Ervin – 4 Year Seat
When the city of Pacifica is at a point where we don’t have to make any additional cuts to service, I would be willing to dedicate a source of funds for economic development. I'm not sure if I would advocate doing it as part of the TOT tax or in some other way. We must dedicate funding to economic development if we are going to improve our economy.
Susan Vellone – 4 Year Seat
Yes. Council should work closely and support the Chamber of Commerce, utilizing the marketing abilities and pro-active nature of this organization.
Mary Ann Nihart – 4 Year Seat
I am open to exploring this idea. On the EDC we have repeatedly examined the need for an organized campaign. I would have to examine financial impacts, design, implementation, management, and how results are measured, but this may provide the needed source of revenue.
Rich Campbell – 2 Year Seat
Perhaps, but I am generally not in favor of subsidies.
Victor Spano – 2 Year Seat
Yes. I want to encourage this city to "Go International" with its marketing. Establish "Sister City" relations with cities in China, Japan, Russia, Brazil, all over the world. Part of this TOT fund could go to making Pacifica an international destination. Investing in freeway billboard time...like Winchester Mystery House, and other destinations, is another thing we can do. Advertising Pacifica can be a great investment, and a small surchage of the TOT is a reasonble bet to make. The Chamber Tourism Committee is full of ideas on promoting Pacifica, I am hoping that some of the idea discussed during this commitee can be expanded upon and funded, such as advertising Pacifica as a wedding destination, destination for sporting events and conferences and small trade shows of all kinds.
Mike O'Neill – 2 Year Seat
Yes, at this time there is very little other sources of revenue that would provide the long term commitment needed to successfully implement an ongoing campaign. I do not think there are a lot of choices
Gary Mondfrans – 2 Year Seat
Such would appear to be a rightful and legitimate use of the Hotel Tax (“Transient Occupancy Tax” and might benefit most those in the hospitality industry which actually collects this tax in the first place. Such use may in turn generate even more tourist and visitors into Pacifica which may lead to even higher revenue via the Hotel Tax, a win-win-win scenario all around.
8 comments:
Perhaps, perhaps you are a self absorbed chameleon Mr. Campbell.
Campbell knows the Chamber does not back him, the Sierra Club and his anti business anti development anti progress hippies do.
Vote for Campbell say hello to bankruptcy.
@852 With or without Campbell we have bankruptcy in our future. The current council failed to address our problems. They created a few new ones and inherited a lot of old ones and flat out blew any chance to save Pacifica. Just played it safe, played it political and flatout failed. They can't be gone fast enough.
Vote for O'Neill, say hello to more storage facilities.
@955 Those storage units are the best looking things on Palmetto and somebody is making money off them. Oh, the horror! Making money and appropriate for the zoning of that area. Zoning is something that Mike O'Neill as a planning commissioner at the time took into consideration. No doubt you'd prefer decisions based on arbitrary personal idealogy rather than actual city zoning. Pacifica has been destroyed by those kinds of decisions. Time for a change. Time for Mike O'Neill.
Yeah 955, you gotta watch that O'Neill guy. He approves businesses in Pacifica. In a blighted area in a blighted town, he had the audacity to vote for business. Revolutionary!
And pray tell, what did the owner of the site of those poor, made-fun-of storage facilities really want to build there? It's a history question. This town has a history. People should know it before they spout off.
Oh please, Watcher, don't make us endure a Campbell Council looking for appropriate, sustainable, smart development. You know they never find any. Spare us the history lesson and Mr. Campbell.
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