When appointed members of the St Johns County Tourist Development Council met Monday, they were still not convinced that their subcommittee, the Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Panel, had carried out their charge to fairly and objectively evaluate grant applications for Category II local option tourist development tax.
Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, told Historic City News that her goal would be to have one website where you could get instant access to thousands of public documents, compiled by dozens of state agencies; as she was being appointed yesterday to the state’s User Experience Task Force.
St Johns County Communications Specialist, Danielle Berke, invites Historic City News readers to apply for the following volunteer board and committee vacancies.
After the Picasso exhibit closed, Historic City News reporters announced the opening of the most recent exhibit at the Visitor Information Center — the “Ordinary People” collection of oil-on-canvas paintings by artist Don Trousdell; being exhibited from August 17th through October 27th.
A budget request to spend almost $2.9 million of over $8 million collected in local option tourist development tax, for cultural heritage and cultural arts programs including historic reenactments, museum programs and performing and visual arts programs, will come before the Tourist Development Council on Monday afternoon.
Historic City News readers will have an opportunity to comment on the agreements for visitor information services between St Johns County and the two officially designated contractors; both are scheduled to expire on September 30, 2013.
When Chairman Bill Hughes convenes the meeting of the St Johns County Tourist Development Council Monday afternoon, the members will face a host of financial action items; which, if passed, will advance to the Board of County Commissioners for approval.
The regular meeting of the St Johns County Board of Commissioners was held Tuesday August 20, 2013, in the County Auditorium in the St Johns County Administration Palace located at 500 San Sebastian View in St Augustine.
