Accept Travel Portland Tourism Improvement District Progress Report

To: City Council From: Tom Rinehart, CAO and Karl Lisle, Spectator Facilities Program Manager Subject: Accept Travel Portland’s interim report on the Tourism Improvement District Jeff Miller, Travel Portland President and CEO, will present an update on the efforts of Travel Portland to implement the Tourism Improvement District (City Code Chapter 6.05) as amended by City Council by Ordinance No. 190318 on March 10, 2021. This interim report was requested by the City Council during the presentation and discussion of the proposed code amendments on March 3, 2021. With his presentation, Jeff Miller will respond specifically to the questions raised by the Council at the hearing. The report is attached.