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Approved Minutes

Tourism Commission MEETING MINUTES (10, September 2025) TOURISM COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 10, SEPTEMBER 2025 The TOURISM COMMISSION convened in a REGULAR meeting on 10, SEPTEMBER 2025, at 301 w. Second St. in Austin, Texas. Vice Chair, Ed Bailey called the TOURISM COMMISSION Meeting to order at 2:40 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Commissioners Ed Bailey, Bishop Chappell, Greg Chanon, Cristina Masters, Stefani Mathis, Anna Panossian and Dani Pruitt Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Commissioner Daniel Ronan and Dan Webb PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Chris Flores – Resident of District 10 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the TOURISM COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING on July 9, 2025. The minutes were approved at the SEPTEMBER 10, 2025, meeting on Commissioner Panossian’s motion, Commissioner Masters second on a (6-0-3) vote. Commissioners Bailey, Chappell, Masters, Mathis, Panossian and Webb voted yay. Commissioners Ronan and Chanon was off the dais. Commissioner Pruitt abstained. STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. Staff Liaison, Felicia Burleson briefed on updates regarding commission board resources and updates for commission’s vacancy, city policy and guidelines and resources. 1 DISCUSSION ITEMS variety of items 3. 4. 5. Introduced Dani Pruitt, newly appointed Tourism Commissioner for District 3. Julie Davis, President and CEO of the Kerrville Convention and Visitors Bureau, presented on the organization’s economic impact on tourism in the Texas Hill Country and the City of Austin, and its effect on hotel occupancy tax revenues. Karyn Mayo, Vice President of Sales, Services, and Strategic Alliances of the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau presented on the organization’s economic impact on tourism in the Texas Hill Country and the City of Austin, and its effect on hotel occupancy tax revenues. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 6. 7. Discussed the road map for 2025 Tourism Commission Meetings. Discussed the Tourism Commission Board vacancies. WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES 8. 9. Commissioner Masters reported on an update regarding the AISD Facilities Working Group regarding opportunity to join in another joint sub-committee including the City of Austin, Travis County and AISD. Commissioner Chappell added new updates from the Short-Term Rental Working Group regarding active STRs and funds. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Vice Chair, Ed Bailey adjourned the meeting at 4:12 p.m. with the motioned by Commissioner Masters and seconded by Commissioner Mathis. The minutes were approved at the OCTOBER 8, 2025, meeting on Commissioner Panossian’s motion, Commissioner Masters second on a (8-0-1) vote. Ed Bailey, Greg Chanon, Bishop Chappell, Cristina Masters, Stefani Mathis, Anna Panossian, Daniel Ronan and Dan Webb Commissioners Dani Pruitt was off the dais. 2