Welcome Center Budget Discussion of the Welcome Center contract and tourism funding. Council member Goldstein disclosed that he is the owner of and a general manager for the Herbert S. Goldstein Family Limited Partnership that owns the Earl Strand Theater at 115-119 North Park Square, Marietta GA. The tenant is Friends of the Strand, Inc. The tenant has an agreement with the Atlantic Lyric Theater, Inc., to use the facility. Council member Goldstein abstains on and will not participate on allocation of funds to the above two (2) entities. Council member Goldstein is or has been a member of: Friends of Brumby Hall, Inc., Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society, Inc., Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art; and the Marietta Museum of History. He is also the Council’s appointed member serving on the board of the Marietta Welcome Center and Visitors Bureau, Inc. Mayor Tumlin has served as a director, but is currently not serving, of the following organizations being considered for sponsorships: Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art; Marietta Museum of History, Inc.; and Friends of the Strand,, Inc. Additionally, Mayor Tumlin has provided legal services to Friends of the Strand, Inc. and accounting services to Marietta Museum of History, Inc. Mayor Tumlin has been/is a Member of Brumby Hall, Inc. and Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society. Council member Sinclair disclosed that he is a past Chairman of the Board of the Art Museum, member of Cobb Landmarks, and has been a member of the Welcome Center and the Museum of the History.

Committee

FINANCE/INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE

Introduced

May 1, 2012

Passed

May 16, 2012