ORDER NO. E7423
RE'P'ROVE USE OF HCYEC FOR KERB COUNTY FAIR
AND WAIVE FEE
On this the 11th day of February E~O~, ~.ipon motion made by
Commissioner- Williams, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, the
Court unanimously approved by a vote of 3-0-0, waiving fees
for• the use of the Hill Co~antr-y Youth Exhibit Center by the
Ker•r- County Fair-.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF TffiS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Fred He OFFICE: County Judge
MEETING DATE: e :y 11, 2002 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
Consider and discuss waiver of fees and multi-year lease for use of Hill Country Youth Exhibition
Center by Kerr County Fair Association.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF'"'RSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
County Judge
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter
SS I and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.

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as...c~ti* Kerr County Fair
FAIR Association, Inc.
~^' P.O. Box 290842 • Kem~ille, Texas 78029-0842 • (830) 257-6833 • www.kerrcountyfair.com
January 28, 2002
The Honorable Judge Fred Henneke
Kerr County
700 Main Street
Kerrville, Texas 78028
The Kerr County Fair Association requests to be on the Commissioner's Court agenda of
February 1 1, 2002 regazding waiver of fee and multi year leasing agreement for use of
the Hill Country Youth Exhibit Center for the annual Kerr County Fair.
The annual Kerr County Fair provides the residents of Kerr, Bandera, Real, Edwards,
Kimble, Gillespie, and Kendall counties an opportunity to exhibit their skills and receive
recognition for their achievements while promoting the welfaze of the family, home, and
community.
r., Wavier of fee is requested as the Kerr County Fair brings rcvcnue to Kerr County in the
form of sales tax collected and paid by the 50-60 vendors whose sales range for $500.00 -
$5,000.00 each, 10-12 food vendors with sales from $300.00 - $2,500.00 each, and
carnival operations gross receipts of $20,000.00 - $25,000.00. This does not include
sales at restaurants, food stores, hotels, and gas stations by out-of--town vendors, carnival
operations crew, and visitors. The Kerr County Fair brings visitors who participate in the
cook-off, fair parade, rodeo events, and 4H-prospect show. In addition the Kerr County
Fair also collects and remits sales tax, which in turn benefits Kerr County.
The Kerr County Fair Association has contributed to the Hill Country Youth Exhibit
Center by purchasing and installing a water heater in the concession area of the exhibit
hall for the benefit of all users. A refrigerator was also donated to that area for general
use. Ticket booths owned by the Kerr County Fair Association is routinely used by
various groups who are tenants at the Hill Country Youth Exhibit Center. All of these
items are available to be used by any tenant of the Hill Country Youth Exhibit Center
without any consideration of compensation to the Kerr County Fair Association.
A multi yeaz lease agreement at the Hill Country Youth Exhibit Center is requested due
to required multi year contracts with quality petting zoos and carnival operators. In order
to obtain quality petting zoo and carnival operations a commitment to a schedule many
years in advance is necessary. The Kerr County Fair Association has just completed
negotiations to obtain a contract with awell-known and top quality carnival in the
industry. The Kerr County Fair Association based this contract on a multi year
~ commitment.
Providing the residents of Kerr, Bandera, Gillespie, Real, Edwards, Kendall, and Kimble Coumies an opportunity to exhibit their
finished skills and receive recognihan for their achievements; ar:d promote the welfare ojthe family, home and community.
Your consideration of these requests for waiver of fee and multi year leasing agreement is
appreciated. Should you have any questions or comments regarding these requests, please
do not hesitate to contact me at 792-8331 (work) or 257-7704 (home).
Sincerely,
~x~L,.,cLt~i. ~l. 2Cc,uozuf"
Sandra G. Yarbrough ~ ~/))
President
copy: H.A. "Buster" Baldwin, County Commissioner Pct. 1
Bill Williams, County Commissioner Pct. 2
Jonathan Letz, County Commissioner Pct. 3
Larry Griffin, County Commissioner Pct. 4
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