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City of Fort Bragg
Meeting Minutes
Visit Fort Bragg
3:30 PM Town Hall, 363 N. Main Street
and Via Video Conference
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Chair Albin-Smith called the meeting to order at 3:36 PM.
ROLL CALL
Public Experience Liaison Adelaide La Torre, and Administrative Assistant Stephanie Remington
Present: 5 - Tess Albin-Smith, Lindy Peters, Jon Glidewell , Stathi Pappas and Barbara Bruce
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes were approved by the committee as presented. 1A. 26-579 Approve Minutes of Visit Fort Bragg Committee December 9, 2025 Attachments: VFB MINS 12.09.2025
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Ron White, and Jay Rosenquist.
3. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
3A. 26-584 Receive Report and Consider Appointing New Visit Fort Bragg Committee Members
01132026 Membership Report
Att 1 - VFB Protocols
Att 2 - Committee Application - Marc Tagar Redacted
Att 3 - Committee Application - Mark Zaifman Redacted
Att 4 - Committee Application - Ryan Ballou Redacted
Att 5 - Committee Application - Sabine Hahnbueck Redacted Att 6 - Committee Application - Scott Schneider Redacted Attachments:
Adelaide La Torre shared Staff Report with VFB protocol and committee vacancies. Committee members interviewed three applicants.
Public Comment: None.
A motion was made by Councilmember Peters to approve appointment of Scott Schneider to the Visit Fort Bragg Committee. Councilmember Albin-Smith City of Fort Bragg Page 1 Printed on 1/27/2026
Visit Fort Bragg Meeting Minutes January 13, 2026
seconded the motion with an amendment to include appointment of Ryan Ballou and Sabine Hahnbueck. The Motion carried my unanimous vote. 3B. 26-580 Receive Update from Idea Cooperative
Attachments: VFB_Update01_13
Melissa Holberton presented report on Idea Cooperative activity. Councilmembers and Committee asked clarifying questions. Blues Fest 2026 tickets go on sale February 1, 2026. The Events Subcommittee will meet this week or next to discuss further plans.
Public Comment: Vance Cook, and Jay Rosenquist
Discussion: Suggestions to improve email reach and online presence/interaction where discussed.
3C. 26-581 Receive Update from Visit Mendocino
Jamie Peters-Connolly reported on Visit Mendocino activity. Committee members asked clarifying questions about the reported figures and discussed future events for Visit Mendocino.
Public Comment: None.
Discussion: Committee member Schneider discussed upcoming crab tasting event needs. 3D. 26-582 Receive Oral Update from VFB Special Events Subcommittee Adelaide La Torre reminded new members of the Visit Fort Bragg Committee to join the Events Subcommittee with a meeting to be scheduled in the coming weeks.
4. MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE / STAFF
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Albin-Smith adjourned the meeting at 4:47 PM.
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