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01-10-2004, 09:30 PM
City of Kingston Memorial Centre Task Force
Meeting #2 – Friday, 9 January 2004, City Hall
Attending: Leonore Foster, Chair; Joe de Mora (KGH); Mike Gillis; Martin Skolnick and Ken Wong (Queen's)
Summary by: Mary Zureik, Kingston Electors
Reports:
1) Ken Wong report:
a) Queen’s University is not interested in a partnership with the City though they would rent space for events;
b) The YMCA is planning an expansion to a new site. They would be interested in coordinating plans.
Leonore Foster, Task Force Chair’s comment: The committee must sort out what facilities will be included in a new Memorial Centre. If it is an arena and Large Event Venue Centre (LEVC) it should not be confused with a recreational centre.
2) Sheila Hickey, City of Kiingston staff: There were 69 responses at www.cityofkingston.ca asking for citizen input on the LEVC project. These comments were sent to the committee via email; there was no report given on these comments.
3) June Wild: Stats Canada and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) were contacted for information. Stats Canada keeps in-depth statistics on sports and entertainment facilities in various cities in Canada. It appears Barrie is the closest city to Kingston in terms of population and other similarities. The Task Force will probably compare Kingston to Barrie’s experience. Their arena was built in 1996.
4) Barclay Mayhew, City of Kiingston staff: Several cities with newer facilities have been approached about their experience. Some representatives from these cities will be invited to make presentations in Kingston; some committee members wanted to travel to actually see some these facilities. More in-depth questions will be sent to these cities within the next two weeks regarding a) Finance – what did their prices cover? Land? Fixtures? Parking? b) Operational features; and c) Architectural issues (design for multi-purpose use).
A) Two-pad sites: Mississauga;
B) Single pad sites: (Guelph and London in downtown locations and Sarnia and Barrie in “greenfields” (suburban?) locations);
C) Renovated facilities (Peterborough and Kitchener).
5) Joe de Mora: How much work should this Task Force do before finding out whether council is interested in this project? How will council vote? [NOTE: This is crucial as there are many financial requests councillors must review – police, sewers, etc. etc.]
Task Force Plans:
1) Future Plans: The task force will contact user and interest groups early in the process to make certain the public is heard.
2) Time Frame: the consultation process will take place from mid-January – mid February.
3) Mandate: How should this Memorial Centre be paid for? Every centre has money from cities. How much is Kingston willing to spend? Where should the new site be located? Nortel site (suburbs), Davis Tannery (downtown); 401 (edge of city). No mention is made of building the M-C on the same site where it is now located.
Meeting #2 – Friday, 9 January 2004, City Hall
Attending: Leonore Foster, Chair; Joe de Mora (KGH); Mike Gillis; Martin Skolnick and Ken Wong (Queen's)
Summary by: Mary Zureik, Kingston Electors
Reports:
1) Ken Wong report:
a) Queen’s University is not interested in a partnership with the City though they would rent space for events;
b) The YMCA is planning an expansion to a new site. They would be interested in coordinating plans.
Leonore Foster, Task Force Chair’s comment: The committee must sort out what facilities will be included in a new Memorial Centre. If it is an arena and Large Event Venue Centre (LEVC) it should not be confused with a recreational centre.
2) Sheila Hickey, City of Kiingston staff: There were 69 responses at www.cityofkingston.ca asking for citizen input on the LEVC project. These comments were sent to the committee via email; there was no report given on these comments.
3) June Wild: Stats Canada and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) were contacted for information. Stats Canada keeps in-depth statistics on sports and entertainment facilities in various cities in Canada. It appears Barrie is the closest city to Kingston in terms of population and other similarities. The Task Force will probably compare Kingston to Barrie’s experience. Their arena was built in 1996.
4) Barclay Mayhew, City of Kiingston staff: Several cities with newer facilities have been approached about their experience. Some representatives from these cities will be invited to make presentations in Kingston; some committee members wanted to travel to actually see some these facilities. More in-depth questions will be sent to these cities within the next two weeks regarding a) Finance – what did their prices cover? Land? Fixtures? Parking? b) Operational features; and c) Architectural issues (design for multi-purpose use).
A) Two-pad sites: Mississauga;
B) Single pad sites: (Guelph and London in downtown locations and Sarnia and Barrie in “greenfields” (suburban?) locations);
C) Renovated facilities (Peterborough and Kitchener).
5) Joe de Mora: How much work should this Task Force do before finding out whether council is interested in this project? How will council vote? [NOTE: This is crucial as there are many financial requests councillors must review – police, sewers, etc. etc.]
Task Force Plans:
1) Future Plans: The task force will contact user and interest groups early in the process to make certain the public is heard.
2) Time Frame: the consultation process will take place from mid-January – mid February.
3) Mandate: How should this Memorial Centre be paid for? Every centre has money from cities. How much is Kingston willing to spend? Where should the new site be located? Nortel site (suburbs), Davis Tannery (downtown); 401 (edge of city). No mention is made of building the M-C on the same site where it is now located.