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02-22-2004, 08:10 PM
The Church Athletic League position on LVEC and Arenas Study
February 2004
The CAL Board believes that the purposes, size and cost of the LVEC are distinctly different from the purposes, size and cost of community arenas needed by Kingston's youth and adult arena users. Therefore, Kingston City Council needs to separate its consideration of the LVEC from its
consideration of the community arenas.
The CAL Board believes that since the immediate beneficiaries of the LVEC is to be private enterprises (restaurants, bars, hotels, retail shops, Frontenacs hockey, suppliers and contractors, etc.), the LVEC should be privately built. (Just as the Harold Harvey Arena was built by the Church Athletic League then given to the City, with certain rights retained by the CAL.)
The CAL Board believes that if the Taskforce and subsequent studies, with intense due diligence, indicate that an LVEC is an enterprise that the City of Kingston should be a part of, the LVEC should be a separate cost centre, independent from the budgets of community arenas. The user-fees for community arenas should not be effected by any deficit that the LVEC might incur. (Simply put, an LVEC is not a rink like the others.)
The CAL Board has no opinion regarding the location of an LVEC.
CAL Board on the "Arena Capacity & Expansion Study" Report
Of the 20 recommendations of the report, 8 key recommendations assume that the Memorial Centre replacement will share a site with 2 or 3 community rinks. Given that the LVEC Taskforce appears to be heading in a different direction, the CAL Board calls on City Council to postpone debate on the "Arena Capacity & Expansion Study" Report until it has dealt with the report of the LVEC Taskforce.
There are inaccuracies, ambiguities and distortions in the "Arena Capacity & Expansion Study" Report. The CAL Board requests that a public meeting to be held to discuss and clarify the report and its recommendations, that the attendees include user groups, the report authors and City staff and that such a meeting be held before City Council debates the recommendations of
the report.
The CAL believes in neighbourhoods and communities and that municipal arenas are civic commitments to neighbourhoods and communities. Therefore, the CAL opposes the elimination of neighbourhood arenas and the industrial commercialization of these community services.
The CAL Board wonders why the City would close the only municipal arena (Harold Harvey) that operates at a surplus.
February 2004
The CAL Board believes that the purposes, size and cost of the LVEC are distinctly different from the purposes, size and cost of community arenas needed by Kingston's youth and adult arena users. Therefore, Kingston City Council needs to separate its consideration of the LVEC from its
consideration of the community arenas.
The CAL Board believes that since the immediate beneficiaries of the LVEC is to be private enterprises (restaurants, bars, hotels, retail shops, Frontenacs hockey, suppliers and contractors, etc.), the LVEC should be privately built. (Just as the Harold Harvey Arena was built by the Church Athletic League then given to the City, with certain rights retained by the CAL.)
The CAL Board believes that if the Taskforce and subsequent studies, with intense due diligence, indicate that an LVEC is an enterprise that the City of Kingston should be a part of, the LVEC should be a separate cost centre, independent from the budgets of community arenas. The user-fees for community arenas should not be effected by any deficit that the LVEC might incur. (Simply put, an LVEC is not a rink like the others.)
The CAL Board has no opinion regarding the location of an LVEC.
CAL Board on the "Arena Capacity & Expansion Study" Report
Of the 20 recommendations of the report, 8 key recommendations assume that the Memorial Centre replacement will share a site with 2 or 3 community rinks. Given that the LVEC Taskforce appears to be heading in a different direction, the CAL Board calls on City Council to postpone debate on the "Arena Capacity & Expansion Study" Report until it has dealt with the report of the LVEC Taskforce.
There are inaccuracies, ambiguities and distortions in the "Arena Capacity & Expansion Study" Report. The CAL Board requests that a public meeting to be held to discuss and clarify the report and its recommendations, that the attendees include user groups, the report authors and City staff and that such a meeting be held before City Council debates the recommendations of
the report.
The CAL believes in neighbourhoods and communities and that municipal arenas are civic commitments to neighbourhoods and communities. Therefore, the CAL opposes the elimination of neighbourhood arenas and the industrial commercialization of these community services.
The CAL Board wonders why the City would close the only municipal arena (Harold Harvey) that operates at a surplus.