Large Venue Entertainment Centre Steering Committee report September 7th

[nstn]

It is too bad that the Large Venue Entertainment Centre Steering Committee will be meeting at 7:00 am in the morning! They certainly are not trying very hard to be inclusive in terms of the public participation and review of their work.

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City of Kingston Council Report

REPORT NO. 79 OF THE LARGE VENUE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE STEERING COMMITTEE -- September 7, 2004
To the Mayor and Members of Council:

The Large Venue Entertainment Centre Steering Committee reports and recommends as follows:

(1) THAT the mandate of the Large Venue Entertainment Centre (LVEC) Steering Committee be to guide detailed planning for, and implementation of, the LVEC proposal to include, but not be restricted to the following, as authorized within the Report of the Chief Administrative Officer:

– Receive and consider various functional studies and appraisals from the Chief Administrative Officer and staff as listed in Report No. 04-284 and providing recommendations to Council

– Receive and consider responses to a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Large Venue Entertainment Centre Project and providing recommendations to Council

– Formation of a Stakeholders Group in a timely fashion to provide input on the proposed project

–and further–

THAT the Large Venue Entertainment Centre Steering Committee report to Council and the community regularly regarding progress.

(File No. CSU-R05-001-2004)

[Emerald]

when is the next meeting of the group?

What did we learn from Sunday's concert?
That off-site parking is manageable with a good shuttle service.( this could be improved by using smaller buses).
That rock and pop concerts should not be held when students are not here.
That hiring professionals ( I think the community Foundation hired the House of Blues to manage the site) makes a lot of sense. Someone knew how many toilets were needed per 1000 people, how to arrange the food, admission, security, policing etc. ( perhaps they also managed the weather). This is a small thing but I was impressed that the toilets were cleaned continuously during the day. (another lesson!)
This was a great concert. It was interesting to watch the people, many of whom were on their cell-phones while the musicians were playing. They used the music as background to social interaction.