Hampton Coliseum Citizens Advisory Committee

Hampton Coliseum Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting – March 28, 2017 Attending: (A) = absent Matthew Ballard ( ) Bob Boester ( ) Willie Brown ( ) Lynne Hutton ( ) Asa Jenrette ( ) Pam Lawson ( ) Ryan Lowrie ( ) Woody Newman ( ) Donte Perry (A) Patricia Melochick ( ) Terri Vander Vennet ( ) Call to Order/Reading and Approval of Minutes: At 12:16p.m., Chair Boester called the meeting to order. Motion made by Mr. Ballard to approve the minutes of the February 28, 2017 meeting. Mr. Newman seconded. The motion passed. Chair Report/Announcement: Chair Boester shared his positive experience attending the Joyce Meyer Ministries conference at Hampton Coliseum on February 24, 2017. Director’s Report: Ms. Vander Vennet stated in the month of February 2017, the Coliseum had 10 event days and 10 performances with 26,000 attendees. February ‘17 had 7 event days and 5 performances with 27,332 attendees. Upcoming events for April are the last performance of Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus and Chris Brown. Statement of Revenues and Expenses for the period ending 2/28/17 shows the Coliseum behind compared to this same period 2/28/16. This is attributed to Disney on Ice attendance being down, and no Basslights, Valentine Bash and Carrie Underwood performances this year. Coliseum CIP project update –EMV (credit card) installation is complete. Old Business: Chair Boester stated the committee is now going into a closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2- 3711 (A)(7) for a consultation with legal counsel regarding specific matters requiring legal advice related to intellectual property and Virginia Code Section 2.2-3711(A)(6) for discussion or consideration of the investment of public funds where competition or bargaining is involved, where if made public initially, the financial interest of the government unit would be adversely affected. A motion of approval was made by Ms. Hutton and seconded by Mr. Newman. A roll call vote was taken which resulted as follows. Ayes: Ballard, Boester, Brown, Hutton, Jenrette, Lawson, Lowrie, Newman Nays: None Closed Session Conducted. Ms. Vander Vennet stated it is now appropriate to take a roll call vote and that to the best of our knowledge (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under this chapter, and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the Closed Meeting was convened were heard, discussed, or considered in the Closed Meeting. Any member who believes there was a departure from the requirements of subdivisions (i) and (ii) shall so state prior to the roll call vote, indicating the substance of the departure that, in his/her judgement has taken place. Such statements shall be recorded in the minutes. No statements were made. Motion was made by Ms. Hutton and seconded by Mr. Newman. A roll call vote was taken which resulted as follows. Ayes: Boester, Brown, Hutton, Jenrette, Lawson, Newman, **Mr. Ballard and Mr. Lowrie departed at 1:05 pm prior to the end of Closed Session. Nays: None Other Business: None Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 1:11p.m. Next Meeting: Next Meeting is currently scheduled for Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at 12 noon at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Terri Vander Vennet, Recording Secretary