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received positive comments from the community. Home Depot's manager will assist with the fencing and beautification. A major backer of Sunfest has expressed a desire to support the event on a continuing basis. One of the club's members in the construction business will help regarding the fencing. Other groups also want to help overcome any problems. Shead an appointment with a fencing company coming up to get their recommendation if necessary. She thought either Emergency Services or the Red Cross could help with an evacuation plan. Vice Chairman Adams was still concerned about a crowd control plan, and Mrs. Richards stated the plan was to use a "clicker" at the ingress/ticket spot to keep an accurate count of those entering the concert. This was recommended by Emergency Services. Chairman Macht was pleased to hear the plans to ticket people since that is a control mechanism. There was a brief discussion about how much weight the top floor would handle in terms ofpeople versus automobiles and itwas determined an engineer should determine how much weight could be safely accommodated. Commissioner Stanbridge inquired if the openings on the second floor had been considered. Mrs. Richards has looked at that area and thought the same fencing could be used. The concern was that people would sit on the walls on the second floor. Mrs. Richards planned to use the second floor for concessions and toilet facilities and some parking and reserve the first floor for parking. Chairman Macht believed law enforcement could enforce those concerns. Mrs. Richards expected to have at least 4 police officers in attendance for crowd control. Commissioner Ginn had some concerns as to whether the plastic fencing would be sufficient and Director Frame explained the key is to secure people away from the wall. Frank Coffey, 88 Cache Cay, hoped the Exchange Club would provide millions of dollars of liability insurance because of lawsuits and large monetary awards and hoped the County and City and taxpayers would not be held responsible in case someone gets hurt. Commissioner Ginn advised she could not support the motion because she felt the event belonged in the park. Her motion to disallow the event at the garage died for lack of a second. July 13, 1999 W BOOK iOi PAGE Cmss;