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Special Event: Clean Up the Ocean Concert 2015 May 11, 2015 Recommendation THAT the Board approve a request from Upcycle the Gyres Society, organizers of the Clean Up the Ocean initiative, for an 800 person concert at Prospect Point Picnic

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Special Event: Clean Up the Ocean Concert 2015

May 11, 2015

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Recommendation THAT the Board approve a request from Upcycle the Gyres Society, organizers of the Clean Up the Ocean initiative, for an 800 person concert at Prospect Point Picnic Area Field

  • n July 4, 2015, from 1:00pm to 8:00pm.
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UpGyres Background

  • Upcycle the Gyres Society (UpGyres) is a BC registered

not-for-profit organization

  • Founded in 2012
  • Mission is to:
  • Inform that plastics do not belong in the ocean
  • Create technology, equipment and methodology to prevent

plastic from reaching the oceans, and to recover plastics from the ocean

  • Implement solutions for transforming discarded plastics into

resources and revenue streams

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Event Background

  • Inaugural event; fundraising initiative
  • Money raised will be used to/for:
  • Purchase, install and operate plastic to fuel machines in remote

coastal communities

  • Research and development of technologies supporting plastic

pollution recovery and zero emissions, zero waste vessels

  • Increase awareness of plastic waste and its damaging

effects on the marine environment

  • If successful, the initiative could become an annual

summer event

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Event Proposal

  • Ticketed concert at the Prospect Point Picnic Area Field
  • n July 4
  • Operate from 1:00pm to 8:00pm
  • Feature live and DJ music performances, vendor kiosks,

information booths and food services

  • 800 guest capacity
  • No licensed area(s)
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Event Site Map

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Key Considerations

  • Application conditionally approved by the City’s Fest

Committee, subject to Board approval

  • Staff have reviewed the application; confident event can

be executed successfully

  • Activates a non-traditional site and adds vibrancy to our

public spaces

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Recommendation THAT the Board approve a request from Upcycle the Gyres Society, organizers of the Clean Up the Ocean initiative, for an 800 person concert at Prospect Point Picnic Area Field

  • n July 4, 2015, from 1:00pm to 8:00pm.
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