Issue - meetings

To enable Cabinet to give consideration to comments made to it by the Service Development and Delivery Committee in respect of the above.

That the contents of the report be noted.

Cabinet was informed that, at the meeting of the Service Development and Delivery Committee held on 9 October 2017, the Leisure and Tourism Portfolio Holder (Councillor M J D Skeels) had given the Committee a positive review on the Clacton Air Show 2017.

The Council’s Head of Sport and Leisure (Mike Carran) had also given the Committee a presentation on Clacton Air Show 2017. The presentation had covered the following:

(1)       Objectives – Maximise Tourist Opportunities through Events.

(2)       This Year’s Key Challenges –

·      Managing a large event in 2017;

·      Managing Visitor safety;

·      Spring Tide; and

·      Rising Costs.

(3)       This Year’s Success Stories –

·      Partnership Working;

·      Night Flights; and

·      Managing Visitor Numbers.

(4)       The Big Issues –

·      Spectator Numbers;

·      Income;

·      Staffing; and

·      Economic Benefit.

(5)       What was said? –

·      Social Media Highlights

(6)       Learning Points for 2018 –

·      Security;

·      Develop opportunities from pause in flying displays; and

·      Reinforcing the message about sustainability.

Members took the opportunity to make suggestions and ask questions which were responded to by the Officer and the Portfolio Holder.

The Service Development and Delivery Committee had decided to make recommendations and comments to Cabinet as follows, namely that - 

(a)       the Committee recognise and commend the enthusiasm and hard work of the Council’s Tourism, Marketing and Events Manager (Sarah Daniells) and Events Officer (Jo Needham) and would also like to thank all Council staff that continue to support the Airshow;

(b)       the Committee would like consideration to be given:

              i.    as to how Airshow programmes may be delivered and sold in other towns around the District;

             ii.    for the provision of extra toilet facilities along the seafront during the Airshow;

            iii.    to improve the disabled access signage by the hospitality tent; and

           iv.    to the types of trade stalls that are allocated to Christmas Tree Island and the potential of adding additional trade stalls to the East of Clacton pier.

The Cabinet had before it the following response of the Leisure and Tourism Portfolio Holder made in response to the comments and recommendations of the Service Development and Delivery Committee:

“I thank the Committee for their comments which I will take into account going forward.”

Having considered the comments and recommendations of the Service Development and Delivery Committee and the response of the Leisure and Tourism Portfolio Holder:

It was moved by Councillor M J D Skeels, seconded by Councillor Stock and:

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted.