Hold the Mayo -- Info on Upcoming COW

Monday, March 6th's COW (Committee of the Whole) would be a very interesting one to attend. It will start at 3:30 pm in Concerence Room 104 at the Government Center.

A presentation to the council will be made by Front Row Marketing Services, a sports and entertainment marketing company specializing in contracting revenue for sports facilities and otehr sports properties. They plan to present their analysis on the naming rights for MCC and discuss the revenue generation of these kinds of contracts in general.

We're a long way from seriously considering renaming MCC but do need to look at all options to add to our revenue income other than taxes. (Yes, we know that cutting spending in the first place would be a good idea.)

We'll be discussing the selling of some odds and ends of city property no longer needed.

Of greater interest might be the presentation of the Rochester Higher Education Development Committee Report to Gov. Pawlenty. I've got the report and think that you might find it very interesting.

Finally, we're going to have adiscussion on a possible joint City/YMCA Aquatics Facility. I've been a member of an Aquatics Task Force looking at the future of the Silver Lake Pool and the Rec Center. This new option will definitely have an affect on their future so I recommend you get in on the ground floor (shallow end of the pool?).