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Community Services Committee
November 5, 2007
Keith Baulk, Director, Enterprise Division, 2393
Keith Baulk, Director, Enterprise Division, 2393
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October 24, 2007
CSD-07-102
MARKET VENDOR CO-OPERATIVE - OPTION #6
RECOMMENDATION:
Committee direction is requested.
BACKGROUND:
Council has directed staff to investigate 5 options regarding the future of the Kitchener Market.
The 5 options are as follows:
1. Utilize the unused space on the upper level as an "Arts & Culture Incubator"
2. Engage a private management firm to operate the Market.
3. Recruit a larger style grocer to fill the underutilized space on the upper level
4. Retest the original vision to have a number of smaller independent vendors fill the
space.
5. Sell the Market.
Staff have been working on these options with a goal to provide a significant summary report for
the Community Services Committee meeting in December.
During work on the private management option, input was sought from a number of key
stakeholder representatives. This included representatives from the current vendor group. The
input was utilized to develop the Terms of Reference and Deliverables for the private
management Request For Proposal (RFP).
During the process, the lower level vendor representative sought direct input from the other
lower level vendors. It was during these sessions that the group determined they would be
interested in forming a vendor co-operative to consider operating the Market.
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REPORT:
A delegation representing the lower level vendor group will make a presentation to Committee.
They will ask to be considered as a 6th option in the process to move the Market forward.
Staff have no concerns with Committee approving the request provided the vendor co-op can
adhere to the timelines by submitting a formal proposal for the overall comparative analysis.
Any proposal would have to be submitted no later than November 23, 2007 at 4:30 pm.
Staff have provided the vendor representative with the key deliverables and expectations.
These are the same as the Private Sector RFP.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None related to this report
CONCLUSION:
Committee direction is requested relative to considering a Vendor Co-operative as a 6th option
for moving the Market forward.
Keith Baulk
Director Enterprise Division, Community Services
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