Special Event - Trax Music Bash - May 14, 2022 Rescheduled

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M & M Promotions South Bend, IN 323-864-8836 October 29, 2020 Dear Special Event Committee, We are proposing to do an all day Music Festival on Sept. 18, 2021 that would have an estimated 4000 to 5000 people, with 7 artists, which include 3 to 4 national artists performing. The event area is owned by the City of South Bend and at the time of submitting this application the city is drafting a licensing agreement to allow us to use the land. This event would have one stage located on the south end of the lot and have temporary fencing around the perimeter of the lot. There would be port a -potties located on the parking lot next to the field, several tents set up around the perimeter and have 40 to 50 people for security, in addition to the 6 to 8 off duty police officers. • We will also be making a donation to the Hope Mission located across the street from the event. I, Doug Michael, personally have 25 years experience working in Los Angeles in the Music Industry managing Record Producers and promoting concerts in the LA area. Since moving back to South Bend and have been consulting and handling business with clients in LA, I also own a restaurant in South Bend and have promoted one concert which was in Ohio. My business partner is also a business owner and real estate developer here in the area. Our production manager has about 10 years experience touring North America doing Front of House (FoH) sound with several national recording artists. This event will have a positive economic impact for the city and downtown businesses. We are estimating 40% of the concert attendees will not be from South Bend with half of those people needing hotel rooms for at least one night. The event will also be providing jobs, not just jobs for security personnel but to stage hands and stewards working the event. We understand that the city has never had an event like this and that there will be concerns in hosting such an event. We take this event very seriously and every aspect of this event will be handled professionally with the proper insurance, security and paramedics / EMT's to ensure the safety of all. We understand that with the • current Covid-19 Pandemic that things are changing weekly. We hope that by the time of the event that we will be in a position to have live music events, but if we are still in a