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II Events A. Special Events Special events are held in some of the Museum buildings. They are primarily membership meetings. Sometimes these meetings include a catered meal or a potluck. Attendance rarely exceeds 60 people. There is a 3500 ft2 floor space limit inside Powerland museums. This equates to a 233 people limit. There are currently only 2 museums holding(09-16)membership events, Auto and Truck. The Caterpillar Museum holds an annual meeting during Steam-Up. Museums at Powerland are allowed to hold fund raising events in their building. (see 09-16). Very few of these events have actually occurred,but they may increase in the future. The Auto Museum would most likely rent portable toilets for such events until their restrooms are completed. The Oregon Electric Railroad Museum only holds events out-of-doors and they include streetcar rides. They use the Truck Museum for membership meetings of about 65 people. B. Site Events Antique Powerland rents the site or portions of the site for corporate picnics,family reunions, church picnics, car shows, heritage power related organizations and similar groups. (see 09-16)These events occur outside. A few museums might be opened and usually the streetcar is operating. The biggest of these events would be 200 people, well within the current restroom capacity. Powerland organization events such as the Great Oregon Steam-Up provides up to 40 portable toilets to supplement the permanent restrooms. The Northwest Truck Show, EDGE&TA Swap Meet and Oregon Tractor Pullers Association tractor pull may also rent portable toilets. So events have adequate sanitary facilities to serve the persons attending these events. C. Tours There are many types of tour groups that visit Powerland. They include retirement centers,schools(pre school through College)and clubs of various interests. (cars, tools,machines, engines,trucks,railroads etc.)These groups seldom exceed 50 people although the Beaverton School District field trip has about 80 participants. These tours are usually satisfied with one or two open museums along with trolley rides. Some groups, especially retirement centers tour the grounds in people movers and do not have to walk to restrooms. D. Other Events Every 3-4 years Powerland plans to continue hosting the Boy Scouts Camporee. This event,which includes overnight camping, is completely self contained including portable restrooms. There are no other similar events allowed at Powerland. E. Event Restrictions (see 09-16) Request for events that do not relate to heritage power are not allowed at Powerland. This includes such things as a national dog show,various horse shows, Cinco de Mayo celebration,wine conventions an so on. (These are examples of previous fir denials.)