1 David Yakobson
From: Save the Civic <[email protected]>
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Honorable Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, and Council Members,
Save the Civic was formed around one simple idea: publicly owned venues for music and the arts are rare and important and should not be sold off or used for other purposes.
That idea resonated in our community beyond our wildest hopes.
Luminaries like Beach Boy founder Brian Wilson, Door’s drummer John Densmore, Crossroads and New Roads founder Paul Cummins, joined hundreds of Santa Monica residents and business owners to save this precious resource and restore it as a world-class venue; a beacon that would turn downtown into a vital cultural destination.
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2 Finding a credible entity suited to both restoring this historic site, as well as running it as a first-class arena, seemed like an impossible task.
But we did it. The perfect team stepped forward, made up of local entrepreneurs who saw this as a business opportunity as well as a chance to restore something that was so influential in their own lives. We know RPG is the right team because they have a financial AND emotional attachment to this project.
When our City Council voted unanimously to begin negotiations with them, it was a huge win for Santa Monicans. It was also a win for the City, as a world-class Civic would be a huge economic multiplier, revitalizing Main Street and the entire downtown, providing much needed tax revenue.
We urge you not to take that win away from us.
Two key players on the RPG team lost their homes in the Palisades fire.
Another team member is leading FireAid, the massive
concert/fundraising event for fire victims. This has made extending negotiations a necessity.
At a time when residents feel demoralized, both from local disasters and rapid, dramatic changes at the federal level, Santa Monicans could desperately use some good news. We’re so close to being able to give it to them; building something in our city that will make this generation, and future generations, proud.
In time, a restored Civic will be as iconic to Santa Monica as our pier.
We hope you will help make that happen.
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3 Sincerely,
The Save the Civic Steering Committee
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1 David Yakobson
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Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 2:53 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall; David White
Subject: City Council - 1/28/25 - Civic Auditorium
EXTERNAL
Dear Members of our City Council,
I would urge the city council and the city’s administrative staff to find an alternative partner for Mr. Tim Sexton other than the Oak View Group and Live Nation. Live Nation is currently being sued by the DOJ and overall public opinion is that the company will be broken up and will likely not be able to fulfill any contract it signs with the city.
From my understanding the Oak View Group is not currently being sued but is also under investigation for its relationship with Live Nation and their uncompetitive practices meant to prevent smaller promoters and venue owners from gaining market share. The city council should also take into account that the Diddy investigation will likely bring more light into the music and concert industry and may implicate employees from both Live Nation & the Oak View Group.
Given the overwhelming sentiment to break up Live Nation it is unlikely they will be able to fulfill any obligations and will leave the project in legal limbo.
Sincerely,
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310-770-5171
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From: Jaleh MIRHASHEMI <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 12:13 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Dan Hall; Caroline Torosis; Ellis Raskin; Lana Negrete; Barry Snell; Jesse Zwick; Natalya Zernitskaya; David White
Cc: Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Jenny Rogers; Sofia Klatzker; Steven Johnson; Lori Brown; Maryanne LaGuardia; John Smith; [email protected]
Subject: City Council Meeting - 1/28/25 - Item 4.B. Closed Session - Conference re: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Negotiations
EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, Mr. White, and Esteemed Councilmembers:
We have been waiting very long to renovate and reopen our Santa Monica's landmark Civic Auditorium. Reviving the Civic Auditorium as a destination for performing arts and cultural center like in the past, was a dream for the SM residents and many others.
The Revitalization Partners Group, LLC, that is currently under the negotiating with you, considering that they offer to save our public land with no need of any public funds, would be a great opportunity for our city. The reopening of the Civic Auditorium would have a great impact on our city's economy as well.
We highly recommend and urge you to finalize and sign the agreement with the RPG to revitalize and reopen the Civic Auditorium without any delay.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jaleh Mirhashemi
Co-Chair, Civic Center Task Force
Resident, 24 years
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1 David Yakobson
From: Bea Nemlaha <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 8:32 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall; David White
Subject: City Council - 1/28/25 - Item 4B Closed Session - Conference re: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Negotiations
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Honorable Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, Council Members, and City Manager, Last summer, supported by a groundswell of resident support and enthusiasm, the City Council unanimously voted to enter into an ENA with RPG (Revitalization Partners Group) to lease, seismically retrofit, restore, and operate the famed, landmarked Santa Monica Civic Auditorium as a community-owned cultural center - - its original raison d’etre.
A reopened Civic Auditorium will give Santa Monica a renewed reputation as a desirable entertainment destination for its own residents, residents of the greater Los Angeles community, and tourists from far and near. Hotels, restaurants, shops, and the nearby Pier, Promenade, Santa Monica Place, and Main Street all stand to benefit and so in turn will Santa Monica’s City’s own future, much needed income stream.
RPG will fund the entire project, asking for no financial support from the City. RPG’s partners include the most credible and powerful entities in music and live entertainment in the country. There is no comparable or available partner for this eƯort if the City and RPG do not conclude their negotiations.
Restoring and operating the Civic is a complex undertaking, one whose negotiated agreement between the City and RPG deserves and requires careful attention, and time. Last fall’s elections, the holidays, and the horrible fires of the last weeks have necessarily interrupted the completion of negotiations. Members of the RPG team have tragically lost their homes in those fires and must attend to that loss.
This City, this Council must extend the negotiation timeline for the Civic with RPG in decent recognition of what our Palisades neighbors and RPG’s partners have endured. Anything less would speak poorly of Santa Monica. And if the opportunity to re-open the Santa Monica Civic as a cultural center is lost, so too will be the City’s chance to burnish its reputation and reap the income rewards the Civic can bring.
Bea Nemlaha
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1 David Yakobson
From: Elizabeth Van Denburgh <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 10:38 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Ellis Raskin; Dan Hall; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: David White; Susan Cline; Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Jenny Rogers; Sofia Klatzker; Douglas Sloan; Steven Johnson; John Smith; Lori Brown; Maryanne LaGuardia; Heidi von Tongeln; Ann Bowman
Subject: January 28, 2025 Council Meeting - Item 4.B. - Civic Auditorium - Support Landmarked Civic Auditorium Restore and Revitalization by Entering into an ENA with RPG
EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Negrete and Councilmembers,
This email is an outreach to Dan Hall, Ellis Raskin, Barry Snell and Natalya Zernitskaya make them aware of the years of strong community advocacy behind the drive to revitalize and reopen the landmarked Civic Auditorium as a performance venue - bringing it back to its former and historic glory and in doing so restore the civic heart of our community. As well, the reopening of this venue will bring direct and economic multiplier revenue back to the city.
In July, our City Council voted to officially enter into an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with Revitalization Partners Group (RPG) to upgrade, restore, program, and operate our landmark Civic Auditorium as a Santa Monica performing arts and cultural center. RPG is a consortium of highly experienced LA based companies: Make Good Group, Geyser Holdings, The (Irving) Azoff Company, Oak View Group, and Live Nation.
Santa Monica residents will continue to own the Civic. RPG will not ask the City for any funds.
I am guessing the Civic is on the Closed Session Agenda for tomorrow night because the ENA entered into at the direction of Council (to be of 6 months duration) may be expiring soon.
The possibility of an ENA extension was contemplated in July if Council grants one and the parties wish to continue negotiating. In a deal this complex and with many moving parts, an extension would not be an unusual or unreasonable thing to agree to at this time.
Please support an extension and continued negotiations to make this wonderful opportunity to bring the Civic back to life as a treasured, landmarked, historic, entertainment venue a reality.
For background: please take a look at the Save the Civic website, which offers more details, including the Civic's history and the list of Save The Civic's advisory council luminaries from the arts and entertainment field.
More information on the Civic and the years of community engagement around preserving and reopening the Civic is here.
Thank-you for your efforts on behalf of the city.
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2 Elizabeth Van Denburgh
Wilmont Chair
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3 David Yakobson
From: Ann Hoover <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 10:01 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Dan Hall; Caroline Torosis; Ellis Raskin; Lana Negrete; Barry Snell; Jesse Zwick; Natalya Zernitskaya; David White
Cc: Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Jenny Rogers; Sofia Klatzker; Steven Johnson; Lori Brown; Maryanne LaGuardia; John Smith
Subject: January 28, 2025 City Council Meeting - Closed Session Item 4.B. - Civic Auditorium
EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, Mr. White, and Esteemed Councilmembers:
It is with great joy and enthusiasm that I continue to encourage you, as contemplated by Item 4.B., to take every step possible and necessary to finalize and sign an agreement with Revitalization Partners Group, LLC to renovate and reopen Santa Monica's landmarked Civic Auditorium.
RPG is the dream-come-true we've all been praying for - a well-resourced partner with whom to revive the Civic and in doing so to also help rejuvenate our civic, cultural, and economic life for decades to come.
This is a legacy project for everyone on the dais tomorrow night (Tuesday, January 28, 2025) and for every Santa Monican. Please continue to work with RPG and the community to restore the Civic without delay.
THANK YOU for being a Council that helps nurture The Civic back to life! Sincerely,
Ann Bowman
Recreation and Parks Commissioner (but writing only as a local individual) Co-Chair, Civic Center Task Force
Resident, 28+ years
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From: Ann Bowman
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 8:56 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Ellis Raskin; Dan Hall; David White
Cc: Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Jenny Rogers; Sofia Klatzker; Steven Johnson; John Smith; Lori Brown; Maryanne LaGuardia; Micah Akerson; Noe Mendoza
Subject: January 28, 2025 City Council Meeting - Closed Session Item 4.B. - Civic Auditorium and RPG
Attachments: Recreation and Parks Commission Letter To Council Re The Civic Auditorium.pdf Dear Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, and Esteemed Councilmembers:
With the approval and at the direction of the Chair of the Recreation and Parks Commission (RPC), I submit for the public record for Item 4.B. (Civic Auditorium and RPG) the following past Commissionapproved communications from the RPC to Council:
(1) the RPC's email (below) to Council on May 28, 2024 in support of the City moving forward to work with RPG on Civic Auditorium revitalization, and,
(2) the RPC's email to Council dated September 28, 2023 (attached) in which we highlighted the significant input provided by the community over several decades in favor of revitalizing the Auditorium, which historically has been the community's most significant venue for civic and public life.
The RPC continues to look forward to working with Council, Staff, Revitalization Partners Group, LLC, and the community in every way possible to restore and reopen the Auditorium as a civic, cultural, and performance venue in the heart of our City.
Sincerely,
Ann K. Bowman
Recreation and Parks Commissioner
From: Steven Johnson <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 10:40 AM
To: councilmtgitems <[email protected]>
Cc: Jenny Rogers <[email protected]>; David White <[email protected]>; Phil Brock <[email protected]>; Christine Parra <[email protected]>; Lana Negrete <[email protected]>; Oscar de la Torre <[email protected]>; Jesse Zwick <[email protected]>; Gleam Davis <[email protected]>; Caroline Torosis <[email protected]>; Ann Bowman <[email protected]>; Lori Brown <[email protected]>; Arati Desai Wagabaza <[email protected]>; Maryanne LaGuardia <[email protected]>; John Smith <[email protected]>; Andrew Gomez <[email protected]>; Noe Mendoza <[email protected]>; Jennifer Taylor <[email protected]>; Nia Tang <[email protected]> Subject: Recreation & Parks Commission and the Civic Auditorium Item 4-B
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6 Dear Mayor Brock, Mr. White, and Esteemed Councilmembers:
Pursuant to the directive outlined in Article X, Section 1014 of the City Charter (Recreation and Parks Commission. Powers and duties.) with respect to all matters pertaining to public recreation, including playgrounds, music and entertainment, our Commission (RPC) voted unanimously on September 19, 2023 in support of the City retaining ownership of the Civic Auditorium and the RPC submitted a letter to you dated September 28, 2023 (copy attached) in which we highlighted the significant input provided by the community over several decades in favor of revitalizing the Auditorium, which historically has been the community's most significant venue for civic and public life.
The letter also spotlighted for Council that during the Civic Working Group (CWG) process (2013-2014) over 1,700 individuals, most of whom resided or worked in the City at that time, provided input during the process and per the CWG Report (page 20) "[t]he overwhelming public response...reflected a desire to maintain the Civic for performing arts and cultural uses".
Further, in our September 28, 2023 letter we recognized the most recent public sentiments expressed at Council and other public community meetings in strong support of maintaining the Auditorium exclusively as a civic asset in perpetuity.
We are gratified to see that this community hope and goal may be advanced tonight in Closed Session Item 4.D. The RPC looks forward to working with Council, Staff, Revitalization Partners Group, LLC, and the community to restore and reopen the Auditorium as a civic, cultural, and performance venue.
Sincerely,
Recreation and Parks Commission
Steven Johnson, Chair
Andrew Gomez, Vice Chair
Maryanne LaGuardia
Lori Brown
John C. Smith
Arati Desai Wagabaza
Ann K. Bowman
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Recreation and Parks Commission
September 28, 2023
Mayor and City Council Members
City of Santa Monica
1685 Main Street,
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Re: The Civic Auditorium
Dear Mayor Davis and City Council members:
Pursuant to the directive outlined in Article X, Section 1014 of the City Charter (Recreation and Parks Commission. Powers and duties.) with respect to all matters pertaining to public recreation, including playgrounds, music and entertainment, our Commission voted unanimously on September 19, 2023 in support of the City retaining ownership of the Civic Auditorium and to advise and notify you as follows:
We emphasize that the Commission is against the City selling the Auditorium to any third party, including to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), for any purpose.
We highlight the significant input provided by the community over several decades in the Civic Center Specific Plan (CCSP), which is the governing planning document for the Civic Center area. The Auditorium is the centerpiece of the CCSP and historically has been the community's most significant venue for civic and public life. We also call your attention to the many hours of community input that informed the Civic Working Group (CWG) process in 2014-2015, which is reflected in the CWG Report dated November 2015, presented to Council in February 2016.
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The then-Chair of the Recreation and Parks Commission was among the nine members appointed by Council to the CWG, along with appointees from the Arts, Planning, and Landmarks Commissions.
Over 1,700 individuals, most of whom resided or worked in the City at that time, provided input during the CWG process and per the CWG Report (page 20) "[t]he overwhelming public response...reflected a desire to maintain the Civic for performing arts and cultural uses".
Further, the Commission recognizes recent public sentiments expressed at Council, School Board, and other public community meetings in strong support of maintaining the Auditorium exclusively as a civic asset in perpetuity.
Accordingly, we advise Council to end negotiations with SMMUSD under the Surplus Land Act as soon as legally possible and suggest this process move forward quickly enough to preserve the possibility of a reopening in conjunction with the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The Recreation and Parks Commission looks forward to working with City Council, Staff and the community to revitalize the Auditorium as a civic, cultural, and performance venue.
Sincerely,
Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commission
Maryanne LaGuardia, Chair
Andrew Gomez, Vice Chair
Lori Brown
John Cyrus Smith
Arati Desai Wagabaza
Steven Johnson
Ann Bowman
Cc: David White, City Manager
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From: Ann Bowman
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 8:45 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Ellis Raskin; David White
Cc: Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Jenny Rogers; Sofia Klatzker; Steven Johnson; John Smith Subject: January 28, 2025 City Council Meeting - Closed Session Item 4.B. - Civic Auditorium & RPG
FYI (see below) - Please continue negotiations to reopen our amazing and one-of-a-kind, landmarked Civic Auditorium as a state-of-the-art performance venue.
From: Ann Hoover <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 7:06 PM
To: councilmtgitems <[email protected]>; Phil Brock <[email protected]>; Gleam Davis <[email protected]>; Oscar de la Torre <[email protected]>; Lana Negrete <[email protected]>; Christine Parra <[email protected]>; Jesse Zwick <[email protected]>; Caroline Torosis <[email protected]>; David White <[email protected]>
Cc: Susan Cline <[email protected]>; Douglas Sloan <[email protected]>; Susan Cola <[email protected]>; Jennifer Taylor <[email protected]>; Nia Tang <[email protected]>; Jenny Rogers <[email protected]>; Christopher J. Smith <[email protected]>; David Martin <[email protected]>; Jing Yeo <[email protected]>; Steven Johnson <[email protected]>; John Smith <[email protected]>; Sofia Klatzker <[email protected]> Subject: July 23, 2024 Council Meeting - Consent Calendar Item 5.E. - Civic Auditorium & RPG
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Dear Mayor Brock, Vice Mayor Negrete, Mr. White, and Esteemed Councilmembers:
It is with great joy and enthusiasm that I encourage you, as contemplated by Item 5.E., to enter into an exclusive negotiation agreement with Revitalization Partners Group, LLC to renovate and reopen Santa Monica's landmarked Civic Auditorium.
RPG is the dream-come-true we've all been praying for - a well-resourced partner with whom to revive the Civic and in doing so to also help rejuvenate our civic, cultural, and economic life for decades to come.
This is a legacy project for everyone on the dais tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 23, 2024) and for every Santa Monican.
Please move forward with RPG and the community to restore the Civic without delay.
Also, I urge you to read the written correspondence to you from Larry Barber at page 5 of the 87 pages of public comment you received about restoring the Civic in connection with Closed Session Item 4.D. of the May 28, 2024 Council Meeting. For your convenience, his words are copied below.
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8 Mr. Barber was a coordinator of Friends of the Santa Monica Pier back in the 1970s and he helped save the Pier from destruction. As you know, the Pier remains our signature vibrant civic asset to this day and was touted just this past weekend in a Los Angeles Times special feature about Santa Monica.
THANK YOU for your foresight in nurturing The Civic back to life! Sincerely,
Ann Bowman
Recreation and Parks Commissioner (but writing only as a local individual) Co-Chair, Civic Center Task Force
Resident, 28 years
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written correspondence for Item 4.D., May 28, 2024 Council Meeting:
Dear Council Members,
It has come to my attention that you have an option before you to upgrade and restore the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium as a performing arts and cultural center. As someone who remembers with great affection seeing Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and other stellar artists at the Civic, I am writing to urge you to move forward with that option with all deliberate speed.
I was working as a cook in 1972 on the Santa Monica Pier when an action to demolish the Pier came about following the defeat of the man-made island concept. Residents of Santa Monica, working people from the Pier and other community activists banded together to fight against the demolition.
As Coordinator of Friends of Santa Monica Pier at that time, we engaged community members to let their interest and feelings be known about keeping the Pier through letters and attendance at meetings of the council. Ultimately, it took the defeat of three council members to accomplish the task of saving the pier.
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9 The movement to save Santa Monica Civic Auditorium seems to bear similar markings to that situation in the early 1970s. The Santa Monica Pier is now a vibrant asset of the city and the proposal from Revitalization Partners Group presents the council with a realistic and rewarding chance for the Civic to be an equivalent dynamic asset.
It is my hope that you will take this positive step toward injecting the Civic with new energy and preserve this treasured piece of Santa Monica’s history.
Sincerely, Larry Barber
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From: Ann Hoover <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 7:51 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Ellis Raskin; Dan Hall; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: David White; Susan Cline; Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Jenny Rogers; Sofia Klatzker; Douglas Sloan; Steven Johnson; John Smith; Lori Brown; Maryanne LaGuardia; Heidi von Tongeln; Ann Bowman
Subject: January 28, 2025 Council Meeting - Item 4.B. - Civic Auditorium
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Dear Mayor Negrete and Esteemed Councilmembers -
I want to make sure our four (4) new Councilmembers are aware of the years of strong community advocacy behind the drive to revitalize and reopen the landmarked Civic Auditorium as a performance venue - bringing it back to its former and historic glory and in doing so restore the civic heart of our community.
In July, our City Council voted to officially enter into an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with Revitalization Partners Group (RPG) to upgrade, restore, program, and operate our landmark Civic Auditorium as a vibrant Santa Monica performing arts and cultural center. RPG is a consortium of highly experienced LA based companies: Make Good Group, Geyser Holdings, The (Irving) Azoff Company, Oak View Group, and Live Nation.
Santa Monica residents will continue to own the Civic. RPG will not ask the City for any funds.
I am guessing the Civic is on the Closed Session Agenda for tomorrow night because the ENA entered into at the direction of Council (to be of 6 months duration) may be expiring soon.
The possibility of an ENA extension was contemplated in July if Council grants one and the parties wish to continue negotiating. In a deal this complex and with many moving parts, an extension would not be an unusual or unreasonable thing to agree to at this time.
Please support an extension and continued negotiations to make this wonderful opportunity to bring the Civic back to life as a treasured, landmarked, historic, entertainment venue a reality.
For background: please take a look at the Save the Civic website, which offers more details, including the Civic's history and the list of Save The Civic's advisory council luminaries from the arts and entertainment field.
More information on the Civic and the years of community engagement around preserving and reopening the Civic is here.
Thank you so much for your time.
Sincerely,
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Resident 28+ years
Recreation and Parks Commissioner
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