Study session nixed, then report date changed - Council to get status report on downtown multiplex on Oct. 5

This? Or this? Will the city council have 20-20 vision on the downtown multiplex proposals?

From WoodlandRecord.com:


This story was updated on Sunday, Sept. 19.

Woodland City Council will begin its focus on the two downtown multiplex proposals on Tuesday, Oct. 5, when a status report will be given by city staff during a regular meeting.

A source for the Record previously indicated that a council study session will be held Sept. 28, but apparently that was scrapped before it got out of the gate. City manager Mark Deven clarified, "We will not be having a study session on September 28. [It is] our desire to present to the community and the city council a status report on the downtown theater selection process. Right now our target is to present that as part of the regular meeting of October 12." Deven later stated the new date was a mistake and that council will receive the status report on Oct. 5. "We delayed it a week to give us a little more time to prepare the report," he said.

Essentially, an attempt was made to schedule a study session for Sept. 28 and there was an indication that it was a go. For unknown reasons, city staff reconsidered the schedule or one or more council members had a problem with that date. A study session would likely mean that at least parts of the proposals would be revealed to the public.

Sacramento developer Paul Petrovich has proposed a theater complex on the north side of Main Street between Third and Fourth Streets. Woodland developer Ron Caceres has proposed a theater complex on the south side of Main between Walnut and Elm to include the State Theatre. Cinema West would be the operator for the Third and Main "Theatre Square" plan, Galaxy Theatres would be the operator for the State Theatre Renovation and Expansion plan.