Reading between the lines: City hall and Daily Democrat keep Woodlanders in dark
The top rendering is from the SACOG grant application (Sept. 2, 2009). It shows the city's partnership with Paul Petrovich and Cinema West in a proposal to build a $24 million complex of theaters and retail between Third and Fourth on Main ($16 million with city subsidies) and a city-built parking facility across the street ($8 million, not shown). The middle rendering, published by the Daily Democrat on Tuesday, shows a slightly modified version of the SACOG plan allegedly as part of a new Cinema West plan submitted to the city two weeks ago. The bottom rendering shows the misleading Cinema West plan without Petrovich's retail component - Petrovich quit the RDA's RFP process on Oct. 25 stating he "will retain ownership of the land where the associated retail will be built and I will address the development of that portion of the project at a later date."
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT'S RECENT ARTICLE called "Woodland's downtown theater: The show goes on" (Nov. 30) is a classic example of how no information leads to misinformation... and the City of Woodland would like it that way. The following shows the Democrat's article with comments and corrections below each paragraph.
Read much more at WoodlandRecord.com.
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I have expanded the article at WoodlandRecord.com to include more on the subcommittee's thought process - especially how it relates to rejecting the State Theatre Renovation and Expansion in favor of providing Corkill with a $2 million subsidy to rehabilitate the State. The subcommittee discussed hiring a consultant to see how a renovated State can function. No plan. No end-user. $2 million gift vs. $2 million loan. Brilliant.
PS: What I didn't mention is that this is the same subcommittee that has a member who actually asked Ron Caceres if he had considered comparing the cost of renovating the State vs. the cost of tearing it down and starting from scratch. These are the people who are determining the health of the downtown 10, 20, 30 years down the road, folks.
Dino,
All of this is very disheartening. What is the timeline on hearing the appeal Mr. Wilkinson submitted? Will it happen before the end of the year? Is there a 'response statute'? I skimmed the city municipal code and couldn't find anything.
BTW, even though I think anonymous posters can be annoying, it sure is quiet around here without them. Why can't people just take a little accountability?
Chris,
The Chase Bank design appeal will likely be heard by the city council on Jan. 18 at a public hearing.
The RDA subcommittee for the multiplex will present their recommendation at a special council meeting on the Dec. 14.
As for the trolls, I find it most interesting that they can't take what they dish out. It says a lot when people can't even take the extra step and one minute to register with Google. Good riddance.
Dino,
Is the Special meeting open to the public or will it be closed?
I agree about the trolls, they don't even have to use their full name, or even a real name for that matter...call yourself mickey mouse if you want, I don't care.
Open.
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