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Pamela Hester King, commented on the fact that sometimes the dialogue sounds like "us versus them ". Instead we should be focusing on creating things and places for our young people to enjoy; this retail cinema project is a great and creative approach, especially if this is a collaborative effort between cinema and merchants. Cordial police presence should also be a priority. Rick Greenley, stated that the city is a very "dead" town at night, since it is a government town by day and ghost town by night. While the traffic issues will emerge, if we have enough traffic planning and with a satellite police station, this project might have a positive outcome. Tiffany Papageorge, commented that her main concern was youth hanging around the cinemas, creation of long lines, and no seats in the theater. Papageorge's main concerns were loitering, hanging out by young people, and creating a bad environment. Petra Reed, presented council three major concerns: architectural elements for conversion, number of seating (4200) for the Redwood City complex, and traffic increase. Reed stated that Long Beach and San Jose are comparable projects that have failed, therefore she would like to see comparable studies. Appreciates the public forum, and it has been a quality dialogue. G.H. McKibbin, shared an article on film producers networking with Internet providers and providing movies straight into the home (in Wall Street Journal, Nov. 30/ 00). Therefore, this Council should be really aware and certain of the financial viability of this project, before committing itself. Keith Bautista, received additional time since Louisa Gasparini donated her time towards his presentation. Bautista played the song "Downtown" by Petula Clark to better illustrate the point that a downtown is extremely meaningful. He commented that this project will create new synergy downtown, where people will go shopping, go to the movies, go eat out, etc. He believes in the adage that "It is better to have tried, than to not have tried at all ". Dave Simpson, requested thorough semantics clarification on the meaning of "revitalization ", and if it means that we are hoping stores will be open in the PM time, and 7 days a week. His concern is that the current business owners might be displaced if they don't comply with the new concept of "revitalization." Richard Panelli, stated that the staff presentation was very good, however his main questions focus is on capital expenditures and an alternative plan in case we need to convert to something else. Panelli, shared that if he was a downtown merchant he would be at every public meeting applauding the developers and council because of the possibility of 40 million increase in sales. Encourages council to involve downtown merchants more. Gary Dilley, resident of Redwood City for 48 years, shared concerns about increased traffic. While Dilley is not against development and change, he does believe that the project will attract too much traffic. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 4, 2000 MINUTES PAGE 13 MINUTES Book No.58 Page NO. 275