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From: <br />To: GRP -City Council <br />Subject: Comment on 8A Agenda Item for 1/25/21 meeting <br />Date: Sunday, January 24, 20213:38:34 PM <br />CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when <br />opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. <br />Dear Mayor Howard, Vice Mayor Hale and all Council members, <br />I hope everyone is well and staying safe. <br />On behalf of ARTS RWC I wanted to share a few thoughts on Agenda Item 8A regarding <br />the Transit District and Sequoia Station proposed development/project, which we feel <br />should continue to be studied, and move forward with more community input. This project <br />represents a real placemaking opportunity for Redwood City. This is obviously a major <br />undertaking for Redwood City and will have a huge impact on our community in many ways. <br />Jesse Tejada from LOWE presented an update to the ARTS RWC group on recent changes <br />incorporated into the Sequoia Station plans including an increase in affordable housing, plans <br />for a childcare center, ideas about a teen center and other changes made to the original <br />plans as a result of community and City input. <br />He solicited our general feedback about the project and for our ideas about the inclusion of <br />art in the project as the LOWE Project will be subject to the Percent for Art Ordinance. <br />Open Space areas featuring art were discussed, as well as exhibition space. We discussed <br />the benefits of having a dedicated space for art and the value it would bring to the <br />community. A dedicated space for art would offer families, students, teens and young <br />children a safe place to view, learn, create and experience art. It was a great exchange of <br />ideas and we hope the conversations will continue. <br />As most of the Council knows, for quite some time the ARTS RWC group, in <br />collaboration with the Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation, Art Bias, and the Redwood <br />City Arts Commission has been developing our vision for a Center for Creativity in Redwood <br />City. We have and will continue to have conversations with Developers, businesses, <br />organizations and the community as well, regarding the concept of a Center for Creativity. <br />We believe that with continued collaboration and communication between our consortium of <br />organizations, our community members and Lowe's team we can all shape this into a project <br />that would meet many city priorities and our group's vision for a center for the arts in <br />Redwood City and bring to fruition a really amazing placemaking opportunity. <br />Thanks very much, <br />Beth Mostovoy <br />Beth Mostovoy <br />Chair, ARTS RWC <br />ARTS RWC <br />