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