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Sent :Thursday, January 28, 2010 9 :17 :39 A M
To :Council, SloCit y
Subject :Thursday Night Farmer's Marke t
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January 28, 201 0
To the Mayor and San Luis Obispo City Council :
I have lived in the downtown area 16 years and in San Luis Obispo for 25 years .I
appreciate the dedication and energy the downtown association has invested in helping t o
keep downtown SLO a beautiful and vital place for residents to live and tourists to visit .
However, over the years I have developed unease with the sense of ownership an d
assumed decision making the Downtown Association has for all aspects of downtow n
activities .
For this reason, and the apparent success the SLO County Farmers Market Associatio n
has had in the past 27 years,I strongly feel that the SLO Farmers Market Associatio n
should be allowed to continue to operate the Thursday night farmers market as they
have in the past .
The Downtown Association is, after all, a non-profit advisory board to the City Council .
Unfortunately, they appear to be the only group (or maybe the only one with an y
influence) currently operating in downtown (excluding the SLO Chamber of Commerce .)
The fact, as stated in a Tribune article a few days ago, that the SLO Farmers Marke t
Association were not invited to sit down with the Downtown Association to discuss a
new direction or any dissatisfaction with the SLO County Farmers Association, bu t
instead were told by letter that they were no longer operating their own market, onl y
reinforces my belief that this particular advisory board has overreached their authority ,
and needs to be reined in, by you, the members of the City Council .
I suspect you will receive much feedback on this subject, and appreciate considering my
position and that of other residents .
Thank you,
Catherine Tait
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