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Tonikian, Victoria
From:CityClerk
Sent:Monday, October 14, 2019 11:17 AM
To:Chip Visci
Cc:Betz, Ryan
Subject:RE: Parking Garage-Theater project
Dear Mr. Visci,
Thank you for taking the time to contact the City Council on this topic. This is a topic is tentatively scheduled to
be heard before the City Council on November 5, 2019. Your correspondence has been provided directly to
them.
If you have any questions, please contact the Administration Department at (805) 781-7589.
Sincerely,
Victoria Tonikian
Administrative Assistant II
City Administration
City Clerk's Office
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
E vtonikia@slocity.org
T 805.781.7105
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From: Chip Visci <
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2019 5:33 PM
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
Subject: Parking Garage-Theater project
Dear Members of City Council:
I’m writing to ask you to approve the proposed joint project for the Palm-Nipomo-Monterey Parking Garage and a new
home for SLO Repertory Theatre.
Suffice to say, more parking is needed, and this garage has been long planned and long promised.
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As a member of SLO REP’s Board of Directors, I am especially eager to see this project go forward. The new theater will
more than double SLO REP’s ability to draw residents and visitors alike to downtown SLO. The new theater will greatly
expand SLO REP’s educational outreach to students across the county.
Two particular points worth mentioning:
1. SLO REP (formerly SLO Little Theatre) has been a cultural fixture for 73 consecutive years. Each year for at least the
last five years, SLO REP has enjoyed higher attendance than the SLO Symphony, Opera SLO and Festival
Mozaic combined. SLO REP's impact is large - and will be larger if this project is approved.
2. This building will not be a static thing to wander through and wish that the walls could talk and tell us some history.
Instead, it will be a dynamic, thrumming hive of activity 46 weeks a year, bringing thousands of people together every
year to explore what unites us rather than divides us, to share tears and laughter, to gain a better understanding of who
we are and how each of us might become a better person.
As we like to say, live theater presents powerful storytelling that connects people in ways that open the mind, nourish
the soul and illuminate our shared humanity. What a great byproduct from a plan for a new parking garage.
Please vote to approve this project.
Thank you for your consideration.
Chip Visci
SLO REP Board Member
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