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Item 9 Additional Material posted 4-05-21From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS srobertson3@san rr com Steve vaus: Barry Leonard: Dave Grosch; John Mullin: Caylin frank .CitY...Qe.rk Community-created arts council Thursday, April 1, 202110:18:56 AM Thank you for your support of the Poway Center for the Performing Arts and local performance groups! While Poway is considering creating an advisory council, I would like to see a community- created Arts Council instead. As the center serves the community, it requires community support and action. A community-created council would relieve some of the financial burden from the city through fundraising campaigns and events and could work with the city on grant opportunities. More importantly, I think a community-based (versus city) would be more responsive to traditionally underserved groups. Thank you, Sue Robertson 18670 Caminita Pasadero San Diego, CA 92128 Virus-free. www.avg .com 2 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: Linda Kent To: Cc: Steve vaus: Barry Leonard: Dave Grosch; John Mullin; Caylin Frank .Qty_Qe[k Subject: Poway Performing Arts Center Thursday, April 1, 2021 2:47:20 PM Date: Thank you for your commitment to the Poway Center for Performing Arts. The school district does not have the expertise to run the amazing theatre and performance events my family and I have enjoyed all these years. Going forward, there is much support for a community-created Arts Council in Poway. If one Powegian can almost single-handedly save San Diego opera, you can be sure there are many other local supporters who welcome the chance to work with regional arts groups and businesses. The future is exciting -your leadership is needed now! Warm regards, Linda Kent, Poway 3 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Reuben Settergren ~ Agenda Item #9: PCPA access for PSO Saturday, April 3, 2021 8:52:00 PM To whom it may concern, My family first moved to Poway in 1986, I am a PUSD/MCHS graduate (class of '88), and am now a Poway homeowner, raising my family in the City in the Country. I am also a member of the Poway Symphony Orchestra, and I want to advocate that the city council do what it takes to maintain PUSD (and PSO) access to the Poway Performing Arts Center. I have read the Agenda item #9 packet from the Poway website, and it is evident that the authors researched the issue thoroughly and represented the decision points fairly; and that it is not a trivial question. I want to stress the intangible benefit the PCPA brings to Poway in the form of PUSD and community performance activities --for the performers (adults and many, many children) and their families in the audience. Especially as we emerge from pandemic-necessitated isolation, community access to the PCPA will provide critical opportunities for neighborly engagement. Please carefully weigh your decisions, and do what it takes to support the community benefit of the PCPA; don't let it become only a for-profit touring concert venue. thanks, Reuben Settergren 12895 Carriage Heights Way Poway CA, 92064 4 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Joan Natoli ~ Agenda item #9. Support the auditorium Sunday, April 4, 2021 5:38:42 PM From Joan Natoli, former RB Chorale member. Poway City Council. Poway 's performing arts center is to our North County area! Please allow the volunteers to form a new organization for fund raising and planning for new programming. You won't be sorry! Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone 5 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Shirley and Bill Fljttje ~ Agenda item #9 Saturday, April 3, 2021 6: 52: 17 PM My husband and I loved attending the concert of Beethoven's 9th Symphony! We had just moved here from Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Minnesota where we were strong supporters of music and the arts. We hope that the city will make it possible to continue to support the Poway Symphony Orchestra. The arts are such a very important part of the wonderful quality of life here. Sincerely, Shirley and Bill Flittie Rancho Bernardo 6 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Joanne Stohs ~ Agenda Item #9 -PCPA for April 6th Meeting Saturday, April 3, 2021 5:43:07 PM Dear Poway City Council, My husband and I have been a resident of Rancho Bernardo since 2005. I have both performed at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts as a violist with various orchestras such as the Poway Symphony and orchestras for "Messiah" performances, and pianist for many PUSD Choirs, the RB Chorale high school solo competition, and other events. Our 4 children (now adults in their 20s) have performed on the stage with the Missoula Children's Theater and with PUSD Choirs, Orchestras, and Bands. I have also attended countless performances at the PCPA including musicals, ballets, PUSD concerts, Poway Symphony, and many outside groups such as BYU groups, and The Capitol Steps. As a musician as well as a supporter of the performing arts, I am delighted to know that the City will continue to operate the PCPA. The performing arts are an important part of life in a city. The PCPA is an ideal place to attend a variety of shows, from ballet to country music, from broadway shows to symphony concerts. It is definitely important for the city of Poway to fully support the arts in Poway. The City offers so many worthwhile services to the entire community. The arts are also very important to the quality of life here. The formation of an Arts Council would be very useful, if not crucial if it is designed to raise funds to cover some of the costs for running the PCPA. While we are well aware that the PCPA has been a financial drain on the City's budget, it appears that there are visible ways to reduce costs, such as ending one-sided subsidies. The city should implement such necessary changes to reduce the deficit to a manageable level. The city has been running the PCPA with a substantial operating deficit. After over thirty years the existing Agreement for Use appears to be outdated. Since then many more groups use the theatre, costs have gone up substantially, and there is now a vibrant symphony orchestra that needs better recognition. The City should develop new agreements with all parties involved in order to assure the success of the PCPA. Thank you so much. This will be one of the best uses of city money to keep culture alive. Joanne R. Stohs Rancho Bernardo Resident 858-414-5211 7 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Good morning, Michelle Sund ~ Agenda Item #9 for April 6, 2021 meeting re PCPA Monday, April 5, 2021 7:57:07 AM I don't know how interested you are in community input but I just wanted to share how much we miss the PCPA and how much we are looking forward to it reopening (safely) so we can return. When we moved to Ramona (Mt. Woodson) a few years ago, we were really sad about losing easy access to various entertainment venues. Then we discovered PCP A! Oh my, so many wonderful performers, and just a 15-minute drive from our home. Easy parking, too! We were so excited to find such a special venue: large enough to attract quality performers and small enough to have nice acoustics, and not a bad seat in the house. We love to get a glass of wine and walk around to look at artwork before a show. The expansive glass windows and the large atrium-like feel aren't found anywhere else in the County that I know of. And all the volunteers and employees are SO nice! We have seen Roger McGuinn, The Smithereens, Jake Shimabukuro, The Temptations, Back to the Garden, and a few Poway Symphony Orchestra performances including, most recently, Beethoven's 9th Symphony. We hadn't been big symphony fans in the past but John LoPiccolo was so engaging and we were so surprised by the community talent that we signed up whenever we could. We had tickets to the Spanish Festival last year (which we donated back to the PCPA). I looked at the agenda for tomorrow's meetings and I see there are a lot of suggestions for ideas to make the PCPA more viable and I'm happy to see that there are ideas being considered to move forward. The PCPA is a VERY special place and so many of us are excited about seeing what the future holds. Sincerely, Michelle Sund 8 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Hello; lisa@danceandcompany.com Q1y_.QerJs "Katie Collins P&Co"; "Janet Lettanq" City Council Meeting -Agenda Item #9 Monday, April 5, 2021 7:09:37 AM imaaeoo1 pnq I am the co-owner and business director of Dance & Company with two locations in San Diego. Our studio has enjoyed the use of the PCPA for our annual summer production for the past 7 years, and would like to thank the City Council for their decision to continue to own and operate the PCPA. Dance & Company would of course love to continue to rent the PCPA for our annual summer production and in fact has reserved a date for usage this season. We realize that in order for the theatre to continue in operate that the rental rates may need to increase. We understand that this increase would not take place until August of 2022 and that the financial impact for the rental would affect us minimally. Thank you again for your consideration. Lisa Lewis Dance & Company Owner/Business Director Sorrento Valley Rancho Bernardo 6635 Flanders Dr. Ste D 12120 Alta Carmel Ct. Ste D San Diego, CA 92121 San Diego, CA 92128 www.danceandcompany.com 9 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: nad@sbcalobaLnet ~ Agenda #9, Kristine Griffin, Ramona/Julian Academy of Dance Monday, April 5, 202110:47:22 AM To whom it may concern: I wish to thank you for your decision to continue to own and operate the PCPA. We have been renting your fine Performing Art Center for close to 20 years for our dance concerts. It is the only and closest facility available to Ramona and we feel blessed to have been a part of it for so many years. We look forward to continued use of the PCPA. Thank you for your hard work, time and efforts! We are currently booked for June 25th and 26th, 2021. We have been hard hit financially by the covid shutdowns and although we will GLADLY pay more to use the facility in the future, we welcome the possibility of little to no increase in fees for this year, and hopefully a reduction in some of the fees. We have rented the facility the last weekend in June for nearly 20 years and would like to keep those date, the last Friday and Saturday in June for future productions if possible. While Ramona/Julian Academy of Dance is located in Ramona, several of our teachers and students are Poway residents. We look forward to continuing to bring art to the Poway community! Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Kristine Griffin Ramona/Julian Academy of Dance 1530 Main St.,# 15 Ramona, CA 92065 760 789 1711 10 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Tbucknum ~ Tbucknum Agenda Item #9 Monday, April 5, 2021 11:09:28 AM We have been Poway residents for over 40 years and attend several Poway Performing Art Center events each year. We think it is a shinning star to the community and whole heartedly feel it should remain an active part of our community. We will continue to support it and attend several more events in the coming months. Terry & Virginia Bucknum 17132 Grape Arbor Ct. Poway, CA 92064 11 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Linda Roleson Steve vaus; Barry Leonard; Pave Grosch; John Mullin: Caylin Frank CttilJer!s Poway Center for Performing Arts Sunday, April 4, 202112:15:13 PM Dear Mayor Vaus, Deputy Mayor Leonard, Council Member Grosch, Council Member Mullin, and Council Member Frank, Thank you for your commitment to the Arts and subsidy support for the Poway Center for the Performing Arts theater and local performance groups. What a treasure! City support for the Arts encourages participation and appreciation for the Arts by all residents within the city and neighboring communities. And when people come into the City for theater, they shop at local stores and dine at local restaurants. Studies have shown that the Arts can have a positive impact on the local economy. The creation of a non-profit community arts council would be a win-win path to more community support. In San Diego, a group of enthusiastic arts supporters created the Spreckels Organ Society, leading to more concerts, cost-sharing for the civic organist's salary and the maintenance of the organ, and expansion of the organ. To the Arts! Linda Roleson Poway resident 12 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: ~ ~ City Council Agenda Item #9 Monday, April 5, 2021 11:54:23 AM Honorable Poway Council, As a resident of Escondido and supporter of California Center for the Arts,Escondido, we are still unable to develop an orchestra to bring us your music. We (and the rest of North County) must rely on (and enjoy) the Poway Symphony Orchestra to bring us great performances of some of the finest music every composed. The current ticket prices are fair and the orchestra has shown class. The City performs a real service to its residents and your neighbors by furnishing the forum that makes it possible. Poway is known for its arts and this enhances that image. We hope you can continue these great events. Robert Will 13 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Debbora Childress ~ Agenda Item #9 Saturday, April 3, 2021 7:43:55 PM Dear Poway City Council Members, A sincere thank you for your decision to have the City of Poway continue to own and operate the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. This amazing arts venue is truly the gem of this City. To those of us in the business of the arts, it is an invaluable part of the success of our individual businesses. Our students are gifted in so many ways by performing on this incredible stage. I have instructed the children of Poway in the art of dance for more than 30 years. Due to COVID-19, last year was the first time in 30 years we did not perform on the PCPA stage. What a disappointment and loss to our students and their families! Nothing can compare to performing on that stage. Our community is filled with students who have come through our doors and onto that stage -educated in the ways of a professional theater, performing for a live, appreciative audience. Lights, sound, props, drops, curtains, techs ... and so much more! We look forward to the day we can once again utilize the PCPA. Budgets are all currently strained due to this pandemic. We are hopeful that your Council will consider how deeply affected all small ( and large) businesses have been when deciding what we will be required to pay. We have confidence that your Council will achieve a positive solution that benefits all. Making sure all users contribute fairly, making some changes in staffing and ticketing, as well as the formation of a fundraising group can help! We can't wait to get back to performances as they should be. Our dance families can't wait either. Again, thank you for all you are doing to ensure the arts will continue to thrive -and be seen on the PCP A stage. Sincerely, Debbora Childress Ms. Debbora's School of Dance -14005-B Midland Rd., in Old Poway Village debbora@cox.net )860) 519-2168 14 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: ~ Steve Vaus: Barry Leonard: Dave Grosch; John Mullin; Caylin Frank preforming arts center Saturday, April 3, 2021 5:28:12 AM I want to thank you all for your support of the art and the center. I also want to let you know your willingness to subsidize the preforming arts center is appreciated. Please establish a non-profit community Arts Council;.Thank you for your work for Poway. Joyce Heyn 15 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Martin O"Connor ~ Agenda item #9: Support for Poway OnStage Monday, April 5, 202112:25:12 PM My wife and I are supporters of Poway OnStage and do so because we believe in their efforts to provide high quality professional performances for North County residents. We hope the City of Poway finds a way to continue their support thus providing a venue locally where professional, high quality performances can be enjoyed. Martin O'Connor mhoc123@gmail.com 16 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9 From: To: Subject: Date: Marilyn Harding ~ Support Monday, April 5, 202111:57:05 AM Please continue events for Poway as it's a good place and always a happy place to be for its many events. Sent from my iPad 17 of 17 April 6, 2021, Item #9