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Remember when TV3 Medford was at 5 High Street and the bunch of old buzzards claimed to the city council that they had to move due to "toxic mold" or whatever, ended up on Riverside Ave with no connectivity (moving to a place with no connectivity?????) and then had to shut down? Somerville Media Center now has to scramble to build a new studio with less than 3 months to do it. Something about water - you can read Somerville City Hall's letter here:
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Greetings and happy new year!
I'm writing to follow-up on the December 20 visit to the
Mayor's office. It is my understanding that two sites, Parenting Journey
and City Schemes, had been identified as possible options for the
temporary relocation of Somerville Media Center
during the renovation of the "old firehouse" building at 90 & 92
Union Square. As I recall, Tom offered to set up introductions with the
potential landlords and schedule related walk-throughs of the spaces in
order to ascertain whether either would work as
a short-term fit. With the holidays behind us, Joe Lynch and I fully
available for those visits. Let us know the time and dates.
The December 20 meeting was certainly appreciated and we
are heartened by the Mayor's commitment and support to keep SMC in the
Union Square vicinity even during this unfortunate displacement while
our home gets rehabilitated. While given advanced
word on the city's ultimate intentions to vacate the building for rehab
purposes, we are still very much in the dark on specifics regarding
timing. We are calculating the impact and logistics of this pending
disruption but this has generated a slew of unanswered
questions. Most particularly are the time frames that begin the
dominoes falling.
In the case of SMC, we expect to receive written
notification from the city with regards to the need to vacate 90 Union
Square. Additionally we need an idea of the time horizon we are working
with as far as being offsite - 6 to 8 months? 10-12
months? As can be seen, this may require a follow-up meeting to before
setting anything into motion.
Brian A. Zipp, Executive Director
Somerville Media Center - BFR | SCATV | SNN
LETTER 2
Brian,
Please find attached a letter in
response to your request for details in writing regarding our verbal
discussions in December on the need for SMC to temporarily relocate out
of the 90 Union Square building.
Please contact me with any questions.
Best,
Emily
Emily Monea
Chief of Staff to Mayor Curtatone
City of Somerville
93 Highland Avenue | Somerville, MA 02143
617.625.6600 x2118
LETTER 3
Emily,
Thank you for the response. We truly appreciate all the Mayor's
office is doing to help SMC navigate this process. Tom Galligani has
reached out -- most recently scheduling an upcoming potential site
visit this Friday. And we look forward to the continued
dialog with Denise Taylor (meeting on the 10th) with regards to the
vulnerability of the Franchise Agreement funding model. SMC looks
forward to continued cooperation and support as we face the difficult
tasks ahead.
Sincerely,
Brian Zipp
On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 5:14 PM Emily Monea <emonea@somervillema.gov> wrote:
Brian,Please find attached a letter in response to your request for details in writing regarding our verbal discussions in December on the need for SMC to temporarily relocate out of the 90 Union Square building.Please contact me with any questions.Best,EmilyEmily MoneaChief of Staff to Mayor CurtatoneCity of Somerville93 Highland Avenue | Somerville, MA 02143617.625.6600 x2118
