Meeting Time: April 09, 2019 at 5:00pm PDT
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Agenda Item

1. Preliminary Term Sheet for the Development of a Major League Soccer Stadium for Sacramento Republic FC and Railyards Infrastructure File ID: 2019-00523

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    Don Gibson over 5 years ago

    Standing and singing with my friends in the Tower Bridge Battalion I've been able to grow deep friendships with many people from all walks of life that I would have never met unless this club existed. We are all faces of the community from: teachers, lawyers, nurses, taxicab drivers, cooks, mothers, father, sons, and daughters. We sing in English and Spanish and once in while try to throw in some Italian. Some of us are liberal some of us are conservative. There are people of all faiths Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and more, and those without faith. There are people new to this country, people born outside of Sacramento like me and those born and raised here & cried a little bit watching Lady Bird. In the world where we all fear communities are separated into different social bubbles, I can tell you for one Sacramento Republic FC is one of the best opportunities to stand together, united as one community, one Republic of many different peoples, to support our team.

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    Jonah Salerno over 5 years ago

    I have been a season ticket holder since 2017 traveling from my home in Stockton for games. The impact of advancing to the MLS level will make such a positive change bringing Sacramento together but the greater region as well being exposed to the city. I have never experienced an energy like that at a sporting event at a minor league level. I can't imagine what it will be like when the stadium at the railyards hosts the first home opener.

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    Daniel Kane over 5 years ago

    There's a contract breach that is in the legal system of a successful protest & that is/has already been made public on many levels>Pending talks of resolution.Suggest delay in this matter to push forward in later calendar year & as not to interfere with already secured Federal Rights/Constitutional (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241,242 and 245 - 1.,b.) rights & like for particular section or that of plausible resolution. Or move to set on getting offer of a buyout to terminate such proceedings & that of royalties on events & myself to have & obtain skybox seats.
    -Any previous talks or agreements that contradict should be directed to other party for fault-
    1.) At the: Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse>Case >#34-2017-00221885. On that site that I was able to legally protest and be able to be at, by their superiors of that site: Pacific Union Railroads and for citation case I already won and now put into Civil suit with supporting documents filed in both courts and well known.

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    Ansel Lundberg, District 7 over 5 years ago

    Greetings, my name is Ansel Lundberg. I am a co-chair of House Sacramento, a pro-housing group in our community. I speak only from a personal capacity in this comment, as House Sacramento has not formally endorsed this term sheet. However, I support the terms as laid out before the City. I don't believe that a sports venue is a silver bullet to making a city better, but I think that this proposal by the City is a reasonable one, whereas the Golden 1 Center deal was less than ideal (too much public funding from a city that is cash strapped and dealing with other issues). The soccer stadium deal is a smart one--it directs future tax revenues toward building public infrastructure, guarantees the new MLS team will support our community, and isn't a giveaway. I urge the Council to support Mayor Steinberg's leadership and support this term sheet.

    Thank you.