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~ MEMORANDUM ~ ~ TO: Elk River City Council FROM: Elk River Community Theater By Clifford C. Lundberg, County.Courthourse Project Manager Gentlemen: members of the Community Theater, and the community have made a proposal to the of the old County Courthouse. That As you know I, other interested persons of County Board for the use proposal is as follows: A. Use of the upstairs: 1. The courtroom for a theater for the performing arts, a dance studio, and general auditorium capable of seating approximately 100 persons. 2. Other rooms upstairs for use as prop rooms, rooms, dressing rooms, a lounge, individual rooms, and teaching rooms, such as for musical ments, voice, art and drama. costume practice instru- B. Use of main floor: Art and historical exhibit area, main office, cable TV production and editing studio, and tourist information center. C. Use of basement: Land O'Lakes Choir Boys office and an artist's studio so that artists may set up their easels or other medium and come in at will to work on their art project. The proposal included turning the management of the building over to the Elk River Community Theater which is a nonprofit charitable corporation under State and Federal law. The Community Theater would like control of the building by long term lease or a transfer of title with appropriate reversionary clauses as the County may reasonably require to ensure the foregoing uses of the property. It is anticipated that this property would remain off the tax rolls. It is the intention of the Community Theater to make proposals for grants to a number of Minnesota foundations as well as out-of- state foundations to seek money for the restoration of the building both internal and external as well as equipping it with the necessary furnishings for its effective use for the foregoing purposes. We intend to attempt to restore the building to a victorian prospective while retaining the existing space. We