A proposed Fairfax music venue was dropped from a Town Council agenda Wednesday at the request of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, who was unnerved by signs opposing the project posted in his Ross neighborhood.
The council had been set Wednesday night to discuss Lesh's proposed 8,250-square-foot Terrapin Crossroads "music barn" at 2000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Fairfax. The plan calls for a two-story wood and glass barn-like building on the site of a former gas station and auto repair shop, next to the Good Earth Organic & Natural Foods store.
Lesh, 71, asked that the item be pulled from the agenda due to actions taken by opponents, said Lesh's wife, Jill. She said someone posted signs reading "No Terrapin, Please," along her husband's normal morning walking route near their home in Ross.
"They must have done it in the middle of the night after watching where he walks," she said Wednesday. "It felt a little weird and creepy."
Officials didn't know who had posted the signs.
Fairfax Town Manager Michael Rock said, "Nobody put their name on it. It's a cowardly act."
Jill Lesh said she and her husband were also disturbed that opponents put negative fliers on cars that were parked at St. Rita's Church in Fairfax during a child's funeral. Lesh has proposed paying St. Rita's to use some of its parking during performances at Terrapin Crossroads...
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