stilwell-burnett correspondence, july 1 – september 30, 2014
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Carolyn,
Jason Burnett
Tuesday July 01 2014 3:47
PM
Carrie Theis; Ken Talmage; Steve Dallas; Council Member Beach; Jason Stilwell; Sharon
Friedrichsen
Re Forest Theater
Thank you for your email. I believe Jason Stilwell will be able to address most
if
not all your concerns in his report
tonight. If not, we will have forest theater on the agenda for action on the August city Council meeting.
Thanks,
Jason
Jason
K.
Burnett
831.238.0009
On Tue,
Jul1,
2014 at 3:18PM, [email protected] wrote:
Hello
to
all
I have a
few
comments
to
make ahead of
tonight s
meeting regarding the Forest Theater
documents and Jason
Stilwell s report to
City Council and
the
public. Thank you
for
considering.
--Carolyn
PUBLIC PROCESS
Certainly time is of the essence to reopen the theater. But that does not mean it should be put on a fast track, as the
RFQ document states, in order to bypass the public process. We have been promised for a long time that the
community would have input through Planning Commission meetings on the design of the theater; please reassure us
that this will be the case. Perhaps it is time to resurrect the Congleton Master Plan. That plan reflected common sense
solutions to fixing the problems of the theater.
The current Request for Qualifications that has been circulated states that the hired consultant will review existing
construction documents developed to date.
We
Have.
No
Approved Construction. Documents. The documents that
were provided by the user groups through their architect Richard McCann reflect a theater design that has never
received vetting through the public process nor does it reflect the community s desire for a rustic, modest-scaled
theater. The plans were over-the-top and too expensive to execute.
SECOND OPINION NEEDED
To get this theater re-opened, I would suggest a second opinion is needed regarding the
red-tag
punch list. If you
are seriously ill and your doctor says there is no hope for a cure, wouldn t you want a second opinion? Especially if
it might mean a simpler approach to getting the facility reopened.
THE
PUNCH LIST
The punch list prepared by Richard McCann is supposed to be a repair list, but some
of
it reads like a wish list
instead. As the punch list states
p. 14
of your packet, Item 11. 07
~ h
total amount o work to correct along with
other problems may lead to the decision it is better to totally replace the
a c i l i t y ~
There are
so
many repairs listed
for the entire theater infrastructure, my concern is this will fast-track us to a total remodel without the proper public
process. Or that the total remodel is so costly, that the theater will be closed for a long time. That would not serve the
community or move us forward. Again, perhaps getting a second opinion would be prudent thing to do.
The punch list includes controversial issues that have been discussed in the past, such as theater capacity. For
example, for years and years, the agreed upon and relied upon capacity of the theater is 540 seats, based on a 21
seat. The punch list now calculates the capacity of the theater to be 626, based on an 18 seat. How many people do
you think could individually fit into an 18 seat? This is an incremental increase in usage, over the city s previous
numbers.
In the punch list, under ADA compliance, a statement refers to Vehicle off-loading points on Guadalupe and Santa
Rita streets.
P.
15, Item 12.05 It was decided long ago that these locations were either not desirable or impossible
to use. The punch list does not seem to reflect that anyone has been listening to this community. Out of touch. Totally.
USE LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE
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Get our local people involved such s Brian Congleton and Bill Camille people who can come on a moment s
notice. Start supporting our local business people and stop casting the net so far afield. Be cost-conscious in your
selection so you do not incur additional unnecessary expense. Our local people are good at collaborating and many
have worked together before.
If
the City Council does not have a policy to hire locally and support local businesses
and professionals first then it should have.
We need a local architect who understands this community has the institutional knowledge and history of having
worked with the city on other projects. We do not need an architectural/engineering firm with theater experience. We
need an architect who can solve the problems of this structure to get it reopened. And
if
an engineer is needed that
person should be a subcontractor on this job. The
City s
contract is complex excessive and onerous.
t was abundantly clear at the recent Forest Theater workshop that the community desires a rustic theater in scale with
its park setting and neighborhood character. t was made quite clear that we
do
not need or want a theater on a grand
scale in our forest. And that the theater needs to reopen sooner than later. Let s hope that you have not painted
yourself into a box that you cannot find your way out of this one.
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Jason Burnett
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Begin forwarded message:
B4C
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 5:34
PM
Steve Dallas; Jason Stilwell; Carrie Theis; Victoria Beach; Ken Talmage; Catherine Raynor
Fwd: Attend June 30th Farmers Market Workshop
From: Betsy Durnell
Subject Re:
Attend June
30th Farmers Market Workshop
Date: June 30 2014 at 7:51:54 PM PDT
To: jason@burnettforcarmel. com
Cc: Betsy Durnell
Reply-To: Betsy Durnell
unfortunately I was unable to attend the meeting regarding the farmers market today
however I wanted to express my opinion as a downtown Carmel merchant. I have noticed a
steep decline in my Thursday activity during the farmers market since it's inception at the
Sunset Center. Although perhaps it's intention
is
to draw more people to the downtown area,
it
is
in my opinion a block at the front door of downtown buisnesses since it's tents and park
set up
is
a visual draw as the first activity in the approach to the downtown, people notice it
upon entering into town and perhaps may think it is a special fair going
on.
Shops like mine
which are located on the side streets sometimes take a little longer to reach after exploring
the main avenue to begin with, the farmers market creates
an
even further delay. Combined
with the short span of time people have for parking and the limited time they have to visit,
there simply
is
not enough time
in
the day to visit the temporary drop ins and those who pay
higher rents and have commited to being here to serve the customer. It
is
simply unfair the
merchants have been blocked out by those who now stand at our front door. Farmers
markets are great for bedroom communities where there are households of families
shopping for their weekly menues. Carmel is a unique community that is about dining out
and shopping the beautiful art galeries and gift shops. Help us to keep our unique
community and make parking available for those who have driven long distances to partake
of this breath of fresh air, not to pick up some fruit. Let us not embark on an activity that will
distroy the beauty of this unusual community .. please let the farmers market go back to the
family neighborhoods that need them and where we all can go to pick
up
the organic
products we love. Carmel is simply not that place.
etsy Durnell
The
Soiled Doves Bath
House
Dolores St.
S
/W Ocean
PO Box 7367
Carmel by
the
sea
Ca.
93921
831)
624-9377
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On Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:30 PM, Mayor Jason Burnett wrote:
June 3 th Farmers Market Workshop
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June
30th Farmers
Market
Workshop
Monday, June 30th at 5:30pm
Council Chambers
City Hall
Monte Verde St., between
Ocean
& th
Avenues
July 1st City Council
Meeting
Tuesday, July 1st at 4:30pm
Council Chambers
City Hall
Save the Date:
August City Council
Workshop
Monday, August 4th at 5:30pm
City Hall
August City Council
Meeting
Tuesday, August 5th at 4:30pm
City Hall
Dear Betsy,
June has been a busy month. We are on track to
close out the FY13-14 fiscal year with more than a
half million dollar surplus and we passed a 20
million balanced budget for FY14-15. This budget
includes over 4 million
in
capital projects so you'll
see a lot of road, trail and building projects being
done around town over the next 12 months. The
proposed budget
is
found here and the final
approved budget will be found here when available.
In
June we also approved a 15-year 30 million
waste hauler agreement with GreenWaste
Recovery. GreenWaste comes with very good
reviews from other communities who have used
them. The firm will implement new services that will
improve the cleanliness of town and the contract
provides for much enhanced accountability to the
community. We look forward to this new relationship.
Farmers
Market
Workshop
on
June
30th
Our ad hoc committee of Councilmember Carrie
Theis and Councilmember Steve Dallas will be
hosting a workshop on the farmers market on June
30th at 5:30 PM in the Council Chambers at City
Hall. The ad hoc committee will hear from the
community, develop a set of recommendations, and
bring those to the City Council at the July 1st
meeting. Please come to the workshop so you can
share your perspective and your point of view can be
considered as the committee develops its
recommendations.
City
Council Meeting on July st
Please come to the City Council Meeting on July 1st
at 4:30 PM in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
The agenda (found here) includes, among other
items, the consideration of three encroachment
permits for the City Council to further refine the
application of the public right-of-way Vision
statement.
Thank you for your interest in our community. I hope
to see you at one or more of our coming workshops
and meetings.
Sincerely,
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Begin forwarded message:
B C
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 5:41 PM
Steve Dallas; Jason Stilwell; Carrie Theis; Victoria Beach;
Ken
Talmage; Catherine
Raynor
Fwd: Farmers Market is
the
best
From:
Steve Dallas
Subject: Re: Farmers Market is the best
Date:
June 30, 2014 at 11:04:35 PM
PDT
To: Lisa Budlong
Cc: Jason Burnett , "[email protected]"
, "vbeach@ci. carmel. ca. us"
Lisa,
Thank you for your letter
I hope you can make Tuesday city council meeting at 515pm when this item will be discussed.
I have forwarded your comments to our city administrator and a fellow council member
Thank you for your input,
Steve Dallas
On Monday, June 30, 2014, Lisa Budlong wrote:
The Carmel Farmers Market s the very best thing to happen to Carmel by the Sea in the past 20+ years I have
lived here. To have a wonderful assortment
offr sh
fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs and cheese all within a short
walk from my kitchen has actually changed the way I eat, for the better I have been to the Farmers Market
every day since it began last June, and plan on going every day in the future. t s a great social event as well to
meet up with our friends & neighbors out in the fresh air and park like setting. I also see many local business
people shopping at the Market, along with many
of
our Visitors, some of whom have never seen an
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Artichoke Please realize how important something like this is to the Residents (and voters)
of
Carmel by the
Sea.
Lisa Budlong
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From
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Jason Burnett
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 9:43 PM
Catherine Raynor
Carrie Theis; Don Freeman [email protected]); Carrie Theis; Ken Talmage; Steve
Dallas; Victoria Beach; Jason Stilwell
Re
New Board and Commission Application Form
Thank you for this improvement
Jason
K.
Burnett
831.238.0009
On Wed, Jul2, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Catherine Raynor wrote:
Dear Mayor and Council:
I ve created a new board and commission application.
It s
a fillable PDF form and is now online. More
importantly the second page of the document provides applicants with information they need to know before
applying, like their application
is
a public record and they are subject to many filing requirements. See the
form for more details.
So if
you find those that may want to apply, share this information with them. They can get to the page it
is
posted at the first URL below or they can go the main City site, click on Government, and then click Boards
and Commission link in the left panel. The document is linked in the last paragraph of the page.
Applicat ion- http://ci.carmel.ca.us/carmel/index.cfm/linkservid/F8595B 17-3048-7B3D-C5A5E3103900F121/
Thanks, Catherine
Catherine A. Raynor, MM
City Clerk
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From
To
Subject:
Jason Burnett
Jason Stilwell; Mike Calhoun; Don Freeman
Fwd: Sunset Center Safety Concerns
See additional reports of safety issues.
Jason
K.
Burnett
831.238.0009
----------Forwarded message ----------
From:
orey Bellfaust
Date: Mon, Jul 7 2014 at 12:59
PM
Subject: Sunset Center Safety Concerns
To: Jason Burnett
Hello Mayor Burnett.. I was wondering
if
you looked at my response about the safety issues I refereed to a couple
of
weeks ago?
If not here they are again:
Mr. Burnett,
Thank you for your ultra super fast reply I've been
so
jaded for
so
long fighting
an
up hill battle with SCC that its very refreshing to
know that someone takes these infractions seriously.
It will take me sometime to go through all the past em ails to compile a comprehensive list of things, but I should have something for you
by Friday at the latest.
Also, the lack of communication that I get from SCC in order to help with building maintenance is a huge problem for me. SCC should
have told me about the City's building review if only to be there to answer questions to whomever did the inspection. My knowledge of
all vital systems would have helped greatly better identify any problems that the building has.
Again, thank you for your time and expect to hear from me very soon.
orey Bellfaust
to Corey
@]
Hello Mayor Burnett,
Again thank you for taking the time to listen to my plea. Here is a small list of conversations I have had about the acoustic
clouds.. I'm having my predecessor find his em ails to SCC about the original notice of the problem about 5 years prior to these
emails
.
I will send them to you when I get them.
In
addition to the previous conversation about the clouds, the flyrail system
is
the most dangerous thing
in
the theater and needs
constant maintenance. Along with the clouds are the ropes that need to be changed out (when the orange starts to fray is when
JR Clancy suggests to have them changed out). Also half of the braking systems (See video) are loose and hare pinching the
cables properly. Up
on
the grid of the flyrail system, we have 1/4 inch thick plywood standing between us and a 4 ft
drop. These are all things that I have constantly told the old production manager about and nothing ever seemed to go
anywhere
.
But then again the old production manager was a union buster and turned SCC into a very hostile working
environment
I
have many emails
on
this subject to back up my claims).
You can see
in
the pulley photos where we had temporarily fixed the grinding problem. You can see where the cable has eaten
into the steel. But our solution is very temporary.
I have also attached photos and videos of the problems at hand
so
that you may have a better understanding of what it is I'm
referring to.
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I'm having my predecessor find his em ails to SCC about the original notice
of
the problem about 5 years prior to these em ails I
will send them to you when I get them.
EMAILS:
From Alex Saunders
Sent Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:52
PM
To Rollie Weaver
Cc: Agha Bilal; Christine Sandin
Subject Rigging System- Repair
Information
Hey
Guys,
The wear on the Line Set for the Orchestral shell cloud
is
progressing.
I have
attached
an
FOS Grant
Request,
which
has
information you
can
extract
to
Present
to
the city .
We should visit this again soon, and have this work done asap.
It will require a 5 Day Window, worst case.
A
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Sunset Center
Carmel, California
24 HR Cell (831) 233- 2798
E-Mail [email protected]
EMAIL
2:
Here is the email after the maintenance where I reported that what we did, did not fix the problem
Corey Bellfaust
to Alex Rollie christine
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Hello all,
The rail system is done All the line set Loft Blocks have been adjusted and are now perfectly strait in-line with each
other. All
of
them
have been ran up and down and are running
very smoothly
and all the cables (Except the acoustic
clouds) sit nicely in each pulley.
We moved
each loft block 3/4" to
make them
strait with the exception of:
Line-Set (1) : Moved the Head Block Upstage 2"
Line-Set (8) : Moved the Head Block Upstage 3/4"
Line-Set (11) : Moved all Loft Blocks 2 3/8"
Line-Set (14) : Moved The Head Block Upstage 1 3/8"
Line-Set
(26) :
Moved all Loft Blocks
1 1/2
Line-Set (27) : Moved all Loft Blocks 2"
Line-Set (28) : Moved The Head Block Upstage 1"
Line-Set (30) : Moved all Loft Blocks 1"
2
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We also moved all the cables Upstage on each pulley on the Head Block and first set of Loft Blocks for each line-set..
This helps the cables move smoother on each line-set and also helps with cables not skipping out of their grooves in each
pulley.
The Center Cable on the first Cloud had to
be
completely replaced (which
we
did). It had been "chewed" on by the pulley
system when we where moving cable lines. But
it
now runs smooth.
We also took down the movie screen that was hanging above the 1st Electric on chain motors. I don't know what you
want to do with the screen. It's still good, but it's pretty big and I don't know about where to store it? If Studio 1
S
needed
a screen this would be perfect. It does require power. Right now it's all the way up stage on the deck until we figure out
what to do with it.. I do have to say it is rather nice not having it up there because now we not only do we have freed up
space on the grid, but also we now have two chain motors accessible for some of the bigger rock shows and such that
come through. So i f they wanted a to hang a truss or something, we can do that without doing much
As for the cables on the Clouds, we still have the same problem with the cables cutting into the Loft Block
guides.
We
adjusted
everything to
last
for a while,
but
we
need to upgrade either the first Loft Block on each line
with a Cloud
to
a bigger one, or make
them
power assisted. There
is
just too
much tension
from all
the
weight
to
fix it
with what we have. But at least they aren t
rubbing
as bad and
they
run
much
smoother
now until
we can
figure
out what to do.
If you have any other questions about this let me know.
Thanks
EMAIL
3:
In this Email I
had
requested a day for maintenance
on
the clouds
and
the acoustic shells (60% of our shows every year
use
these). I needed 3 people and a full day. The maintenance day was met with one extra person so I did maintenance on the
mechanical stage thrust
and
basic cleaning which should be done 3
to
4 times a year
and
this was the first time it was done in
nearly 3 years.
Rollie Weaver
to me Michael Alex
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0
Hi
Corey,
Last
week, Michael and I discussed at least one maintenance day before Bach, and he was hoping to talk to you about it
last Sunday (YMM). Either way, I'm hoping you are willing and able
to
spend a few minutes
with
him this coming
weekend
to
plan for shell/cloud maintenance.
Task
list, crew call etc. I want this
to
happen preferably on May 23
(before Four Freshman) or May
28
(before
CMS ,
whichever seems
to
work best between the scheduled productions.
He
will be on-site as PM for the Symphony concerts.
Also, the theater is dark between CAPA and Bach, so it is our hope to get another maintenance day during that time.
We'll address that soon.
Thank you
for
your attention to this matter,
Rollie
From: Corey Bellfaust [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 12 2014 10:38 AM
To: Alex Saunders
Cc: Michael Jayko; Rollie Weaver; 611 Dispatch
Subject: Re: May Schedule
Well anyhow this
is
a start . If you wish to go into
further
detail I would love to meet with you and
discuss all of my concerns if you are able. Again I'm sending you this email out of concern for
public safety. I'm am not using this as a means to further my career. In fact I'm still debating on
leaving this position after this years
Bach
Festival. The stress
of
not
having anyone listen
to
my
concerns is growing tiresome and I don t want to
be
held responsible for any accidents that
happen while I'm steward.
Thankfully,
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From
To
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Attachments
Jason Burnett
Jason Stilwell; Don Freeman; Mike Calhoun
Fwd
More Sunset Center Safety Issues
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Please see reports of safety concerns.
Jason K Burnett
831.238.0009
----------Forwarded message ----------
From:
Corey Bellfaust
Date: Mon, Jul 7 2014 at
: 5PM
Subject: More Sunset Center Safety Issues
To: Jason Burnett
Hello again Mayor Burnett,
The beginning of the Bach festival is upon us and I have an update of safety concerns again that the Sunset
Center refuses
to
do anything about. Since my warnings have gone to the way side, I have no one to report
these issues to so I'm letting you know in the hopes that someone can address these issues for the safety of the
general public and the musicians of the Bach Festival.
There are
two
very serious issues I wish to discuss. First and foremost is the Fire Curtain. The fire curtain is
what separates the stage from the audience in case of a fire.
For
the past 6 months we have been bypassing a
key safety component in the operation ofthe fire curtain (see below photo). In the elaborate pulley system
there is a tension release bar that activates the fire curtain in case of a fire, because of a malfunction in the
system,
we
have wooden shims holding up the tension release bar (as per requested by the SCC Production
Manager) so that we could have productions on stage. I originally verbally reported this malfunction to Alex
Saunders the previous Production Manger at SCC 6 months ago.
Today when I got to work the new production manager Michael Jayko had pointed out that a few days ago
there where power outages in Carmel which had tripped the fail safe components of the fire curtain. This in
itself isn't suppose to trip the curtain because
of
the battery back up system which is suppose to prevent
that. When J.R. Clancy came out and inspected the flyrail system about 10 months ago the Clancy Rep. said
that this an electrical malfunction in the Safe Guard panel (see photo) but because we have shims holding
the tension release bar the curtain did not go down. So to make a long story short (too late), the fire curtain
isn't operational the
way it's suppose to. The only way for it to work is to manually remove the shims. This is
a very unsafe practice that I'm sure is not up to fire code safety.
When I brought up this issue to Mr. Jayko, he then talked to his boss Rollie Weaver who told Mr. Jayko that
there is nothing we can do about this until the Bach Festival is over
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The second issue I would like to discuses is the lack of maintenance on the electrical equipment. None ofth
lighting fixtures at SCC have had any proper maintenance since I have started working there back in 2007 and
60% of the lighting instruments are at least 35-40 years old.
During the load in for the Carmel Bach Festival, while the crew was setting up the lighting instruments, there
was a short in one
of
the fixtures that created a sizable set
of
sparks and a small explosion. Luckily no one was
injured and nothing caught on fire. This too has been a major concern of mine that has gone unattended. Each
electrical dimmer in the Sunset Center carries a charge of 2.4 Kilowatts of electricity which could easily kill
someone or start a fire withing milliseconds.
These two very important and vital systems that run the Sunset Center have been neglected and in
y
professional opinion need to be taken care of ASAP
I thank you for your time and hope that this email doesn't fall on deaf ears.
Corey Bellfaust
Technical Director
Sunset Cultural Center
(831) 596-9840
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From
To
Subject:
Jason Burnett
Jason Stilwell; Mike Calhoun; Don Freeman
Fwd: Sunset Center Safety Concerns
See additional reports of safety issues.
Jason
K.
Burnett
831.238.0009
----------Forwarded message ----------
From:
orey Bellfaust
Date: Mon, Jul 7 2014 at 12:59
PM
Subject: Sunset Center Safety Concerns
To: Jason Burnett
Hello Mayor Burnett.. I was wondering
if
you looked at my response about the safety issues I refereed to a couple
of
weeks ago?
If not here they are again:
Mr. Burnett,
Thank you for your ultra super fast reply I've been
so
jaded for
so
long fighting
an
up hill battle with SCC that its very refreshing to
know that someone takes these infractions seriously.
It will take me sometime to go through all the past em ails to compile a comprehensive list of things, but I should have something for you
by Friday at the latest.
Also, the lack of communication that I get from SCC in order to help with building maintenance is a huge problem for me. SCC should
have told me about the City's building review if only to be there to answer questions to whomever did the inspection. My knowledge of
all vital systems would have helped greatly better identify any problems that the building has.
Again, thank you for your time and expect to hear from me very soon.
orey Bellfaust
Hello Mayor Burnett,
Again thank you for taking the time to listen to my plea. Here is a small list of conversations I have had about the acoustic
clouds.. I'm having my predecessor find his em ails to SCC about the original notice of the problem about 5 years prior to these
emails
.
I will send them to you when I get them.
In
addition to the previous conversation about the clouds, the flyrail system
is
the most dangerous thing
in
the theater and needs
constant maintenance. Along with the clouds are the ropes that need to be changed out (when the orange starts to fray is when
JR Clancy suggests to have them changed out). Also half of the braking systems (See video) are loose and hare pinching the
cables properly. Up
on
the grid of the flyrail system, we have 1/4 inch thick plywood standing between us and a 4 ft
drop. These are all things that I have constantly told the old production manager about and nothing ever seemed to go
anywhere
.
But then again the old production manager was a union buster and turned SCC into a very hostile working
environment
I
have many emails
on
this subject to back up my claims).
You can see
in
the pulley photos where we had temporarily fixed the grinding problem. You can see where the cable has eaten
into the steel. But our solution is very temporary.
I have also attached photos and videos of the problems at hand
so
that you may have a better understanding of what it is I'm
referring to.
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I'm having my predecessor find his em ails to SCC about the original notice
of
the problem about 5 years prior to these em ails I
will send them to you when I get them.
EMAILS:
From Alex Saunders
Sent Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:52
PM
To Rollie Weaver
Cc: Agha Bilal; Christine Sandin
Subject Rigging System- Repair
Information
Hey
Guys,
The wear on the Line Set for the Orchestral shell cloud
is
progressing.
I have
attached
an
FOS Grant
Request,
which
has
information you
can
extract
to
Present
to
the city .
We should visit this again soon, and have this work done asap.
It will require a 5 Day Window, worst case.
A
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Carmel, California
24 HR Cell (831) 233- 2798
E-Mail [email protected]
EMAIL
2:
Here is the email after the maintenance where I reported that what we did, did not fix the problem
Corey Bellfaust
to Alex Rollie christine
'
0
Hello all,
The rail system is done All the line set Loft Blocks have been adjusted and are now perfectly strait in-line with each
other. All
of
them
have been ran up and down and are running
very smoothly
and all the cables (Except the acoustic
clouds) sit nicely in each pulley.
We moved
each loft block 3/4" to
make them
strait with the exception of:
Line-Set (1) : Moved the Head Block Upstage 2"
Line-Set (8) : Moved the Head Block Upstage 3/4"
Line-Set (11) : Moved all Loft Blocks 2 3/8"
Line-Set (14) : Moved The Head Block Upstage 1 3/8"
Line-Set
(26) :
Moved all Loft Blocks
1 1/2
Line-Set (27) : Moved all Loft Blocks 2"
Line-Set (28) : Moved The Head Block Upstage 1"
Line-Set (30) : Moved all Loft Blocks 1"
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We also moved all the cables Upstage on each pulley on the Head Block and first set of Loft Blocks for each line-set..
This helps the cables move smoother on each line-set and also helps with cables not skipping out of their grooves in each
pulley.
The Center Cable on the first Cloud had to
be
completely replaced (which
we
did). It had been "chewed" on by the pulley
system when we where moving cable lines. But
it
now runs smooth.
We also took down the movie screen that was hanging above the 1st Electric on chain motors. I don't know what you
want to do with the screen. It's still good, but it's pretty big and I don't know about where to store it? If Studio 1
S
needed
a screen this would be perfect. It does require power. Right now it's all the way up stage on the deck until we figure out
what to do with it.. I do have to say it is rather nice not having it up there because now we not only do we have freed up
space on the grid, but also we now have two chain motors accessible for some of the bigger rock shows and such that
come through. So i f they wanted a to hang a truss or something, we can do that without doing much
As for the cables on the Clouds, we still have the same problem with the cables cutting into the Loft Block
guides.
We
adjusted
everything to
last
for a while,
but
we
need to upgrade either the first Loft Block on each line
with a Cloud
to
a bigger one, or make
them
power assisted. There
is
just too
much tension
from all
the
weight
to
fix it
with what we have. But at least they aren t
rubbing
as bad and
they
run
much
smoother
now until
we can
figure
out what to do.
If you have any other questions about this let me know.
Thanks
EMAIL
3:
In this Email I
had
requested a day for maintenance
on
the clouds
and
the acoustic shells (60% of our shows every year
use
these). I needed 3 people and a full day. The maintenance day was met with one extra person so I did maintenance on the
mechanical stage thrust
and
basic cleaning which should be done 3
to
4 times a year
and
this was the first time it was done in
nearly 3 years.
Rollie Weaver
to me Michael Alex
'
0
Hi
Corey,
Last
week, Michael and I discussed at least one maintenance day before Bach, and he was hoping to talk to you about it
last Sunday (YMM). Either way, I'm hoping you are willing and able
to
spend a few minutes
with
him this coming
weekend
to
plan for shell/cloud maintenance.
Task
list, crew call etc. I want this
to
happen preferably on May 23
(before Four Freshman) or May
28
(before
CMS ,
whichever seems
to
work best between the scheduled productions.
He
will be on-site as PM for the Symphony concerts.
Also, the theater is dark between CAPA and Bach, so it is our hope to get another maintenance day during that time.
We'll address that soon.
Thank you
for
your attention to this matter,
Rollie
From: Corey Bellfaust [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 12 2014 10:38 AM
To: Alex Saunders
Cc: Michael Jayko; Rollie Weaver; 611 Dispatch
Subject: Re: May Schedule
Well anyhow this
is
a start . If you wish to go into
further
detail I would love to meet with you and
discuss all of my concerns if you are able. Again I'm sending you this email out of concern for
public safety. I'm am not using this as a means to further my career. In fact I'm still debating on
leaving this position after this years
Bach
Festival. The stress
of
not
having anyone listen
to
my
concerns is growing tiresome and I don t want to
be
held responsible for any accidents that
happen while I'm steward.
Thankfully,
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From
Sent:
To
Cc
Subject:
Hi Jason and Victoria,
Wednesday July 09 2014 7:59
PM
Jason Burnett; Council ember
each
Jason Stilwell; Sharon Friedrichsen
Forest Theater: Selection of Architect
On Victoria s urging to remain vigilant regarding the Forest Theater
project a
must since the theater is my
neighbor+ , am writing to ask how the selection
of
the architect is going to be handled?
PROCESS
The proposed timeline is reflected in the RFQ signed by the city project manager: Deadline for receipt
of
applications
by July 8; city to select candidates to interview by July 12, interview selected candidates by July 22, and selected
candidate notified by July 23. It is not clear who will be participating in the process and making the selections. Will it
be staff, City Administrator, Mayor and Vice Mayor, or City Council?
In previous years, the City has gotten off on the wrong foot a few times regarding this project. Because
of
the high
profile nature
of
the Forest Theater, building consensus around the selection
of
the architect would be helpful to
all
concerned. And to that end, having the entire City Council participate in the final selection would contribute greatly to
a process that is open, public and transparent.
FIX IT LIST
I heard a rather disturbing revelation last night from an architect who was interested in applying for the Forest Theater
work, who talked to Monterey s building official John Kuehl regarding the
punch
list and was told that some
architect created the list. He (Kuehl) was asked to provide its cover letter. I know that McCann s name is on the
puneh list fix-it list. But, it
didn t
sound like the building official had a hand in creating it, and that is what is
disturbing.
Which also concerns
me: McCann s
fix-it list was developed around the theater design he thinks should be
implemented+his own. I hope that when the city contracts with a new+hopefully local+architect, the first thing
he/she does
is
revisit the list and create a new list based on the historic nature of the theater, one that will get the theater
open sooner rather than years from now. As one architect commented to me regarding the McCann list,
almost
the
entire list would likely be tossed out when applying codes that govern historic structures.
Let s
hope that comes to
pass.
DELETIONS
Regarding the list, Jason Stilwell invited anyone with additions and omissions to the list to let him know. A new
architect will surely have input on what should be eliminated from this list. I restate here the items I previously had
great concern about and brought to the City s attention:
1.
Theater capacity calculation. For years and years, the agreed-upon and relied-upon capacity
of
the theater is 540
seats, based on a
21
seat.
McCann s
list now calculates the capacity of the theater to be 626, based on an
18
seat.
This is an incremental increase in usage, over the
city s
previous numbers. Keep the seating area within the current
footprint
of
the existing seating area.
If
that means reducing linear bench seating to meet the agreed-upon capacity, then
that is what should be included in the plans.
2.
Re: ADA compliance, a statement refers to
Vehicle
off-loading points on Guadalupe and Santa Rita
streets. P.
15,
Item 12.05) I thought the decision was made a long time ago that these locations were either not desirable or
impossible to use. Both would require removal
of
a large number
of
trees in the upper reaches of the
theater s
forested
grounds.
3. A complete tear-down of the facility, as suggested by McCann s list, is likely not necessary to fix what is broken to
get the theater reopened.
At your last council meeting, Stephen Moorer originally thought that ADA access to the stage was missing from the
list. It is actually listed under Item 12.08
w e
Lift (wheel chair lift).
I look forward to hearing from you and having further dialog on the subject
of
the Forest Theater.
--Carolyn
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From
Sent
To
Cc
Jason Burnett
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 1:31
PM
Steve Dallas; Jason Stilwell; Carrie Theis; Victoria Beach; Ken Talmage; Catherine Raynor
Mike Calhoun
Subject
Fwd Parking in Carmel
Please do not respond.
Chief Calhoun and I met recently with Don Shoup, UCLA professor working on parking issues and author of the book
The High Cost
of
Free Parking. See a couple
of
articles below that may be
of
interest.
Jason
S.
Let s
put an update on parking on an upcoming agenda (Aug, Sept or Oct) where we can discuss
if
anyone is interested
in doing do.
Thank you,
Jason
Jason Burnett
831.238.0009
jason. burnett@gmail. com
From Donald Shoup [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
3: AM
To Mike Calhoun; [email protected]
Subject Parking
in
Carmel
Hi Mike and Jason,
I enjoyed talking with you about my favorite subject, and here are the links to information about some of
the ideas I mentioned.
A short piece that explains the benefits
of
visibly spending meter revenue on the metered blocks, so that
merchants and property owners on unmetered blocks will ask to be included in the metered
district: http://tinyurl.com/3vmvz
A short piece that should refute any complaints that parking charges will hurt the
poor: http:/ www.uctc.net/access/44/access44 almanac. shtml
A short piece on progressive parking fines: http:/ uctc.net/access/3 7 access3 7 parking fines. shtml
And I will attach a press release from Ventura that shows the kind of results you can aim for. I
particularly like Ventura's policy ofusing the parking meters to give free wi-fi service on all the
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metered blocks.
f
you are interested in this option, I can put you in contact with Ventura s
transportation engineer who figured out how to provide the free wi-fi at no cost to the city.
Thanks for the meeting yesterday, and please keep me posted on Carmel s parking progress.
Don Shoup
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From
Sent:
To
Cc
Subject:
Carolyn,
Jason Burnett
Thursday July 10 2014
7: 5AM
Council
Member
Beach; Jason Stilwell; Sharon Friedrichsen
Re
Forest Theater: Selection
of
Architect
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your comments and concerns. We have not yet had agenda review for
the August meeting
so
no decision has been made about the details of what will come to the City Council and in
what form. It is helpful to hear your advice that bringing the choice of an architect to the full City Council
would build consensus.
I will let you know once we have made a decision about the process but I agree it should not involve a subset
of
the City Council.
I defer to Jason S re your other points.
Thank you,
Jason
Jason
K.
Burnett
831.238.0009
On Wed, Jul9, 2014 at 8:07PM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi Jason and Victoria,
On Victoria s urging to remain vigilant regarding the Forest Theater
project a
must since the theater is my
neighbor+ , am writing to ask how the selection of the architect is going to be handled?
PROCESS
The proposed timeline is reflected in the RFQ signed by the city project manager: Deadline for receipt of
applications by July 8; city to select candidates to interview by July
12
interview selected candidates by July
22, and selected candidate notified by July 23.
It
is
not clear who will be participating in the process and
making the selections. Will it be staff, City Administrator, Mayor and Vice Mayor, or City Council?
In previous years, the City has gotten off on the wrong foot a few times regarding this project. Because
of
the
high-profile nature
of
the Forest Theater, building consensus around the selection
of
the architect would be
helpful to all concerned. And to that end, having the entire City Council participate in the final selection would
contribute greatly to a process that is open, public and transparent.
FIX IT LIST
I heard a rather disturbing revelation last night from an architect who was interested in applying for the Forest
Theater work, who talked to Monterey s building official John Kuehl regarding the punch list and was
told that
some
architect
created the list. He (Kuehl) was asked to provide its cover letter. I know that
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McCann s name is on the puneh list fix-it list. But, it didn t sound like the building official had a hand
in creating it, and that is what is disturbing.
Which also concerns me: McCann s fix-it list was developed around the theater design he thinks should be
implemented+his own. I hope that when the city contracts with a new+hopefully local+architect, the first
thing he/she does
is
revisit the list and create a new list based on the historic nature
of
the theater, one that will
get the theater open sooner rather than years from now. As one architect commented to me regarding the
McCann list,
almost
the entire list would likely be tossed
out
when applying codes that govern historic
structures. Let s hope that comes to pass.
ELETIONS
Regarding the list, Jason Stilwell invited anyone with additions and omissions to the list to let him know. A
new architect will surely have input on what should be eliminated from this list. I restate here the items I
previously had great concern about and brought to the City s attention:
1
Theater capacity calculation. For years and years, the agreed-upon and relied-upon capacity
of
the theater is
540 seats, based on a
21
seat.
McCann s
list now calculates the capacity
of
the theater to be 626, based on
an
18
seat. This is an incremental increase in usage, over the city s previous numbers. Keep the seating
area within the current footprint of the existing seating area.
If
that means reducing linear bench seating to
meet the agreed-upon capacity, then that
is
what should be included in the plans.
2.
Re: ADA compliance, a statement refers to Vehicle off-loading points on Guadalupe and Santa Rita
streets.
P.
15 Item 12.05) I thought the decision was made a long time ago that these locations were either
not desirable or impossible to use. Both would require removal of a large number of trees in the upper reaches
of the theater s forested grounds.
3. A complete tear-down of the facility, as suggested by McCann s list, is likely not necessary to fix what is
broken to get the theater reopened.
At your last council meeting, Stephen Moorer originally thought that ADA access to the stage was missing
from the list. It is actually listed under Item 12.08 we Lift wheel chair lift).
I look forward to hearing from you and having further dialog on the subject of the Forest Theater.
--Carolyn
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From
To
Subject
Attachments
Jason
Stilwell
Jason Burnett; [email protected]
RE
Veterans Cemetery Comments
CC
Veterans Cemetary IS EA comment Carmel - 071514.pdf
Kelly:
attached
is Carmel s
comment
letter per your request. Please
let
me know
if
I can provide
any
additional
information.
Thank
you for
your support.
Jason
S .
From Jason Burnett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Thursday July 10 2014 2:28 PM
Cc Jason Stilwell
Subject
Re:
Veterans Cemetery Comments
Will do. Thanks.
Jason K. Burnett
831.238.0009
On Thu JuliO 2014 at 1:44PM Kelly Morgan wrote:
Jason It
would be helpful to Sand City if we could see your comments on this Project. Would you please
share your comments with us ... Thanks Kelly Morgan Interim City Administrator
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From
To
Cc
Subject
Jason Stilwell
Lloyd Ligier; Jason Burnett
Sharon Friedrichsen
RE:
Work on Perry Newberry Follow Up
Hi Lloyd: The
work for
Perry Newberry will be a 2 inch A/C overlay and would be performed in the fall (Sept-early Nov)
with
the
other
scheduled road projects. However, this would be based upon PG E work resuming and being completed by then.
Otherwise,
we
will have the roads repaired
after
the pipeline project
work
is
completed.
I'm available
to meet
you on site and would like the
opportunity to
do so. I'm available anytime Wednesday before 4:00.
What
time works for you?
Jason S
From Lloyd Ligier [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Friday, July 11, 2014
8:51AM
To Jason Burnett
Cc
Sharon Friedrichsen; Jason Stilwell
Subject Work on Perry Newberry Follow
Up
Importance High
Good morning
Jason-
It's been almost a
month
since you sent me your email stating
that
Sharon
or
Jason could
~ ~ h o p f u l l y
provide more details about
what work will be done and on what schedule
for
your block." A stark reminder
of
the lack
of
communication happened at 7:00
yesterday morning when a crew from a sewer repair company descended on the 6
1
h and Perry Newberry intersection. When I
asked
what
was going on, they stated
that
they were inspecting sewer line traps
to see if PG E
had damaged any lines during
their project. Shouldn't permanent residents been aware of this?? Communication is a simple task:
we
all have
PO
Boxes. Put
notices, AND
UPDATES
in
with our
mail. How hard could
that
be?
I also received a copy of Mr. Stillwell's Carmel City Bulletin of July
3,
congratulating city employees for doing a great job. While I
laude Mr. Stillwell's boosting of morale, I seriously question his statements in the bulletin, highlighted in the attached copy. To
wit
11
M embers
of
the public thanked
us for our work to
repair and maintain city roads." Surely, Mr. Stillwell, you have
to
be
kidding. Repair city roads?
To
what roads are
they
referring? I assume they mean all roads
with
the exception of
RESIDENTIAL
roads. Kudos from the public may be gratifying,
but the wrath
and lack
of
faith in the City Council
to
do
their
job
by the
RESIDENTS
should be far more
important
to those
who
guide the policies of the city
I know that several of
my
neighbors have complained as well, so I do not stand alone on this soapbox. This pro ject is
now
in its
eighth
month
with no completion in sight, as witnessed by the sewer inspection and repair
now
taking place.
Mr. Stillwell, Ms Friedrichsen, instead of
writing
bulletins congratulating your co-workers,
might
I suggest you get out of your
office, go visit neighborhoods and talk to
RESIDENTS
to get a feel for what kind of a
job
THEY
think
you are doing. Please
put
your priorities in order.
Regards,
Lloyd Ligier
From
Jason Burnett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Tuesday, June 17,
2014 6:49 PM
To Lloyd Ligier
Cc Sharon Friedrichsen; Jason Stilwell
Subject Re: PG E Work
on
Perry Newberry Follow Up
Lloyd,
Thank you for reaching out again. The good news is that PG E has agreed to our request that the city perform the
street repair work to our (high) standards and they will reimburse us. This way we are in control and will make sure the
work is done right.
Sharon or Jason can hopefully provide more details about what work will be done and on what schedule for your
block.
I hope this helps.
Thank you,
Jason
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Jason K Burnett
831.238.0009
On Tue, Jun 17 2014 at 3:02PM, Lloyd Ligier wrote:
Good afternoon once again Mayor Burnett
To follow up with my June 5
1
h
email, I spoke with Denise Fink this afternoon and she informed me that
PG&E has started work to patch the temporary repairs done on Perry Newberry. By patch, she
meant bring up the asphalt than has sunken below street level to be flush with the street. I asked her
if
she knew what the City
of
Carmel had in mind for a final remedy, and she did not have that answer. Can
you tell me where we stand on this issue?
By the way, I met with a mutual friend, Dennis Donohue, last week in Chicago. He wanted me to pass
along to you that,
if
you needed help with this project he would be happy to lend a hand.
Best regards,
Lloyd
From
Lloyd Ligier
Sent
Thursday, June 05, 2014
2:59PM
To
Jason Burnett
Subject
PG&E Work on Perry Newberry
Good afternoon Mayor Burnett. Can you give me any update on our project?
Best regards,
Lloyd
Lloyd Ligier
VP Business Development
PRO* ACT, LLC
24560 Silver Cloud Ct. I Monterey, CA 93940
Direct 831-658-1958 I Mobile 831-595-5055
From
Lloyd Ligier
Sent
Tuesday, April29, 2014 12:14 PM
To
Jason Burnett
Subject
RE: PG&E Work on Perry Newberry
Thank you Jason--I sincerely appreciate the interest you have taken in this project. Between the two
of
us, we'll find a remedy. Looking forward to your visit.
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Best regards,
Lloyd
From Jason Burnett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Friday, April25, 2014 10:53
PM
To
Lloyd Ligier
Cc: Denise Fink; Jason Stilwell
Subject Re: PG&E Work on Perry Newberry
Lloyd,
As promised, I did come by your neighborhood to see first-hand the condition of the streets. I didn't
have time to come say hi but will do so soon.
You are right
the
roads are in bad shape and will need to be fixed one way or another. Thanks for
bringing this to our attention.
Thank you,
Jason
Jason Burnett
831.238.0009
On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Lloyd Ligier wrote:
Thank you for the follow up Denise, and I appreciate the information. Some additional questions surface
based on your response.
1 f there are three weeks left ofwork on Perry Newberry, when will that work begin? The project has
been dormant for months, well before the mishap on 3rd and Guadalupe. Not to be critical, but the
PG&E project has been a patchwork
all
over Carmel. Wouldn't it make sense to complete one portion
prior to starting another?
2 Is PG&E responsible for the street repairs and paving? I assume that it was subcontracted out to
another firm.
f so, in my humble opinion, that construction company does substandard work. I'm not
sure you were copied on the pictures I sent to Mayor Burnett, so I have attached them just to rest my
case.
3
Since the problem with the gas lines caused the excavations, it would seem to me that to have the
street restored to pre project conditions would mean that no evidence
of
the excavation would be
visible. Can you clarify how that would be possible without resurfacing the street entirely?
Forgive my passion regarding this issue, but my neighbors and I take a great deal
of
pride in our homes
and our surroundings. This disruption was for a very good cause--the safety of the residents, and we
gladly accept that disruption to achieve the end result. But we also want what is right, and that is to have
our streets in a condition that reflects the pride
of
those living on them, and the City
of
Carmel.
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Best regards,
Lloyd
Lloyd Ligier
VP Business Development
24560 Silver Cloud Ct. Monterey, CA 93940
Direct 831-658-1958 Mobile 831-595-5055
www.proactusa. com
-----Original Message-----
From: Fink, Denise [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April22, 2014 8: 8AM
To: Lloyd Ligier
Cc: Mathes, Dawn
Subject: PG&E Work on Perry Newberry
Good evening Mr. Ligier
I received your message from the Mayor and wanted to address your concerns. The questions you have
are:
(
1
when will your street be repaired
The street will be repaired completely once the work is completed on Perry Newberry. There is
approximately three weeks of work left on Perry Newberry to
do
the entire street. One week to
do
between 5th and 6th. In the meantime we are looking in to touching up the cutback in order to help with
the bumpiness of the road.
(2) what repair will be done (you'd prefer a repaving instead
of
a patch work).
Once the project is completed we will make sure the streets are restored to ore project conditions.
If
you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Thank you
Denise Fink
Customer Impact Specialist
408-510-9452
PG&E is committed to protecting our customers' privacy.
To learn more, please visit http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/
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From
Jason Stilwell
To
Subject
Lloyd Ligier; Jason Burnett
RE:Today's Meeting
Works for me. Jason S.
From : Lloyd Ligier
Subject : Today s Meeting
Thanks gentlemen. See you t n-
Nice meeting you yesterday, Jason S.
From Jason
Burnett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Wednesday
July 16
2014
7:18
AM
To Lloyd
Ligier
Cc
Jason
Stilwell
Subject Re:
Gas
Odor on 6th Perry
Newberry
Thanks. See you there. Copying Jason
Sin
case he can join at said time.
Jason
K.
Burnett
831.238.0009
On Tue, Jul15 2014 at 11:10 PM, Lloyd Ligier wrote:
Let s meet at 2:45. 6th at Perry Newberry.
Lloyd Ligier
Pro* Act Mobile
Jason Burnett wrote:
I m not sure the mesage came through. Would you mind please resending? Thanks.
Jason K. Burnett
831.238.0009
On Tue, Jul
15
2014 at 8:46PM Lloyd Ligier
wrote:
Lloyd Ligier
Pro* Act Mobile
Jason Burnett
j _ ~ _ s _ o _ n J ; m _ m ~ _ t t @ g m i ' - i L g _ g _ m >
wrote:
Lloyd,
You are welcome but all that I did was call 911. Thank you to our first responders for
being so quick. I ll pass on your appreciation to the CPD and Fire Dept.
In the future (and I hope that this never happens to you again), please call
911
directly so
that you can have an even quicker response.
I can meet at 2:45pm tomorrow but need to be on the road shortly after 3pm for a water
meeting. Would that work for you?
Thanks,
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Jason
Jason Burnett
831.238.0009
jason. burnett@ gmail. com
On Jul
15
2014, at 7:21PM, Lloyd Ligier
< U i g i ~ I @ P J Q i l g _ t _ y _ ~ ; : L Q Q i l l : S m l l i l J Q J J i g _ i ~ r @ _ p J Q i l g J \ J . ~ i l _ Q Q f f i >
> wrote:
Jason
Can't thank you enough for the quick response. Carmel police (Mel and Chris Johnson)
were here 5 minutes after
I
sent you the email. Fire department came 5 minutes after that.
PG E is here now, discovered the leak, tearing up the street to fix it tonight. I sincerely
appreciate your attention to this. Are we meeting tomorrow at 3:
15?
Best regards.
Lloyd
From: Jason Burnett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, July
15
2014 5:48PM
To: Lloyd Ligier
Cc:
D J E L @ _ p _ g ~ , _ Q Q _ r r t S m ~ i l t o _ ; P J E L _ @ p g _ ~ , _ g _ o _ m >
; j _ s _ t i l w _ ~ _ U _ @ _ g i _ g _ ~ r m ~ L ~ i l _ y _ ~ : S m l l i l J Q j ~ J i l w ~ J
[email protected]>; Michael Calhoun
Subject:
Re:
Gas Odor on 6th Perry Newberry
I
have called 911 and they are coming your way.
Jason
K
Burnett
831.238.0009
On Tue, Jul 15 2014 at 5:33PM, Lloyd Ligier
< U _ i _ g i _ ~ r @ p r o _ ~ _ Q 1 1 l _ ~ _ g _ Q _ m : S _ m ~ i l t _ Q ; _ l h _ g j _ ~ r @ p r o _ ~ _ Q 1 1 l _ S _ ~ _ . _ g _ Q _ m >
> wrote:
Denise
My next door neighbors and
I
are smelling gas on the street between our homes. Needless
to say, this needs immediate attention.
Lloyd
Lloyd Ligier
VP Business Development
PRO* ACT, LLC
24560 Silver Cloud Ct.
I
Monterey, CA 93940
Direct 831-658-1958
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From
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To
Subject
Jason Stilwell
Monday July 21 2014 12:47
P
Jason Burnett
Emailing: petition pdf
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message i s ready to be
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Subject
Attachments
Jason Stilwell
Jason Burnett
Emailing:
petition pdf
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PE:11TION TO TERMINATE Tr-IE CURRENT CITY ADMINlSTRA TOR
To:
Mayor
Burnett and
City
Council
Members
of
the City
of
Cannel-by-theSea:
The undersigned resident ), property owners
and
business
people
of the Citr
of
Cannel by
the-Sea, after giving careful consideration
to the
policies
and
practices currently
being
created
and
implemented by the City Administr.UOr, Mr. Jason Stilwell, urge that the City Conncil
request
and accept
Mr.
Stilwell s resignation. \Vith your receipt
of
this
petition
and the
required
subsequent hearing, the
proposed
action should be taken in the best interest
of
the City
;md
its residents at the
September
Council meeting.
The
concerns which
have
led the undersigned to this action are because
we
believe the
current
policies
and
practices have not only imposed a significant financial
burden
on the
communicy, but have caused our community to sillier a loss of Carmel s history and an
international reputationwhich has taken decades t est1.blish.
THEREFORE:
rl11e
undersigned
request
that the above
referenced
action
be
taken
as
soon as pcm1iHcd under the Brmvn Act but
no
later than the September Council
Inccting:
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PETITION TO TERMINi(fE THE CURRENT Cl TY ADMINISTRATOR
vVc identif)' below but a
( ~ ~ . v
actions \Which we believe have
been coHlrary
to both the iong-tcrrn
financial stability
and
international
reputation
of this corrununity:
.The creation
of policies rd1ccling; a b
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1)The secrecy is totally inappropriate for the Carmel govemrnent (or any govt}
We
residents should be seen and treated as part of the team, not as the enemy
who
cannot
have information about the city workings.
Fur1hermore it is taxpayer
money
that ls paying an out of the area ega firm to keep the
truth from us. Jason B. had said that the Council had
not meant
for the firm to be so
secretive
but
nothing has changed because that is the approach that Jason S and Sue
Paul seem to
be
wed to. There actually seems to be a mental health issue here.
2)The arrest
of
Steve
M
more than a year ago should have been resolved before.
Again the taxpayer is paying double salaries for IT
as
well
as for
the apparentfy
unsuccessful investigation
of
Steve's
work. Much wasted money here,
as
wei as a
very delinquent and poorly handled result,
or
lack
of
result Jason Burnett had
announced that the result would be forthcoming in
Jan.,
2014
3)Employees and oss of history in the work force.The choice of staff has
not
been in
Carmel's interest First JS and Sue Paul accused and or fired most of the employees
with important historical knowledge. Those who were not fired have left, presumably
because of unpleasant work conditions, ie. Heidi and Cindy and the brand
new
city
clerk, who had been a valued employee at Monterey.
The worst new hire has been Sue Paul, who came with a record of firing workers, one of
whom successfully sued, receiving $400,000 against her.
Now
we have 2 Cam1el
workers
who
have initiated suits and 2 more are very possible,
The
work atmosphere
;ls reported to be suspicious and tense.
2
of
the main hires still live in So. CaL thus have not become part of the community.
Few , if any of the hires have a history with CarmeL Although the head Planning
Commissioner from another Monterey County town, who also lives in Carmel after just
building a home ;here, applied for our Planning job, he was not even interviewed.
Instead JS hired a
much
less experienced person from So. Cal
who
had
no
special
knowledge of CarmeL
4)Finances. JS has said that there is too little money to work on Forest Theater and do
a repair
at
Sunset, both very important to our enjoyment, as weB as the local economy,
he
is spending $900.000 on
the
2 stall bathroom
at
the beach, hundreds of thousands
on attorneys although he seldom uses our municipal attorney, The budget has risen
reportedly to
24
m.ii ion from about $14 million 2 years ago_
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The main point to me is that the large money being spent is not what is good for Carme
and us residents, but
what the 2 Jasons want or need because
of
their bad judgment
(attorneys) and lack of real understanding and feeling
for our
culture.
5)Forest theateL At the very
weH
attended workshop on Forest Theater, EVERYONE
said that they wanted to 2 main safety items to be repaired so that the summer program
could contlnue .There was an electrical issue that PG&E indicated they could fix by
doing something temporary.
We
all
eft:
the meeting with Jason Burnett saying these
would
be
handled right away. o far,
it
appears
that
nothing has been accomplished.
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From
To
Subject
Jason
Stilwell
Jerry Gleason;
Jason
Burnett'
RE countering flack
Jerry.
It
was wonderful talking to you and Catherine this afternoon. There are a lot
of
strong feelings about what is going
on
right now. I thought more about your point
of
fairness.
We can
tell the fairness story.
First - the city staff exist
to
serve the residents - not the opposite.
The residents pay for and deserve the best possible
run
city. The staff deserve a structured well run institution.
And
that may
mean making changes carefully and thoughtfully
as
called for to provide the best service.
Fairness means giving people the benefit
of
doubt and respect by not gossiping or leaking information. Following the law.
Fairness means saving taxpayer funds through efficiencies.
The only lack
of
fairness
in
Carmel right now is a newspaper willing
to
write anything, including tearing apart a young women
to
make a point along with a handful
of
people willing to join a witch hunt attacking a administrator for following the law and
carrying out the publicly noticed and voted upon initiatives
of
the Mayor and Council.
I'll work to convey this
to
a wider audience.
I m
happy
to
hear any feedback you have.
Jason
S.
From Jerry Gleason [ [email protected]]
Sent Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:59AM
To 'Jason Burnett'; Jason Stilwell
Subject
RE:
countering flack
Jason & Jason,
May I suggest
that
that you work
with
some PR damage control expert to effective ly communicate the city's personnel policies
to
counter the /secrecy' claims by Paul Miller and others.
For
example, the issues regarding the ex-IT manger should have
be
handled resolved within a year, yet
it
is dragging on for unexplained reasons. Also, the recent release
of
a new hire needs
to
be explained in terms
of
the person
not
being willing to become cooperatively aligned
with
the city's policies and procedures as
a team player.
Thanks for all the great work you both are doing for the community- especially for our long term water supply
Regards,
Jerry
From Jason Burnett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Monday, July 21, 2014 9:27 PM
To Jason Stilwell; Jerry Gleason
Subject Re: countering flack
Jerry,
Thank you for your note
of
support for
Jason
Stilwell.
He
and I
met with
the individual proposing the march on 8 5 and almost all
of
her concerns are about decisions
that
the City Council,
not
Jason Stilwell, made (for example, Scenic Road restrooms). In
essence,
she
is asking for the City Council
to
blame"
Jason
Stilwell for decisions we made. Doing do would
be
unethical. We are
and should
be
accountable for the decisions we make and
it
would
be
wrong for us
to
suggest
that
staff should take the fall for
simply following City Council di rection.
Jason
and I will discuss your advice rea PR firm or other was
of
getting out our message.
Thanks again,
Jason
Jason
Burnett
831 238 0009
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On Jul 21 2014, at
8:38AM Jason
Stilwell wrote:
Thank
you Jerry: I think you are right on. We are better serving
the
community
than the
City
was
a few years ago and
we are making changes to provide even better service
and
alignment going forward
with
what the community has
said
it expects
from
its
government. Change is
never without challenge.
I ll discuss
further with
the mayor. Jason S.
From Jerry Gleason [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Monday, July 21, 2014 8:20AM
To Jason Stilwell
Cc:
Jason Burnett
Subject countering flack
Jason,
I think it s
time
to engage aPR firm to help to effect some low level damage control: The fires init iated by
Paul Miller
are
becoming fanned more and more, possibly leading
to
a march on Aug. 5
It needs to be made clear
that
internal personnel decisions and actions need to remain private along with government
transparency laws.
What
is needed is a public awareness of general personnel policies
so that
people are aware
that
decisions
were and are being made in the best interests of serving the community, meet ing the Councils goals and their key initiatives.
I think he policies behind the ex it
IT
manager s
case
needs to be explained
within
the constraints of
the
legal process. The guy is
shooting himself in the
foot
by not quietly resigning. As I said earlier , it will take only one proven allegation
to
discredit him.
Please know
that
most of the residents support you and the good
work
you are doing
for
the city. There is no need
for
a march
on 8/5.
Regards,
Jerry Gleason
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From
To
Subject
Jason Stilwell
Jason Burnett
RE Re
Eblast
I don t see it Would you mind resending?
From Jason Burnett
Subject : Re: Eblast
I sent to you around 4pm.
Jason
K
Burnett
831.238.0009
On Tue, Jul22, 2014 at 8:18PM, Jason Stilwell wrote:
We can still review your draft if you d like.
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From
To
Subject
Jerry:
Jason Stilwell
Jerry Gleason; 'Jason Burnett'
RE
countering flack
We
would like all the personnel legal issues completed
as
soon
as
possible, clearly we are
at
the discretion
of
the legal
system. The greatest challenge is
that
we must keep the personnel confidential by law. I agree we need
to
get our
message out. Jason S
From Jerry Gleason [[email protected]]
Sent Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:59AM
To 'Jason Burnett'; Jason Stilwell
Subject
RE:
countering flack
Jason & Jason,
May I suggest that
that
you work with some PR damage control expert to effectively communicate the city's personnel
policies
to
counter the /secrecy' claims by Paul Miller and others. For example, the issues regarding the ex-IT manger
should have be handled resolved within a year, yet
it
is dragging on for unexplained reasons. Also, the recent release
of
a
new
hire needs
to
be explained in terms
of
the person not being willing
to
become cooperatively aligned
with
the
city's policies and procedures
as
a team player.
Thanks for all the great
work
you both are doing for the community- especially for our long term water supply
Regards,
Jerry
From Jason Burnett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent Monday, July 21, 2014 9:27 PM
To Jason Stilwell; Jerry Gleason
Subject
Re:
countering flack
Jerry,
Thank you
for
your note
of
support
for
Jason Stilwell.
He
and I
met with
the individual proposing the march on
8 5
and
almost all of her concerns are about decisions
that
the City Council, not Jason Stilwell, made
for
example, Scenic Road
restrooms).
In
essence, she is asking
for
the City Council
to
blame" Jason Stilwell
for
decisions
we
made. Doing do
would be unethical. We are and should be accountable for the decisions we make and
it
would be wrong for us to
suggest that staff should take the fall for simply following City Council direction.
Jason and I will discuss
your
advice rea PR
firm or other
was of getting out our message.
Thanks again,
Jason
Jason Burnett
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831.238.0009
On
Jul 21
2014, at 8:38AM Jason Stilwell wrote:
Thank you Jerry: I
think you
are right on. We are better serving the
community
than
the
City was a
few
years
ago
and
we are making changes to provide
even better
service
and alignment
going
forward with what
the
community
has said it expects from its government. Change is never without challenge. I ll discuss further
with the mayor. Jason
S.
From Jerry Gleason [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent
Monday, July 21, 2014 8:20AM
To
Jason Stilwell
Cc: Jason Burnett
Subject countering flack
Jason,
I think it s time to engage aPR firm to help to effect some low level damage control: The fires initiated by Paul
Miller
are
becoming fanned more and more, possibly leading to a march on Aug. 5.
It needs to be made clear that internal personnel decisions and actions need to remain private along with government
transparency laws. What is needed is a public awareness of general personnel policies so that people are aware that
decisions were and are being made in the best interests
of
serving the community, meeting the Councils goals and
their
key initiatives.
I think he policies behind the exit
IT
manager s
case
needs
to be
explained
within
the constraints
of
the legal
process. The guy is shooting himself in the foot by not quie tly resigning. As I said earlier, it will take only one proven
allegation
to
discredit him.
Please know that most of
the
residents support you and the good work you are doing for
the
city. There is no need for a
march on 8/5.
Regards,
Jerry Gleason
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From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Jason
Stilwell
B4C; Mike Calhoun
Rob
M