stilwell-burnett correspondence, july 1 – september 30, 2014

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Carolyn,

Jason Burnett

Tuesday July 01 2014 3:47

PM

[email protected]

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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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

thesoileddoves@att. net

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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Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea

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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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To

Cc

Subject

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

[email protected]


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phone: 831) 620-2007

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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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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"


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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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Subject

Attachments

Jason Burnett

Jason Stilwell; Don Freeman; Mike Calhoun

Fwd

More Sunset Center Safety Issues

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Jason K Burnett

831.238.0009


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


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

8 . ~ . ~ - ~ ' : I J D . ~ . ~ . r : ~ . . : Q . ~ . - f . t i . Q D . .

M . ~ . r : ~ g ~ . r .

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

'

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 (28) : Moved The Head Block Upstage 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,

3


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From

Sent:

To

Cc

Subject:

Hi Jason and Victoria,

[email protected]

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 indows

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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


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

[email protected]

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

Sent from Windows ail

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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

To [email protected]

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


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

[email protected]

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


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

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> 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


PRO* ACT, LLC

24560 Silver Cloud Ct.

I

Monterey, CA 93940

Direct 831-658-1958

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From

Sent

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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or

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To

Subject

Attachments

Jason Stilwell

Jason Burnett

Emailing:

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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


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

[email protected]


40/172

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

2


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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


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


43/172

831.238.0009

[email protected]

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


44/172

From:

To:

Cc:

Subject:

Jason

Stilwell

B4C; Mike Calhoun

Rob

M