Random Reportings

ABSTRACT: Random Reportings on the Carmel Fire Department, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC), FOREST STUDY IMPLEMENTATION, FOREST THEATER FENCE REPAIR and the Golden Bough Playhouse update are presented.

• A "Resolution ratifying the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea and the Carmel Firefighters Association" was unanimously approved as part of the Consent Calendar by the City Council at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 3, 2008.

Note: The Carmel Professional Firefighters had been working without a contract since July 2007.

• In a letter dated May 6, 2008, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) Executive Director Peter Lesnik, requested a waiver of the City’s fee for the installation of seven banners announcing the SCC’s Season Launch Party and Open Community Meeting, as follows:

“As you know, being a non-profit organization strongly limits our spending and any discretionary use of funds. The banners we will place on Ocean Avenue and in front of the Center announce the Season Launch Party and our Open Community Meeting – all of which are for and support the Carmel community. The $530.00 City fee, in addition to what we have already paid out for the design and production of the banners, puts a huge hardship on the Center. Given this, we thoughtfully ask that you consider waiving the City fee."

Note: The fee is used by the City to pay the Trucksis Company for the installation of the banners.

CORRECTION:
The City fee is $330.00, not $530.00, as stated in Executive Director Peter Lesnik’s letter.

COMMENT:
As part of the Consent Calendar, the City Council unanimously approved the request for a waiver of the City’s fee of $330.00. For FY 2007/08, the City subsidy to SCC was $750,000. Does $330.00 really represent a “huge hardship” on Sunset Cultural Center, Inc.?

• For the month of April 2008, a total of $3,195.33 was expended for “FOREST STUDY IMPLEMENTATION,” as follows:

Carmel-by-the-Sea
May 2008 Check Register
(Includes checks dated 4/25-4/29/08)

115318 4/29/08 DROUGHT RESISTANT NURSERY $ 214.45 TREES FOR FOREST STUDY IMPLEMENTATION

115349 4/29/08 SEASIDE GARDEN CENTER $ 160.88 TREE FOR FOREST STUDY IMPLEMENTATION

115329 4/29/08 JOE BRUNO CONSTRUCTION $ 2,820.00 PERMEABLE PAVERS LINCOLN & 5TH (FOREST STUDY IMPLEMENTATION)

• For the month of April 2008, the total cost for the “FOREST THEATER FENCE REPAIR” was $9,090.00; and $600.00 for the “MISSION TRAIL PAILS/POST REPAIR,” as follows:

Carmel-by-the-Sea
April 2008 Check Register
(Includes checks dated 3/25/08-3/31/08)

115094 3/25/08 KNA GENERAL CONSTRUCTION $ 7,590.00 FOREST THEATER FENCE REPAIR

115094 3/25/08 KNA GENERAL CONSTRUCTION $ 600.00 MISSION TRAIL RAILS/POST REPAIR

115130 4/1/08 KNA GENERAL CONSTRUCTION $ 1,500.00 FOREST THEATER FENCE REPAIR
----Vendor Total---- $ 9,690.00

• During Appearances at the City Council meeting on June 3, 2008, PacRep Executive Director Stephen Moorer invited the community, especially residents of the Golden Bough neighborhood, to a Townhall Meeting on the Golden Bough at the Golden Bough Playhouse on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. The meeting is expected to be 1 ½ hours duration. Additionally, the Golden Bough Pre-Design is complete; the Schematic Design (physical design) is underway. In assessing donor feasibility, PacRep has divided the campaign into two phases; a $6 million phase for the Mainstage and a $4 million phase for the Circle Theatre, Administrative Offices and Technical Improvements to the Mainstage.