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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 ), pro perty owners and business people of the Citr of Cannel bythe-Sea, after giving careful consideration to the policies and practices currently being created andimplemented by the City Administr.UOr, Mr. Jason Stilwell, urge that the City Conncil requestand accept Mr. Stilwell s resignation. \Vith your receipt of this petition and therequired subsequent hearing, the proposed action should be taken in th e 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 thecurrent policies and practices have not only imposed a significant financial burden on thecommunicy, but have caused our community to sillier a loss of Carmel s history and aninternational reputation which has taken decades t est1.blish.

THEREFORE: rl11e undersigned request that the above referenced action be taken assoon 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 ( ~ ~ . vactions \Whichwe believe have been coHlrary to both the iong-tcrrnfinancial 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} Weresidents should be seen and treated as part of the team, not as the enemy who cannothave information about the city workings.

Fur1hermore it is taxpayer money that ls paying an out of the area ega firm to keep thetruth from us. Jason B. had said that the Council had not meant for the firm to be sosecretive but nothing has changed because that is the approach that Jason S and SuePaul 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 investigationof

Steve's work. Much wasted money here,as

wei as avery delinquent and poorly handled result, or lack of result Jason Burnett hadannounced 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 inCarmel's interest First JS and Sue Paul accused and or fired most of the employeeswith important historical knowledge. Those who were not fired have left, presumablybecause of unpleasant work conditions, ie. Heidi and Cindy and the brand new cityclerk, 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 ofwhom successfully sued, receiving $400,000 agains t her. Now we have 2 Cam1elworkers 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 PlanningCommissioner from another Monterey County town, who also lives in Carmel after justbuilding 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 specialknowledge of CarmeL

4)Finances. JS has said that there is too little money to work on Forest Theater and doa 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 thousandson attorneys although he seldom uses our municipal attorney, The budget has risenreportedly 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 Carmeand 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, EVERYONEsaid that they wanted to 2 main safety items to be repaired so that the summer programcould contlnue .There was an electrical issue that PG&E indicated they could fix bydoing something temporary. We all eft: the meeting with Jason Burnett saying thesewould be handled right away. o far, it appears that nothing has been accomplished.