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CRA News November 2009

Selected articles from the newsletter of the Carmel Residents Association

Mary Ellen Thomas, Barry Swift and Kathleen Swift
From left, Harvey Kuffner, Marv Silverman, Kay Kuffner, Judy and Mike Cunningham enjoyed coffee and cookies before cleaning Carmel Beach. The Kuffners are in charge of the coffee, and the Cunninghams, the cookies.

CRA General Meeting:
What's New at CHOMP?


Dr. Steven Packer

Thursday, Nov. 19
         4:45 p.m.
Carpenter Hall, Sunset Center
(Mission at 8th)
(No "Dines Out" in November)

Come hear about the good health of our hospital!

At CRA's Nov. 19 meeting, Dr. Steven Packer, CEO and President of Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, will talk about "What's New at CHOMP?"

Dr. Packer has a BS in biological sciences from UC, Irvine, and completed medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. He spent three years in postgraduate training in internal medicine at UCSF, followed by fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UC Irvine Medical Center. He has also completed the Executive Program at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Prior to his appointment as President/CEO in January 1999, Dr. Packer served as chief of staff at CHOMP and was medical director of the hospital's Intensive Care Unit for eleven years. He was a partner in Cardiopulmonary Associates of the Monterey Peninsula prior to his current appointment.

CHOMP has undergone significant growth under Dr. Packer's leadership, including completion of the largest expansion in the hospital's history, the Pavilions Project, the opening of the satellite facility in the Crossroads, acquisition and development of a 21-acre outpatient campus at Ryan Ranch, development of the region's first multi-disciplinary Breast Care Center and recruitment of Northern California's leading cardiac surgeon to develop and lead Community Hospital's new cardio-thoracic surgery program. These and other new programs will be covered by Dr. Packer in his talk.

Our speaker is a member of numerous medical societies and has served on many medical-related boards. He lives in Monterey with his wife and two sons.


EDITORIAL

Open government in Carmel?
Not when the "pattern of obstacles" continues

This isn't a new issue. Far from it.

In January, 2006, the CRA News ran an editorial entitled City's Response to Grand Jury Report Is Troubling. We quoted the Monterey County Civil Grand Jury (in reference to their investigation of Carmel) as having found "a pattern of obstacles ... that make it difficult to schedule, discuss, document for the record, and gain appropriate resolution of topics or issues presented by the public." According to the Grand Jury report, this investigation was triggered by "a number of complaints received from residents and former employees of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea ... alleging inaccessibility of elected officials to participate in open debate and timely resolution of issues ..."

Unfortunately, this "pattern of obstacles" continues unabated. Consider these examples –

  • It has been virtually impossible to get substantive information from the city on its decision-making process for providing fire protection service, as requests for information have been met with silence and secrecy. When the city was on the verge of merging Carmel's Fire Department with Monterey's Fire Department last March, unanswered questions raised by Councilman Ken Talmage and members of the public stalled the effort. The Carmel Residents Association Board asked the city to analyze all available alternatives and provide a cost/benefit analysis to the public. To date, no information has been forthcoming and, again, at the October City Council meeting, CRA board member Jim Emery asked for information. [See the entire statement below.] Outside observers find the secrecy amusing and confusing, while Carmel residents just find it frustrating.

  • The city's withholding of documents in the ongoing sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit involving the city administrator led to a humiliating scolding by Judge Larry Hayes. [See related article below.]

  • The wife of long-time employee John Hanson was informed in writing by City Clerk Heidi Burch that he would no longer be provided differential pay and health coverage for his combat tour of duty in Afghanistan. Mrs. Hanson contacted the city to find out why they had changed their policy after verbally agreeing to cover him. According to the Pine Cone, she received no response from either City Administrator Rich Guillen or Heidi Burch. A groundswell of public support for John forced the city to change course and place a resolution on the Nov. 3 City council agenda. In spite of many speakers asking that a formal apology be given to the Hansons, the council would not address the request. Nor was the public provided any answer as to why this unfortunate decision was made in the first place. [See related article below.]

  • An ongoing concern for several years is the city's frequent practice of excluding from agenda packets the reports and background information on important subjects. Packets are made available on Friday before a Tuesday meeting. Instead of background information, the public receives the message, "Report under Separate Cover," and the information is usually not made available until the very last minute. In a reversal of past administrations' practices, the names and background information of proposed candidates for appointment to commissions are no longer made public in advance.

  • The time-honored Carmel tradition of "Town Hall" meetings, informal gatherings where residents can hear about city issues or plans and speak their minds, has been virtually abandoned by the current administration.

  • The City Council could be more responsive when citizens make comments on agenda items at meetings. Often, points of view expressed to the council go unacknowledged. On matters raised during "Public Appearances" that are not on the agenda, a finer line exists because of the Brown Act. However, the League of California Cities' Guide to the Ralph M. Brown Act says, "While the Brown Act does not allow discussion or action on items not on the agenda, it does allow members of the legislative body, or its staff, to briefly respond to comments or questions from members of the public, provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, or direct staff to place the issue on a future agenda." In Carmel, speakers during "appearances" generally receive only blank stares in return.

We hope that these comments are received by City Hall in the spirit with which they are given – a nudging reminder that residents, business community members and employees deserve an open, transparent government which works with them and for them. It is time to break through this "pattern of obstacles."



President's Message
A time to be thankful

by Barbara Livingston

In this time of turbulence in our city, and in the world at large, it is comforting to step back, consider our blessings and count our lucky stars.

I am thankful that the cool, clear, clean air and temperate climate of my Carmel-by-the-Sea childhood is still with us today and that the Central Valley and Bay Area visitors still flock to forested Carmel for relief from the blasting heat of their cities.

I am thankful that there are Carmelites who, whether new to the community or long-time residents, have the fire in their bellies to work to keep our village in a forest by the sea a place unlike any other.

I am grateful to the early visionary developers, Powers and Devendorf and those who followed, for keeping Carmel from being developed as a seashore town with hotels, entertainment, restaurants and tacky shops on the beach bluffs above our pristine shoreline. They recognized that the incredible natural beauty of forest and sea would bring fame and fortune to the town.

I am grateful for the new planning commissioner who fills the unexpired term of Bill Strid. Victoria Beech is off and running – one of those newcomers who immediately "gets" what Carmel is all about. It is obvious that she has read Carmel's Design Guidelines and is up to speed on issues dealing with protection of our village character.

I am thankful for Carmel's fine community theater, offered at the Cherry Center, the Golden Bough and Forest Theater.

I am thankful to our CRA News team for turning out, month after month, year after year, the best little paper in the west.

I am grateful for our hardworking city family – the men and women employees who are working under adverse conditions of various sorts and are trying hard to keep up their morale.

I am thankful to former Assistant City Administrator Greg D'Ambrosio, who has spearheaded the downtown sidewalk beautification project. And I am grateful to the Carmel Chamber of Commerce, which gave the Friends of Carmel Forest a small grant to help with this project.

I am grateful to the ROP students at Carmel Middle and High Schools, who volunteer to pull genista and ivy, remove dead branches for fire-fuel abatement, plant native plants and install drip irrigation at our city parks – Forest Hill and Mission Trail Nature Preserve and Lester Rowntree Native Plant Garden. These fine students have never been recognized by the city for their volunteer efforts.

I am thankful to Carmel Heritage, which from time to time mounts exhibits from the early days of our village and to Harrison Memorial Library for hosting programs on historic artists and writers.

I am grateful to the Carmel Foundation for its Van-Go transportation system, programs and health insurance consulting services. And to Monterey Salinas Transit for the little blue buses that run between the village and the mouth of the valley.

I am grateful for the support groups of the city – the Friends of Carmel Forest (planting trees); Friends of Sunset (income from refreshment sales goes to the theater); Carmel Garden Club (renovation of Picadilly Park and the library garden); the Lester Rowntree Native Plant Garden (cultivation and maintenance of plants native to this area); Carmel Public Library Foundation (raises big bucks to fund books, equipment, even staffing for our library), Friends of the Library (mammoth annual book sale raises money for the library).

I am thankful for the start up organizations in the village which work hard to compete for scarce dollars to fund their worthy projects. Sam Wright's nonprofit, Friends of Historical Carmel Mission, is determined to find the money to restore, once again, this crumbling landmark.

I am thankful for Carmel citizens who unite over issues of perceived injustice – like the city not giving employee John Hanson his benefits as he risks his life for his country in Afghanistan. Thankfully, that issue has been resolved due to the perseverance of Carmel citizens, including armed service veteran, Monte Miller, and the media.

I am grateful for the businesses, still here, which cater to the residents – our one drug store, two grocery stores, two gas stations, one bookstore, four local hangouts for breakfast and lunch. I am also grateful to all the restaurants and retail shops, which offer good service and excellent products and keep us from going over the hill.

I am thankful for those men and women who have volunteered over the years to sit on boards and commissions, especially those who have made their decisions on how our village should grow and look, based on city codes, guidelines and management plans.

And finally, I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as president of the Carmel Residents Association and for the opportunity to work with the fifteen board members – each one of whom has something profound to offer.

I am thankful to live in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Long may it flourish!


Communication on fire service lukewarm

The following statement was presented to the City Council at its October 6 meeting.

"I am Jim Emery speaking on behalf of the Board of the Carmel Residents Association.

"The Board requests an update on the progress in moving forward to evaluate all options for fire services. From outward appearances, nothing is in motion. We are asking for open communication and public information as reassurance that you are making progress.

"We request that as part of the process, a list of desired services be developed and put out for bid to Monterey and to Cal Fire. As residents, we need to better understand the level of service you are considering and have an opportunity to get answers to our questions. And, we request that the public be informed of your anticipated time line for obtaining bids and for public presentation of all options.

"It has been reported that Sand City obtained bids from both Monterey and Seaside for its fire service. Other cities are doing it the correct way. Without bids there is no way to compare the kind, value and quality of services that are needed to provide for the safety of our residents and businesses and to get it at the fairest cost.

"On behalf of the Board, I also submit these comments in writing for the public record and we await your response.

"Thank you for your consideration."

[See related editorial above.]


Emergency phone system

Greg D'Ambrosio, chair of the CRA Emergency Preparedness Group, asks that we watch for the Jan. CRA News regarding important information about the new Telephone Emergency Notification System (TENS).

According to Police Chief George Rawson, residents wishing to be put on an emergency notification list will be encouraged to register their cellular phones by logging onto the Carmel-by-the-Sea web site. "It is always a good idea," Greg says, "to have a hard-wired phone connected in your home, as cell phones and walkabout phones often do not function during emergencies." More to come in January ...

A Reminder

Since the city does not have enough staff for continuous code enforcement, if you see any out-of-the-ordinary circumstance, such as a gardener cutting a healthy-looking tree or using a gas-powered leaf blower (only electric are allowed because of the noise), or a beach fire north of 10th Avenue, you are asked to call the Carmel Police Department at 624-6403.

Beach Cleanup

Saturday, November 21
10 a.m. - noon

* Volunteers meet at foot of Ocean Avenue
* Please bring gloves
* Coffee and cookies served courtesy of Carmel Coffee House and Safeway Stores, Carmel.
* Thanks to the Pine Cone for the ad donated each month!


Carmel Woods makes a clean sweep

by Lucinda Lloyd

Neglected, sad, bedraggled, overgrown, shameful, embarrassing. That describes the vision that greeted residents and visitors alike, when exiting Highway 1 onto Carpenter Street's entrance to Carmel-by-the-Sea. Daily, we who live in the sphere of influence area designated as Carmel Woods witnessed its sorry state and decided something needed to be done.

The Carmel Woods Neighborhood Association has made upgrading this area a priority project. Two years ago, we tried our hand at developing a collaborative relationship with the County of Monterey and City of Carmel in order to clean up the neglected intersection areas. It worked for a while, but soon debris accumulated and the most neglected areas remained unkempt. Lack of available water limited landscaping to a few native plants. Even these suffered. A couple of manzanita and sticky monkey plants have survived.

A few months ago, we re-gathered our courage and enthusiasm, focusing our efforts on a more accessible and smaller plot of triangular land formed by Camino del Monte, Pico and Santa Fe. It was a repository of debris and a sink hole of weeds – sad and neglected.

With assurance from Carmel Forester Mike Branson, who agreed to provide necessary water during the dry summer and autumn months, we launched into the restoration work. Saving the small oak saplings and the two pines growing from a decaying stump, we removed the weeds, brought in new soil, changing the contour from a dip into a gentle undulating slope. Visiting the local Drought Resistant Nursery for healthy native plants, we selected six for our initial planting. The moment the salvia clevelandii was firmed into the ground, a Swallow Tail Butterfly landed on it, signaling approval of our efforts. Wood chips from the Marina Landfill were spread to provide a moisture retentive and weed suppressive mulch. California poppies bloomed at the edges of each new plant basin.

Emboldened with this success, we launched into a major clean-up of the islands and peninsulas closer to the highway. Two dead trees were removed by the city. We employed Juan Garcia and his crew to do the designated work. They removed and thinned low tree limbs, dug out compacted salvia leucantha or Mexican sage, shaped the remaining shrubs, cleaned up the road edges, spread new soil and finished with wood chips to complete the job.

Local neighbors have taken on their own personal projects, planting the little island at the stop sign in front of Father Serra's statue, watering the planters at its base, wood chipping roadsides and the continuing clean-up of discarded rubbish.

We hope our restoration projects add positively to the daily lives of those who travel into and out of Carmel at Carpenter Street. Now-deceased long timers used to say that this entrance is the one used by Carmelites, while tourists choose Ocean Avenue. Whatever the truth, we in Carmel Woods welcome you warmly or wish you safe travel as you leave our hillside overlooking forest and ocean.

Member of an old Carmel family and sister of Carmel Residents Association Board member Skip Lloyd, Lucinda is a long-time employee of CHOMP. She's a registered nurse in the Float Pool, which means she works anywhere there is a need, sometimes more than one place a shift. Cindy says, "I don't know where I'll be working until I arrive at 3pm. It makes life interesting. I work in the ER, Clinical Decision Unit, Admission Services, Critical Care, Telemetry and the four Medical-Surgical units or as a Resource/Crisis Nurse, roving the hospital to help where needed."


Another chance to see China

The Carmel Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring a trip to China – April 6 to 14, 2010, which is open to anyone interested, whether chamber members or not. Over 400 people travelled with the chamber in 2006-07 and had a fabulous time. The main trip includes visits to Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou, or participants can select special trips to see the terra-cotta warriors at Xi'an or to cruise the Yangtze River. The cost is $1799, including a $100 deposit. The other options have an added fee.

The trip is put together by a company working exclusively with chambers of commerce to bring people to China. Cultural sites visited include the Great Wall of China, palaces, temples and gardens. Shopping includes a jade factory, pearl farm and silk embroidery at the National Embroidery Institute.

Interested people should call the Carmel Chamber of Commerce at 624-2522 to get a packet with detailed information.


City changes course on cutting pay
of employee serving in Afghanistan

Carmelites were united in outrage after reading in the Oct. 23 Pine Cone that the city had notified the wife of employee John Hanson, who is serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan, that his health insurance and the difference between his military pay and city salary were being cut. Before leaving, Hanson had been verbally assured by city officials that his benefits would continue, just as they had when he served in Iraq. This was a devastating pronouncement for the Hansons, who have two children in college, affecting not only their morale, but the morale of John's fellow city employees.

An article in the Oct. 29 Monterey County Weekly reported that the city's move to cut Hanson's benefits was made not long after his deposition in a lawsuit filed against the city by Human Resources Manager Jane Miller, alleging sexual harassment and discrimination by the city administrator. The article quoted Miller's attorney, Michael Stamp, as saying, "[Hanson] was asked questions about his observations and opinions about the workplace, and he answered them."

Former CRA President and Vietnam veteran Monte Miller launched a petition drive in front of the Post Office – residents of all political persuasions signed – asking the city to restore Hanson's benefits. Television as far as San Francisco picked up the story.

Apparently taken aback by the furor, the city reconsidered the decision and placed a resolution on the Nov. 3 agenda. The council chose to broaden coverage to anyone who has been activated into military service from National Guard or from inactive military services, thus restoring Hanson's benefits. Before the City Council voted unanimously to approve the resolution, many residents voiced their unhappiness with the city's attempt to cut Hanson's benefits. The audience was clearly angry. Rather than admit they were reversing course on a previous decision, the mayor and council attempted, unsuccessfully, to convince the public that it had been their intent all along to provide the benefits.


 

Air

by Phyllis Kelley

 
   

We live in a cottage
With walls made of wood.
We have all the fresh air
That anyone could.

It comes in around windows
Through the old glass.
Under the doors it
Sneaks over the sash.

Out the front door
Down steps to the cellar
To wash and dry clothes
For myself and my fellar.

Friends from Modesto cry
Inconvenient, alarming!
In Modesto it would be.
In Carmel it's called charming.

Windows were painted shut
Or slid on a small track
Mashing your thumb,
Then wouldn't go back.

In came a young carpenter
The problem he studied.
He looked at my thumbs
All smashed and bloodied.

The easiest way was
Take out and replace
With aluminum windows.
Then he looked at my face.

  We wouldn't want to do that
Was what he said then
As he took out his tools,
Measure, paper and pen.

He carefully measured.
New hardware he bought.
Measured again and
He thought and he thought.

He sawed out one window
And carried it away.
Back it came newly made
The very next day.

To open push out.
To close you pull in.
I laughed in delight.
On his face was a grin.

The exchange was repeated.
He went and he came.
The size of each window
Never exactly the same.

Seven new windows
Made from the old.
You'd think were there always
Unless you were told.

The air can go out now.
The air can come in.
My thumbs are all healed
And I'm grateful to him.

   


Holiday tree lighting set for Dec. 4

Carmel's annual tree lighting festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 4, in Devendorf Park. According to Cindi Lopez-Frincke, Community Services Assistant, "the Junipero Serra School Kids will sing, as well as the Carmel Middle School Chorus. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be delivered to Devendorf by the Carmel Fire Department. Pac Rep's Stephen Moorer will again recite Twas the Night before Christmas and the Red Cross will serve hot drinks and cookies."


VILLAGE PROFILES

Alan and Lotte – high up on a hill

We drove up to one of the many plateaus in the Highlands the other day to meet Alan and Lotte Marcus, residents of the same rambling house for 54 years. The autumn sun was peeking through some overcast clouds as we were shown into a welcoming room lined with bookcases overflowing onto the stone hearth warmed by a brisk fire. The Marcus', both in their eighties, just celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary with a walk at Point Lobos. We were expected.

You've lived in the Highlands for many years. When did you first come to the Peninsula?

Alan: We first saw the Monterey Peninsula in the early 50's when Lotte was going to UC Berkeley and I was still laboring at MGM. We picked Monterey from the map as a place to meet because my car was newer than hers, better for the longer drive. Later we couldn't believe the beauty of the place we'd stumbled upon. Already married by then, but living temporarily apart because of our separate commitments, one of us said words which became famous in our family: "Maybe we ought to find a way to live here." (PS-We did!)

Alan, you wrote for the movies after you completed your Army stint in '46. You've also published at least two novels and numerous short stories, plays, and social commentaries.

I owe my writing career to a burst appendix; after my postwar WWII Army discharge, I was seriously considering music or medicine, but instead had to spend weeks in a hospital. Out of boredom, I began writing stories of my war occupation experiences. To my astonishment, I hit a bull's eye, with my first piece printed in The Atlantic. And, voilà – discovered I'd become a writer!

Lotte, you come from Austria by way of Shanghai to the US. And you met Alan in, of all places, Hollywood.

We had a good life in Vienna. My grandfather was one of the first Jewish lawyers allowed to practice at a Municipal Court! I was an ice skater, skier, budding actress – then Hitler with tanks and soldiers invaded Austria on March 11, 1938. Within six months, persecution of Jews became rampant. We took our passports and escaped to Shanghai – an exotic refuge but a lucky one, for at the war's end 16 members of our large family had been shot or gassed, – our personal holocaust. In 1946 my mother and I immigrated to Los Angeles – me, into the arms of Metro Goldwyn Mayer where I not only became a legal secretary but met Alan in a hallway one day while I was reading (believe it or not!) Gone With The Wind!

Can you both talk about your experiences with the Hispanic agricultural workers in the Salinas Valley?

Lotte: We ran a settlement house in the Latino barrio in Salinas after acquiring Spanish thanks to a Guggenheim Fellowship Alan won, which took us to Mexico for three years and rendered us fluent in Spanish. Ostensibly teaching English, we were really teaching "empowerment" to farm laborers who, in those days, were treated as second class citizens, and for whom English was a language of daily oppression in the fields. Using a video curriculum, invented and staged by Alan (and reflecting various forms of bicultural dissonance), we were able to teach our students not just to speak, but to speak up. This utterly spooked Salinas officials, who accused us of fomenting a "slaves' rebellion."

Lotte, you are a PhD therapist and continue to see patients. It is well known that you devote much of your time to pro bono work through speaking engagements and support for nonprofits. Your topics are those which focus on a culture that seems to deny or dismiss older adults.

I find it gratifying to see a wide variety of patients – young, old, military men and women, people of all cultures and races. Every day I'm aware of the population growing older. These people need to be seen; they deserve a voice. I'm here to listen. I'm still working because I began late in life. I'm making up for lost time.

Alan, what keeps you engaged in this world at your age? You follow politics, world events, books, music – the arts. What's your secret?

Jean Cocteau had a famous saying, 'amusez-moi,' to artists, painters, choreographers, composers, etc. Translation: Show me something new about the world. That's a precept I've always tried to follow – wherever, as a writer, musician, political activist, medical anthropologist, teacher, and so forth. And I'm still hooked on trying to track and understand the evolving and changing shapes of individual lives against the kaleidoscope of the variety of mysterious and often endlessly interesting worlds they inhabit. If curiosity killed the cat, it is what has propelled me into continual and unexpected byways, whether intellectual, communal, or aesthetic. At 87, I'm grateful that this urge still hasn't left me.

Just one more question: What ever happened to the artistic center of the Peninsula, primarily Carmel, born in the early 20th Century and that flourished into the 60's?

Changing values and priorities, no doubt. We mourn the demise of the free-floating intellectual – of the meeting of minds, of the exchanging of ideas, of the camaraderie of neighborhoods. It's over and it's a tremendous loss. Finally ... when beauty turns into mere real estate, it changes everything (not for the better!).

Thank you both for spending this time with us.

by Tom Parks

[Tom is a CRA Board member and a well-known writer, actor and producer.]


SPOTLIGHT ON MEMBERS

Susan Katz honored by Alliance on Aging

At its Oct. 18 annual "Celebrating Lifetime Achievement" luncheon, the Alliance on Aging honored ten outstanding men and women of 2009. One of them was Carmel Residents Association member Susan Katz.

According to the 19 October Herald, "Katz was a library assistant at the Monterey Institute of International Studies for 27 years and now, at 88, she uses public transportation to gather and deliver books for resale to benefit her favorite charity, the SPCA of Monterey County. She, her husband and her daughter escaped Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution in 1957, and she has lived in Carmel for 35 years." Congratulations, Susan!


CRA's witches chauffeured by computer expert

Evil and good witches, CRA Board members Kathy Frederickson and Mary Ellen Thomas, were the hits of the Halloween parade, with their steaming cauldron and elaborate costumes.

Thanks to Sven van Rooij for driving the witches in his black pickup truck! Sven owns Digital Carmel Consulting on Lincoln.

Founded as a one-man business focused on network troubleshooting and repair, Digital Carmel Consulting has expanded to a full-service technology and design firm covering everything from computer setup and network maintenance, to revenue-generating e-commerce programs, to compelling, integrated web and print campaigns.

For more information about this local company, check their web site: http://www.digitalcarmel.net


A model of perfection

If you can start the day without caffeine,

If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without liquor,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

Then you are probably ...

The Family Dog!


Remember that your City Council is on T.V.
and on the Web

City Council meetings are taped and re-broadcast
Sundays, 8 a.m. - 12 noon on
KMST Channel 26
In addition, webcasts of council meetings can be viewed live or
at a later time on the city's web site: http://ci.carmel.ca.us/carmel/
[Unfortunately for Mac users, this technology really works properly only on PCs. On a Mac, you can run the webcast start to finish, but can't pause it or search for a special section.]

 


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