Carmel Pine Cone, April 13, 2007 (Web Main News)
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The Best of The man who Drop that Broadway keeps Em Le’s squirrel! at Sunset cooking — INSIDE THIS WEEK BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID CARMEL, CA Permit No. 149 Volume 93 No. 15 On the Internet: www.carmelpinecone.com April 13-19, 2007 Y OUR S OURCE F OR L OCAL N EWS, ARTS AND O PINION S INCE 1915 CEQA and The model calls the shots BIG SETBACK global warming: FOR HOSPITAL An inevitable marriage ANNEXATION By MARY BROWNFIELD By KELLY NIX AFTER HEARING hours of public com- A WORLDWIDE emphasis on greenhouse ment, receiving more than 160 opposition letters gases and global warming could mean a reinter- and learning 551 people signed petitions against pretation of the California Environmental Quality developer Bob Leidig’s proposal to convert the Act — which in turn could affect development former Carmel Convalescent Hospital into con- projects throughout the state, according to dominiums, the Carmel Planning Commission experts. unanimously decided Wednesday night to recom- While permit applications big and small are mend denial of his request to annex the 3.7-acre already examined for possible environmental property to the city. The council is set to hear the effects in more than two dozen categories — matter May 1, when Leidig and attorney Derinda everything from archaeology to zoning — recent Messenger will try to convince its members to actions by state agencies show climate change is disregard the planning commission’s vote. becoming a hot topic, even for local planning Leidig first revealed his plans for the land at departments. Highway 1 and Valley Way to the Carmel City “There has been a lot of talk about it, and it’s PHOTO/P.G. ART CENTER Council last November, and the April 11 hearing already starting to be raised in cases,” said marked the planning commission’s third on the Sculptor Marco Cochrane, whose work will be featured in a new exhibit at the proposal, which was also the subject of several Monterey land use attorney Michael Stamp. Pacific Grove Art Center, gives his models an unusual amount of freedom. See community meetings. story on page 12. A host of fronts The city prepared an environmental study of In September of last year, Gov. Arnold the annexation — but not of the development Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 32, the itself, since no plans have been submitted — California Global Warming Solutions Act, which concluding any negative impacts of adding the required the California Air Resources Board to Salinas, Armenta blast land to the city could be mitigated. It focused develop regulations on how it would address glob- predominantly on Carmel’s ability to provide al warming. public services, such as police and fire. Planning On the heels of the bill, the California Coastal LandWatch general plan services manager Brian Roseth said any develop- Commission announced it would factor in global ment would require additional, extensive envi- warming when considering permits for large ronmental review. desalination plants in the state. The coastal panel By KELLY NIX and Fernando Armenta and others ral- called it an “emerging issue.” lied against the slow-growth measure at Outpouring of opposition And last month, the United States Supreme PROMINENT LATINO leaders a press conference in Salinas organized While Leidig initially said he hoped to con- spoke out this week against the by Plan for the People, supporters of Court ruled that CO2 emissions are pollution struct 60 to 75 condos, that number dropped to under the Clean Air Act. LandWatch-backed Measure A, saying county supervisors’ competing general 30, with some units in the three-story building “The CEQA question is pretty interesting” the initiative could reduce new afford- plan. The initiative, they contend, will that opened as a hospital in 1931. when it comes to evaluating a project’s possible able housing in the county, aggravate hurt the county’s working class. In his report Wednesday, Roseth suggested contribution to global warming, said Michael crime and eliminate local control over “We’ve worked hard over the years to creating a new zoning, R-2, which would allow McCormick of PMC, a consulting firm that has an community planning. office in Monterey. “Because it’s something that’s County supervisors Simon Salinas See PLAN page 21A See ANNEX page 9A going to be big in the next year or two years. There is a lot of discussion about it at the local agency level and among consultants.” Until the passage of AB 32, the state did not generally evaluate greenhouse gas emissions or Jackie Robinson tribute a hit for local songwriter impacts on global climate change. The state’s pri- By CHRIS COUNTS satile ballplayer who starred at Pacific Grove See CEQA page 11A High School and won All-America honors at AS FAR back as he can remember, Big Sur Hawaii Pacific University in 1993, Trosky resident and lifelong baseball fan Nathan never made it to the major leagues. Five surg- Trosky dreamed about making it to the major eries on his right shoulder finished off his boy- Dry year limits leagues. This Sunday, he’ll get his chance. hood dream. Or so he thought at the time. When the Oakland A’s celebrate the 60th Meanwhile, Trosky’s father gave him an anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking base- acoustic guitar shortly after he graduated from pumping to, from ball’s color barrier April 15, their fans will be high school. The guitar quickly became his treated to a music video about Robinson’s constant companion. Seaside aquifer impact on the game. Produced by Trosky, the But music warmed the bench for nearly a video features his performance of an original decade as Trosky pursued a career as an inter- By KELLY NIX song in tribute to the great second baseman, national baseball coach. In 2000, he coached “Born Right On Time.” the German Olympic team. In 2001, he led the NEWLY IMPOSED limits on pumping from Trosky comes from a family with an extra- Cologne Dodgers to the first ever European the Seaside aquifer will make it harder to supply ordinary baseball tradition. His grandfather, “major league” championship by a German water to the Monterey Peninsula, which is having Hal Trosky, Sr., was a slugging first baseman team. And in 2002, he managed the Croatian its driest year since 1994, according to officials. who starred for the Cleveland Indians in the Olympic team. The head of the board that oversees the aquifer 1930s. His uncle, Hal Trosky, Jr., pitched for In 2005, Trosky teamed up with Carmel res- declared in March that during 2007, no extra water the Chicago White Sox in the 1960s. Among ident Dennis Marshall to open Carmel can be pumped from it this year. his assorted cousins who have played profes- Baseball, a business venture dedicated to the The Seaside basin is one of only two main sional baseball is Mike Boddicker, a pitcher game. Trosky runs a school teaching baseball Baseball instructor and songwriter water sources for the Monterey Peninsula. Its pri- who won 20 games for the Baltimore Orioles in fundamentals, while Marshall sells baseball Nathan Trosky, whose tribute to 1984. Jackie Robinson has been getting See WATER page 20ADespite his reputation as a scrappy and ver- See SONG page 11A an enthusiastic reception. 2A The Carmel Pine Cone April 13, 2007 COUNCIL CONSIDERS SHOPPING LIST FOR NEXT YEAR’S BUDGET By MARY BROWNFIELD later this month, the council reviewed its $3.3 million work and is worthy of support. They ultimately decided the invest- plan detailing tasks to be undertaken by each department ment would be worthwhile, especially since the equipment CARMEL’S TAXPAYERS should help pay for film pro- through June 2010, as well as capital projects and equipment could be used for other events at the theater. jection equipment at Sunset Center, a survey of downtown purchases scheduled for the next five years. Council mem- Meanwhile, Sunset Cultural Center Inc. executive director trees, and a litany of other projects and items, the city coun- bers also considered requests submitted by the city’s boards Jack Globenfelt also took advantage of the council meeting cil decided at a budget workshop March 27. But the council and commissions. to request additional equipment for his venue, including hesitated to pay $42,525 to fix the tennis courts or any more sound and TV monitors, more exterior lights, new tables, than the $55,200 already allocated to spruce up the beach Film fest in 2008 paving of the potholed south parking lot and a “fall arrest bathrooms. Former Carmel Magazine publisher Scott Brown is plan- system” to keep people from plummeting off the catwalk In advance of receiving a draft of the 2007/2008 budget ning to launch a four-day Carmel Film Festival at Sunset above the stage. Center in October 2008, and a lot of expensive equipment “Some are safety issues, some are long-term replacements will be needed. and equipment we feel would make us more economically “Though it is otherwise a perfect venue for the festival, viable and attract outside presenters,” he told the council, the Sunset Center is not presently equipped to show films, in which asked for further research to see if the sound system 35 mm or otherwise,” wrote Brown, who could not attend the might overlap with Brown’s request and acknowledged the council meeting due to a case of strep throat. The lowest bid urgency of the safety equipment. for projection and sound equipment, a screen and ventilation for the projection booth was $144,361.09 — “too much for ‘One at a time’ any one entity to contribute.” He asked the city to cover the The urban forest also benefited when the council allocat- sound equipment and exhaust, which would be permanent ed $56,650 at the urging of the forest and beach commission, additions, at a cost of $42,035.