Fischer Seated, Measure Q Fails
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Kiosk In This Issue Nov. 4 - 21, 2010 THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW MPC Storybook Theater Call for times Info: (831) 646-4213 • Fri., Nov. 5 Until 8 PM FIRST FRIDAY Pacific Grove Merchants Enter for a chance to win - Page 19 Brown Bag Promotion Friends for Life - Page 8 Neville in November - Page 10 Free & Open to the Public • Sat. Nov. 6 9 AM - 3 PM Winter Craft Fair PG Middle School Gym Benefits Robert H Down School PTA • Sat. Nov. 6 2:00 PM Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns Annual General Meeting Chautauqua Hall, Central and 17th • Times Sat., Nov. 6 Nov. 5-12, 2010 Pacific Grove Community News Vol. III, Issue 7 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Soul Collage Workshop w/ Cathy Bruno $55 (materials included) Artisana Gallery 309 Forest Ave (831) 655-9775 • Sun., Nov. 7 Surf’s 6:30 PM “Go With the Tide” A dramatic tutorial about Ed “Doc” Ricketts up — Performed by Howard Burnham at The Works 667 Lighthouse, PG 774 Wave Street, Monterey way 831-915-7523 $10 door • Tuesday, November 9 up 6:30 PM Velvet Coat; the Ragged Luck of A storm at sea Robert Louis Stevenson brought high waves Monterey Public Library to the coast this 625 Pacific Street, Monterey past week -- but no 831- 646-3949 storm. That may •www.monterey.org/llibrary yet happen, but for RSVP • Free now it has been • blue skies and Wed., Nov. 10 sunshine. 2pm - 7pm 2010 Monterey Bay Green Building Expo Photo by 831.633.WISE Vince Tuminello or www.buildingwise.net • Sat., Nov. 13 9am-3pm St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Annual Holiday Bazaar Admission is FREE Unofficial election results For more info call 373-4441 • Sat., Nov. 13 5:30 pm-8:30 pm 10th Annual Fashion Show Party Fischer seated, Measure Q fails at the Inn at Spanish Bay unofficial, were 2,827 for and 1,796 against Pacific Grove’s crippled public library, Info: (831) 373-3304 By Marge Ann Jameson the item. now struggling to meet the public’s needs $30 per person In November, 2009 Measure J faced in only 24 open hours per week. • similar numbers: 2,747 or 65.91 percent The entire city council supported Sat., Nov. 13 Despite garnering a clear majority were for the parcel tax measure and 1,421 the measure. Said council member Bill 2:00pm which any political candidate would envy, or 34.09 percent were against it. Kampe, “They really did a class act” Lecture: Illuminating Fungi Measure Q, at 61.15 percent as of press A special property tax, Measure referring to the backers of Measure Q. Chautauqua Hall time, went down to defeat. It needed 66.67 Q would have added $90 per year to Well and clearly written, the measure 831-648-5716 x 17 percent to win. single property tax bills and $45 per unit • The total votes, which are at this time to commercial property taxes to pay for Sat., Nov. 13 and See ELECTION Page 2 Sun., Nov. 14 9:00am - 4:00pm Pacific Grove Rotary Collectible Sale 570 Lighthouse Ave. Green Building Ordinance passes (831) 659-8037 Environmental Design (LEED) standards, industry-accepted green or 644-9079 By Marge Ann Jameson building guidelines that have been used all over California. His • recommendation was to use the guidelines -- but not to go after Fri., Nov. 12 & LEED certification. And it appears there is a good reason not to Sat., Nov. 13 Hoping to fend off a state-mandated "green" building ordinance cite LEED in the ordinance: architect and past mayor Jeanne Byrne 9am-6pm ahead of a January, 2011 deadline, the City of Pacific Grove has told the council that the U.S.GBC's LEED standard was under fire Big Sur Marathon Health & adopted a tailor-made version of the state's "Cal Green" program after and facing a lawsuit over its practices, and stands accused of fraud, Fitness EXPO a few clarifications were made to the second reading of the proposed racketeering, false advertising and more. Byrne asked the council not FREE to the public. ordinance. The ordinance will not only beat the state's deadline, to tie the oridinace with LEED and avoid any advertising of energy [email protected] or 831-625-6226 but will also meet the U.N. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, savings with the Green Building Ordinance. which Pacific Grove signed earlier, and meet requirements of the "Unlicensed people are taking over the standards," she said. MORE KIOSK PAGE 3 Urban Environmental Accords. John Kuehl had recommended using U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and See CODE Page 2 Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • November 5, 2010 p From Page 1 Sandy Hamm CODE After a series of public meetings involving feedback and recommendations from property owners, developers, the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resource Cop log Committee and the Planning Commission, plus the Pacific Grove Green Building Subcommittee, the Green Building Ordinance was drafted to include a number of PG Dog Gone Dog Report "Greenpoints" required before a residential project would be issued a building permit. "It is molded into the needs of the local building industry," said Keuhl. Possible coyote attack While there are exemptions, the result will be that Pacific Grove will obtain a higher point threshold on new construction than that of the private sector. And should Officer was dispatched to the Forest Lodge area about a dead cat. Upon the City itself undertake any building over 1000 square feet (as one councilmember officer’s arrival, the reporting woman showed the officer two rear paws from a joked, "sometime in the next millenium") LEED standards — but not necessarily domestic cat. The paws were black and had belonged to a domestic short hair cat. certification — would come into play. Cat and Dog claim irreconcilable differences "Most standards are private companies," said council member Bill Kampe. "We Police were contacted by a woman regarding a cat she can no longer care need an independent point of reference and LEED seems to be it," he added. for. She had taken the cat in but after some time realized her dog and the cat did Once it was vetted by City Attorney Dave Laredo to be consistent with the original not get along. She relinquished the cat to PG animal control. intent, the ordinance was adopted. Recidivist Doggy: Big Bad Bichon Now, this is not the first time this little guy has appeared in the PG Dog Gone Dog Report. Officer was dispatched to the Gate St. area of PG. On arrival the officer picked up a male Bichon. The officer went to the address of the known humans (where the big boy lives) to try to contact them about their habitual runaway. No one was home. He was transported to the city yard pending owner contact. Holiday blood drive to begin Now let’s refresh, folks. If you have an animal, it is your responsibility to Busy schedules during the holiday season mean fewer people donate make sure they are cared for and safe. That means keeping them fed, watered, blood — at a time when the need is historically high. leashed, babysat, or indoors when you are not home (and of course loved). It is To ensure that supply keeps up with demand, Community Hospital of the not okay to let your dogs run willy-nilly. Monterey Peninsula is launching its annual Gift of Life blood drive on Nov. 13 at Del Monte Center. The holiday drive continues through the end of the The case of the missing election signs or; year, with mobile blood drives and at the Blood Center in Monterey. More than Someone just got sick of looking at them all. 800 people took part last year, and the goal is to exceed that number this year. A woman called in to report that at the intersection of David Ave. and Forest “We encourage people to give as a gift to the community since all the blood Ave. there were several election signs posted on Country Club Gate property. She we collect stays here,” says Sharon Paddock, supervisor of Community Hospital’s said on 10/26/2010 was the last time she had seen the signs; she called Public Blood Center. “It takes less than one hour of time to donate, but the results are Works to see if they had picked up the signs and they said they had not. The police priceless. One pint of blood can save up to three lives.” have no suspects at this time. Donors who give during the Gift of Life campaign will receive a pocket calendar, be entered into drawings for prizes, and be recognized in newspaper My driveway is not a parking lot advertising about the drive if they desire. Officer was flagged down by a citizen in front of their residence in the More information on donating, including dates and locations of mobile Grove Acre Ave. area. The citizen advised a unidentified vehicle was parked in blood drives, is available online at www.chomp.org. The kick-off drive is from the driveway of their home, which is currently for sale. The officer did an area 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 at Del Monte Shopping Center, near the Century check for the owner of the vehicle with negative results. The reporting person Theatre. Appointments to donate at the Blood Center may be scheduled by calling requested that the vehicle be cited and would contact police at a later time if 625-4814, but drop-ins are welcome.