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Special Email – Fwd: Chevron Agreement

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:34 PM
To: L Segundo/cn=Recipients/cn=cityhall/cn=Contacts/cn=EricBusch; hekbusch@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: Chevron Agreement
Attachments: Chevron PILOT Agreementdraft 12 15 11.doc; ATT00001..htm

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: “Hensley, Mark (City Attorney)”
Date: December 15, 2011 5:51:35 PM PST
To: “rspackman@chevron.com” , “Willmore, Doug”
Cc: “Berger, Karl (Assistant City Attorney)” , “Cullen, Deborah”
Subject: Chevron Agreement

Gentlemen,

Attached is a draft agreement for purposes of furthering the discussion the two of you have been engaged in over the past two weeks. There are some blanks that needs to be filled in and the City’s Finance Department will need to review the recitals for accuracy. It is anticipated that both Chevron and the City may wish to make revisions to the agreement. … Continue reading →

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Special Email – Value proposition

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:00 PM
To: rspackman@chevron.com
Subject: Value proposition

Rod,

As promised, I wanted to send you a short email detailing the use and value of the revenue we are talking about.

The City’s only desired usage of the subject revenue is for infrastructure. We would dedicate the revenue entirely to that purpose.

When I came to the city, I have to say that I was astounded at the backlog of capital maintenance and infrastructure projects there were. For example, the Plunge would not have been allowed to be open to the public in Salt Lake County it is in such disrepair, and I daresay in many other counties and cities in the United States it would not be open either. The street repairs that are behind schedule for being repaved are in the tens of millions. I have a list of infrastructure projects that adds up to $110M. These are not pie-in-the-sky projects like a performing arts theatre or something like that. They are repairing the Plunge, and repaving streets, and expanding the library so that children are not sitting on the floor from 3 to 7 after school.

So, when we talk about revenue levels with Chevron, the city is primarily interested in a dedicated revenue stream that we can use to repay an infrastructure loan.

So, for example, $6M/year of new revenue for 10 years produces about $48M in projects. $6M/year for 15 years produces about $70M in projects. $6M/year for 20 years produces about $88M in projects. Our plan would be to start almost all of these projects immediately – the planning, the engineering, and the construction, so that most, if not all, would be complete in the next three years.

Thus, reducing the time frame of the agreement to 10 years doesn’t work for the Council and they would be likely to take their chances at the ballot seeking $12-16M/year of new tax revenue. 20 years is ideal because it hits most of the deferred revenue list. But, I think they will settle for 15 years as an ideal middle ground – both in length of agreement, as well as amount of new revenue (app. $6M – difference between $4.7M and $10.5M as I proposed). … Continue reading →

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$25 Million Claim Against City – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Michael D. Robbins

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Mike

The widow of Hawthorne police officer Andrew Garton filed a $25 million claim against El Segundo, as required before filing a lawsuit. Officer Garton was killed in the tragic accident where El Segundo Police Sergeant Rex Fowler collided with his motorcycle while both were escorting a funeral procession through Torrance for a Manhattan Beach police officer who died of cancer.

Despite my many warnings, Mayor Busch and Councilman Fisher enthusiastically voted to approve new three-year city union contracts guaranteeing raises and no layoffs, leaving the City dangerously vulnerable to large unbudgeted, uncontrollable expenses including lawsuit judgments and settlements.

I warned against new contracts lasting more than one year, and that give away their management authority over staffing decisions and layoffs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Doug Willmore's Great Chevron Shakedown, El Segundo Herald Letters, El Segundo News, El Segundo Tax and Fee Increases, Firefighter and Police Union Compensation and Pensions, Firefighter Union Corruption, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Letters to the Editor, Police Union Corruption | Tagged Andrew Garton, budget, claim, El Segundo, lawsuit, local government, officer, police, Rex Fowler, sergeant, union contracts | Comments Off

Occupy Everywhere Gripes without Merit – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Arthur Christopher Schaper

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Mike

There is a disparity of wealth in the United States. Such is the price of freedom. Therefore, one should not despair that the rich are getting richer, while the gap between rich and middle class, or middle class and poor, seems to be widening.

The real statistics to pay attention to are the number of individuals in different income brackets, and the mobility of individuals from one bracket to another. … Continue reading →

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Torrance Helicopter Routes – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Richard Root

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Mike

The following letter to the editor was published in the El Segundo Herald newspaper (HeraldPublications.com) on Thursday, December 1, 2011 in the Letters section on page 2. Torrance Helicopter Routes The Torrance Airport Association is publishing false and misleading statements … Continue reading →

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Special Email – Chevron revenue comparison

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Mike

From: Cullen
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:32 PM
To: L Segundo/cn=Recipients/cn=cityhall/cn=Contacts/cn=EricBusch; ekbusch@aol.com;
dwillmore@elsegundo.org; dcullen@elsegundo.org
Subject: Chevron revenue comparison
Attachments: 20111130 Refinery Revenue Comparison v.3.xls

Hi Eric,

Attached is a comparison of refinery revenues that I have been working on with Doug. We have compiled information comparing the revenues collected in El Segundo from the Chevron Refinery to the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, BP West Coast Refinery in Carson and Exxon Mobile Refinery in Torrance.
We also included an analysis of the revenue per acre generated from the local refinery compared to the revenue per acre generated by the rest of the City’s commercial industrial sector. … Continue reading →

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Email – RE: Chevron

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:53 PM
To: dcullen@elsegundo.org; segundo/cn=recipients/cn=cityhall/cn=dcullen
Subject: RE: Chevron

ok … Continue reading →

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Salary and Pension Increases – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Arthur Christopher Schaper

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Mike

The following letter to the editor was published in the El Segundo Herald newspaper (HeraldPublications.com) on Thursday, November 17, 2011 in the Letters section on page 2. Salary and Pension Increases The City of El Segundo is celebrating its centennial … Continue reading →

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New Contracts Unsustainable – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Michael D. Robbins

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Mike

New Contracts Unsustainable

Councilman Fisher claimed city employee unions took a nine percent salary cut. This is untrue. The new union contracts are still excessive and unsustainable. They don’t even rollback the huge 11 to 23 percent pay raises Councilmen Busch and Fisher gave the fire and police unions during the recession, on top of their already excessive and unsustainable salaries and pensions. And the new contracts include three different pay raises plus a guarantee of no layoffs for three years.

The maximum and average total annual compensation were $338 thousand and $202 thousand for firefighter union members, and $304 thousand and $178 thousand for police union members (previous contract). The city paid maximum and average individual annual pension contributions of $66 thousand and $40 thousand for firefighter union members, and $77 thousand and $41 thousand for police union members.

The firefighter and police union pension costs are excessive and unsustainable because they are based on excessive and unsustainable salaries and pension benefit formulas. All firefighters and police can still retire at age 55 with up to 90 percent of their single highest pay year as their annual pension benefit … Continue reading →

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Special Email – RE: Pre-Agenda Packet for the November 15, 2011 CC Meeting – Early Date-Time Stamp – Eric Busch and Doug Willmore started their Chevron Shakedown for environmental politics as well

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:27 AM
To: L Segundo/cn=Recipients/cn=cityhall/cn=Contacts/cn=EricBusch; ekbusch@aol.com
Subject: RE: Pre-Agenda Packet for the November 15, 2011 CC Meeting

I have a more detailed analysis that we’re putting together on the Chevron taxes that doesn’t just look at Richmond, but also looks at other refineries in this South Bay (Torrance, Carson, Long Beach), and then also compares the ES refinery to other ES properties and tax generated. One quick snapshot to look at is Chevron has 40% of our property and generates 10% of the revenue in our General Fund. That, of course, doesn’t even factor in the negative impact that the refinery has on the city.

You will get a very detailed comparison of this refinery with Richmond and with the other refiners in SoCal. From what I know right now, I will tell you that I would estimate that Chevron should be at around $30M/year to be comparable to other cities and to compare to our other land uses. Right now, ES is subsidizing them a great deal compared to other cleaner business uses we have in our city. … Continue reading →

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