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Attorney Rick Wood plans a vigorous defense of his clients
By Catherine Billey
Mammoth Times Staff Writer
 MAMMOTH TIMES PHOTOS/ERICK SUGIMURA
This action was confirmed by attorney Rick Wood, who represents many of the merchants. For confidentiality reasons, Wood could not disclose the names of the merchants. “In the event that litigation is actually filed by either CNL or Intrawest,” Wood said, “those names will become public.”
Merchants at Lingerie Lounge, First Street Leather, Gallerie Barjur, and the Side Door confirmed that they were among the 14 served.
Wood said the notices were authored by counsel for the landlord, CNL Income Mammoth LP (CNL), by Intrawest U.S. Commercial Management Property Inc. (Intrawest). The primary owner of the Village is CNL, but Intrawest manages it.
“CNL bought an 80 percent interest in the Intrawest assets,” Wood clarified. “They continue a partnership consisting of CNL and Intrawest owning the asset.” Because CNL is a real estate investment trust and is a publicly held company, it can't manage its own assets, so in the instance of the Village, Intrawest is the property manager.
Byron Carlock, President and CEO of CNL, did not return calls for comment. In a statement issued under his name, he said although the company has tried to reach a “mutually beneficial solution for the leasing challenges at the Village,” none had occurred. “Accordingly, CNL Lifestyle Properties has followed the terms stated clearly in each tenant's lease. CNL Lifestyle Properties and Intrawest continue to review all reasonable offers from potential purchasers who have expressed an interest in the property, and remain in discussions with interested parties about other topics important to the health of the Village.”
Green “For Lease” signs are visible in the windows of stores that have closed in recent months, scattered among the businesses that remain open and are now threatened by eviction.
“I would not expect any of my clients to quit,” Wood said. “We will present a vigorous defense to any action that is taken by Intrawest to evict the tenants. We remain hopeful that we're going to be able to resolve it. But their actions as of a couple of days ago suggest that they want to create vacancies in the Village.”
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
By Stacey Powells
Mammoth Times Staff Writer
 With a capacity of up to 32 beds, Mammoth Hospital on its own would not be able to handle an influx of injured people should a major catastrophe occur in this area. PHOTO BY STACEY POWELLS
“If people from the city show up here during a major evacuation, it will be our responsibility to take care of them as best we can,” said Mono/Inyo Health Officer Dr. Rick Johnson. Johnson presented the facts of what a major disaster in the southern part of the state would mean for local residents and emergency personnel.
And if the disaster resonates into this area as well, it is imperative that the medical community within the Southern Mono Hospital District be prepared. “We could see upwards of more than 100,000 people trying to get up into are area, so the question remains, how do counties who are resource poor deal with increases in population when cities have a major event?” Johnson said.
Dr. Johnson was asking the board to approve and authorize the Chair's signature on the Certification Against Supplanting for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Local Health Department CDC Funding Agreement. He also asked the board to authorize Public Health Director Lynda Salcido to sign the contract agreement, Certification Regarding Lobbying, and any additional contract amendments.
According to the outline presented in the agenda packet, the HPP project will involve developing and testing a plan for the evacuation of the single health care facility, including the expansion of the existing facility that would occur as a result of a major incident with resulting casualties.
The planning and testing will involve partnering with many agencies within the operational area and will allow them to plan for a surge of casualties, while at the same time being able to provide continuity of care in an alternate location.
The process will include such measures as the ability to communicate within the operational area, with neighboring jurisdictions, with the region, the state of California and Nevada. The ability to activate, staff, and fully utilize the department operations center will also be tested, as will the ability to test bed tracking in Mono County, and in neighboring Inyo County and nearby Nevada health districts. Mono and Inyo counties have very limited personnel and medical facilities and there are long distances to be overcome before any medical or health mutual aid will be forthcoming. Although the PHEP plan exists on paper, current staff have had very limited participation in the exercising of the plan.
With all the preparedness, it still might not be enough. “We have places to put people like the community centers and schools but for the life of me I can't figure out where we would come up with enough staff to handle a major disaster,” Johnson said.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 06 June 2008 )
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