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Old Posted Oct 7, 2010, 5:34 AM
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CSUS Union Gallery Art Exhibition Jeff Felker

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“I too saw the reflection of the summer sky in the water”

20x24 oil on canvas jeff felker 2010


CSUS UNION GALLERY FEARTURES PAINTINGS BY SACRAMENTO ARTIST JEFF FELKER


Jeff Felker
The Poetics of Music at Sea
Solo Exhibition

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 14, 6pm-8pm

Show runs through October 4th -November 4th, 2010

Sacramento, CA –The Poetics of Music at Sea, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Jeff Felker, opens at the CSUS Union Gallery, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, on Monday, October 4, 2010. The public is invited to a reception on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 6pm-8pm.

For his first solo show at the Union Gallery, Jeff has created a series of new, original, paintings in oil on canvas and board. Reflecting Jeff's strong passions for literature, painting and music these works tie the three art forms together to create a string of individual narratives. When taken together, these paintings attempt to confront an often repressive environment.

Inspired by the romanticized interpretations of music and water that emerge as major themes and influences in Walt Whitman’s poetry in Leaves of Grass, Jeff uses quotes from Whitman’s poetry as a central catalyst for his narratives. Each piece is titled with a quotation that speaks to/gestures toward a desire for a sense of harmony, balance or quest within a dystopian landscape. The music and instruments within the paintings communicate each figure's relationship for that desire and become their apparatus for survival in an otherwise emotionally complex and overwhelming world. In a reversal of the typical oppressive dry wasteland, the paintings position water as negating life and as challenging the figures in a frenzy for self control and self identity. These conflicts are purposely left unresolved as part of a continuous and ever present struggle for life.

About the artist
Born in 1980 and raised in a world of latchkeys, comic books, and urban exploration, Sacramento-based artist Jeff Felker weaves those early inspirations into the visual narratives he creates today. Exploring themes reformulated from life and his formal background in literature, he creates narrative paintings that blend reality and dreamscape--the human figures within are located in conflicted worlds of emotional isolation. Using oil to juxtapose bright and muted color schemes, Jeff executes his paintings on canvas and board.

Jeff has been interested in writing and literature from a young age, which shows in the narrative qualities of his paintings, as well as his scholarly pursuits. He received an MA in English Literature from California State University, Sacramento in 2009, and currently teaches English at American River College. The themes he encounters in literature continue to permeate throughout his simultaneous pursuit and love of painting.

For further information about Jeff Felker and to see more examples of his artwork go to:
www.studiologica.com


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Gallery info
CSUS Union Gallery
2nd floor University Union Building
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
Hours: M-F 10:30am–3:30pm / Wed & Thur 5–8pm
http://www.union.csus.edu/gallery/

Open parking will be available on the top floor of Parking Structure III (near hwy 50 entrance) on the night of reception.
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Old Posted Oct 7, 2010, 5:40 AM
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Looks like the city tried to "get the customer to success" just a little too hard.

Here's a link to the auditor's report mentioned in the article below:

http://www.cityofsacramento.org/audi...Audit_2010.pdf

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By Ryan Lillis
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Published: Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 - 1:06 pm

Over a three-year period, employees with the city of Sacramento's building department regularly violated state building laws and city code, waived more than $2.3 million in permitting fees that should have gone into the city's battered budget and operated in a system without rules or proper oversight, an external audit of the department found.

The audit was ordered by the City Council earlier this year after it was revealed a supervisor in the Community Development Department had improperly issued building permits in Natomas last year in violation of a federal building ban in the area while levees are upgraded.

An internal probe of the department later found that building fees were improperly waived, construction was allowed to begin without proper permits and employees engaged in cases of "potential quid pro quo."

The audit delivered Wednesday confirms the first two concerns, but does not expose cases of quid pro quo.

According to the report, completed by the firm Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting, the city's development agency failed to collect more than $2.3 million in fees between 2006 and 2009.

Money wasn't taken away from other city departments to fill the gap that resulted from those waived fees. However, collecting those fees would have provided the City Council with $2.3 million more to spend between 2006 and 2009 on general fund departments, which include police, fire and parks.

The money could have also been placed in the city's economic reserve, which has fallen from $30 million to $10 million since 2008.

Of the fees the city has not collected, more than $1 million were from the Natomas development where the home permits were improperly issued last year in the flood zone, according to the audit.

The employee who issued the permits was Dan Waters, son of Councilman Robbie Waters. He was later suspended and transferred to the city's code enforcement department, but has since returned to the development department when that agency absorbed code enforcement.

The city attorney's office is examining if the city can go after developers to collect the $2.3 million in uncollected fees, said Interim City Manager Gus Vina.

Fees also were deferred to seven developers who enrolled in a fee deferral program run by the development department. While most of those fees have been collected, $591,372 remains uncollected through the program.

What's more, development department managers "made a decision to temporarily enter fake payments" into the agency's permitting computer system to allow for projects in the fee deferral program to move forward before payments were up to date, according to the audit.

The audit also found cases in which state and city laws were "circumvented," including instances in which final permits being issued before project plans were reviewed by staff and proper engineering permits were issued. Inspections also occurred without fee payment.

For their part, city officials said they have already begun addressing the concerns raised in the audit, most notably by placing stricter oversight by requiring mangers to have final say on many permit decisions.

The department is also working on crafting policies that were not present over the past few years and is working on updating the fee scale to more accurately the level of work required to issue permits.


Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/06/308...#ixzz11eHGYKGJ
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Old Posted Oct 7, 2010, 2:18 PM
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kinda off topic but.......KINGS SEASON!!!!! Tonight I'm going to a game against the LA Clippers
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kinda off topic but.......KINGS SEASON!!!!! Tonight I'm going to a game against the LA Clippers
This is not off-topic, This IS what's going on Sacramento! (chit chat)
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Old Posted Oct 15, 2010, 3:21 AM
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Looks like the Business Journal is picking up the story too...mentions a few blasts from the past that were discussed a lot here on SkyscraperPage. Meanwhile, according to an interview in the latest Collier's, Ray Kerridge says Roseville feels like heaven.

http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sa...l?surround=lfn
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City audit: The Towers on Capitol Mall, Bank of the West Tower, Le Rivage undercharged for permits
Sacramento Business Journal - by Michael Shaw Staff writer

Sacramento city leaders said they will attempt to recoup some of the missing money detailed in an audit of the Community Development Department issued last week that examined more than 500 building permits and determined recipients may have been undercharged by much as $2.3 million.

But most of the of the missing money in the 110-page report relates to construction projects that are unfinished or abandoned, such as the defunct Towers on Capitol Mall high rises, meaning much of that total may be unrecoverable. The City Council will review the matter Tuesday.

The Towers project underpaid the city by $210,000 according to the audit, after the project’s plan review fee was reduced by that amount even though city codes don’t allow for the reduction of plan review fees. The Towers project was halted shortly after construction work began. Developer John Saca exited the project and it was take over by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which hasn’t moved forward with it.

Another struggling project, Le Rivage hotel, was undercharged an estimated $40,000. But that project is in default on loans and owners are attempting to negotiate a settlement with a lender.

Other stalled projects that were undercharged include Sonic and TGI Fridays restaurants in Natomas that were halted mid-construction. The audit claims the project developer, Kobra Properties, should have paid an additional $33,000. Kobra is in bankruptcy liquidation.

The greatest portion of missing money — about $1 million — involves the transfer of 35 permits for single-family homes issued to builder K. Hovnanian Homes, which was granted in violation of federal rules. That violation triggered federal oversight and the requirement of corrective action that will cost the city thousands of dollars. The audit determined that the transfer of permits should have triggered new fees — but instead those fees were assessed incorrectly or were not assessed at all, according to records. That project is on hold until at least 2012.

The audit noted that in many instances, fees based on assessed valuation used the developer’s own assessment value, rather than the department’s, which is a violation of city rules. Auditors acknowledged, however, that they could not always validate the amount of fees due and collected and had to make assumptions.

Alleged malfeasance by a housing developer contributed to missing money totaling $387,000, the report states. The builder changed the address on 14 permits it had been issued to allow it to work on an entirely separate 14 homes without paying new fees for the permits. City leaders could not be reached for details about that project, such as the name of the developer or location of the homes.

Other projects mentioned in the report are:

• A self-storage facility that owed $235,000 was mistakenly issued permits before the money and then was sued by the city for non-payment. The developer filed for bankruptcy.

• The Bank of the West Tower at 500 Capitol Mall, which received a $100,000 fee credit that can’t be accounted for by staff.

• An am/pm convenience market that was undercharged $28,000.

The report contains 40 recommendations for improving the departments operations, controls and management, many of which are already under way.

Max Fernandez, director of community development department said in the report that staff “will exercise its best effort to implement and consider the recommendations set forth in the City Auditor’s report.”


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its nice to see private enterprise bashed for once as oposed to state workers......
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its nice to see private enterprise bashed for once as oposed to state workers......
Right, it also illustrates the cities staff inability to account for credits and
undercharges they gave to developers. You don't get it do you web?
Are you happy that stalled & abandoned projects can't pay their dues & taxes?
The more we see this happen, the more will see both the city and state
layoff more and more people... more underfunded pensions, less police
on the street. Now I see why most of your comments are ignored.
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not just doomed and stalled projects.....I dont like developers being massively subsidized and then not paying a penny back......

and isnt it great that the kings loan from the city got moved to the pay back after everyone else........

crooks are crooks be it the private person takling the money or his connection in public authority.

Not all the unpaid fees are from dead projects.....gotta wonder on all the payroll etc saca never paid to all the work done on the prep for the towers ye he had money to build that mega showroom on fulton......

I am tired of this I am outta this forum and KJ is he worst of te lot.....I hate people trying top politicians not even knowing that the sac public schools dont even encompas a huge portion of his city......
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not just doomed and stalled projects.....I dont like developers being massively subsidized and then not paying a penny back......
Right, and who makes that possible? Oh yeah, the city council doling out cash
as if it will never run out because all they have to do is raise taxes and then
we all pay for their mistakes and mismanagement again and again.

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and isnt it great that the kings loan from the city got moved to the pay back after everyone else........
Once again, who do we have to thank for that arrangement? The City Council.

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crooks are crooks be it the private person takling the money or his connection in public authority.
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Not all the unpaid fees are from dead projects.....gotta wonder on all the payroll etc saca never paid to all the work done on the prep for the towers ye he had money to build that mega showroom on fulton.....
Saca got bought out of the project by CalPERS and he made several million
from the deal so he's now investing it in Sacramento, thank CalPERS for that.

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I am tired of this I am outta this forum and KJ is he worst of te lot.....I hate people trying top politicians not even knowing that the sac public schools dont even encompas a huge portion of his city......
I can't even figure out what this sentence is tiring to say
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So was anyone able to go to any of the SACOG 2035 transportation update workshops? Would really like to know how those turned out.
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well now that the roseville galleria is burned and ruined, maybe it's time to invest in downtown plaza. Bring the H&M downtown!
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well now that the roseville galleria is burned and ruined, maybe it's time to invest in downtown plaza. Bring the H&M downtown!
Considering that Westfield owns both malls, and they have a lot of vacancies downtown, they could always offer some of the Roseville Galleria tenants temporary spots at Downtown Plaza until repairs can be completed--that would let them have something like a Christmas sales season, even if it is literally a fire sale!

It kind of got lost in the hubbub about Westfield, but a Midtown food closet on 27th Street also burned today. The food closet coordinators are now holding a fundraising drive to repair the damage and restore the food closet to operation--the tons of food in the building was lost.

http://www.rivercityfoodbank.org/
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I honestly care far more about the food bank losing tons of food than I do some mall fire. I've seen over a dozen Facebook statuses about people freaking out like it's the end of the world that the Galleria caught fire. THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS, PEOPLE!
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Considering that Westfield owns both malls, and they have a lot of vacancies downtown, they could always offer some of the Roseville Galleria tenants temporary spots at Downtown Plaza until repairs can be completed--that would let them have something like a Christmas sales season, even if it is literally a fire sale!

It kind of got lost in the hubbub about Westfield, but a Midtown food closet on 27th Street also burned today. The food closet coordinators are now holding a fundraising drive to repair the damage and restore the food closet to operation--the tons of food in the building was lost.

http://www.rivercityfoodbank.org/
Hmm, I think I like the sound of food closet more than food bank.

Seriously, that would be a great idea. All of those stores are screwed because they must have had all of their Christmas shipments ready to get put out in a few weeks.

Temporary (or even permanent) shops in downtown plaza would be ideal. I know sooo many people from around here that always have to plan group trips to the galleria because of their exclusive stores, miles away. It would be really convenient to have those stores just a bike ride away.


aaand it would bring tons of xmas business to the area, and downtown plaza could reallyy use those extra bucks.


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the galleria is not a 100% loss people......
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the galleria is not a 100% loss people......
It's not, but the whole mall was severely damaged by all of the trapped smoke, though. Ground zero is terribly suffering water/fire/smoke damage. It'll be a while til it's all back to normal.

A whiiiiile..


Let's just hope something positive comes out of this.
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the galleria is not a 100% loss people......
It's not, but the whole mall was severely damaged by all of the trapped smoke, though. Ground zero is terribly suffering water/fire/smoke damage. It'll be a while til it's all back to normal.

A whiiiiile..


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Who's doing Run to Feed the Hungry tomorrow? I'll be out there for the 5k, and, well, I kinda have to be out there. I'm not really looking forward to running when it's 31 F outside. Coldest I've ever run is 60.
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In the current Feb/Mar Sactown magazine there is well written piece on
why the proposed superior county courthouse should NOT be built on Capitol
Mall but instead built over at the other proposed site in the railyards. The list
of reasons and examples includes the 2002 East End Project that was also a
State funded project that ignored the pleas of the review board and was not
subject to any authority in how it builds just how like this building will be exempt.
The article really nails it when it talks about how the area would also have a
steady stream of felons and accusers at a site that should be reserved for
something special.

The articles called "Courting Disaster" and I highly recommend picking it up
or reading it here http://bit.ly/eCkxzx .

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