"We sincerely hope that the City Council sees this latest tactic for the ruse it really is"

Dear Greg;
It’s a sad state of affairs in our City that we can say we expected nothing less.  Once again you refuse to consider, in anything resembling a fair and impartial manner, an action that directly effects our neighborhood’s health, safety, and welfare.   Yet, if the developer requests an action that directly affects our neighborhood’s health, safely and welfare, you are happy to oblige. This is so clearly just one more example of our city staff working in lock step with the developer to advance his agenda that even the most jaded observers would feel ashamed on staff’s behalf.
It is becoming profoundly clear to everyone how this city has moved a minor crisis to a political firestorm of its own making–step by step, ignoring its own policies and procedures and common decency with each step.  As City Manager you are responsible for saying that such actions are unacceptable and for holding your employees to higher standards than this.  Instead, you are holding them to  standards lower than we would have believed possible before this began.
We sincerely hope that the City Council sees this latest tactic for the ruse it really is and begins the search for a new city manager.
At this point, we will rephrase our request so you may now reconsider it: we ask that Wayne Clark make a determination on the validity of any future application for the re-use of the parcel at 619 Lemon Street for boat/RV storage, etc. based on the existence of a similar use in the past.
This is a request from taxpayers, property owners and citizens of the City of Port Orange.
Mike and Dianne Gardner
618 Ruth Street
Port Orange, Florida 32127

—– Original Message —–
From: Kisela, Greg
To: Dianne Gardner ; Clark, Wayne
Subject: RE: Atlantic Marine-Jack Wiles-Legal non conforming
Dianne: Community Development has requested from the City Attorney an opinion on whether they can make a zoning determination for someone other than the applicant or their representatives.
Greg Kisela
City Manager

Dear Ms. Roberts:
We understand that Greg Kisela has asked for your legal opinion on the following matter.  His email is quoted below from today’s date.
“Dianne: Community Development has requested from the City Attorney an opinion on whether they can make a zoning determination for someone other than the applicant or their representatives. ” 
To assist you in forming your opinion please recall the Wednesday night neighborhood meeting on January 8th, 2014 at which you said that Jack Wiles, before he owned the property at 619 Lemon Street, could have requested a letter of determination from the City regarding the zoning and business uses of that parcel.