Below is a correspondence letter between the chief of staff Ron Nelson (Commissioner Marc Sarnoff staff member on behalf of Marc Sarnoff) and other city officials about their intentions for STAGE3 & The Ziggy Marley Concert at Peakcock Park.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ULTIMATE STAGE3?
STAGE3 a victim of Discrimination/ Abuse of Power in 2007.

• All contracts were signed for 10pm -4am
• All police were paid from 10 - 4am (They said don't worry, we could pickup our refund for the additional hours not worked? That should make everything better)
• All permits were pulled and secured for the event.
• Police closed the entrance to the gates at roughly 1:45 am under their own discretion, inhibiting patrons to enter even with a presold ticket.
• Fire Marshall confirms that you couldn't hear the music at every corner of the venue...proving that the false disturbance claims were false.
• The venue is ran by a minority based Trust "The Historical Virginia Key Beach" The only beach front that was granted to Black people in the past. (aka Black Beach) and basically the only beach that historically entertained events for people of color.
• This email correspondence came to life because of the offensive/ discriminative energies directed at The Stage3 event and other minority representatives recognized in the city recognized this discrimination.

From: Nelson, Ron
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:15 PM
To: Hernstadt, Roger; Anido, Bill; Hernandez, Pedro G. (City Manager)
Cc: Alexander, Ryan; McDonald, Yvonne; 'Marc Sarnoff'
Subject: Special Events

We need to take a look at Special Events and their happenings in
District 2. Right now they have carte blanche when it comes to planning
events.

For example:

This weekend on Virginia Key we have an event that starts at 10:00 p.m.
and runs until 4:00 a.m. with alcohol and DJs playing Hip Hop and
Caribbean Music. It could go well, but with this formula there is a real
chance for problems with noise, intoxication, disorderly conduct,
traffic, etc. We do not need amplified music with alcohol until 4:00
a.m. in our parks

Then on November 24th we have Island Fest with Ziggy Marley in Peacock
Park. In years past this event has been held in Bicentennial Park or
Bayfront Park. It has the potential to draw a very large crowd which is
too much for the park. It is our understanding that it was moved to
Peacock Park because it is FREE and the others would charge for such an
event. So, with no notice to the district commissioner it was moved to
an area probably not appropriate for such a large event.

Both of these were planned without notice to this office, and now that
we have found out about them we are very close to asking for
cancellation. We understand that a lot of planning goes into these
events, but part of that planning needs to be communication with the
affected district office at the onset.

Brgds
Ron Nelson
Senior Staff - Community Affairs
Commissioner Marc D. Sarnoff
City of Miami District 2
(305) 250-5334