Emails between Northampton, Mass.

building commissioners and the Paradise

City Tavern, 1 Bridge St.
August 7, 2009, 10:17 AM
Email from Architect Thomas Douglas to William Collins (GM of Operations,
Spoleto Restaurant Group), Claudio and Maria Guerra (owner of Spoleto
Restaurant Group) and his wife Maria Kozio), and Joseph DeFazio (lawyer for
Guerra). CC’ed to Anthony Patillo, Building Commissioner, City of
Northampton

“Bill, Claudio, Joe,

Just got a call from Tony Patillo. He said if you get all sign-offs on
sprinkler system today, then he will allow 192 occupants 1st floor + 30 in
basement. He said he will monitor progress on bathrooms and new exit door
on a week to week basis. He will temporarily approve the occupancy listed
above on a week to week basis if progress is being made on the outstanding
issues.
--Tom Douglas, Thomas Douglas Architects Inc.”

August 7, 2009, 11:18 AM

Email from Anthony Patillo to Thomas Douglas, William Collins, Joseph
DeFazio, Claudio and Maria Guerra/Kozio

“Tom,
Please correct, 192 total.
--Tony”

August 7, 2009, 12:55 PM

Email from Thomas Douglas to Anthony Patillo, William Collins, Joseph
DeFazio, Claudio and Maria Guerra/Kozio

“Bill, Claudio, Joe,

Please revise the occupancy number I stated earlier. The approved
occupancy for the first floor and basement of the Paradise Tavern is 192 total
occupants. Sorry for the confusion.
--Tom”

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August 28, 2009
Email from William Collins to Anthony Patillo, Joseph DeFazio, and Thomas
Douglas. Subject: Paradise City Tavern.

“Dear Tony,
 I am writing to let you know that we are working closely with Gerry
Shattuck to get the Door in the rear of the space as well as the bathrooms
finished asap. Gerry has informed me that his start date on the door will be
September 7th and it should not take him long to complete. He is also
working on a quote for our bathrooms. I will keep you in the loop on the
start date of the bathrooms as well as any other scheduling updates
throughout the project. I hope this all works for you.
--Best, Bill Collins”

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October 13, 2009
Email from Anthony Patillo to William Collins. CC’ed to Thomas Douglas,
Northampton Fire Chief Brian Duggan, Deputy Fire Chief Duane Nichols, and
Mary Midura (clerk for Northampton License Commission)

“William,
Attached is e-mail I received from Warehouse Mechanical last week the
day of your liquor license commission meeting.
We will be conducting inspections within next two weeks for renewal of
your liquor license, as per the Acts of 304.
When Paradise City Tavern converted to nightclub use you were
required to sprinkler entire building. The system was to be complete. The e-
mail from Warehouse Mechanical, who must supply advadavit [sic] for
system, has not supplied this to us. We understood at time of installation
that there were parts backordered and with warm summer weather this was
not a problem. The weather is now an issue and this must be addressed
ASAP. Failure to have this complete before end of this month will result in the
loss of your A-2nc nightclub status and occupancy would have to be reduced
to previous use.
The bathroom issue has not been resolved nor any applications
submitted to CB Commission for approval, please contact me this week
before I have to take further action on this issue as well.
--Anthony Patillo”

ATTACHED
“Duane & Tony,
At this time I can't complete the final affidavit for the sprinkler system
at Paradise City Tavern.
As of today they have failed to install the insulation at building roof to
protect the pipes from freezing. Also they haven't made arrangements with
Warehouse Mechanical to install the dry heads in the exterior overhang.
--Paul D. Krause Jr., Warehouse Mechanical, Contractors, Inc.”

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March 02, 2010
Email from Anthony Patillo to William Collins. CC’ed to Larry Lepine, city
Plumbing Inspector

“William,
Where do you stand on getting bathrooms done? I have seen no
applications go forward to CB commission [Central Business Architecture
Committee].
--Tony”

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April 06, 2010, 4:06 PM
Email from William Collins to Louis Hasbrouck

“Hi Louis,
My name is Bill Collins I am the General Manager of Spoleto Restaurant
Group. I'd like to start by saying CONGRATS on your new position! As I'm
sure you know Tony was in communication with Claudio and I about
additional Bathrooms at Paradise City Tavern. We would like to set up an
appointment with you to speak about the bathrooms sometime the week of
April 19th. Please let me know what would work for you. Thank you for your
time.
--Best, Bill Collins”

April 06, 2010, 5:30 PM

Email from Louis Hasbrouck to William Collins. CC’ed to Larry Lepine

“Bill,
I thought that the bathroom requirements were resolved. If memory
serves, we (Larry Lepine plumbing inspector, Tom Douglas architect, Tony
Patillo building commissioner and Claudio Guerra owner) had reached an
agreement as to fixture count and occupancy load. We had agreed not to
increase the occupancy until the bathrooms were completed.
I’d be happy to meet with you; Tuesday 4/20 and Thursday 4/22 would
work. Call Linda LaPointe (587-1240) to set up a time. I’d like Tom Douglas
and Larry Lepine to be at the meeting as they both were involved in the
previous discussions. Bring any plans you have. Let me know if you have any
questions.
--Louis Hasbrouck, Inspector of Buildings/Zoning Enforcement”

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April 16, 2010
Email from William Collins to Louis Hasbrouck

“Dear Louis,
Yes we did have a plan with Tony which involved building bathrooms.
We have aggressively pursued getting financing for the project. Both
Florence Savings and Bank of Western Mass have declined to lend us the
money. So we are looking forward to meeting with you in order to discuss
our options. Just wanted to give you heads up before we get together so you
know what our position is, please let me know if you have availability
sometime next week.
--Best, Bill”