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Home My WebLink About12/24/2014TO: FROM: Subject: � OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Decerr Honorable Mayor and City Council Alan Tandy, City Manager General Information � � �� lT/C (3/c�.L ,�, f MERRY CHRISTMAS Notable Items: ❖ Interest rates are at historic low levels and we believe there is an oK save several million dollars by conducting an advanced refunding (r of our 2007 Wastewater Revenue Bonds. We have taken similar a� past with other City debt items when the savings greatly exceed conducting the re-financing. Staff will be soliciting proposal underwriting services in the next few weeks for Council cc Additionally, there may be an opportunity to re-finance some morE District debt (similar to the action in 2012). Staff will be pursuing pro� potential transaction as well, and will bring this information forward tc for their consideration in January 2015. ❖ The citizens of the City of Bakersfield have done a wonderful job at rE water use. For the month of November, the Water Department s reduction in overall use from the prior year within the Bakersfield Dor Service Area. o November 2013 - total water usage was 1,687,363 hundred cub _ I�I��w�4��r �l11 i1 ��I ��r 11l�NN/� ��i�r l '?C7 C7L 1.�� v�i.Jr�i.l �� l-� General Inforrr December 24 ❖ In January, the mid-year budget update will take place. In order to n continue to provide quality services to the development community i will be proposing additional positions. These positions will be pa development fees collected, which are coming in over projec positions are necessary to keep the wait periods low and ha turnaround time, thus maintaining the City's high quality of � development builds our tax base - the biggest issue of all. ❖ Attached is a recent article by KQED News which explores the issue o unfunded liability related to retiree health care benefits. The story c conclusions of a recent report issued by the State Controller's Office that California is facing $71.8 billion worth of future unfunded retiree costs (the full report can be accessed at www.sco.ca.qov). The C recall from regular reports that the City of Bakersfield is a leader wit not only identifying the cost of retiree health benefits, but also in actions to eliminate retiree health benefits and establish a plan tc future costs. Also attached is a slide which illustrates the significant str of Bakersfield has made, in a relatively short period of time, toward� funding future retiree medical costs for those past and present emK received such a benefit. http://ww2.kged.orq/news/2014/12/1 aovernment-retiree-health-care-debt-rises-aqain/ ❖ The Downtown Street Light Upgrade project is complete. All the fe been positive and everyone seems to like the new, brighter lighting was a partnership between the City and PG&E using their On-B program to replace and upgrade existing incandescent streetligr energy efficient ones. The project allows City's to borrow up to $250,( light upgrades and the zero interest loan is paid back through the enE This project replaced approximately 667 street lights in the dowr Coffee and Gosford Road between Norris Road and White Lane, Tru; from "V" Street to Coffee Rd, and portions of Ming Avenue. By i deadlines, the City received $76,550 in rebates which was applied a the loan. The simple payback using the energy savings is five years, return on the investment. ❖ Attached is a Sales Tax report from the Finance Director listing the to� categories third quarter results of 2013 to the same period of 2014. � i-. � rrv �� • �� • � � � � �ii_ General Inforrr December 24 ❖ Solid Waste staff reminds us that there will be no trash pickup on botl 25th and January 1 St. Rather, we are to set our carts out the following This same schedule applies to recycling collection. If the regular da will be picked up on Saturday. Traffic Advisorv State Route 58 Gap Closure: Next week, the State Route 58/Chester Avenue-H Street westbound be closed on Monday and Tuesday from 6 a.m. through 4 p.m. each these closures, motorists can use the State Route 58/Union Avenue I located approximately one mile to the east, or continue west on Bru for approximately one mile to access northbound or southbound Stat� Nighttime lane closures on State Route 58, between State Ro� Cottonwood Road, will be in effect on Sunday and Monday nights, through 6 a.m. the following morning. The closures may affect either I direction; and when work is adjacent to an on- or off-ramp, the r closed while work is underway. At least one lane in each direction is be open to freeway traffic at all times. On Monday, Tuesday and Friday, motorists should anticipate Cottonwood Road, Madison Street and P Street between the hours and 4:30 p.m. No two adjacent arterial streets will be closed at any c motorists can use the closest arterial, to the east or west, to cross while work is underway. The contractor will also be working on thE within the median on these days, but work will be behind concrete b not expected to affect traffic. No work is scheduled for next Thursday, due to the New Year's holida� Council Referrals: Attached are responses to the following Council referrals: • Councilmember Maxwell o Police Study of California Cities o Truck Routes Reports For your information, the following reports are attached: �� • • � � � � r � � � r� � r. i. i i General Inforrr December 24 Event Notifications: � Attached is the Event Calendar for Rabobank Arena Theater and Center. � Recreation and Parks o Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Community Center will continue to hav gym hours and activities for kids from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., December 2 o Winter Camp Fun continues at Silver Creek Community Center December 29th - 31 St. Fees apply for half-day and full-day camps. o Kwaanza, an annual celebration of unity and culture, will be he Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center next Tuesday, Decemk 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Art, entertainment and storytelling are incl� celebration. o Polar Bear Plunge at McMurtrey Aquatic Center: Plunge into the on New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1 St, starting at 1 1:00 a.rr charge of $5 per person. Hot chocolate is available free to all part AT:CH:cb:al cc: Department Heads Roberta Gafford, City Clerk California's Retiree Health Care Debt Rises ... Again � FaultLines � KQED News K� E D News FAULTLINES (HTTP://WW2.KOED.ORG/NEWS/PROGRAMS/FAULTLINES) California's Retiree Health Care Debt Rises ... Again 0 (Getty Images) By John Mvers (http://ww2.kaed.ora/news/author/imversl � Q�� O DEC 16, 2014 � k SHARE In this new era of California tackling more of its future debt obligations, get ready for a new conversation about one that's been under the radar for a very long time: the cost of long-term health benefits for retired government workers. And here's why it's a doozy: Unlike with pensions, there has been no money set aside for these future costs. Zero. Nada. A new report issued on Tuesday, the latest in a series of analyses from the state controller's office in the past few years, concludes that California is on the hook for $71.8 billion worth of retiree health care benefits (http1/www.sco.ca.govleo_pressrel_i587o.html� — and that's just what those future benefits would cost in today's dollars. "The price tag associated with providing health care to retired state workers has quietly grown to rival or even eclipse the funding gap associated with public pensions," said state Controller John Chiang in a written statement. Chiang, who's on the way out the door as the state's chief fiscal o�cer and about to take the oath as state treasurer, has been ringing the retiree health care bell for several years. And iYs been hard to find anyone listening. Since his first actuarial report in 200�, the long-term debt for covering California's public sector retiree health care has risen by $z4 billion — a 33 percent increase. http ://ww2. kqed. org/news/2014/ 12/ 16/california-government-retiree-health-care-debt-rise... 12/ 17/2014 California's Retiree Health Care Debt Rises ... Again � FaultLines � KQED News The state handles the costs on a"pay as you go" basis, meaning that money needed to cover future retiree health benefits isn't set aside in advance — a key difference from public sector pensions, which, even when underfunded, are premised on money that's put away years before it's needed. We're not alone in this problem, though some states have worked to find a strategy to fund their employees' long-term health care costs. California's retiree health care debt has been the nation's largest for years, but analysts often conclude it's hard to compare states on the issue, given the wide range of "other post-employment benefits" (OPEB (http://www.gasb.or�/opeb)) that are offered. An interesting note about the new debt number, which is an estimate of the obligation due as of this past June 30: The recent changes in the affordability of health care should have actually led to a leveling out, a fiscal hole that didn't get any deeper. What happened? Here's the e�lanation offered by the controller's report: "...Those positive events were outweighed by new mortality assumptions that alone added $�.i billion to the liability. Specifically, men are assumed to live approximately a years longer than previously expected. For women, the new mortality assumptions increase life expectancy by up to i.8 years." Yes, we're living longer. And every year that life expectancy rises, there's the potential for the costs to rise even more. Retiree health care has been the stealth issue in California debt circles, at least compared with the much noisier battle over public employee pension benefits. But there's a sign that might be changing, with the man who seems focused on debt — Gov. Jerry Brown — apparently ready to engage. "We're going to have to tackle that," said Brown's top adviser, Nancy McFadden, about retiree health care at a Sacramento event earlier this month. "We can't taik about fiscal stability without dealing with some significant unfunded liabilities." Just what Brown might propose, of course, remains a mystery. Those in government circles around the state Capitol took McFadden's comments as a sign of something to come in zois, but there are no guarantees. That means the state keeps on paying the medical and dental bills of retirees as they come due — a dicey proposition when it comes to how much larger a slice of the budget pie those bills will amount to in years to come. But any solution would also mean fewer dollars for other services. The new actuarial report concludes that the state should be setting aside $5 billion a year for current and future retiree health care costs, far more than the $i.9 billion in this year's state budget. Chiang's announcement of the new, deeper hole includes his own proposal, one similar to an idea he first suggested in March �http:�/www.sco.ca.gov�eo_pressrel_i47oi.html�: a five-year fix to slowly add in more dollars for future retiree health care. Under his scenario, those future services would be fully "pre-funded" for current government workers by the summer of aozo, thus reducing the state's long-term shortfall by almost $zo billion. Again, though, that means writing checks for that retirement account today. Perhaps, then, it's appropriate to use a medically inspired idiom: For politicians, that's a bitter pill to swallow. EXPLORE: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (HTTP'//WW2 KQED ORG/NEWS/CATEGORY/POLI71C5-AND-GOVERNMENT), CALIFORNIA RETIREES (HTTP://WW2.KOED.ORG/NEWS/TAG/CALIFORNIA-RETIREE51, HEALTH CARE DEBT (HTTP•//WW2 KOED ORG/NEWS/TAG/HEALTH-CARE-DEBTI, JOHN CHIANG (HTTP://W W2.KOED.ORG/NEWS/TAG/JOHN-CHIANGI � a � �� Q� 0 Comments (http://wwZ.kqed.org/news/2014/1z/76/california-government-retiree-health-care-debt-rises- again/#disqus thread) http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/ 12/ 16/california-government-retiree-health-care-debt-rise... 12/17/2014 � � � � L � � � � � O ■� U � � � C � ,O M� � W O � � c � � � u. .0 v�i = > > L. 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The general categories of Building Materials and Grocery Stores shov� average positive movement compared to the same quarter last year, � Gas Services and Heavy Industrial Equipment categories showed belo� results compared to the same quarter last year. 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The information be found in the attachments, as follows: Attachment A: City, Police Department, and Crime Benchmark . . . Sworn officers Sworn officers per capita (per 1,000 residents) Crime per capita (violent and property crimes) Attachment B: Police Chief Benchmark . . . Salary structure Open / promotional hiring practices Appointment responsibility Please let me know if you have any questions about this referral. Attachment A City of Bakersfield Police Department Study 10 Largest California Cities City, Police Department, and Crime Benchmark # City Population Sworn Officers Crime Pei # Per Capita Violent 1 Los Angeles 3,884,307 9,918 2.55 4.83 2 San Diego 1,335,896 1,866 1.40 4.16 3 San Jose 998,537 1,000 1.00 3.65 4 San Francisco 837,442 2,217 2.65 7.16 5 Fresno 509,924 700 1.37 5.48 6 Sacramento 479,686 636 1.33 7.39 7 Long Beach 469,428 873 1.86 5.76 8 Oakland 406,253 713 1.76 19.93 9 Bakersfield 363,630 404 1.11 5.42 10 Anaheim 345,012 365 1.06 3.71 Police Chief Benchmark # 0 � � � � � � : � � (a) (b) (c) (d) City Los Angeles San Diego (b) San Jose San Francisco Fresno Sacramento Long Beach Oakland Bakersfield Anaheim $ $ $ $ Attachment B City of Bakersfield Police Department Study 10 Largest California Cities Salary Structure (Pay Grade) Minimum Maximum 217,945.00 $ 326,856.00 59,364.00 $ 224,868.00 151,995.87 $ 237,570.97 307,450.00 $ 307,450.00 151,080.00 $ 21 1,476.00 146,660.76 $ 219,999.96 (c) (c) O $ 186,228.36 $ 228,702.84 $ 152,555.40 $ 185,431.92 $ 154,057.00 $ 231,085.00 Open/Promotional Open Open Open Open Open Open pen/Promotional (d Open Promotional Open M M Ci M Ci Ci Ci Ci Ci Ci Hiring Practices Appointment F or w/confirmation by City or w/confirmation by City Manager w/confirmation or �a� Manager Manager Manager Administrator Manager Manaaer Nominations provided by the Police Commission Pay grade categorized in classification that includes 16 different positions City does not have an updated salary structure; current Chief's pay grade is $237,999 Open or promotional recruitment is at the discretion of the City Manager onsi Counci Counci bv Citv � B A K E R S F I E L D CITY OF BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Nick Fidler, Public Works Director DATE: December 24, 2014 SUBJECT: Truck Routes Referral No. 546 Councilmember Maxwell requested that the Police Department prc information regarding truck routes that includes the criteria for deterrr the routes and how they are posted. He also requested that the Attorney provide information on how truck routes are determined assessed. Trucks and commercial vehicles are essential to the city, providing goods ar the residents every day. Specific traffic routes have been adopted by ci� pursuant to California Vehicle Code (CVC) section 35701, for trucks and othe vehicles over 25,000 pounds. This includes vehicles often referred to as Cc Trucks which can be a semi-truck with an overall length (tractor + trailer) of less The CVC does not require cities to post truck route signs; instead, cities ar maintain a list of designated streets and it is the responsibility of the vehiclE know those routes. The routes are listed in Municipal Code section 10.44.0� routes were established on major streets that have the appropriate structura turning radius. The City's truck route grid system allows most sites to be a minimal deviation from the designated routes. Trucks are allowed to deviate a routes when in the process of delivering goods and services. The routes wer many years ago and rarely change unless a major roadway is added such as Parkway. New routes have to be adopted by the City Council. The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 allows larger trucks, referred Interstate trucks, to operate on routes that are part of the National Network. limit to the overall length of STAA trucks. STAA trucks have large turning radius and are only allowed on roadways with signs posted as a STAA route. The r �:�� ... � �..�.�� ....:��.� �:�� .�.� � �.:...�.....�.. ��.�� .�� ......� ...�_�.��_� �_� ��.... Paqe 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION — WORK SCHEDULE Week of Dec. 29, 2014 — Jan. 2, 2015 Resurfacinq/Reconstructinq streets in the following areas: Maintenance Grind & Pave on Buena Vista north of White Ln Dirt work on McKee Rd on the west side of Freeway 99 Miscellaneous Streets Division projects: Video inspection of City owned Sewer & Storm lines to evaluate condition of pipes Repairing damaged sewer line found during video inspection Miscellaneous concrete repairs throughout the city Dirt work at Sports Village Concrete work on various streets in the area south of E. California Ave and east of Ur of Wilson and east of So "H", south of California and east of Oleander, south Flower a Beale ( all HUD funded areas) Miscellaneous work at PD property room Leaf collection started on 10/15/14 and runs thru 1/31 /15 Working on Brick repairs at Centennial Plaza THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Paqe 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, December 29, 2014 All sweepers are assigned to sweeping streets that are not on a set sweeping schedu Tuesdav, December 30, 2014 All sweepers are assigned to sweeping streets that are not on a set sweeping schedu Wednesday, December 31, 2014 All sweepers are assigned to sweeping streets that are not on a set sweeping schedu Thursday, January 1, 2015 No sweeping service due to Holiday. Friday, January 2, 2015 No sweeping service due to Holiday. NOTE: If raining, there will be no street sweeping service and all street cleaning pers assigned to cleaning plugged drains and part circle culverts. This also applies when a street sweeper are in Fleet for repairs. Areas that have been missed during this time � end of the month. � � at&t �� December 16, 2014 City Manager Alan Tandy City of Bakersfield 1600 Truxtun Avenue BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301 Re: U-verse TV° Price Changes Dear City Manager Tandy, AT&T U-�ver� � E�EI'� , -�� F � City M�ana;7; t'4 Throughout the past year the U-verse experience has improved. For example, customers can now � 200 live channels on their smartphone, tablet or computer at home. AT&T is looking forward to del even more value in 2015. The monthly rate of some U-verse products and services will increase and may impact the cost of s increases are due to higher costs of programming and service delivery and will appear on billing st� beginning on 2/01/15. The monthly rate of the following U-verse N service plans will increase by $3: U-family, U100, U20 Latino, U300, U300 Latino, U400, U450, and U450 Latino. The monthly rate for each billed non-DVR N receiver will increase by $1. The first receiver will con included with N packages at no additional charge. The monthly Broadcast TV Surcharge will increase by $1 in all California markets except Monterey, charge is to recover a portion of the amount local broadcasters charge AT&T to carry their channel Customers on a current U-verse promotion will have the price discount continue until the promoti� expires. Those customers with questions regarding any of our U-verse services may visit att.com/uversesuK call us at 800.288.2020. If you have any questions, please contact your local AT&T External Affairs manager, Richard Roche 422-0622. 4450 California Ave., Suite A Bakersfield, CA 93309 bright � �� house ; ��.�; N��woaKa _ � . December 19, 2014 Mr. Alan Tandy City Manager City of Bakersfield 1600 Truxtun Ave., Sth Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Mr. Tandy: �.� � � �� Cazy IV�axta From time to time our agreements with cable channels and television stations corr renewal. While we do not anticipate any loss or disruption of service, regulations require us to of the possibility of losing programming. Please be advised, therefore, that our agreement� Center Ice, RFD-TV, and Youtoo remain in effect on a month-to-month basis, but we may ha� carriage in all formats if our authority to continue is withheld. Also, our agreements with Th Channel and TV One expire on December 31, 2014 and we may have to cease carriage in all our authority to continue is withheld. We are working diligently at this time to come to acce fair terms with all these channels. On or after February 1, 2015, Mun2, channel 609 will rebrand to NBC Universo. Bright House Networks utilizes a new digital video delivery technology known as Switched Di (SDV). SDV is a robust bandwidth management system that makes it possible to offer more d programming services than before including new HD channels. To be able to offer more services, Bright House Networks will be moving some existing programming services to thE system. On or after 7anuary 5, 2015, the following services may be added to the SDV system: Ba byFi rst BabyFirst HD ION Television ION Television HD Channel 517 Channel 1517 Channel 234 Channel 1234 These services will not be available on uni-directional retail devices as of the date(s) noted ab want to subscribe to these services, you will need a digital set-top box or tuning adaptor f House Networks. Customers may continue to use their uni-directional retail device and Cak receive video programming other than the programming delivered on the SDV system. Cust� also utilize a digital set-top box or tuning adaptor will be able to receive video programming d the SDV system. Customers will be notified in advance of any other programming changes. BOX OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 10 AM - 5 PM Closed Saturday & Sunday (Excluding Event Days) TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS Walmart - 2601 Fashion Place Walmart - 6225 Colony Street Walmart - 8400 Rosedale Hwy CHARGE-BY-PHONE 1-800-745-3000 GROUP SALES INFORMATION 661-852-7309 SEASON TICKET INFORMATION Bakersfield Condors 661-324-PUCK (7825) www.bakersfieldcondors.com Bakersfield SymphonX 661-323-7928 www.6SOnow.org Bakersfield Community Concert Association �4�G1.�R9.�d7R _- � � Rabobank �� ARENA December 26-27 - Condors vs Stockton 7:00 PM $35, $24, $19, $16, $12 On Sale Now January 2- Condors vs Stockton $35, $24, $19, $16, $12 January 3- Condors vs Ontario $35, $24, $19, $16, $12 January 23 & 24 - Monster X Tour $40, $20, $17, $15, $10 February 10 - Harlem Globetrotters $88, $53, $36, $28, $21 February 12 - Enrique Iglesias/Pitbull $127.50, $77.50, $47.50, $27.50 February 14 - Super Love Jam $49.50, $38.50, $33.50, $28.50 April 1-3 - Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai $95, $70, $55, $35 (Kids: $45, $25) April 4- Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai $100, $75, $60, $40 (Kids: $50, $30) April 5- Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai $95, $70, $55, $35 (Kids: $45, $25) 7:00 PM On Sale Now 7:00 PM On Sale Now 7:00 PM On Sale Now 7:00 PM On Sale Now 7:30 PM On Sale Now 7:30 PM On Sale 12/12 7:30 PM On Sale 12/13 4:30/7:30 PM On Sale 12/13 1:30/5:30 PM On Sale 12/13 ,- �� Rabc � � THEA7 January 9 - Disney Live:Pirate $55, $32, $23, $18 January 11 - Harmonies Girls i BCCA Show January 22 - So You Think You C $63, $47, $37 January 26 - 7 Brides For 7 Bro $52, $42, $32 February 14 - Bakersfield Sym $45, $35, $30, $20 February 26-27 - Shen Yun $120, $110, $100, $80, $70, $6C