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Home My WebLink About03/27/2015CH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER March 27, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager Subject: General Information Notable Items We learned this past week that Arthur L Rockoff, a former Bakersfield Councilmember passed away. He served on the City Council from 1981-1985 and was the founder of the Greater Bakersfield Development Corporation. We express our condolences to his family. This past week the Bakersfield Police Department staff met with community members in the North Zone to promote the recently implemented community policing concepts. The meeting was a success, with an estimated 500 people in attendance. Future meetings will be held at the following locations and will begin at 6:00 p.m. For your convenience, we have included ward numbers in relationship to the new Police deployment zones and community meetings. o Central Zone, Wards 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6: April 16th - Thursday, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at West High School, 1200 New Stine Rd. o South Zone, Wards 5, 6 & 7: April 7th - Tuesday from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Stonecreek Junior High School, 8000 Akers Rd. o Hill Zone, Wards 2 & 3: April 30th - Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Stella HillsSchool, 3800 Jewett Ave. o Metro Zone, Wards 1 & 2: April 9th - Thursday 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Larry E. Reider Building, 2000 K Street o Valley Zone, Wards 1 & 7: Monday, April 6th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Friendship House, 2424 Cottonwood Rd. Atlanta Rhythm Section will kick off the 2015 Park at River Walk Concert Series at Bright House Networks Amphitheatre tonight. Individual show tickets are $15 or you can purchase tickets to all series shows for $60. Other shows in the series include Beatles VS Stones, Average White Band and Firefall! Bakersfield Mobile, the City’s smartphone reporting application, continues to be very popular. Since it launched in early July 2014, over 1800 service requests have been submitted to City Departments via the app. Graffiti abatement continues to GeneralInformation March 27, 2015 Page 2 be the most frequent request, accounting for 50 percent of all requests made through the app. The app can be downloaded for free by searching for “Bakersfield Mobile” in all major smartphone app stores. More information can also be found on the City’s web site, at http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/bakersfield_mobile_app.html. The California Department of Water Resources published its March 24th Water Supply Forecast for the Kern River. As anticipated, the forecast has been reduced as a result of the ongoing drought. The normal average year is 465,000 acre-feet of water. The recent forecast was 84 percent below the average at 75,000 acre feet. Below are some of the Recreation and Parks activities that will take place over the next couple of weeks. o Martin Luther King Day Camp, from Monday, March 30th to April 3rd noon - 5:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided. This is a free event to keep the kids busy during spring break. There will be fun activities, sports, games, arts and crafts. o Spring Break Day Camp from Monday, March 30th to April 6th 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Silver Creek Community Center; a daily fee of $100 will be charged for a full day and $63 for half day campers. o Underwater Eggstravaganza at McMurtrey Aquatic Center, Saturday, March 28th at 11:00 a.m. It’s for ages 12 and under; $5.00/person. It includes an egg hunt, open swim, goodie bags, pictures with the Easter Bunny and water safety tips. o Springtime Egg Hunt at Martin Luther King Park, Saturday, April 4th beginning at 10:30 a.m. There will be a free egg hunt with over 5,000 eggs and lots of prizes, games, face painting and live music. Council Referrals Attached is a response to the following Council referral: •Councilmember Maxwell o Long-Term Traffic Study for 21st and 24th StreetsReports For your reference, the following reports are attached: Streets Division work schedule for the week of March 30th Event Notifications Event Calendar for Rabobank Arena Theater and Convention Center AT:CH:cb:al cc: Department Heads Roberta Gafford, City Clerk CITY OF BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Nick Fidler, Public Works Director DATE: March 27, 2015 SUBJECT: Long-Term Traffic Study for 21st and 24th Streets Referral No. 497 This is a follow up response to the initial response dated July 2, 2014. Public Works has collected vehicle speed and volume data for 21st Street as requested: Location (for both directions) Date Ave Speed (mph) Volume (vpd) 21st Street between Oak and Cedar Apr 2014 34 7250 21st Street between Cedar and F St Apr 2014 34 7150 21st Street between Oak and Cedar Aug 2014 - 7237 21st Street between Oak and Cedar Oct 2014 35 7235 21st Street between Cedar and F St Oct 2014 33 7030 21st Street between Oak and Cedar Mar 2015 - 6800 21st Street between Cedar and F St Mar 2015 - 6150 The studies were conducted for multiple days to provide data of vehicles throughout the day for various days of the week. The data was collected by placing tube counters across the roadway between Oak Street and Cedar Street and a second location between Cedar Street and F Street. As shown in the table, the volume and speed of the vehicles remained fairly consistent. There was a slight volume decrease in the recent March study. Due to an equipment issue, speed data did not record for the March study so an additional study has been scheduled. The posted speed limit on 21st Street is 35 mph which was established per an Engineering and Traffic Survey (ETS) in accordance to the California Vehicle Code. Councilmember Maxwell requested that staff perform a long-term (perhaps six months) study of traffic volume and speeds along 21st and 24th Streets. He further requested that staff look into the possibility of using devices with digital speed displays to perform the study. C:\Users\cblaschke\Desktop\#497 Traffic Study-21st_24th Streets_Update 3-19-15.docx A similar study was conducted on 24th Street in March of 2015 for each direction. The tube counter was placed near Spruce Street which is located in the middle of this segment where vehicles would be traveling at their highest speed. Our findings are summarized in the table below: Location Date Ave Speed (mph) Volume (vpd) 24th Street Westbound Mar 2015 44 25,925 24th Street Eastbound Mar 2015 37 24,847 24th Street Total Volume = 50,772 vehicles/day The posted speed limit on 24th Street is 40 mph which was established many years ago by Caltrans. The latest ETS was conducted by the City in July 2011 and it confirmed the established posted speed limit is appropriate. The data did show a fair number of westbound vehicles were exceeding the posted speed limit. In summary, Public Works will continue to monitor both 21st Street and 24th Street volumes and speeds. The speed data information will be provided to the Bakersfield Police Department to help them with speed limit enforcement on the roadways. C:\Users\cblaschke\Desktop\#497 Traffic Study-21st_24th Streets_Update 3-19-15.docx Streets Schedule.doc Page 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION – WORK SCHEDULE Week of March 30, 2015 – April 3, 2015 Resurfacing/Reconstructing streets in the following areas: Sealing streets in the area south of Stockdale Hwy and east of Old River Rd Reconstructing streets in the area south of Wilson Rd and west of New Stine Grinding streets in Beale HUD area in preparation for street reconstruction/resurfacing Paving streets in the area of Oleander to “H” St from Palm to Cherry St (HUD) Paving streets in the area of Wilson to Planz west of So. Chester (HUD) 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 and sewer line installation at Sports Village Concrete work on various streets in the area south of E. California Ave and east of Union Ave (HUD funded area) Miscellaneous work at PD property room Working on Brick repairs at Centennial Plaza Grading for new parking lot at Mesa Marin Sports Complex and storm line installation THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Streets Schedule.doc Page 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, March 30, 2015 All sweepers are assigned to sweeping streets that are not on a set sweeping schedule. Tuesday, March 31, 2015 All sweepers are assigned to sweeping streets that are not on a set sweeping schedule. Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Between Panorama Dr. & Bernard St. -- Union Ave. & Loma Linda Dr. Between River Blvd. & E. Columbus St. – Panorama Dr. & Columbus St. Between College Ave. & Azalea Ave. – Mountain Dr. & Raval St. Between Ming Ave. & White Ln. – Allen Rd. & Buena Vista Rd. Thursday, April 2, 2015 City areas between Kentucky St. & Quincy St. – Owens St. & Virginia St. Between Union Ave. & Washington St. – E. Truxtun Ave. & Brundage Ln. Between Progress Rd. & Old River Rd. – Panama Ln. & Pacheco Rd. (alignment) City areas between Progress Rd. & Old River Rd. – Meadow Falls Dr. & Rose Creek Dr. Friday, April 3, 2015 Between Buena Vista Rd. & Allen Rd. – Harris Rd. & Panama Ln. Between Buena Vista Rd. & Mountain Vista Dr. – Panama Ln. & Birkshire Rd. Between 178 Hwy. & Paladino Dr. – W. Columbus St. & Morning Dr. City areas between Sterling Rd. & Morning Dr. – 178 Hwy. & College Ave. Between Valley St. & Lene Pl. -- 178 Hwy & Hickory Dr. Between 178 Hwy. & Reynard Rd. – Kern Canyon Rd. & McKenna St. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Joseph Dr. – McDonald Wy. & N. Stine Rd. NOTE: If raining, there will be no street sweeping service and all street cleaning personnel will be assigned to cleaning plugged drains and part circle culverts. This also applies when a large number of street sweeper are in Fleet for repairs. Areas that have been missed during this time will be swept at the end of the month only when possible. 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 Symphony 661-323-7928 www.BSOnow.org Bakersfield Community Concert Association 661-589-2478 661-663-9006 www.bakersfieldcca.org UPCOMING EVENTS March 13 - Condors vs Utah 7:00 PM $35, $24, $19, $16, $12 On Sale Now March 24 - Condors vs Alaska 7:00 PM $35, $24, $19, $16, $12 On Sale Now March 27-28 - Condors vs Ontario 7:00 PM $35, $24, $19, $16, $12 On Sale Now April 1-3 – Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai 7:30 PM $95, $70, $55, $35 (Kids: $45, $25)On Sale Now April 4 – Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai 4:30/7:30 PM $100, $75, $60, $40 (Kids: $50, $30)On Sale Now April 5 – Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai 1:30/5:30 PM $95, $70, $55, $35 (Kids: $45, $25)On Sale Now April 6 – Fleetwood Mac 8:00 PM $177.50, $127.50, $77.50, $47.50 On Sale Now April 7, 10 – Condors vs Stockton 7:00 PM $35, $24, $19, $16, $12 On Sale Now May 7 – Marvel Universe Live 7:00 PM $70, $45, $15 On Sale Now May8-10 – Marvel Universe Live $70, $45, $30, $25 On Sale Now August 27 - Florida Georgia Line 7:30 PM $54.75, $34.75 On Sale 3/13 March 14 – Bakersfield Symphony 7:30 PM $45, $35, $30, $20 On Sale Now March 29 – Sister Act 7:00 PM $62, $47, $32 On Sale Now June 5 - Freestyle Explosion 7:30 PM $40.50, $35.50, $30.50 On Sale Now July 11 – Intocable 8:00 PM $85, $70, $55, $45, $35, $25 On Sale Now July 28 – Juanes 7:30 PM $73.50, $48, $38, $28 On Sale 3/13 March 27 – Atlanta Rhythm Section 8:00 PM $15 On Sale Now April 24 - Beatles vs Stones 8:00 PM $15 On Sale Now May 9 – Trace Adkins 8:00 PM $55, $39, $25 On Sale Now May 22 - Average White Band 8:00 PM $15 On Sale Now September 18 - Firefall 8:00 PM $15 On Sale Now October 2 - Hotel California 8:00 PM $15 On Sale Now www.rabobankarena.com - www.bhnamphitheatre.com