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Home My WebLink About03/14/2008i B A K E R S F I E L D Ciiy Manager's Office Mernorandum Mar TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council, FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager ,�'� - , SUBJECT: Generallnformation ' 1. We have received good news regarding the Allen Road Bridge project. V budgeted $18 million for this project — estimating the cost of constructi million. The lowest bid came in lower than we expected — around $f construction of the bridge. Including the cost to construct the Kern Cc Agency culvert and purchase of right-of-way to build the road, we expec� to cost approximately $11 million. Not all of the projects we have bid ovE been under budget and we need to have a"savings account" for the N Westside Parkway bids. Between these two needs, there isn't short terrr do other projects with the savings. Nonetheless, it is good to be out of tl were in a few years ago when all of the bids seemed to come in high. 2. Congratulations to the Bakersfield Fire Department who have been aw� funding from the Department of Homeland Security for the installatic exhaust removal systems in three Fire Stations. The project for FY estimated to cost approximately $200,000, and is the final phase in equip� Fire Stations with engineered systems that meet OSHA, NIOSH, recommendations for 100% diesel exhaust removal. 3. Solid Waste, Code Enforcement and Keep Bakersfield Beautiful c� neighborhood cleanup last Saturday in the area bounded by South "H" � Road, South Chester Avenue, and White Lane. City employees an Bakersfield Beautiful volunteers placed curbside items into Solid Waste the morning. In addition, separate volunteer crews cleaned up litter dumping along Chester Avenue, Baker Street, and Panama Road. Volu also maintained trees along Highway 99. These multi-City department ar joint efforts are examples of an on-going effort to prevent illegal dum m�intain tha ('it�i'c imanA Honorable Mayor and City Council March 14, 2008 Page 2 5. The Saunders Park Recreation facility is nearing completion as to the work. City crews will soon begin installation of the dasher system/glass, E donated to the City. 6. The ribbon cutting ceremony at Fire Station No. 5 and the Police substatic set for April 11th at 11:00 a.m. 7. We currently have five spray parks in the City at Beale, MLK, Jefferson Wayside. The spray parks will begin operation on Friday, March 21 St, k hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., seven days a week. Construction of a park at Jastro will begin soon and is planned to open this summer. 8. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and the NE Plus Ultra T have co-sponsored an annual Easter Egg Hunt in the MLK Community for years. This egg hunt gives children ages 2— 12 years the opportunity to r boiled and candy filled eggs at the MLK Center in a safe environment. � free to all and will be held on Saturday, March 22�d at 10:00 a.m. T participants will receive free Easter baskets for their eggs. 9. The Recreation & Parks January/February bi-monthly report is enclosed. 10. The Streets Division work schedule for the week of March 17t" is enclosed AT:rs:rk cc: Department Heads Pamela McCarthy, City Clerk Roberta Gafford, Assistant City Clerk TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: � B A K E R S F I E L D CITY OF BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM Alan Tandy, City Manager Raul M. Rojas, Public Works Directo��' � March 10, 2008 M, ,'�.n' 11�A Solid Waste, Code Enforcement, and Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Solid Waste, Code Enforcement, and Keep Bakersfield Beautiful conducted a neighbor cleanup together for Saturday, March 8, 2008. Code Enforcement delivered notices to residential parcels in Ward 7. The cleanup area is bounded by South H ST, Planz RD, Chester AVE, and White LN. City employees and 52 Keep Bakersfield Beautiful volunt mostly from Valley Bible Fellowship, placed those curbside items into Solid Waste vehi� approximately 8:00 to 11:00 AM. In addition, separate volunteer crews cleaned up litte illegal dumping along Chester AVE, Baker ST, and Panama RD. Volunteer crews also maintained trees along HWY 99. These multi-city department and volunteer joint effort: examples of an ongoing effort to prevent illegal dumping and to maintain the City's ima� i B A K E IZ S F I E L D �---` /� f �' , ��;�,;�� L`~-�.. �i7-y f.�. . `,, Date: March 13, 2008 To: Alan Tandy, City Manager �-� From: Dianne Hoover, Director of Recreation & Parks Subject: Water Spray Parks Opening We currently have five (5) spray parks in the city, Beale, MLK, Jefferson, PI� and Wayside. Construction of a sixth (6) spray park at Jastro will begin soo is planned to be opened by this summer. The spray parks will begin operating on Friday, March 21, 2008 between thE hours of 9:00 am and 8:00 pm, seven days a week. Date: To: From: Subject: � B A K E R S F I E L D March 12, 2008 _ � � �� ; ;' M,�f, � �' T� --� o �'�il�l,.�+,n,_� Alan Tandy, City Manager CL. Dianne Hoover, Director of Recreation & Parks � Martin Luther King Jr. Center — Easter Egg Hunt The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and the NE Plus Ultra Ter #522 have co-sponsored an annual Easter Egg Hunt in the MLK Communit� over fifteen (15) years. This egg hunt gives children ages 2-12 years the opportunity to hunt for hard boiled and candy filled eggs at the MLK Center i safe environment. On Saturday, March 22nd at the MLK Center, the first 300 participants will re free Easter baskets for their eggs. The event will begin at 10:00 am and is f to all participants. - ��: -�-... i ��: �,� � �--�., , � � M .�;a � _ ,; , �. -_.__ ^��- '_'",,..._ `'11 �i��,; B A K E R S F I E L D��`. =- -�;,~,�v�� _� �� Department of Recreation and Parks Date: March 7, 2008 To: Alan Tandy, City Manager �. i, i • � „ ,. '�� ,. : . r From: Dian�ie `�oover, Director of Recreation & Parks Subject: 2008 January/February Bi-Monthly Report ADMINISTRATION • The '07-'08 budget documents were prepared and submitted on schedule. • Total acreage accepted in Jan. and Feb. was 10.2. Total acreage accepted into a maintenance period was 13.2. • A second public meeting on Greystone Park, next to the new fire station has been scheduled for March 27th, with Councilmember Hanson in attendance. • Design work continues on Aera Park, Sports Village and Mesa M • Saunders Multi-purpose facility is near completion. Managemen proposals are to be submitted by March 2gtn. • Staff is planning to have a grand opening of Tradewinds Park on March 2stn. • City in the Hills park development still needs 50 more homes to I constructed prior to park completion; the project is currently inactive. • The park at Linell and Brahama in Ward 1 is proceeding forward a general plan, and then a public meeting will be held to receive public input. • The issue of allowinq pre-fabricated walls in developments was PARKS DIVISION: • Softball fields at Beach, Planz, Wayside and Dr. Martin Luther Kii Parks were leveled and improved to meet ASA standards. • First Five received documentation of completed playground surfacing projects and will reimburse the city $20,000. • Many areas were upgraded with trees, turf, shrubs and groundcovers. Totals: 273 (15) gallon trees; 1,572 (5) gal. shrub: 2,813 (1) gal. groundcovers were planted. • Storm damage in Jan. and Feb. resulted in 35 hours of overtime the tree crews. Other areas spent over five full days clearing tumbleweeds from parks, sidewalks, streets and medians. • A total of 768 trees were trimmed, and 38 were removed. Storm damage accounted for 20 tree removals. • The irrigation project at Stockdale and Jenkins will begin in mid- March, with contracts approved. • Granite Point Park was accepted into city's maintenance, and th volleyball nets were installed by city staff. • Vandalism to sprinklers occurs on a regular basis with repairs costing over $2,000. AQUATICS: • Attendance at lap swimming continues to increase monthly, witl overall attendance at McMurtrey climbing 131 % within a two yea period. • High school swim teams have started at McMurtrey, Jefferson a Silver Creek. The diving teams practice at McMurtrey and sched meets as needed. • The January swim meet attracted teams from as far away as Sa� Diego. All were impressed with the facility. • The high school pre-season clinic at Jefferson Pool was succes with 35 swimmers — a 94% increase over last year. • Currently, lifeguards and pool managers are being recruited anc trained in the American Red Cross training, due to the City swit� from Ell�s and Associates to the American Red Cross. • The Aquatic Safety Awareness Program was presented to 480 kindergarten students. This program focuses on the importanc water safety, and encourages youth to take swim lessons to prE drewnina. ATHLETICS • Adult softball started with 112 teams, a 29% increase over the same time last year. Players are thrilled with the improvements to the fields which included a new infield mix, laser leveling, new sod and new bases. • Youth programs included bowling and Little Hoopsters for a combined total of 64 in attendance. • The Valentine's Run for your heart was co-sponsored by CSUB PEAK club and Terrio-Therapy fitness. Overall spectators and participants were over 300. Activities for all ages were provided, and handmade gold hearts were distributed to the winners in various categories. • Try-outs were held for the League of Dreams which is a T-ball league for disabled youth ages 8-18. League will start on March 30th; 65 children are entered so far. • We continue to coordinate activities in cooperation with Get Moving Kern, One Book-One Bakersfield, and Terrio Fitness. • Watch for new programs such as Wiffleball, Disc Golf Clinic, Flag Football, and more adaptive programs. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CENTER • The center held a Globetrotter's clinic in conjunction with the Kern Schools Federal credit union. Over 60 participants were treated to tricks of the Globetrotters and an inspirational speech. • The garden project continues to attract students with about 20 now interested in gardening. They are creating a butterfly area, and learning so much about how things grow. • Overall attendance at MLK has increased 60% over the same time last year. More accountability for attendance as well as new programs have made this possible. • The Build-A-Bike program uses bikes from the Police Department's stolen property and teaches youth how to maintain and re-build bikes. Over 16 kids have participated and earned their own bike. • The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast hosted 450 people. The committee also held a lunch for youth, with over 70 attending that program. • The after school program also focused on Dr. King's dream with various related activities. "We create a quality community through people, parks and programs" SILVER CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER • The After School Program continues to focus on health and fitness issues as well as current events. They worked on Black History month activities and held their own voting day. • Attendance at the Teen Center on Mon. and Wed. evenings is picking up more interest. It is designed for those 15 and older as a place to enjoy supervised activities such as Rock Band, Dance Dance Revolution, ping pong and Wii. • A new morning fitness program for ladies is also popular, getting as many as 9 each day at 7:30AM; Monday through Friday. "We create a quality community through people, parks and programs" Paqe 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION — WORK SCHEDULE WEEK OF MARCH 17 — MARCH 21, 2008 Resurfacinct/Reconstructinq streets in the followinq areas: Reconstructing streets in the area between So. Laurelglen Boulevard & Gosford, of Westwold Drive (work performed by City crew). Reconstructing streets in the area between Hollyhock Lane & Ming Avenue, east Ashe Road (work performed by Annual Contractor). Streets Division crews are currentiv workinq on the following miscellaneou proiects• 1. Mill Creek 2. Fire Station #5 3. Aera Park 4. Median island installation on Calloway Drive befinreen Rosedale Highw� Meacham Road. Paqe2of2 STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE Mondav, March 17, 2008 Between Panama Lane and McKee Road, Stine Road to 99 Highway. Between McKee Road to Panama Road, Stine Road to Wibie Road. Tuesdav, March 18, 2008 Between Wilson Road and Stine Road, Ming Avenue to White Lane. Between District Boulevard and Panama Lane, Gosford Road to Ashe Ro Ashe Road and Stine Road; Panama Lane, north to the railroad tracks. Cul-de-sac between Manley Court and Chris Court, north of Angela Way. Wednesdav, March 19, 2008 Between White Lane and Panama Lane, Buena Vista Road to Old River f Between Old River Road and Gosford Road, White Lane to Pacheco Roa Between College Avenue and Willis Avenue, Morning Drive to Park Drive, Thursdav, March 20, 2008 Between Stockdale Highway and White Lane, Gosford Road to Ashe Roa Between Ming Avenue and White Lane, Ashe Road to Wilson Road. Friday, March 21, 2008 Between Stockdale Highway and Ming Avenue, Allen Road to Old River F Between Old River Road and Gosford Road, Ming Avenue and White Lar Between Brundage Lane and E. Belle Terrace, Union Avenue to Cottonw�