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Home My WebLink About01/18/2008TO: FROM: �J B A I� E R S F I E L D City Manager's Office Memorandum Januar� �� / Honorable Mayor and City Council ;' ' % ; Alan Tandy, City Manager / � ; SUBJECT: Generallnformation � / 1. This weekend, Human Resources will begin its relocation to the first floor a North, 1600 Truxtun Avenue. Services will be limited on Tuesday, Januar staff completes their move-in. They expect to be back to full service on W� The City Attorney's Office will be moving to the fourth floor at City Hall Friday, January 25th. The City Attorney's operations will be back to full : Monday, January 28t". There may be some phone and computer interru week, but the service disruption should be minimal. We appreciate you during the relocation transition. 2. The City of Bakersfield has nominated the Rosedale Widening Project f� under the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security of 2006, otherwise known as Proposition 1 B approved by voters last Noven $2 billion program is for infrastructure improvements along corridors that h< volume of freight movement. The nomination is requesting $16 million in funds for construction of the project, which will widen Rosedale Highway fr� six lanes from Allen Road to SR-99. The project also includes a railrc separation at the BNSF Landco spur to relieve congestion and facilit� movement in the corridor. If approved, under this program the City would Prop. 1 B funds with equal funding from the TRIP federal earmark. 3. The Water Resources Department reports that the storm period of earl 2008 was the best snow producer in the Kern River Basin in nearly t Heavy, wet snow that fell in the southern Sierra Mountains above Lak during the January 4th to 6th major storm event more than doubled the exi; pack, increasing prospects for a closer to normal spring snow melt this � snow pack accumulation increased to almost half of the normal benchmai Honorable Mayor and City Councii January 18, 2008 Page 2 5. There will be a breakfast at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. center on Monda� 21 St. In the afternoon, kids will be invited to attend a free lunch and learn King's legacy. Both events are being coordinated by neighborhood groups. 6. Several media outlets have inquired about the status of the beaver alon� path. The Fish and Game Department must approve the re-location site private property, before a trapper may be hired to relocate the beaver. l beaver has not caused further damage along the bike path. 7. The Graffiti Unit statistics for December 2007 are enclosed. 8. The Streets Division work schedule for the week of January 21St is enc�osed AT:rs:rk cc: Department Heads Pamela McCarthy, City Clerk Roberta Gafford, Assistant City Clerk ' f� � �r �� >,�,3' ��---� -------.�.�_ B A K E R S F I E L I� Alan Tandy • City Manager January 16, 2008 Mr. John Barna Executive Director California Transportation Commission Mail Station 52, Room 2222 1120 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Subject: Rosedale Highway Widening Project Nomination for TCIF Funding Dear Mr. Barna; Enclosed are five copies of a nomination for funding the widening of Rosedale Highwa� from the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund (TCIF). The proposed improveme approximately six miles of the existing four-lane highway to six lanes from Allen Road to and include paved shoulders and raised median as well as a railroad grade separatio Landco Branch. Rosedale Highway is on the National Highway System and is designa truck route. Completion of the Rosedale Highway Widening project will reduce congestion, improve gc in metropolitan Bakersfield and wi11 allow continued economic growth in the region. The City of Bakersfield will commit to providing an equal match to the TCIF funds as Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (Propo We appreciate the Commission's consideration of this nomination. If you have any quE additional information, please contact Mr. Raul Rojas, Public Works Director at 661-326-3 Res ctfully� itt �; !`� :��% Alan Tandy � City Manager Attachmenfs 4��. - ��l1ll�f1�%. '�� .. . Date: To: From: Subject: BAKERSFIELD POLICE January 15, 2008 MEMORANDUM Alan Tandy, City Manager W. R. Rector, Chief of Police `��'� l`"" GHOST "Graffiti" Statistics for December �� , f �''"�R I� �f� ��ii /+�.�.�:`�� , �, � . �'OL \�� ti 1 �� , � C�I V, , lr � J�N � �, 20 ' � , vI�M ANAG�R S OF `--� I have attached the Graffiti Unit statistics for the month of December, 2007. Please call if you have any questions. � � � � v lf') i' N .-. N • N � � .-� � j M Z N � �. O M � � C� '�t � � .-� }; N N � ~ � ~ O O M O � `. N � M � Q N � Vi .-, O � M � ti � � � � � � � � CO � � � (/� � N � ~ N � � � � � ^ �L � Q ~ t � i � � � � .� � � � � .-. � � � � � � � � v Cfl � �,r� M � � � � � � � o � � � � ti .� � � � O � � N � ti � � N � M � � � � Cfl CO � Cp M � � � � � � M O O N � ti � � �' tn � � � � M DO M N � � O � ~ � ti � � M � lt� � M � � � tf') � � � N DO �A � � � N f` � � � � � � � � Z � r N � � N O � Z � � � Y N � N � v � Z I� CO � O O � � � � N � � � � � � t` .- N � N � � � .. �t O � .- � ti � M tt � O � � � � � � � ^ � O N � � � � .-. .-. 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Removing pool. Working on the Fire Station No. 5 project. Crack sealing streets in the area north of Olive Drive, between Calloway Coffee Road. Paqe 2 of 2 STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, January 21, 2008 HOLIDAY — NO STREET SWEEPING Tuesday, JanuarY 22, 2008 City streets in the area between Olive Drive and Meany Street, Coffee Rc Knudsen Drive Between Columbus Street and 34th Street, Chester Avenue to San Dima: Wednesdav, Januarv 23, 2008 City streets in the area between Snow Road and Hageman Road, Jenkin Jewetta Avenue. Between Niles Street and Jackson Street, Union Avenue to Beale Avenu� Between Sumner Street and E. Truxtun Avenue. Beale Avenue to Brown Thursday, January 24, 2008 Between Snow Road and Hageman Road, Jewetta Avenue to Calloway I Between Berkshire Road and Astor Avenue, So. "H" Street to Union Ave� Friday, January 25, 2008 Befinreen Coffee Road and Calloway Drive, Norris Road to Granite Falls. Between Hageman Road and Meacham Road, Old Farm Road to Callow Alfred Harrell Highway - 178 Highway to the NMJ City Limit. Streets in the neighborhood north of 178 Highway, east of Valley Street. Mira Monte Drive - 178 Highway to the south end. F'��:9