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Home My WebLink About10/10/2008� B � K E R S F I E L D CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM � TO: Honorable r and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager SUBJECT: Generallnformation 1. After the State finally passed a budget almost three months late, there is now d special session may be called to address shortfalls, according to the attached Sacramento Bee. We do not know how or if they will target local government watching very closely. 2. In September, Bakersfield Police Lieutenant Hajir Nuriddin traveled to Bots�n instruct at the International Law Enforcement Academy. Lt. Nuriddin was person the Federal Bureau of Investigation to travel with its instructors to Africa an academy. Lt. Nuriddin was the only member of a local law enforcement agenc States to provide training at the academy. The academy was attended by I� personnel from seven African countries. 3. Bright House Networks has informed us in the enclosed memo that its rates will reflect certain programming additions. 4. The Recreation and Parks Department is being honored by the American Softl (ASA) for significantly increasing participation over the past year in softball leagu will be presented on Saturday, October 11 t" in San Luis Obispo. 5. Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events: Good Neighbor Festiv October 18ih at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park and the second annual Fall Festiv, River Walk on October 25th and 26tn 6. The Recreation and Parks Department is partnering with Garden Pathways in class skateboarders to Bakersfield. These young adults will give demonstration� to youth in attendance about positive life choices. They will start at the Good NE on Saturday, October 18th at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park at around 10:00 a.m, move to the Garden Pathways facility on "O" Street from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. The � press release and announcement card has more details. Fiscal news grows worse for California - sacbee.com ; •-_ t�Jl• f}; {�-,:(.,.,.:�f'!ti'C.t(T.Ytit:'11[fiRiC This story is taken from Sacbee / Politics. Fiscal news grows worse for California By Kevin Yamamura - kyamamura@sacbee.com Published 12;00 am PDT Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata estimated Tuesday the state will face a$3 billion to � this fiscal year without corrective action, a significant gap that increases the possibility lawr to consider new spending cuts or tax increases in a special midyear budget session. State Controller John Chiang, meanwhile, announced California has taken in $1.1 billion les first quarter than state officials projected earlier this year. The bad fiscal news came as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders prepared to discuss whether to call a special session to negotiate ways to close the latest budget gap to discuss how the state can obtain a$7 billion short-term loan in the wake of a worldwide a separate issue from the revenue problem. The Republican governor two weeks ago signed the tardiest state budget in state history, spending plan that assumed stronger revenues than the state is currently taking in. Lawmakers relied heavily on accounting maneuvers and cuts to state services to break a nE month deadlock. Majority-party Democrats and Schwarzenegger called for new taxes, but t those demands in September when they determined Republicans would not agree to them. Perata, an Oakland Democrat, further predicted that California faces a$15 billion to $18 bil shortfall through June 2010, comparable to the $15.2 billion deficit lawmakers faced this pa expressed little optimism that Republicans would support tax increases if the governor calls session. "Once we get there, we've got to do something," Perata said. "And we have not had great s past getting supermajorities for anything except for what day of the week it is. I am not cor going into special session will solve anything." Republicans said they remain even more opposed to tax increases than during last month's negotiations. They suggested higher taxes would serve as a further drag on a struggling ec� "As this continues to get more serious, it's going to take even more drastic action on the pa to rein in spending," said Senate Republican leader Dave Cogdill of Modesto. "We're not suG Fiscal news grows worse for California - sacbee.com "The next question that has to be answered has to be, how do we get this budget that we j this fiscal year into better alignment than it is right now?" Perata said. "It is out of whack a revenues are going down." Advocates for spending on education and social services are bracing for a new round of cut: occurred the last time the Legislature had a rnidyear budget session in February. The gover place an executive order that laid off 10,000 temporary and part-time state workers and el overtime in ]uly to save about $340 million. "After less than a month, to no one's surprise, California's irresponsible, gimmick-filled bud apart," said Courtni Pugh, executive director of the Service Employees International Union � Council, which represents 95,000 state workers. "If the governor and legislators had crafted real solutions to generate lasting revenues, we facing a problem of this scale," Pugh said. Go to: Sacbee / Back to..sto.ry This article is protected by copyright and should not be printed or distributed for anything except personal use. The Sacramento Bee, 2100 Q St., P.O. Box 15779, Sacramento, CA 95852 Phone: (916) 321-1000 Copyright O The_Sacramento Bee 3701 North Siliect Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308 Tel (661) 634-2260 Fax (661) 395-3378 bright house NETWORKS October 1, 2008 Alan Tandy City Manager City of Bakersfield 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfieid, CA 93�U1 Dear Mr. Tandy: Joseph R. Schoenstein Division President Bakersfield Division Bright House Networks is pleased to send this notification outlirung exciting new changes to our H: We are adding nine (9) very populax and much requested channels to better serve our Latino con channels include favoriies like De Pelicula and De Pelicula Classico - movie channels that feature botl and classic La.tin American movies. We are also adding Gol TV for all of our customers who are socce As our content becomes more robust, it is important that we adjust our rates to reflect these progranv Specifically, there are two groups of customers who will see a rate increase: Hispanavision Digital T House Networks en Espa�iol. Beginning with the November bills, customers who take our Digital Hispanic Tier and/or Bright H� en Espanol package will see the following rate increases. (Important to note, this is the first increasE Bright House Networks en Espanol since its launch over 4 years ago.) Customers will shortly be seein� this effect. Packa.ge Hispanavision Digital Tier Bright House Networks en Espanol Old Monthly Rate $4 $29.95 New Monthly Rate $6 $34.95 Customers will have the benefit of enjoying the nine (9) new channels on their line-up prior to ; increase. Bright House Iv'etworks is always trying to include programming that meets the needs of our diverse c we are excited to be able to continue offering fresh, new bi-lingual and Spanish langua.ge program monthly rate and are sure customers will be delighted with the new look of our Hispanic content. If you have any questions regarding this recent addition to our lineup, please feel free to conta � S A K E R S F I E L D Department of Recreation and Parks Date: October 9, 2008 To: Alan T� ndy, City Manager From: Dian e Hoover, Director of Recreation & Parks Subject: Gang Prevention Partnership The Recreation and Parks Department has joined in partnership with Garden Pathways, Stay Focused and The Shindig to offer a unique experience for Bakersfield youth to have some fun while learning abo positive life choices. The event will be on Saturday, October 18 from 2:00-9:00 PM and Sun� October 19t" from 2:00-7:OOPM. Held at Garden Pathways, 2010 "O" Si between 20t" and 21 St Streets, several world champion skateboarders be demonstrating skills and talking to the youth about getting busy d� positive activities instead of joining a gang. In addition to these events at Garden Pathways, some of the world cla skaters will attend the Good Neighbor Festival at Dr. Martin Luther Kir Park on Saturday, October 18t" sometime between 10:OOam and 2:OOp provide a smaller demonstration at that location. The partnerships were made possible through involvement with the G Prevention Task Force chaired by Councilmember Irma Carson. ThesE great partnerships that focus on activities for youth that are challengi 1_ _' " J _' _ _t_ - ___ __"' _"_' _ __a _ i�1 �i �-��`�`GARD�N P�T ti W�Y S FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SKATEBOARD Oti TREACH TO CHALLENGE YOUTH WITH CHOIC Non-profits unite with legendary skateboard pros to curb drug use and violen BAKERSFIELD, CA, October 8, 2008 — The Shindig, Stay Focused, and Garden Pathways are sponsor "Grind Away," a free community-wide skateboard outreach to curb drug use and viol� event, open to the public, will be held Saturday, October 18 (2:00-9:00 p.m.) and Sunday, Octobf 7:00 p.m.) at "The Gate" venue of Garden Pathways and The Garden Community Church (20l 0"C between 20�' and 21 �` Streets). The outreach features the skating demos of legendary world champio pros Christian Hosoi, Jay Adams, Dennis Martinez, and Brian Sumner, along with the local outc of the anti-drug movie, D.O.P.E. (Death or Prison Eventually), and a wide array of skateboard comp� In support of the Red Ribbon Week national campaign that brings awareness to drug and violence is; event, co-sponsored by the City of Bakersfield Recreation & Parks Department, will challenge hund� to make positive choices for their future. On Saturday, October 18, 2:00-9:00 p.m., the pro skaters v� their stories, interspersed between skating demos, skateboard competitions, and open public skating. available for media interviews beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hosoi will be available only on � The movie D.O.P.E. (Death or Prison Eventually) makes its local outdoor premier on Saturday � The edgy documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and redemption of four of skateboarding's most in� players, Christian Hosoi, Jay Adams, Dennis Martinez, and Bruce Logan. The film, narrated by ac Trejo, includes rare archival skateboard footage and music by Switchfoot, P.O.D., and Arrested Df Without being preachy, the film carries a message to combat the allure of drugs. "Grind Away" continues on Sunday, October 19, 2:00-7:00 p.m. with skateboard competition finals, skating, and a skate shop vs. skate shop competition featuring Bakersfield's best sponsored skateboa� Christian Hosoi, along with chief rival Tony Hawk, rose to the top of vert skating in the 1980s. his aerial stunts and having held the world record, Hosoi invented the renowned "Christ Air" and " tricks. Hosoi is a founder of The Uprising, a cutting-edge skateboard ministry that reaches out to t Jay Adams, one of the original Z-Boys, the Dogtown-based Zephyr Skate Team, was a leading fi� vertical skateboarding scene of the 1970s. His innovations helped to shape modern skateboarding an aggressive style from the streets with maneuvers inspired by surfers. Adams' skateboarding ca the subject of two major films, "Lords of Dogtown" and the award-winning documentary, "Dogtown � Just one year after turning pro, Dennis Martinez was crowned the top freestyle skater in the worlc the World Cup Skateboarding Championship in 1978, as weil as the U.S. Skateboarding Champio� he tours the world, speaking against the lifestyle and the drugs that caused his meteoric rise as a"s great" to plummet. British-born skateboard prodigy, Brian Sumner went pro after only two years on a board. He has United States extensively on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour. Sumner appears in numerous videos, movies, and music videos. He collaborates with Christian Hosoi in The Uprising. The partnering 501(c)(3) non-profits, The Shindig, Stay Focused, and Garden Pathways, are recog results-oriented initiatives in community transformation. The mentoring programs of Stay Focuse� Garden Pathways positively engage the involvement of at-risk and marginalized youth and their fa through relevant means. Since 2005, The Shindig, a program of The Garden Community Church, hosting a free full-skatepark every Thursday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at The Gate. The program also offers skaters on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend the free "Grind Away" event and to unite in an ongoing effort to he use and violence among the youth of ow community. All ages are welcomed. Skaters under age l a liability release form signed by a parent or guardian. CONTACT: For more information about "Grind Away" or the mentoring programs contact: • Mark Lamas, Program Director, The Shindig: (661) 364-5959, theshindig777@gmail.com • Manuel Carrizalez, Founder/Executive Director, Stay Focused: (661) 322-4673, manuel@sta; • Karen Goh, Executive Director, Garden Pathways: (661) 633-9133, kareng@gardenpathways u�� +�.�- i ► `�.'� � .� z i i o , . � �-=.�.-_ ,_ -PR� �E:M�� , :''""'.,".�.�'�..� ��3��1 .r f` � „� .� �,� .i' ° . :`�� .l`� SATURDAY ER 18TN AT 2 PM 2orh � « „ - - i �� . � S7: Bakersfield, Cq .. `�' J `� �� =� l� '`-� " � '�� r:� ..��u wr�Era�RIN� � De�,,, is Martine2 Bri an �um� - e. r �r.,�.b n.._-- �. O. F, 4', . �';;`�`��,�':v.z� Page 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION — WORK SCHEDULE WEEK OF OCTOBER 13 — OCTQBER 17, 2008 Resurfacinc�/Reconstructinq streets in the followinq areas: Preparing streets to be reconstructed in the area between Fairfax Road Morning Drive, north of Panorama Drive. Resurfacing streets in the area between Mountain Vista Drive and Buer Road, north of White Lane. Reconstructing streets in the area between Sundale Drive and Club Vie east of Ashe Road. Miscellaneous Streets Division projects: Working on the Mill Creek project. Working on the Aera Park project. Sealing streets in the area between Bernard Street & Truxtun Avenue, Avenue & Beale Avenue. Paqe 2 of 2 STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE Mondav, October 13, 2008 City streets in the area between So. "H" Street and Union Avenue, Wils� Panama Lane. Tuesdav, October 14, 2008 City streets in the area between Brundage Lane and Ming Avenue, Hug Union Avenue. Befinreen Wible Road and Union Avenue, Ming Avenue and Pacheco R� Wednesdav, October 15, 2008 Between White Lane and Panama Lane, Buena Vista Road to Old Rive Between Old River Road and Gosford Road, White Lane to Pacheco Rc Between College Avenue and Willis Avenue, Morning Drive to Park Dri� Thursdav, October 16, 2008 Between Stockdale Highway and White Lane, Gosford Road to Ashe Rc Between Ming Avenue and White Lane, Ashe Road to Wilson Road. Fridav, October 17, 2008 Between Stockdale Highway and Ming Avenue, Allen Road to Old River Between Old River Road and Gosford Road, Ming Avenue and White L< Between Brundage Lane and E. Belle Terrace, Union Avenue to Cotton� Between Union Avenue and Cottonwood Road, Casa Loma Drive to W� Between Oswell Park Drive and Brundage Lane, Oswell Street to Leeta Between Brundage Lane and Zephyr lane, Oswell Street to Calle Del Sc