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Home My WebLink About10/08/2010� B A� E I� S F I: E L D CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUIV� Octob� TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager / r SUBJECT: Generallnformation STATE BUDGET NEWS -� The Legislature adopted a budget this morning. The enclosed ei< summary, which is more of a PR piece than a budget, is about information that was released. As yet we are not aware of direct negative impacts on the City from thf but the secret and surprise nature of the Legislature's activities did not review. We will continue to monitor information as it is released later. In addition to whatever direct impacts the budget will have for us i threat of further action will remain out there since they are not dealing problem. This budget is primarily a delay through gimmicks and tric positive note is the release of funds for Phase 4(Truxtun tie-in) of the Parkway and the possibility of receiving funds for Phase 6(Allen to St should be forthcoming fairly soon after adoption of the budget. -> According to the enclosed Sacramento Bee article, SEIU and c Schwarzenegger announced a tentative labor agreement that employee contributions in the amount of 3 percent to their retirement � one day of unpaid leave per month for a year, which cuts employee hours by roughly 5 percent. In exchange, workers covered by the ac won't be subject to furloughs that lawmakers might impose during thc The deal also continuously appropriates payroll funding for the IifE contract, which runs through July 1, 2013, a provision that shields workers from their pav beina temporarilv withheld to the federal Honorable Mayor and City Council October 8, 2010 Page 2 conduct up to six checkpoints from November 1, 2010 through Septe 2011. -� I have been speaking to quite a few service clubs lately and cumulati� them I have the following observations: • Your constituents really like and appreciate Mill Creek! • Dick Meyer, the designer, with help from a number of City stc excellent work in the design. � Last weelc, the City received the enclosed letter from the U.S. Depar Housing and Urban Development (HUD) congratulating the City for su� implementing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSPI ) and me 18-month deadline to obligate the full amount of the grant as require Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA). You may recall that in March 2009 the City received approximately $8.9 NSP1 funds to mitigate issues associated with the significant nu foreclosed residential properties. The 18-month timeframe notec concluded in September 2010 with the City having obligated the fuli a the grant to assist in the purchase of over 170 foreclosed residential addition, HERA included a requirement that at least 25 percen� of tr which equates to approximately $2.2 million for the City, were to be house individuals or families whose incomes do not exceed 50 percen median income. The City exceeded this requirement f�y c approximately $2.4 million of the funds for this purpose. A separate memo serving as an update on the Neighborhood Stc Program is also enclosed. -� According to the enclosed article from the San Jose Mercury News, a of Peninsula cities and organizations filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Supei against the California High-Speed Rail Authority earlier this week in anotr derail the high-speed rail project. The coalition consists of Palo Alto, ME and Atherton, along with three environmental groups, two citizens grou San Mateo resident. The suit alleges that the Authority's envirc assessment doesn't adequately describe the Los Angeles-to-San f project, fails to fully explore all its negative impacts and gives short shrifi alternativ�s. The suit also attacks the environmental report's ridership prc which critics say were inflated to justify the project and its cost. Honorable Mayor and City Counci October 8, 2010 Page 3 OTHER BUDGET NEWS -� VISALIA, CA - The police officers union failed to conclude negotiations City Council voted this week to impose its last, best and final offer that ir 2.1 percent pay cut. Faced with a similar pay cut, the police manag concluded its negotiations earlier in the week that includes a 1 percE increase and an additional twenty hours of paid leave. A vote on the fi union's contract is scheduled for October 18th that includes indirect cut� one less floating holiday per year, nine hours less "comp time" accrual less vacation shift accrual. � SANTA BARBARA, CA - The City reached a tentative agreement last labor concessions from the firefighters union despite an existing labor ac that did not require the group to negotiate. In terms of over concessions, the firefighters join managers, supervisors, and general er in voluntarily reducing salary and benefits this year to help address t projected $9 million budget shortfall. The agreement, equivalent to a 5.5 percent salary reduction, incl� following from firefighters: • Delay receipt of a 3 percent salary increase, which was to be recE July, with the increase implemented in phases during Fiscal Year (FY) • Make payments toward PERS retirement costs of approximately 5 p� salary in the last part of FY 201 1 and 3 percent in FYs 2012 and 2013; • Relinquish 24 hours of paid holiday time each year, which wil overtime costs; and, • Implement 16 hours per year of furlough or leave without pay Inspectors in the first two years. The agreement includes the following from the City: • Increased medical benefit contributions to offset increases to premiu • Two new 1.5 percent salary increases in FY 2013; and, • Maintenance of minimum staffing levels while concessions are in pla< RESPONSE TO COUNCIL REFERRAL � Councilmember Carson • Dash cameras for police vehicles. California budget deal done -- finally - Latest News - �� :��'��s�� .� � �� :M . . __ . :� . . � x. Ca I iforn ia budget dea I done -- finally kyamamura@sacbee.com Published Friday, Oct. 08, 2010 On the 100th day of the fiscal year, California lawmakers approved the tardiest budget ii state history this morning after a marathon session at the Capitol. The $87.5 billion spending plan relies on rosy assumptions about revenues from taxpayE and the federal government, as well as reductions to state worker pay, prisons, and soci services. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expects to sign it as soon as today, enacting the 1 budget of his gubernatorial career. The last vote was cast in the Senate at 8:25 a.m. The package of spending bills had bee held up in the upper house for hours as Democratic leaders tried to overcome the loss o� three of their members - two to illness and one to a court date in Los Angeles. State leaders faced a$19 billion deficit that the result of faulty solutions in last year's budget, as well as a prolonged economic downturn and a permanent imbalance between much California spends and how much it receives in revenues. Republicans and Democrats disagreed for months over how much spending to cut and whether to raise taxes. But their debate in the final days ultimately seemed to hinge on whether Democrats and labor unions would agree to cut pensions for future state worke which Schwa rzenegger demanded all year. In the end, Democrats helped broker a deal between Schwarzenegger and the largest st worker union, Service Employees International Union Local 1000, to establish a lower tiE pension benefits for workers hired starting in mid-November. O Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved. Call The Bee's Kevin Yamamura, (916) 326-5548. Budget Conference Committee 2010-2011 Budget Package October 6, 2010 Conferees Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, Chair Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield, Vice Chair Members: Senator Bob Dutton, Senator Bob Huff, Senator Mark Leno, Senator Alan Lowen Assemblymember Connie Conway, Assemblymember Felipe � uentes, Assemblymember Jim Niel Assemblymember Nancy Slcinner The 2010-11 budget package closes the budget gap and moves �alifo� forward. As California begins to emerge from the global recession, the 201 C budget provides a way forward to protect the public structures of educat public safety, infrastructure, and vital services. The budget does increase any tax rates and implements significant ongoing reform in areas of budget and public pensions. In the 2010 May Revision, the Governor identified a budget shortfal: $17.9 billion. He offered a total of $19.1 billion in budget "solutions' close the shortfall and generate a reserve of $1.2 billion. The negotiated budget package includes approximately $18.3 billior. General Fund "solutions" to close the gap, and provides a final reservf approximately $323 million. General Budget Framework The budget package includes a combination of significant expendi reductions, federal relief, additional revenues, �.nd fund shifts. In additio� addressing the 2010-11 budget, the package includes many ongoing solut: and permanent reforms. The 2010-11 budget package includes proposal� reduce the deficit with solutions that fall into the following categories (dollar billions based on preliminary scoring): Starting Problem ..................................................................... -$17.9 • Expenditure Reductions ................................................. 7.5 • Federal Funds ................................................................... 5.3 • Additional Revenues ....................................................... 2.5 • Fund Shifts, Other Revenues .......................................... 2.8 K-14 Education. Maintains modest increase in education funding on a pupil programmatic basis for 2010-11, and begins paying "settle-up" payn for the 2009-10 fiscal year with a$300 million payment in 2010-11. This bt provides ongoing Proposition 98 funding of $49.7 billion and through a deferral of $1.9 billion and one-time funds brings tota.l state funding for sc� and community colleges to $52.5 billion. • Increases K-12 Per Pupil Funding. Provides over $300 per-pupil � than the Governor's May Revision proposal on a programmatic � Programmatic spending under the budget plan is proposed to be under $8,000 per pupil. • Preserves Integrity of Proposition 98. Rejects the Governor's leg suspect proposal to manipulate the Proposition 98 guarantee and r, proposes a direct suspension of the guarantee for one year at a spE funding level. As the LAO has noted, suspension of the Propositio guarantee reduces legal or Constitutional ambiguity over the mainten factor created as part of last year's budget agreement. Thus, suspension keeps last year's budget promises and enables fundin€ schools to grow as the economy rebounds. • Implements mandate reform. Begins reforms of some K-14 mar requirements by suspending some less-important mandates and clarif law to permanently eliminate or reduce other mandate costs. Fund; anticipated cost of mandates for 2010-11. • Child Care. Rej ects the elimination of child care funding, as prop in the Governor's May Revision. • Community Colleges. Provides $126 million for enrollment growtl 26,000 new students. Also provides an additional $35 million to re; categorical program� and $25 million for an Economic and Workf Development program to develop programs to meet emerging workf needs. Includes a new deferra.l of $189 million paid in 2011-12. Higher Education. Provides $5.5 billion from the General Fund for suppo �i__ TT--'------'�- -rr''-�'r- - - i r_�•r • r,, , TT ' . . ,-, ,• Health and Human Services. The budget makes a number of reduction health and human services programs, but rejects the Governor's proposal eliminate Ca1WORKs, community mental health programs, Adult Day HE care, and the significant reductions proposed to the In-Home Supportive Serv program. The negotiated budget also restores or partially restores several programs were vetoed by the Governor in 2009-10. The most significant being restoration of funding for child welfare services and the Office of AIDS. Public Safety. The negotiated budget does include corrections savings of � $1.1 billion, primarily from reduced inmate medical care costs. The bu� proposal does not include a"realignment" of state inmates to the counties. State Employees. The budget package reduces spending for sta.te employee about $1.5 billion consistent with collective bargaining agreements that � already been reached or are in negotiation. This is $500 million less than ` the Governor has proposed. Federal Funds. The budget package assumes new or extended federal func provide $5.3 billion in budget solutions. This amount is less than the $6.9 bi] assumed in the Governor's January Budget. Revenues. The negotiated budget includes $2.5 billion in revenue soluti More that half of this, $1.4 billion, is from the Legislative Analyst's revE forecast, which was $1.4 billion higher than the Governor's May Revisic three months into the fiscal year, this additional revenue has already � realized. The remainder of the revenue change is from the following: • Extend the Net Operating Loss (NOL) suspension: The buc continues the suspension of the NOL corporate tax benefit for additional two years, which results in increased tax revenue of a� $1.2 billion in 2010-11. Over 90 percent of all corporations exempted from this suspension. • Corporate underpayment penalties and "Cost of Performan rule change. The budget proposal revises recent corporate tax changes related to penalties assessed when a corporation under� The vast majority of the budget proposal is consistent with the August 27, 2 conference version of the 2010-11 budget (AB 1636). Below are key differer between the proposed budget package and the conference version. Less Revenue Inereases. As referenced above, the budget package cont only $2.5 billion in additional revenue assumptions. The budget pack relating to revenues has been modified since the August 27, 2010 conferE version as follows: • No longer delays new corporate tax cuts including the Elective Si1 Sales Factor change for apportioning corporate income and the new credit sharing rules. • No longer includes revenues from a new Oil Severance Tax an corresponding reduction in the state sales ta.x. • No longer includes any revenues related to ta.x reform. • No longer includes various ta.x enforcement efforts, including requi: the collection of Sales and Use Tax by out-of-sta.te Internet retailers. K-14 Education Spending. The budget package now includes the follov� key changes to K-14 education spending: • Provides an additional $300 million in settle-up payments to school the budget year. • Changes K-12 school spending accounting to defer $1.7 billion payments into the next fiscal year. This reduces the amount of money sta.te spends in the 2010-11 fiscal year, but provides the same leve programmatic funding for schools. • Changes California Community Colleges spending accounting to d $189 million in payments into the next fiscal year. • Provides for an additional $20 million in Career Technology funds for California Community Colleges. Health and Human Services. The budget package includes the follov� • Reduces the unallocated reduction in hours to the In-Home Suppor Services (IHSS) program to 3.6 percent and assumes additional casel savings based on actual caseload numbers in 2009-10. These reducti� along with a new provider fee, will provide $300 million in General F relief in the budget year, which is an additional $50 million over what assumed in the prior conference version. • Continues to mainta.in health programs, but scores additional Gen Fund savings related to shifting expenditures to special fund sources federal funds. Also includes reduction of discretionary General F expenditures related to immunizations and a new proposal to conta.in c at the Sta.te mental hospita.ls. Other Changes. The budget package also includes the following additic changes: • Provides an additional $4.2 million General Fund and $314,000 spe fund for the County Veteran Service Offices (CVSOs) to impr Operation Welcome Home services for returning veterans. W combined with current funding, the CVSOs funding level will be � million in 2010-11. • Includes no realignment proposals to shift inmates from sta.te priso� county jails. • Shifts over $13 million in water quality and water rights prog expenditures from fees to the General Fund. Budget Reform. Makes three major changes to create a stronger "rainy fund" for California. l. Makes the existing Proposition 58 rainy day fund larger and mak harder to suspend an annual contribution. � Increases the maximum size of the sta.te rainy day fund from 5 pe� to 10 percent of General Fund revenue. • Requires the Sta.te to always make the three percent payments int� rainy day fund, except in years when the Sta.te has a deficit big en� to sta.rt using the rainy day funding. • Allows half of the annual payment into the rainy day fund to be for one-time infrastructure and debt service. 2. Restricts the use of the funds in the rainy day fund to rainy days. • Funds can be used to cover a budget shortfall—up to the pre� year's expenditures adjusted for inflation and population growth. • Includes a"50-25-25 regulator" provision that prevents using all o rainy-day funds in one year. • If the rainy day fund exceeds 10 percent of General Fund Rev� annual payments to the fund stop and any excess funding can be for one time purposes as specified. 3. Captures "unanticipated revenue" for additional rainy day contributions. • The Department of Finance creates a projection of expected rev� based on the sta.te's last twenty years of revenue performance. • Any revenue that is received above that trend line is "unanticip� and must be put in the rainy day fund. • Any new revenue that is needed to meet our Proposition 98 oblig� is excluded, so Proposition 98 is fully funded without encroachin Pension Reform. Makes the following changes to state pensions for new s employees hired on or after November 10, 2010. These changes would im� state employees in bargaining units that do not currently have a Memorandur. Understanding (MOU) with the sta.te, as well as employees of the Califo State University, the judicial branch of government, the Legislature, classified school employees. These changes do not apply to current employef • Rolls Back SB 400 Pension Benefits. New state employees' retirer� benefits would be returned to the pension benefit levels that existed p to the adoption of SB 400 (Chapter 555, Statutes of 1999) as detaile� the chart below: Retirement �; ategory Miscellaneous (including classified school emnloveesl Industrial State Safety Current Retirement Formulas 2% at Age 55 (up to 2.5% at 63) 2% at Age 55 (up to 2.5% at age 63) 2.5% at Age 55 Peace Officer and 3% at Age 50 Firefighters, with the State, CSU, Legislature and Judicial branch Proposed Formulas 2% at Age 6� (up to 2.418% at 63) 2% at Age 60 (up to 2.418% at age 63) 2% at Age 55 2.5% at Age 55 • Ends Pension "Spiking." Requires three-year final compensat method of calculating benefit levels for new state employees who not already under this calculation method. • Transparency. Requires additional analysis and oversight CaIPERS' actuarial assumptions. SEIU, Schwarzenegger agree to labor pact with pension concessions - Sacramento Politic... r�� .,�,��,�'� , �� .. _ .. �. � �}.:a.: SEIU, Schwa rzenegger ag ree to labor pact with pension concessions jortiz@sacbee.com Published Thursday, Oct. 07, 2010 The Schwarzenegger administration and Service Employees International Union Local 1 have just announced a tentative labor agreement that includes higher employee contributions to their retirement plans and rolls back pension formulas for new hires to 1999 levels. Under terms of the pact, current workers would kick in an additional 3 percent of their toward their pensions. Union negotiators also agreed accept one day of unpaid leave pE month for a year, which cuts employee pay and hours by roughly 5 percent per month. exchange, workers covered by the agreement won't be subject to furloughs that lawm� might impose during that period. The deal also continuously appropriates payroll funding for the life of the contract, a provision that shields covered workers from their pay being temporarily withheld to the federal minimum allowed during budget delays. "This was a hard-fought negotiation but we proved that collective bargaining works," s� SEIU Local 1000 President Yvonne Walker in an announcement release shortly before midnight. "We reached an agreement that helps the state maintain services, during thi: unprecedented fiscal crisis, while providing stability for our members." An administration-release e-mailed at around the same time called the union concessio "hard-fought pension reforms and other payroll savings that help balance the FY 2010- State Budget." Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has made cuts to state employee pensions a centerpiec his labor talks with the unions and in budget negotiations with the Democrat-controlled Legislature. Six other state worker unions representing about 37,000 employees have reached labor agreements with the governor in recent months. All accepted various concessions in pay and benefits. PZnr.ENrUF QP � F' I `� h (��i`ll��f `"' °* II�I��I * � f �v �h`q�� D[vF�p SEP 29 20i0 City Manager Alan Tandy City of Bakersfield 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 300 Bakersfield, CA 93301 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev Los Angeles Field Office, Region 611 W. 6`h Street, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90017 RE: Neighborhood Stabilization Program: 18-Month Deadline and 30-day Oppor Provide Additional Information Dear City Manager Tandy, Congratulations! HUD records indicate that City of Bakersfield has met both the total � requirement and the 25 percent targeting requirements for the Neighborhood Stabilizati Program (NSP 1). The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 100-289 required that recipients obligate the full amount of their grants within 18 months of recf addition, 25 percent of such funds must have been used to house individuals or familie� incomes do not exceed 50 percent of area median income. The City of Bakersfield's 1f obligation deadline was September 5, 2010. As of September 16, 2010, the IDisaster Recovery Grant Reporting System (DRGR), sh that: • The City of Bakersfield obligated or recorded a combination of grant funds and income use of $8,982,$36 of its NSP award amount of $8,982,836. � The City of Bakersfield obligated or recorded a combination of grant funds and income use of $2,380,709.00 of the required $2,245,709 toward housing for ind and families whose income do not exceed 50 percent of area median income. On September 6, 2010, the day after the 18-month obligation deadline, HUD restricted obligation of NSP funds. You will still be able to expend grant funds obligated before t; deadline as well as receive and use program incoine. If you need to decrease or �ncreas amount of grant funds obligated to an activity, you must first ask HUD to remove the � block on changing the amount obligated. If the amount of decrease is more than 15 per the obligation for any activity, you must submit to HUD a written request that clearly demonstrates with compelling information that factors beyond your reasonable control � the need to withdraw or decrease after the deadline. HUD determines that you are not at high-risk for noncompliance in this area, HUD wil permit obligation of funds in DRGR. You should review your recorded obligations and notify HUD within 30 days followin deadline of any necessary adjustments to the amount and the reason for such an adjustr example, an obligation amount may have been previously recorded for an acquisition t: have become aware will not proceed. A Notice updating and describing HUD's NSP � related to the 18-month deadline is available at: http://hudnsphelp.info/media/resource �1 NSPI 18MonthNotice 0�-23-2010.�df. Your NSP1 staff is urged to consult the NSP TA website at www.hud.gov/ns�ta and pc questions to program experts, view webcasts on critical issues, and request technical as where appropriate. Questions and inquiries may also be directed to the HUD field stafj responsibiiity for your jurisdiction. Again, congratulations ! Sincerely, , William Vasquez Director Office of Community P and Development cc: Donna Kunz, Economic Development Director � �'+ �--1, Q�.,� t� � F 1� Iti E I� S F I E I� I� Economic and Community Development Department M E M O R A N D U M October 6, 2010 s �i� ��, TO: Alan Tandy, City Manage�a�"'V FROM: Donna L. Kunz, Economic Development Director �,�BJECT: Neighborhood Stabilization Program Update Attached is the final monthly NSP Progress Report. Among the report high�ights: *Downpayment assistance efforts experienced significant activity, helping to assi� the purchase of 56 homes over the course of the program. *Rehabilitation work has been completed on all 19 units that were acquired. All inhabited by qualified tenants. *Rehabilitation work on Pinewood Glen Retirement Community (formerly Castlew expected to be completed in November. When completed, the purchase and rehabilitation will result in the expenditure of more than $4 million in NSP funds. f note that the balance reflected on the attached sheet will be expended upon com� Separately, the City of Bakersfield was recently awarded $3.3 million for the third of NSP funding, known as NSP 3. Program regulations and details for NSP 3 are expected to follow shortly. DL S:\NSP\Monthly Reports\Monthly Report October 2010.docx O O N L � � � d Q d � � O � d � N y L � � L a 0.. 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The project has been controversial in some mid- Peninsula cities, where residents and officials worry the bullet trains will be noisy, divide neighborhoods by running atop elevated tracks and force the seizure of dozens of homes along sections of the Caltrain corridor. Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton -- along with three environmental groups, two citizens groups and a San Mateo resident -- filed the lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court. The suit alleges that the rail authority's environmental assessment doesn't adequately describe the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco project, fails to fully explore all its negative impacts and gives short shrift to other alternatives, such as running the trains over the Altamont Pass and up the East Bay instead of over Pacheco Pass and up the Peninsula. Filed by attorney Stuart M. Flashman, the suit also alleges the rail authority violated the California � ,'�'-97V,l:,. . +1Y$�i�� _ _�, .aaa .�1v; � : .y �� . Environmental Quality Act by not seeking adc public comment after revising informa�ion in tl environmental report. The suit also attacks the environmental repor ridership projections, which critics say were ir to justify the project and its cost. "The project description in the FRPEIR (final i programmatic environmental impact report) w inadequate because it included inaccurate ridership and revenue figures that were derived using a def and previously-undisclosed ridership/revenue model," the suit alleges. "The defective and inaccurate ridership and revenue information resulted in the (California High-Speed Rail Authority) not being able to make accurate ar informed choices among various project alteri and in not being able to properly or accuratel� determine the financial feasibility of various pi alte�natives and mitigation measures." The suit is the second legal challenge Penins cities have brought against the project. In 20C Menlo Park, Atherton and four environmental groups filed a similar suit over the authority's decision to bring trains through the Pacheco F Palo Alto later filed a brief supporting that suit A judge dismissed that suit, but not before orc the rail authority to revisit the proposed route between San Jose and San Francisco and ad report. On Monday, Flashman claimed the rail authoi didn't adequately respond to the judge's ordei "It's kind of a belt-and-suspenders approach," Flashman said of the two suits. � ;. z : �: � � ':�t r .�. ?` -" :. a S � r ` t �� "r 5' �� .., i �!.. _ .. , z,..e .. � '� ��..„ ,.e ..::�� t 3 ,.e�.'._ F �.:3 � �t:a ..�� i {y'�'� 3}� � M� <:: .. . .. . , a ,. ...,. r., . ., , ,.. . ... . >� ; , , ._��'- =C.��.:_ , . z � r: m-^c �� .v� .,� 'i e t � �% http:;; vwvw.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_16253228?nclick_check=l t � e�e�cu� �ew� h � MercuryNews.com Rail authority Deputy Director Jeff Barker said in an e-mail Monday evening he had not yet seen the lawsuit and therefore couldn't comment. In addition to Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton, other plaintiffs in the latest suit include the Planning and Conservation League, the Transportation S olutions Defense and Education Fund, the California Rail Foundation, Community Coalition on High-Speed Rail, Mid-Peninsula Residents for Civic Sanity and San Mateo resident Patricia Louise Hogan-Giorni. E-mail Jesse Dungan at jdungan@dailynewsgroup.com. ,:..,. � �.. �� '"��`«.,� ,�""t� ... .� . .. �,.....,._. �. ,�.� �x .r` I �� '��C ��8� -�r, � � � 1� I� E R� F I� I� I� Economic and Community Development Department � October 6, 2010 `�� 3�'�� TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager� a�� FROM: Donna L. Kunz, Economic Development Director SUBJECT: Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Update Attached is the HPRP Progress Report. Among the highlights: •Homelessness Prevention services have assisted about 729 individuals in 272 households. •Rapid Rehousing services have assisted about 422 individuals in 209 household: •To date, 45.7% of the funds have been spent. The program requires that 60% bE spent by August 2011. DL S:\HPRP\Reporting\Monthly Reports\Monthly Report Sept 2010.docx I I � � � � N L � � T � m � N � � � w .� � y � O '� �-3. � n' � C �y U ..�+ j (0 .� � � N � � � (0 � � S � O 3 � � � � a � � � N � � L N � � � c "j (� _ � � L � N d � U � C f0 � @ N m � V O � � V N y N � � 6� C � � M Q x w � 0 a 0 N N � 'LS N � cfl m � � T O = � � � � � � � > � w L � 4J .0 � a�Ci u> c� cv '� _ (0 f�2 O� � U C . �- � N> p� N L. TJ � '� � a '- � � (0 T � � a � Y � a� a� .c� � +L-" - O D U (4 � ... O 7 � � � � N 'p a � � N O ,a �� rn �-o ta � Q ��tn L C C iA -p j @ cn a cn p� .O (Q �� a Q.��U � � 'O O N � U��' U N� N� U � � N � � � @ d � N � N`n � � o� w�� c�n � � � � ° � � g rn '. 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U (n C � � C d .0 � m C.� Q' N�� C � � � m 'O (S3 U 'Y � Y (0 � L.L (0 N d E� E� � O � M M M O V M N � N 0 0 v � � � tn N N O N N O � � �' V- M M M � � � � f� n O n � tD M � 00 N O �-- � O O O � N N t0 CO �si ffT 0 0 � � � � � 0 0 0 0 cr; � N tn O M N N � n M � � � � m o •3 � � Y � O 'v X O � O � � 3 N �/I �U � 3 O .� � � � Q c � � N � O � Q C � '� � (9 � � (0 Cn 7 Q O i �� O L j � � '� m � � C O "6 c6 � O � � c a o £ o � � N O (9 � y (0 o aj io v. N � � � 4; U(0 � C O U w C C � Q � � � � � � C ❑ tn tn Q Q d fn Q C � � > .� 0 N � � � > � 0 0 � y a U .'^_' U Page 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION — WOR� SCHEDULE WEEK OF October 11, 2010 — Clctober 15, 2010 Resurfacinq/Reconstructinq streets in the followinq areas: Sealing streets in the area between Gosford Road & Ashe IRoad, Panama Road to Mii Reconstructing streets in the area north of Panama Ln & w�st of Wible Rd. ResurFacing Streets in the area North of Auburn and West of Fairfax Resurfacing Streets in the area North of Columbus and West of Mt. Vernon Miscellaneous Streets Division proiects: Installing Handicapped ramps in the Kern City area. Building parking lot at Mesa Marin Sports Complex. Repairing concrete at various bus stops on Wilson Rd, Hughes Ln, Wible Rd, So. Ashe Rd, Chester Ave and Planz Rd areas THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Paqe 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, October 11, 2010 Between So. "H" St. & Union Avenue — Pacheco Rd. & Hosking Rd. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Truxtun Ave. (ext.) — Coffee Rd & Partridge Ave. Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Between 99 Hwy. & So. "H" St. — Ming Ave. & Panama Ln. Cul-De-Sacs on the north side of Magdelena Ave., west of So. "H" St. Wednesday 13, 2010 City areas between Brundage Ln. & Ming Ave. — So. "H" St. & Union Ave. City areas between Wilson Rd. & Pacheco Rd. — So. "H" St. & Union Ave. Between Casa Loma Dr. & Planz Rd. — Madison Ave. & Cottonwood Dr. Between Planz Rd. & Brook St. — Madison Ave. & Hale St. Thursday 14, 2010 Between Carr St. & California Ave. — Mohawk St. & Stockdale Hwy. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Marella Wy. — California Ave. & Montclair St. Between La Mirada Dr. & Chester Ln. — Montclair St. & No. Stine Rd. Between California Ave. (ext.) & Stockdale Hwy. — No. Stine Rd. & 99 Hwy. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Ming Ave. — New Stine Rd. & Ashe Rd. Between Mountain Ridge Dr. & Ashe Rd. — Taft Hwy. & Berkshire Rd. Friday, October 15, 2010 Between Stockdale Hwy. & Ming Ave. — Allen Rd. & Old River Rd. http://www.visaliatilnesdelta.com/article/201010U5/NEWSO 1 /10050324/Visalia-City-Cou... ,�' ��, � �, �� `� � �� R�� . � :, r �� `� � � s .,. � n —a.��.A.� w_ �� F _ . � Visalia City Council cuts police pay 2,'f % �l� GERAi.�i �,��C�3�� i ��.�rr��E��-�s�ii�.�;��^�=��x�. com • �'�' ct�ber �, 2� a�� `�'s�� police officers were forced to take a 2.1 percent pay cut while their managers' pay and benefits were increased for fiscal year 2010-11 following a pair of split votes Monday night by the Visalia City Council. In a separate third vote, the council voted 5-0 to postpone action on contract terms for the city's 61 firefighters, or Group G, until Oct. 18. The council also approved, in a fourth vote, a 1 percent salary increase and an additional 20 hours paid leave for the police managers, ar Group A. "The Group A terms were settled just earlier today," said Eric Frost, Visalia's director of administrative servies. Last week, Group A faced similar cuts to the other groups, but the city gave ground Monday. Therefore, the two votes that went against Visalia's 103 unionized police officers, or Group B, drew the most controversy. The council voted 3-2, with Vice Mayor Amy Shuklian and Councilman Mike Lane dissenting, to "impose" what the city has deemed this "last, best and final" offer to Group B, made up of 103 officers. An earlier vote to postpone the police contract vote — in the same way the firefighters' terms were delayed until Oct. 18 — failed 2-3, with Mayor Bob Link and councilmen Steve Nelsen and Warren Gubler dissenting. "We'll just deal with it," said Visalia Police Department Officer Mark Feller, president of Group B. "We were willing to go with a finro-year contract to keep us from going through this again next year, but to no avail." Feller said that Group A, consisting of 26 police department officers of managerial rank, "did what they had to do" after facing a similar 2 percent cut until a deal was reached earlier Monday, officials reported. "We can't begrudge them [Group A]," Feller said. veteran Visalia police have taken pay cuts, movii to Visalia to escape big-city problems. Taking an ind of pay cut is simply demoralizing, Feller said, especially since other groups seem to have held their own. Firefighters face indirect cuts — one IE floating holiday per year, nine hours less "comp time" accrual and one less vacation shift accrual of Oct. 9, records show. Those terms still face a council vote Oct. 18. Visalia's largest group, the 242 member Group f� which represents all other city employees, settlec earlier this year, with employees having to contribute 4 percent of their pay to state retireme which had been paid by the city prior to 2010-11. ��;, `f;. t ';� � �� A � �T� R � �,„�,� ,�,�.:,; i �a.� E�dF �� i+[1w 1'i"! � i � � �'i`I I"t°1 � �'`��C ��" ��' ��'k ��1€�� i�C �3�'1 ��1�� ! ��'i� ��'� ��C'�, ��''�� "� ��' �3� »� ,� �.4x. �1f��`�.d:�p �•��< "£' a�nr� d ,[t :. a�YaY � � � .� x �`e .a� � ��.�'�.`§:,'� ..':....>t � rn. ,4�-'��;�_: � t�'��1'"(i��.:�..�, .__ � City and Firef ghters Reach Tentative Labor Agreement M . �� City and Firefighters Reach Tentative Labo Agreement Agreement Equivalent To 5.5% Salary Reduction Thursday, September 30, 2010 The City of Santa Barbara reached a tentative agreement yesterday for labor concessions witl firefighters. The agreement, equivalent to a 5.5% salary reduction, will provide over $725,00 cost savings for this fiscal year, with $635,000 attributed to the C'ity's Cieneral I,_��nc�. The fire have been engaged cooperatively with the City for many months to achieve budget relief, in : existing labor agreement that did not require them to negotiate. The Firefighters Association 95 firefighters and fire inspectors. The agreement will generate a significant cost savings to the City, amounting to $726,621 in 2011 and $419,077 in Fiscal Year 2012. The agreement will increase costs by a modest $63,� Fiscal Year 2013. Specifically, the Firefighters Association agreed to: * Delay receipt of a 3% salary increase that they were entitled to receive last July, with the in implemented in phases during Fiscal Year 2012; * Make payments toward their PERS pension benefits of approximately 5% of salary in the Fiscal Year 2011, and 3% in Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013; * Relinquish 24 hours of paid holiday time each year for Firefighters, which will reduce over and * Implement 16 hours per year of furlough or leave without pay for Fire Inspectors in the firs As part of the agreement, the City has agreed to increase medical benefit contributions to hel� increases to premiums and provide two new 1.5% salary increases in Fiscal Year 2013, the la the agreement. The City has agreed to maintain minimum staffing levels while concessions a: "We really appreciate the spirit in which the firefighters engaged with the City," said Kristy � the City's labor negotiator, "While it took us a while to finalize the details of the agreement, � discussions have been positive and solution-oriented from the beginning." City and Firefighters Reach Tentative Labor Agreement is tentatively planned for next week, and then by the City Council. In terms of overall labor concessions, the firefighters join managers, supervisors, and general in voluntarily reducing salary and benefits this year to help address the City's projected $9 m budget shortfall. Source: Santa BaNbara Gity Employee Relations �► '' � _ _,�� #`s ��Q� � � ��v�� BAKERSFIELD POLICE MEMORANDU�JI TO: ALAMI TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: GRE�G WILLIAMSON, CHIEF OF POLIC �: , f / DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2010 SUBJECT: DASH CAMERAS FOR POLICE VEHICLES Council Referral No. 191 �� >, ; ; �:,. �' �,KERSf �� '' �� ' � , , .� -� � ,, 1 \ � �C , .', pOLi �� L� \'•J� � Council Member Carson requested that staff provide comprehensive infoi^matic the cost of dash cameras. The Department requested information from several vf�ndors on the equipment < installation costs associated with outfitting patrol vehic:les with video cameras. Tr Department received complete estimates from two cc�mpanies, L3 Mobile Vision Technologies. The initial equipment and installation costs for both products are ir attached table. This price includes the installation of c� server which stores all of t information. L3 Mobile Vision system provided an estimate of $1,839,702 for total cost for implE The annual replacement and maintenance cost of thi.s product is estimated at $ Coban Technologies provided an estimate of $1,662,669 for total cost for implerr annual replacement and maintenance cost of this product is estimated at $299, department anticipates hiring a records clerk at an aclditional annual cost of �5� $58,083. This position is required to assist with managing the system and making c video for public records requests and court. The Department consutted with the IT Department and Radio Lab in regarcls to ir maintenance issues. Installation is included in the pricE� of both systems. It is estir these companies, each unit requires one and one-hali� hours to install. The �ife ex each product, due to normal wear and tear and upgraded technology is five yE replacement and 10% maintenance costs are include�� in the attached table. Ir warranty is free. 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