Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/29/2011• ,� ,...,� � _ __ ._ ._ �. __ - : � . OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER TO: Honorable Mayor and City Cou il FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager SUBJECT: Generallnformation Miscellaneous News • I am pleased to announce the City's new Human Resources Manage started on Monday, April 25'h. We are very excited to have her on board • Staff still had some work to do on the suggested additions to City Co� that item was delayed until May 1 gth. • Recreation and Parks Director Dianne Hoover penned the two enclosec April 2011 issue of Parks & Recreation Magazine. The publication periodical of the National Recreation and Parks Association, of which President. • As you are aware, we are undertaking an accelerated sump maintenc those sumps which had flooding related performance problems last Dec case of the sump at Campus Park South, we have special circumstar water has been there so long that it has become a"community ameni� waterfowl and related. We are working with Councilmember Hanson identify a plan which addresses both the critical public safety need flooding while still attempts to preserve some level of "the ameni engineers, environmental experts and park staff working on ideas. • May 15tr,_2 � St is Peace Officer Memorial Week. In conjunction, there are ceremonies scheduled. The first ceremony will take place Monday, Ma� at the Bakersfield Police Department Memorial - 1601 Truxtun AvenuE ceremony will take place Thursday, May 19t" at 12:00 p.m. at the Kern � Officers' Memorial - 1415 Truxtun Avenue. Both ceremonies are expe< r,-,�r,� �+o� Plo�cc� cAC� thA An�IncPr�l mPmn frnm thP C'hiPf �f P�lice reaarc Honorable Mayor and City Council General Information April 29, 201 1 Page 2 • Sister City is having a public event in Central Park at Mill Creek in hc visiting from Wakayama, Japan from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturc The event will include Japanese art, entertainment featuring Taiko di children's activities. Hiqh Speed Rail News ❖ High speed rail officials came to town and updated City and County st had some of our questions answered. They still do not know whether 1 money to get to Bakersfield with the tracks (the train is sometime in the do get the money, City Staff continues to believe they need mucr outreach. T.R.I.P News :- Some time ago we advised you that we were planning to bring a long 1 of the Parsons Contract regarding TRIP back to the City Council. As it tu the Federal Highway Administration allow us only a short term extension to do a request for proposal process for anything long term. So pleas� month extension to be on the agenda for May 18th. Staff will get started Budqet News ♦ Los Angeles: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesda managers to impose 42 furlough days on city employees in four unioi those workers rejected his proposal for cutting the budget shortfall. Em representing more than 6,300 full-time workers voted against the labor a� the mayor negotiated last month with leaders of the Coalition of L.� Balloting finished Tuesday. The deal with the coalition was supposed to s� in the coming fiscal year. ♦ Sacramento: This is the budget Sacramento City Hall has been dreadin police officers stand to lose their jobs under a b�dget plan to be releas� of a proposal from the interim city manager that would cut $32 millic across city deparfments. Honorable Mayor and City Council General Information April 29, 201 1 Page 3 Pension Reform �� San Francisco: As it stands, San Francisco is facing the threat of rotati closures and laying off 171 police officers to balance its budget in the f starts July 1 St, city officials say, even as police officers and firefighters receive more than $20 million in combined pay raises that have been year or longer as part of earlier budget concessions. Mayor Ed Lee picture could be substantially improved by a major overhaul of pensic care benefits he is negotiating with public employee unions and hopes November ballot. Reporfs For your information, we enclose the following information: > The Streets Division work schedule for the week beginning May 2nd; > A letter from Bright House Networks regarding potential programming new services. AT:rs:ch cc: Departmenfi Heads Roberfa Gafford, City Clerk � ; � A Message from NRP�"s Lead Change Your Shoes, Change Your Perspective ARRISON, MY 2-YEAR-OLD GREAT NEPHEW, attended his first ice hoc After watching the movements on the ice, he asked, "Where are thE He could tell they weren't walldng and their "shoes" weren't reall the ice, but he couldn't see exactly how they were able to move like that. His parents began explaining the concept of Some have to sit on the sidelines simp'. blades, skates, and gliding. As they were making the shoes they chose. their best effort, you could just see his two-year old To walk in another person's shoes, c brain processing and learning about this new way one's own needs aside, and truly unde of movement. Harrison thought that crawling, walk that person has been and where he or ing, and running were all there was to do. Life, as By figuratively trying on that person's s: he lrnew it, was expanding and changing quickly in ters into a different perspective and a front of him. experience. The best part is that anoth I thought of all the different "shoes" I have used not cost anything to try on, yet it coulc over the years, and how each one allows for differ- warding in the end. ent types of movement, activity, or purpose. Yester- day, for example, I put on swim fins for part of my morning swim, flip-flops to the shower, dress shoes for work, hiking boots to check some flooded park areas, waL}dng shoes after work, and finally slippers for relaxing. Each change of shoes prepared me for the task ahead and provided a totally different per- spective or attitude adjustment. Putting on the right footwear for the activity— skates, sld boots, snow shoes, rollerblades, water Fortunately, as leaders in this field, ` ers in providing places and program; lives, with the right change of shoes. t as leaders in this field, we do not always to change our own shoes and learn a n� start a new adventure. So now it is time to try on a new pair of shoes, and therefi thing different. Let each of us set the e} out and get moving you laiow, just dc We can't be two years old again, bi shoes, bike shoes with toe clips, heels or flats, boots be amazed at so many opportunities or dancing shoes—enables us to perform the task out of our comfort zones and into a cha at hand. Some parks and recreation facilities post The challenge is on: What shoes will yo signs indicating the proper shoes needed for par- year? Whose shoes will you choose to v� ticipation. Many of us have been embarrassed be- your choices at -�•�r�r� -�;. \ RPh cor.nect.orc cause we had the "wrong" shoes for the occasion. Change your shoes, change your p� rl � / /_ ,,, FISCAL BLUES numerous conservancies and park friends groups Los Angeles in helping keep his pazks open and running. "I des- Parks and recreation in Los Angeles perately need conservancies to help me keep up million, is an equally complex unde� some of our signature parks," Turner says. These "semi-proprietary" department that ge groups range in size from the larger Herman Park propriation of property taxes, close to g Conservancy down to groups representing two- the past budget year. Going into the 2( block-wide parks. "So, even though I may not have cycle, that figure will drop to $128 milli� park funds—park capital bond monies—I still have Jon Kirk Mu1Qi, general manager of the development going on because our park board can Deparrnnent of Recreation and Parks. H� raise money privately. also derives another $30 million to $4( "There are all kinds of ways to make it work," own revenues, from a variety of venue 'I�rner says. "Right now we are looldng at an all-fee Greek Theatre. "That's not bad," Muk structure. I cannot set a fee structure unless my [city] roughly $177 million for his budget. council approves it. In the past, they've never want- Unfortunately, for the past three b� ed to charge for things. Compared with other ciries, the city has been charging Mukri's de it will be minuscule." "common support and services," suc eation park naming rights, and most people think of multi-million- aire philanthropists, not average citizens. Creative park (and park foundation) directors, though, are redefining the traditional notion of naming rights—and they are nego- tiating, packaging, marketing, and cross-promoting those rights in ways that can appeal to every level of giving. In Fairfax County, Virginia, parks director Mike McCarty en- tered the realm of park naming rights when a wealthy county resident, Geraldine Sherwood, donated $S million for a new com- munity center that she wished to be named for her late husband Stacy. McCarty, in accepting the gift, asked that Fairfax County be given the rights to name spaces in and around the community cen- ter. Reserving additional naming riahts. he araued. would helo oro- - _ , • . ' . �-. . . }_ - campaign. The county stipulated that rooms and spaces inside the center—as well as playgrounds, trail sections, ball fields, trees, and other exterior elements—may be named after an individual, orga- nization, or corporation for a one- time donation. Donation amounts are based on a per square foot price for designated periods of time, with the maximum dura- tion being 20 years. And, if multi- ple donors select the same space, the naming rights are awarded to the donor agreeing to the longest duration. Fairfax has cross-promoted its naming rights program with a lo- cal arts foundation, Spotlight on the Arts—an arrangement that has not only led them to more donors but has also given them a ready-made foundation vehicle for accepting var- ious types of donations. So far, McCarty says, the commu- Naming rights are to NRPA President D director of Recreati� in Bakersfield, Califc cently wrapped up h stantial naming right: the opening of Aera { baseball complex nan ergy company. Previi coordinated the sal rights for the city's am $500,000 for five yE House Networks, a < ny (see Parks & Re� gust 2006). Aera Pai private/nonprofit pa tween Bakersfield RE Parks, Aera Energy, field South West Bas� a local PONY baseba BSWB league previo� the campus of Cal St� but needed to find < due to expansions at' Fortunately, the pres and employee benefits. Currently, those charges to- tal $38 million. "So, from $1?7 million we are now be- ing charged about $38 million, thus our real budget has seen a decrease of $38 million over the last cou- ple of years. "In fairness, we lrnew this was coming," he contin- ues. "Every deparnnent lrnew that we're addressing a $1 billion shortfall, either in revenue or in anticipating expenses—primarily in employee-covered expenses. Over the past two years we've been able to wipe out about $600 million and we have about $400 million left from this year and next. That will get us in equilibrium between expenses and revenue. "What that means for me is, I'm going to have few- er employees," Mukri says. "Eighty-six percent of my budget goes directly to employee salaries. So we will see a decline from about 2,000 employees three years ago to roughly 1,500 full-time employees today. Three yeazs ago we had roughly 8,000 park employ- ees. We're hovering at about 4,500. So we've taken tre- mendous cuts with the number of people." Cuts in his budget will extend to service delivery, mostly in the form of reduced hours in some facilities and in the consolidation of recreation centers in certain areas. "We may not have baseball at three centers—it may be at one—same thing with softball and basket- ball. We've also gotten out of the licensed childcare business." It's the staff reductions that hurt most. "Our recreation people are the best city employees ever," Mula�i says. "They're there seven days a week, 365 days a year and their only job is to make people's � - - - - - -� --- -- - . _�. . + y� Aera Park in Bakersfield, California � �;�,���y _ � _: really have a choice now. To us, it's not giving up anything be- cause everybody wins and ev- erybody is successful....When budgets are cut, that's not going to be cut and the youth will still get to play." The city donated the land — ��` � :.,,,;€��,�, �'"'�' critical, and in this case the limit happened to dovetail nicely with the maintenance agreement. Once those three different agreements were in place, other companies came forward to do- nate such items as fencing and the concession stand construction. � the park less expensively than if it were a city project, more than 50 percent of the construction cost of park was covered. The park now also includes a playground and an adult outdoor fitness center locat- ed near each other. "Entering into this, and before i�' _ • J - ; ,� .. . Date: To: From: Subject: BAKERSFIELD POLICE MEMORANDUM April 28, 2011 Alan Tandy, City Manager �/ / Greg Wiliiamson, Chief of Police � Peace Officer Memorial Ceremonies Peace Officer Memorial Week is May 15-21, 2011. l A �l�l .; �, The Bakersfieid Police Department will honor police officers who died in the line of a special memorial ceremony on Monday, May 16t" at 7:00 a.m. The ceremony wi front of the Police Depariment Memorial at 1601 Truxtun Avenue; it is expected to I approximately 30 minutes. On Thursday, May 19, 2011, Bakersfield Police Department will host the County-wi memorial ceremony in honor of "Peace Officers' Memorial Week." The ceremony v commence at noon at the Kern County Peace Officers' Memorial located at 1415 T Avenue, and is expected to last approximately 30 minutes. I would like to invite Mayor Hall, City Council members and all City staff who would us as we honor law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice whil their community. Please feel free to call if you have any questions. =�2 furlou<I days ordered for L.A. workers who rejected labor deal - 1... http://www.latimes.cominews/local/la-me-lat latimes.com/news/locaUla-me-labor-deal-20110428,0,7129495.story latimes.com 42 furlough days ordered for L.A. workers who rejected �• � . Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa orders his managers to impose the unpaid d� 6,300 employees in four union groups who voted against a plan to help cu city's budget shortfall. By David 'Lahniscr, Los �ingeles 'I�imes Apri128, 2011 I.os Angeles Mayor �lntonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday ordercd his managers to impose 42 furlou<� days on city employees in four union groups after those workers rejected his proposal for cutting the bud�et shortfall. I;mployec groups representing more than 6,300 full-time workers voted against the labor agreement that the mayor negotiated last month w-ith leaders of the Coalition of L.A. City Unions. Balloting finished "I'uesday. advertisement Thc deal with the coalition was supposed to save $69 million in the coming tiscal year. Villaraigosa had promised cmployees who made a series of concessions — including a 4% reduction in pay and the postponement of three previously negotiated ra they would be rewarded with an end to furloughs that the city has uscd to avoid employee Without concessions from those four groups, and the city facing a$457-million shortfall, � said he would demand eight and a half� weeks of unpaid days off from those workers betwe June 2012. "Employees who failed to ratify the agreement are once again subject to f-urloughs, and thc .. . . . ,,, •, =�? furlouJ� days ordered for L.A. workers who rejected labor deal - 1... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lat prosecutors, jail workers, airport sccurity officers and 911 emergency operators. "Does the mayor want to rethink his plan, or does he want to cause pain and suffcring to th� public?" said Paul Castro, a 13-year city cmployee who writes for http://ww�-.lacityworker website that offered arguments against the agreemcnt. Voting on the contract by the union rank and file had been conductcd over the last two weE Villaraigosa heaped praise on the employe�s in the other 14 units that approved the pact, in librarians, recreation workers, part-time crossing guards, sanitation workers and administral assistants. Supporters of the contract said it would guarantee an important medical benefit for retired c workers, while opponcnts said the mayor could not be trusted to keep promises to avoid lay furlou�.?hs. Union leaders still have the option of seeking a second vote irom the units that failed to rati "I�hc push to win approval has been complicatcd by the fact that the vast majority of worke� including sanitation workers, librarians, landscapers, street light maintenance crews, zookef every employee at the city's harbor and airports — havc been spai-ed from taking unpaid d� either because thcy perform essential services or their positions are unaffected by thc budg Even after he ordcred the new furlou�hs, the mayor could not say ho«� many of the 6, �OU � would be exempted. "What's important to understand is that there will be diminished services," hc said. The pact did not cover sworn cmployees who guard public safety, such as police of ficers ai fir�fi�hters, or workers at the Department of Watcr and Power, all of whom arc also exemX furloughs. "The coalition agreement included the postponement of three pay incrcases totaling 7.25% � three years. It offered a 1.�% salary cut this year in exchange for four days off the week of "I�he deal would require employees to contribute 4% to their retircment healthcarc costs, re� amount they reccive in take-home pay. In exchange, city officials promised to guarantee medical coverage for retired workers and spouses, including all future premium increases, according to the coalition. "'I1�ere was a lot of push on the other side to vote for it, but in the end, people looked at it � this is a bad dcal for us." said Oscar Winslow, presidcnt of the Los Angeles City Attorncys Sacramento budget proposes deep cuts for police, fire departments -.. �I'I II�. �_1C'1�.1`Il�.t I'O I�I;I: �.:, ,;:.,_ _,,_ http://www.sacbce.com/?O 11 /04/29/v-print/3 Sacramento budget proposes deep cut for police, fire departments rlillis@sacbee.com Published Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 This is the budget Sacramento City Hall has been dreading. Roughly 80 police officers stand to lose their jobs under a budget plan to be releas� today, part of a proposal from the interim city manager that would cut $32 million spending across city departments. The cutbacks proposed for the Police Department, which currently employs 700 uni officers, would spare little beyond patrol officers. The proposal calls for eliminating gang, narcotics, auto-theft and Problem Oriented Policing (POP) units; police prese city schools would be cut by 25 percent. Under the proposal, six Fire Department rigs would be out of service at any given t rotating brownouts, up from two currently. And of the city's 15 community centers three - South Natomas, Coloma and Pannell - would close. Like cities around the state, Sacramento continues to feel the effects of declining s and property tax revenues, as well as rising costs for employee benefits and salariE Interim City Manager Bill Edgar, who took the helm three weeks ago after the pre� interim city manager quit, said the city could no longer address its problems by dr� on reserves and one-time fixes. The city's financial reserves, he noted, are down tc million, enough to cover a single two-week payroll period. "We've got to make the cuts, and we've got to make them now," Edgar said. "We break down this organization and rebuild it." Since 2007, Sacramento has trimmed $92.5 million from its general fund budget, � about one-fifth its bankroll. Many of the cuts have fallen on the parks department other services that don't involve public safety. And the cycle isn't projected to end this year: City officials put the cumulative defi� . � . r • . _ _ . _ _ _ i - _ _ _ _ i . � _ _ i _ J A. /' '1 .Y : I 1 : �. ..� Sacramento budget proposes dcep cuts for police, fire departments -... littp://www.sacbee.com/2U11/04/29/v-prinV3 In any case, Edgar said Thursday, the city is not interested in getting by with one-� concessions from workers. Instead, officials hope to persuade the unions to agree t long-term givebacks, including increased employee contributions toward pensions < health care. "One-year concessions put us right back in the same situation," said Councilman J� Schenirer. "We have a multi-year problem here." The proposal is the first in years to call for significant staffing cuts to the Police Department. Sacramento Police Officers Association President Brent Meyer said his is not willing at this point to discuss salary concessions. "I'm wondering how come the city is not able to meet their obligation with the cont they signed with us," he said, referring to the agreement signed in 2009 that save� city $6.4 million. "At this point, we're going to go through the budget hearings and our case about why cuts to the Police Department are unacceptable and why they � not occu r." In signing the contract, which expires in June 2013, the SPOA agreed to forgo a S pay increase in exchange for a one-year protection from layoffs. Councilwoman Angelique Ashby, who had strong support from the public safety uni her election last June, said "I think losing nearly 100 officers is more than we can , to lose." "I want (SPOA) to come to the table, and I want them to have a conversation abou severity of the situation," she said. "We've got to find some middle ground in a ver difficult set of circumstances." The police positions slated to be cut include 35 that were funded with federal grant three-year grants were provided with the stipulation that the city would lose the f� if any of the officers were laid off. If the cuts come to fruition, spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said, the department wou a waiver allowing it to keep the funding. The budget also proposes cutting 69 positions from the ranks of unsworn employeE including dispatchers, crime scene investigators, community service officers and administrators. Leong said the cuts would be "drastic," shrinking employee ranks to pre-1997 leve Police Department wouldn't look the same," he said. Fire Department service cuts are also being proposed, although it is unlikely that n if any - firefighters would lose their jobs. In addition to the brownouts, the city is proposing reducing the staffing on two fire rigs from four firefighters to three. Jaymes Butler, head of the firefighters union, said the union would take the city to as it has in the past, if that proposal passes. (�ormat Dynamics :: Dell Vewer � �;�e��lereur �ew� MercuryNews.com � San Jose officials warn employees that 600 jobs might be axed By John Wooffolk jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com Posted: 04/22/2011 04:55:34 PM PDT Updated: 04/23/2011 07:02:07 AM PDT With time n.inning short and few agreements with employee unions to help close a$115 million budget gap, San Jose officials next week will notify more than 600 city workers -- from police officers to librarians — that they may lose their jobs by the end of June. The city may see even more layoffs than last year, when it slashed 713 positiors and 215 errployees were laid off to close a r�cord $118.5 million d eficit. Layoff totals wont be clear until June, but the city currently has few vacantjobs to cut. 'These decisbns are not taken lightly," City Manager Debra Figone said in a notice to employees this week about the loorring layoffs. "But the current state of our revenues and e�enditures are such that sign'rficant reductions are simply unavoidable." The City Council had sought 10 percent pay cuts and agreerrents to reduce pension and other benefits to help close t�is years gap and shrink deficits in the next several years. But only four of the city's 11 employee unions have agreed to the requested salary cuts, and the city has been unable to reach accords on reducing cosUy perks and pensions. Figone said that her proposed budget, scheduled for release May 2, will require eliminating rrnre than 600 positioris citywide. That includes 220 employees temporarily funded last year only through June. Some 230 additional workers are expected to be "bumped" into lower-paying positions now held by more senior colleagues whose jobs are http://www.mercurynews.com/fdcp` Blaming management Employees say that while they're fearful of losir their jobs at a time when "Help wanted" signs a scarce, they don't buy San Jose's poor-mouthir and feel they've been scapegoated byfree-spe city leaders. "I think everyone's concerned abouttheir job," : Gerry Chappuis, who monitors contracts in the public works department. "I love rrTy job and the Workers aren`t being laid off because of lack of work. They're being laid off because of lack of c management." But Mayor Chuck Reed said t�e city's money w are all too real and t�at workers are making thi� worse for themselves by digging in their heels. "With the budget coming out in a week, we're n making progress, and that will mean additional reductions," Reed said, adding thathe may see November ballot measure to curb pensions anc other perks. In his budget pr�posal last month, Reed said tP city must draw the line on costs to maintain e�a: staffing and services. Doing so, he said, will rec reducing current retirement benefits, from whici rising costs have helped drive 10 straight years budget deficits. Annual costs for allowing retirin workers to cash out unused sick leave have mc than doubled in the past five years, from $6 mill then to $14 million last year. �afl �ovU! 1-8i'7-835-8. SEtURITY tNOICE � � , �, . .... r,t;. , ,, . . , , r�iAt•.:n*. �..:�;hr.�i.G�,�.• , _ � .�.:�.:��- Format [hfnamics :: Dell Viewer ��r���'�fio���f��ers. �a3��ar� � 6t�ea�a6s P'�� ���� f i�ae�#i� �� Itn� t �a,�#tsat�� i��fiisaeuf�e�i.v���dityc,�s�c�ar#d he i�� in talks with six other unions and made no progress in talks with police. Reed said retirement changes wouki do little in the current budget, as the citys pension biq is determined by independent boards each year. But, he said, it would ease future deficits. San Jose taces shorffalls totaling more than $183 million over the next five years as employee costs o utpace revenues. Pensim costs are a major factor, increasing from $193 rrillion in tfie upcorring budget to more than $304 rrillion by 2015. http://www.mercw-�mews.cotn�fdcp? reform measures, said perks may be easier to f the ballot box than at the bargainng table. "Some of our unions refuse to bargain with us � some of those issues, but we�e got to save the money," Reed said. "Some of those things woul require charter changes. Some would probably happen if voters make it so." Don Rocha, one of the counca's newest membE said the pension issue is 'hiessy," but that it ma solvable in smaller steps rmre palatableto unic "I truly believe if we got some smaller fixes, we'c some big changes in pension fund obligations,' said. The citys largest union, the Municipal Employe Federation, has dismissed the pension alarma: scare tactic, contending thatthe concerns wil e as the econorry improves. But Councilman Pete Constant, a retired ciry pc officer and forrner pension trustee, says that's nonsense. "I don`t know how you can look at these nurrbe and say iYs not a problerr�" Constant said. "IYs clearly the main problem" Printable version: SI� mayor ur��es pension refonn to ease budget woes http:i/www.sf�ate.com/c��i-bir�/article.c�i?�� SFGate_�o«, Print This Article Back to advertisement � your ad here Arti cl e SFGate.����� SF inayor urges pension reform to ease budget woes John Cote, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, April 22, 2011 (04-22) i3:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- How do you a�-oid rolling closures of neigh stations and la}�ing off i�i police officers to balance San Francisco's budget? Mayor Ed Lee has a straightfor�vard ans�ver: pension reform. "A third of that $306 million deficit is due to our pension ovei•runs," Lee said Thursday sol�re that, I don't think we'd even be mentioning ... police layoffs or bro��vnouts" at fire � As it stands, San Francisco is facing the threat of rotating fire station closures and layit police officers to balance its budget in the fiscal year that starts July i, city officials say, police officers and firefighters are slated to receive more than $2o million in combined that have been deferred for a year or longer as part of earlier budget concessions. "There are choices here, and we'd love to have the Police Department and its union par an intelligent choice," the mayor said. "I know officers on the beat, there are a lot of thE hold the opinion, 'Yeah, maybe I deserve a raise.' But guess what? No one else is gettin even den��ing my o��vn as the mayor of San Francisco because we have a 5306 million d Lee said the fiscal pictui•e could be substantially improved by a major ovei•haul of pensi health care benefits he's negotiating �-vith public employee unions and hopes to put on November ballot. Gary Delagnes, head of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, was incensed at t the city was asking officers to again defer their raises for a third year, even as he and ot to reach a deal on pension reform. "It's a little disingenuous to keep coming back to someone and saying 'We'll give it to y� vear,' " Delagnes said. "That's what they said last year, and the year before that." Police officers are scheduled for a raise of at least 3 percent on July i, plus another 2 pe January. The total cost would be $�4.5 million, interim Police Chief Jeff Godown told t: Supervisors budget committee Wednesday. Yrintab(e version: SF inayor ur�es pension reform to ease bud;�et woes http://www.sfgate.con�/cgi-bin/article.cgi?�/ layoffs for 79 police officers, the city still faces a$65 million hole. Delagnes dismissed as ridiculous the idea that the city was going to be laying off 1�i ofi it also was leaning toward eliminating the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which all� retirement-eligible officers to significantly boost their retirement savings by woi•king ai three years. The program was billed as cost-neutral compared to recruiting, training and pay-ing ne� replace retirees. It hasn't been, city officials said. There are i22 officers currently enrolled in the program out of 479 eligible for it, accord figures from the budget committee heai-ing. Delagnes predicted a rush of officers signin program in the coming �veeks if it was to be eliminated. "You'i•e going to have 45o cops leaving this department in the next three years and nov telling me you're going to lay off another i�i?" he said. "It's ridiculous. You're tall:ing a of the Police Department." E-mail John Cote at jcote(ci,sfchronicle.c:om. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/22/BA4QiJSHMD.DTL This article appeared on page C- 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle � 2011 Hearst Communications Inc. � Privacy Policy � Feedback � RSS Feeds � FAQ � Site Index � Contact Paqe 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISI4N — WORK SCHEDULE Week of May 2, 2011 — May 6, 2011 Resurfacinq/Reconstructinq streets in the followinq areas: (CDBG funded area) Resurfacing streets in the area north of Belle Terrace and west Sealing streets in the area between Gosford Road & Ashe Road from Ming Ave to Stoc Preparing streets in the area east of Oswell St and north of Brundage Ln for resurFacinc (CDBG funded area) Preparing streets in the area east of Alta Vista & north of Flower : resurfacing (CDBG funded area) Preparing streets in the area west of "T" St & south of Cal resurfacing Miscellaneous Streets Division proiects: Installing Handicapped ramps and repairing concrete in the Kern City area Installing concrete curbing for tree wells and building trash enclosure at parking lot Marin Sports Complex (Paving complete) (CDBG funded area) Installing & Repairing curb, gutter & sidewalks in the area East of south of Freeway 58. (CDBG funded area) Installing & Repairing curb, gutter & sidewalks in the area east � north of Niles St Repairing damaged sewer lines found during video inspection Video inspection of City owned Sewer & Storm lines to evaluate condition of pipes NOTE: If raining, there will be no street sweeping service and all street cleaning perso assigned to cleaning plugged drains and part circle culverts. Paqe2of2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, Mav 2, 2011 Between Golden State & 16t" St. -- "F" St. & Oak St. /kern River Boundary Between 34th St. & 30th St. — Chester Ave. & San Dimas St. Between San Dimas St. & Beale Ave. — 34t"/Bernard St. & Niles St. Between Olive Dr. & Riverlakes Dr. (ext.) — Riverlakes Dr. & Coffee Rd. Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Befinreen California Ave. & Brundage Ln. — Oak St. & Union Ave. Between Renfro Rd. & Jenkins Rd. — Stockdale Hwy. & Kern River Boundary. Wednesday, May 4, 2011 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. Thursdav, Mav 5, 2011 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 Fridav, Mav 6, 2011 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. 3701 North Sillect Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308 Tel (661) 634-2260 Fax (661) 395-3378 bright house NETWORKS April 27, 2011 Mr. Alan Tandy City Manager City of Bakersfield 1600 Truxtun Avenue, 5th Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Mr. Tandy: Joseph R. Schoenstein Division President Bakersfield Division ��. ���� �ak� ?i!��n From time to time our agreements with cable channels and television stations come up for renewal. While we do not loss or disruption of service, regulations require us to notify you of the possibility of losing programming. Please be advised, therefore, that our agreements with TuN De Pelicula, TuN De Pelicula Classico, TuN Bandam� Encore, Encore East, Encore West HD, Encore East HD, Encore Action, Encore Drama, Encore Love, Encore Mystery, Encore WAM East, Encore Westems, E!, Style, Starz, Starz Cinema, Starz Edge, Starz in Black, Starz Kids & Family, Z The Weather Channel, BBC America, Playboy, Video Rola, Filipino Channel, American Life N, Current TV, FUSE, Sprout and Ovation remain in effect on a month to month basis, but we may have to cease carriage in all formats if o� continue is withheld. We are working diligen�y at this time to come to acceptable and fair terms with all of these chan� Bright House Networks has launched a digital video delivery technology known as Switched Digital vdeo (SDV). S[ bandwidth-management system that makes it possible to ofFer more digital video programming services than ever be new HD channels. On or after June 1, 2011, the following channels will be delivered on the SDV system: Bloomberg HD (Digital Variety) Lifetime HD (Standard) Si N HD (Digital Variety) ESPN 3D (3D Pass) EWTN En Espan"ol HD (Hispanic Tier) Fox Deportes HD (Hispanic Tier) Si N HD (Hispanic Tier) Fox Movie Channel HD (Movie Pass) on channel on channel on channel on channel on channel on channel on channel on channel 1089 1203 1223 1299 1604 1625 1626 1647 When delivered on the SDV system, the above channels will become bi-directionai (or two-way) service and wi11 c available to all Bright House Networks customers who subscribe to our digital services and lease a digital set-top bo� directional device capable of supporting two-way services. However, the above channels will not be available to customers with unidirectional (one-way) retail television or oth� currently lease a CableCARD from Bright House Networks. This small number of impacted customers have been notifie the option of obtaining a digital set-top box or similar bi-directional device from Bright House Networks. In eith customers will not need to replace their unidirectional retail device. For more information on Bright House Networks programming, please call 661-323-4892 or visit our www. brig hthouse.com.