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Home My WebLink About11/02/2012OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Novei TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager ,A� SUBJECT: Generallnformation Good News • This week the City received the authorization document from CalTrc construction of Phase 6C of the Westside Parkway from Allen Road 1 Highway. The E-76 document allows the City to begin to expend th previously allocated for the construction of the project by the StatE will go out shortly. • As mentioned last week, the California Transportation Commission p� roadblock in our way in funding the Hosking Interchange Project. H CTC did approve various items which provided funding for other lo We received funding of $13 million for the Highway 99 North Widei moving the project forward into advertising for bids - which, in this � overseen by CalTrans. In addition, the City received $1 million in funds for the construction of Mohawk Street from Rosedale Highv� Hageman Road. This will be a City project and greatly improve traffic and travelers in that area. • Hats off to Gene Voiland and Chad Hathaway, owners of the BakE baseball team, on the announcement of plans to construct a new the team. The facility will be an asset to the community and will be solely through the use of private funds. Miscellaneous News • The merger of the Economic and Community Development Departrr Development Services Department is moving along. Most recently, tr GenE No� • With the move of EDCD staff, there is a small amount of empty offi City Hall North. Starting in early 2013, the plan is for the consultants working on right-of-way acquisitions for the various TRIP projects 1 space. This activity is scheduled to last for approximately two years. High Speed Rail News ❖ The High Speed Rail Authority announced this week it is delaying the k for the design and build contract for the first section of track frorr Fresno until after the New Year. This is the second time the deadlir pushed back. Authority staff anticipates a contract will now be awai 2013. The Madera to Fresno section is the first of five construction � the first segment of track. A news article is enclosed. ❖ City staff will be meeting with Authority staff in the next few weeks tc City's comments on the draft EIR document and the ongoing iss� project, as proposed. The outreach effort by the Authority has impro still too early to determine if the meetings will result in adequate res� concerns. Event Information ✓ Professional Bull Riders: Touring Pro Division November 2& 3 at 8 p.m. Rabobank Arena Tickets: $10-$60 ✓ Eric Chuch November 6 at 7 p.m. Rabobank Arena Tickets: $37.50 - $47.50 ✓ Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic November 8 - 1 1 Rabobank Arena Tickets: $16 - $48 Reports (Show times vary by date) CO��- - "'� aAKERSFIELD NITY p�E - L�PMENT �-- . _---_ - -- _--.---w- - � y° � , :-�� . � �Y , v �• '* `��A ��. COMMUNITY � PARKII - High Speed Rail http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/ 10/30/v-pr Hi h-s eed rail a enc ushes b� g p g yp dead I i ne for construction bids i n Valle y By Tim Sheehan - The Fresno Bee Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 � 11:43 AM The California High-Speed Rail Authority is pushing back Friday's deadline for bids to desigr the first stretch of high-speed rail line through the Fresno area. Authority CEO Jeffrey Morales said Tuesday that questions from five consortiums of building prompted the authority to set Jan. 18 as the new date by which bids must be submitted for a stretch of the line from Avenue 17, northeast of Madera, to American Avenue at the south er "The bidders have been asking for more information and more time to analyze the informatic said. Earlier this year, the authority had anticipated that contractors would submit their bids by Auc September, with a contract awarded by the end of this year. The deadline was pushed back request of the contractors to Nov. 2, with a prospective contract award in late February or ea 2013. "These firms are literally spending millions of dollars to put their proposals together," Morale: both their interest and our interest to get it right. Our goal is to keep all five engaged and get possible deal." Five construction teams were pre-qualified earlier this year by the rail authority to bid on the construction segment: California Backbone Builders, a consortium of two Spanish construction firms: Ferrovial A� Acciona. California High-Speed Rail Partners, composed of Fluor Corp. of Texas, Swedish-based PCL Constructors of Canada. California High-Speed Ventures, made up of Kiewit Corp. of Nebraska, Granite Constructic - High Speed Rail http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/ 10/30/v-pr The rail authority estimates that the first construction package will cost between $1.2 billion � billion. It will include a bridge over the San Joaquin River, an elevated railway over Herndon tunnel beneath Belmont Avenue and Highway 180, an elevated railway to cross over Highw� south end of Fresno and 12 street or road overpasses. Morales said the agency now expects to award a contract by June. The winning contracting then finish the project design and engineering work -- now estimated to be about 30% compl begin construction. The Madera-Fresno section is the first of five construction packages from Madera to just nor Bakersfield for which the Obama administration has ponied up more than $3 billion in federa and transportation money. Those funds, however, come with strings that require the 130 milE be completed and the money spent by Sept. 30, 2017. That deadline represents an immovable object toward which the massive infrastructure projE closer with each delay and postponement. Court records filed by the rail authority last month suggest that significant delays could jeopa federal money if the Federal Railroad Administration determines that the deadline cannot be "Failure to complete construction in the timing required ... or if it appears that the constructio cannot be met because of delays, risks the entire funding," said Brent Felker, a program mar Parsons Brinckerhoff, the authority's management consulting firm, in a court declaration. ThE was filed as part of the agency's legal battle with opponents who are seeking an injunction tc on the Merced-Fresno section. But the authority hopes to begin buying the land it needs for the railroad right of way within couple of months. "That will be going on as a parallel process," Morales said. Morales added that he believes the overall construction schedule has enough cushion in it work to be completed by the September 2017 deadline. Paqe 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION — WORK SCHEDULE Week of Nov. 5, 2012 — Nov. 9, 2012 Resurfacinq/Reconstructinq streets in the followinq areas: ResurFacing streets in the area east of FairFax and south of Freeway 178 Grinding & ResurFacing on Old River Rd from White Ln to Ming Ave Reconstructing streets in the area west of Stine Rd and north of White Ln Miscellaneous Streets Division projects: Video inspection of City owned Sewer & Storm lines to evaluate condition of pipes Miscellaneous concrete repairs throughout the city Installing handicap ramps at Columbus St & Bucknell St, Columbus St & Berkeley St & Dartmouth St Miscellaneous work at Dog Pound Crack Sealing on Wible Rd between Planz Rd & Ming Ave (weather permitting) THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Paqe 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, November 5, 2012 Between Golden State & 16t St. -- "F" St. & Oak St. /kern River Boundary Between 34t" St. & 30t" 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, November 6, 2012 Between California Ave. & Brundage Ln. — Oak St. & Union Ave. Between Renfro Rd. & Jenkins Rd. — Stockdale Hwy. & Kern River Boundary. Wednesday, November 7, 2012 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. Thursday, November 8, 2012 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, November 9, 2012 Between Ming Ave. & White Ln. — Buena Vista Rd & Old River Rd. Between Stine Rd. & 99 Hwy. — Ming Avenue & Adidas. 3701 North Sillect Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308 Tel (661) 634-2260 Fax (661) 395-3378 bri ht � � g house � �, NETWORKS October 31, 2012 Mr. Alan Tandy City Manager City of Bakersfield 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Sth Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Mr. Tandy: Joseph R. Schoenstein Division President Bakersfield Division REC ��`• • � �'� �_. .�' k Cit3' �ar�a From time to time our agreements with cable channels and television stations come up for re While we do not anticipate any loss or disruption of service, regulations require us to notify yoi possibility of losing programming. Please be advised, therefore, that our agreements with BBC A Cooking Channel, Current TV, DIY, Encore, Encore Action, Encore Drama, Encore Family, Encor Encore Suspense, Encore Westerns, Food Network, GoIN, Game Show Network (GSN), Great Ai Country, MC (Music Choice), Movieplex, NHL Center Ice, Ovation, Playboy, Sprout, Starz, Starz 1 Starz Comedy, Starz Edge, Starz in Black, Starz Kids & Family, TuN Bandamax, TuTV De Pelicula, l Pelicula Classico, and Youtoo N remain in effect on a month to month basis, but we may have t carriage in all formats if our authority to continue is withheld. We are working diligently at this continue to acceptable and fair terms with all of these channels. On or after November 1, 2012, ShopNBC HD will launch on channel 1010. On or after December 1, 2012, BHN Special Programming will no longer be carried on char ShopNBC will move from channel 19 to channel 10. For more information on Bright House Networks programming, please call 1-661-323-4892 or � website at bri�hthouse.com. Regards, �� / Joseph R. Scho nstein flivicinn Prccir�cnt