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Home My WebLink About03/09/2018AT OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER March 9, 2018 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager SUBJECT: General Information Notable Items  The fourth quarter sales tax information is in and we see another positive quarter of results; 8.36% for the quarter with annualized growth year over year of 6.7%. As we have discussed previously, the relative growth being reflected is partially a result of comparing low numbers from a year ago to “better” numbers this year. While we hope this positive movement continues we must exercise caution not to expect continued revenue growth at these levels for any length of time. Attached is a long term history of sales tax revenues which shows we are still well below our historic trend line of revenue growth.  Good news! The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has awarded its prestigious Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the City for its Fiscal Year 2017-18 Adopted Budget Document. The award recognizes the City for preparing its budget document in a manner consistent with the guidelines established by the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting and the GFOA’s best practices on budgeting. The City has received this award for 18 consecutive years. Documents submitted to the GFOA's Budget Awards Program are reviewed by selected members of the GFOA professional staff and by outside reviewers with experience in public sector budgeting. Each budget document is evaluated separately by three reviewers and ranked on 27 specific criteria, grouped into four basic categories. As of the most recently completed review period, only 1,500 government agencies received this award across the United States and Canada. Congratulations to the Budget Team and City staff who work collaboratively to ensure the budget document meets these high standards! The City’s budget information, including the award-winning budget document, can be viewed here: http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/gov/depts/city_manager/city_budget.htm  JTS Construction started constructing the sound wall along 24th Street between Beech Street and Myrtle Street this week. The block is a special order from Angelus - Desert Block called Promenade Blend. The blocks are 4-inches in height and 16-inches long which provides an aesthetically pleasing “brick” look. The contractor will continue working west to east, installing the walls and then doing the tie-in work on the property of the adjacent property owners. See pictures below. General Information March 9, 2018 Page 2  The perimeter sidewalks around Jastro Park are the first steps of making the park fully ADA accessible. These pictures show the sidewalk completion along the west side of the park, and the sidewalk will continue on the south and east sides of the park. Additionally, access walkways will be added to the tennis courts and picnic areas for ease in getting around the park by June, 2018.  We had three bits of good news from last weekend’s CIF Boys Wrestling Championships at Rabobank Arena. First, attendance was a whopping 19,010 for the two-day event, according to CIF. Second, CIF Executive Director Roger Blake announced that beginning next year the boys’ and girls’ championships will be combined into a one-weekend, three-day event at Rabobank Arena in 2019. Currently the girls’ event has been held in Visalia. Third, CIF will move that larger combined event to the last weekend in February, which means no more conflict with the March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway and the Fred Hall Central Valley Sports Show at the Kern County Fairgrounds. For many years, all three events have been held on the same weekend which put a strain on local hotel room supply. Moving a larger CIF event to the week before means Bakersfield can have two large back-to-back visitor weekends, giving each event room to grow and attract even more participants and fans, along with their visitor dollars.  Tournament season in Bakersfield continues to be in full swing. This weekend, the Bakersfield High School Girls Fast Pitch Tournament will take place at Tarina Homes Sports General Information March 9, 2018 Page 3 Complex at Mesa Marin, hosting 20 teams from Kern County and beyond. Not only that, but next weekend the sports complex will also play host to the Girls High School Slow Pitch tournament, bringing in teams from 28 schools. Traffic Advisories  UPDATED - Weekend Connector Ramp Closures State Route 99 to Eastbound State Route 58 A full closure of the northbound State Route 99 to eastbound State Route 58 Connector Ramp is scheduled for this weekend, March 9-12. The closure is expected to be in effect from 9 p.m. Friday, March 9 through 5 a.m. Monday, March 12. The southbound State Route 99 to eastbound State Route 58 connector ramp will also be closed Friday night, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Saturday. These closures are needed to complete various work items prior to switching traffic onto the newly constructed connector bridge. During this weekend’s closure, the recommended detour for northbound State Route 99 traffic will be to continue north and exit at California Avenue. Traffic will be detoured south on Oak Street to Brundage Lane and then travel eastbound to Union Avenue to access State Route 58. The on-ramp from Real Road to eastbound State Route 58 will remain open. A similar connector ramp closure is planned for the southbound State Route 99 to eastbound State Route 58 in two weeks. Until this latter connection is complete, the eastbound State Route 58 H Street off-ramp will be closed to traffic entering the freeway from Real Road and southbound State Route 99. This closure is expected to be in effect from March 9 at 9 p.m. through March 26 at 5 a.m. (Access to H Street will be available to traffic entering State Route 58 from northbound State Route 99 following this weekend’s work.) Reports  Streets Division work schedule for the week of March 12th Event Notifications  Event calendar for the Rabobank Arena Theater and Convention Center  Arbor Day in Bakersfield is Saturday, March 10; tree planting at Stonecreek Park beginning at 9:00AM. Mayor Goh will present a proclamation to the Tree Foundation recognizing the City of Bakersfield as a Tree City USA for 20 years.  Bakersfield Fire Department Trout Fishing Derby for children with disabilities at The Park at River Walk from 6:00AM – Noon. See attached flyer for more information. Week of March 12_2018_Work Schedule Page 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION – WORK SCHEDULE Week of March 12, 2018 – March 16, 2018 Resurfacing/Reconstructing streets in the following areas: Section repairs in preparation for a Grind & Pave on Monitor between White Ln and Fairview (SB1) Preparing a Maintenance Grind & Pave on Bernard St between Union Ave. and Kern St. (SB1) Preparing a Maintenance Grind & Pave on Campus Park between Old River and Buena Vista (SB1) Preparing a Maintenance Grind & Pave on Allen Rd between Olive Dr. and Noriega (SB1) Preparing a Maintenance Grind & Pave on Miramonte from Hwy 178 to south end (SB1) Miscellaneous Streets Division projects: Video inspection of City owned sewer and storm lines to evaluate condition of pipes Repairing damaged sewer line found during video inspection Miscellaneous concrete repairs throughout the City Concrete repairs to various bus stops throughout City limits Concrete work on Streets that are funded with SB1 money Miscellaneous work at Sport Complex Working on expansion of PD parking lot off of Buena Vista Installing Handicap Ramp on Truxtun Ave between “V” St & Beale THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Week of March 12_2018_Work Schedule Page 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, March 12, 2018 Between So. “H” St. & Union Avenue – Pacheco Rd. & Hosking Rd. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Truxtun Ave. (ext.) – Coffee Rd & Partridge Ave. Tuesday, March 13, 2018 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, March 14, 2018 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, March 15, 2018 City areas between Stockdale Hwy. & Ming Ave. – Ashe Rd. & Gosford Rd. Between El Portal/Laurelglen Blvd. & Ashe Rd. – Ming Ave. & So. Halfmoon/Olympia Dr. Between Ashe Rd. & Stine Rd. – Ming Ave. & So. Halfmoon/Edgemount Dr. Between Coffee Rd. & Wilson Rd. (ext.) – White Ln. & So. Halfmoon/Olympia Dr. Friday, March 16, 2018 Between Stockdale Hwy. & Ming Ave. – Allen Rd. & Old River Rd. Between Old River Rd. & Gosford Rd. – Ming Ave. & Ridge Oak/Westwold Dr. Between Ridge Oak/Westwold Dr. & White Ln. – Old River Rd., east to the PG&E easement. Between White Ln. & Asperata Dr. – Gosford Rd,, west to the PG&E easement. Between White Ln. & Cederwood Dr. – Stine Rd. & Wilson Rd. (ext.) NOTE: If raining, there will be no street sweeping service and all street cleaning personnel will be assigned to cleaning plugged drains and part circle culverts. This also applies when a large number of street sweepers are in Fleet for repairs. Areas that have been missed during this time will be swept at the end of the month only when possible. BOX OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 10 AM - 5 PM (Excluding Event Days) CHARGE-BY-PHONE 1-888-929-7849 GROUP SALES INFORMATION 661-852-7309 SEASON TICKET INFORMATION Bakersfield Condors 661-324-PUCK (7825) www.bakersfieldcondors.com Bakersfield Symphony 661-323-7928 www.BSOnow.org Broadway In Bakersfield 661-852-7308 Week of March 5th UPCOMING EVENTS March 9 – Condors vs Stockton 7:00 PM $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now March 10 – Condors vs San Diego 7:00 PM $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now March 14 – Condors vs Tucson 6:30 PM $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now March 16 – Condors vs San Jose 7:00 PM $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now March 24 – Condors vs Tucson 7:00 PM $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now March 30 – Bronco, ElCoyote 8:00 PM $53, $43, $33 On Sale Now March 31 – Condors vs San Diego 7:00 PM April 4 – Condors vs Ontario 6:30 PM April 13 – Comedy Get Down 8:00 PM $135, $79.50, $55, $45, $35 On Sale Now May 12 – Kevin Hart 7:00 PM $99.50, $73.50, $50.50, $36 On Sale Now June 15 – Sugarland w/ Brandy Clark 7:00 PM $99.50, $69.50, $49.50, $29.50 On Sale Now $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now April 11 – Condors vs San Jose 6:30 PM $37, $27, $22, $18, $14, $12 On Sale Now March 8 – Buddy Holly Story 7:30 PM $55, $45, $35 On Sale Now March 10 – Bakersfield Symphony 7:30 PM $45, $35, $30, $20 On Sale Now March 27 – The Avett Brothers 7:30 PM $77, $44 On Sale Now March 30 – Jay Owenhouse 7:30 PM $50, $40, $30 On Sale Now April 7 – Bakersfield Symphony 7:30 PM $45, $35, $30, $20 On Sale Now April 29 – Adrian Uribe & Omar Chaparro 6:00 PM $95, $80, $70, $60, $50, $40 On Sale Now May 7 – David Blaine 8:00 PM $97, $77, $67, $47, $23 On Sale 3/2 May 9th – PAW Patrol Live!10 A & 6 P $110, $50, $35, $25, $19 On Sale Now May 12 – Bakersfield Symphony 7:30 PM $45, $35, $30, $20 On Sale Now www.rabobankarena.com - www.spectrumamphitheatre.com