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Home My WebLink About05/20/94 ~. -;; 1'" ..,4 . - B A K E R S F I E L D MEMORANDUM May 20, 1994 TO: HONORABLE ~YOR ANO nTY COUN~ T FROM: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER SUBJECT: GENERAL INFORMATION 1. A copy of an advocacy letter we sent to Texaco on annexation is enclosed. Even though the annexation died for lack of a tax split settlement, the peop 1 e at Texaco indicated to me an honest willingness over the next several months to revi ew the questi on and deal with it in a fair and reasonable manner. They have singular control over that annexation because of the composition of property ownership. We conti nue to be absolutely stonewall ed by Kern County on all issues pertaining to tax splits and annexations. The meeting with their CAO this week was totally unproductive. The Kern County Cities group did, however, meet with the managers and mayors and agreed upon a common course of action which is to ask for a public meeting of all the managers and mayors with the County Board of Supervisors and CAO to discuss the unhappiness of the cities over the tax split policies and with LAFCO. 2. Del Smith called this week and continues to work on the Washington lobbying front. He was unable to get the funding for 178 on the ISTEA authorization bi 11. In addition to calling me about that, he did call to attempt to pick up the ball and run with it on the Habitat Conservation Plan issue, as well as the EDA Grant for the Sewer Plant. 3. We are providing to you separately a copy of the just-received document on the health assessment risk. This was contracted for by Kern County for the old burn-dump area. This is a sens it i ve issue involving potential liability and neighborhood relations issues. Dr. Jinadu, the County Health Officer has 1 ega 1 responsibility to review it and to deal with the recommendations contained in the document. While the study was contracted for by Kern County, the operation of this area was by the City. An effort will be made to meet with the neighborhood, led by the County in the near future. Somebody at the County has leaked it to the media prematurely, however. 4. It appears the County wishes to let the Fair Housing Agreement we have lapse through non-action. That would mean we would each undertake separate programs as of July 1. There would be overlap, however, in the areas of advertising, preparation of promotional material, and the like. Please let me know if this does not sound acceptable to you. I do not know if it is within our control, anyway, because it seems to be the County's preference, but we could make a stronger push to keep it consolidated if you have such desire. - , HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL May 20, 1994 Page -2- 5. The interviews for the Fire Chief are next week. I expect a selection shortl y after that. It will be nice to have all the Department Head positions filled! 6. There is a letter enclosed from the new Sales Manager of the Bakersfield Holiday Inn. Things are continuing to move ahead on the Hotel project in a normal manner. 7. A letter looking for state loan funds is enclosed. It deals with the water storage project which will be explained during budget presentations. 8. A preliminary survey is enclosed showing that the pilot greenwaste program is overwhelmingly popular at 94.5%! 9. A response to a Council inquiry on Valley Wireless is enclosed. 10. A letter is enclosed from Gene Bogart which went out to our agricultural contract holders. It is a legal recommendation preparatory for 2012 when the contracts expire. 11. A letter to Ted James, Kern County A.I.C.P. Director regarding the Western Rosedale Specific Plan EIR is enclosed. 12. At the request of Pat Smith, a response from me to Jim Ahl, President, Kern County Firefighters Union Local 1301 is enclosed. 13. Two memos are enclosed from Chief Brummer, 1) Infraction V. Misdemeanor Crime Punishment and 2) Police Department Patrol Staffing. 14. Enclosed is a memo from Jack Hardisty to me regarding the status of the Northeast Pipeline Habitat Conservation Plan. 15. A report on Merit Step Increases for the quarter period January - March 1994 is enclosed. 16. Responses are enclosed to Council Referrals: traffic problems on Coffee Road at Brimhall Road, traffic controls on Hageman Road at Verdugo Lane, and traffic controls in Pin Oak Park/South Laurelglen Area. 17. The Claims Activity Report from Risk Management for the Month of April 1994 is enclosed. AT .jp Enclosures cc: Department Heads City Clerk "'" <~ --:. I 11'1"",,4,.","'," . ..T° ':T /' f , ,0>'./ ",// ~ r' ,,'/ Y<L.. I J - - BAKERSFIELD I Alan Tandy. City Manager May 16, 1994 Mr. Donald R. Hall Plant Manager, Bakersfield Plant Texaco Refining and Marketing P. O. Box 1476 Bakersfield, CA 93302 Dear Mr. Hall: At our recent meeting, you indicated a willingness to listen to the reasons we believe it would be beneficial for Texaco to be annexed to the City of Bakersfield. We appreciate your receptiveness. Our primary points are summarized in this letter. We also want you to know that we stand ready and available to meet with you on any concern that you - may have in regard to this topic. FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE TO MEET TEXACO'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE NEEDS We understand from you that Texaco's selection of a long-term solution to wastewater treatment and disposal has been deferred for several years. We do feel that being in the City would provide you with the maximum number of options when Texaco is evaluating how to proceed. We provide wastewater treatment plant services only to business and industry within the City. We do not, however, require waste water disposal to be exclusively on our service system. Therefore, having annexed you could compare and contrast the costs of being on our system to those of being on the County system or of continuing your own methodology of treatment. You can then be in a position to make a decision based upon the most economically and technically viable alternative for Texaco and then execute it in a timely fashion. Within the next year, we will be sizing our future wastewater treatment plant. It would be beneficial, and would keep alternatives available for all parties, if we sized it anticipating Texaco's use of it in the future. If you were to decide to annex now, the City could better plan for treatment of wastewater in the future. I City of Bakersfield. City Manager's Office. 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield. California. 93301 ,~~_. -~~ ---- ~ ,~~_. ~~. - ~-~ "," ~ i I ~ Mr. Donald R. Hall I Texaco Refining and Marketing May 16, 1994 Page -2- INFRASTRUCTURE You have some concrete examples of nearby improvements where the City has reinvested monies into public improvements which enhance Texaco's operation and accessibility. Two such examples would be the Coffee Road bridge crossing the river ¡ and the now funded, and under design, Coffee Road bridge over the railroad. If : annexed to the City, we will budget capital improvements needs in your area into our capital improvement plans. As funding develops and service demands increase, and as property owners desire, we would then be able to schedule such improvements as the Mohawk road and bridges. We are also in the process of extending a water line up Coffee Road and easterly along Rosedale Highway to the east side of the Calloway Canal. Subsequent to our bid and contract awarding, the City will be able to extend farther east along Rosedale Highway than we had originally planned. Farther east is about another 700-1,000 feet closer to our new pump station at Vista West High School. While you mayor may not choose to connect to that water line for water service, it provides you with another option which would have been available for consideration when you last decided to upgrade your water treatment plant. We have an excellent quality water system with good flow and quality at competitive prices. We believe that both accessibility by Texaco and the property values would be enhanced by working together with the City to invest tax proceeds in such infrastructure improvements. Those improvements, on the other hand, are not likely to be funded by the City outside of those j already identified unless the benefitting parties are within the City limits. I IMPROVED SERVICES Our Police Department has far more officers in the vicinity of the Texaco Plant at any given time than does the County Sheriff's operation. While we would not anticipate that you would be a frequent user of Police services, having the capability there to respond to situations which arise would be beneficial for you in the future. We are extremely proud of our various other services such as the street maintenance, building inspection, planning and refuse collection. We feel that Texaco would get a better return on its property tax payments if it were annexed to the City of Bakersfield. I I VOICE IN DECISION MAKING I Our City Council is responsive to its constituency. If Texaco were a primary member of the City of Bakersfield, you would have every opportunity to deal effectively with the Council on any issue which might impact your land holdings and operations. While we understand the reasons behind an inherent industrial skepticism about government oversight, we would advocate the position that having the ear, and being able to easily ~-. "'!i, I; Mr. Donald R. Hall II Texaco Refining and Marketing May 16, 1994 Page -3- I i I get the attention of your City officials,: is the most responsive form of government to deal with your needs in the community. ¡ DIRECT COST SAVINGS With changes that are taking place in State law, we will be moving toward a one-stop regulatory process over hazardous materials, particularly underground and above ground storage tanks. Rather thar having State, County and City all involved in regulatory issues, you would have! one. . We believe that your current hazardous materials handling fee would decrea~e from $2,690 per year to $422 per year, under our proposal. Also, if the City assumes r(3sponsibility for the Unified Program, as mandated I by the recent enactment of SB 1082,: your payment to the State Water Board for above- i ground storage tanks would be reduced from approximately $30,000 to just over $1 ,000, I if you were within the City boundari~s. We believe you would find from checking with I any of the other industries within the ;City that our hazardous materials inspection crews , are extremely responsive, low cost, and are received well by local businesses. ! TAXES Under California law your property t~es do not increase with annexation. ì ì ! IN THE BEST BROAD-BASED COMMUNITY INTEREST As the California recession continu:es, government officials, need to become more efficient and effective. City-County bbundaries should be established to minimize service duplication, resulting in the most $fficient provision of service. Texaco's property currently sits in the heart of the community in an area surrounded by the City on three sides. Bringing that property intoi the City would help an ongoing City program undertaken to improve efficiency ançj reduce service duplication. It simplifies public safety service areas and eases the complexity of responsibility for capital improvement funding, among other benefits. We believe that annexations such as this one will help I both the City and the County to use the tax dollars paid to them more prudently and wisely. We have appreciated the roh30f Texaco in being a good citizen in the past with I projects such as the Kern River Par~way. We would like to extend and enhance our I relationship with you. ¡ I . I I I 1 I , ~. -, ;> Mr. Donald R. Hall Texaco Refining and Marketing May 1 6, 1994 Page -4- RISK OF OFFENDING THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT We want you to understand that prior to your being allowed to annex under State law, it would be mandatory that we come to agreement with the county government on any tax shift, or split, in advance of the final decision on annexation. If the County is unhappy, the annexation will never come to the point for you to make a decision and it will be stopped. We have made an offer to the County, which essentially holds them harmless from any immediate tax loss, but which would give us future tax revenue so I that we could reinvest the funds in infrastructure improvements for the area. I i In short, we think we have much to offer and we encourage you to be supportive, or at . least neutral, relative to the annexation issue. We are ready to answer any questions or concerns you may have on these or any other topics. ¡gi' erely, / - ,; \.-- Cv-- , Alan ranf , City Manager! : AT. al b Ii i , i I II I ---- ---- ----- -------- -- -------- C---' - ¡~, -. " ";0/ COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE MEMORANDUM Joseph E, Drew I County Administrative Officer TO: Alan Tandy, Manager DATE: May 10, 1994 City of Bakersfield \ FROM: Joseph E. Dre' , " RECEIVED; County Adm' . strative Officer \ ",' ! J ; j ,', ""'~11 'I SUBJECT: Rosedale #5 ation Proceedings I' ,~J:<:-1 1 " I ' ! CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE j Alan: ¡....¡ I agree with an early comment in your May 4th letter to me where you indicate that".. . further discussion and an exchange of information is still warranted...." regarding how the county and city can best resolve our differences on the split of proceeds of taxes arising from annexations. I appreciate your willingness to offer an alternative proposal for our consideration. From our IP A discussions in the fall of last year, we have understood that both the Rosedale #5 and Union #10 annexations would be developed and negotiated separately, but perhaps as a package, because of their unique characteristics. For me, that meant (in part) that the substance of our agreement would be in place before pressure was put upon both of us and our legislative bodies by having the LAFCO clock ticking. As I recall, earlier annexation applications for these same areas lapsed for lack of agreement; and now we are fast approaching another "NLT" date without the benefit of having agreed upon the basis for the split of proceeds of taxes. On April 27, 1994, I committed to you that I would review the entire file on our annexation discussions and exchanges of correspondence to date, and would reassess my position regarding same. I have done that. First, I want to reaffirm that our October, 1993 view is basically unchanged with respect to the shift of service delivery obligations upon annexation of property, and their costs, as the basis for determining the appropriate split of proceeds of taxes upon annexation. I have never viewed my yo position as "locked in" but clearly I have a need to move closer to where I believe the County of Kern must be if there is any possibility of maintaining even an inadequate stream of discretionary funding for local services. Setting aside property taxes for a moment, our proposal all along has included consideration of all proceeds of taxes, including sales taxes, because it is the total stream of proceeds of taxes that the county has traditionally transferred upon annexation. I . t I: "',-~ Alan Tandy I Rosedale #5 Annexation I May 10, 1994 Page 2 , , I I I know that any mention of sales taxes in connection with annexations brings a fast and negative response from every city; and perhaps it should. But, in our opinion, the playing field is not level-- not just because the two most recent state budgets, where significant county property taxes were shifted to the schools, but for an even more fundamental reason. When the "historic" tax split was agreed upon, the County of Kern had proceeds of taxes in excess of the Prop 4 Gann Limit, which we could not spend. It therefore made good public policy to shift more proceeds of taxes than we otherwise would have under circumstances similar to those we have today. Having said that, your basic offer on the Rosedale #5 annexation, while a step in our direction, simply does not go far enough. Weare not only negotiating with the City of Bakersfield, but we are in the midst of negotiating annexations with other cities in the county. Two recent agreements with two other cities (on undeveloped ground) provide that the County of Kern retains, in perpetuity, 80% of the property taxes; the cities will enjoy the benefit of retaining all other proceeds of taxes as development occurs. I was pleased that each of those cities recognized the rationale supporting our position. Separately, but importantly, all cities are watching what happens with each successive successful annexation negotiation as related to splitting the proceeds of taxes. And, to some extent, all will consider any final agreements to be precedent setting. Therefore, I am reluctant to agree to any split of tax proceeds that doesn't approach the fundamental County rationale regarding the split. That doesn't mean that we are going to be obstructionist, or contrary in our negotiations. It does mean that we still have some distance to go. Therefore, I am not prepared to recommend to our Board of Supervisors the proposal you have offered for Rosedale #5. If this annexation lapses again, I suggest that before refiling, we resolve our differences with respect to splitting the proceeds of taxes. I regret that we are again forced to action (or non-action) because this was filed with LAFCO again. I know it is not our call as to when applications are filed, but on these two specific annexations, additional thoughtful discussions in advance of the filings would be mutually beneficial. I remain committed to resoloving these issues amicably. JED/s I I '2-. I I E. DEL SMITH AND COMPANY, INC. I i I GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 1130 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W. I I SUITE 650 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 '994 (202) 822-8300 : May 12, 1 FAX (202) 822-8315 I Memo TO: Alan Tandy FROM: Del Smith, Washington Representative SUBj: Activities for April to further vital City needs - -' .-, -----------------------"'---------""""""'---------"'------------------- 1. Extensive liaison was carried out with the Office Congressman Thomas, the House Public Works and Transportation Committee Chief Council and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and, the Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein to implement authorization of a highway connector project in the City;to implement its vital transportation needs. . .'. . '" . ," \." 2. UaÌson'wâs caìTïed outwith c'ongressnìanBohcàrí-~';. Chairman, House" Transportation Appropriations' " .' Subcommittee to implement ~propriation for a highway> . project with FY1995, 96. and 97 highway funds.. 3. Other City needs - A meeting was held with Asst. Secretary of Interior for Fish and Wildlüe, George Frampton, to bring his attention to the need to" stop debilitatifig bureaucracy, '- . , thaeis~'hin:àeringthe-City's anà regional disposition o{--) . ê \ wildlife determinations that have been stalled too long.; , The! í' \\ \ City should now execute a formal request to the Asst. . Secretary for his assistance. ì 4. Smith met with Mr. Craig Smith, Director of Economic Development,.U.S. Department of Commerce to indicate the need (or possible award of EDA funding for a water supply;, projects 'at the City of Bakersfield. A formal request should \ n~w b~ p~e,p~ed. - , , ) ". RECEIVED I MAY n ~ ! CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, ,.' " ---- '", ~- 3 ,~ ~i'~ I ~. - BAKERSFIELD Economic and Community Development Department MEMORANDUM May 14, 1994 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager @ 1 FROM: Jake Wager, Economic Development g SUBJECT: Fair Housing Agreement I On Wednesday, May 11, 1994 George Gonzales and I met with Bill Mungary and Mark Smith from the County's Community Development Department. The topic of discussion was Fair Housing as it relates to the impending expiration of the current agreement and the recent turnover in key personnel. Both City and County staff agree that this may be an appropriate time to have independent Fair Housing programs. However, it may be desirable to continue a collaborative effort in regards to certain elements of the program. The balance of this memorandum discusses the existing components of the Fair Housin~ program and which of those components we may wish to retain as joint efforts. It seems practical that both programs feature essentially the same elements. The key elements of any Fair Housing program are: education, outreach, cooperation with other Fair Housing programs, a complaint handling system, testing, and referral to appropriate federal/state agenci~s. One unique aspect of the program we have had to date is our reliance on an advisory board. The primary role of this advisory board has been to issue an annual report to the Board of Supervisors and the City Council which outlines the perfoImance of the program for the preceding year and making recommendations in areas needing improvement. The advisory board at present is made up of representatives from both "consumer" and "producers" groups (nominated by each group) plus one member at-large appointed by the seated board. The board composition is ratified by both the Board and City Council. The following groups are represented on the advisory board: . Association of Realtors . Mexican American Political Association . Building Industry Association I ' . Apartment Owners AssociationlRECE~VED ' . League of Women Voters ~ \1 . N. A. A. CP. MÞY I 3 1994 I! ~ I CITY MANAGER'S OFr-!Cé ' -=~c~~--_. -,,- -~Yhe unique structure of this board is the outgrowth of a protracted political process as the fair housing program was being developed. In light of this past history, the County has suggested that the advisory board be retained (albeit in a modified fonn). I tend to agree that retaining the advisory board particularly through a transition phase could prove useful. The modifications to the board that both Bill and I are recommending are as follows: . Expand membership by adding a representative from the lending community and a representative from the superintendent of schools. . Each year each group (8 groups) would appoint its own member to Advisory Board and then elect one at-large member. The Board would select its own chair and vice-chair. No ratification by Board or City Council. . Advisory board to meet quarterly. . Secretarial duties associated with quarterly meeting would be rotated on an annual basis between City and County staff. . Limit its role to advising the Board and City Council on how to best coordinate areas in common and to issue an annual report. No programmatic oversight responsibility. . Assist Community Housing Resource Board (CHRB) in caITying out annual Fair Housing EssaylPoster Contest. Other areas of cooperation/coordînation for City and County staff are as follow: . Development of promotional material. . Development of public service announcements. . Joint funding of Fair Housing Essay/Poster Contest. . Development of industry specific training workshops (lenders, realtors, apartment managers, etc. . Joint funding of centralized referral system. . Development and maintenance of qualified tester pool. Each entity would be responsible for establishing a mediation service if it so desired. Litigation would be left to each entity as would the program fonnat for complaints and investigation. In essence what Bill and I are proposing are two independent programs with some shared areas for increased efficiency. We also believe that a centralized referral system will alleviate confusion and result in significant time savings. In regards to timing, Bill and I believe that allowing the contract to lapse on June 30, 1994 will be sufficient and would therefore not require any legislative action. We would need to negotiate the preparation of a final annual report. Again Bill Mungary and I concur that with his absorption of the existing Fair Housing staff (an administrative assistant) they should be able to prepare the necessary report at minimal cost. The City would then reimburse the County for fifty percent of the cost associated with the preparation of the annual report. Please advise me at your earliest convenience if you concur with my recommendations. dlt:jw4 fairha.mem ---- . ',,- 1- - 1t" .- ì .- *~~~ : Centre Plaza ! ~ I.- ~ -- CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE May 9, 199~ Alan Tandy City Manager, Bakersfield 1501 Truxtun Ave. ~._.- ~,- Bakersfield, CA 93301 - - -.~_.-- -- -, -- ~---- -- 0'- Dear Alan: It was good to see you at the ground breaking ceremony last week for our new Bakersfield Holiday Inn, Convention Center hotel. Your perseverance and hard work in bringing this project to reality is greatly appreciated. If there is anything I can help you with regarding the property, please contact me. ;1 hope to b.e sèttled into temporary office quarters near the_construction site- around the middle o£ June,' a-rid I will get }:)ack in, touch witH ~outhèn. ,If you need to reach me before-that, I i will be at this address through the end of May, or you ! can leave a message on my home machine at (805) 325- 6531. I will get back to you as soon as possible. Aga~n, it was good to see you, and I look forward to working with you soon. As John Q. Hammons said, we are committed to bringing a new level of hospitality service : to the community. --- - .- -'--~- --- --- --- - --' -- _.. -- _.' -,~---- ~ -,- -' -~-, - ,--.-- --,' t regards, fb- .- Tr sh Sanderson Sal s Manager Hol day Inn; Bakersfield Phone: (209) 268-1000-. 2233 Ventura Street .- Fresno, California 93721 . Fax: (209) 486-6625 1- -- - . Another excep~o:m hotel & convention center owned by John Q Hammons - and ope;.ted under license fiõm Holiday Inns, Inc- - H c. ,,-, , ; ¡; ~c I.~ Y 0 F .é.,/~"..~~ ~- ( .. ..1ii.¿~~~ I: /f .~ fB3A1KIE~SJFITIE ILJD) CA L IF 0 A N I A 'f/:-' .<-~ ;, . .' -~~: -~ - ð ð~. -~ I DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION ~."..- . ,'~ 'î. I . -~,"" I I GENE BOGART. Manager FLORN CORE, Water Resources Director MIKE SIDES. Sanitation Superintendent - --. -.. May 16, 1994 , Philip G. Wendt I Department of Water Resources ,I Division of Local Assistance 1020 Ninth Street, Third Floor II Sacramento, CA 95814-3515 RE: CITY OF BAKERSFIELD REQUEST FOR CONSIDERA nON OF LOAN FROM WATER CONSERVATION BOND LAW OF 1988 Dear Mr. Wendt: The City of Bakersfield requests to placed into consideration for a loan under the Water ConseIVation Bond Law of 1988 (Proposition 82). This letter shall act as a Letter of Intent to apply and secure a loan of $3,000,000.00. The City will follow this letter with submittal of Parts A and B of the loan appJication documents in order to estabJish initial eJigibility for our project. The loan will be used to complete the City of Bakersfield's "AgriculturaVDomestic Water Interface" project. The project is a multi-phase construction program of facilities designed to optimize the management of the City's water supplies. The completion of the construction program will introduce new water to Bakersfield thereby reducing groundwater overdraft and provide excellent quality drinking water. The project will operate by the retrieval from groundwater storage, conveyance and distribution as an urban water supply, previously stored City Kern River water that occurs in wet years and is available in the City developed and operated "2800 Acres" groundwater recharge site. The completed project will also be able to take advantage of the use of off-peak electric power in operations of the groundwater wells. The combination of these factors will provide benefits to the consumers in excellent quality water with a stabilization of water supply and rates. The construction of the Interface project is in four phases that currently has two phases completed, one phase in the design and ready to bid stage and the fourth and final phase in the planning period. Phase 1 was the drilling and construction of water wells in the "2800 Acres" and Phase 2 was the construction of 3% miles of 36" diameter municipal water transmission main from the "2800 Acres" to a future booster station ana'"'Srð"wet~~e. ~ . iC ~ l.,.D ,~ '! II , II ':w ~ 8 m4; " 1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD . BAKERSFIELD. CALIFORNIA 93311 . . (80S) 326. ¡!I 'I erN MANAGE~~__?!~f~~_~!\ I .(" ,f I 1'" ,~. ¡ REQUEST FOR LOAN CONSIDERATION CITY OF BAKERSFIELD PG-2- Phase 3 is the construction of a booster station, needed to get the water moving under pressure into the municipal water system. Phase 4 will be the installation of a regulating storage tank of up to 10 million gallons capacity. The two completed phases and the currently out-to-bid third phase, have and will have been funded through the City's Domestic Water Enterprise from water sale revenues allocated to capital improvement projects and the collection of Availability Fees (connection fees) from developments requiring new water service. The City has invested $1,650,000 in the first two phases with the third phase engineer's estimate of $800,000. The Proposition 82 - 1988 Water Conservation Bond Law loan will be used to fund the fourth and last phase. Engineer's cost estimates for the 10 (ten) million gallon regulating/storage tank are $3,000,000.00 and this becomes the basis for the principal loan amount requested. Loan re-payment is planned to be through a combination of savings resulting from use of off-peak electric power and reduced groundwater production charges in the existing City water service area. Additional re-payment funding may be from continued collection of Availability Fees on new water services and allocation from the capital improvement budget of the City Domestic Water Enterprise. The City of Bakersfield Water Board at its meeting of May 11, 1994 was given a status report of the Interface project and was apprised of this loan request. Sincerely, ~~ Manager cc: Gregory KJimko, Finance Director, City of Bakersfield Alan Tandy, City Manager, City of Bakersfield . Flom Core, Water Resources Director, City of Bakersfield Mike Rector, Water Resources Consultant u -- - - - ---- --------------- -/ t-"- ~~ -,-5 MEMORANDUM May 16, 1994 TO: Gene Bogart Water and Sanitation Manager IRECE~VE[) ~' I i FROM: Mike Sides fll\Y ~ 9 M!t I (íii) Sanitation Su,perintendent \ " BY: Mary Beth Richmond-Garrison CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ~ Recycling Supervisor SUBJECT: Telephone SUlvey - Green Waste Pilot Program A telephone survey, executed by the Marketing Research Firm Casteen Associates, indicates positive reaction to the City of Bakersfield's Pilot Automated Curbside Green Waste Recycling Program. Residents in both the Rosedale and the Southwest Neighborhoods were randomly polled over a four day time frame. Inquiry was made as to what their experience with the program has been, how do they feel about the quality of the container provided by the city, special needs that the city may address prior to expansion of the program, and final comments to enhance program delivery. Of the 310 families available for comment, 94.5% were favorable toward the program, leaving just 5.5% with program complaints (17 individuals). The most common charge being that residents want the tan (refuse) container to be picked-up more than once a week. A summary sheet describing survey purpose, methodology, and analysis is attached for your perusal, as well as an example of the survey used for this application. Completed surveys have been compiled and are available upon request. We feel that this is a victory for the City of Bakersfield and are eager to expand the' Automated Curbside Green Waste Recycling Program throughout the remainder of the city. - "':' - ::;. ,-¡ ':~-- - -I"~ I ~ .A WJt:iAJa Markeltng & Management ServIces 2031 17th Street. Suite #2 Bakerslteld, CA 93302 Virginia Casteen, M.B.A. (805) 324-3836 Consultant PROGRESS REPORT AUTOMATED CURBSIDE GREEN WASTE SURVEY CITY OF BAKERSFIELD SANITATION DIVISION PURPOSE: TO SURVEY THE AUTOMATED CURBSIDE GREEN WASTE PILOT PROGRAM to obtain feedback from homeowners as to the success of the pilot program, to assure success in expanding the program to others. METHODOLOGY: The participating homeowners were asked the length of time they had participated in the program, their general impression of the program, including the quality of the containers, and finally, they were asked if there were any special concerns and any final comments on the program. The Surveyors' impressions after talking with the homeowners were recorded positive/negative, including their significant brief comments. The total number of participants from both Southwest and Northwest Bakersfield was 478 famil ies. This quantity represents the number of telephone numbers we were able to obtain through our research of cross directories. The total number reached or surveyed was 334 families or 7Ø%. The total number of families participating in the Program II !i was 310 fam il ies or 65% of the 478 total particpants. Some families do not participate and some were so new that they had not particpated at all. These were counted as not participating. An overall positive Response for 293 families or 94.5% was found with Negative Responses numbering 17 families or 5.5% of the 310 families participating in the program. Of the Negative Responses 3 had particpated less than 1 month; 14 had participated for more than 1 month. MlALYSIS OF QUESTIONS: Question #2 concerning their experience with the program. We found that overall the program is being very well received as evidenced by the 94.5% Positive Responses. Question #3. The quality of the sturdy heavy plastic carts on large rollers was favorable. A few homeowners' gates were slightly too narrow but overall the responses were very favorable. ,"" . - ;,., , -¡', , _,r ~~ - -, Question #4. Addressing special concerns of families. Repeatedly there were requests for more frequent pickup of the tan carts. There needs to be an ad j us tmen t of I adding green carts or picking up unneeded carts by other families until they are needed. Some yards aren't in yet. There was the suggestion of putting excess clippings in bags. Could the tan cart be used for green or vice versa as to need on the designated pickup day to solve overflow of one or the other type of refuse. Other suggestions: Could there be a designated day to :: have discarded appliances, hotwater heaters, etc. picked I up? And could a big General Dumpster for each area be occasionally placed for general cleanup of those additional things people want to dispose of. There were a few who objected to having to be included in the program. Question #5. Final Comments from famil ies gave the impression that: 1. Those families who were given a second green cart were very satisfied. 2. Generally, people want to reduce the growing size of landfills and are ready to recycle other things. 3. Overall the majority have a positive impression of the program, and it is working well. ---- ----- ~ . 'r- ,<"<~ 0'"> ' City of Bakersfield Sanitation Division Automated Curbside Green Waste Survey II Phone: Address: "Hello, I'm with Virginia Casteen & Associates representing The City of Bakersfield. I understand that your home is participating in the curbside refuse/green waste recycling program with The City of Bakersfield." (Wait for response, yes or no, if they're not sure what the program is, tell them it's the system in place whereby they put garbage in a tan cart and grass/leaves in a green cart for collection. If they have not been given these 2 carts and are not a part of the program, ie: wrong number, thank them and hang up. If they acknowledge participation continue:) "This program has been successful far the city, so we're now ready to expand. We want your help in doing this, I have just a few questions to ask." 1. "How long have you been participating in this program? 2. "Now that the program has been in effect far several months, what has been your experience?" 3. "Does the quality of the containers, provided by The City of Bakersfield, meet your needs?" 4. "Are there any special concerns that we can address?" 5. "Any final comments on this program?" - - "Thank..you so much far your time." , ~-~~-~----- - .~ , 1 't "'< Surveyors Observations: (Circle one) W as the individual: positive negative about the program? Significant comments (Be brief): 1- ~ ~ ~----- "" ~ ~~ '.- CITY OF BAKERSFIELD SANITATION DIVISION AUTOMATED GREEN WASTE COLLECTION ._-~,----- --...,--=--------- .....--_.~ ~~- , H OW DO YOU LI KE YOUR" EW SERVICE? You are a valued customer and we would like to know your feelings on the Greenwaste Recycling Program. 0 Like the program 0 Don.t like the program 0 "veld more information Comments/Special "velds: For direct questions or comments about recycling. please call 326-3114 . RECYCLI"6 . YOU CArt MAKE THE 01 FFE~E"CEI t:I:I.::>.C/)(") >õ~~ ~- -< >-3~0 ::Z:;::Z:;>"rJ C/)C::>-1t:1:1 "Tj~- - 0> I ~>-3z~ I ~tj~9::z:; I ("»<:C/) ><Cñ~ ~~Õ~ W ztj ~m ----'-'-~----------'-'------~'------- - -- - -'-----~'-"- '. ",.,::. " ~ ~ ~~- @ Ço "'~~ r MEMORANDUM May 16, 1994 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Jack Hardisty, Planning Dire tor SUBJECT: Status Report regarding Condit' nal Use Permit #5039, Broadcasting Tower and Associated Equipment fo Valley Wireless Cable, located at 8101 Ashe Road. At the City Council meeting of May 4, 1994, Councilwoman Brunni requested a status report on this conditional use permit. On August 22, 1990, the City Council denied an appeal and let stand the Board of Zoning Adjustment's approval of the above mentioned project. Staff has reviewed the plans and conducted a site investigation with respect to the applicant's compliance with the conditions of approval imposed by the Board of Zoning Adjustment and City Council. The site has been developed according to the approved plan and conditions with the following exceptions: ".~~. a. The facility was conditioned to be clearly posted as a "no trespass" area. No signs depicting this were observed on the site. Valley Wireless has been notified to have the signs in place by May 23, 1994. b. Mc Cutchen Road (from Ashe to the facility) was required to be compacted, treated and consistently maintained with a dust binder to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director. Although a dust binder may have been applied on the road to receive final approval of the construction of the facility, it appears that Mc Cutchen Road has not been maintained as we intended. The road was dusty when the site was visited by staff. Fred Kloepper, Assistant Public Works Director, has been contacted to determine if he is satisfied with the road maintenance. He stated that if dust was present when traveling along the road, additional treatment would be required in order to satisfy the conditions. Valley Wireless has been notified to have an appropriate dust binder applied by May 23, 1994. RECE~VED ~ 1 MAY' 5 ~ II ~ ,I C~TY MANAGER'S OFf~ClE Ii .=~=-. - ¿j} 0; ~ , /" I I Alan Tandy May 16, 1994 Page 2 c. Although the parking area is paved and was constructed according to approved plans, the applicants have stored materials in the parking area which has reduced the amount of space available for vehicles. Staff observed that of the two vehicles that were on the site at that time, one had to park in the drive entrance as there was no room to maneuver due to the equipment. Valley Wireless has been notified that open storage of materials is not permitted and must be discontinued by May 23, 1994. Other than the exceptions noted, the facility has been well maintained. The perimeter fence was in good condition with the redwood slats required for screening in place and unbroken. All trees that were required around the perimeter are healthy and appropriately maintained. Turf areas were adequately trimmed. JE:km m\cup5039 --------- j. Î 'i' ., I ~ CITY OF ::> /é' ,¿,/ 'I -/" G'/' ~ i rB5A~æ:~SIFIT IE LID) C A L IF 0 R N I A >-~, --? 6 ---=-~ o(t<-~< ' " -:-:~ " - 0 ð~~, -=~ , ,"~ ~ DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION f ~ GENE BOGART, Manager FLORN CORE, Water Resources Director MIKE SIDES, Sanitation Superintendent May 11, 1994 --, -.- RECE~VED i Kern Tulare Water District ~ MAY 0 fó) ~B ~ ' 1820 - 21st Street I' t Bakersfield, CA 93301 CITY MANAGER'S OFFIC'" RE: Agreement for the Sale of Kern River ~-' Water (Agreement No. 76-61) SURJECT: Contract Term Dear Contractor: Several recent water-related developments have caused the City of Bakersfield to inventory the short-term and long-term water supplies which may be available to serve the anticipated 'beneficial uses of water within the greater metropolitan Bakersfield area. In the future, the City's ability to satisfy its beneficial uses within the boundaries of the City may ultimately require the City's full utilization of its Kern River water. A large amount of the City's Kern River entitlement is presently sold to various entities under contracts executed in 1976. Kern Tulare Water District (Kern Tulare) holds such a contract with the City (Agreement). However, any obligation the City may have to continue to provide water to Kern Tulare or other contractors under the Agreement will cease in the year 2012. (Agreement Section 3.3). It is true that the Agreement contains a two-pronged precondition to the termination of the City's obligation to make water available to Kern Tulare. First, the City must have fully used other water sources available to the City.' Second, the City must have a beneficial need for the water within the boundaries of the City or on City owned property. (Agreement Section 3.3{a}{b}). Based upon the best information presently available, the City believes that both prongs of the precondition will be satisfied by the year 2012. Although the City intends to exercise its rights under the Agreement, the City would prefer that its decision to fully utilize its Kern River water for its own use will not work undue hardship on Kern Tulare. Because it is highly likely that the City will in fact require substantially all of its entitlement to Kern River water, the City urges Kern Tulare to engage in appropriate planning to ensure that Kern Tulare will have obtained access and rights to sufficient quantities of substitute water supplies to offset the anticipated loss of Kern River water it now receives under the Agreement. I '1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD . BAKERSFIELD. CALIFORNIA 93311 . (80S) 326-3715 l --------- --------- I ~ I - € .1 ~ . .r.. 1 ~ Agreement for the Sale of Kern River May 11, 1994 Water (Agreement No. 76-61) Contract Term Given that we are now more than halfway through the contract period and the complexities typically associated with water matters, it is not too soon for the City's water supply contractors to begin the process of planning for the future. As we approach the 2012 termination date, the contractors may find their options more limited. Consequently, the City offers its encouragement for the initiation of a strategic plan that will enable you to give full consideration to alternative water supplies that may be available from the State Water Project to Kern Tulare. If the City can assist Kern Tulare's coordination or planning process for the acquisition of a substitute supply, please contact myself or Florn Core at the City of Bakersfield's Water Resources Office (805) 326-3715. :9:~ Water and Sanitation Manager GB:sr cc: Mayor and City Councilmembers /Alan Tandy, City Manager. Judy Skousen, Acting City Attorney Scott Slater, Hatch & Parent 2 I -- ------------ - ----- I .f.. - , . I'", r CITY OF ,A," /.:::;::~/ ~/ '~. ~,/ ,"""" ~ I' [@¿,'~'~h!K1E[R,S!F'IT IE!L JD) C A L IF 0 A N I A:;~: '",,;;, Á =~ 'I ;;.' '0 A'I =- , ;"',' U" ,- ~:;:::;: , DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION ~;' 7'-:" , I'"', ~ -~w I I I GENE BOGART, Manager i , FLORN CORE, Water Resources Director I MIKE SIDES, Sanitation Superintendent 'I -- ,I May 11, 1994 -- -, ,-. - Cawelo Water District 17202 Industrial Farm Road Bakersfield, CA 93308 " ¡ RE: Agreement for the Sale of Kern River !' Water (Agreement No. 76-62) 'I 'I , SUBJECT: Contract Term I ¡: Dear Contractor: 1 Several recent water-related developments have caused the City of Bakersfield to inventory the short-term and long-term water supplies which may be available to serve the anticipated beneficial uses of water within the greater metropolitan Bakersfield area. In the future, the City's ability to satisfy its beneficial uses within the boundaries of the City may ultimately require the City's full utilization of its Kern River water. A large amount of the City's Kern River entitlement is presently sold to various entities under contracts executed in 1976. Cawelo Water District (Cawelo) holds such a contract with the City (Agreement). However, any obligation the City may have to continue to provide water to Cawelo or other contractors under the Agreement will cease in the year 2012. (Agreement Section 3.3). It is true that the Agreement contains a two-pronged precondition to the termination of the City's obligation to make water available to Cawelo. First, the City must have fully used other water sources available to the City. Second, the City must have a beneficial need for the water within the boundaries of the City or on City owned property. (Agreement Section 3.3{a}{b}). Based upon the best information presently available, the City believes that both prongs of the precondition will be satisfied by the year 2012. Although the City intends to exercise its rights under the Agreement, the City would prefer that its decision to fully utilize its Kern River water for its own use will not work undue hardship on Cawelo. Because it is highly likely that the City will in fact require substantially all of its entitlement to Kern River water, the City urges Cawelo to engage in appropriate planning to ensure that Cawelo will have obtained access and rights to sufficient quantities of substitute water supplies to offset the anticipated loss of Kern River water it now receives under the Agreement. ~ooo BUENA VISTA ROAD. BAKERSFIELD. CALIFORNIA 93311 . (805) 326-3715 <~ ;; "', 11- I Agreement for the Sale of Kern River. May 11, 1994 Water (Agreement No. 76-62) Contract Term 'I < Given that we are now more than halfway through the contract period and the complexities typically associated with water matters, it is not too soon for the City's water supply contractors to begin the process of planning for the future. As we approach the 2012 termination date, the contractors may find their options more limited. Consequently, the City offers its encouragement I for the initiation of a strategic plan that will enable you to give full consideration to alternative water I, supplies that maybe available from the State Water Project to Cawelo. I I If the City can assist Cawelo's coordfnation or planning process for the acquisition of a I substitute supply, please contact myself or Florn Core at the City of Bakersfield's Water Resources Office (805) 326-3715. 'I I Very truly yours, :1 G~~ I~ Water and Sanitation Manager I 1 I GB:sr 'I I, cc: Mayor and City Councilmembers I v' Alan Tandy, City Manager I ! Judy Skousen, Acting City Attorney I Scott Slater, Hatch & Parent . , I 2 I - ------ - '" i > :" 1;' C I T Y 0 F .~. /,:;~ /~' ~¿ /. q ~.- /- ~ ,. IE) A ~ IE !R S IF IT IE JL IQJ C A L I F 0 A N I A~} 4:(; ~ ,-{~ I 1 ~, -~ð O¡'-c -=--~ - . I - - ,.:~-~ DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION r' = :1 GENE BOGART, Manager FLORN CORE, Water Resources Director MIKE SIDES, Sanitation Superintendent May 11, 1994 -- -, Rag Gulch Water District 1820 - 21st Street Bakersfield, CA 93301 RE: Agreement for the Sale of Kern River Water (Agreement No. 76-63) i SUBJECT: Contract Term I Dear Contractor: Several recent water-related developments have caused the City of Bakersfield to inventory the short-term and long-term water supplies which may be available to serve the anticipated beneficial uses of water within the greater metropolitan Bakersfield area. In the future, the City's ability to satisfy its beneficial uses within the boundaries of the City may ultimately require the City's full utilization of its Kern River water.- A large amount of the City's Kern River entitlement is presently sold to various entities under contracts executed in 1976. Rag Gulch Water District (Rag Gulch) holds such a contract with the City (Agreement). However, any obligation the City may have to continue to provide water to Rag Gulch or other contractors under the Agreement will cease in the year 2012. (Agreement Section 3.3). It is true that the Agreement contains a two-pronged precondition to the termination of the City's obligation to make water available to Rag Gulch. First, the City must have fully used other water sources available to the City. Second, the City must have a beneficial need for the water within the boundaries of the City or on City owned property. (Agreement Section 3.3{aHb}). Based upon the best information presently available, the City believes that both prongs of the precondition will be satisfied by the year 2012. Although the City intends to exercise its rights under the Agreement, the City would prefer that its decision to fully utilize its Kern River water for its own use will not work undue hardship on Rag Gulch. Because it is highly likely that the City will in fact require substantially all of its entitlement to Kern River water, the City urges Rag Gulch to engage in appropriate planning to ensure that Rag Gulch will have obtained access and rights to sufficient quantities of substitute water supplies to offset the anticipated loss of Kern River water it now receives under the Agreement. 1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD . BAKERSFIELD. CALIFORNIA 93311 . (805) 326.3715 , ------- -- -- --- ---- I I ., :l " ' ;, " ¡., ¡ I II I Agreement for the Sale of Kern River May 11, 1994 I Water (Agreement No. 76-63) Contract Term ,I Given that we are now more than halfway through the contract period and the complexities typically associated with water matters, it is not too soon for the City's water supply contractors to begin the process of planning for the future. As we approach the 2012 termination date, the contractors may find their options more limited. Consequently, the City offers its encouragement for the initiation of a strategic plan that will enable you to give full consideration to alternative water supplies that may be available from the State Water Project to Rag Gulch. " If the City can assist Rag Gulch's coordination or planning process for the acquisition of a substitute supply, please contact myself or Florn Core at the City of Bakersfield's Water Resources Office (805) 326-3715. I . Very truly ours, 9: BOG T Water and Sa itation Manager GB:sr cc: Mayor and City Councilmembers -/ Alan Tandy, City Manager Judy Skousen, Acting City Attorney Scott Slater, Hatch & Parent ! I ¡ 2 -- ~ -- .. ;.{}, T Y 0 F ,t C' 0 ~/2 .:~/ ~. , . ~ ó) IEA~IEIF1SIFIT1E ILJD) CA L IF 0 R N I A ~*'» -j ~ =~ '-:,-.i:-."<-k- -~-=.: ?-. - . C) () - ;-,.' _1" -,-,-=---=-, DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION ~. r-' " ~ -It , , . - -~-;~ GENE BOGART, Manager FLORN CORE, Water Resources Director MIKE SIDES. Sanitation Superintendent - May 11, 1994 --. --- ,-. North Kern Water Storage District P. O. Box 1195 Bakersfield, CA 93302 RE: Agreement for the Sale of Kern River Water (Agreement No. 76-89) SUBJECT: Contract Term Dear Contractor: Several recent water-related developments have caused the City of Bakersfield to inventory the short-term and long-term water supplies which may be available to serve the anticipated beneficial uses of water within the greater metropolitan Bakersfield area. In the future, the City's ability to satisfy its beneficial uses within the boundaries of the City may ultimately require the City's full utilization of its Kern River water. A large amount of the City's Kern River entitlement is presently sold to various entities under contracts executed in 1976. North Kern Water Storage District (North Kern) holds such a contract with the City (Agreement). However, any obligation the City may have to continue to I provide water to North Kern or other contractors under the Agreement will cease in the year 2012. I I (Agreement Section 3.3). .1 ! It is true that the Agreement contains a two-pronged precondition to the termination of the City's obligation to make water available to North Kern. First, the City must have fully used other water sources available to the City. Second, the City must have a beneficial need for the water within the boundaries of the City or on City owned property. (Agreement Section 3.3{a}{b}). Based upon the best information presently available, the City believes that both prongs of the precondition will be satisfied by the year 2012. Although the City intends to exercise its rights under the Agreement, the City would prefer that its decision to fully utilize its Kern River water for its own use will not work undue hardship on North Kern. Because it is highly likely that the City will in fact require substantially all of its entitlement to Kern River water, the City urges North Kern to engage in appropriate planning to ensure that North Kern will have obtained access and rights to sufficient quantities of substitute water supplies to offset the anticipated loss of Kern River water it now receives under the Agreement. 1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD . BAKERSFIELD. CALIFORNIA 93311 . (80S) 326-3715 . . - ~ - -. - I ~ -r6 " '; ,. ~ .. , ¿ , . j Agreement for the Sale of Kern River May 11, 1994 Water (Agreement No. 76-89) Contract Term Given that we are now more than halfway through the contract period and the complexities typically associated with water matters, it is not too soon for the City's water supply contractors to begin the process of planning for the future. As we approach the 2012 termination date, the . contractors may find their options more limited. Consequently, the City offers its encouragement . for the initiation of a strategic plan that will enable you to give full consideration to alternative water supplies that may be available from the State Water Project to North Kern. If the City can assist North Kern's coordination or planning process for the acquisition of a substitute supply, please contact myself or Florn Core at the City of Bakersfield's Water Resources Office (805) 326-3715. :~!? [ Water and Sanitation Manager GB:sr cc: Mayor and City Council members J Alan Tandy, City Manager Judy Skousen, Acting City Attorney Scott Slater, Hatch.& Parent 2 ,I /1 p , --~ -- ,c u ø2.,~ ~~, ~ 4 II . ! - B A K E R S F I E L D jack Hardisty. Planning Director May 13, 1994 @@~Jp Ted James, A.I.c.P. Director 2700 "M" Street, Suite 100 Bakersfield, CA 93301 SUBJECT: Western Rosedale Specific Plan ErR Dear Ted: Thank you for permitting our review and comment on the Western Rosedale Specific Plan. The Plan has three major land use alternatives, the Broad Urbanization alternative (permitting a population 208,000), the Increased Density Infill Plan alternative (permitting a population 109,000) and the Low Density Infill alternative (permitting a population of 45,000). There are serious problems identified in the DErR for both the 208,000 or 109,000 population alternatives which are not resolved. Traffic.: In order to achieve consistency with the 2010 Plàn goals (LOS C), a wide variety of traffic improvements are needed. The traffic study fròm the DEIR assumes 3 freeways are in place but no money is actually required of developers to pay for them. Not to require developers to pay for these needed freeways only means there will be terrific traffic problems for Rosedale and hardly appears equitable to the 9,000 people living there now. To approve what amounts to a new city and not to require the necessary traffic system clearly represents bad policy direction by the County of Kern. " Other major roads (Rosedale Highway, Snow Road, Olive Drive, Stockdale Highway, Panama Lane, Coffee Road and many others) would need to be to be 10 - 14 lanes wide to carry the huge traffic load generated by either of these two alternatives. For many of these "major roads" (not freeways) widening is impracticable as many homes and businesses already exist adjacent to them. Forty-eight intersections would require signalization and the DEIR states this is "economically infeasible." If it is infeasible to solve the problems related to the development of a project, then the project is infeasible whether these problems relate costs of building materials, sewer service, water service, roads or labor. If there is an assumption that public agencies are going to pay for relocating those people and businesses City of Bakersfield. Development Services. 1715 Chester Avenue Bakersfield. California. 93301 (805) 326-3733 . Fax (805) 327-0646 -- '0 7 ,. ~~~~-:-:\, II Ted James May 13, 1994 Page 2 necessary to widen the roads or to pay for all the traffic lights needed to make these alternatives "work," common sense would tell you that won't happen and courts have already found that to be an unreasonable basis for future planning. It appears inequitable to the public to either pay for improvements or live with traffic congestion not permitted elsewhere in the I! Bakersfield area. II I: Water: The groundwater basin in and around the Western Rosedale area is, according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), in critical groundwater overdraft. The plan does not demonstrate a balanced water supply is provided for upon urbanization. Current agricultural uses in the Rosedale area consumes an average of 3 acre feet per year, yet even low density residential can use up to 7 acre feet per year. It would be detrimental to all water users in the Rosedale area (farmers and the general public alike) to permit "will selVe" letters to be issued to developers by water suppliers who do not bring in or provide any way for a balanced long-term water supply. Land Use: The 208,000 or 109,000 population alternatives eat up tremendous amounts of agricultural land without any justification or demonstration of need. Rosedale has been growing very quickly at 7% per year. The Increased Density plan represents nearly 50 years of fast growth, the Broad Urbanization plan represents over a century of commitment toward development. The Low Density Infill alternative provides for a buildout of 45,000 people and appears suitable in light of the fact only 9,000 people live in the project. area. . Rosedale's historical annual growth rate has been 7%. At that rate of growth the "Low Density Infill" alternative would be adequate for the next 25 years. Kern County Planning staff is recommending a plan which essentially does not change the overall amount of urban development within Rosedale. The recommendation involves urbanizing existing "island" areas currently in agricultural use but surrounded by urban uses or urban designations. A remarkably good idea. This approach would be consistent with the City's policy for review of development proposals if the problems of services were solved. since~7-Lrel~.'_.., .. /;J / . - /~ £/ /' (. / . /~ / / i / Jack Hardisty ./ . Planning Director // MG~t ~,.- 1\ltj5.6 1- ~U_- --- ~ ¥ - ,;- -- ~ ;?, 4 . - B A K E R S F I E L 0 Il Alan Tandy. City Manager ,I May 16, 1994 Mr. Jim Ahl, President Kern County Firefighters Union Local 1301 3615 Mount Vernon Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93306 Dear Mr. Ahl: Councilmember Pat Smith turned over to me your letter of May 5th; she asked me to respond. Quite frankly, you and I agree completely on the problem, and you serve as a great example of what is going on around Bakersfield. The City of Bakersfield has been complaining to the Kern County Board of Supervisors for an extended period of time because of the lack of a requirement for garbage collection in the urbanized, but un- annexed areas, of Kern County. The problem you are experiencing with your dumpster is true all over our community. It has become more severe since last year gate fees were imposed at the Kern County landfill without requiring universal collection of garbage in urbanized Kern County. What happens is, simply, this: Residents of the urbanized areas of the County do not have to pay for garbage collection, because the Supervisors have not seen fit to impose a requirement for them to do so. They find it cheaper, in many instances, in order to avoid paying gate fees, to cart their materials over to the residents of the City who are required to pay both collection and gate fees, and they illegal deposit in such receptacles. There are two potential answers to this problem. The first is unrealistic. It assumes that we can putout guards at thousands and thousands of refuse container locations all around the City to watch for County residents who are illegally dumping into City containers. The other is quite simple. The County Board of Supervisors can adopt the same requirements that the City of Bakersfield has; that there be universal charges for garbage imposed upon all of the urbanized areas of Kern County. If that were so, they would go ahead and put it out on their own curbside, rather than illegally dumping it in your container and making you pay their bill. This has also been a situation that the City has advocated to the County government over and over again. The County has adopted a conceptual agreement with that policy, but is involved in what appears to be a multi- year study prior to being able to impose the requirement. City of Bakersfield. City Manager's Office. 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield. California. 93301 (A()~\ <')h_<7~1 . I=",v (A()~\ <,)/L1A~() " . - "'~. Mr. Jim Ahl, President '" Kern County Firefighters Union Local 1301 May 16, 1994 Page -2- i I will take the liberty of forwarding your communication, and my response, on to Joe Drew. There are public health, as well as economic and inconvenience, issues involved here. On the issue of the illegal parking, you have taken the only action available by posting your property. You are in a commercial zone where trucks are allowed. Only by private i posting and towing can the situation be controlled. Sincerely, ~ ;; ¡¿ . Alan Tandy City Manager \ AT. al b cc: Councilmember Pat Smith Mr. Joe Drew Mr. Joel Heinrichs I I I I , I I -- " ~. - Kern :~~~~~':L~~~~~~ER~CO~~n Inc. ,~. .......".;-;; .- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS No. 1301 ~,. Affiliated with , I California Professional Firefighters PRESIDENT State Federation of Labor DIRECTORS Jim Ahl Kern-lnyo-MonoCentral Labor Council James Rummell VICE PRESIDENTS Phone (805) 871-1301 Tom Blackmon Sam Scoles FAX (805) 871-6932 Doug Wagner Ken Blanton 3615 MI. Vernon Avenue Bekersfleld, California 93306 Mark Geary Bill Alexander ~:~L..:~~~. Tony ~Iante SECRETARY-TREASURER .8 . Dennis Carroll Scott Sampeer PAST PRESIDENT Clay Youree May 5, 1994 I: Council Member Pat Smith : Citv of Bakersfield, .i 150i Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Council Member Smith: The Kern County Fire Fighters, and University Square Association on the Northwest ~orner of Mt Vernon and University Avenues, have been experiencing problems that we feel you should be aT¡.¡are of. We have had a severe problem 'V-lÌ th illegal dumping in our dumpster. This past weekend we had our dUII';>ster (3 yard) completely filled with gardening items; rocks, dirt, cuttings and various other items. The dumpster down the alley from us had tires, and many other items dumped in their receptacles. The main problem ,vi th this ~sthat '¡'le do not have room for our trash, nor does the business down the alley (S.T.E.P.S.). When we arrived at our business on Monday we saw the notîce left þy the sanitation depar~~ent saying that they would not dump the receptacle due to the type of trash that was in it. We called, inforrCced the super\i~isor that this '{¡as not our trash, and would need the trash removed. They said that they would have someone come by .to look <=it the items in the du..'TIpster. Weànesday, ,,¡'hen ,.:e still had not. had the trash dumped, we made a Gall again 1:v the Sanitation Office, â.nd ,;{e they v¡culd send someone out that afternoon. However, at:. 2:00 PM, a message from their office '¡,las left on our o:msv;ering machine that due to the pot(~ntial of ciaIr.agir;,cJ thei.l:' ;;-:;q1.l.l.pment, ";fa would have to remove the dirt and rocks tha td,z,re .in. the ,iili"1'lJ?S tar be£ ore they could dump ì t. ~hursday morning, however, ~hey had dumped the receptacle. ... -.~ --... ~'1hile ~1'e ars satisfied that the immediate prob~em has been ; t~~en care, we realize that this will occur again. To save us from having this problem in the future, we have welded hasps onto our du..'Lipster lids so 'that ';ole can lock .i. t up for our use on~y. I am afraid, however, this '{.¡ill cause a bigger prob~em, with i~~egal dumping behind our building, which is at the end of a blind alley. Another prob~em we have recent~y had to take care of, is the parking of large truck and trailers (usually just the trailers) .in our lot. The truck drops the trailer and leaves it. One of them was left here for two weeks before we had it towed off. It was a refrigerated trailer! and the doors had been opened, leading to a potential hazard, and a tragedy if a child had been locked inside. I Hel1ave had to have signs :made and put at each opening of the I lot to assure anyone entering that any abandoned vehicles or trailers left parked can be t.;:,wed away at the owners' expense. In the.last 10 ,-lays f vve have had to have another ~ommercial trailer ..... One problem .l.S that the truck drops his trailer, ...owea. especially in the hot summer TDnths, the stand sinks into the hot asphalt causing large pot holes. I have mentioned but bm problems v;e are having which we feel should be addressed and steps taken to correct these problems, at the city level. We would be happy to discuss this further at your convenience. R:f~ec~~u~, \7V~L/./. Jim 4~lf President Local 1301 JA: jkh -~ -- ql- {'---::t""':;; I :: PO 64-2759 MEMORANDUM May 18, 1994 TO HONORABLE MAYOR PRICE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS (RoM S. E. BRUMMER, CHIEF OF POLICE ~ SUBJECT INFRACTION V. MISDEMEANOR CRIME PUNISHMENT The following information is provided in response to Council Member Salvaggio's request. This information should clarify prescribed punishments for offenses punishable as infractions or misdemeanors as outlined in the Bakersfield Municipal Code and the California Penal Code. MUNICIPAL CODE vs. PENAL CODE According to Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 1. 40.010 "Any person or entity convicted of an infraction under this code where punishment is not otherwise provided in this code, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first violation, one hundred dollars for the second violation within one year, and two hundred fifty dollars for each additional violation within one year." Whereas, California Penal Code Section 19.8 describes punishment for an infraction in the_tollowing manner: "Except where a lesser maximum fine is expressly provided for violation of any of those sections, any violation which is an infraction is punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250)." As for misdemeanor crimes, Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 1.40.010 states, "Any person or entity convicted of a misdemeanor under this code where punishment is not otherwise provided in this code, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment." Whereas, California Penal Code Section 19 describes punishment for a misdemeanor crime as "Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any law of this state, every offense declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both." In reading the above definitions it is apparent that the penalties for both infraction and misdemeanor crimes as described in both Codes are quite similar. The one exception is the fine for misdemeanor penal code violations which has a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), in comparison to the Bakersfield Municipal Code which has a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), for misdemeanor violations. Page 1 of 2 ---------- ~- ""-:c:~::':' -"'-'--"'- l' Mayor Price and Council Members Infraction v. Misdemeanor Crime Punishment May 18, 1994 PENAL CODES AND MUNICIPAL CODES RELATED TO VANDALISM/GRAFFITI With regards to Penal and Municipal codes as they relate to vandalism ~nd 9raffiti statutes, both codes indicate violations of the various sections ~re misdemeanor crimes for the most part. One exception to this is Penal Code Section 640.6 (Graffiti; fine; community service; Misdemeanor), which states in part "...when the amount of the defacement, damage, or destruction is less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). This subdivision does not preclude application of section 594." California Penal Code Section 594, Vandalism, breaks down the punishment for the crime in relationship to the amount of damage created. Punishment for vandalism under this section is either a felony or a misdemeanor depending upon the amount of damage or destruction caused. In the vast majority of graffiti cases investigated by our agency, we use California Penal Code Section 594, or Section 640.6 when charging arrestees with actual defacement of property resulting from graffiti. Application of these sections gives the court discretion to fine the violator a maximum of $1,000. Violations of the MunLcipal Code Ordinance, including the purchase or possession by a minor of a wide tip marker exceeding 6 millimeters, or unlawful display of aerosol spray cans by retailers are misdemeanors punishable by a maximum fine of $500. The California Legislature is currently considering AB 2595 authored by Assembly Member Connolly, which would require a parent or guardian to participate in any community service sentence of a juvenile convicted of graffiti crimes. The measure would stipulate that parents or guardians be present for at least half of the juvenile's community service time. This legislation, if passed, will provide for holding parents accountable for graffiti vandalism caused by juvenile children~ The police department supports this measure. SEB/AEB/vrf cc: Councilmember Brunni Councilmember DeMond Councilmember Edwards Councilmember McDermott Councilmember Rowles Councilmember Salvaggio Councilmember Smith P:MEM\MISDINF.CNL Page 2 of 2 ~ ---- ~ ,- ~~- î'è-'i ,,- -" . PD 6,!:2159 . MEMORANDUM May 16, 1994 TO HONORABLE MAYOR PRICE AND COUNCI FROM STEVE BRUMMER, CHIEF OF POLICE SUBJECT POLICE DEPARTMENT PATROL STAFFING At the request of Council Member Brunni, the police department prepared an overview of current staffing levels for police patrol districts. As reflected in the attached map of "Police Department Districts", the City contains sixteen (16) patrol districts. Each is determined by location and comprised of individual census tracts which allow for retrieval of crime report information and traffic activity within a specific geographic area. Since 1990, the department has added Districts 14,15, and 16 while expanding the area of District 7. Historically, police districts were intended to serve as assigned patrol areas for officers who were responsible for preventative patrol and calls for service within the assigned district. These assignments created what is referred to as, 'district integrity', in which officers retained a familiarity with the composition of the district and typical activities requiring police services. Over time, the City's growth and shifting population density have resulted in a disproportionate number of calls for service in the various districts. This factor is illustrated in the attached graph of "Calls for Service." At present, officers are routinely assigned for service outside their assigned district which, for the most part, eliminates the district integrity concept. In practice, officers are assigned to a general geographic area, i.e., Northwest, Northeast, Central, Southeast or Southwest, and normally provide service as requested to those general areas. The sixteen police patrol districts now serve two primary purposes: 1. Allow for unit designation of patrol officers. 2. Allow for report information and calls for services to be divided into 16 distinct units for comparative purposes. Because of the many variables impacting available resources, the department utilizes differential deployment of officers depending on a variety of factors including, average number of calls per district, nature of typical calls for service, and anticipated levels of criminal activities. Differential deployment also considers time-of- day and day-of-the-week. For example, the highest staffing levels of patrol officers are during evening and weekend hours, as these times traditionally experience the highest level of calls for service. The department monitors crime activity throughout the City to determine whether or not deployment modifications are required. The attached page 1 of 3 ------- - .. .¡". '¡ , . Police Department Patrol Staffing Memorandum for Mayor and Council May 16, 1994 graph of "Calls for Service" represents a sample of calls received in each district during three randomly selected time periods. Another important consideration for deployment of patrol staff relates to special events or activities occurring in the City at specific times. Examples include, major events at the Civic' Auditorium, increased activity around shopping centers during holidays, etc. There are no constant or "normal" staffing levels maintained by the department due to the myriad of variables that impact service demands. The attached graph of "District Staffing and "Activity" is intended as an overview of the average percentages of calls for service within the districts as well as the percentages of total staff time spent within the districts. Future development and increased population density within some districts will require constant monitoring of activity to ensure that appropriate staffing levels are maintained throughout the city. You will note that some districts appear to have a disproportionate amount of staffing compared to calls for service. In major part, this is due to the nature of typical police activity, as some assignments are more manpower intensive than others, and, the geographic location of the district. For example, District 3 is often staffed with two officer units due to its central location. Officers assigned here can more effectively respond to other areas of the city in a reasonable time. Patrol staffing does not include detectives, K-9 officers, police service technicians or traffic officers. These assignment are made by specific function or within general sectors of the City. Traffic officers and police service technicians are assigned to one of the four quadrants within the City rather than a specific patrol district. As residential and commercial development expand throughout greater Bakersfield, we are certain to experience increased demands for police service. Due to staffing constraints, we anticipate a need to re-assess our present district configuration and create fewer, but larger districts. It is not practical to create more patrol districts if there are no officers to staff them. We are presently studying the concept of eliminating the individual patrol districts as they now exist, and establish a sector, or quadrant configuration in which officers would be assigned to a larger patrol area. In addition to maps and graphs previously mentioned in this report, I have included a graph comparing reported crime and violent crime among the 16 patrol districts. Also attached is an internal memorandum dated April 7, 1994, which breaks down the total calls for service per patrol district for the month of March, 1994. I have provided you with this information as an overview of staffing and deployment of police officers. I request careful consideration be given to the release of this report as the details might benefit those engaged in organized criminal enterprise. page 2 of 3 --- ---------- -- -~- -~- - 1 0 ," ¡ SEB/vrf cc: Councilmember Brunni Councilmember DeMond Councilmember Edwards Councilmember McDermott Councilmember Rowles Councilmember Salvaggio Councilmember Smith P:\MEM\PATSTAFF.CNL page 3 of 3 -- - '. - , ~ - '" "- . . 'I ... . Z I, w Q:ECI) ...I~I- l!Ia:u &l.CC- . œ~wa: ' Œ ~ WQen ~ - I "WQ I CCu m- ...I 0 Q. I I :1 I' ! I 'i ~ '" ~ ¡;¡ ;. ':. ¡', " co or- .. .. . .. LO V i . or- 0') ,j """- Ii ,................ v 0 ('I') ,I or- """- II or- Ii Q) ('I') 0 . or- ...... 'U C\I V C\I c. or- """- .- or- > or-' [] ,., or-'. . '- en Q) +-' ('I') U 0') """- .- C\I Cf) '- +-' 0') C\I en """- ex> .- '- 0 'co 0 ...... 0 - cO 0 ..... r-- ,... ~ '- """- +-' co en «j ;CO ~ CL ('I') , LO 0') """- ca ex> v or- """- 0 V .('1') 0 ...... C\I C\I or- """- V .,... . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1.0 0 1.0 ('I) C\J C\J ,... ,... , ¡, <0 . ,- < 1 /24/94 - 1 /30/94 II District Calls % of Total I BKO1 274 11 BK02 198 8 BKO3 137 6 BKO4 69 3 BK05 201 8 BK06 208 8 BK07 11 .4 :' BK08 152 6 I BK09 137 6 , BK10 221 9 II :, BK11 202 8 I BK12 j 213 9 , BK13 115 5 I BK14 223 9 I i BK15 54 2 I I' BK16 55 2 TOTAL 2470 . .., ,.. ~ +-' Q) <0 .-- 0 ~ > ~ ~ .- w ~ II +-' <5 rn ~ () 'to- C ~ <C !!!. :::: ro ~ ~ 'I () en ~ ,- N ': -a ~ I ~ ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ rn ml- '--II .":'. (.) c:: '..:'.." T" ex) a: .-- I- '-f-' I'- '-f- .' :.. ... 5Q ~ :" <0 c +-' ...; Cf) : Il) ~I I +-': 0 ~ .-- ,-., C\J +-', en ~ .-- 0 <0 ~ C\J 0 ex) <0 ~ C\J 0 ,..- ,..- ~ ,..- a..wa:OWZI-«GW . -, "~ ",. ~." :. co . ,... LO I ,... I I ..~~ I 10 ~ V M Q)(J) ,- m N I' .- ,- . ,+-'- CJ) - ,... ,- ,... L... C') 0) ~ Q) ..c:: E - ,... " g ~ U ~~ 0) t) ~ ~ \,J .- I"Pf. CtS ..... (:) ,u ~ ~ 00 0) 'CC - 0 0 .- ! 0 .- I'- (5 ~ > ~ '+-'- ~ co 0 >0) ~ E LO CtS "¡:: ~:J U ~ ....... c: \J .- ~ ~ ~ f"'\ 8- ~ 0) N a: 0 ,... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CD to V Ct) C\I ,... \ I II -- BAKERSFIELD POliCE MEM ORAND UM - --- DATE: April 7, 1994 TO: LIEtITENANT M. SCOIT FROM: SERGEANT D. MARTIN SUBJECf: CALLS FOR SERVICE (MARCH) BY DISTRICf , - -,' Here is the breakdown for calls for service broken down by total calls per district for the month of March. U.-.-' -'_.. - - u - District One shows more calls than usual because of the number of reports taken by detectives at the police department. ., . , .. -- District 1 - 1,259 District 9 - 700 District 2 - 909 District 10 - 996 -.- District 3 - 707 District 11 - 1,094 District 4. - 360 District 12 - 940 , Pistrict 5: 912 District 13 - 615 -.-----..-- -- ",' I : t. DistriCt. 6 - 1,027 _. District 14 - 1,098 '. .,. District 7 - 67 District 15 - 265 District 8 - 963 District 16 - 258 ,,', Respectfully submitted, .... 0, , ' " ., ,Cld.,~. ,Ç!1.. 4.........,. ,......,........, ..¡ .. ~-,-- SERGEANT D. MARTIN, #456 . ~ I -.----., . DMlmwd ----~_.- - ., - (file: ...MEMOS\CALLSMAR.456 . .. ". -" .. .-'.:"- - - ._, . .. 1 ..- - . fi"- ~-,4' --- M E M 0 RAN D U rRECE~VED --=-~ I II . K ii ¡ May 12, 1994 MAY ~ 6 ~;) i ij CiTY MANAGER'S OFfiCE I TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER / '" / ,v FROM: JACK HARDISTY, PLANNING DIREC'E6R SUBJECT: STATUS OF NORTHEAST PIPELINE PLAN Public WorkslPlanning have been processing an individual Habitat Conservation Plan for the sewer trunkline with Federal Fish and Wildlife Service as "Insurance" against something slowing down the regional HCP. The Interim HCP agreement does not cover the installation of the sewer trunkline because the biologic report demonstrated the presence of Gambelia Silus (Blunt- nosed leopard lizard),an endangered species not covered by the agreement. Approval of an HCP is a two-step process, the field office must approve draft (Sacramento), then the regional office (Portland) must approve it. We submitted HCP, Implementation Agreement, Biological Report, Federal Register, processing fees, etc. December 10, 1993 to the Sacramento office. We received approval from Sacramento office on May 11, two sentences were added to document after seven months of review. Met with P.G.&E. on May 11, have agreed to turn over copies of all the above documents (on computer tape) to facilitate the process of a 10(a) permit to install a natural gas line in the northeast area. About 75% of the natural gas line pipe will be in the same trench as our sewer line. Construction crews are already coordinating on the matter. In order to provide all necessary urban services, we are helping them as possible obtain the necessary 10(a) permit for the gas line not within our trench. Do not foresee any impedance to our obtaining a 10(a) permit, the current Portland approval date is June 10, 1994. There are no legislative processing time limits for Fish and Wildlife and this date is tentative at best. MG:pjt m\mat5.11 - -- '.......-- --- "f~f -~ p- MEMORANDUM MAY 16, 1994 TO: JOHN STINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FROM: ANTHONY GONZALES, HUMAN RESOURCES SUPERVISOR~ SUBJECT: REPORT ON MERIT STEP INCREASES QUARTER PERIOD JANUARY - MARCH 1994 I Per the City Council's request, attached is a listing by department those employees who I were eligible and received "merit" increases for the quarter period of January - March 1994. Thirty-three (33) employees received "merit" increases from a Total of thirty-six (36) who were eligible. " I - ~~,~.~'f ." STEP INCREASE REPORT JANUARY -MARCH 1994 13-May-94 P~gij,Î:Mllm:ffiQ]ð.pJ$ooiP:imQ'..................... .,'.. ..$i~)t.f*Q$...........,.......... ~1l¡~i~~~~\f{fJ\ßNg:f:I::::::::::ì3.1m~(~~:..., ~~~y~~~ì3.»~~(~.,".".~ ~~hf~ij.~. EXECUTIVE 2 2 0 0 2 2 FINANCE 2 2 1 1 1 1 .J i ATTORNEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 I POLICE 8 7 5 4 3 3 I FIRE 2 2 1 1 1 1 PUBLIC WORKS 12 11 5 4 7 7 I' I WATER & SANITATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ii COMM SVCS 4 3 3 3 1 0 I DEV SVCS 4 4 2 2 2 2 ~ ED/CD 2 2 0 0 2 2 TOT AL: I I ~ ~~- --- -_u -, I ~"l-....r¡c.e-;¡;, STEP INCREASE REPORT 1993-1994 Steps 4 and 5 13-May-94 EXECUTIVE 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 FINANCE 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 ATTORNEY 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 POLICE 3 3 22 22 8 7 0 0 FIRE 6 6 24 24 2 2 0 0 PUBLIC WORKS 15 13 11 7 12 11 0 0 WATER & SANITATION 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 COMM SVCS 4 4 3 3 4 3 0 0 DEV SVCS 2 2 2 1 4 4 0 0 ED/CD 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 TOT AL: ¡:::r:¡::¡:¡:¡:¡:::¡::¡:::¡:¡:::::¡:ø.r ¡:¡¡¡¡:::::::::::::¡:¡:¡:¡:¡:::::¡¡:¡¡:I~¡¡:: I I ~ ~ 'r!---=-=- '" ~" -'> ~ Æ . - B A K E R 5 F I E L D PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM Alan Tandy - City Manager Ü May 13, 1994 TO: FROM: Raul M. Rojas . Public Works mre- ~ SUBJECf: Traffic Problems on Coffee Road at Brimhall Road Council Referral #12515, CoUDcilmember McDermott Work on Brimhall Road by Griffith Company is set for award on May 18, 1994. We will expedite the construction of the project as much as is possible. Stephen Walker's, City Traffic Engineer, May 9, 1994 memo is attached regarding other modifications that have been accomplished. rr" RECE~VE[() l ~II MAY' 11994; :1 Ii .Crnf MANAGER'S OffiCE.. ~ ---- ~';~- .¿. I' ,,;0 .,' ~ HEHORA.DUH T r a f fie En gin e e r in g I ,I I DATE: May 9, 1994 , I TO: FRED KLOEPPER, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR , STEPHEN L. WALKER, TRAFFIC ENGINEER ~ : FROM: i ii SUBJECT: COUNCIL REFERRAL NO. 12515, COFFEE/BRIMHALL TRAFFIC CONGESTION. Adjustments were made to the traffic signal timing and another traffic sensor loop was installed in late 1993, after the initial Council referral. No additional traffic engineering actions are proposed until the intersection is widened. The Design Engineering section is working on this problem and will be adding lanes to Coffee and to Brimhall. No additional action. This item should be placed on the inactive list. I : 1 cc: Bruce Deeter, CE III, Traffic Engineering I Brad Underwood, CE III, Traffic Engineering PW Memo Files Traffic Engineering File - Council Ref #125l5/Brimhall & Coffee saved under d:\wp\12515Upd.Ref - --- ---------- -------- - ~~ ~ . - B A K E R 5 F I E L D PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM May 18, 1994 TO: Alan Tandy. City Manager FROM: Raul M. Rojas. Public Works Director þø~ SUBJECT: Tramc Controls on Hageman Road at Verdugo Lane. Council Referral #12923, CoUDcilmember Brunni The attached memo report by the Traffic Engineer indicates that neither 4-way stop or signal warrants are currently met. Therefore, no changes are proposed at this time. Warrant studies will be performed in the future as traffic volumes, and delays, increase. RECEIVED 1 MAY 1t-1 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ) I . ~ ~"=-".,,. HBHORANDUH T r a f f icE n gin e e r in g DATE: May 16, 1994 TO: FRED KLOEPPER, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR I FROM: . STEPHEN L. WALKER, TRAFFIC ENGINEER Ælt ~ I SUBJECT: COUNCIL REFERRAL No. 12923, REQUES; ro~~4~WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF VERDUGO AND HAGEMAN, INT No. 4435 At this time the intersection does not meet 4-way stop warrants or traffic signal warrants. The intersection of Verdugo and Hageman Road is in the rapidly I ¡ growing "Polo Grounds" development area of the northwest. The request mentioned a future school near the intersection. The school, which is completed but will not open until September 1994, is Almondale Elementary School of the Rosedale School District. The school is about 3/4 mile north of the intersection. Studies completed on the intersection included a 4-way stop warrant study and a traffic signal warrant study. Both types of traffic controls were investigated since it is possible to meet signal warrants on peak volumes and not meet multi-way stop warrants. No accidents at the intersection were found reported on the Police Department database. The volumes warrant was about 50 percent of , the minimum volume requirement. Only one hour of a required 8 ¡ hours of peak volume was met on the signal warrants by volume. , None of the eleven signal warrants were met at this time. Since this is a rapidly growing area, I will schedule another warrant study for early August 1994. This will allow adequate time to implement traffic controls before the school opens, if they are needed. cc: Bruce Deeter, CE III, Traffic Engineering Brad Underwood, CE III, Traffic Engineering PW Memo Files Traffic Engineering File - Council Referral 12923 I .1 !I saved under d:\wp\12923Ref.Mem I ,,~"~.~ . <-- ~ ¿< ... .i Æ . - B A K E R 5 F I E L D PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM May 13, 1994 TO: AIaa TaDdy - City M8Dagor g FROM: Raul M. Rojas - Public Works uector #It;.-- SUBJECf: Tramc Controls in Pin Oak Park/South Laurelglen Area Council Referral #12592 (Councilmember Brunni) Stephen Walker, City Traffic Engineer, has completed additional studies in regards to the above referral. His May 9, 1994 memo report is attached. ,-- --~~----"~-"-. ¡ ~ECClE~VlED ! I : I MAY ¡1~ :1 II C~"N MANAGER'S Oft=~C~ \ - , I "'--, :::;,."-;;, ,I ",.' ,0- : I I, I 'I II KBKORAIfDUK I T r a f f i c Engineering , i DATE: May 9, 1994 , I I TO: FRED KLOEPPER, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FROM: STEPHEN L. WALKER, TRAFFIC ENGINEER ~ SUBJECT: COUNCIL REFERRAL #12592, STATUS UPDATE ON TRAFFIC CONTROLS IN THE PIN OAK PARK/SOUTH LAURELGLEN AREA Traffic control warrant studies will be performed again on the intersections of South Laurelglen at Pin Oak Park Blvd. and Park View at pin Oak Park. Data collection is expected to be completed by May 20. Previous reviews did not indicate additional stop controls were needed but they may have been influenced by winter weather conditions so additional studies were proposed for the spring. Since the last update, a study was completed for a school pedestrian crossing flashing beacon on pin Oak Park Blvd. at Tevis Junior High. This beacon was determined to be warranted and is proposed for funding in the upcoming CIP budget. : I i Work on this referrral continues. I I cc: Bruce Deeter, CE III, Traffic Engineering Brad Underwood, CE III, Traffic Engineering PW Memo Files Traffic Engineering File - Referral NO. 12592 ! I I saved under d:\wp\12592upd.ref " ..:-. I Æ . , , - B A K E R 5 F I E L D MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMEN SUBJECT: CLAIMS ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE The claims activity during the month of April ,1994 was a result of actions in the following City Departments/Divisions: NEW DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CLAIMS FILED FILES CLOSED COMPLAINTS FILED Police 7 6 0 Streets 5 2 0 Sanitation 2 1 0 Fire 2 1 1 Parks 1 2 0 Building 1 0 0 18 12 1 The new claims filed during the month of April 1994 resulted in the following types of damages: CITY THIRD PARTY DAMAGES DEPARTMENT /DIVISION VEHICLE INVOLVED VEHICLE DAMAGE OTHER PROPERTY INJURIES Police 0 1 4 1 Streets 0 2 1 2 Sanitation 0 1 1 0 Fire 0 2 0 1 Parks 0 1 0 0 Building 1 1 0 1 1 8 6 5 ---- H- i1 .... As a result of the April claims activity, the year to date (fiscal) totals are as follows: Filed Filed I Department/Division Filed in Filed in Year to Date Year to Date # Open # Open 4/94 4/93 4/30/94 4/30/93 @ 4/30/94 @ 4/30/93 Police 7 5 47 47 48 49 Streets 5 4 26 29 19 27 Parks 1 1 12 4 8 3 Sanitation 2 0 16 8 6 3 Engineering 0 0 3 5 6 6 Convention Center 0 0 3 0 3 0 I Building 1 0 3 3 2 3 Fire 2 1 3 9 2 3 City Attorney 0 0 2 0 2 0 Executive 0 0 1 0 1 1 ! Construction 0 0 2 1 1 1 General Services 0 0 2 5 0 3 Recreation 0 0 1 3 0 1 Water 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 11 98 115 98 101 NOTE: Of the claims filed against the City in April, only one involved damage to a City vehicle - and no claims involved Police and Fire vehicles. . --- - - ------ ----- , .., Claims Activity Report - April 1994 Page 3 ;j " I: POLICE Leon Watts, c/o 1016 California Avenue, DOL: 10/6/93; Claimant alleges damages were caused by Police Department officers who inadvertently identified the claimant as a fugitive. Bertha Rojas Robles, 3315 Camelia Drive, DOL: 1/22/94; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a Police Department vehicle hit the rear of the claimant's vehicle at 19th Street and Chester Avenue. Diana Freeling/Willie Rufus, Jr., 797 E. Brundage Lane, #D, DOL: 3/13/94; Claimants allege a Police Department officer lost property owned by the claimant in the 700 block of S. Williams Street. I Time Warner Cable, 3600 N. Sillect, DOL: 4/6/94; Claimant alleges a Police Department officer damaged claimant's door at 3600 N. Sillect Avenue. Jerlene Powell, 4608 Kenny Street, DOL: 2/28/94; Claimant alleges damages were caused when a Police Department officer climbed over claimant's fence at 4608 Kenny Street. Ernest Ellsworth White, Jr., P.O. Box 17694, Los Angeles, DOL: 3/1/94; Claimant ailleges he was falsely arrested by Police Department officers. Albert C. Sykes/Sykes Enterprises, 23110 Atlantic Circle, Suite C, Moreno Valley, DOL: 1/27/94; Claimant alleges damages were caused when a suspect vehicle being pursued by the Police Department struck the claimant's building at 3719 Wilson Road. BUILDING Allstate Insurance for Frederick Smith, P.O. Box 2246, Brea, DOL: 1/27/94; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a Building Department vehicle made a left turn in front of claimant's vehicle resulting in a collision at District Boulevard and Conrad Lane. SANITATION Toby Sears, 1618 3rd Street, DOL: 4/20/94; Claim is for damages allegedly caused by Sanitation Division trucks driving onto claimant's driveway at 1618 3rd Street. JermaineJones, 124 White Lane, #B, DOL: 12/13/93; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a Sanitation Division truck scraped the claimant's parked vehicle at 219 8th Street. ¡. - -. ' I ¡ I Claims Activity Report - April 1994 ¡ Page 4 I I STREETS David Wernli, 6208 Stine Road, #B, DOL: 4/27/94; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when claimant's vehicle hit a pothole in a City street on Shirra Court. Chief Auto Parts, 3408 Union Avenue, DOL: 12/30/93; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a City sewer line plugged and back flowed into claimant's building at 3408 Union Avenue. Beverly Ontiveros, 8767 Dublin Drive, DOL: 1/17/94; Claimant alleges injuries resulted when the claimant fell allegedly caused by a defect in a City sidewalk in the 2100 block of 16th ., Street between "A" and "0" Streets. ,I , I] William J. Jurei, P.O. Box 11002, DOL: 2/18/94; 1 Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a Streets Division vehicle splashed oil onto the claimant's vehicle on Union Avenue. I Holsie Odell White, 2812 N. Halfmoon Drive, #D, DOL: 9/13/93; Claim is for damages allegedly caused by a defective City street in the 4100 block of EI Potrero Lane. PARKS i ] Ivan and Alva Champlin, 527 Niles Street, DOL: 3/9/94; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a tree branch fell onto claimant's vehicle at 527 Niles Street. 'j ¡ FIRE I !1 ¡ Marina R. Pimental, P.O. Box 42903, DOL: 3/28/94; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when the claimant's car backed into a fire hydrant covered with weeds at 1821 Clarendon Street. David Cornett, 3800 Q Street, #19, DOL: 1/15/94; Claim is for damages allegedly caused by the negligent operation of a Fire Department vehicle at 34th and "a" Streets. I -. -, I I Claims Activity Report - April 1994 I Page 5 I I CLAIMS CLOSED/SETTLED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL POLICE Karin Hart, DOL: 8/8/93; Claimant alleges activity by the Police Department caused damage to her residence. Closed - no court filings. Sheri and Robert Vining, DOL: 3/1/93; Claimants allege damages were caused by the negligence of a Police Department officer during a high speed chase of a suspect. Closed - no court filings. I Carol Dermer, DOL: 10/14/93; : Claimant alleges personal property damage was caused when Police Department officers searched claimant's home. City settled I case for $150. , Michael Martini, Sr., DOL: 1/27/91; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when the Police Department destroyed claimant's property that was held in a criminal case. City settled case for $440. Russell and Richard McGuire, DOL: 10/8/93; I Claim is for damages allegedly caused when claimant's vehicle was struck by a Police Department vehicle. City settled case for I $2,528. Prado, et ai, DOL: 5/14/92; Claim is for damages allegedly caused by officers of the Police Department falsely arresting the claimants. City settled case for $13,500. FIRE Stephen Johnson, DOL: 6/29/93; Claim is for damages allegedly caused by a decision of the City Manager. Clo'sed - no court filings. STREETS 1 Nellie Gomez, DOL: 8/23/93 Claim is for damages allegedly caused when the claimant fell on a City sidewalk. Closed - no court filings. Deborah Scheerer, DOL: 8/11/91; Claim is for damages allegedly caused by the negligent maintenance of the City bike path near the 24th Street bridge construction site. City settled case for $1,000. ¡ ... - ... ! I Claims Activity Report - April 1994 Page 6 , PARKS I . Michael Clpperley, DOL: 8/2/93; I Claim is for damages allegedly caused when the claimant was hit by a ball from a baseball diamond at Beach Park. Closed- no court filings. Laura Leanne Vega, DOL: 8/11/93; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a tire from a Parks Division vehicle caused a rock to fly up and hit the claimant's I vehicle. Closed - no court filings. I: ! ! ; SANITATION i Terry Callahan, DOL: 12/30/93; I Claim is for damages allegedly caused when a Sanitation Division vehicle rolled into claimant's parked vehicle. City settled case for $76. I GENERAL SERVICES Sarah Blackwell, DOL: 1/25/93; Claim is for damages allegedly caused when claimant fell over an uncovered signal control receptacle. City settled case for $20,000. CLAIMS WITH RESULTING COMPLAINT AND/OR SUMMONS FILED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL FIRE Farmers Insurance/Schuetz, DOL: 5/24/93; Claim is for damages that allegedly occurred when the claimant's vehicle was struck by a Fire Department vehicle. cc: City Council Judy Skousen, Acting City Attorney City Clerk's Office - Natalie Welty Newsmedia File -. ~ ;""'~' - ""'---1 . The City of Bakersfield Pilot Curbside Green Waste Program A few answers... One of the primary functions of the Pilot Curbside Green Waste Collection Program taking place in your neighborhood, is to help achieve Waste Diversion Mandates setforth by the California Legislature. In 1989, Assembly Bill 939 was passed requiring all California cities and counties to divert 25% of their solid waste streamfrom landfills by the year 1995, and 50% by the year 2000. Missing these directives could cost us up to $10,000 a day in fines. According to The City of Bakersfield's 1991 Waste Characterization Study, 23% of residential waste is green waste. Green waste consists of tree and shrubbery . trimmings, grass and leaves. This being the second largest facet of our waste stream, makes it a good target for diversion. The green waste is taken to The City of Bakersfield's Wood Waste/Green Waste Recycling Facility on South Mount Vernon Avenue. At this site, the waste is ground up, set into windrows and used as an alternative fuel source, a mulch/compost and as a soil amendment. Various composted products will be available for sale to the general public very soon. Currently, unless your residential green waste is being put in your green waste container, we do not know if it is being recycled or if it is being taken to the landfill! By actively participating in this program, you know that your material is being taken to the Wood Waste/Green Waste Recycling Facility, and that you are doing your part in helping your community reach the State Recycling Mandates, helping us all avoid costly fines. BAKERSFIELD Your efforts do ÇWnfV . ~ïn~ Make A Difference! RECYCLES ~ .o.~ '""-To " "" Interesting *Facts about... . The Pilot Curbside Green Waste Collection Program Did you know that the Southwest Bakersfield neighborhood diverts 27.9% of their residential waste stream through the Pilot Curbside Green Waste Collection Program AND that the Rosedale areas are diverting 18.9 % of their waste stream? Did you know that the green waste material is taken to The City of Bakersfield's Wood Waste/Green Waste Recycling Facility where the material is ground, set into windrows and used as a alternative fuel sourée;" a mulch/compost and a soil amendment? Did you know that your gardener can fill your green waste container each week and save time, money and air quality by not having to haul your green waste himselp. Did you know that your refuse service rate remains one of the lowest in the State at $10.25 per month? Communities of Fresno pay $16.00, Madera $14.00, Modesto $12.50, Clovis $12.00...while in Santa Maria the rate is $18.00 and in Sunnyvale it's . $22.501 We are doing our best to keep service high and rates low by providing residents with innovative and cost-effective programs. Did you know that you can save time, money and air quality when you have a job around the house resulting in wood waste, ie: remodeling, new shake shingles, or new fencing. Instead of hauling it to the dump, and paying a $29.00 ton gate fee, take it to the Wood Waste/Green Waste Site for FREEl I I Did you know that time has proven that you are making great efforts in helping to make the program work? According to statistics, more of you are learning to correctly use the green waste containers netting the biggest bang for your buck. Did you know that on an average once-a-week, pick-up day, 73% of the tan refuse containers are full, 7% are 3/4 full, 17% are half full and about 3% a quarter full. Furthermore, in a typical month, there are fewer than 2% with refuse overages. Did you know that we are looking for a home for a new Recycling Drop-off Facility in the Rosedale area? Proceeds will benefit a not-for-profit organization helping to maintain the site. Help make the decision as to where the Drop-off Site will go! . Give us your opinion as to the best location. Consider: accessibility, room to grow, and an appropriate beneficiary. (See "WENEED YOUR OPINION" sheets.) * Facts derivedfrom collection documents, weight tickets and published rejùse rate cards. I , ii" . ,--"" ~. ~ Tv Green Waste Collection... How well are we doing? . RECYCLES ~ GREEN WASTE COLLECTION STUD Y - ROSEDALE AREA Green Waste Collected Refuse collected Date Volume Date Volume .Collected Collected Collected Collected 11/03/93 4040 Lbs. 11/06/93 10,540 Lbs. 11/10/93 4240 Lbs. 11/13/93 11,440 Lbs. 11/17/93 3340 Lbs. 11/20/93 11,340Lbs. 11/24/93 3140 Lbs. 11/27/93 12,940 Lbs. 12/08/93 3540 Lbs. 12/11/93 12,440 Lbs. 12/15/93 2840 Lbs. 12/18/93 13,140 Lbs. 12/22/93 1840 Lbs. 12/24/93 10,240 Lbs. 12/29/93 2640 Lbs. 12/31/93 16,340 Lbs. 01/05/94 2640 Lbs. 01/08/94 21,840 Lbs. 01/12/94 2740 Lbs. 01/15/94 15,140 Lbs. 01/19/94 4140 Lbs. 01/22/94 16,040 Lbs. 01/26/94 2040 Lbs. 01/29/94 14,040 Lbs. . 02/02/94 4940 Lbs. 02/05/94 14,840 Lbs. Totals: 42,120 Lbs. 180,320 Lbs. % of Total Volume: 18.9% 81.1 % GREEN WASTE COLLECTION STUDY - SOUTHWEST BAKERSFIELD 10/25/93 3290 Lbs. 10/28/93 9,380 Lbs. 11/08/93 4340 Lbs. 11/11/93 9,050 Lbs 11/15/93 4020 Lbs. 11/18/93 9,310 Lbs. 11/29/93 3350 Lbs. 12/02/93 10,730 Lbs. 12/06/93 4470 Lbs. 12/09/93 9, 790 Lbs. 12/13/93 3550 Lbs. 12/16/93 10,130 Lbs. 12/20/93 4120 Lbs. 12/23/93 9,880 Lbs. 01/03/94 3830 Lbs. 01/06/94 10,790 Lbs. 01/10/94 3850 Lbs. 01/13/94 9,780 Lbs. 01/17/94 3500 Lbs. 01/20/94 10,590 Lbs. 01/24/94 3330 Lbs. 01/27/94 9,560 Lbs. 01/31/94 4310 Lbs. 02/03/94 9,930 Lbs. 8 Totals~' 45,960 Lbs. 118,920 Lbs. % of Total Volume 27.9 % 72.1 % f' .~ -~ \\ Time Warner Cable ~~-,,> Bakersfield Division ~ 'if U ~ Œ\'M£~ ~ Œ I7l <S&OOlbŒ May 16, 1994 I, ---- . --"-~"-"~",, ~"--~, ~--- ~.,- I Mr. Alan Tandy, City Manager City of Bakersfield 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Mr. Tandy: This is to inform you that the Los~Aqgeles'te:LÊ!vision networ~k, KCBS, will no l-onger be carried on your system. While we would like to continue carrying this station, the network nonduplication - protection rules have limited the amount of KCBSprogramming that we can carry to a fraction of the total programming day. Attached is a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Gigliotti, KCBS TV Channel 2, informing him of this change. Thîáwill be effective June 30, 1994 On the Bakersfield system which includes Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Shafter, Wasco, McFarland and Delano. Sincerely, -CC::fjji-'" - . -, - cJ!~, ,. ,- James E. Munoz Director, Human Resources, Community & Government Relations JEM:lh ~ k~f~ RECEIVED Attachment :1,' E;] CITY MANAGER'S C'=FJCE I ~-, " '- KCSB2 Time Wnrner Cnbl.e Bakersfield Division 3600 Nord, Silleet Avenue Bnkersfield CA 93:108 TeI805.327.9935 Fnx 805.327.4074 A Divi..ion of Time Witmer Entertninment Company, LP. ~- '" r :ì-"'¡, ¡;;- :---. '/'i/l/(! W"r/wr (able - 1J"I;ersfidd H;";s;",, ~ T I M E WA R N E R CABLE May 5, 1994 steven J. Gigliotti ,.' - ..- - -- .-, Vice President'~ StãtYon-Manager ' _. --." ~.- ,'.- KCBS TV Channel 2 6121 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028 Dear Mr. Gigliotti: The Time Warner Cable system serving Bakersfield, California has carried your station since the start up of the system. While our customers always enjoyed the programming provided by KCBS, the network non duplication protection rules have limited the amount of KCBS programming that we can carry to a fraction of your total programming day. ,. We have found that carrying KCBS 25% of the time and filler programming 75% of the time satisfies very few customers. Therefore, effective June 30, 1994 the Bakersfield cable system will no longer carry KCBS programming. Sincerely, Richard Cozzi Vice President Sales & Marketing ,--- -", -- - .-..- - RC:av cc: James Munoz Till'" W"r"er C"ble lIalwrsfìeld DivisiOf1 I .'J{¡(J() N. Silleo A velllle H"I.-er,'fìetd CA 9.181111 TetRO.')..'!:!? 993.') I<'ax IJO.')..'!27AO?4 A Di,.isioll o(Time Worller Elltl'rtaioml'llt CompallY. L 1'.