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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/02/97 BAKERSFIELD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM May 2, 1997 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY FROM: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER // SUBJECT: GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Attached for your information is a proposed suite "package" and pricing options for the new arena. Actually, quite a lot of effort has gone into this. In addition to our own research, we have had a consulting firm do a market analysis for our area to assist with pricing. The events "proposed" are conservative, so we will have no problem achieving the list. Please call if you have questions. 2. A sample rate card for arena advertising and the potential revenue from each source is also attached. We also had consulting assistance on this. 3. A letter is enclosed from the Arts Council of Kern requesting a $15,000 funding from the City to "research, develop, and implement two murals for downtown involving the Centennial Celebration". Staff is hesitant to recommend this funding for two reasons: 1) The City has already committed resources to pay tribute to the Centennial and is really depending on the not-for-profit group to do additional activities and fundraisers; and 2) the Arts Council's proposal would set a precedent for which the City does not currently regulate, i.e., painting murals on downtown buildings or on public property. Should Council decide to approve the Arts Council's request, the $15,000 could be appropriated from Council Contingency. 4. We received notice from the County regarding Jail Booking Fees. They indicated their costs increased by 4.5%. However, our three-year agreement with them provides that we only pay the CPI increase of 2.8%. Therefore, our booking fee will increase, but by a limited and more reasonable amount and without creating a controversy with the County. The correspondence from the County is enclosed. 5. A status report is enclosed on the Panorama Drive Burn Dump remediation project. Our consultant is making the last revisions to the Site Investigation Report for submittal by May 13th, then the DTSC will complete its final review by May 27th. After that, the consultant will finish the draft Remedial Action Plan. We are hoping to have approval to begin work by November 15th. Honorable Mayor and City Council May 2, 1997 Page 2 6. The Board of Supervisors took action regarding changing the multi-family and apartment unit land use fee to a gate fee basis. They did adopt our proposed option to continue to collect these fees themselves, rather than pass them on to our city. They indicated their intent to go to a total gate fee system by July 1998. There was a limited discussion regarding their further consideration of universal collection during the next year. 7. We have negotiated a contract amendment to add rolloff container service and to accelerate the automated residential refuse and greenwaste cart service by over two years. A memorandum from Public Works is enclosed. 8. Attached is a memorandum from the Chief of Police regarding the overall efficiency impact of the Mobile Data Terminal System, since its full implementation last September. 9. A response to a Council referral is enclosed regarding the flooding which occurred on 17th Street as a result of the major storm that occurred in March. 10. GST Telecom, the utility company that did the fiber optic work on Truxtun Avenue last year, has offered to repave Truxtun from Mohawk to Chester. We have accepted, and will issue new street permits once the contractor's bonds and insurance have been approved and deposited. 11. We will be pursuing a cash grant from PG&E for at least $100,000, and possibly more. They have a program applicable to the arena to provide the grant for receiving at primary voltage and for installing energy efficient HVAC equipment. We want to do that, anyway, and the grant will help offset costs. 12. We believe that good progress is being made on the acquisition of land necessary for additional parking for the arena. 13. W are making detailed plans for another elaborate ground breaking ceremony to take place on the morning of June 9th. Please reserve the date. AT: rs cc: Department Heads Pamela McCarthy, City Clerk Trudy Slater, Administrative Analyst 05/01/1997 il: 37 801-975-0127 CENTENNIAL MGT. GRP. PAGE 02 Suite Packages Bakersfield Arena Suite Package includes: · Exclusive use of private, furnished suite, including refrigerator, and television (closed circuit broadcasts). · 12 tickets to nearly all evems* held in the arena, including concerts, rodeo, ice shows, monster trucks, professional ice hockey, and family shows, among others. It is projected that thc number of separately ticketed performances will include 32 hockey games, plus playoffs, 10 concert performances, two multiple performance family shows, a multiple performance circus, miscellaneous sports (such as basketball, volleyball, wrestling, indoor soccer, and boxing), two figure skating shows, one NBA or NtR, exhibition, two dirt event performances (monster trucks, motocross, etc.) a festival, a rodeo and 5 half house events among others. · Free parking in a premium area for 4 vehicles per event. · Suites include wet bar. · Option to purchase up to 8 additional seats per event. Suite has 12 fixed seats, 4 "bar seats", 3 position couch, l arm chair, and standing room availability. · Private restroom. ° Use of suites available to lessors during normal business hours with advance notice. Pricine. Lease Term -~3 Options Prices · Four Center Section Plaza Su'tl~ - Main Level. 14 rows from arena floor. $30,000 per-year. Eight Plaza Suites - Mai3. Level - 14 rows from arena floor - $25,000. Ten Gold Level Suite__s - Private section with elevator service at upper deck level. Offering excellent views with the benefit of private entry and no crowds - $20,000 per year. Note: Estimated value of twelve tickets per suite as described above and parking, alone, is $20,000. Lease Terms Options exist for three, five, or seven years at pricing indicated. Notes For certain events (arena theater or half house), some suites may be obstructed. In those instances, suite is still open before and after events, with premium seating being substituted during performance. * The only exceptions are: 1) multiple performance events - tickets are included for one performance and may be purchased for any additional performances, and 2) should another full season team with a full league schedule sign up to play in the arena, such as a CBA basketball team or CSUB basketball, those tickets are not incorporated into this pricing. Bakersfield Arena ~lnventory Rate Card Hockey Club & Arena ,Hockey Siqna~e Price Units Size Potential Revenue Dasherboards (23 pair) $5,000 per pair 23 pair 3'x10' $115,000 In-ice Loges (5 pair) I $8,000 per pair 5 pair 10'x10' $40,000 Bench Glass/Penalty Glass $3,500 per ~air 2 pair 2'x25' $7,000 Zamboni $7,500 1 Total $7,500 Blimp $3,500 1 Total $3,500 "Mascot" $3,500 ' 1 Patches $3,500 Home Jersey Patch $5,000 1 Patches $5,000 Road Jersey Patch $3,000 1 Patches $3,000 Warm-Up Jersey $6,000 1 Jersey $6,000 I - Total = $190,500 Arena Permanent S~qnage Price Units Size Potential Revenue Outdoor Marquee I $25,000 per pair w/message 2 pair 4'x12' $50,000 Outdoor Marquee - Tri-Visions $10,000 per sign w/message 6 pair 3'x9' $60,000 Video/Scoreboard $12,500 per sign 4 8'x8' $50,000 Video/Scoreboard $10,000 per sign 2 4'x10' $20,000 Tri-Vision I $7,500 per panel 6 panels 10'x10' $45,000 FaciaI $15,000 per pair $8,500 a-la-carte ~10 pair 2'x10' $150,000 Zamboni Entry Pedal $9,000 I 1 3'x12' $9,000 Bench Ent~ Portals $7,500 per panel 2 2'x6' $15,000 Plaza Level Concourse $3,000 per sign 12 4'x6' $36,000 Club LeveljC°nc°ursell $2,500 per sign 12 3'x5' $30,000 I Total = $465,000 Page 1 Bakersfield Arena Page 2 Radio Price Units Len,~lth Potential Revnue Play by Play $2500 per spot 54 :30 $86,400 Special Feature $50.00 per feature 5 $16,000 Pre-Game Show 1 Sponsor as title 1 15:00 $5,000 Post Game Show '1 Sponsor as title I 10:00 $3,500 Total = $110,900 Print Price Units Potential Revenue Season Ticket Backs $1,500 per sponsor 5 $7,500 Pocket Schedule $2,500 per sponsor 4 $10,000 Game Program-ad $1,500 full page, four color 24 $36,000 Game Program-IFC $2,500 full page, four color 1 $2,500 Game Program-IBC $2,500 full page, four color 1 $2,500 Game Pi'ogram-BC $3,000 full page, four color 1 $3,000 Media Guide-ad ,$750 full page, black & white 6 $4,500 Media Guide-!FC $1,000 full page, four color I $1,000 Media Guide-IBC $1,000 full page, four color 1 $1,000 Media Guide-BC $1,500 full ~age, four color 1 $1,500 I Total = $69,500 In-Arena Ads Price Units Potential Revenue Video Spots $150 per ~lame/event per :30 spot 6 Hockey = $28,800 Video Impressions $100 per ~lame/event per Io~!o spot 6 Hockey = $19,200 Special Features Video/Matrix $100 per game/event for Feature (scores) 2 Hockey = $6,400 r Total = $54,400 Promotions Price Units Potential Revenue Plaza Level Table/Booth $250 per ~lame 4 per game 164 Hockey $32,000 !Autograph Table/Booth $3,000 per season 1 Hockey $3,000 Total = $35,000 Page 2 Bakersfield Arena Page 3 Summer Pro,~rams Price Units Potential Revenue Street Hockey Program $5,000 1 . $5,000 Location Presenting S 3onsors $3,500 5 , $17,500 Associate Sponsors $1,500 15 $22,500 Concession Sponsors $1,000 + food/bevera~(les 4 $4,000 I ' Total = $49,000 Charity & Community Relations Price Units Potential Revenue Golf Tournament-Title Sponsor I $5,000 1 $5,000 Golf Tournament-Presenting/Hole Sponsor $1,000 18 $18,000 Golf Tournament-Concession Sponsor $1,000 + food/beverages 4 $4,000 Total = $27,000 Potential Revenue Grand Total = $1,001,300 Hockey Total = $536,300 Arena Total = $465,000 Page 3 COUNCIL OFKERN 20 YEARS OF ARTS ADVOCACY March 5. 1997 Bakersfield City Council 1501 Trmxtun Avenue Bakersfield. California 93301 Dear Mayor and City Council. The Arts Council of Kern is committed to serving the needs of Bakersfield and Kern ~ountv. It is intimately involved in the planning and implementation of the Centennial Celebration's public sculpture in the Centennial Plaza. and Cultural Festivals. and the Image Committee's (of the Future Bakersfield Foundation. ~ focus on Bakersfield Signagc and beautification of the Ci .ty.. The Arts Council Staff and Board President has collectively spent over 175 hours in: coordinating an open forum for community imput on public an: attending city of Bakersfield and related conferences and workshops: researching an in public places both in future sites in Bakersfield and what has been done in comparable sites across thc state and nation: acting as a resource for the Image committee: and - a~'ocating for art in public places lbr Bakersfield. '[he Arts:. t ('om,etitive. lch~anta,t~e./or ( 'al(/ornia documents tourist dollars the arts bnng to a community (please see enclosed publication. ~ Based on the on Stall' and Board time put into these projects that benefit Bakersfield. partially depending on public funding Ibr our operating expenses and developing and bringing to fruition the following project, the Arts Council requests funding of $15.1}0(}. That sum of money would allow, during the fiscal year 1997-98. for the Arts Council to: Research. develop, and implement of two murals downtown involving the Centennial Celebration Conceptual Abstracts 1. On the Chester underpass between Truxtun and California Theme: "Crmsing Chester"- the history of the automobile from the first Model T to the 1998 Mustang 2. On the Fox Theatre wall outside the office entrance on 204 street. Theme: "Hollywood Dreams"-spotlighting famous actors/singers who are from Bakersfield 3. Wall facing north on the corner of 20'~' and Eve Streets Theme: "Sidewalk Card" -palm trees, umbrellas in bright colors - celebrating the community spirit of Bakerstield. With these goals for 1997-98. the Arts Council of Kern respectfully requests~$1500 .... l:h'csident Director 1430 Truxtun Avenue, Suite Bakersfield, California. 93301,324-9000 BREAKDOWN OF PROJECTED BUDGET Research, development and implementation of two murals downtown $12~000 Project Coordination $3.000 TOTAL $15,00O u~t~ic:d instruments, ah)ng with sector acts, in essence, as the research .l .... mpanying electronics and and development arm for CMifornia .t,, ~:.,o~ic,. has groxvn to a 5500 film-making, auto design, advertis- millMn industry in thc state that ing, mass media and the new emerg- ,t~ ,~,,, 5-q millio,~ in (2alifbrnia ing multimedia industries. THE ARTS ,., ",5'='~ ~t~,.t ~.~laric,. (~onsidclcd separately. California's nonprofit arts arc larger than many (.~,~ XllVI Nlt'II'II'IIFRS nmnu~tctt,ringindustries, lnterms A COMPETITI~ I1,1I, ~ I,,it,, ,tlUi 11,11151~)11115 ~xlu)lc ;111 ecoA)mit asset other stateswould i~lt t~i~',. I'l~is transtkmnation takes welcome. But above all, the non- (,f"c,c,ui,c mul,ipli~ profit arts spur growth and creativiW ADVANnGE c'r, ~1,.,[ ~.~l,.n~cd pc'opic take with in (hlilbrnia's commercial sector ~ tl~:':~: ~,, ~.,~rv ion in ever,' industry, and nurture California's world-domi- ,~ ..... ,~ thc, ,,,,,-I<. nant position in co,nmunication, FOR CALIFO~~ entertainment and tcchnolo~. They · 1}, .l~[x~,~' ,*t a,tists in I~os act as thc parent industries ofa v~t .~tt t}c'$ (~OtlllU' [;)tllld that 24 commercial arts sector that is the 1,~ :.~.~t x~,~rk tk)r both thc fi)r- envv of the world. ~ t,~.t}t ,ind thc nonprofit sector. , ,..., thc ~,,ursc of a lifO'time, it is Thc arts are a competitive advantage FACT lit. I,. ]~,,q will w,,rk in b,,th arc- tbr Calilbrnia. .- Ii i., il,,i tllltlMla} tbr artists to cross Source: The California Arts Council ~n.~l ,.~.. ~ r,,ss regions and entire and KPMG Peat Ma~ick LLP in,lt~ .~ its. { )l'tcn, au artist's talents based on a su~ey by Facts wc~,. dcvchq~cd and sharpened in Consolidated. October 1994. ~U,Ul,r,,fit institutions. The nonprofit im~ibrmation on thc California Arts Council or to receive a copy the executive summary and full report, please contact: CAIJFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL 1 :\! II \MIqL.\ I~,(/t.~I.E\"AP, D · SACRAMENTO, CA 95817 (800) 201-6201 I;6,, Art .' A Com?etitive Advantage r California A'o;q,r~!/it arts organiz.~tions add · A sample of Los Angeles County sion or commercial production 52. 1.59 billion to Gd~rntk ~ artists shows that they averse and distribution. Significant ,'co,t,,mv, create ll.5,000jobs and more than $38,000 a year in · Festiv~s ~so promote cross- gro~h can be seen in thc San ,;to 5-~ millio, i. state and income, with 53 percent of cuiturM understanding. E! Dfa Francisco Bay Area as "high-tech" de los Muertos, a fair in Los ' ;,;.v rct.cut,,s, their income derived from arts industries in thc region merge Angeles, attracted a very diverse with traditional Illin-making. ,~,},~,,ti~, rctnrn n~o~c than they activities, audience for this tradition~ I l,.i~ t,,tal gr:mts, gitis and * 'lhirty-five percent of the Mexican celebration. .ii,' ~t~?p~,-t is one-third of thc artists surveyed are themselves MUIXICUITU~i. · Ninew percent of the visitors C()NTRIltt;'FIONS .... ,,~r ,~,., ,pct~,l ,li,c.~ tlr cad, responsible fbr hiring 10 or surveyed at seven festivals stated :. m,~rc people cm average, that the festival was very impor- "Nltflticultural" organizations ~ r. ~l~.t,~ 1-' 3.~ C~alilbtnians * Artists are active citizens. Eight- rant (69.4 percent) or somewhat defined as arts org:mizations or · ..~ tl',c,r time as v,~lu~tccrs Iht six percent vote, 50 percent important (21.5 percent) in their artist's groups'deeply rooted in .:~,xtqi/atio~s. volunteer their time in the decision to be in the area that day. other cultures ~ arc signific~t <~ ~ a~d indirect spending by communiw, and 74 percent economic participants. ,,t ~t.ltc visitors attracted hv contribute to charity. THE BIG SC~EN · Grand total spending by - ~ multicultural organizations .~t, ~,t~ b_88 million on The movies are sustained and ' · .~.~tc tr.11~sportati,m and FESTIVALS AND CUITU~ energized by the statek robust is $53.7 million. I,,,~'.i~,g, gent'rating 5158 million TOURISM artistic and creative communities. · Nltdticultural organizations Mare' artists and crafters in ihe · Motion picture industry firms directly employ more than t,~illi~,~ paid admissions to state are able to sustain themselves employ an estimated total of -i,{)00 Californians. t,;,,tit ~ 7alifi)r~ia arts events through arts festivals. These annual 164,000, including a staffof · Spending by minority audiences ~'~.~. yc cra~cd spending close events, long a staple of California approximately 50,000 and well is almost 550 million. '. '~ } t~illitm in addition to life, turn out to be economic over ~ice that number of free- 1. ~., .~,t .~ctmission t('cs, powerhouses., lancers and specialized suppliers. FROM CARS TO GUHARS · Arts ffstivals generate about $11 · Annu~ industry s~aries and wages Thc nonprofit arts are closely ,'XR HN'I' AS ASSEI' in economic activiw for each $1 are about $3.7 billion. These jobs related to sever~ other California ...tt,~i,~a~ i,)n of artists living and of cost. The Half Moon Bay Art pay well, with the average individ- industries. tl.,i,?, it~ I ,s At~gclcs reveals that and Pumpkin Festival, a ~o-day uM s~ary at more than $80,000 in .,-,t ,,nc ,~tlt o( tbur work in both craft fair was put together with a 1992. · Automohile design is a S47 .;~m~.~,'i.d and nonprofit budget of $70,000, but yielded million business for Califi~rnia. ~.~..X~ti ,ittt~.fllv all have S10.5 million in direct spending · The industry is growing and There arc 16 major design studios :]i~ ,{ t~',,in cdt~cario~, training, by ~stival attendees, spreading across the state. Most in the state, employing more than · ,, l i,,u ,':ith. ,~nd inspiration California counties have at least 4()0 people. :~, ,~,[~, ,fit arts a~tivitics, one motion picture industry estab- lishment involved in film, televi- · 'l'he design and manuthcture of BAKERSFIELD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM April 28, 1997 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: John W. Stinso~l~A~ssistant City Manager SUBJECT: Booking Fees I have received notice from the County Administrative Office regarding the Jail Booking Fees for FY 97-98. They are indicating that since their increase in costs (4.5%) do not exceed the increase in the Consumer Price Index (2.8%) by more than 2%, pursuant to our agreement, the booking fee charges will only be increased by the amount of CPI increase (2.8%) for FY 1997-98. This will mean an increase in our contract amount from $694,972 to $714,431. This is within the amounts budgeted by the Police Department. The per booking charge is proposed to increase from $100.14 to $104.61 although it does not affect us since we have an agreement based on total booking costs not on a per booking basis. I have reviewed their calculations and discussed them with Chief Brummer and I concur with him that the proposed fees are correct within the scope of our agreement with the County. I will notify the County Administrative Office that we agree that the new fee will not impact the agreement and beyond that, no further action is needed. cc. Steve Brummer, Police Chief Gail Waiters, Assistant City Manager Judy Skousen, City Attorney Telephone 805-861-2371 ® FAX 805-325-3979 ® TTY Relay 800-735-2929 County Administrative Officer April 14, 1997 City of Bakersfield City Manager's Office 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Attn: John Stinson, Assistant City Manager Dear Mr. Stinson: It is again the time of the year to address the Jail Booking Fee for the upcoming fiscal year. The Sheriff has finalized the computation of the Jail Booking Fee for Fiscal Year 1997-98 at a rate of $104.61 per booking. This rate represents a 4.5% increase in the cost per booking of prisoners into the County Jail System. The fee for FY 1996-97 is $100.14 per booking. Per the terms of the Jail Booking and Processing Agreement between the County and the City of Bakersfield, the annual sum paid by the City to the County for booking and processing of persons arrested by any employee of the City is to be adjusted for inflation based upon the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Pacific Cities - West - for all Urban Consumers, for the period ending January 1997, as published by the United States Department of Labor, with the provision that the percentage change in the per booking rate does not exceed or is not less than 2% of the rate of inflation previously mentioned. The CPI referenced above for January 1997 is 2.8%, making the 4.5% increase in the cost per booking within the allowable range of 0.8% to 4.8% contained in the agreement. Based on this information, the annual amount to be paid by the City to the County will be increased by 2.8% from $694,972 to $714,431. Under the terms of the agreement, the City shall pay the County for each billing period as follows: (1) Period ending December 31, 1997:$357,215.50 due and payable on January 9, 1998; (2) Period ending March 31, 1998:$178,607.75 due and payable on April 10, 1998; and (3) Period ending June 30, 1998:$178,607.75 due and payable on June 26, 1998. The public hearing to establish the Jail Booking Fee has been scheduled before the Board of Supervisors for April 29, 1997. However, since the proposed increase in the fee is within the terms of the agreement, the new fee will not impact the terms of the agreement and there will be no further action required between the City and County regarding the Jail Booking Fee for FY 1997-98. If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact me. Sincerely, Fred A. Plane ............................. Deputy CAO FP/cg/fee9798.cob Attachments CC: Carl Sparks, Sheriff Steve Brummer, Chief of Police, City of Bakersfield ~; TYcI [VIAN/'-,~;E[V f-~ CFF]C,-~. '~ ~ JAMES A. RHOADES Auditor-Controller-County Clerk Edward E.' Johnston Administrative Center Assistant Auditor-ControHer-Connty Clerk 1115 Tru.xtnn Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301-4639 Division Chiefs Ann K. Barnett (805) 861-2331 Hugh R. Denton FAX (805) 861-2826 Nancy J. Jackson TO: Carl Sparks DATE: April 9, 1997 Sheriff-Coroner FROM: James A. RhoadeJ~~. ~ Auditor-Controller-County Clerk SUBJECT: Sheriffs' 1997-98 Booking Rate We have reviewed the 1997-98 booking rate calculation using information provided to us by the Sheriffs department. Our review consisted of obtaining assurance that: (1) Calculations were mathematically correct (2) Current employee benefit rates/amounts were used (3) Indirect cost recovered were calculated based on standards set forth in Federal Circular A-87 (4) Activities included in the booking process calculation are those permitted by County Ordinance ~ G-6172 Our review did not include a study of staffing levels used, time spent on the various booking activities or verification of the total number of bookings used to determine unit cost of booking a prisoner. Based on this review, your booking rate calculation of $104.61 for 1997-98 meet the criteria in categories 1, 3 and 4. However, in regard to category 2, current employee benefit rates were not used. Instead, projected increases for 1997-98 were incorporated into the calculation. This had the effect of increasing the booking rate from $100.74 to $104.61 If you have any questions, please call Bruce Moree at 2331-ext 3553. JAR/bdm CC: Fred Plane, County Administrative Office Dan Turley, Sheriffs Department CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES PACIFIC CITIES AND U. S. CITY AVERAGE A~L ~TF~S ~NDEXES (1982-8&-3.00 Gn. lell o~:hez'witse noted) · , JANUARY 1997 AND 2~ HALF 1996 X~IDr.~IS eadAng ondAng X~ExzS ending endAng MONTKLY ~ATA JAM. ~. JAM. !~2. ~AJI. JAM. JAM. DEC. JAil. 1996 1996 1J97 1996 1997 1997 1996 1996 1997 1996 1997 1997 U. S. City Average ............. l$4.A lqO.6 159.1 3.3 3.0 0.3 151.? 155.9 156.3 3.3 3.0 0.3 (X96?m100) ................ 462.S 476.0 4?6.? - - - 451.9 464.3 466.? - - - Lea Angeles- Anaheim- Riverside .. 1SS.T 158.3 159.1 3.4 2.2 0.5 160.4 162.7 153.6 2.2 2.1 0.6 (19670100) ................ 440.0 &47.? AT0.3 - - - AAA.S &SX.3 ~63.8 - Su Fr~Asco-Oa~-fu Jose. ZS2.O ISl.0 XS7.0 3.6 2.7 0.6 150.5 X53.1 ~5&.1 2.3 3.d 0.7 (~967m100) ................ 4T0.~ &T9.7 483.S dSa.d d66.~ d69.d - Welt .......................... XSS.3 ~Sa.T XS9.6 3.9 3.8 O.S ~5a.2 155.A 156.3 2.7 2.7 0.6 (he. lJ?? - ~00) ........ 35~.0 3SI.i 367.9 - - - 24d.9 2SO.X 25X.S - - - Wel~ - i ................~ ....~SS.i ~SI.? ~SJ.I 2.1 3.~ 0.6 X50.9 IS3.8 XS&.7 2.5 3.5 0.6 (bu. ~9~7 ~ 100) ........ 3~3.& aSO.T 360.3 - - - 2AA.2 2d9.0 250.& - - . Wel~ - C ..................... ~SJ.J ~l].J Zii. J ].J 3.~ 0.6 ~54.6 ISO.? 16Z.? J.3 J.3 (ho. ~97~ ~ ZOO) ........ 3d~.9 36&.3 3S~.8 - 24Z.5 2&~.9 2&g.A - 2~ ~ Z996 2~ ~F 1996 ~rage ..................... 139.5 X4X.O 143.7 3.0 X.3 139.1 ldl.& ~3.S 3.2 X.5 (~C. 1967-~00) .......... 373.& 378.5 383.& - - 363.2 367.9 373.& - Ho~ZuZu ...................... 149.& I~0.S Z~.0 0.9 0.3 ~69.7 ~70.8 ZTZ.2 0.0 0.2 (1967m~00) .............. 466.3 &69.3 d~0.~ - - dTd.l &77.3 A78.5 - - · or~l~ ...................... 163.9 167.2 ~10.0 &.0 1.8 150.7 ~53.9 166.5 3.8 1.7 (19678~00) .............. &S0.S &S0.& &68.S - - d3&.& d43.5 &SZ.I - - · ~ D~ogo ..................... 157.3 169.8 ~11.0 2.0 ~.3 Z&7.S ~&9.9 1SZ.3 2.6 0.9 (~967B~00) .............. 53Z.9 S40.4 5d7.6 - - &TS.7 ~83.d 487.9 Seal,lo ....................... ~63.3 ~95.6 169.& 4.0 2.4 X50.~ ~52.6 155.0 3.~ 2.2 (1967uX00) .............. 467.& &74.A 4IS.8 dA6.0 ~52.~ ~62.d Size clalaeoa & m X,3S0,000 ~ ~r, B - ~g iviLl~le ~or West, C a 50,000 ~o 330,000, D - Uo~ avaAl~Xe for Mes~. Release ~o Zeb~a~ 19, X99T. For ~re infom~A~ call (ALS) 975-4350. CPX 2A~ur ~line G~rl for the pacifAc cA~Aeo are as ~rage (907) 27X-2770 ~O ~elea (3X0) 3~S-6884 s~ DAego (610) 557-6538 Seal,lo (206) 553-0645 X~luXu (808) 5~-2808 ~Ortl~ (203) 23~-20&5 S~ FF~CIICO (415) 975-4406 BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Raul Rojas, Public Works Director ~ DATE: April 29, 1997 SUBJECT: PANORAMA DRIVE BURN DUMP PROJECT The DTSC has finished a first review of the draft Site Investigation Report (S.I.R.), and has prescribed a few revisions to be made. Kleinfelder will submit the finished report by May 13, and DTSC will complete its final review by May 27. This will enable Kleinfelder to then finish.drafting the Remedial Action Plan (R.A.P.) for submittal by June 3. Once the R.A.P. is Submitted on June 3, there will be a three to four month process for finalizing it. This includes public meetings held by DTSC, as well as CEQA compliance. DTSC will serve as the lead agency for CEQA and will coordinate with our Planning Department. As we await for finalization of the R.A.P. by October 1, Kleinfelder will be concurrently developing the engineering design to submit by October 15. DTSC expects to approve the engineering design by November 15, whereupon work may begin. To keep project time to a minimum, we should consider either using the City's annual earthmoving contractor for construction of Kleinfelder's plan, or hire Kleinfelder for a design/build project on the engineering plan. Either way would save critical time in procuring the construction work. This is important because DTSC wishes to avoid disturbing the residents with work done during the holiday season. The work may be done by the holidays if all falls into place and the extent of construction is limited. Otherwise, DTSC will wait until January to begin construction. KB: mmm c: Judy Skousen, City Attorney Don Anderson, Real Property Agent Marc Gauthier, Planning ~ :?, 3 0 1997 Bill Brown BAKERSFIELD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM April 29, 1997' TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: John W. Stinso~,(~s~sistant City Manager SUBJECT: Solid Waste Gate Fees I attended the Board of Supervisors meeting this afternoon regarding the proposed solid waste gate fees for multi-family and apartment units. The Board approved the Solid Waste Department's recommendation to proceed with gate fees instead of land use fees for multi-family and apartment units. They also agreed to our proposed option that they continue to be the ones to collect their landfill fee for multi-family and apartment units. Supervisor Peterson stated that this is an interim solution pending the implementation of gate fees for all landfill services provided by the County in July of 1998. Supervisor Patrick said, that county staff should keep the Solid Waste Advisory Committee informed as to the implementation process for gate fees so problems could be avoided in the future. Supervisor Peterson asked county staff about the status of mandatory collection. Mr. Burkert indicated that they will be busy with implementing the 218 issue for a while, and he didn't see them doing any work on mandatory collection before July 1997. He said it is likely that the issues of gate fees and mandatory collection will take parallel tracks during the next year. He said, they would need to implement mandatory, collection at the beginning of a fiscal year (if they decide to), so the earliest would be able to begin is July 1998. / BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Raul Rojas, Public Works Director~ DATE: April 30, 1997 SUBJECT: REFUSE HAULER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS In resolving the issues presented to the Ad Hoc Committee on solid waste on July 30, 1996, staff has negotiated a contract amendment to add rolloffcontainer service to the contract as a mutual benefit for the City and the haulers. In addition, the amendment has the added advantage of expediting the automated refuse/greenwasteprogram implementation by 2 1/4 years. Rolloff Service The addition of rolloffservice to the contract will have the following benefits: A solution to~ the problem of waste generators using rolloffs outside the hauling contract to avoid paying for City-approved commercial bin service. A better ability to manage the commercial waste stream for AB 939 requirements, because the rolloffcustomers will now be City accounts. Under the proposed plan, the average customer will pay about the same as they do now. The net current and proposed charges will differ depending on the number of loads per month, because the average container rent which the haulers now bill separately will be included in the per load charge. MEMORANDUM ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER April 30, 1997 SUBJECT: REFUSEttAULER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS Page 2 Automated Refuse/Greenwaste The accelerated schedule by which automated refuse/greenwaste service will be implemented citywide is a significant improvement over the original five (5) year time table. The program will be completed by March 1999 instead of June 2001, giving all City residents the opportunity to recycle their greenwaste at curbside. Phase I of the contractor's automation is complete. Phase II (for FY97-98) will be done a month early, in June 1997. Phase III will follow in January 1988, and Phases IV and V will be in January 1999. As with the current agreement for Phases I through III, the contractor will receive a 7 cent per month rate increase for each of the last two phases. Also as with the current agreement, the City must furnish 6,400 greenwaste carts for each phase. To accomplish the accelerated program, we will need to purchase Phase II carts for $330,000 in May 1997 using $70,000 as budgeted, $200,000 from fund balance, and $60,000 from an interfund equipment loan. The $60,000 loan will be paid back next year. The proposed FY 97-98 budget included funding for the next phase, which would have been Phase II but will be Phase III under the new program. The FY 98-99 budget will have to include funding for Phases IV and V. KB:smp S:\WPDATA\K CONNEG.MEM BAKERSFIELD POLICE MEMORANDUM April 22, 1997 To: Alan Tandy, City Manager ~_~/ From: S.E. Brummer, Chief of Police~~' Subject: Mobile Data Terminal System The attached memorandum prepared by Captain Nell Mahan provides an overview of the operational impact of the Mobile Data Terminal System. In addition to monitoring overall employee use of the system, communications supervisors monitor individual use of the system on a daily basis. In the event an employee under-utilizes the system or irnproperly utilizes the system, the matter is immediately addressed. Because the majority of MDT transmissions are not permanently retained, long term use of the system cannot be audited for individual users. However, since most MDT communications are initiated by Communications Center personnel to field units, officers are required to respond by MDT transmission unless an emergency exists. Underutilization has not, to date, been an issue of concern. SEB/vrf attachment: Mobile Data Terminal System, memorandum by Captain Nell Mahan dated 4/16/97 BAKERSFIELD POLICE MEMORANDUM April 16, 1997 To: B.R. Horton, Assistant Chief of Police From: N. Mahan, Captain, Operations Division Subject: Mobile Data Terminal System The Mobile Data Terminal System (MDTS) has been in full implementation since September of 1996. The overall efficiency impact of the MDTS for officers an.d the communications center has been significant. The primary purpose of the MDTS was to reduce radio transmissions and to give officers direct access to different data bases. Radio transmissions have been reduced 30%. That reduction is a combination of both dispatcher and officer ability to communicate through the MDT. Telecommunicators that are directly involved in radio transmissions are the primary channel operators (100% dedicated) and the administrative channel operator (50% dedicated). One and one-half positions of the five regularly staffed positions are directly impacted by diminished radio traffic. Even though radio traffic reductions are most significant for the primary channel operator; that operator can not assume additional tasks as officer safety concerns dictate complete attention to the radio. The administrative channel operator splits responsibility between radio traffic (50%), telephones, (25%), and data query requests (25%). MDTS unfortunately have no impact upon the number of 9-1-1 calls that must be answered. New ProLog equipment currently tracks the number of calls answered in the communications center. In 1996 the communications center answered approximately 624,000 calls. We do not have the data for prior years for comparison purposes. A similar gauge would be the number of calls for service. In 1992 the communications center handled 148,200 calls for service. In 1996 the same staffing level (plus one) handled 182,580 calls for service. Clearly, the next major hurdle that must be dealt with is the 9-1-1 telephone responsibility. Attached is a recent article describing this dilemma on a nationwide basis and the original MDT justification. At present there is no mechanical, computer, or other solution to deal with 9-1-1 telephone calls. Our crime prevention section has as part of their objectives the education of the public on the proper use of 9-1-1. The number of calls received that are ora non emergency nature would suggest we have much work to do. NM/ik ~'~/~/~/x~. n a dismal subterranean pressure cooker four floors "OK. the guy that had the gun, was he black or white or Hispanic? Do you beneath Los Angeles's City Hall East, "police service know what he's wearing? OK, what's the license plate again?" Almost before the caller hangs up, Ford has typed the representatives" bathed in muted blue neon hues clack on relevant information into the computer keyboards, their headsets plugged into the torrent of 911 and pushed a button to assign the call to an available police car. Next up: a woman who fears an intruder is still in calls that echo the panic and mayhem of Los Angeles. From a her house. phone' Across the countp] in Baltimore's 911 booth, a panicked caller is screaming that somebody has center, another mostly windowless room with false ceilings and a few splashes of just been shooting at him. "OK, where's the man with the gun cafeteria-blue paint, dispatchers' con- soles are spitting out rows of red numbers now, sir'?", asks dispatcher Martin Ford matter-of-factly as the and new "jobs" to be assigned to the cops on the streets. A fight. A shoplifting sus- location of the phone booth pops up on his computer screen, pect. Eighteen junkies in an alley with a 30 U.S.NEWS & WORLD RF. POR'/, JtlNI~ 17,1991i drug dealer. A man bothering a woman, runs. And the sheer volume of calls bat beating death of 16-year-old Eddie An elderly lady needs her pills. 3933 sometimes overwhelms 911 operators Polec (box. Page 36). Kimble Road. 5706 Fenwick Avenue. and phone lines, meaning some desper- Getting in the way. Worse yet, the 1403 Kingsway Road. 1700 E. Northern ate callers get a recording or are put on public has become so addicted to 911 Parkway. In Los Am, eles. in Baltimore. hold. During a Dallas storm last spring, that cops have time for little else. espe- in Chic,4go and Buffalo. in your town and hundreds of callers had to wait for more ciallv the sort of crime prevention and mine. the numbers keep or'ming and the than O('l seconds. And in Los Am, eles analysis that might actually be more el- lights never stop blinking, last year. 325.261 calls-13.5 perce[~t of fecti~,e in fighting crime. "We have ere- Police executives call it the '*tyranny the total-were abandoned by callers ated a monster." is the police chiefs' re- of 911"-the relentless drumbeat o'f before 911 operators could answer, frain. "So long as 911 persists in its calls that sends cops bouncin~ all over The vast majority of 911 calls are ban- present form. policing cannot move for- town like so many pinballs I~ox. Page died efficiently and courteously, but re- ward." write Northeastern University 33). The creation of 911 seemed like a cent years have seen more than enough criminal justice Prof. George Kelling good idea. and it regularly works in he- horr6r stories to cause concern. Per- and lawyer Catherine Coles in their fdic fashion. But lit'~-thrdatenim, situa- haps the most infamous occurred in forthcoming book. Fixing Broken W'in- tions do not always get the pro~npt at- November 1994 in Philadelphia. where dows: Restoring Order and Reducing tention they deserYe because frivolous a fast-moving fight among rival groups Crime in OttrCommunities. 911 calls send police off on unnecessan- of teens eventually led to the baseball- Like so many other problems. 911 U.S.NEWS & WORLD R EP~ JRT. JUNE 17. 1.o9,5 . ~tos ~, o,~,o uu~ s,8~ ro~ c,s~a~ ~,o~o ,uos~*,o~, 8v oou~ s~t~ - us~,~ 31 started out as:a solution. In 1967, the the calls are for nonemergencies. In Co- to anticipate the downsides," says Joseph Presidential Commission on Law En- lumbus, callers want to know the kick- Brann, who runs the Justice Depart- forcement and Administration of Justice off time for Ohio State football games, ment's community-policing program. recommended that "a single number In Los Angeles. says frustrated Police Costly problem. The quickest fixes arc should be established" nationwide for Chief Willie Williams. callers include more operators or more lines, but both reporting emergencies. AT&T soon an- "people who call 911 for the time of day. are expensive: customer surcharges usu- nounced its choice of 911, and' the first They call 911 for directions, as if we're ally fund the basic 911 phone networks, ~11 call was made in Haleyville. Ala.. in Triple A. They'll call and ask what are but answering centers are commonly February 1968. Today. some 85 percent the best seats at the Coliseum. at Dodg- paid for by financially squeezed local of the population is covered bv 911. er Stadium. how do I get to Disneyland, governments. During the past dozen The number of 911 calls started grow- what happened at some meeting." years, the volume of 911 calls in Los An- ing in the 1970s and has mushroomed to Cops admit they're partlyto blame be- geles rose 70 percent, but staffing an estimated 268,000 a day. About 80 to cause they sold 911 so aggressively, failed dropped until a spate of bad publicity 85 percent of them summon the cops, to teach the public how to use it properly caused the City. Council to cough up though ambulances and fire depart- and went out of their way for so long to $300,000 for some backup operators, a ments use the system as well. Total calls respond to all calls, emergency, or not. bit of furniture and some painting. After to Columbus, Ohio's system jumped "Therewasa failure on everybody's part two unsuccessful efforts. Los Angeles from 222.000 during July 1987-June 1988 voters in 1992 approved a $235 million to 310.000 in 1994-95. In New York City, bond issue for a massive 911 upgrade, but the number of 911 calls is expected to the new system won't be completed until grow to 12~5 million by 2005. at least 2000. New 9ii systems in Chicago The .sheer volume of calls isn't the and New York cost $217 million and $156 only problem, however. An ever in- million, respectively. creasing percentage of 911 calls do not Meanwhile. the proliferation of cella- fit anyone's definition of an emergency, lar phones is creating a host of new "It's so easy to use and easy to remem- challenges for 911 systems. The first is bet, people have begun calling 911 for almost 18 million additional 911 calls er- anything." says AT&T's John Cohen. err year from cell phones. In California, an ex-cop. In some places. 90 percent of ce'll~llar 911 calls to the Highway Patrol 32 ~,nu ~u*ow- s~a~ mR os~,, U.S. NEWS& WORLD- REPOIVr. JUNE 17.1996 But what really frustrates cops is that many 911s aren't life-threatening emergencies but what officers privately call "junk calls" - barking dogs, loud parties. In Rampart. a good number also originate as "unknown trouble," in which a 911 operator is called but no one is on the tine. Department policy requires police to re- spond to such calls, but cops say 98 percent of them turn out to be children's pranks or accidental auto-dials. G~mesmnship. Officers say that on a busy night legiti~' - mate callers may have to wait. - two or three hours for. police to respond to nonemergency calls. Some residents tell dis- patchers that someone has 'a gun, even if it's not true, be- cause that will bring police more quickly. Such games- manship increases both po- lice and citizen jeopardy, says LOS ANGELES Sgt. William Suddeth: "If you see the guy they've called on, 'It's never goingto end' et to, say, get his driver's - license, there could De a- Shots ring out as Los Ange- Transmitter screen: three calls come in that the buffer shooting, all because of the les. police officers Ben group disturbances, one bat- f'dls up and officers have to radio calL" : ;.'~ :.~- .. Alonso and Keiren Ibarra tery investigation and a fire write the extra calls on paper. It takes time, says Alomo, drive past a dark alley. They department request to handle Requests for "code 7"-time to learn to handle the pursue a fleeing suspect, only a drunken man. Plus, just off to eat- are sometimes sure of chasing the radio.." to find he's the victim and the minutes before, two urgent turned down because too "Initially, I'd toss and mm at car of shooters is long gone. messages flashed across all many calls are outstanding, night thinking, 'Beep beep, "Some other places, for some- Rampart patrol-car screens: Because of the enormous need Rampart unit, any thing like this, they'd cordon "Any units available for calls, load, only "hot" calls requir- Rampart unit. Beep beep, off the street," says Alonso, we're holding eight." Then, lng immediate response (gun- Rampart unit, any Rampart who has worked L.A.'s rough- "Make that nine." fire, robberies in progress) are unit.' I was thinking, 'Man, and-tumble Rampart division In LA.. cops call it "chas- voiced over the radio, and it's never going to end.' "The for eight years, lng the radio." Responding cops often get "retorted"- calls are still "out of con ..t~oi,". Not here. It's Friday night, to 911 calls consumes entire yanked off one 911 call to take he says, but experience hm-~- and Alonso and Ibarra have a 12-hour shifts-Alonso, for a more important one. Offi- tempered the stress. "You full "buffer." The calls instance, has handled as cers say there's pressure to have to take one at a time." they've already been assigned many as 28 requests for serv- clear calls in a hurry, and"buy" are stacked like pancakes on ice in one shift. Often. espe- more: those who don't are said BY MONmS. their car's Mobile Data cially in the summer, so many to be "milking the radio." ~ LOS iumped from 29,000 in 1985 to a pro- callscan't be re-located. In addition, the Association. Under the agreement, lected 2.8 million this year. routing .technologies of cellular systems within 18 months or so, cellular technol- Calls from cellular l~hones don't pro- may send a cellular 911 call to the wrong ogy allowing a 911 dispatcher to locate a vide the location and number of the call- dispatching center. Seine state police caller's cell site will be phased in: within er the way calls from standard phones agencies collect their cellular 911 calls at five years, the caller's exact location. do. It souhds like an easy enoueh prob- central locations, then have to take pre- within 125 meters, will be available. The lern to solve.-just tell 'the dispatcher cious time parceling them out. groups are hoping to obtain the neces- where you are-but panicked callers of- But there is some good news on the sarv blessing of the Federal Communi- ten have trouble describing their loca- cellular front. In February.. the 91.1 trade cations Commission within weeks. tion. especially if they're traveline with a groups reached an agreement with the All these issues are loading more and cell phone mi/es frrJm home. I~ang-up Cellular Telecommunications Industry. more responsibility on 911 'dispatchers. US.NEws& WORLD REPORT. juNE ~7.19cY6 33 ,',.~tcn overworked and ,~cr,[rc~:d. i~.;~ f,,r ;,~fiicc chi~.['.. :!:4 iar£er t!t!c-- ::-::c. rdinarii~ rare." · ",?'ur', t'c~ pet)pie caii to wish ','ou a mcr flop. ~> h,,~t t~ ~can mc eui, itc off fri,,o- Fast or good? Xv~crthclcss. in man`.' da,,.':.,_avs Ronnic Rand of thc Associa- iou~, '91i calls. ~,,'eed out the nonemcr- cities, response .'.:mc is still considered tion of Public-Safety Communications gcncies, scm'ice thc public in ways other the kev test of a :elite department's et'- Officials/APCO). Bzirbara Stone. a sen- than rapid response and give cops more fcctixcncss. Peo=i= want quick respons- for police service.representative in Lo:, time to work v. ith neighborhoods in e,,. and the press often focuses on the .Angeles. has grown II) '.'ears' worth of reall`, fighting crime. In recent ,.'ears. i~sue. Wcaningt'n:euNica`.vavfromrap- thick skin but admits there arc times she man`. last enforcement executives' have id response is a ;ouo_h sell. "l'n a sound- can't just shake off the pain. "A guy questioned thc entire foundation on bite political arena, e'.'en if politicians felt came home from work, and he had left which 911 is built-the idea that police this made sense. ~ho wants to build a his daughter home alone." she says. her can stop crimes bv responding rapidly' campaign around it'?" asks John Eck of eves growing moist as she recalls a call to citizens' "emergency" calls. Land- the Crime ControI Institute. a think tank. r~ade)'ears ago. "And she`.,,'as maybe i1 mark research in several cities has The result is that 911 dominates the or 12;'And he came home and somebody found that most of the calls in which operations of most of America's police had stabbed her to death. So. talking t6 officers are dispatched-50 to 90 per- departments. "and you never have any this guy, to come home and find his cent in most places-are not aboUt of the discretionary time that communi- F Jaughter dead .... "Stone stops. "See." crime. Fewer than 5 percent of most cit- ty policing demands." says Baltimore ~he chokes. "That one still gets me." ies' total dispatched .calls. the re- Police Commissioner Thomas Frazier. ~ Salaries for dispatchers frequently searchers concluded, are made quickly "The equation is simple." write Har- zlon't exceed the 1ow-$20.000 ran~,e, and enough for offi.cers to intervene or yard's David Kenned`.'. Mark Moore and s :urnover is high. Two years ago.'an un- make an arrest. Malcolm Sparrow in their book. Beyond 2ercover investigation by Chicaao's Bet- Research in Kansas City. Mo.: Jack- 911: .q New Era rbr Policing. "The more ' :er Government Association f4und ten sonville. Fla.; Peoria. I11.: Rochester. officersa depariment reservesto answer -~ ql dispatchers sleeping on the job. N.Y.. and San Die~,o found that rapid 911 calls, the swifter and more sure the i :' Slowly. some of these problems arc police responses lec~ to arrests in only 3 emergency response, but the fewer peo- ,. ~eing addressed. Trade groups such as percent of serious reported crimes. "In' pie and less time left for doino, anything ~ : ~SPCO and the National Emergency man`.' indMdual cases. 911 systems and else. such as'foot 3atrol. neig'hborhood Number.Association I NEN,A~ are ~ork'- police responses have had '.vonderfut organizing {or] crime prevent'~on." ' : ng to improve and standardize trainin~ and heartwarming_ outcomes." write re- Police departments arc trvim,. =. differ- or dispatchers. Ne`.,.' centers like thTz' searchers Kelling and Coles. "Yet on an ent tactics to achieve the goal of so- roes in Chicago. New York and Atlanta a~,_'__re_ate,.., 2 level, cases in `.vhich 911. tech- called differential response. Since the · ~ave expanded capacity and are dc- nology makes a substantial difference in lqS{Is, many departments have siphoned ~4 ~.*o,os ~, o^v,o ~c,:... s,*~ ~.=~ ..s~,~ U.S.NEV,5 & W, '?&D REPORT..IU.','E 17. lg°~ = · U.$.NE3'S round-the-clock opcrati~s. In April. ~ith a comprehensive listing of station the communications division directed locations, phone numbers, hours of op- off an increasing number of nonemer- that calls such as indecent exposure, lar- eration and types of services offered. gency 911 calls to special units that take ceny, animal disturbances, gamblin~ The result: In Edmonton. 911calls to the reports over the phone. These tele- and loitering be referred to the phon~ cops have dropped from 84,431in 1991to phone reporting units, staffed by civil- unit if the incidents were not in prog- 53.191 lastyear. Other departments want ians or officers on injury status, can ress. a suspect wasn't on the scene, no to follow Edmonton's lead but are wor- take minor theft or nuisance reports, one was hurt and no evidence or addi- tied they won't be able to process re- for instance, or arrange for a communi- tional witnesses were available, ports at precinct houses, where calls now tv-relations officer to meet with the The Edmonton. Alberta. Police Serv- may be answered only by an overworked complainant at a later, less busy time. ice has gone even further..reworking its desk sergeant. Many officers are skeptical, but stud- whole system in 1992 to revolve around a Everyone agrees public education is les suggest the.public will eventually ac- dozen community police stations where critical to solving the problem, but some cept this. approach if it is'explained citizens are encouraged to report many argue education alone hasn't worked carefully. The Baltimore Police Depart- nonemergency incidents in person. To and must be accompanied by something ment has increased the number of calls help the public adapt to the changes, the else-like new, easy-to-remember handled bv its phone unit from 13,911 in Police Service crc- phone numbers for 1987 to 55,822 in 1995, .and late last ated "red pages" nonemergency calls. year, the phone unit expanded to in the phone book Most police depart- PHILADELPHIA The November'night when'911 didn't work M ore th~n 20 calls were borne Walker, who was fired made to report a roy- after the Polec incident. The ing~teen rumble that chilly operators' penalties were lat- November night in Philadel- er reduced or overturned by phia. But by the time police an arbitrator, and all the did- arrived 45 mlnute~ later, 16- patchers involved in the inci- year. old Eddie Po!ee lay dy- dent have since been trans- lng, his head crushed, on the fen'ed to other departments. steps of St. Cecilia's Catholic Public and political out- Church, whets'he'll! been ' rage forced the city to audit an altar boy. Since that cold its emergency system. 1994 night, the queStion Among the f'mdings: Not keeps popping up: Was Phil- enough patrol officers were adelphia's 911 system an ac- available to handle 911 calls, cessory to his murder.'? and the system was being People who called to re- drained by requests for hos- ternal Order of Pm pod.the fight say 911 opera- pital transportation, aban- lice, insists nothing tots were curt and hostile in cloned-vehicle reports and has really changed. response to their pleas for other nonemergency calls. "Computers in help. "Don't talk to me like I~e~ tralala~, Nineteen cars:" he says. that," barked one dispatcher months after Polec's death, "That's all techno- to an angry and frightened the Philadelphia Police De- babble-we need caller. "I asked you a ques- partment is still revamping more men on the tion." SLx dispatchers were its 911 system. So far, the city streets." But Ed- fired or suspended in the has hired 96 new staffers, in- die's father. John wake of the incident, but 911 tensified training for 911 op- Polec, sees some operators claim it wasn't erators, improved computer improvements. "If clear that all 20 calls con- software and insisted on sen- Eddie were at- cerned the same group of sitivity training for emergen- tacked in the same teens and say they were cy phone personnel. In addi- "I think we've come a long location," he says, "the sys- made scapegoats for the tion, a recently implemented wa)'." says Carl Bitten- tern would probably work a city's un?esponsive emergen- pilot program in which some bender, inspector of lot better now." cy service. "We were ma- police cars were equipped communications. ligned, judged and hanged with computers has led to Richard Costello. presi- without a trial." says Os- improved response times, dent of the Philadelphia Fra- [ IN PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO cials hope to supplement the ; communications center with The fiber opt' fur of 911 - lC ure a network of hand-held mo- bilecomputers that will al- , ."-.'~ · low street cops to que~ da- M ake no little plans, said ~ptic communications net- keeps records of recent calls tabases and file reports. famous Chicago archi- work that connects police, by address, and if callers re- Dispatchers are able to con- tect Daniel Burnham. So, fire and other city facil- spond to phone company trol both the lighting and the like a lot of things in the city, ities and allows instant surveys, dispatchers will airflow at the center's 108 of broad shoulders, Chica- transfers of case reports, ar- eventually see any special workstations, and fresh airwill go's new 911 center is big- very big- and designed..to..~ demonstrate th~' future' emergency The cost of the new gency commun/Cafii)ns ter was originally pegged at $95 million~ but that was.~re?.. vised upward, twice.for fin2 provements, and:th~ final . price tag is es~ted at $217' milh'6ii~ Alogg, ~e Way,'th~: city threatened tO' change:;" contractors.~nd, the proj&t;. director was;.fii-ed. Shortly .afr. ter the center went on Ih'ii last fall, the entire 911 system · crashed for about 21/2_ hour~, and there have been continu-' lng problems wi.t~...mils mys- teriously being OUt off. Slx. d,/Iinim. But the new center's backers ~ay bugs arc inev/table in such a massive undertaking-- and the 161,O00-square-fOOt polished- granite facility ori'the city's . .' ' . ....... ;-~?: ;~'~.?,.~.7.~;':.:-'~. West Side is raasaive, indeed, rest records and other language or medical needs be pumped thrOugh the build- Its stability is en,~dred by 80 documents, right on the screen. The cen- lng 16 to 18 times an bohr. The . caissons, each dUg 110 feet Center officials boast that ter also has special mapping facility also homes two small deep into bedrock, and the Chicagoans get the fastest capabilities that will be able privacyroomswheredispatch- center is designed to with- 911 connections in the to display the "footprint" of ers can compose themselves stand a sustained wind of 120 world - about 1.2 seconds- most of Chicago's buildings following especially stressful miles per hour. The building and say the vast majority of and tell police or fire person- calls. And those calh are sure contains 1,000 miles of tele- calls are answered in ies~ nel whether any hazardous to keep coming.: communications c~blc and is than 10 seconds, or fewer materials are stored there. '-- ~ ........ . part of a new 176-mile fiber- than two tings. The system By the end of the year, offi: BY GORDON WrrlilN :nents have nonemergency numbers, media have been asked to help market National Emergency. Number Associa- -Jut they've rarely been memorable Or the message with public-service an- tion opposes the idea, arguing that it :narketed as aggressively because so nouncements, bookmarks, banners and could confUse people accustomed tothe much of the focus has been on 911. grocery, bags. Los Angeles officials began current arrangement, especially if not Buffalo plans to inaugurate a new, their own public-education campaign all systems sign up for the AT&T idea. nonemergency number this summer and about 911 overload in Februa~ and hope Cops agree they've got to find some has hired a local advertising agency., the to tie it into a new. nonemergency 800 way to break the tyranny of 911. But no 5chutte Group. to help launch the effort, number in the next several months, one watching the blinking lights thinks Fhe firm has Copyrighted a sequence of AT&T officials want to establish a thatwillbeeasy."Nine-one-oneisalmost :hyming slogans:"For a real emergency, single, national nonemergency 800 like heroin." says communications Sgt~ :all 911: we'll quickly send someone! number that could be routed to the Louis Hopson of the Baltimore PD. "It's Xtonemergencies. it's 853-2222. and we'll nearest police department. AT&T has easier to get people on it than off." 1 :ell you what to do." Officials feel a sev- talked to a number of chiefs and may :n-digit number more clearly denotes a test the concept with the Baltimore Po- BY GORDON WITKIN WITH .~onemergency. Local corporations and lice Department this summer. But the MONI~-~ GUTT.XL-L'q IN LOS ANGF. J~S U.S.NEWS & WORLD REPORT. JUNE 17.1995 MOBILE DATA TERMINALS MEMORANDUM JANUARY 12, 1994 S. E. BRUMMER, CHIEF OF POLICE TO C. A.' BLACKBURN, LIEUTENANT, OPERATIONS DIVISION FROM PROPOSAL FOR MOBILE DATA TERMINAL SYSTEM SUBJECT The following information is presented as a proposal for the acquisition of a Mobile Data Terminal System for the Bakersfield Police Department. In accessing the most advantageous'way to address the communica- tions problem existing within the police dep~rtment, it was determined that the most efficient and cost effective means is the acquisition of a Mobile Data Terminal System. Currently, the police department uses a single dispatcher system during the majority of the time, however during peak periods the city is split in half and two dispatchers are required to dispatch calls for services. In both cases there is a single dispatcher who acts as an administrative position within the Communications Center. This position is responsible for taking care of the field officer's administrative needs, such as warrant checks, wanted persons checks, property checks, vehicle registration checks, drivers license checks, parole checks, tow truck requests, ambulance requests, and a multitude of other duties. Because of the activity of that position, it has become apparent over the years with the increase in field forces and calls for services that this position was unable to handle the maqnitude of radio traffic and requests. In light of this, what has occurred in the field is that many requests go unanswered simply by the fact that the field unit is unable to reach the dispatcher because of radio congestion. As can be imagined this causes a great amount of stress, not only for the field officer whose request goes unanswered, but also on the dispatcher which is faced with an overwhelming job of trying to meet the field officer's needs. This stressful environment has led to a high turnover rate in the Communications Center for a number of years. The problem as.it exists today is that the field officer does not have acquisition to all of the information that is available in various data sources. The advent of a Mobile Data Terminal System would give him/her instant access to all local, state and federal data bases for self-inquiry into all of the subsystems. Also, in today's police environment, during peak periods 80 to 90 percent of the field officers are busy at any given time and unable to copy all points broadcast information or other pertinent data on local 1 PROPOSAL FOR MOBILE DATA TERMINAL SYSTEM JANUARY 12, 1994 wanted suspects. In the Mobile Data Terminal environment~ any time information of that nature is generated the dispatcher would send that information to all units and it would be available for viewing when the.officer' returns to his patrol unit. This approach to information dissemination would alleviate the type of tragic lack of information that occurred in Petaluma, when Polly' Klass was victim of a kidnap/homicide. The Mobile Data Terminal System is an extension of the Computer Aided Dispatch System located in the police department and allows field units access to information that is stored in the CAD System, as well as the. state's California Law Enforcement Telecommunica- tions System and the Federal National Crime Information System. This means that the officer can acquire information without delay by inputting the data himself from the field and receiving timely responses without the intervention of dispatch personnel. In addition, dispatch personnel would also have the capability of dispatching routine, non priority calls via the Mobile Data Terminal without the need for voice communication. This approach would free the primary dispatch channels .and the administrative channel for high priority calls for service and for non-eqUipped MDT units, such as motorcycles, on the administrative channel. It 'should be recognized that the Mobile Data Terminal is merely another computer terminal, however instead of .being hardwired to a mainframe computer it is operated through a Data Radio System and. interfaced into the CAD Computer. The Mobile Data Terminal hardware is configured to meet the rigors of a mobile environment and the harsh abuse that.it might receive in a field application. The only Mobile Data Terminal on the market that meets all of the requirements of NCIC 2000 is the Motorola 9100-386. NCIC 2000.is a federal standard for mobile computers and will allow for all of the applications they have identified as.being pertinent to police operations. The 9100-386 Terminal supports a wide range of peripherals, including barcode scanners, mobile printers, position- ing devices for use with automatic vehicle location applications, .mug shot printing in the vehicle, and fingerprint scanning from the vehicle directly into their data base. A vehicle equipped'with this computer architecture would have the ability to access all data bases' with one input and by use of a fingerprint scan, identify any wanted person in the systems. It is unknown in today's world how many'police contacts are made with wanted persons who have.false identifications, no identifications and give false information to police officers regarding their identity. With the advent of this type of technology those criminals can be removed from the street and incarcerated. The Motorola Mobile Work Station is designed specifically for real time computer access and messaging in a mobile environment. In addition to direct access to other data bases the 386 includes 2 PROPOSAL FOR MOBILE DATA TERMINAL SYSTEM JANUARY 12, 1994 support for applications running in the MS-DOS/Windows Operatin9' System, removable storage, and protocol upgrade ability which will protect our investment as wireless network technologies evolve. It is recommended that the city purchase 150 Mobile Data Terminal' Units for installation into each patrol vehicle assigned to the Operations Division. This number would allow a small reserve of spares to be swapped with any units that were in need of mainte- nance. The life span of this particular unit in a mobile environ- ment is estimated to be seven years in a ~wo shift per day operation. Since we are using the private patrol vehicle concept, it is estimatedthat the life span of 5hese units will be at least fourteen years and if our experience with the cost savings of the PPV Program holds true, these units will hold up beyond that time at a reduced maintenance cost. All training for the users of the system will be provided by Motorola Communications as part of their contract and it will be a train the trainer concept, done on-site and then that group would train the remainder of the existing officers. Future training would be done as part of the Field Training Officer Program for new personnel. Although at first glance, when looking at the cost spreadsheet this system seems quite expensive, it should be pointed out that dollar values are hard to attach to human life and suffering. Each year in California, ten to fifteen police officers have their lives taken and a good part of that number can be attributed to criminal activity. The importance of officer safety through the use of the Mobile Data Terminals, as well as protection for the citizens of Bakersfield, by the use of these devices is paramount and should be given due consideration. It is recommended that the city move forward with the acquisition and installation of the Mobile Data Terminal System and that Motorola be awarded the contract as a sole source vendor for the terminal and radio application, I.B.M. for the computer hardware and software applications and Tiburon, Inc. for the software changes necessary to the Computer Aided Dispatch System. It has been well documented that single source vendors in the communica- tions hardware and software acquisition is the only logical solution to integration with existing systems. C. A. Blackburn Lieutenant Operations Division CAB/ik 3 MOBILE DATA TERMINALS SYSTEM COSTS CAD SOFTWARE - TIBURON, INC. License Fees (Up to 150 MDT's) 23,600 Technical Services -55~80 CAD Software Total: ~7~ .HARDWARE -lBM ~ RS/6000-7012-34H Controller 32,749 Operating~System Software 4,335 IBM Hardware Total: 37,084 HARDWARE- MOTOROLA Radio Network Controller 86,000 9100-386 Mobile Data Terminals (150 @ $6,654) 998,100 Antenna and Cable Kits (150) 4,447 .. Data System Stations (2) 108,814 Project Services 129;337 Extended Warranty (1 Yr from system acceptance) 55,881 Custom Labels 4,450 Motorola Hardware Total: 1,387,029 HARDWARE - VARIOUS VENDORS (Depends on vehicle make & model) Custom mounts for MDT, radio, Siren (150 @ $500) 75,000 SYSTEM SUBTOTAL 1,578,413 Tax (Excluding Technical Servcies) 110,397 Grand Total 1,688,810 Grand total does not include installation of MDT's into Police vehicles. Installation to be done by City Communications personnel. MEMORANDUM DECEMBER 16, 1993 3AMES M. LEWIS, ASSISTANT CHIEF 70 C. A. BLACKBURN, JR., LIEUTENANT, OPERATIONS DIVISION FROM RESEARCH ON MOBILE DATA TERMINALS SUBJECT The following is a list'of all the agencies that are currently connected to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunication System in Sacramento. The list represents which county or state, as there are 170 devices from Las Vegas, Nevada Police Department connected to the state switch, which agency and the number of mobile data terminals from. each agency. COUNTY OR STATE AGENCY NUMBER OF .MDT'S Alameda Emeryville PD 6 Alameda Fremont. PD 97 Alameda Hayward PD 80 Alameda Oakland PD 80 Alameda Piedmont PD 6 Contra Costa Clayton PD 4 Contra Costa Concord PD 53 Contra Costa Contra Costa Co SD 55 Contra Costa Pittsburg PD 1 Contra Costa Pleasanton PD 20 Contra Costa Richmond PD 40 Contra Costa Walnut Creek PD 18 Fresno Clovis PD 3 Fresno CSU-Fresno 2 Fresno Fresno PD 100 Los Angeles Beverly Hills PD 32 Los Angeles Downey PD 50 Los Angeles Glendale PD 37 Los Angeles Inglewood PD 50 Los Angeles Long Beach PD 137 Los Angeles Los Angeles Co SD 1200 Los Angeles .Los Angeles Dept Airpor%s 50 Los Angeles Los Angeles PD 1000 Los Angeles Santa Monica PD 40 Los Angeles South Bay Regional Comm 177 Los Angeles West Covina PD 50 Los Angeles CA Highway Patrol-LA 38 Orange Anaheim PD 105 Orange Brea PD 53 Orange Cosua Mesa PD 105 1 RESEARCH ON b%OBILE DATA TERMINALS DECEcMBER 16, 1993 COUNTY OR STATE AGENCY NUMBER OF MDT'S Orange Garden Grove PD 84 Orange Huntington Beach PD 149 Orange irvine PD 28 Orange San~a Ana PD 130 Placer Roseville PD 20 Riverside Cathedral City PD 3 Riverside Riverside PD 540 Riverside Riverside SD 403 Sacramento Sacramento Co SD 341 Sacramento Sacramento PD 169 San Bernardino Chino PD 30 San Bernardzno Colton PD 6 San Bernardino Fontana PD 57 San Bernardino Montctair PD 12 San Bernardino Ontario PD 125 San Bernardino Redlands PD 45 San Bernardino Rialto PD 21 San Bernardino San Bernardino Co Marshall 17 San Bernardino San Bernardino Co SD 248 San Bernardino Upland PD 25 San Bernardino San Bernardino PD 137 San Diego San Diego PD 591 San Francisco San Francisco PD 190 San Joaquin Stockton PD 63 San Mateo Atherton PD 7 San Mateo Daly City PD 26 San Mateo Menlo Park PD 44 Santa Clara Morgan Hill PD 15 Santa Clara Palo Alto pD 25 San:a Clara San Jose PD 171 Santa Clara Sunnyvale PD 44 Solano Fairfield PD 61 Stanislaus Ceres PD 9 Stanislaus CSU-Stanislaus PD 3 Stanislaus Modesto PD 66 Stanislaus Oakdale PD 8 Stanislaus Patterson PD 2 Stanislaus Riverbank PD 5 Stanislaus Stanisiaus Co SD 40 'Stanislaus Turlock PD 26 Stanislaus Waterford PD 3 State of Nevada Las Vegas , 170 Yolo Davis PD 14 TOTAL 7862 . / 2 RESEARCH ON MOBILE DATA ?ERMINALS DECEMBER 16, !993 This informati~n was compiled to show uhe number of agencies ~hroughout the State cf California, that have migrated to mobile data technology. C. A. Blackburn, Lieu~e'n'aHt Operatio.ns Division CAB / ik communications '\mdt. isn  MEMORANDUM DECE'tCI3ER 8, 1993 JAMES M. LEWIS, ASSISTANT CHIEF C. A. BLACKBURN, JR., LIEUTENANT FROM SITE VISITS ON MDT PROJECT SUBJECT On December 1 and December 2, 1993, City Communications Engineer Bob Jones and I were assigned to ~ite visits to investigate user applications of mobile data terminal projects. A brief background of my experience and observation of MDT applications began in 1974, and at that time data radio technology was in its infancy and the basic purpose of mobile data was to provide status changes between field units and the dispatch center. Since that time I have observed over twenty applications of mobile data technology in California, Texas, Florida, Virginia and Washington D.C.. On December 1, 1993, we visited the City of Portland, Oregon, and were given a tour of' their ' communication system by Senior Communications Engineer Joel H&rrington, who is also the project manager for several subsystems in their co~uuunications project. Portland has recently funded and has been acquiring a totally new communications system, including facilities, new radio base stations, mobile COnu~,unications equipment, including mobile data terminals and ground positioning equipment. Portland's total outlay for this project is approximately twenty-four million dollars and was funded through communication replacement' accounts, some general fund money and bonds. As the major thrust of our visit was to investigate their data communications application, we focused on that and learned ·that the City of Portland had entered into a five year sole source agreement with Motorola Mobile Data Division to provide six hundred and seventy-five mobile data work stations and backbone equipment to interface with their CAD and other computer applications. Mr. Harrington advised that since the inception of the project that Motorola's approach had been thorough and that their team approach to project management and completion of the system had been thoroughly satisfactory. Mr. Harrington further advised that the reason that the city had settled upon a single vendor was to alleviate the problems of dealing with multi-source vendors and the acquisition and installation of hard~are and software to make the system complete. Mr. Jones and ! inspected the backbone equipmenu to the mobile data application and found that the project management had done a first 1 SITE VISITS ON MDT PROJECT DECEMBER 8, 1993 rate job in all of the installation of the communications equip- ment. We also investigated the installation of the equipment, in the Vehicle and found that the vendor, as well as Portland Communications had done an outstanding job of installing the mobile data terminal so that it's position would not interfere with the 1994 vehicle dual air bag requirements. When I questioned Mr. Harrington as to why they had settled upon the Motorola Mobile Data Terminal concept versus the laptop technology, he advised that their reasons were because of reliability, durability of the equipment and the single vendor approach concept. I would rate our observations of the total Portland mobile data system as excellent and from speaking with several employees of the City of Portland's Communication Division and two of Portland Police Department officers, I would rate the vendor support from Motorola as excellent. On December 2, 1993, Mr. Jones and I visited West Covina Police Department and attended a seminar presented by the police department on their mobile data computer system. West Covina had taken an entirely different approach' to acquisition of a data system and had a total of seven vendors involved in the hardware and software applications to their system. Although West Covina had invited in excess of sixty representatives of various departments throughout California, they were unable to provide a demonstration of the system because their demo unit they had set up in the city council chambers would not function. We did not inspect the backbone equipment to the system, however did inspect their vehicle application and found that the hardware they had used in the police vehicle could not be used as installed because of its size after,the model year 1993. when questioned about what they were going to do about installation in 199.4 vehicleS, they advised they had purchased enough 1993 vehicles to last for three years and hoped that they would find a solution to that issue before their vehicles were due to be rotated. The installation was totally unsatisfactory from a maintenance and £nstallation standpoint in that the radio and modem were mounted in the trunk on a piece of plywood that had been fastened to the inside of the trunk and cabling had to be routed to the driver's compartment. This was obviously a far less desirable solution than Motorola provides in their single unit design concept where the radio modem and terminal are all one unit located in the driver's compartment. Their unit, which was mounted to a hard mount to the right of the steering wheel also covered up the heater and air- conditioning controls and when questioned as to how you could turn 2 SITE VISITS ©N MDT pROjEcT DECEMBER 8, 1993 the heater or air conditioner on as it was impossible to reach behind the terminal, they advised ~they had solved that with orderingclimate control air-conditioning where the temperature was set on the left side of the dashboard. The size of the MDC terminal also caused the planners to have to install the radio and siren gear on an overhead mount on the ceiling, which appeared to be an officer safety issue because of the fact that officers would be striking their heads against this equipment, in the event they were involved in a high speed pursuit, etc.. Because of the size and position of ~he unit the shotgun also had to be mounted on the ceiling of the vehicle and was mounted in a front to back position over the passenger's head with the barrel of the shotgun extending into the backseat. I spoke with several officers that were manning static displays outside~ of the demonstration area and asked for their input as to what they 'thought of their new system and the installation of the equipment. Ail of the officers questioned advised that the ergonomics of the installation were totally unworkable and one officer even c~m,ented that when making felony stops, because of the mounting of' the shotq~n on the ceiling of the vehicle, it appeared to the public · that the officers were giving up to the suspects because they were holding their hands over their heads. I obtained literature from all seven Vendors present at their Seminar/demonstration and found that in reading the specification sheets on the data terminal they utilized, that it would not withstand the heat encountered inside of police vehicles in the Bakersfield area. In assessing the total data system installed in the City of West Covina, utilizing seven vendors, I found their approach to be an unacceptable solution to acquisition of a data system and although they made the decision to go with the laptop technology prior to Motorola's introduction of a 386 based terminal processor, they felt that they could make their system work. To be fair in my assessment of laptop technology versus mobile data terminal technology, I have observed several laptop systems, including West Covina, Fremont and Morgan Hill. In all applica- tions, I found that they did not encounter the highhea~ inside the police vehicles as we do in Bakersfield in the summer months, and they have had multiple hard disc failures utilizing laptops inside police vehicles. SITE VISITS ON MDT PROJECT DECEMBER 8, i993 Motorola has taken the approach and 'is the only terminal manufacturer that I'm aware of that meets the requirements of NCIC 2000, as it has serial ports installed that will accommodate bar code scanning, fingerprint scanner and mug shot printing. They also have installed serial ports which accommodate ground positioning systems which work in conjunction with automatic vehicle location systems and vehicle printers. It is my recommendation, after having Viewed the evolution of mobile data technolog~ for almost twenty years and recent investigation ..of laptop, as well as mobile data terminal' technology, that the only system we consider is mobile data terminal technology and the only vendor that we consider be Motorola Mobile Data Division. Motorola's Mobile Data Division has se~ the new standard for mobile communications performance with the 9100-386.. Technology. It was designed for real time computer access and messaging in a mobile environment. The new 386 technology includes support for applica- tions running in the MS-DOS/Windows Operating System, removable storage and protocol upgrade ability which will protect our terminal investment as wireless technologies evolve. C. A. Blackburn, Lieutenant CAB/ik communic\mdt\cab MEMORANDUM December 9, !993 TO: Ed Schulz, Public Works Director FROM: Bob Jones, Communications Engineer SUBJECT: Report cn v!slt to The City of PorTland The Police Department is considering the purchase of a mobile data terminal system for their police vehicles. This system enables officers to directly access computer files for lnformation such as DMV records, NCIC, felony warrants, etc. Currently this information is requested v!a radio communication through a dispatch operator. Delays are experlenced in obtaining this information as this procedure not only ties up the operator, Put can also increase ~he loading effect of ~h'e mobile radio system. Implementation of a mobile data [erminal network provides faster access to data files and allows mobile radio cnanne!s ~o be used more efficiently. ©n November 30, 1993, ? accompanied Police LT. Cleo Blackburn and Motorola Senior Data Sales Executive Alan Breitmeyer to Portland, Oregon, to observe the City of Portland's new mobile data system. The following morning we met with Motorola Systems Engineer Steven Miller, who took us to Portland's new communications facility. Upon arrival we were introduced to Senior Communications Engineer foel Harr~ngton. We spent the first hour discussing uhe do's and don'ts Portland has experienced. Key elements that enabled Portland to successfully implement its system include: ~Responsible project management 9Hardware Staging ~Quality Hardware ~Phased implementation STraining Mr. Harrington is Portland's Project Manager for the Mobile Data Systems project. Separate pro.]ect managers from Motorola were required for voice and data systems. Mr. Harrington, working closely with Motorola's project management team, ensured that Motorola's implementation met er exceeded the high-level of quality that was apparent throughout Portland's communicatfon systems. -His .technical expertise, along '.~ith aggressive managemen~ skills, guaranteed that the City cf Portland was getting.a system well- designed and professional!y installed. A close working reia~ionship between ~ort!and ~nd ~otoro!a was obvious. Motorola assembled ail system components at their San Diego facility prior to shipment to Portland. Many times a vendor will simpiy drop ship component pieces at.a customer's location and have Their personnei assemble and de-bug ~he system au ~ke customer's premises. This is no~ ~cceptaDle when 5hings don't work as advertised. 3y "staglng~' equipment at 5heir factory facIlity, the system is delivere~ ready 5o assemble .and -urn cn wltkout delay, making ail pieces work together when the system is initlaily turned on. As a result. ~ustomer/user ronfidence ~s assured because everything works when the system is initiaily ~urned on. Prcbabiy ~he most important element is uhe hardware i~self. Well- engineered components ensure that a reiiaDle and dependable system will be installed -hat wll! be around for '/ears. Hardware must consist of at least current technology and provide for future expansion capaDiiities. The system hardware consists of the mobile data terminals (MDT) and radio base site equipment. Motorola's MDT is a compac~ and rugged unit which houses the keyboard, computer, display unlt, radio ~ransmltter/receiver, and the~ special modem which allows ~ompu~er data to communicate -with 5he radio. Typically, the computer ~nd radio would be separate units to avoid interference '.~h one ~nqther. The fac~ ~ha~ Hotorola has successfully combined these un,ts attests to their fine engineering capabilities. This design Will also reduce techn~clan installation and ~aintenance ~imes. The core of the radio base slue equipment is the Motorola MSF-5000 radio base station. This unit has been around a number of years and has a proven track record. We have them in service at this time and have not experienced any problems~. Portland has designed its system for phased impiementation. They wlll install and turn on programming features in phases to mlnimize loading affects that could cause system degradation. This helps to iustil! confidence ~= uhe new system As fea=ures are proven dependable, 'he next phase is implemented. MDT equl~ment is also being phased, 'beginning w~th the Police Depar=men=. Portland's communications.~ division does all of its systems/components installations. Motoroia's engineerlng staff oversaw the system~installations and prOvlded hands-on ~raining at each site. Portland is also sending its technical staff to formal tralning at the Schaumburg, Illinois facility. Having uhis type of ~raining available allows Portland's technical facility to complete any repalrs without assistance from Motorola. This is the most cost efficient way for Portland to maintaln i-~ system at this time. ~ ~e had the opportunity ~o observe Portland's system during very cold and hign-preclpiuation weather. These ~ypes of weather elements can ~reatly hamper the transmission characteristics of radios oDeratln~ !n higher frequencles. The system performed flawlessly, i noted that one site had a relatively ~oor signal quality be=ween uhe MDT and kase s~=e. it could be expected that 5his would provide inadequate ~'.~ata ~ransfers: however, there were no problems de~ec~ed and good, solid communlcat!cn was maintained. The MDTs '~ere also 5ble -o .pass 5he~r s~nais uhrcugh building walls', which can also limit ~he value of the signal. Again no problems were seen. My overall impression of this system, as observed, was that it was well engineered and professicnally implemented. The system was designed to provide 95% coverage 95% of the time. Mr. Harrington stated that this system exceeds ~hat specification. ?or, land's ~otal system loading will include 500 MDTs upon project completion. Lt. Blackburn and I also had an opportunity to attend a mobile computer seminar in West Covlna on Thursday, December 2. This seminar was presented by the West Covina Police Department in response to numerous requests to see their mobile data system. Lt. Jim Dillon was the overall project manager and Cmdr. Ken Field was responsible for the mobile project design and implementation. They chose a system that included equipment from seven separate vendors. I saw numerous !ogistic<-problems associated with this principle. I felt that the presentation was not conducted on a very professional level, leaving me with the impression that it was a hobby project undertaken by Lt. Dillon and Cmdr. Field. The system was inoperable most of the morning, wlth a few exceptions. They had trouble getting a termlnai to work from within the Council Chambers, even though they connected an outside antenna on the roof. The MDTs being used are much larger and bulkier than Motorola's model 9100-386. Installation, therefore, was sloppy and used all available vehicle floor space for mounting hardware. Consequently, the siren and radio had to be installed in a console mounted in the ceiling. Safety was definite!y in question: head room was reduced due to the overhead console locatlon. One conversation that I had with a patrolman confirmed that he had hit his head on the console. He also stated that the radio and siren controls were difficult to see. This MDT, along with associated mountlng hardware, cannot be mounted in vehic!es using dual air bags. West Covlna's solution to this problem was to purchase enough current single air bag vehicles to last the next three years. One final observation with this mobile data equipment was that, in contrast to Motorola's model 9100-386 MDTs,. these units had separate components. The system was comprised of the keyboard, computer, display unit, radio and modem. The radio and modem were trunk mounted and connected to the computer via inter-connect cabling. This complicates installation and maintenance, whereas the Motorola is one compac~ unit mounted near the operator. I. think that the question as To what type of system to procure is no= confined to Motorola versus brand "x". We must consider which system model is more acceptable. Portland definitely used leading edge technology coupled with sound, professicnal implementation policies to give Them a system ~hat will provide solid, reliable servlce for several years. Motorola's design will also save on costs from installation and maintenance aspects. ~ecause cf ~he ccmDac~ deslgn cf ~o~crcia's '~!00-~S6 MDTs, ~he¥ are more sulssd ~o 5he ccnfinea envlronmen~ cf ?ublic safety vehicles. - ~!ghii r~ccmmenc 5ha~ ~e ccnslder 5 syssem ~ased :Dn Mo~orola's ~DTs and siSe kase equ~pmen~ as ©Dserved Ln ?crc!an~. ~e can be ~ssured ~ha~ 5his a3 ~he ~os~ ~ts~ effective ~a¥ c~ provide ieDendas~e mcD~ie da[a communlcas~cns fcr !ears 5~ ccme. ~ ~ouid ~iso reccmmend ~ka~ >!o~croia ~erscnnei ~resen~ an operational · ~orKshop ~lsh City Ccuncll memDer~. 3c: Lt. Cleo ~!ackburn Joe Lozanc Mei Perry BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, City Manager FROM: RAUL ROJAS, Public Works Directo¢~/~/z~/ DATE: April 29, 1997 SUBJECT: COUNCIL REFERRAL WF0013261/001, DEMOND FLOODING ON 17m STREET ****************************************************************************** On Saturday March 22, 1997, a major storm occurred at approximately 4:00 pm in which several areas in Bakersfield were flooded. The most severe part of the storm started at appi-oximately 5:00 Pm and was concentrated in the area between Brundage and 30th Street from Oak east. The storm lift station at Beach Park and the Tmxtun Avenue lift station located at the Bakersfield Police Department pistol range were first checked at approximately 5:30 pm. The pumps at both locations were found to be operating properly. Even though the pumps start automatically, they were checked periodically during the duration of the storm to ensure they would not turn off. In addition, catch basins were checked and were found to be operating properly. Although the pumps and catch basins were working properly, there was just too much rain in such a short period of time. The first calls from the police communications center were received at approximately 4:45 pm. The calls were primarily for manhole lids that were displaced by storm water at the following locations: Ming Avenue at Real Road; Planz Road at Akers Road; Planz Road east of Stine iRoad;' Hughes Lane at White Lane; Ming Avenue at Wible Road; 20th Street at "A" Street; 21st Street at "F' Street and 21st Street at Chester Avenue. Manhole lids tend to become displaced when there is too much water in the sewer lines. The area on 17th Street between Pine Street and "C' Street was the last flooded area cleared at approximately 9:30 pm. This area is in the flood zone and lower than other areas that are serviced by the Truxtun Avenue storm line. In addition to the manholes displaced, the following street locations were flooded during the storm: Marsha' Street at Wilson Road; Marsha Street at Montclair Street; 15 Myrtle Street; Cypress Street at Brundage Lane; Cypress Street at Verde Street; San Emidio Street at Pine Street; Brundage Lane at Beech Street; Brundage Lane west of Union Avenue; Arrow Street at Select Avenue; 4th and "L' Streets; 4516 Wilson Road; 24'h Street at Chester Avenue; "F" Street between 28'h and 30'h Streets; all intersections on 23ra and 24th Streets between "F' and "M" Streets; Chester Avenue Et .T_ru.x_.t.u.n Avenue; "H" Street underpass south of Truxtun Avenue; Oak Street at Bank Street; 2 l~S~(t~k.~gf. of Oak Street; "Q" Street 21s' to 31~' Streets; 10'h and "N" Streets; Beech Streei at 15~'~- S't-r~f;-1-0 1st re 21 St et Oakdale Drive; 17th Street between "A" and "C" Streets; Pine Street at 17th Street; i aJ 0 1997 "C' Street; 2916 16th Street and the 1900 block of 16'h Street. ' ~ ' BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 1501 TRUXTUN AVENUE BAKERSFIELD. CALIFORNIA 93301 (805) 326-3724 RAUL M. ROJAS, DIRECTOR *, CITY ENGINEER May 1, 1997 GST Telecom California 575 E Locust, Suite 120 Fresno, CA 93720 Attention: Harry Sanders Subject: Truxtun Avenue Dear Mr. Sanders; This morning, you contacted staffwith an offer on GST's behalf to do one of the following: 1. Pave Tmxtun Avenue from Mohawk St. to Chester Avenue. The work revolved would be grinding the outside lane from the lane line to the lip of gutter to a depth of 0.10" and then paving with Type "B" asphalt concrete. All work would be done in accordance with the City's standards and specifications. 2. Pay to the City an mount equal to what it would cost GST to do the work outlined above. The City accepts the option outlined in 1. above. Regarding your inquiry about the issuance of new street'pkcnnits to GST, once the contractor's bonds and insurance have been approved and deposited with the City, there will be no impediment to issuing you new street permits. If you have any questions concerning this, please contact Marian P. Shaw at (805) 326-3579. Very truly yours, UR~L ~M. R~jAs - - _ Public Works Director