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02/20/04
B A K E R S F I E L D CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM February 20, 2004 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager SUBJECT: General Information 1. The State has captured certain gas tax monies to help heal their financial problems. We have been notified it will impact some of our projects, including a year or more delay on the Fairfax overpass project. A memo from Public Works with more details is enclosed. 2. A February 19th article from the Sacramento Bee states that the State Supreme Court has ruled not to hear the suit that had been filed by the student group to reverse the Governor's action on the restoration of the VLF. They may file in Superior Court. 3. The State Legislative Analyst's review of the Governor's proposed budget indicates that his plan would still leave a shortfall for 2004/05. According to the enclosed Sacramento Bee article from February 19th, his plan also does not provide for long- term solutions to prevent multi-billion dollar gaps in future years. 4. A February 17th Los Angeles Times article reports that various cities around the state have had to resort to the closure of some fire stations and fire personnel, as a result of budget cuts. 5. Those customers on the City's water system will receive a notice in their March billings of a proposed service charge increase. A typical family residential connection would increase by about .95 cents per month. The notice is enclosed for your information. 6. A diagram of the proposed landscaping plan for the vacant ground adjacent to the new CVB building is attached. It will consist of concrete walkways with a circular planter and will be consistent with the landscaping the CVB has put in place around their new facility. 7. Public Works has been notified that our citywide recycling rate for 2002 reached 53%; 3% over the State mandated goal of 50%. The State was delayed in issuing the final data. Honorable Mayor and City Council February 20, 2004 Page 2 8. As reported to you last week, the water forecast for 2004 is currently at about 72% of normal, the same as it was last year at this time. The latest Water Supply Forecast report from Water Resources is enclosed. 9. Things are looking up at the airpark - Public Works reports that eight new hangars will be going in soon. They will be constructed and paid for by the private sector companies who lease the ground from us. 10. Bakersfield continues to get very positive recognition on a national basis. An article is enclosed from the latest edition of Via Magazine, which is a travel publication. 11. EDCD reports that Pleasant Holidays is in compliance with the terms of their agreement with the City for the fifth and final year of their loan agreement. 12. Responses to Council requests are enclosed: Councilmember Hanson · Code enforcement action regarding storage containers on lot south or White Land near Mountain Vista; Councilmember Sullivan · Code enforcement investigations of unlicensed street vendors; · Status of pothole repairs on White Lane and Ashe Road; Councilmember Salva.q.qio · Correspondence addressing citizen concern regarding the bike path extension in the Lake Ming area; · Status of analysis of traffic issues and street repairs at Fremont and Wilson Roads. AT:rs cc: Department Heads Pam McCarthy, City Clerk Trudy Slater, Administrative Analyst B A K E R S F I E L D PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CITY OF BAKERSFIELD MEMORANDUM February 19, 2004 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: ~/~/~RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SUBJECT: 2004 STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDING Staff has been working with Kern COG on the development of the upcoming 2004 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for our region (Kern County). The STIP is a statewide 5 year plan that is updated every 2 years. Local projects funded with STIP dollars for which the City is the lead agency include the Westside Parkway, the Fairfax/SR 178 interchange, and the sound wall currently under construction at the White Lane/SR 99 interchange. STIP funding is primarily a COG region's portion of State and Federal gas tax dollars that residents pay at the pump. Estimates of STIP funds for coming years are provided to the various COG regions statewide based on State assumptions and projections regarding anticipated revenues. Then, based on these projections, the COG's "program" (budget) their portion of these estimated fuhds between various projects in their region. Due to the on-going State General Fund deficits, $2.5 billion has been borrowed and transferred by the State over the last year from transportation funds to the point where virtually no funding is now available statewide in the current fiscal year (03-04) for transportation projects. And only minimal funding ($6.7 mil.) is anticipated to be available in the upcoming 04-05 fiscal year for our region. This is resulting in a delay to the SR178/Fairfax interchange construction of a little over a year (funding for this construction should be available and is being programmed by COG for the 04-05 fiscal year). Funds are still anticipated to be available to begin preparation of construction plans for the Westside Parkway this coming fall, and construction dollars for the Westside Parkway are currently anticipated to be available starting in the 2005-06 fiscal year. However, as we are now experiencing, programming of these funds today is no guarantee that the State will have the cash flow to provide them in the future. The Sacramento Bee -- sacbee.com -- Court won't hear license fee challenge Page 1 of 2 RealUfeHealthcare.com The resource for Ioday~ heal~ care professiomal This story is taken from PolitLc_s at sacbee.com. Court won't hear license fee challenge But foes of the governor's rollback can sue again, state justices say. By Claire Cooper -- Bee Legal Affairs Writer - (Published February 19,-2004) SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Weclnesday refused to hear a suit to reverse Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's rollback of vehicle license fees and his cuts in spending for university outreach and other programs. But the lustices said the groups that initiated the legal challenge - the University of California Students Association and two civil rights organizations - were free to try again In a'SUperior Court, where virtually all suits must begin. The Supreme Court's vote. was 6 to ! with only Justice Joyce Kennard dissenUng. Following custom, no explanation was given. Both sides were still predicting victory in the long run. The basis of the suit is a contention that state laws were violated by the $2.6 billion license fee rollback - because the state general fund had insufficient money to offset the loss - and by the $!49 million In cuts to educational and other programs - because Schwarzenegger didn't obtain leglslaUve approval for them. But the impetus for the IIUgatlon was two particular cuts - the defunding of outreach programs at both UC and California State University. The programs were created after passage of a !996 initiative barring affirmative action In public school admissions. The plaintiffs argued that outreach is essential if the universities are to keep their doors open to students from poor and minority communities. The state attorney general's office filed an Informal reply on behalf of Schwarzenegger, Controller Steve Westly and other defendants, saying Westly had determined that none of Schwarzenegger's order on the $149 million in cuts would be Implemented. On Wednesday, however, H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the Department of Finance, said the cuts still were Scheduled. And Nathan Barankin, spokesman for Attorney General Bill Lockyer, said the statement made to the court meant only that the cuts wouldn't be made "pursuant to the governor's executive order." "If the Legislature approves It, that's a different story," Barankln said. The Assembly Budget Committee took the first step on Tuesday by voting to authorize what Schwarzenegger ordered. On the other side of the case, attorney Warrlngton Parker said the plaintiffs would assess their options and might reflle In Oakland, San Francisco or Los Angeles, where a similar case already is pending in Superior Court. About the Writer http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/v-print/story/8291695p-9222101 c.hmal 2/19/2004 ' TI~ Sacramento Bee -- sacbee.com -- Growing budget gap seen Page 1 of 3 This story is taken from _Politics at sacbee.com. Growing budget gap seen Governor's plan is a 'good start' but fixes are needed, analyst says. By Alexa H. Blurb -- Bee Capitol Bureau - (Published February 19, 2004) Even if enacted precisely as prescribed, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget prOposal would leave the state with a $7 billion budget hole in the 2005-06 fiscal year and "large operating shortfalls" for the next half-decade, Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill said Wednesday. Although the governor's 2004-05 budget offers a "good start," it lacks sufficient permanent fixes, she said. "The governor's budget, ! think to its credit, provides a lot of ongoing solutions," said Hill, the Legislature's nonpartisan budget adviser. "But there are also a number of one-time solutions." The $99 billion plan also is "modestly out of balance" for the current and coming budget years, even if the Republican governor's $15 billion bond proposal is approved by voters on March 2, Hill said. The governor's budget assumes the state would end the coming fiscal year with a slight surplus if his proposals are all enacted. Hill said her office projects lower revenues and higher expenses that would leave the state slightly in the red come year's end. Finally, she said the plan relies on some risky solutions that would saddle the state with an even wider gulf between spending and revenue if they failed to materialize. Hill offered the cautionary appraisal in her annual comprehensive analysis of the budget. She advises the Legislature, which will consider Schwarzenegger's proposals and is supposed to approve its own plan by June :1.5. Finance Department spokesman H.D. Palmer downplayed Hill's criticism, saying, "There's not much daylight between the two of us on the major issues." Palmer said the analyst's predicted gap in future years will shrink as Schwarzenegger's fiscal team enacts permanent government reforms to increase efficiency and cut costs in a variety of state agencies. "We have yet to put a dollar amount on a number of the reform proposals that we are beginning to put tOgether, and we did so deliberately," Palmer said. "This is already under way." Still, Hill said some of the solutions that do contain dollar figures in Schwarzenegger's budget are shaky at best. They include $930 million in bonds to help pay the state's pension obligations; it's similar to a strategy that lawmakers built into the current budget and that was struck down by a judge last fall. Hill said the same "legal cloud" would apply to the new proposal. The Schwarzenegger administration argues that the bonds would be different from the ones rejected by the courts because the state this time identifies a source of repayment - a' 1 percent increase in worker contributions to pensions, and a less-generous retirement package J for new state workers, j http://www.sacbee.eom/eontent/politics/v-print/story/8291689p-9222107c.html 2/19/2004i Th~'~acramento Bee -- sacbee.com -- Growing budget gap seen Page 2 of 3 Hill also questioned the certainty of savings from proposed cuts in Medi-Cal provider rates, currently facing a legal challenge, and $500 million that the governor expects to collect as a result of tribal gambling negotiations. In addition, she expressed reservations about $400 million in undefined savings that the governor counts on extracting from the Department of Corrections. "There are no details of what the administration's proposal is. That's why we have included it as a threat" to the · budget, Hill said. "You'd need to make some pretty significant changes to generate that kind of money up front." Overall, Hill said California is faced with a $17 billion budget shortfall spread over the current and coming fiscal years. The solutions in Schwarzenegger's budget would not cover the entire $17 billion, falling about $780 million short of balancing revenues and spending for fiscal 2004-05, according to Hill. She said the plan also lacks long-term solutions to prevent multibillion-dollar gaps in future years. She agreed with finance officials' assessment that failure to pass the bond package next month would leave the state searching for an additional $5 billion. As she has for the past several years, Hill called on legislators to make permanent changes - either by cutting spending or raising taxes - to help balance the state's budget. Hill suggested about $3 billion in cuts such as capping services provided by regional centers for the disabled and offering home detention for elderly, nonviolent prisoners. She also recommended a variety of fee increases, such as a user fee to help the state regulate pesticide use. Hill said she generally agrees with Schwarzenegger's calls for higher college tuition but said the state should revamp its process for raising fees. She said the governor's proposed 40 percent fee hike for graduate students is too high. She also sharply criticized lawmakers for failing to protect the state's transportation funding for several years. Recent budgets have grabbed dollars from the state's voter-approved transportation account to help fill holes in the general fund. As a result, Hill said, the state is putting only a fraction of the money into highway projects that was promised under Proposition 42. The measure, approved by voters in 2002, requires gasoline sales taxes to be used for transportation. "The instability of this type of funding scheme has meant that projects that were initially anticipated have been started and stopped, wasting money for the state of California," Hill said. "We are very concerned that if you don't have a healthy transportation system, it's hard to keep the economy moving forward." She suggested the Legislature and governor ask voters to repeal the proposition and enact a 6-cent increase in sales taxes for gasoline to stabilize funding for road projects. About the Writer The Bee's Alexa H. Bluth can be reached at (916) 326-5542 or obl_u_t_h.@s.~.cb_e._e._c_o._m.. Go to: .S__ac~b_e__e / Back to story http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/v-print/story/8291689p-9222107c.html 2/19/2004 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-richmond 17feb 17,1,6406505.story?coil=la-headlines-california TIlE STATE Budget Woes Hit Fire Protection Despite the risks, cash-strapped Richmond lays off firefighters and tries rotating closures of fire stations to save money. It is not alone. By Robert Hollis Special to The Times February 17, 2004 RICHMOND, Calif. -- By most accounts, the predawn three-alarm blaze that destroyed a home under construction and damaged dwellings on both sides could have been even worse. Fortunately, when the suspected arson fire erupted about 2:40 a.m. that Saturday last month, three firefighters at the nearest fire station had just returned from a medical emergency. It took them four minutes to arrive at the blaze after the alarm was sounded, according to fire officials. But as the trio stmggledto keep it from spreading to two neighboring dwellings, another nine minutes passed before a second engine with three more firefighters arrived from a station across town, according to Richmond firefighters. The second-closest station was closed that rooming of Jan. 17, one of three stations in the city's core "Iron Triangle" that, since the first of the year, have been deactivated every third day on a rotating basis to save the city money. "It's like Russianroulette," said Dan Colvig, a Richmond fire captain. "You never know if the station closest to you will be closed when you need it." The fire station closures in this gritty industrial city of 107,000, northeast across the bay from San Francisco, have triggered the criticism of the City Council and staff. Firefighters, also angered by the layoff of 18 of their colleagues, last month brought a badly disfigured fire victim to a council meeting to underscore what they said was a fundamental threat to the lives and health of Richmond residents. Richmond officials have said they faced a $9.5-million budget shortfall this fiscal year, which ends in June. The layoffs and station closures may save $1.2 million. City Councilman Thomas Butt called the firefighters' tactics distasteful and low, but he said they have a point.. "All that has to happen is for some child or someone to be killed in a fire because of these closures, and the City Council will have blood on its hands," Butt said. "It's not that farfetched. Under normal circumstances, [a fire death] would be a tragedy. But if it happened under these circumstances, then people start looking to blame someone." California State Firefighters Assn. officials in Sacramento said that cities and counties across the state were closing stations and laying off firefighters in often desperate attempts to deal with severe budget gaps. "Richmond certainly isn't unusual," said Carroll Wills, a spokesman for the group, which represents 30,000 firefighters in 150 local unions across the state. But in terms of the depth of its fire protection cuts, he said, "it's probably the most severe in the state." ~Asid~om the obvious increased risks to life and property implicit in decisions to cut fire protection services, laomed~vners and renters in those cities face the likelihood of increased fire insurance premiums and rent increases as insurers reassess their risk. Firefighters and other critics of the closures and layoffs acknowledge that cities and counties are facing tough economic times, exacerbated by the state budget deficit. They nevertheless fault elected officials for their failure to protect communities' fire safety nets while allowing less critical municipal services to avoid equally deep cuts. "Any proposal to close a fire station or lay off firefighters at this point is going to hurt public safety. It'll mean longer response times and fewer people at the scene," Wills said. Richmond Mayor Irma Anderson, acting City Manager Jay Corey and city Finance Director Pat Samsell did not return calls seeking comment. The city laid off its public relations staff last year in a budget-cutting move and recently replaced it with a San Francisco-based public relations agency to issue statements on the city's financial health. In Southern California, such cities as Burbank and Long Beach are joining San Bemardino County's Hesperia and Colton in considering cuts to fire and emergency medical services, according to the state firefighters group. Colton. voters, for example, are being asked to pass a utility tax measure next month or face the closure of one of the'city's four fire stations, the association said. In addition to Richmond, nearly a dozen cities and counties in the Bay Area are either cutting services or considering doing so. Last summer, Oakland closed a waterfront station near its top tourist attraction, Jack London Square, and furloughed its fireboat, Sea Wolf. Berkeley's City Council has delayed a decision to implement rotating station closures while negotiations.continue with its firefighters union. John Knowles, who lives in a three-unit condominium next to the Richmond home that burned Jan. 17, said the' city's station closures are "insane." He recalled being awakened by the sounds of breaking glass sometime after 2 a.m. and almost immediately seeing an orange glow through his windows from the flames next door. "I came out with my pants half down around my knees and carrying my shoes," said Knowles, 58, a pharmacist for Contra Costa County. "When I opened the door, there was this huge wall of fire." Sensing that his escape route was blocked, he used a back door and edged alOng a wooden walkway, facing the flames, to reach the street. Three others in the building, including his sister on the top floor, escaped unharmed, he said. He credited the first three firefighters on the scene with saving his building, although just barely. The wooden wall of his condominium facing the fire was blackened, and in places the vinyl siding and underlying insulation were melted and twisted by the intense heat. Meanwhile, Councilman Butt said he felt squeezed by the tactics of unionized firefighters and the specter of city bankruptcy. The City Council has considered a variety of cost-saving measures -- even cutting its own ranks from seven to five members. That proposal failed. "Things look pretty bleak out there," Butt Said. · ~ou want other stories on this topic, search the Archives at latlmee.com/archlves~ BCIIck here for article licensing and reprint options Copyright 2004 Los Angeles Times B A K E R S F I E L D MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tan(~~r FROM: Florn Core~ Water Rest)urces Manager DATE: February 19, 2004 SUBJECT: PROPOSITION 218 DOMESTIC WATER FEE HEARING NOTICE Customers and/or property owners receiving domestic water service from the City of Bakersfield Water system will be mailed a notice of a public hearing to be held on May 26, 2004 to consider a proposed increase in the readiness-to-serve and quantity unit charges. The readiness-to-serve charge for a typical single family residential connection is to be increased by $0.95 per month to a total of $8.90 per month. The readiness-to-serve charge for larger services will be assessed by a service-size ratio relative to a typical residential customer. The quantity rate is currently $0.56 per hundred cubic feet unit. The proposed rate will increase by $0.03 to $0.59 per unit. The service fee and quantity rate change will increase the typical single family residential monthly water bill by 7.5%. The notices will be mailed as inserts in each customers' monthly bill, meeting the requirements of the law, beginning March 1,2004 and completed by March 28, 2004. As of December 31,2003 there were 30,651 metered service connections on the system. In addition there were 331 non-metered "fire service" connections. This totals 30,982 notices that will be sent on the hearing. Of course, the system is adding new connections every day, with between 125 - 150 new customers per month, therefore the actual number of sent notices will be higher. Only the customers and/or property owners of record, as identified by the billing registers for customers of the City of Bakersfield Water System, will receive a notice, since they are the only ones the City is required to provide a notice. In addition, the hearing will be posted in the local general circulation newspaper, which is also required by law. The City of Bakersfield Water Board was apprised of this proposed service charge adjustment at the February 18, 2004 meeting. Attached is a copy of the notice that will be inserted in the customers' bill during the month of March 2004. frc~S:~Prop218MemotoAlanTandy2004 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a protest hearing accepting testimony will be held before the Council of the City of Bakersfield on Wednesday, May 26, 2004, 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301. The purpose of the hearing is to receive and consider input regarding an increase in the monthly readiness-to-serve charge and quantity rate for domestic water service from the City of Bakersfield. Pursuant to Chapters 14.04, 14.06 and 14.08 of Title 14 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code, the City of Bakersfield Domestic Water System provides residents and customers a pure, clean and wholesome water supply in quantities and under sufficient pressure for all ordinary and proper uses. Charges for water service are paid directly by property owners and/or occupants through bills rendered monthly. In compliance with Proposition 218, property owners and/or customers of the City of Bakersfield Domestic Water System are hereby informed of a proposed increase in the monthly readiness-to- serve charge and quantity rate on the monthly bill. Your water service is included in this action, and is identified in the accompanying bill enclosed in this mailing. The current readiness-to-serve charge for a typical residential customer is $7.95 per month. The proposed monthly service charge is $8.90, which reflects an increase of $0.95 per month. The readiness-to-serve charge for larger services will be assessed by a service-size ratio relative to a typical residential customer. The quantity rate is currently $0.56 per hundred cubic feet unit. The proposed rate will increase by $0.03 to $0.59 per unit. A typical residential customer will see a total increase of $1.79 per month. Due to new water supply programs, the cost of meeting water quality standards and addressing security issues of the federal Homeland Security Act, expenditures have increased 7.5%. This increase is proposed to be effective October 1,2004. If you need additional information on the water services provided by the City or on the proposed service fee and quantity charge increase, please contact the 'Water Resources Department at (661)326-3715. WRITTEN PROTESTS may be filed with the City Clerk at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing. If you challenge the action taken on this proposal in court, you may be limited to addressing only those issues raised at the public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield prior to the close of the hearing. If protests against the fee increase are made by a majority of customers and/or property owners on the City of Bakersfield system, the City shall not charge the additional readiness-to-serve fee. Dated: February 27, 2004 PAMELA A. MCCARTHY, CMC City Clerk and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield Please conserve Watefi City of Bakersfield Schedule of Rates effective October 1, 2004 General Metered and Private Fire Service Within Fairhaven & City Limits Unincorp- Quantity Rates: orated Areas First 300,000 cu. fl./month $0.59 $0.77 (per 100 cu. ft./month) All over 300,000 cu. ft./month $0.54 $0.70 (per 100 cu. ft./month) Monthly Readiness-To-Serve Charge: 5/8" x 3/4" Service $8.90 $11.58 1" Service $13.56 $17.63 1-1/2" Service $20.69 $26.89 2" Service $28.17 $36.62 3" Service $52.05 $67.66 4" Service $75.66 $98.35 6" Service $135.97 $176.76 8" Se trice $209.01 $271.72 1 O" Service $288.10 $374.53 Monthly Private Fire Protection Service Charge: 1-1/2" Con nection $8.40 $10.92 2" Con nection $11.20 $14.56 3" Con nection $16.80 $21.84 4" Connection $22.40 $29.12 6" Connection $33.59 $43.66 8" Con nection $44.79 $ 58.22 10" Con nection $ 55.99 $72.78 12" Con nection $67.19 $87.34 "Monthly Readiness-To-Serve Charge" is applied to all services and any quantity of water used is an additional charge computed at the quantity rate. Conditions of service remain the same. [Reconnection Fees I ICollect @ Door $15.00 I Reconnection $25.00 IAfter Hours $65.00 ICage & Lock $30.00 INSF $10.00 AMTRAK STATION ~...~ ~: '1' ~1 ~ ~o~ 4~ ~ ~u~,~c~ CREEK RECEIVED FEB'B i l MANAGER'S OF!-:.~}.~ CITY OF BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Raul Rojas, Public Works Director ~_.~_~ DATE: February 17, 2004 SUBJECT: Citywide Recycling Rate Staff is happy to report the citywide recycling rate for 2002 reached 53 percent, which is 3 percent higher than the state mandated goal of 50 percent. The 2002 annual report was delayed until now, due to late release of statewide data used in the report. CORRES'uMgr\2002 Recycling Rate.doc S:\FILINGXS00 February 17, 2004 B A K E R S F I E L D MEMORANDUM February 19, 2004 FROM: FLORN CORE,-WATER RESOURCES MANAGER SUBJECT: 2004 WATER SUPPLY FORECAST fi/Vet weather ahead brings promise" Attached for your information is the latest Kern River Water Supply Forecast issued by our Department to the City's Basic Contractors. The most recent surveys of snow depth and water content in the Kern River watershed have culminated in a February 1st forecast for Kern River runoff during 2004 of 72% of normal, which is identical to the forecast of one year ago. As detailed in the attached letter, a 72% of normal runoff would enable City to meet its basic water delivery obligations during the upcoming irrigation season. Additionally, City Kern River entitlement yield as currently projected should be sufficient to provide for flow in the Kern River Parkway during peak recreational periods this summer. With roughly 40% of the rainy season still ahead, short-term weather predictions call for increased rain and snow opportunities in the Southern Sierras this coming weekend, with a wet pattern continuing for California through the end of the month. Much above normal precipitation is needed to prevent a sixth consecutive year of below normal Kern River runoff yield. Should anyone need additional information regarding the Kern River operation in 2004, please have them contact our office. FC:sal Attachment 2004 KERN RIVER WATER SUPPLY FORECAST Distribution List C.H. Williams Kern River Watermaster Dana S. Munn North Kern Water Storage District David R. Ansolabehere Cawelo Water District Steve Dalke Kem-Tulare W.D. - Rag Gulch W.D. Thomas N. Clark Kern County Water Agency Hal Crossley Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District L. Mark Mulka¥ Kern Delta Water District Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Alan Tandy Virginia Gennaro Alan Daniel Thomas Stetson Flora Core 02-17-04 CA LI F O R N I A '""'~:' ' ~ -'~ WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ~7:.?~ . · ~ ~ H.ORaN CORE, Water Resources Manager ? ~" ~-'-- ~VE LAFOND, Forecasting and Records 326-3~7 MAURICE ~DALL, ~siness Manager 326-3704 M~K LAMBERT, Water Re~urces Engineer 326-3622 S~ CHOA~, Domestic Water Engineer 326-3709 KE~ ~R DISPATCHER 326-3716 February 17, 2004 RE: 2004 WATER SUPPLY FORECAST The February 1, 2004 forecast, issued by the State of California Department of Water Resources for Kern River runoff during the April through July snow melt period is 72% of normal, or approximately 340,000 acre-feet. (The April through July runoff period on average comprises nearly two-thirds of Kern River annual flow and is the index used for projecting summer-time water supply availability). Snow pack status was verified by the State and United States Forest Service during the last week of January. Fifteen established snow courses and four remote snow sensor sites located within the Kern River basin were manually surveyed for snow pack depth and water content. The February 1" forecast of Kern River runoff assumes median precipitation amounts will occur over the Kern River watershed subsequent to the date of forecast. Actual precipitation received after February will be reflected in the first of the month forecasts to be distributed by the State of California for March, April and May of 2004. KERN RIVER FORECAST SUMMARY April through July runoff = 340,000 acre-feet (72% of normal) April-July 80% probability range = 160,000 to 700,000 acre-feet (actual runoff should fall within the stated limits eight times out of ten) March through October runoff = 425,000 acre-feet Water Year runoff = 505,000 acre-feet Based upon this February 1't forecast, the following table reflects City of Bakersfield Kern River water supply during the March-October period of 2004: I. CITY ENTITLEMENT SUPPLY: 72% OF NORMAL RUNOFF MARCH-OCTOBER Period = 95,000 acre-feet Less: River & Carrier Canal Losses = 13,500 acre-feet Isabella Reservoir Evaporation Losses = 6,500 acre-feet = Estimated City supply available for diversion MARCH-OCTOBER = 75,000 acre-feet 1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD · BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93311 · (661) 326-3715 II. BASIC CONTRACT DELIVERY (March-October): Kern River runoffas forecast should yield adequate water supply for City to meet its normal "Basic" delivery obligations this year. Based upon City's estimated available supply as outlined above, the "Basic" delivery amounts for 2004 would be as follows: 1. Lake Ming and Hart Park = 700 acre-feet 2. Kern River Canal & Irrigating Co. = 2,500 acre-feet 3. North Kern Water Storage District = 20,000 acre-feet 4. Cawelo Water District = 27,000 acre-feet 4. Kern-Tulare Water District = 20,000 acre-feet 6. Rag Gulch Water District = 3,000 acre-feet TOTAL = 73,200 acre-feet The City also has a commitment to deliver 10,000 acre-feet annually to Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District. This water is normally delivered during the period of October through February, if and when short-term supplies become available to City. A portion of the Rosedale RBWSD basic supply was delivered in January of this year. III. BASIC CONTRACT PRIOR-YEAR DEFICIENCIES: As of January 1,2004, prior.year deficiencies in delivery of Basic Contract water were as follows: 1. North Kern Water Storage District = 0 acre-feet 2. Cawelo Water District = 19,945 acre-feet 3. Kern-Tulare Water District = 42,444 acre-feet 4. Rag Gulch Water District = 6,399 acre.feet Total Prior-Year Deficiencies = 68,788 acre-feet City entitlement yield as projected for 2004 may be sufficient to provide for minor deliveries of prior-year deficiencies in basic contract water. Prior-year deficiencies of Cawelo Water District, Kern-Tulare Water District and Rag Gulch Water District basic contract water would be delivered pursuant to the Maximum Delivery Schedules set forth in the contracts. IV. OTHER DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS: 1. Water for use on lands owned by the City and/or on lands within City boundaries = 0 acre-feet 2. North Kern Water Storage District - "Borrow/Payback" Exchange water, normally delivered by City between May and September = 0 acre-feet As set forth above, it is forecasted that the Kern River runoff will not yield the City sufficient supply to deliver "OTHER DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS" this year. Page 2 V. MISCELLANEOUS QUANTITY WATER: In view of the 72% of normal forecasted Kern River runoffcoupled with the prolonged effects of five consecutive below normal years in the Kern River watershed, miscellaneous quantity water would not be available during the March- October period of 2004, except in very limited amounts. The priority rights to purchase miscellaneous water, should it become available, are as follows: 1. Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District = 33.33% 2. North Kern Water Storage District = 19.05% 3. Cawelo Water District = 25.71% 4. Kern-Tulare Water District = 19.05% 5. Rag Gulch Water District = 2.86% TOTAL = 100.00% Under the CityfFenneco Agreement No. 77-71 dated May 2, 1977, assigned to North Kem Water Storage District effective March 20, 1990, North Kern Water Storage District has the first right of refusal to miscellaneous water following the four Basic Contractors and Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District, as follows: a.) Forty percent (40%) of all water City has available for use within City boundaries solely for irrigation. b.) Fifty percent (50%) of first 24,000 acre-feet of other City miscellaneous quantity water including water recovered from City's groundwater banking operations. c.) Fifty percent (50%) of any other miscellaneous quantity Kern River water that City would otherwise use for groundwater banking and replenishment. VI. DELIVERY SCHEDULES: On the basis of the below normal water supply forecast for year 2004, the City will deliver all available basic contract water in conformance with the "Normal Delivery Schedules" as set forth in Exhibit "B" of the Basic Contracts and Paragraph 11 (c) of the Kern River Parkway Water Management Agreement. Due to City's share of "power flow" obligations, unstorable conditions are likely to occur at Isabella Reservoir this spring. Utilization of basic contract water in accordance to the contract delivery schedules may enhance the opportunity for full basic contract delivery during 2004. Should significant changes to the current water supply projections occur, our office will inform you with an updated supply forecast as soon as the new information becomes available. Should you have any questions regarding the above information, please do not hesitate to call our office. Florn Core Water Resources Manager Attachments Page 3 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD STATUS OF LONG TERM CONTRACTS Quantities in acre-feet NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT CAWELO WATER DISTRICT Basic Cumulative Basic Cumulative Basic Basic Cumulative Basic Cumulative Basic Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Year Amount Amount Delivered Delivery Balance Year Amount Amount Delivered Deliver,/ Balance 1977 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 0 1977 27,000 27,000 5,024 5,024 (21,976) 1978 20,000 40,000 20,000 40,000 0 1978 27,000 54,000 35,404 40,428 (13,572) 1979 20,000 60,000 20,000 60,000 0 1979 27,000 81,000 36,780 77,208 (3,792) 1980 20,000 80,000 20,000 80,000 0 1980 27,000 108,000 30,792 108,000 0 1981 20,000 100,000 20,000 100 000 0 1981 27,000 135,000 27,000 135,000 0 1982 20,000 120,000 20,000 120 000 0 1982 27,000 162,000 27,000 162,000 0 1983 20,000 140,000 20,000 140 DO0 0 1983 27,000 189,000 27,000 189,000 0 1984 20,000 160,000 20,000 160 000 0 1984 27,000 216,000 27,000 216,000 0 1985 20,000 180,000 20,000 180 000 0 1985 27,000 243,000 27,000 243,000 0 1986 20,000 200,000 20,000 200 D00 0 1986 27,000 270,000 27,000 270,000 0 1987 20,000 220,000 20,000 220 {300 0 1987 27,000 297,000 27,000 297,000 0 1988 20,000 240,000 20,000 240 D00 0 1988 27,000 324,000 12,821 309,821 (14,179) 1989 20,000 260,000 20,000 260 900 0 1989 27,000 351,000 22,460 332,281 (18,719) 1990 20,000 280,000 20,000 280 D00 0 1990 27,000 378,000 17,723 350,004 (27,996) 1991 20,000 300,000 20,000 300 ~)00 0 1991 27,000 405,000 29,316 379,320 (25,680) 1992 20,000 320,000 14,381 314,381 (5,619) 1992 27,000 432,000 28,868 408,188 (23,812) 1993 20,000 340,000 23,700 338,081 (1,919) 1993 27,000 459,000 32,000 440,188 (18,812) 1994 20,000 360,000 20,000 358,081 (1,919) 1994 27,000 486,000 23,760 463,948 (22,052) 1995 20,000 380,000 21,919 380,000 0 1995 27,000 513,000 32,000 495,948 (17,052) 1996 20,000 400,000 20,000 400,000 0 1996 27,000 540,000 32,000 527,948 (12,052) 1997 20,000 420,000 20,000 420,000 0 1997 27,000 567,000 32,000 559,948 (7,052) 1998 20,000 440,000 20,000 440,000 0 1998 27,000 594,000 32,000 591,948 (2,052) 1999 20,000 460,000 20,000 460,000 0 1999 27,000 621,000 29,052 621,000 0 2000 20,000 480,000 20,000 480,000 0 2000 27,000 648,000 27,000 648,000 0 2001 20,000 500,000 20,000 500,000 0 2001 27,000 675,000 15,670 663,670 (11,330) 2002 20,000 520,000 20,000 520,000 0 2002 27,000 702,000 18,270 681,940 (20,060) 2003 20,000 540,000 20,000 540,000 0 2003 27,000 729,000 27,115 709,055 (19,945) KERN-TULARE WATER DISTRICT RAG GULCH WATER DISTRICT Basic Cumulative Basic Cumulative Basic Basic Cumulative Basic Cumulative Basic Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Contract Year Amount Amount Delivered Delivery Balance 'Year Amount Amount Delivered Delivery Balance 1977 20,000 20,000 4,673 4,673 (15,327) 1977 3,000 3,000 449 449 (2,551) 1978 20,000 40,000 23,690 28,363 (11,637) 1978 3,000 6,000 3,550 3,999 (2,001) 1979 20,000 60,000 24,122 52,485 (7,515) 1979 3,000 9,000 3,550 7,549 (1,451) 1980 20,000 80,000 23,403 75,888 (4,112) 1980 3,000 12,000 3,550 11,099 (901) 1981 20,000 100,000 23,700 99,588 (412) 1981 3,000 15,000 3,550 14,649 (351) 1982 20,000 120,000 20,412 120,000 0 1982 3,000 18,000 3,351 18,000 0 1983 20,000 140,000 4,587 124,587 (15,413) 1983 3,000 21,000 600 18,600 (2,400) 1984 20,000 160,000 20,000 144,587 (15,413) 1984 3,000 24,000 3,000 21,600 (2,400) 1985 20,000 180,000 20,000 164,587 (15,413) 1985 3,000 27,000 3,000 24,600 (2,400) 1986 20,000 200,000 20,000 184,587 (15,413) 1986 3,000 30,000 3,000 27,600 (2,400) 1987 20,000 220,000 20,000 204,587 (15,413) 1987 3,000 33,000 3,000 30,600 (2,400) 1988 20,000 240,000 11,763 216,350 (23,650) 1988 3,000 36,000 1,764 32,364 (3,636) 1989 20,000 260,000 16,635 232,985 (27,015) 1989 3,000 39,000 2,495 34,859 (4,141) 1990 20,000 280,000 0 232,985 (47,015) 1990 3,000 42,000 0 34,859 (7,141) 1991 20,000 300,000 20,000 252,985 (47,015) 1991 3,000 45,000 3,000 37,859 (7,141 ) 1992 20,000 320,000 9,089 262,074 (57,926) 1992 3,000 48,000 1,363 39,222 (8,778) 1993 20,000 340,000 29,332 291,406 (48,594) 1993 3,000 51,000 4,394 43,616 (7,384) 1994 20,000 360,000 18,348 309,754 (50,246) 1994 3,000 54,000 2,753 46,369 (7,631) 1995 20,000 380,000 32,733 342,487 (37,513) 1995 3,000 57,000 4,993 51,362 (5,638) 1996 20,000 400,000 23,700 366,187 (33,813) 1996 3,000 60,000 3,550 54,912 (5,088) 1997 20,000 420,000 23,700 389,887 (30,113) 1997 3,000 63,000 3,550 58,462 (4,538) 1998 20,000 440,000 23,700 413,587 (26,413) 1998 3,000 66,000 3,550 62,012 (3,988) 1999 20,000 460,000 23,700 437,287 (22,713) 1999 3,000 69,000 3,550 65,562 (3,438) 2000 20,000 480,000 20,000 457,287 (22,713) 2000 3,000 72,000 3,000 68,562 (3,438) 2001 20,000 500,000 11,610 468,897 (31,103) 2001 3,000 75,000 1,740 70,302 (4,698) 2002 20,000 520,000 8,659 477,556 (42,444) 2002 3,000 78,000 1,299 71,601 (6,399) 2003 20,000 540,000 20,000 497,556 (42,444) 2003 3,000 81,000 3,000 74,601 (6,399) FEBRUARY 1, 2004 SNOW SURVEY DATA FOR KERN RIVER BASIN City of Bakersfield Water Resources APRIL 1ST SNOW WATER AVERAGE DEPTH CONTENT % OF SNOW SNOW CALIF. ELEV. WATER DATE IN DENSITY IN APRIL 1ST MEASURED COURS._~E SENSOR NUMBER IN FEET CONTENT MEASURED INCHES (%} INCHES AVERAGE B.~Y Upper Tyndall Crk. 516 11,400 27.7 1-28 50.7 22% 11.3 41% DWR Bighorn Plateau 250 11,350 23.7 1-28 42.4 32% 13.6 57% DWR Cottonwood Pass 251 11,050 14.8 1-26 30.5 32% 9.9 67% DWR Siberian Pass 252 10,900 20.0 1-26 37.5 28% 10.6 53% DWR Crabtree Meadow 253 10,700 19.6 1-27 38.0 28% 10.5 54% DWR Crabtree Meadow 253 10,700 19.8 Guyot Flat 254 10,650 20.8 1-27 39.0 28% 10.9 52% DWR Tyndall Creek 255 10,650 18.8 1-29 39.2 30% 11.6 62% DWR Sandy Meadows 275 10,650 19.2 1-28 38.4 28% 10.8 56% DWR Chagoopa Plateau 514 10,300 21.8 Big Whitney Mea. 257 9,750 17.2 1-31 30.4 29% 8.8 51% DWR Rock Creek 256 9,600 17.8 1-27 39.1 29% 11.3 63% DWR Pascoe 569 9,150 24.9 1-31 54.8 39% 21.6 87% USFS Round Meadow 258 9,000 24.1 1-31 47.7 34% 16.2 67% USFS Wet Meadow 518 8,950 30.3 Tunnel Guard 830 8,900 15.6 2-01 24.5 29% 7.0 45% DWR Ramshaw Meadow 259 8,700 11.5 2-01 23.5 22% 5.2 45% DWR Little Whitney Mea. 260 8,500 12.9 1-31 32.5 29% 9.4 73% DWR Quinn Ranger Sta. 264 8,350 18.9 Bonita Meadows 261 8,300 13.6 1-31 28.9 29% 8.3 61% USFS Casa Vieja Mea. 262 8,300 19.8 1-31 41.4 34% 14.1 71% USFS Casa Vieja Mea. 262 8,300 20.9 Beach Meadows 265 7,650 8.3 1-30 27.3 30% 8.2 99% USFS Beach Meadows 860 7,650 11.0 1-30 22.5 34% 7.7 70% USFS Dead Horse Meadow 249 7,300 10.7 Basin-Wide Average I 62%1 KERN RIVER BASIN Drainage Basin Above Lake Isabella - 2,074 Square Miles ~ ~VER SNOW COURSE CALIF ~ ELEVATION I k ~ Co~onwo~ P~s 251 11,050 fi 't ~ ~ Si~fian P~s 252 10,900 fl ~ '3f Cmbt~ Me.ow 253 10,700 fi ~ ~~ LAKE Guyot Hat 254 10,650 ~ ~ ~ ISABELLA T~dall C~k 255 10.650 fl ~ S~dy M~dow 275 10,650 ~ ~ . ~ Big ~imey Meadow 257 9,750 ~ ~I ~ Rock C~k 256 9,6~ ~ ~ Ro~d MeMow 258 9,000 ~ R~shaw M~ow 259 8,700 ~ Li~le Whimey Meadow 260 8,5~ ~ Qui~ Ranger Station 264 8,350 R Bonita M~dows 261 8,3~ ~ ~ I C~a Vieja M~dows 262 8,300 fl o B~ch M~dows 265 7,650 ~ S~e in Miles Dead Home M~dow 249 ?,300 Q ~ RIVER S~OW SENSOR THE RESOURCES AGENCY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Up~r T~dall Cr~k 516 11,4~ ~ BIVISlON OF FLOOD M~AGEMENT Cmbt~ Meadow 253 10,700 ~ CALIFORN~ COOPE~TWE SNOW SURVEYS Chagoopa Plateau 514 10,3~ ~ P~c~ 569 9,150 ~ Wet Meadow (~ 518 8,950 ~ LE~ENO T~el G~rd S~tio~ ~ 830 8,900 ~ O s.ow COURSE C~a Vicja Meadows (~ 262 8,300 ~ ~ AERIAL SNOW DEPTH U~KER B~ch Meadows 860 ?,650 Q ~ SNOW SENSOR B120 (02/09/04 0917) Department of Water Resources California Cooperative Snow Surveys Feb 1, 2004 FORECAST OF UNIMPAIRED RUNOFF (in thousands of acre-feet) April-July Forecast April Percent 80% thru of Probability July Average Range NORTH COAST Trinity River at Lewiston Lake 730 111% Scott River near Fort Jones 190 95% SACRAMENTO RIVER Sacramento River above Shasta Lake 320 107% McCloud River above Shasta Lake 400 100% Pit River above Shasta Lake 1000 92% Total inflow to Shasta Lake 1760 95% 1200 - 2660 Sacramento River above Bend Bridge 2350 93% 1470 - 3670 Feather River at Oroville 1700 91% 1100 - 2860 Yuba River at Smartville 980 94% 590 - 1640 American River below Folsom Lake 1170 91% 670 - 2070 SAN JOAQUIN RIVER Cosumnes River at Michigan Bar 110 85% 50 - 240 Mokelumne River inflow to Pardee 440 94% 300 - 710 Stanislaus River below Goodwin Res. 660 92% 430 - 1070 Tuolumne River below La Grange 1140 93% 790 - 1740 Merced River below Merced Falls 550 87% 340 - 900 San Joaquin River inflow to Millerton Lk 1050 83% 650 - 1700 TULARE LAKE Kings River below Pine Flat Res. 1080 88% 640 - 1680 Kaweah River below Terminus Res. 240 83% 130 - 425 Tule River below Lake Success 46 71% 22 - 106 Kern River inflow to Lake Isabella 340 72% 160 - 7001 NORTH LAHONTAN Truckee River,Tahoe to Farad accretions 220 81% Lake Tahoe Rise, in feet 1.1 76% West Carson River at Woodfords 50 90% East Carson River near Gardnerville 160 84% West Walker River below Little Walker 140 91% East Walker River near Bridgeport 55 84% Water-Year Forecast and Monthly Distribution Oct Aug Water 80% thru Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul & Year Probability Jan Sep Range ................................................................................ Inflow to Shasta 1810 820 920 700 520 310 230 425 5735 4380 - 7950 Sacramento, Bend 2940 1060 1200 890 730 420 310 530 8080 6080 - 11310 Feather, Oroville 890 550 690 720 580 270 130 190 4020 2850 - 6000 Yuba, Smartville 380 260 320 380 400 165 35 40 1980 1420 - 2980 American, Folsom 300 270 360 440 525 170 35 20 2120 1380 - 3310 Cosumnes, Mich. Bar 38 25 45 65 33 10 2 2 220 130 - 355 Mokelumne, Pardee 60 55 80 120 195 110 15 5 640 450 - 1000 Stanislaus, Gdw. 100 55 100 205 280 140 35 15 930 670 - 1390 Tuolumne, LaGrange 170 85 150 280 440 340 80 25 1570 1170 - 2420 Merced, McClure 65 50 70 140 230 150 30 15 750 540 - 1200 San Joacfuin, Mil. 115 45 85 200 420 310 120 45 1340 880 - 2050 Kings, Pine Flat 100 50 95 200 430 320 130 45 1370 900 - 2160 Kaweah, Terminus 34 25 35 60 110 60 10 6 340 200 - 500 Tule, Success 15 11 16 21 16 7 2 2 90 60 - 140 Kern, Isabella 60 30 45 70 130 100 40 30 505 420 - 900i Notes: 50 year averages are based on years 1951 to 2000. Unimpaired runoff represents the natural water production of a river basin, unaltered by upsteam diversions, storage, or by export or import of water to or from other watersheds. Forecasted runoff assumes median conditions subsequent to the date of forecast. Runoff probability ranges are statistically derived from historical data. The 80% probability range is gomprised of the 90% exceedence level value and the 10% exceedence level value. The actual runoff should fall within the stated limits eight times out of ten. HIGHWAy 99 " '~>*- · "F~' The Check out Bakersfield of the for country music, antiques, and Basque dining. By Josh Sens !, B ck Owens' Crystal Palace on Buck But' at 74, he stdl plays thc hard-driving, it.~ large'ethnic population. )wens Boulexqird is a conce~ hall that hair.aching ~s (rcmcml~'r "Cr?sn'-'l'ime" Two o( the most popular hous~ a bronze Buck C)s~ns statue, display or'"Ii'~gc'thcr A,wun"?) tl~at made him fim~ous di~ing spots arc thc Wool cases packed with Buck ()wens platinum and earned him credit as a f~)under ,d' the Growers Restaurant, which ~bums, and a.1973 Pontiac (; r~ville con- co~t~ music s~-lc that aficion:sdos rct:c.r to dishes up traditional Basque ve~ible signed by EMs, perched:a~ve the i as "the B~ersficld Sound" cuisine, and thc Pyrenees (:.ate. spec~ahzmg in FYench- b~, Of course, thc most popular Buck ~i~u can hear the ~'ang anti jangle of d~e . I ' " O~ens-relatcd attraction is a lit~likc piece B~crsfidd Sound ~ers~vhere you go in this Basque meals. Both serve of country memorabilia known as Buck sunb~Aed Centrfl 'VEIey citS~ whicti has al:ten muir:ice.se f~ily style din- i, ~ns. himselE been called ~the Nashville ~ fi the ~;~st.' Dial n~'fs t~ st~ g4th soups, ~; ' ' :' 'Every Ffi&av and Samrd~' night, thc tbr- your radio t,~ ~o7,9 and you can even Iist'cn a4s, ~d house~b~ed brads, t.ffen move on to an assort- :. mcr Hee ltaw cohost draws throngs to his - to Owens's country music ~tati~m KL:ZZ. ~ .. :.: ~ ~nes~le theater, whc~ he t~es the stage with his b~d, the[ The city has had a kind of dungaree to~ghness since ~8~:hm?~nt et:grilled seafood and . . I ' ' Buckaroos. and his tradem~k red-white-and-blue ~itar. It's when oil was ~scovered beneath its silD~ cf~y ~:~it. When 13uck re:eat, with plen~ of wine to A~OV~, a i973 Pontinc firanvllle signed by Elvis is parked ~hin~ ~he bm ~t · :been more th~ 4© years since Owens ~coMed"Act Nature? Owens moved here in thc cart)' roses thc oil derricks bobbing g0,~°und, for ~me trontmr~ Buck Owens' CrVstai P~lace. B~cow, fo~mt~in work.rs dip i~o D~war*5 sun~a~ . ~.: :~e ~ of:~s ~SCOmCcutive cl!art~toppi.ngsinglcs'to hit No. x. against thc horizon reminded him of his home s~:atc ~n:%~s. st~yle sustenance, locals head He wound up hitti~ pay dirt in a different fit'id, pk~3i~g akmg~ t(~', KC Stea~ouse. thc' peri, ct place fi.,r carnivores with big [f yOU' Fe ~ O i~ . . . side greats like Dusty Rhodes and Bakersiield nat ire Merle a~ipetites and anyone with a taste for live jazz and blues, which Area code is 661. Pick up AAA's No.horn Cait'&~rn/a ~ t.:la~ard, just two of the bi.est names in what was ~flrcady a affe piped into the dining room every night. Y~)u can follow NevaUa TourBook and Ba~ersheld Ar~ map, Contact fa~t~:owing country music scene. 'up your~q)one xdth a sundae at De~mr's (~andy Shop. Sit at ~e Gre~ter Bakersfield Convention and Visitors Bureau. In B~e~fietd to&~ pms~cts for hearing country music ar,.~ ~c)da foUntain ~d t~, the mint chip ice cream or pick up ~dge Truxtun Ave., (8~6) 42~-7353, stillgc~, One of the Ix-st venues is Ethel's OM Cortal'C~lf& on 0~ caramels at the candy the o~sk'i~s of thc city On Fridays and Sund~. its dance fitter cqunter. ]7~ Bakersfield fav~ EATS AND SLEEPS fills with couples swivel~g hip to hip. Wcstt~rn music also packs o~i~ has been ma~g all its Best Western Hill House 700 7ruxtun Ave,, them in at the Rockin' Rodeo, a spacious nightclut~ whe.re o&,n ice.cream anti candies 327-aO64. f~r ~most :~oo vea~. Courtyard by Harrio~ 360i r~arriott patrons can ~ their ltlck riding a mt~hanical bulI---~)r go next I'.. . ; ' ~ I he c~ s sweetest attrac- 324-6660, tl~r t?,r hip-hop. Bcfo~ you ~ddlc up, check out the l:.~ts bt:Its and Stct~:,n t]on hasn;t been ~ound qmte Dewar's Candy Shop 1120 Eye c:e hats at thc Emporium.~$k~stern Store: l;t'st'~opping., t~or an;:iques t~at( long.,~ But he s got. that 322-O933. is more your speed, head to the Five mM Dime Antique Mail in theaterand that boulevard Ethel's Old Corral Ca~ ~lO AffreO bearing his name. And on HWy. thc old X~4~lwOrth's Building in historic downtown. ,I . ' xvc~kend eve~gs~ in vibrant Holiday Inn Select 80] 5ruxtun Ave,. Bakersfield is also a Cityin which to grab some interest4ng t - ' ' ~t). It ~ a number ofathentic ~squ~ rt-*t~lura~rs, thanks to li~ peri--antes, he's cvc~' 325-1900, bit the country music leg- KC Steakhouse 25t5 F: St,, end, As Buck Owens himself Pyrenees Caf6 601 Sumner St. 523-005% AaOVE, lik¢ giant metronomes, Bakersfieid*s oil n~ark an energetic beat, LEFT. the Emporium West:er~ might sing. all he's got ,:) do Wool Growers Restaurant 620 E. tE~th 5tore seit~ boots made of ostrich ski~ Sr~d ei¢,~h~t hide~ isac[ natuu{.l~ 327-9584, ~/a~aside' towns and the tai~!y its fastest. But ~ere surprises, take ' i.s?n~' r~d '~ret~roughty aliv~more COIo~l .vigor- So~hern_..x. stretch of Highway Grand, Tulam, ~lma, and never get a t~ti~ 99~s it~bis~s the ~ntral Hilmar. lnJOhn Stein~'s (:LOCKWtSE FRON TOP~ the first peach, a|~,ond, and apricot orchards were pier, ted in the l~80s and 1890s; in the valley; Bobby 5ataz:~r'5 Taqueria in Fresno serves up ~onterrey chicken: Big At shapes a cowboy hat et the Emporium Western 5tore in Bakersfi6td; Carta's Drive-.i~ in Oildale Invites you to ch~ down; tractors are the trusty steed~ of t:his greenbelt. FEB I 3 200 , ,Ci'D[ MANAGER'S BAKERSFIELD Economic and Community Development Department February 11,2004 7 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager .~. ¢/¢¢¢"'~ /~ FROM: Donna L. Kunz, Economic Development Director SUBJECT: Employment Status for Pleasant Holidays Agreement No. 99-175 between the City of Bakersfield and Pleasant Holidays provided a $250,000 loan to the company for a term of five years. Twenty percent of the loan will be forgiven for each year the company meets all terms and conditions of the agreement. These terms included, · hiring 150 workers within the first five years, with 50 new jobs in Year 1, and 25 jobs in each of the following four years. · of those workers hired, at least 51% must be Iow- and moderate-income individuals for each of the first five years of the agreement. Exercising this forgiveness is a ministerial action and, thus, requires no Council action. Based upon the report submitted to our office from the company, Pleasant Holidays has exceeded both conditions. For the fifth and final year of the agreement, the company employed 32 new hires, and 65.63% of these hires were Iow- and moderate-income individuals; currently, this company employs 115. Therefore, Pleasant Holidays has met the terms and conditions required in the agreement and qualifies to have 20%, or $50,000, of the loan amount forgiven for the fifth year of the agreement. For the past four years, the company has met the terms of the agreement and 20% of the loan amount has been forgiven each year. Thus, the total amount of this loan has been forgiven and there is no outstanding balance. The table below summarizes the company's employment history during the past five years. I propose we send a letter like we Pleasant Holidays, LLC have to other companies, which New hires over the five-year merely reflects the ministerial action agreement (actual) 440 of the debt forgiveness. With New hires over the five-year approval from you, we will agreement (projected) 150 immediately mail the letter. New hires in excess of projections 290 Percentage of new hires that were dl:\P:\Pleasant Travel\Forgive 20% Year 5.doc IOW- or moderate-income individuals 75.23% B A K E R S F I E L D MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager /.~--~)// irec FROM: Jack Hardisty, Development Services DATE: February 19, 2004 SUBJECT: Storage Containers in Tevis Ranch Area / Referral No. 690 Councilmember Hanson requested staff investigate the use of storage containers on a vacant lot, south of White Lane near Mountain Vista and assure they are in compliance with regulations. On February 17, 2004, a violation notice was issued to the owner for the storage containers located on the vacant lot. A reinspection will be conducted on February 24, 2004 and if not in compliance, an abatement hearing will be scheduled. B A K E R $ F I E L D MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Jack Hardisty, Development'Services Diredtor/...f DATE: February 19, 2004 / SUBJECT: Unlicensed Street Vendors on White Lanq~Referral No. 692 ICouncilmember Sullivan requested staff again investigate and cite unlicensed street vendors at White Lane and Wible. An investigation was conducted on illegal street merchants setting up shop in public right-of- ways and on private property to sell Valentine flowers and products. One week prior to Valentine's Day, two subjects were encountered selling flowers at the locations of Ming Avenue and Wible Road (AM/PM Store) and at Wible Road and White Lane (AM/PM Store). Both subjects were asked to leave the location until proper itinerant permits were acquired from the City (information on how to get a permit was given). The same investigation process was done on February 11, 2004 at the above locations at various times throughout the day; however, no violators were seen. On February 13, 2004, an investigation was conducted and vendors were found at the following locations conducting a business without an itinerant (sellers) permit: 1. Ming Avenue and So. Chester Avenue (Fastrip Store) 2. So. Chester Avenue and Belle Terrace 3. Monitor Street and Pacheco Road 4. South H Street and Fairview Road 5. Monitor Street and Karma Court 6. Monitor Street and Nicki Court 7. Fairview and Arlana Street 8. Fairview and Alberta Street 9. Dorian Drive and So. Chester Avenue All vendors removed their merchandise and were given the required information to obtain a sellers permit. There were no additional violators and those existing merchants with displays had their paperwork in order.. B A K E R S F I E L D PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CITY OF BAKERSFIELD MEMORANDUM February 20, 2004 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ~ SUBJECT: POT HOLE REPAIR WHITE LANE & ASHE Council Referral #693 Councilmember Sullivan requested staff repair a pothole on eastbound White Lane located in the left turn lane onto northbound Ashe Road. Repairs were performed this week. G:\GROUPDAT~Referrals~004\02-11\693 - Streets.doc B A K E R S F I E L D MEMORANDUM February 20, 2004 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Florn Cor~urces Manager SUBJECT: Response to E-Mail Correspondence from Karen Sweaney Council Referral No. 0000697 (Ward No.7) Councilmember Salvaggio would like staff to review and respond to correspondence from resident regarding Lake Ming Bike Path Extension. This item was investigated by staff and a response was sent to Mrs. Sweaney addressing her concerns on February 18, 2004. A copy of the response letter is attached for your information. Please call our office should you need additional information regarding this matter. WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT '~" . ' FLORN CORE, Manager STEVE LAFOND, Forecasting and Records 326-3007 MAURICE RANDALL, Business Manager 326-3704 KERN RIVER DISPATCHER 326-3716 Mrs. Karen Sweaney February 18, 2004 11125 Kern River Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93308 Dear Mrs. Sweaney: We have investigated your concerns indicated in your e-mail sent to the City Council, dated February 9, 2004, regarding the Lake Ming Bike Path Extension. The trails south of CALM have not been fenced off. There were some fencing improvements made along the south side of the highway and an entrance was provided about 300 feet east of the new bike path intersection of Alfred Harrell Highway. Off road vehicles were using the new paved bike path as an entry to the area, creating conflict with bicyclists. The small gate and adjacent property on the north side of Alfred Harrell Highway, immediately west of the condos, is owned by a private party. The landowner secured the gate. I understand the landowner was concerned about trespassers safety and associated liability issues. We have also reviewed the plans for the Bike Path Extension from the California Living Museum to the Kern River Golf Course Picnic Area. The bike path alignment as proposed does not conflict with the existing hiking and riding paths. It will not be located along the river trail you described. This project is currently under construction by the Kern County Roads Department. For more specific information, we recommend that you contact Robert Addison, Director or Robert Lerude, Assistant Director of the Kern County Parks Department at (661) 868-7000. Thank you for your continued interest in this project and the Kern River Parkway. Sincerely, FLORN CORE Manager cc: Alan Tandy, City Manager Mayor and Councilmembers Robert Addison, Director of Parks & Recreation, County of Kern Maurice Randall, Business Manager 1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD · BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93311 · (661) 326-3715 ,-. _RECEIVED '~ FEB ! 9 2004 MANAGER'S '"'"" " B A K E R S F I E L D PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CITY OF BAKERSFIELD MEMORANDUM February 19, 2004 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ~ SUBJECT: INTERSECTION OF FREMONT AND WILSON ROAD Council Referral #691 Councilmember Salvaggio requested staff respond to traffic concerns at that location. Due to bus stops on both sides of Wilson, there are potential problems with pedestrians cross;ng the street. Staff to look at all possibilities including placement of cross walk and stop sign. Streets is requested to patch Fremont on the north side of Wilson and determine if resurfacing is warranted. If so, place on the project list. Traffic Engineering Staff will schedule a traffic study of the crossing. The volume of traffic using Wilson Road and the speed of traffic on Wilson Road will be reviewed, as well as the pedestrian usage crossing Wilson Road. A full function traffic signal with pedestrian protection signals is only 600 feet (one block) east of the intersection. Golden Empire Transit (GET) has two routes using Wilson Road, Route 7 and Route 5. Staff will consult with GET on the bus stop location and usage. A branch of the Kern County Library is on the south west corner of the intersection. Based on available staff, equipment and weather conditions, the analysis and recommendation should be completed in 4 to 8 weeks. Fremont Street will be patched this week and will be placed on the resurfacing list. G:\GROUPDA'lSReferrals~004\02-11\691 - Traffic-Streets.doc