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BAKERSFIELD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CiTY CO,~,I~ ~-'"'" May 5, 2000 FROM: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER /~/' SUBJECT: GENERAL INFORMATION ' Y 1. Property owner proposals for the California Avenue area behind the arena, etc. will be filtering in over the next several weeks. It was 30 days to respond from receipt of our letter. Although the letters were sent around 30 days ago, some were delayed, forwarded, etc., so the time has to be extended somewhat. .~.~ 2. We are working with County staff to set a date for the next combined City/County meeting. They indicate that June 26th, 27th, or 29th are the most likely dates. That is the same week as our Council meeting. Because of their upcoming budget process and vacations, if these dates don't work, they would not be able to schedule a meeting until September. 3. The population of Bakersfield, as of January 1, 2000, according to the attached State Department of Finance notice is 237,222. Please note that this population figure includes the citizens in the Palm and Olive areas (approximately 3,526), since the figures were calculated prior to the de-annexation vote and proceedings. 4. Our agreement with the contract refuse haulers provides for an annual rate adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index, which will be 2.3% for the year 2000. Per the enclosed memo, Public Works is proposing that this increase be passed through to most commercial customers. 5. The Police Department's Special Enforcement Unit Progress Report for April is enclosed. 6. Responses to Council requests are enclosed, as follows: Carson · Provide information on the amount of tax increment generated and availability of funds in the redevelopment areas; · Letter to church pastor regarding streets near Casa Loma School and his church; · Check section of Kern Island Canal and fencing parallel to South H Street. DeMond · Contact owner of LaMirage Motel regarding request for financial assistance; · Monthly graffiti report for April provided by Public Works Anti-Graffiti Program; · Provide information regarding sewer costs in Garnsey area; Honorable Mayor and City Council May 5, 2000 Page 2 · Survey on usage of Beach Park Skate Park now and after school is out. Maggard · Illegal dumping on Panorama Drive; · Time line for street repairs in Covina Street area; · Provide copy of response regarding request for grant funding for walkway near Thorner School; · Meeting held to discuss graffiti problems in northeast area; Couch · Request for block grant funding for Bakersfield Garden Community Church - response to citizens; · Response to citizen regarding sovereignty proposal; · Inquiry as to whether or not City should support "Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Initiative"; · Contact citizen regarding 1) children selling candy and 2) trains running at night; · Scheduling of Council"visioning" session; · Request for stop sign at Mountain Oak and Ridge Oak; · Concern regarding number of"no parking" signs on certain arterial streets; · Request to meet with Finance Director regarding Grand Jury response for Convention Center/Arena expansion project; · Citizen concern regarding playhouse structure in neighboring backyard; · Citizen concern regarding street lights not being turned on; · Send resolution and letter to citizen regarding Borba Dairy; · Inquiry regarding City ownership of temporary and permanent fire station sites on VVhite Lane near Buena Vista. Rowles · Road repairs near Stockdale Elementary School at Camino Del Oeste Salvaggio · Contact citizen regarding potential pedestrian and traffic hazard on west side area along South H Street, between Ming Avenue and Wilson Road; · Contact citizen regarding concern that property sold to Greenfield School will require assessment split. AT: rs cc: Mayor-Elect Harvey Hall Department Heads Pamela McCarthy, City Clerk Trudy Slater, Administrative Analyst OF THE 01RECTOR ,SACRAMENTO, CA 9~8144998 May 1, 2000 Dear Fiscal Officer: PRICE AND POPULATION .~'FORMATION APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT The California Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 2227, mandates the Department of Finance to transmit an estimate of the percentage change in population to local governments. Each local jurisdiction uses their percentage change in population factor for January 1, 2000, in conjunction with a change in the cost of living, or price factor, to calculate their appropriations limit for fiscal year 2000-2001. This year, the price factor is not currently available because the Federal Government will not provide the state's income estimate until May 17. Please read Enclosure I for an explanation on how and when local areas will be able to obtain this year's price factor. Enclosure II provides ciU and unincorporated county population percentage changes (and Enclosure IL~. provides county and incorporated areas population percentage changes). The population percentage change data excludes federal and state institutionalized populations and military, populations, as noted. POPULATION CERTIFICATION The population certification program applies only to cities and counties. Revenue and Taxation Code 11005.6 mandates the Department of Finance to automatically certify any population estimate that exceeds the current certified population with the State Controller's Office. The Department of Finance will certify the higher estimate to the Controller, unless the Department receives a written request not to certify within 25 days of the completion of the estimate. The cit.,,' or county then retains the current certified population. The Department of Finance will only certify a lower population estimate if requested by a city or county in writing to do so by June I. 2000. Address questions about the price and population data to the Demo~aphic Research Unit at (916) 323-4086. Sincerely. Director Enclosures RECEIVED FINANCE DEPT, May 1, 2000 Enclosure I The price factor needed by local jurisdictions to compute their appropriations limit for fiscal year 2000-2001 could not be calculated in time for the May 1 mandated due date, as explained below. The Department of Finance (DOF) regrets this inconvenience and will provide the price .factor to local areas immediately, both on the Intemet and by mail, when it becomes available.' By law, the Economic Research Unit of the State Department of Finance uses a state income estimate provided by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) to calculate per capita personal income. This is the price factor provided annually by DOF to local areas to calculate the local appropriations limit. This year, the BEA cannot provide the state's income estimate until May 17. The Department Of Finance will place the price factor on its home page after May 17, and mail both the price factor and the population change factor to local areas. drier May 17, the 2000-2001 fiscal year price factor can be obtained on the Department of Finance web page: www. do.f. ca. gov To open the page containing the 2000-2001 price factor, click on: 2000-01 Price Factor used for Appropriations Limit Calculation Enclosure II Annual Percent Change in Population Minus Exclusior~s (*) January 1, 1999 to January 1,2000 and Total Population January 1, 2000 Total County Percent Change -- Pooulaflon Minus Exclusions -- PogulaUon City 1999-2000 1-1-99 1-14)0 1-1-2000 KERN ARVIN 4.26 11,363 11,847 11,847 BAKERSFIELD 3.16 229,648 236,896 237,222 CALIFORNIA CITY 0.94 8,705 8,787 8,787 DELANO 3.81 29,294 30,411 35.545 MARICOPA 1.71 1,228 1~49 1~49 MCFARLAND 1.81 8,018 8,163 9,438 RIDGECREST 0.77 26,466 26,671 27~79 SHAFTER 2.34 11,159 11,420 11,895 TAFT 0.86 6.281 6.335 9,141 TEHACHAPI 1.25 6,777 6,862 12,618 WASCO 2.48 14,406 14,763 20,092 UNINCORPORATED 1.38 263,101 266,742 273,822 COUNTY TOTAL 2.22 616,446 630,146 . 658,935 (*) Exclusions Include residents in state mental ins~tuttor~ federal militmy In~tallaUens, and state and federal correctional institutions. · Page 1 RECt Iv r MAY 0 1 2000 FINANCE DEPT. BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Raul Rojas, Public Works Director DATE: April 28, 2000 Subject: Proposal For: (1) COMMERCIAL TRASH FEE INCREASE OF 2.3%, AND (2) ROLLOFF SERVICE FEE INCREASE OF 2.3% FOR HAULING, 0% FOR DELIVERY AND DAILY RENTAL Per the Agreement with the contract refuse haulers, the City is obligated to award annual rate adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index, which has been determined by the Department of Labor to be 2.3% for the year 2000. Since this rate increase must be paid to the haulers, staff is proposing that the 2.3% rate increase be passed through to commercial customers for all cart and bin service and most of the rolloff services. However, in the case of rolloff services, staff is proposing to free~;e the cost of delivering rolloff boxes plus the daily rental of rolloff boxes, and applying the 2.3% increase to the hauling service only. This proposal is designed to more closely mirror the cost of providing rolloff services in county areas. The 2.3% pass-through proposal does not apply to single family residences, where staff is proposing a rate increase of 1.1%, or $1.50 per year per home. The full 2.3% increase will'be paid to the contractor for single family pickup but a straight pass-through is not necessary because the City's operations can absorb the difference this year. This is because expenditures for new equipment for last year are not repeated this year. Additionally, a review was performed by staff for locking lid service. Many businesses are victimized by illegal dumpers who fill up their bins to the point where the businesses have to pay extra to haul away someone else's trash. To avoid such costs, some customers lock the lids of the dumpsters, which serves as an effective deterrent. Currently the city and the contractors charge a below-cost fee for locking lid service, and spread the difference on to the other customers. When this service was not that popular, this policy worked well. However, there is an alarming increase in the popularity of the service, perhaps due to the lack of mandatory collection in the county areas and the-lo '~ fee.. C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\c_CPI.mom.wpd CITY MANAGER'S OF' April 28, 2000 o APRIL 28, 2000 MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER PAGE TWO To address this problem, staff will be working with bin vendors to make automatic locking bars available, to avoid the need for locking lid service altogether. Automatic locking bars are designed to unlock only when the metal bin is raised and tilted, as with the normal action of a front-loading trash truck. Bin vendors charge anywhere from $25 to $100 to install the bar, making the most expensive installation a 1.5 year payoff, assuming the city's current fee of $5.52 a month for locking lid service. The locking bar has the added advantage of reducing mistakes by employees and avoiding accusations of customers that the city driver lost the lock or forgot to lock the bin after it was emptied. C:\WIN DOWS\TEMP~c_C PI.mem.wpd April 28, 2000 BAKERSFIELD POLICE MEMORANDUM May 3, 2000 To: Alan Tandy, City Manager Honorable Mayor Price and Council Members From: Eric Matlock, Chief of Police~ Subject: Special Enforcement Unit Progress Report for April, 2000 I have enclosed a sanitized copy of our Special Enforcement Unit's monthly report, including year to date statistics. Please call if you have any questions. EWM/vrf enclosure: "Sanitized" BPD Special Enforcement Unit Monthly Report, April, 2000 RECEIVED MAY- CITY MANAGER'S Bakersfield Police Department Special Enforcement Unit Monthly Report April 2000 Sanitized Version The following is a compilation of the performance of the Special Enforcement Unit and significant incidents / investigations for March 2000. Felony Arrests Guns Seized Special Reports Misd. Arrests Fl's Offense Reports Felony Warrants Citations CHP 180's Arrests Misd. Warrant Probation / Parole Search Warrants Arrests Searches Hours in Training Hours assisting Gang Shootings other Department sections Year to Date Statistics January-April 2000 Felony Arrests Guns Seized Special Reports Misd. Arrests Fl's Offense Reports Felony Warrants Citations CHP 180's Arrests Misd. Warrant Probation / Parole Search Warrants Arrests Searches Hours in Training Hours assisting 1999 Shootings other Department sections 2000 Shootings Bakersfield Police Depadment Special Enforcement Unit Monthly Report-April 2000 Page 2 SEU ACTIVITY 04/01/00 SEU members worked the Baker PAL Fun Run at Martin Luther King Park. 04/02/00 SEU officers arrested , (ESC) for possession of a loaded .22 caliber revolver, CCW, participation in a criminal street gang, possession of a unregistered gun and gang member in possession of a loaded gun. Officers arrested ,(ESC) and ,(ESC) for outstanding felony warrants and burglary. Both suspects were identified as responsible for burglarizing a house on Bradley Street, the day the victim passed away. 04/5/00 SEU officers arrested , (Wsc) on violation of parole. Officers Peery and Gaines were assigned to Southwest surveillance. 04/06/00 SEU officers arrested , (War Lords), , (Blood),. ,(ESC) and , (Blood) for street terrorism, conspiracy, gang members in possession of loaded firearm, possession of cocaine base for sale, and possession of a stolen firearm. Officers seized the stolen loaded .22 caliber revolver from the suspects. The gun was reported stolen from 1112 Potomoc Apt. A on 3/13/00. Officers arrested as a parole absconder in the 1100 blk. Of P Street. Officers became involved in a gang investigation at 1626 E. 11th Street where a loaded .357 caliber revolver was seized. The gun was reported stolen in 8/99 from 6412 Stockdale Hwy. 04/07/00 Officer Darbee and Detective Legg went to Long Beach to follow up on the Washington Mutual Bank robbery. Officer Gaines completed 10 hours of administrative work on Drug Fire and completed the Casa Loma report for the District Attorney's office. Officers Wilson and Riddle worked the surveillance on Stockdale Hwy. Bakersfield Police Department Special Enforcement Unit Monthly Report-April 2000 Page 3 SEU officers served a search warrant at 2701 '/'2 Trust Avenue. ^ male subject was arrested for possession of an assault weapon. A__ loaded AK.47 with several 30 round capacity magazines and drum was seized. SEU officers arrested , (WSC) for violation of probation and , for DUI and hit and run. 04/08/00 SEU officers arrested , (ESC) for PC245 based on a current wanted notice for him. SEU officers arrested , (ESC) for PC 148.9 and an outstanding warrant. He was with at the time of his arrest. (WSC affiliate) was arrested on an outstanding felony H&S warrant. Four subjects were arrested in the 1000 block of King Street for PC647f during a shots fired investigation. A subject was arrested for H&S violations from the La Movida Club. SEU officers assisted patrol officers with a search warrant on N. Stine Road involving a robbery investigation. ,SEU officers arrested three suspects for a PC496. SEU also, assisted patrol officers with surveillance in the Stockdale area. 04/09/00 SEU officers conducted a parole search on , (Loma) after receiving information he had ordered a hit on a subject only known as for a narcotic transaction (rip off). Two firearms, a'. 12 ~a~e shot~_ un and a .22 caliber pistol were seized, was not home at the time of the search and a wanted notice was accomplished for PC12021 and parole violation. SEU officers arrested , (ESC) for parole violation. Officers went to a residence at 1119 Murdock, Apt. # A, regarding narcotic sales by possible gang members at that address. SEU officers arrested (ESC affiliate) for a probation violation warrant out of Nevada. 04/12/00 SEU officers assisted patrol at 621 6th Street on a parole search. Officers attended a neighborhood watch meeting at 1220 pacific Street with Crime Prevention. SEU officers responded and assisted Sheriff's Department on a shooting on Mcnew Court. The suspects were in a stolen truck which was located along with the .22 caliber revolver. (CBC) and (CBC) were arrested after a foot pursuit. Bakersfield Police Department Special Enforcement Unit Monthly Report-April ~2000 Page 4 04/14/00 SEU officers conducted a juvenile sweep with the probation department, sixty five home visits were conducted with five felony and five misdemeanor arrests made for weapon and narcotic charges. After the sweep, SEU officers made three felony arrests for narcotic violations at 1025 Owens Street. Two officers conducted surveillance in the southwest area. 04/15/00 SEU officers'conducted surveillance on parolee at 5000 Belle Terrace. Surveillance was conducted in the 1500 block of Pacific Street per Neighborhood Watch complaints for narcotic activity. 04/16/00 While conducting surveillance in the 1500 block of Pacific Street for gang and narcotic activity, SEU officers arrested and for possession of methamphetamine, felon in possession of loaded handgun, CCW, carrying loaded firearm while in possession of narcotics. Officers seized a loaded .38 caliber revolver from Vega. 04/19/00 Very slow night, extra patrol on Pacific Street due to neighborhood complaints. Team one shot at the range. 04~20~00 SEU officers observed a occupied stolen vehicle southbound on T Street and arrested for auto theft, possession of stolen property, possession of rock cocaine and violation of parole. SEU officers arrested for possession of rock cocaine and violation of parole. Officers arrested for a warrant and possession of a .22 caliber rifle with the serial number removed. Officers arrested four females at 708 P Street for loitering for the purposes of narcotic transactions. 04/21/00 SEU officers arrested and (ESC's) for parole violations in the 3200 block of San Dimas Street. Officers arrested on a no bail warrant and a $50,000 warrant from Los Angeles County. SEU officers arrested on a felony warrant for possession of cocaine and (WSC) on a misdemeanor warrant. Bakersfield Police Department Special Enforcement Unit Monthly Report-April 2000 Page 5 04~22~00 SEU officers arrested out of a wanted notice for spousal abuse. (ESC) and (ESC) were arrested for felony warrants. Officers arrested for violation of parole and narcotic violations. 04~23~00 SEU officers arrested three subjects, (NLR), (NLR), (NLR), for parole violation. The three subjects Were at the residence of (NLR) to enforce gang code rules of conduct on because he had assaulted his live-in girl friend, was arrested by patrol for PC273.5, parole violation, and H&S violations. 04/26~00 SEU officers assisted Vice detail with several search warrants in Kern and Tulare Counties. SEU officers also qualified at the pistol range. Sgt. Duchene worked on the California SWAT Championships. 04/27/00 SEU officers arrested for PC666 out of a patrol wanted notice at 600 Union Avenue. Officers arrested for possession of rock cocaine and 'drug paraphernalia at E. 3rd and S. King Street. Officers arrested (WSC) at 8th and P Street for possession of rock cocaine for sales and participation in a criminal street gang. Officers arrested for possession of rock cocaine and possession of a bicycle with the serial number removed. SEU OFFICERS AND PA TROL RESPONDED TO A CHP 999 WITH AN OFFICER SHOT IN THE AREA OF MESA MARIN. OFFICERS SET UP A PERIMETER AND CONDUCTED THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ALONG WITH THE SEARCH OF THE AREA FOR EVIDENCE. TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND TURNED OVER TO THE DETECTIVES. 04~28~00 SEU officers responded and assisted KNET on surveillance of a PAL suspect in Oildale for three hours. SEU officers responded to a victim of a shooting at 1220 Delores Street. Through the investigation it was learned that the suspects threw a handgun on top of the roof as officers arrived and ran into Bakersfield Police Department Special Enforcement Unit Monthly Report-April 2000 Page 6 the apartment at 1224 Delores Street. Officers arrested three subjects , all (Loma Bakers), for participation in a criminal street gang, possession of PCP, negligent discharge of a firearm and parole violations. Officers seized a loaded .357 maqnum revolver from the suspects. Officers arrested for possession of cocaine base/parole violation in the 200 block of Kincaid Street. 04/29/00 SEU officers arrested and , both (WSC) for violation of parole while at Lowell Park. Officers arrested (ESC) in the 500 block of Lakeview Avenue for possession of marijuana for sales and participation in a street gang. SEU officers arrested (ESC) for under the influence of PCP. 04/30/00 SEU officers arrested for burglary and spousal abuse out of a patrol wanted notice. Officers were contacted by CYA parole agent Jim Welch and asked for assistance in locating and arresting (ESC) wanted for parole violation, officers located him at 1217 Chester Lane and was he was arrested after he was found hiding in a closet. BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA 5,2000 ~,%,.~% ~/~g.). May CITY COUNCIL Rev. Ishmael.Kimbrough, Jr. Pastor Bob Price P.O. Box 70072 Mayor Bakersfield, CA 93307 Irma Carson Dear Rev. Kimbrough: lrtce. Mayor Ward l I am responding regarding the status of the curb and gutter project around Casa Loma Patrlcia DeMond School. As indicated in the attached memorandum .from the Public Works wara 2 Department, we have been working closely with the Bakersfield City School District to coordinate the project with other school improvements. The Public Works Mike Maggard Wara 3 Department indicates that actual construction is being scheduled during the summer school break so it would be less disruptive to the school's operations. David Couch Wara4 The City is also applying for funds from the State of California under the "Safe Route to SchoOl'' program to fund the sidewalk along Madison Avenue adjacent to Randy Rowles Wara S the school site. We should .know in July if this application will be funded by the State. Jacquie Sullivan Wara6 We appreciate your interest and support of this project. Should you have any additional questions please contact me or Assistant City Manager, John W. Stinson Mark Saivaggio Wa,.a ? at 326-3751. L/xCe,.~uncilme~rma'~zarS°mber, Warn'~ 1 .d 1501 Tmxtun Avenue · Bakersfield, California 93301 · (661) 326-3767 · Fax (661) 323-3780 BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: John W. Stinson, Assistant City Manager FROM: Theodore D. Wright, Civil Engineer IV ~ DATE: May 3, 2000 SUBJECT: Madison Avenue Curb and Gutter Staff recently met with Louis Varga from the Bakersfield City School District regarding ~' the improvement of the west side of Madison Avenue adjacent to Casa Loma School. Louis did not want any type of bus turn-out area, but only installation of curb and gutter and sidewalk along the school frontage. With that information, Louis was told the City can install curb, gutter and pavement tie-in along the west side of Madison Avenue from Casa Loma Drive south along the school frontage and beyond to Watts Drive (a portion of the curb and gutter in this area already exists adjacent to the church). This additional curb and gutter is necessary to provide drainage for the street. The curb and gutter grades have been calculated for the street, and this information has been forwarded to the Streets Division for their use in constructing the improvements. Louis. said that construction during the school summer break would be less disruptive to the school's current operations, so construction is currently set to begin next month after school is out. We also discussed funding for the sidewalk along Madison Avenue adjacent to the school site, which has been applied for to the State of California under the "Safe Route to School" program. Staff should hear in July whether this application was accepted, after which the Streets Division could then start installation of the sidewalk. Louis said tha_t after installation of the sidewalk, the School District was planning on installing some landscaping between the back of the sidewalk and a fence along Madison Street that -- they were evidently going to install/relocate. While the improvements were being designed, staff noticed that additional street right- of-way was needed from the School District for these street improvements. Again, staff talked to Louis Varga who said that dedication by the School Board of this additional street right-of-way will not be a problem. cc: Jacques R. LaRochelle, Engineering Services Manager S :\TED~2OOOmcmo\050300js,wpd From: Florn Core To: Rhonda Smiley Date: Fri, May 5, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Council Referral WF0018459 - Canal Fencing around "H" St. Council Referral WF0018459 requested staff check condition of fencing along canal on South "H" St. near Belle Terrace. This section of the Kern Island Canal and fencing parallel to So. "H" St. is located along the eastern boundary of the Castro unincorporated county island. Any questions, please call. FIorn Core CC: Gene Bogart BAKERSFIELD Economic and Community Development Department MEMORANDUM May 1, 2000 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager ~ FROM: Jake Wager, Economic Development Direct, SUBJECT: Council Referral #WF0018442 - LaMirage Motel on Union Avenue At the April 26th Council meeting a referral phone message from Yousaf Raja owner of LaMirage Motel (324-4593) on Union Avenue was given to staff. Staff called Mr. Raja to discuss his request for financial assistance. Mr. Raja is in the middle of remodeling the motel and wanted to know if free money or a loan is available from the City or through redevelopment. Staff discussed the limited funds the City has for economic development, which are tied to job creation, and the fact that no funds have been accumulated in the Southeast Redevelopment Project Area to date. cc: Irma Carson, Vice Mayor Councilmember Pat DeMond Cw:\S:\REDVAREA\memo to Demond and Carson- LaMirage Motel.wpd CITY MANAGER'S OFF';.C,~ BAKERSFIELD Economic and Community Development Department M'EMORANDUM May 1, 2000 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager ~ FROM: Jake Wager, Economic Development Direct SUBJECT: Council Referral #WF00'18460 - Estimate of Tax Increment for Redevelopment Project Areas At the April 26th Council meeting Vice Mayor Carson requested information on the amount of tax increment generated and the availability of the funds for housing within each project area. The tax increment funds estimated to be generated by each project area are as follows: DOWNTOWN $1,280,000 Net Funds Available to service debt, projects and prior agreements $ 320,000 Housing SetAside $1,600,000 Total SOUTHEAST $102,000 Net Funds Available to service debt, projects and prior agreements $ 34,000 Housing Set Aside $136,000 Total OLDTOWN KERN $ 99,000 Net FundsAvailableto service debt, projects and prior agreements $ 33,000 Housing Set Aside $132,000 Total If you have further or more specific questions please call. cc: Vice Mayor Irma Carson Cw:\C:\MyFiles\memo to Carson - tax increment for project areas.wpd .... RECEIVED BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: May 2, 2000 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SUBJECT: MONTHLY GRAFFITI REPORTS City Council Referral No. WF0018455/001, COUNCIL REQUEST/REFERRAL: "DEMOND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE AND WHEN CAN THEY GET MONTHLY GRAFFITI REPORTS." RESPONSE: The April 2000 monthly report is complete and attached. c: Joe Lozano, Operations Manager Brad Underwood, General Services Superintendent MAY CI'I'~ MANAGEr'S BAKERSFIELD Public Works Department Anti-Graffiti Program May 4, 2000 To: Brad Underwood, General Services Superintendent From: Sean B. Cacal, Community Relations Anti-Graffiti Program Subject: Anti-Graffiti Program Update for April 2000 Graffiti Removal Statistics for April 2000 ACTIVITY CDBG NON- CDBG TOTAL Hot Line Calls 153 calls 337 calls 490 calls Sites Serviced 276 sites 373 sites 649 sites Gallons of Paint Used 49 gallons 50 gallons 99 gallons Signs Serviced 30 signs 68 signs 98 signs Power Wash (Tag Off) 9 gallons 21 gallons 30 gallons COST OF MATERIALS USED (paint, censor, tag of L primer, etc.) $ 4,675.80. HOURS DEDICATED TO GRAFFITI CLEAN-UP 860 hours VOLUNTEERS For April 2000, we had 25 volunteers (5 adults and 20 students) paint graffiti throughout the City of Bakersfield. A family "Adopts-A-Wall" at Fairview Road. We supplied paint and tools necessary for clean up as well as educational and promotional products for our volunteers. MEDIA On April 8~, Channel 29 News covered the volunteers trom Ebony Counseling Service painting graffiti at Monitor Sump which is located at Pacheco Road and Olivia Street. On April 24, Channel 17 and Fox 58 News covered a story related to the Anti-Graffiti Program. A 13 year old eighth grader drew a map showing all the graffiti in a seven block radius around his neighborhood to help our crew members find tagged areas. , OTHER NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL Maria Byrd of the Anti-Graffiti Program was awarded "The High Five Award." The Anti-Gr'~ti Program joined the Downtown Business Association and will participate in all Street Faire events. The Anti-Graffiti Progr~un committed to participate in the Kern County Museum's "Family Fun Day" events in the summer. The Anti-Graffiti Program was represented at the final meeting of the year for the Bakersfield City School District's DATE (Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Education) Program. Sean B. Cacal joined the Anti-Graffiti Program to run its Community Relations. City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018455 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED: 5/01/00 CREW. REQUEST DATE: 4/26/00 · TIME PRINTED: 8:52:52 LOCATION: SCHEDULE DATES ~'l'A~'~': 4/26/00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 5/08/00 GEN. LOC: FACILITY NODES FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER DEMOND ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: MONTHLY GRAFFITI REPORTS REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** DEMOND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE AND WHEN CAN THEY GET MONTHLY GRAFFITI REPORTS. Job Order Description: MONTHLY GRAFFITI REPORTS atpgory: PUBLIC WORKS asK: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE __/__/__ COMPLETION DATE / / BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/~j~-- DATE: May 4, 2000 SUBJECT: SEWER COSTS IN GARNSEY AREA Council Referral Record #WFO018456 / O01 Council member DeMond requested staff contact her regarding the costs of sewers in the Garnsey area. Staff is studying various methods of providing sewer service to this neighborhood, which is bounded by Stockdale Highway on the south, McDonald Way on the west, Joseph Drive on the north and the Stine canal on the east. A sewer main line is contemplated in McDonald Way from Belle Terrace to Stockdale Highway to provide a point of connection for the neighborhood. However, them are problems with the existing grades in providing service to the most northerly homes in this area. A City survey crew will be sent to this neighborhood to ascertain the locations of the septic systems and the depth needed for the laterals so that the main sewer line system can be designed to serve the ama most efficiently. Staff has contacted Councilmember DeMond with this information. G:~GROUPDAT~eferrals~DeMond\GarnseyWF0018456.wpd City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018456 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED: 5/01/00 REQUEST DATE: 4/26/00 CREW: TIME PRINTED 8:52:45 SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: ~'l'a~'r: 4/26/00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 5/08/00 GEN. LOC: FACILITY NODES. FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER DEMOND ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: SEWER COSTS IN GARNSEY AREA REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** DEMOND REQUESTS THAT STAFF CONTACT HER REGARDING THE COSTS OF SEWERS IN THE GARNSEY AREA. Job Order Description: SEWER COSTS IN GARNSEY AREA atpgory: PUBLIC WORKS asK: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE / / DATE: May 4, 2000 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Stan Ford, Recreation and Parks Director ~ SUBJECT: Council Referral, WF0018440 / 001, Skate Park Survey In response to Councilmember DeMond's request, a survey form was prepared to document usage of Beach Park Skate Park. Area employees will enter information on a daily basis. Data will be compiled on a weekly basis. We will begin collecting information the first week of May ans shall continue do so through the end of June. Please advise should you require further information. Cc: Jane Gardner Greg Cronk .... Allen Abe Mike Doyle ~StTY MANAGER'S~OFF.~ BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: APRIL 28, 2000 SUBJECT: COUNClLMEMBER MIKE MAGGARD'S CONCERNS REGARDING ILLEGAL DUMPING ON PANORAMA DRIVE On Friday, April 28, 2000, City crews picked up an old water heater that was illegally dumped on Panorama Drive near Thorner School. The clean up work on the north side area of Panorama Drive, between River Boulevard and Mt. Vernon Avenue, was done by the Kern County Work Release Program. Public Works staff has notified the agency. C D MAY 12000 =.CITY MANAGER'S OF,~ GAGRO U PDA'r~Referrals~Vlaggard~Trash Bags_Panorama Dr. wpd BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: MAY 1, 2000 SUBJECT: COVlNAAREA STREET REPAIRS Council Referral WF0018444 /001 ICouncilmember Maggard requested that staff contact him regarding the time line for street repairs in I I the Covina Street area. I The Street Division is scheduled to start reconstruction of various streets in the area of Covina Street in late June, early July 2000. Covina Street is included and it will be reconstructed between Darwin Street and University Avenue. RECEIVED I14AY 2''3300 crFY MANAGER'S G:\GROUPDAT~STREETS\Covina Area. Maggard.wpd WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018444 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED:~ 5/01/00 REQUEST DATE: 4/26/00 TIME PRINTED: 8:53:50 CREW: SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: ~'ra~'r: 4/26/00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 5/08/00 FACILITY NODES GEN. LOC: FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER !4AGGARD ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN ' WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: COVINA AREA STREET REPAIRS REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** MAGGARD REQUESTED THAT STAFF CONTACT HIM REGARDING THE TIME LINE FOR STREET REPAIRS IN THE COVINA AREA. Job Order Description: COVINA AREA STREET REPAIRS at~gory: PUBLIC WORKS as~: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS =START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE __/__/__ BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FRet v l: RAUL Mo RO~JAS, P UE~LIC WORKS DIRE C TO DATE: May 2, 2000 SUBJECT: COUNCIL REFERRAL WF00184431001, WARD 3, WALKWAY NEAR THORNER SCHOOL. "MAGGARD REQUESTS A COPY OF THE RESPONSE REGARDING A REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR A WALKWAY NEAR THORNER SCHOOL." A copy of the response to a resident's request for grant funding of a walkway is attached. The grant funding is a State program for "Safe Routes to School" which can include walkways. The Traffic Engineer included Thorner School in the application request, along with some other schools in the Bakersfield City School District, in cooperation with the District. The application was sent to the State prior to the deadline in late April. cc: Traffic Engineer slw: P:\DATA\WP~2000\VVF0018443.ThornerSchooL ref. wpd ~ RECEh/ED Page 1 of 1 :CITY MANAGER'S OF:, B A K E R'S F I E L D PUBLIC WORKS I)EPARTMENT 1501 TRUXTUN AVENUE BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93301 (661) 326-~724 RAUL M. ROJAS, DIRF32TOR · CITY ENGINEER April 13, 2000 Renee Donato Nelson 11916 Borg Court Bakersfield, CA 93306 Re: Thorner School Pedestrian Safety Dear Ms Nelson: As requested in your March 27th letter I have researched the various criteria for justifying and installing a multi-way stop sign on Panorama Drive and Thorner Street, a local street. Agencies in California uniformly folloTM the State of California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) Traffic Manual to justify installation of traffic controls. This is done so that the traffic controls are uniformly applied so the driver knows what to expect in a given situation and to protect the public. There are two other warrants for a multi-way stop installation besides the volume warrant. One allows a multi-way stop to be installed when a traffic signal is fully warranted and is urgently needed. This has been done around the City at several locations where we needed a traffic signal but the funding was not available to install a signal for some time. This is the situation near Chipman and Eissler schools in the northeast on Auburn and Eissler Street. That location fully met warrants for a signal but it could not beput in right away. It also happened to meet stop sign volume warrants, even though it was a local side street like Thorner Street. The other warrant that is used for multi-way stops is based on the number of reported accidents, usually broadside accidents, that have occurred at the intersection. The warrant states that a multi-way stop may be appropriate if there have been 5 or more broadside accidents within a 12 month period. This warrant is rarely met because we usually have already identified a stop sign need based on volumes long before an accident problem occurs. The intersection of Panorama and Thorner is doing well and does not have this problem with only had a few reported minor accidents over the years. This does not mean we dismiss this warrant for this location, but we review accident locations regularly for this possibility. Page 1 of 2 I do have some update news regarding the "Safe Route to School" funding that we discussed a few weeks' ago. We have been actively working with Mr. Louis Varga of the Bakersfield City School District on this funding program. Thorner is, of course, one of the schools we are proposing for funding to alleviate the school pedestrian path problem. The original deadline for submittals was April 6, 2000. That has been moved to late April which gives us more time to include some other schools in similar need of safe school route improvements. Let me know if you would like a copy of the final application. I have no new information on the tract development by Mr. Heisey that caused our school pedestrian path difficulties. They have several problems in lot grading that need to be overcome and solved before they build, from what I understand. You may wish to Contact Marian Shaw, the Public Works Subdivision Engineer, at 326-3579 for more current information on that development status. I hope this answers some of your concerns and questions. Please don't hesitate to call me, if I you need more information, at 326-3959 or email me at swalker@ci.bakersfield.ca.us. Very truly yours, Public Works Director ---'4/,Z' ; ~ /' by Stephen L. Walker Traffic Engineer cc: Ryan Starbuck, Civil Engineer III Traffic file: Thorner School P:~DATA~WP~2000~RDNelson. Thomer. Panorama.ltr. wpd Page 2 of' 2 City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* ~ ' %~, WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018443 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED: 5~01~00 REQUEST DATE: 4/26/00 CREW: TIME PRINTED: 8:24:38 SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: S'l'~%/~'r: 4~26~00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 5/08/00 GEN. LOC: FACILITYNODES FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER MAGGARD ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAi~ WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: WALKWAY NEAR THORNER SCHOOL REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** MAGGARD REQUESTS A COPY OF THE RESPONSE REGARDING A REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR A WALKWAY NEAR THORNER SCHOOL. Job Order Description: WALKWAY NEAR THORNER SCHOOL Cat~gory: PUBLIC WORKS TasK: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE / / BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: May 4, 2000 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR~//~~---' SUBJECT: GRAFFITI PROBLEMS IN NORTHEAST City Council Referral No. WF0018445/001 COUNCIL REQUEST/REFERRAL: "MAGGARD REQUESTS STAFF MEET WITH HIM REGARDING THE GRAFFITI PROBLEMS IN THE NORTHEAST, INCLUDING 178 OVERPASSES, SIEMON PARK, & GREEN FROG MARKETAREA. NEED TO SCHEDULE A MEETING TO COORDINATE EFFORTS." RESPONSE: A meeting to discuss these issues with Councilmember Maggard was held on May 2, 2000. Present at the meeting were staff from Public Works and the Police Department. Discussion centered around the increase in graffiti in areas of northeast Bakersfield. Staff discussed the eradication procedures, opportunities for the residents to get involved, and enforcement efforts..A commitment was made to place University Park on the bi-weekly cycle for eradication, make contact with a concerned resident, the Highland High Principal and the Chipman Jr. High Principal. c: Joe Lozano, Operations Manager - ' Brad Underwood,General ServicesSuperintendent R EC E GITY MANAGER'S City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB'. WF0018445 / 001 PROJECT: DATE REQUEST PRINTED: DATE: 4/26/00 5/01/00 TIME PRINTED 8:53:46 CREW: SCHEDULE DATES ~'ra~'r: 4/26/00 LOCATION: 5/08/00 LOCATION ID' ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: · FACILITY NODES GEN. LOC: FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER MAGGARD ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: GRAFFITI PROBLEMS IN NORTHEAST REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** MAGGARD REQUESTS THAT STAFF MEET WITH HIM REGARDING THE GRAFFITI PROBLEMS IN THE NORTHEAST. INCLUDING 178 OVERPASSES. SIEMON PARK. & GREENFROG MARKET AREA. NEED TO SCHEDULE A MEETING TO COORDINATE EFFORTS. Job Order Description: GRAFFITI PROBLEMS IN NORTHEAST atggory: PUBLIC WORKS asK: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE / /__ BAKERSFIELD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM May 5, 2000 TO: Councilmember Couch FROM: John W. Stinso("~n,{;'UA~sistant City Manager SUBJECT: Referrals dated 4~26~00 The following are staff responses to the referrals made by you on 4~26~00. ' #1 Question: Request for Block Grant Funding for Bakersfield Garden Community Church. Response: Economic and Community Development has prepared a letter in response to the request by Mr. & Mrs. Erwin. #2 Question: Response to Mr Amundsen regarding his sovereignty proposal. Response: Staff has prepared a letter in response to Mr. Amundsens letter, which is attached. #3 Question: Should we support the "Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Initiative?" Response: Staff has prepared a memo detailing the issues and concerns regarding the proposed initiative. #4 Question: Request for Block Grant Funding for Bakersfield Garden Community Church. Response: Economic and Community Development has prepared a letter in response to the request by Mr. & Mrs. Houchin. Councilmember Couch May 5, 2000 Page.2 #5 Question: Contact Mrs. Cummings re. Concerns about Children selling candy and trains sitting and running all night. Response: I contacted Mrs. Cummings and discussed her concerns. She determined that the sound was not a train and it was no longer a problem. I discussed her questions regarding children selling candy and slie was satisfied with the response. #6 Question: When do we have another Council "visioning" session? Response: As we discussed, staff has typically scheduled Council "visioning" or "goal setting" sessions at the request and direction of the Vice-Mayor. Staff can schedule the session upon receiving direction. #7 Question: Request for stop sign at Mountain Oak and Ridge Oak. Response: Public Works has prepared a response to the request, and will be conducting a warrant study of the intersection. #8 Question: Concern regarding the large number of "No Parking" signs on certain arterial streets creating a visual eyesore. Response: Traffic Engineering is exploring alternatives to this method of parking enforcement. The current spacing of signs has been required in the past by the courts in order for the police to effectively cite violators. Staff is preparing additional information and research on this issue. #9 Question: Would like to meet with Mr. Klimko to understand the response to the Grand Jury regarding the debt for the Convention Center Expansion - Arena Project. Response: The referral has been given to Mr. Klimko to contact you. #10 Question: Request from Elaine Fleeman regarding playhouse structure in neighbors backyard. Response: Development Services has contacted and prepared a response to the concerns expressed by Ms. Fleeman. Councilmember Couch May 5, 2000 Page 3 #11 Question: Concern by Marilyn Ward regarding street lights not being turned on. Response: Public Works has contacted Mrs. Ward and has prepared a response to her concerns. #12 Question: Send Sonja Swenson-Wolsey Resolution and Letter regarding Borba Response: Staff has prepared a letter and sent the documents requested to Ms. Swenson-Wolsey per your request. #13 Question: Does the City own both the temporary and permanentfire station sites on White Lane near Buena Vista? Response: Attached is the agreement with Castle and Cooke regarding the properties. The temporary site is to be transferred to Castle and Cooke when the permanent station is built. If the city does not commence construction of either the temporary or permanent stations within 10 years the parties will reevaluate the need for the sites and if the city no longer requires the temporary and/or permanent site one site will be transferred back to Castle and Cooke. BAKERSFIELD Economic and Community Development Department MEMORANDUM May 4, 2000 TO: Jake Wager, Economic Development Director FROM: George Gonzale nity Development Coordinator SUBJECT: City Council RefdCrals - WF00'18447 & WF00'18449 Councilmember Couch requested a response in writing to Mr. & Mrs. Erwin (WF0018447) and Mr. & Mrs. Houchin (WF0018449) regarding their requests for Block Grant Assistance for the Bakersfield Garden Community Enhancement Project. The attached letters have been mailed to Mr. & Mrs. Erwin and Mr. & Mrs. Houchin. BAKERSFIELD May 4,2000 Mr. & Mrs. Everett Erwin 5404 Broad Acres Bakersfield, CA 93312 Dear Mr. & Mrs. Erwin, Your letter to Councilmember David Couch supporting the CDBG funding of the Bakersfield Garden Community Enhancement Project located at 900 22nd Street, has been forwarded to this department for response. For your information the "Garden" project was only one of six applications submitted by worth-while non-profit organizations requesting financial assistance from CDBG Fiscal Year 2000/2001 budget. The total requested assistance for public facilities totaled over $1.8 million, for a pool of available funds of approximately $300,000. Identifying which non-profit project to recommend for allocation is a very difficult task. Although, the "Garden" project was not one of the two non-profit agencies recommended for FY 2000/2001 assistance by the Budget and Finance Committee April 19, 2000 and approved by the City Council April 26, 2000, staff has identified $75,000 from prior years project savings to designate towards the rehabilitation of the Garden building. Staff has been directed by the Budget and Finance Committee of the City Council to begin a HUD- amendment to allocate the project savings for the Garden project. Funds will be available approximately August 2000. Thank you for taking the time to voice your support for the Bakersfield Garden Community Enhancement project. Sincerely, Community Dev~pment Coordinator cc: David Couch, Councilmember Jake Wager, Economic Development Director David Mills, Interim Executive Director City of Bakersfield · Economic and Community Development Department 515 Truxtun Avenue · Bakersfield · California 93301 (661) 326-3765 · Fax (661) 328-1548 · TDD (661) 324-3631 BAKERSFIELD May 4, 2000 Mr. & Mrs. Chris Houchin 12316 April Ann Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93312 Dear Mr. & Mrs. Houchin, Your letter to Councilmember David Couch supporting the CDBG funding of the Bakersfield Garden Community Enhancement Project located at 900 22nd Street, has been forwarded to this department for response. For your information the "Garden" project was only one of six applications submitted by worth-while non-profit organizations requesting financial assistance from CDBG Fiscal Year 2000/2001 budget. The total requested assistance for public facilities totaled over $1.8 million, for a pool of available funds of approximately $300,000. Identifying which non-profit project to recommend for allocation is a very difficult task. Although, the "Garden" project was not one of the two non-profit agencies recommended for FY 2000/2001 assistance by the Budget and Finance Committee April 19, 2000 and approved by the City Council April 26, 2000, staff has identified $75,000 from prior years project savings to designate towards the rehabilitation of the Garden building. Staff has been directed by the Budget and Finance Committee of the City Council to begin a HUD- amendment to allocate the project savings for the Garden project. Funds will be available approximately August 2000. Thank you for taking the time to voice your support for the Bakersfield Garden Community Enhancement project. Sincerely, Community Development Coordinator cc: David Couch, Councilmember Jake Wager, Economic Development Director David Mills, Interim Executive Director City of Bakersfield · Economic and Community Development Department 515 Truxtun Avenue · Bakersfield · California 93301 (661) 326-3765 · Fax (661) 328-1548 · TDD (661) 324-3631 BAKERSFIELD Alan Yand¥ · City Manager May 2, 2000 Mr. Hyrum J. Amundsen 144 Glen Oaks Drive Bakersfield, CA 93309 Dear Mr. Amundsen: Your letter of April 15 to the City Council regarding the Sovereignty Proposal has been referred to me. An intent of the Sovereignty Proposal is to provide funds for public sector capital projects while saving.taxpayer dollars, clearly a worthwhile endeavor. U. S. Representative Ray LaHood's bill (H.R. 1452) would effectively implement the Sovereignty .Proposal. Our contact with the League of California Cities has indicated to us that while there is some support at the House level, the proposal is not expected to move forward. However, City staff will monitor its progress. We appreciate your bringing this proposal to our attention. C ~~n ~Ta~~n~gySincer, ely, er~ . 1_0005022 cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council City Attorney Bart Thiltgen Administrative Analyst Trudy Slater City of Bakersfield ° City Manager's Office ° 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield · California · 93301 (661) 326-3751 ° Fax (661) 852-2050 "Without Hones: Money These ffreat patriots understood and fought for Honest Money which is the core of the Free Enterprise System. Hymm J'~d,~,Amundsen' Jr. April 15, 2000 Dear Council Member: Did you receive the sovereignty, proposal I put in your box approximately two weeks ago? I have had no response from you. Enclosed are some of the examples I sent you. May I please hear from you soon? Thank you: Sincerely undsen dcw Enc. 144 Glen Oaks Drive, Bakersfield. Caiffomia 93309 (661) 836-1874 Telephone 661-868-3198 · FAX 661-868-'3190 · ~ Relay 800-735-2929 County Administrative Officer April 5, 2000 Mr. H.vrum Amundson 144 Glen Oaks Drive Bakersfield, CA 93309 RE: THE SOVEREIGNTY PROPOSAL Dear Mr. Amtmdson, On February 22, 2000, the Kern Count' Board of Supervisors referred your letter regarding the Sovereignty Proposal to the County Administrative Office for review. We have reviewed both your letter and the material you attached related to the proposal. As we understand the Sovereignty, Proposal, the federal government would create, as is constitutionally permitted, up to $72 billion of new money per year for five years. The pool of funds created would provide, as stated in the proposal, "interest free loans to states and local tax- supported bodies for the purpose of funding capital projects and for paying off existing debts." As the material mentions, the oppormni~' for local governments to borrow funds for needed capital projects on an interest free basis would save local taxpayers millions of dollars each year. ~,¥'e understand that U.S. Representative Ray LaHood from Illinois has introduced a bill (H.R. 1452) which effectively implements the Sovereignu' Proposal, As you are probably aware, the bill has been referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services and the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. In addition to Representative LaHood's sponsorship of. the bill, there are nineteen co-sponsors, and based on the list of representatives, there appears to be bipartisan support for the measure. As a result of our review of the bill lan~maage, I believe we could join the more than 200 towns, cities, coUnties, and states included in your material, to support the Sovereignty Proposal in concept. As the next step, ~ve will take a letter to the Board of Supervisors seeking their adoption ora resolution conceptually supporting the Sovereignt5, Proposal and asking the House of Representatives to conduct a formal hearing on H.R. 1452. Thank you for your interest in local government and for brihging this proposal to our attention. If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Frapwell on my staff. Mr. Frapwetl can be reached, at 868-3198. Sincerely, Sco~ E. Jones," County Administrative Office cc: Members. Board of Supervisors THE GUERNSEY EXPERIMENT The following is a summary of the scene and the action taken in the state of Guernsey in the year 1816. Careful and complete documentation of the following is found in a publication that can be obtained by writing to Sovereignty at the address listed below. The scene in Guernseyin 1816 showed their sea wails crumbling, and the roads only 4 1/2 feet wide and.all muddy. Their marketplace was almost nonexistent. Their debt was 19,000 .pounds. Their annual income was 3,000 pounds of which 2,400 had to be used to pay interest on their debt. It is no wonder that their people were leaving, as there was no employment. They created and loaned new state notes of 6,000 pounds interest-free. 'This was in addition to the present monetary system. In 1816, 4,000 of this 6,000 pounds-was used to start the repairs of the sea walls. In 1820, another 4,500 pounds was issued again interest-free. In 1821, another 10,000; 1824--5,000; 1826--20,000.. By 1837, 50,000 pounds had been issued interest- free for the primary use of infrastructure projects like sea walls, roads, the marketplace, churches, and colleges. This amount of 55,000 pounds more than doubled their money supply during this thirteen year period, 'but THERE WAS NO INFLATION. In the year 1914, the British monetary system restricted the ex.pansion of their own money supply due to World War I. The people of Guernsey felt they had no restriction on their issue of money. They commenced to issue another 142,000 pounds during the next four years and never looked baok. By 1958, over 542,000 pounds had been issued. All of this, as documented, caused no Inflation. In a conversation with Robert Brown, former treasurer of the state of Guernsey in early November, 1990, he indicated that there .is $13 million of this state's issue now in circulation. All of it has been created and issued interest-free. A visitor to Guernsey in October, 1990, for the purpose of obtaining information for his book, The Debt Virus, writes this: "1 returned from Guernsey last weekend. It is a fascinating little island. There are about 60,000 permanent residents on the island. The average family owns 3.3 cars, their unemployment rate is -0-, and their standard of living is very high. There is no public debt. There is a surplus of public funds which earns interest. The Guernsey Treasury increased the 'M1 of the island by 40 percent in the last three-year period, and this increase did not do anything to inflation. The price for a gailon of gasoline in England translates to about $5 U. S., whereas, the price in Guernsey is about $2 U. S. Contrary to the teachings of current economics in all higher institutions, inflation is not related to the volume of money but rather to the size of the commercial debt." Mr. Brown added that Guernsey has a Iow income tax--a flat 20 percent and a stable government has 'been enjoyed. These are the benefits that Sovereignty seeks for the citizens of the United States. Their "experiment" has been going' on since 1816 and is proof positive that these benefits can be obtained and the creating of a country's own money and putting it into existence interest free is the .key. For more information, please write Sovereignty, Post Office Box 782, Freeport, IL 61032. NON-INFLATION The Sovereignty proposal (or the State and Local Government Economic Empowerment Act) will not be inflationary because of the following reasons. · These would be loans, not ~ants. Money put into the economy would be returned to the U. S. Treasury as the loans are repaid. · Where there are unmet needs, an available labor supply, and necessary raw materials, but no money, money creation is not inflationary; and it is absolutely necessary. Certainly our infrastructure needs-are monumental. Our country's infrastructure is its very-foundation. Adequate infrastructure provides for the prosperity of the private sector. · When money creation is matched by increased production, money creation is not inflationary. Every dollar of money created for this proposal 'absolutely guarantees an equal amount of increase in the'production of steel, cement, heavy equipment, engineering, etc. A) In contrast, sometimes money is created by banks and loaned to Company "A" to buy out buy out Company "B.' An increase in the money supply used for such a reason does not increase the production of goods and services and is very inflationary. B) Another inflationary example is money being created for loans to speculators. They might buy foreign currency, for example, at 10:00 a.m. only to be sold at 3:00 p.m. on the same day. There is no increase in the production of goods and services, and again this is totally ' inflationary. · Interest-free loans will always be less inflationary. Interest contributes to inflation because the cost of interest must be added to the price of every product financed with interest-bearing debt. Interest does not add to the quality of the product, but only the cost. · 'When prices and wages are kept.within normal limits by careful review of'project costs, money created to finance those projects is not inflationary. MON.EY FACTS 169 Questions and Answers on Money -- A supplement to A PRIMER O'N MONEY SUBCOMMI-I-i"EE ON DOMESTIC FINANCE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 88th Congress, 2nd Session September 21, 1964 'Must the money supply grow over the long haul? Economists unanimously agree that the stock of money will have to groW--probably at about the same rate as the economy--if economic growth is not to be stunted. Failure to provide adequate money will spawn an era marked by deep.recessions, abortive recoveries,. low investment, h~gh interest rates, and chronic unemployment. This long-pull need for adequate growth in the money stock is the first commandment for monetary policy. (142) · Why is the right amount of money so important? The right amount of money is as important to the economic system as the right number of tickets is to the financial success of a theatrical performance. The theater has only a certain number of seats and distributing too many tickets will cause a scramble for seats when the patrons arrive. Selling too few tickets will leave empty seats. The same holds for money. When the Federal Reserve does not allow enough money to be created, there will be, in effect, empty seats in our economy. The economy's growth will be stunted by monetary deficiency--high interest rates with accompanying unemployment and underutilization of plant capacity. Real wealth which might have been created is not created. On the other hand, an economy can suffer from too much money relative to its needs. An overabundance of money, by spurring demand, pressures the economy to produce beyond its capacity. When this occurs, inflation erupts. (40) RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR HR1452 WHE~REAS, the Bakersiield City Council realizes that local governments must fi'om time to time iSsue bonds to finance capital projects that are necessary to ensure the health and welfare of the citizens of Bakersfield; and WllEREAS, the Bakersfield City Council reco.~tmiTes the fact that the cost of interest for bonds issued to fired capital projects is a great burden on the taxpayers of Bakersfield; WI:FgREAS, HR1452, short title, "The State and Local Government Economic .. Empowerment Act" would make interest-free loans available to state and local governments from Federal Govemmem/Federal Reserve-created money to be used only for building and repairing capital projects; and WHEREAS, the "State and Local Government Economic Empowerment Act" (I~1.452) has the potential of saving citizens millions of dollars in taxes, building more of the public infrastructure and increasing, employment; NOW, TH'EREFO~, BE IT RESOLVED'BY THE BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA CITY COUNCIL that it supports HR1452, the "State and Local Government Economic EmPowerment Act" and requests the U.S. Congress vote in favor of enacting HR1452. We also request that our Congressman Bill Thomas go on record both.in support of and as a co-sponsor of HR1452. RESOLVED this day of ,2000. MAYOR ATTEST: CLERK STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ACT SUMMARY This bill takes advant-age of the money creation process of the U.S. Government and its agentm the Federal Reserve and its banking system. The Federal Reserve, at the request of the U.S. Congress, creates $72 billion each year for 5 years and loans it to State and Local Governments for the exclusive purpose of building and repairing their respective infrastructure. The Federal Reserve banking system has increased the U. S. money supply by $1.3 .trillion in the three years 1995-1997 with very little inflation during this period, thus exposing the myth once and for all that the creation of money is automatically inflationary. The amount of loans available to each state and local government is based on population and in the case of school districtsmenrollment. Repayments are made over the expected life of the project~ maximum 30 years. The repayments are extinguished out of the money supply just as repayments of personal and business loans to banks are extinguished. The Federal Reserve, however may prefer at times to have such repayments roll over for additional loans. It is an acceptable fact among economists that the money supply must increase and in a proper manner so as to have a genuine increase in the nation's economy. This bill embraces the qualities necessary to avoid inflation such as; 1. Each dollar created increases the production of goods and services (steel, cement, heavy equipment, roofing, engineering, etc. for each project). 2. Helps citizens of every community to afford the projects by; A. Allowing 30 years to repay the loans with no interest or exorbitant bond fees. B. Allows the loans to pay off existing interest bearing debt(where contractually allowable) and the savings used to fund other projects, thus requiring no additional taxes for the new projects. 3. There is still plenty of room in the labor market for the good jobs that will be generated when more projects can be built for 1/2 to 1/3 current costs because of no interest or bond fees. IN SHORT, this bill provides the federal government with the opportunity to use its sovereign power to allow the state and local governments to build or repair the project they deem necessary or needed and pay for it themselves, but pay for it only once, not two or three times with interest and bond fees. 'Furthermore, the bill guarantees to genuinely increase the growth of the U.S. economy by at least 1% and with all the additional jobs created to be in the U.S. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AGENDA ITEM DATE: June 27, 1995 TO: Board oF Supervisors SUBJECI; SOVEREIGNTY PROPOSAL SUmmARY: Reference= Supervisors O~cob and Horn Board lette? adopted May 2, 1995 Should the Board of Supervisors ~ccept this report in response· to the Board of Supervisors May 2, 1995 action regarding the "Sovereignty Proposal" for interest free loans to .tax supported bodies. Reco~endatton CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: 1. Ace.apt this report. 2. C-onsider further action' in response to Chairwoman Jacob's and Supervisor Horn's recommendation to support the resolution submi[ted on May 2, 1995, encouraging the Federal Government to issue interest free loans to tax supported bodies. ADVISORY STATEMENT= Referred to Chief Administrative Off~cer'$ Economic Advisory Committee for their review. BACK~ROUND On May 2, 1995, Chairwoman Jacob and Supervisor Morn recommended adoPtion of a resolution supporting in Concept the Sovereignty Fropos~l. The Sovereignty Proposal encourages the Federal Government to issue interest free lo~ns to tax supported bad,es. On this date, the Board of Supervisors referred the proposal to ~he Chief Financial Officer for a report. Our report ls that, after reviewing the proposal and applylng 1ts provisions to the County, we find that had the proposal been in place over the .last deck. de to fund our capital needs, the County would be avoiding approximately $21'Million'in interest costs this fiscal Year. The County has used tax exempt lease revenue/certificates of participation bonds to , finance its.capital needs as shown below. ' HR1452 UPDATE April 2iR)0-- Is~u~ No. 3 www.loa~-. '-~--~--~esL-~'r~.c°m so~k~ol.com 815.2324737 WE GET A HEARING! On At)r~ 4", th~ o/ftc= of Congr~an~ S~ Bachus WHAT I ASK OF YOU (R~AL),. Chairman of the Domestic and International ' We ar~ especially conc~ntraIing on the member~ of the Mone/ar~ Policy Sub'Committee to which HRI452 has sub.committee. been dir~'t~ notified Congress Ray LaHood (R-IL), clid:~r of HRl4$2, thai a hearing ~ be held for If you li~ in the ~.disuict of any of the sub- ~ bill. Date is not set yet but probably will be in one or committce ~ please con$ac~ them by letter or two'months, phone requestinE ~pport for HR1452 at tho upcoming ~ is the _ne~__cd next step. We mus~ win the vote of the members of this committee who are: Il'you do not live in their dis~c~ -ask your own mcmher of Co,,gress to urge the sub-co,m___ ~ members he or~ R~_ ubllcans ~ she knows best to suppor~ HR1452. Spen~ Bac. hus (AL) Maxin~ Wa~ers (CA) RobenNw(OH)* Barneyl:rank (MA) If you do not live in the sg0-committ~ member's Ron Pa~I (TX) Me.1 Watt (NC) district, call or write tlxm anyway statinl/for example: D~vid Weldon (FL) lulia' Carson (IN) "I do not live in your disuict -but both our dim-icts and Doug Osz (CA) Gregory Me~ks (NY) comm--iti~s will bendit mb.vaagally ~om I-I~l~2 Tun Ryun (KS) Barbara Lee (CA) ' w~th less tax to pay for needed in~a.eavctu~ .projeaz. Bin McCollum (Iq..) Pa~l Kanjorski (PA) Please support HR1452 in tl~ upcoming hearinl~ before ptul ll.~n (WI) · Brad Sherman (CA) the sub,committee lh~t Congr~man/w~ Michael Castle (DF..) lax ~,~,~e (WA.) is ~ member of." Iud), ~ 0:L) lanic~ Schakows~ (IL) Frank Lucas (OK) Dennis Moore (KS) In mm, please notify me who you have con, laid so I lV~k ~ (WI) can follow up while in Wa.shiloh. Jack M~calf (WA) Bernard Sa~dcr~ p~t' Toom~ (PA) (Independe~0 FINANCIAL · co-~ponsor My ~p~ i~ ~ you will see ~ progres,~ v~. have made and i~ me financially. $oi~ TI~ 1452 CLUB with a Over 5,000 ~ ar~ introduced duri~ ~ery two year contribution of $14.52 or more. co~_~a~l cycle but only few g~ a hear~. Wz n~ust ~ the ~ or'this opporamity for a vote on t~ floor I w/ll be I/oin~ ~o W_~_~_hj%n~.o~, D.C. more often, n~ke mor~ phone calls and need more suppties, prin~& etc. ~.h~-~ year. ! c~'~ need your help. ANOTheR ~~SOR THE 14~ CLUB Co~ ~ames Barda (D-MI) ha~ become the 19~ FO BOX 78~ co-sponsor of I-~14~2. FREEPORT IL '61032 · STRATEGY Ken Bohr~ac/C Sc~ereiinr~ Chairman Our .st~..'~ ~ be to l/et out as much p~blic/~ as ~Ie' ~om eVery method ~o mnke the public aware of ADDITIONS TO TAX-BODY SUPPORT: tl~einmmn.sel:~.'ne, fits oftheb/liandthusprompt~emto Noxubee Cry, MS; Macon. MS; C~nffee CV/, Co; ~" s~r~ from thdr ~e member of Geor~ $~lv.e Senn~ Ttx-body ~ppo~ now is Consress. Consres~ does r~spond to action or,he l~bl/c. View our new Web ~e at www.loandnterestfr~.com for the full bi~ text and other f~.mres. Page 2 .,q~riL 20es. NEED NOW GI~.,ATER The ~ out, however, is it huge loss to c~ties and .Tbe'Federat~bas~dintcr~ rate~ §ye times states which rec~ve a substan~dal portion of ~eb' since.~une I999. Bveryouc'believes these rates will be revenue from sales taxes. Any _r~_~ _o'S. on lure the cities ~sed at~n several more times. These raises in a bind.as to how to make.up tile loss. By law they corr~spo, ndi~ly cause an increase in interest paid.on cannot'use Income taxes and the/know to raise municipal bonds. TI~ need for zero interest loans property tax, the most irritating tax, is all but th~oush I-IR1452 is .now even great~, impossible. W'~.no sales taxes ou lxu'r2mc~ through the Intetnet, Ifprope~y taxes a~e not used to ftmd xm~ni~ipal bonds, custom~s are happy and want no legislation to curb bo~ holders demmld higher interest. See exampte tl-~t vastly in~eas~8 method ot'shoppin8. below how costs increase. I.~14S2 is needed more than ever to.allow projects to be bu~t and r~paired t'or I/2 to 1/3 cun'e~t cost. ,4, PF.~.FECT ~AMPLE THE COST Ol~ TI~ NEW lrl~RT, l~ LIBRARY M1,r~CIPAL I~14~2 BOND COST OF BLrfLOLNG COST OF ~30N~ F~$ (2%) s~o,OOO TOTAL s~,63o,ooo. ' s6,~oo,o~o ANNTJAL PAYM~q'~' (6, 5%) 2O Y~AR TOTAL $ ~AL PAYML~rI'S ('7.$%) 20 YF. AR TOTAl. $~3,0~$,0~0 S~,~O,O00 ANNUAL PAYlVlEN'rs C7,~%) S~ t,428 S2 ~ 6,666 30 Y~AR TOTAL S~6,842,~40 S6,.~00,0O0 BAKERSFIELD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM April 28, 2000 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER , FROM: TRUDY SLATER, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST Ill ~ ~ SUBJECT: TAXPAYERS FOR FAIR COMPETITION REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR THE "FAIR COMPETITION AND TAXPAYER SAVINGS ACT" ON THE NOVEMBER 2000 .BALLOT (Council Referral #WF00~18448/001 ) The attached letter from the Burlingame and Los Angeles offices of the Taxpayers for.Fair Competition asks for support for its initiative on the November statewide ballot concerning "the design of public works projects," entitled ,the Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act. Several requests for support have been received by City officials overthe past year. The first requests were in mid-1999 when Mayor Price received the request and asked the Attorney's Office to respond. At that time this legislation was before the California State Legislature as AB 1448 and ACA 16 (both introduced by Assemblymember Cox). ACA 16 has had no activity since March 1999; AB 1448 died in committee. The legislation, now in proposition form, has qualified for the November 2000 ballot instead of the March ballot which was originally intended. Concerns listed in the Attorney's letter of May 1999 still apply. Cities can already contract outside for the services proposed within the initiative (architectural and engineering services), thus the need for a constitutional initiative relative to that is unnecessary. Division two, sections 4525, et seq., of the Government Code covers contracts with private architects and engineering firms and allows such contracts for state agencies only. The Attorney General has held these code sections do not apply to local governmental agencies. Therefore, charter cities (such as Bakersfield) can argue that contracting with local architects and engineers-is a matter of purely local concern. Charter cities regularly argue that state law does not apply to their decisions if the ,matter under consideration is one of purely local concern. Contracting for local public works projects has been a subject of local control. The initiative clearly states the act "seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters which are contained within its provisions. These are matters of statewide concern and when enacted are intended to apply to charter cities as well as all other government entities." The initiative also states that "All architectural and engineering services shall 'be procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selection process (emphasis added) which prohibits governmental agency employees from participating in the selection process when they have a Alan Tandy April 28, 2000 Taxpayers for Fair Competition Request for Support for the Page 2 "Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act" on the November 2000 Ballot (Council Referral #WF0018448/001 ) financial or business relationship with any private entity seeking the contract, and the procedure shall require compliance with all laws regarding political contributions, conflicts of interest or unlawful activities." As indicated in the Attorney's letter of May 1999, a court might interpret the "competitive selection process" as requiring the City to select the lowest .responsible bidder, or other.contractors may use the language to attack whatever process the City did employ in choosing architectural and engineering services. The League of California cities .has indicated there may still be discussion among the Legislature regarding handling this issue ,legislatively rather than through the initiative process, although staff has heard no recent indication of any forward movement. The initiative can still be withdrawn by its proponents should this occur. The Attorney's :May 1999 memorandum recommended declining the offer to support this legislation/initiative. I believe this continues to be an appropriate course of action. Please let me know if anything further is needed. The Attorney's May memorandum is attached. (P:~AT/M0004271) Attachments: Letter of request for support and initiative measure Attorney's letter dated May 18, 1999 cc: Bart Thiltgen, City Attorney Alan Daniel, Assistant City Attorney n 111 Anza Boulevard, #406 ? Burlingame, CA 94010 · 650-$40-0470 * FAX'; 650-340-1740 [2 11300 W. Oltlmpio Boulevard. #840 · Los Angeles, CA 90064 · 310-996-fl600 · FAX: 310-996-/2673 -~,~ April 2000 Dear Community Leader: I am writing to ask your organization.to support an initiative on the November statewide ballot concerning the design of public works projects. The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act is a common-sense measure that would simply give state and local governments the flexibility to contract with qualified private sector engineers and architects where it makes sense to do so - something the other 49 states can do. Why .is this initiative necessary? Without it, transportation and other public works projects could suffer delays. As a result of a series of lawsuits brought by a small group of Caltrans engineers who want to keep all project design and engineering work in-house, California government is essentially banned from contracting with private engineers and architects to complete the backlog of critical state and local infrastructure improvement projects. T~hese same lawsuits are beginning to threaten the fle~bility local governments currently have to'use both public or private sector architects and engineers. The loss of this flexibili~, can onl'.~ mean an even greater backlog in the design of essential public works projects. The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act is needed to overturn those lawsuits and ensure state and local government has the flexibility to use the common-sense approach of contracting with the private sector for engineering and architectural services as,necessary. I have enclosed the following information with this letter: · Complete copy of the initiative text (four pages) and a one-page.explanation of the initiative. · Examples where local government has successfully-used public/private partnerships for the types of projects that could be in jeopardy due to the Caltrans engineers' lawsuits. · "Myths and Facts" sheet that answers the untrue charges made by the engineers group at Caltrans about this initiative. You may have received information from their ironically named committee "Californians Opposed to School & Road Delay." Apparently, they are willing to sa5, almost anything in an attempt to derail this common-sense initiative. * List of the more than 200 organizations that have already acted to support this initiative. Included.in this list are the more than 100 cities and counties, and sc-hool districts which, after studying it for themselves, have decided to suppot-t the initiative. . Sample resolution and support form, either one of which will include your organization on the support list. Please join the growing coalition of more than 200 cities, counties, school districts and other education, labor, taxpayer and business organizations in supporting the Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act. If you have any questions please call Ted Green at 310/996-2600 or Dana Rambo at 650/340-7048. Sincerely, Ted Green Coalition Director FAIR. COMPETITION AND TAXPAYER SAVINGS INIT~T~ SECTION 1. TITLE. This measure shah be known and may be cited as the "Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act." SECTION 2. PURPOSE AND INTENT. It is the intent of the people of the State of California in enacting this measure: (a) To remove existing restrictions on contracting for architectural and engineering services and to allow state, regional and local governments to use qualified private architectural and engineering firms to help deliver transportation, schools, water, seismic retrofit and other infrastructure projects safely, cost effectively and on time; Co) To encourage the kind of public/private parmerships necessary to ensure that California taxpayers benefit from the use of private sector experts to deliver transportation, schools, water, seismic retrofit and other infrastructure projects; (c) To promote fair competition so that both public and private sector architects and engineers work smarter, more efficiently and ultimately deliver better value to taxpayers; (d) To speed the completion of a multi-bi/lion dollar backlog of highway, bridge, transit and other projects; (e) To ensure that contracting for architectural and engineering services occurs through a fair, competitive selection process, free of undue ,.~.. political influence, to obtain the best quality and value for California "' taxpayers; and (f) To ensure that private firms contracting for architectural and engineering services with governmental entities meet established design and construction standards and comply with standard accounting practices and permit financial and performance audits as necessary to ensure contract services are delivered within the agreed schedule and budget. SECTION 3. Article XXII is hereby added to the California Constitution to read: § 1. The State of California and all other governmental, entities, including, but not limited to, cities, counties, cities and counties, school districts and other special districts, local and regional agencies and joint power agencies, shall be allowed to contract with qualified private entities for architectural and engineering services for all public works of improvement. The choice and authority to contract shall extend to all 0001 phases of project development including permitting and environmental studies, rights-of-way services, design phase services and construction phase services. The choice and authority shall exist without regard to funding sources whether federal, state, regional, local or private, whether or not the project is programmed by a state, regional or local governmental entity, and whether or not the completed project is a part of any State owned or State operated system or facility. . § 2. Nothing contained in Article VII of this Constitution shah be construed to limit, restrict or prohibit the State or any other governmental entities, including, but not limited to, cities, counties, cities and counties, school districts and other special districts, local and regional agencies and joint power agencies, from contracting with private entities for the performance of architectural and engineering services. SECTION 4. Chapter 10.1 is hereby added to Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code to read: § 4529.10. For purposes of Article XXII of the California Constitution and this act, the term "architectural and engineering services" shall include all architectural, landscape architectural, environmental, engineering, land surveying, and construction project management services. § 4529.11. All projects included in the State Transportation Improvement Program programmed and funded as interregional improvements or as regional improvements shall be subject to Article XXII of the California Constitution. The sponsoring governmental entity shall have the choice and the authority to contract with qualified private entities for architectural and engineering services. For projects programmed and funded as regional improvements, the sponsoring governmental entity shall be the regional or local project sponsor. For projects programmed and funded as interregional improvements, the sponsoring governmental entity shall be the State of California, unless there is a regional or local project sponsor, in which case the sponsoring governmental entity shall be the regional or local project sponsor. The regional or local project sponsor shall be a regional or local governmental entity. § 4529.12. All architectural and engineering services shall be procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selection process which prohibits governmental agency employees from participating in the selection process when they have a financial or business relationship with any private, entity seeking the contract, and the procedure shall require 0OO2 compliance with all laws regarding political contributions, conflicts of interest or unlawful activities. § 4529.13. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to change project design standards, seismic safety standards or project construction standards established by state, regional or local governmental entities. Nor shall any provision of this act be construed to prohibit or restrict the authority of the Legislature to statutoril-y provide different procurement methods for design-build _ projects or design-build-and-operate projects. § 4529.14. Architectural and engineering services contracts procured by public agencies shall be subject to standard accounting practices and may require financial and performance audits as necessary to ensure contract services are delivered within the agreed schedule and budget. § 4529.15. This act only applies to architectural and engineering services defined in Government Code section 4529.10. Nothing.contained in this act shall be construed to expand or restrict the authority of governmental entities to contract for fire, ambulance, police, sheriff, probation, corrections or other peace officer services. Nor shall anything in this act be construed to expand or restrict the authority of governmental entities to contract for education services including but not limited to, teaching services, services of classified school personnel and school administrators. § 4529.16. This act shall not be applied in a manner that will result in the loss of federal funding to any governmental entity. § 4529.17. The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. § 4529.18. If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this act, this act shall prevail. § 4529.19. This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes. § 4529.20. This act seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters which are contained within its provisions. These are matters of statewide concern and when enacted are intended to apply to charter cities as well as all other governmental entities. 0O03 SECTION 5. This initiative may be amended to further its purposes by statute, passed in each house by roll call vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, and signed by the Governor. SECTION 6. If there is a conflicting initiative measure on the same ballot, which addresses and seeks to comprehensively re.late the same subject, only the provisions of this measure shall become operative if this measure receives the highest affirmative vote. ' OOO4 MEMORANDUM May 18, 1999 TO: BART J. THILTGEN, City Attorney FROM: ALAN D. DANIEL, Assistant City Attorney SUBJECT: AB 1448 and ACA 16 On May 10, 1999, the Mayor's Office received communication from an organization named Taxpayer's For Fair Competition requesting the City of Bakersfield support legislation entitled the "Fair Competition and Taxpayer's Savings Act" which has been presented to the California State Legislature as AB 1448 and ACA 16. ACA 16 (Assembly Constitution Amendment) was introduced by Assemblymember Cox on March 3, 1999, and AB 1 448 (Assembly Bill) was introduced by Assemblymember Cox on February 26, 1999. ACA 16 and AB 1448 deal with public contracts. The measures would provide that the state and all other governmental entities are permitted to contract with private entities for architectural and engineering services for all public works of improvement, without regard to funding source, whether the project is programmed by specified entities, or whether the project is part of a state owned or state operated system or facility. AB 1448 would enact statutory provisions to implement a proposed amendment to the California Constitution (ACA 16) related to public contracting for architectural and engineering services. The Taxpayer's for Fair Competition have stated the California Supreme Court has held that state government is essentially banned from contracting out for design services. They state in the past cities and counties, and special districts, have relied upon private design firms to help meet their infrastructure needs. They further state the cities' ability to contract out for the these services may be eliminated if these new laws are not passed. They state all design work would have to be done by the state thereby crippling the ability to complete local infrastructure projects. The Taxpayer's for Fair Competition, in addition to pushing their legislative agenda, are gathering signatures to place an initiative on the March 2000 ballot which will overturn the holding of the California Supreme Court. The Fair Competition and Taxpayer's Saving Act is supported by the Kern County TaxPayer's Association. The League of California Cities is monitoring the bill. When the League reviewed the bill in a policy meeting, the members didn't understand what the purpose was because the cities can currently contract outside for these services. Division two, sections 4525, et seq., of the Government Code cover contracts with private architects / BART J. THILTGEN, City Attorney May 18, 1999 ;//' Page 2 ?' and engineering firms and allows such contracts for state agencies only. The Attorney General has held these code sections do not apply to local governmental agencies. Thus, charter cities can argue that contracting with local architects and engineers is a matter of purely local concern. I have reviewed the proposed legislation. Overall, the legislation appears to be fairly handled; however, there are points of potential difficulty. Section 4529.63 of AB 1448 states, "All architectural and engineering services shall be procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selection process which prohibits governmental agency employees from participating in the selection process when they have the financial or business relationship with any private entity seeking the contract .... " The problem I see is the words "competitive selection process." A court might interpret this language to require the City select the lowest responsible bidder, or other contractors may use the language to attack whatever process the City did employ in choosing architectural and engineering services. Under Section 3 of ACA 16, there is a statement concerning what entities the law will apply to, and charter cities are not specifically part of the list. However, in AB 1448 Section 4529.62, charter cities are included in the list of entities that law will apply to. Even though this may lead to some confusion, I think the intent will be clear that charter cities are included in the law. This may raise other problems. Charter cities regularly argue that state law does not apply to their decisions if the matter under consideration is one of purely local concern. Cities like to keep the state statutes that apply to them limited in number so as to retain more local control. Contracting for local public works projects has been a subject of local control; however, this legislation states that charter cities are included in its purview thereby, arguably, making the matter one of statewide concern. This could be a rather negative result. Because the courts have not specifically expanded the holding to apply to charter cities, it seems the danger, at this point, of such an expansion is minimal. The City Council should not join in sponsoring AB 1448 and ACA 16 because of the risk of expanding the areas of statewide concern with the attendant loss of local control. My recommendation is to decline the offer to support this legislation. S:~h'fice~.orrV~,B1448&ACA16Mmo.wpd BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR~'~'~-..,~~ DATE: May 2, 2000 SUBJECT: COUNCIL REFERRAL WF0018446/001, WARD 4, STOP SIGN AT MOUNTAIN OAK AND RIDGE OAK. "COUCH REFERRED THE ISSUE OF A STOP SIGN AT MOUNTAIN OAK ROAD AND RIDGE OAK ROAD. PLEASE RESPOND AS SOONAS POSSIBLE. COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE AVAILABLE AT THE CITY CLERK'S FRONT COUNTER" In response to the request by residents near Hart Elementary School, a new stop sign warrant study will be performed at the intersection of Mountain Oak and Ridge Oak. The "tee" intersection of Mountain Oak and Ridge Oak is located at the northeast corner of Hart Elementary School, Panama-Buena Vista School District. In response to requests from the school administration and residents, traffic warrant studies have been performed several times in the past four years. The last review of the intersection by Traffic Engineering staff was in November, 1999. At that time, there were no changes in traffic since the previous stop sign warrant studies in 1998 and 1996. The intersection volume was only 242 vehicles per average hour, less than half of the warrant minimum of 500 per hour. The side street volume was only an average of 80 vehicles out of the minimum 200 vehicles per hour required by the warrant. The intersection had a very good history with no accidents reported in the intersection. Since the intersection operation, including pedestrians, did not appear to be a problem, the volumes were very Iow and the accident history was very good, no recommendation for a three way stop was made at that time. The request by the residents indicates that speeding on the streets is the problem they have encountered. They also report that drivers are inattentive and not stopping for school bus stop signs and flashing red signals. The Traffic Engineer has requested that the Police Department enforce the speed limits and school bus observance. The results of the new stop sign warrant study will be reported when completed. cc: Traffic Engineer REC' slw: P:\DATA\VVP~2000\WF0018446. MountainOak(~ RidgeOak. Stop. ref. wpd Page I of I CITY' MANAGER'S O;'- To: Councilman David Couch and the City of Bakersfield department of Traffic Engineering. From: The undersigned residents living near Leo B. Hart School? We, the undersigned residents, hereby petition the City of Bakersfield to immediately install two stop signs (one each direction) on Mountain Oak Road at Ridge Oak Road. We believe this is the best way to prevent the injury to or loss of a student that will be inevitable unless you take action now. For many years parents and school administrators have made telePhone calls, written letters, and begged for traffic studies. Despite these efforts, the danger to students arriving and leaving the school has increased significantly. Mountain Oak has become a raceway at all hours of the day, especially during school drop off and pick-up times. The speeding along IVlountain Oak crosses into the school zone, even through the bus zone when red lights are flashing. IVlany parents whose children attend Hart will not let them walk to school because the crossings are made unsafe by the speeders and inattentive drivers. The Iow number of walkers means no crossing guards, when installing stop signs and placing crossing guards would allow many of the local students to walk instead of being ferried a few blocks in cars. Bakersfield Police has sent officers with radar guns and dropped off the "radar trailer" to increase enforcement, but the situation worsens. We all agree something should be done to stop the cars zooming up and down near the school during hours when children are present. A recent traffic study agreed with the common-sense solution of stop signs at the corner of Ridge Oak and Mountain Oak. We stron_qly request those signs be installed right away. ,~NATURE ~ ,, PmNT NAME, ADDRES.~ '~r- - ~' - ..... ~ / ADDRESS PRINT NAME ,~ , . ATURE~, I PRINT NAME ADDRESS - . ~o~~ ./o~o '~ ~ ' , . -~ ' % City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018446 / 001 PROJECT: DATEREQUEsTPRINTED:DATE: 4~27~04/26/0~ CREW: TIME PRINTED: 12:22:28 SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: ~'I'~T: 4~26~0§ LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 5/04/0 FACILITY NODES GEN. LOC: FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER COUCH ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: STOP SIGN AT MOUNTAIN OAK RD. REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** COUCH REFERRED THE ISSUE OF A STOP SIGN AT MOUNTAIN OAK ROAD AND RIDGE OAK ROAD. PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE AVAILABLE AT THE CITY CLERK'S FRONT COUNTER. Job Order Description: STOP SIGN AT MOUNTAIN OAK RD. at~gory: PUBLIC WORKS asK: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE /__/__ 5-00 FRI 8:49 OITY PLANNING FA× NO, 80S 3270646 P. 02 MEMORANDUM May 5, 2000 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Jack Hardisty, Development Services Directo~/~../,~ SUBJECT: City Council Referral WF0018452 / On February 22, 2000, Code Enforcement Officer DeMarco responded to 13112 Amanda Court regarding a playhouse not built to code. On February 22, 2000, a letter was sent to the property owner. The reporting party, Elaine Fleeman, was contacted and informed that a letter had been sent to the property owner regarding the alleged violation. On approximately March 3, 2000, Officer DeMarco met with the property owner of 13112 Amanda Court. The properly owner allowed mea:mrements to be taken of the property and lhe playhouse. After further investigation, the following conditions were noted: 1. The structm'e is 8' x 6' - 48 square feet. Structure is 11 feet 10 inches from grade to ridge of structure. 3. Structure is located more than 10 feet from the residence. 4. There are no other accessory :structures located within 6 feet of the structure. It was determined that no violations existed. The reporting party was contacted and advised of the status. TD:km cc: Dennis Fidler, Building Director Randy Fidler, Chief Code Enforcement Officer Trudy Slater, Administrative Analyst BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: May 2, 2000 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SUBJECT: STREET LIGHTS City Council Referral No. WF0018454/001 COUNCIL REQUEST/REFERRAL: "COUCH REQUESTS THAT STAFF CONTACT CITIZEN REGARDING THE STREET LIGHTS IN HER DEVELOPMENT. SHE HAS CONTACTED GENERAL SERVICES AND A LETTER WAS SENT TO PG&E ON 3/22." RESPONSE: Staff contacted PG&E and the lights in the citizen's development were energized during the week of April 24, 2000. This was confirmed in a telephone conversation with the resident. The street light closest to the residents home was not on and staff will be responding this week. c: Joe Lozano, Operations Manager Brad Underwood, General Services Superintendent RECE:VED City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* 'WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018454 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED: 5/01/00 REQUEST DATE: 4/26/00 CREW: TIME PRINTED: 8:52:57 SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: ~TA~T: 4/26/00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 5/04/00 FACILITY NODES GEN. LOC: FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER'COUCH ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: STREET LIGHTS CONTACT MARILYN WARD Phone 1 661 - 6640388 10208 MERSHAM HILL DRIVE Phone 2 - Bakersfield, CA 93311 REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** COUCH REQUESTS THAT STAFF CONTACT CITIZEN REGARDING THE STREET LIGHTS IN HER DEVELOPMENT. SHE HAS CONTACTED GENERAL SERVICES AND A LETTER WAS SENT TO PG&E ON 3/22. COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE AVAILABLE AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FRONT COUNTER. Job Order Description: STREET LIGHTS atpgory: PUBLIC WORKS asK: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE __/ / BAKERSFIELD Alan Yandy · City Manager MaY 2,2000 Ms. Sonja Swenson-Wolsey Parents United for a Healthy Environment 4205 Horseshoe Court Bakersfield, CA 93311 Dear Ms. Swenson-Wolsey: Councilmember David Couch has conveyed to me a request from you for information relating to the proposed Borba Dairies. On his behalf, I am sending to.you a copy of the March 31st letter from Mayor Bob' Price to the Kern County Board of Supervisors and the attached resolution that was adopted by the City Council on March 29"'. If you have any questions regarding the above information, please feel free to call me at 326-3751. Sincerely, John W. Stinson Assistant City Manager S:~JOH N~etter00May02.wpd Enclosures cc: Councilmember David Couch City of Bakersfield · City Manager's Office · 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield · California · 93301 (661) 326-3751 · Fax (661) 852-2050 March 31, 2000 Kern County Board of Supervisors 1115 Truxtun Avenue, 5th Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 Honorable Board Members: On behalf of the City Council, I am sending you a copy of the resolution which the Council adopted on March 29, 2000 regarding the Proposed Borba Dairies. The City Council respectfully requests your serious consideration of its recommendations. The resolution recommends: · That the County complete a county-wide plan and program environmental impact report specific to animal confinement and feeding facilities which defines where such facilities may be located, and identify minimum mitigation measures required, similar to the process used by Tulare County. · The formation of a joint special committee made up of rePresentatives from both the City and County Planning Commissions to make suggestions for the development of policies, protocols, and procedures for both bodies for the review and approval of projects on the fringe of city boundaries within the 2010 General Plan in order to balance planning issues at the City/County interface. · That the County of Kern take affirmative steps to facilitate the location of an alternate site within Kern County and outside the 2010 General Plan boundaries for the Borba dairies where the potential for incompatibility .between agricultural and urban uses would not exist, and, in that regard, offers the assistance of the City of Bakersfield in this process. The City of Bakersfield recognizes this issue is ultimately up to the Board of Supervisors to decide. However, the City Council has a responsibility to represent the citizens of the City of Bakersfield, who are your constituents, and express its concerns, while providing positive recommendations for the resolution of this issue. We also respectfully request that you give serious consideration to our recommendations, which we believe will help avoid future planning conflicts and promote better intergovernmental cooperation and joint planning between the City of Bakersfield and Kern County. Yours truly, Mayor 1501 Truxtun Avenue · Bakersfield, Califomia 93301 · .(661) 326-3770 · Fax (661) 326-3779 E-mail address: mayor@ci.bakersfield.ca.us RESOLUTION NO. 3 2" 0 0 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD REGARDING THE PROPOSED BORBA DAIRIES WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is pro-business, pro-agriculture, and supports the attraction of business and industry to Kern County; and WHEREAS, in attracting business and industry to Kern County all pertinent regulations should be clearly set forth; and WHEREAS, such regulations should detail the approval processes, siting criteria and land use relationships for such businesses and industries; and WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield and the County of Kern have a joint interest in the type, quality and location of development within the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan ("2010 General plan'') area; and WHEREAS, the City and Kern County are committed to a cooperative approach to providing government services, including development review; and WHEREAS, there needs to be a balancing of compatibility between the growing economy of the urbanized area and the growing industrial/agricultural economic base in the areas adjacent thereto; and WHEREAS, projects such as the proposed Borba dairies and other significant agricultural and industrial projects affect the City of Bakersfield and its residents, as such projects occur within and adjacent to the 2010 General Plan boundaries; WHEREAS, the City and Kern County should develop a coordinated, consistent protocol for jointly reviewing extraordinary and significant projects at'and/or near the incorporated/unincorporated boundaries of the metropolitan area; and WHEREAS, the City Council supports the protection of property rights within existing zoning ordinances of present and future residents, businesses and property owners and consideration of property values in all decisions; and WHEREAS, the City Council has heard and received comments from those who support the Borba dairies and city residents with concerns about potential environmental impacts as well as quality of life issues concerning the siting of the Borba dairies in close proximity to existing and planned residential areas, schools, as well as the City of Bakersfield's drinking water aquifer and groundwater banking operations; and - -. '", WHEREAS, opinions of experts have been presented both in support and in opposition to the proposed Borba dairies; and WHEREAS, the City Council supports the establishment of the Borba dairies within Kern County, outsi.de the 2010 General Plan area; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes the securing of an alternate site within Kern County would benefit all those affected by the proposed Borba dairies. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: 1. The above recitals are true and correct; 2. The City Council recommends that in order to bring clarity and certainty to the location of animal confinement and feeding facilities, such as the Borba dairies, that Kern County complete a county-wide plan and program environmental impact report specific to concentrated animal confinement and feeding facilities, which defines where such facilities may be located, and identify minimum mitigation measures required, similar to the process used by Tulare County; 3. The City Council proposes a joint special committee made up of representatives from both the city and county planning commissions be formed to make suggestions for the development of policies, protocols, and procedures for both bodies for the review and approval of projects on the fringe of city boundaries within the 2010 General Plan in order to balance planning issues at the city/county interface; and 4. The City Council strongly urges the County of Kern to take affirmative steps to facilitate-the location of an alternate site within Kern County and outside the 2010 General Plan boundaries for the Borba dairies where the potential for incompatibility between agricultural and urban uses would not exist, and, in that regard, offers the assistance of the City of Bakersfield in this process. -- Page 2 of 3 Pages -- " .~- .--.. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on MAR 2 9 ~000 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, DeMOND, MAGGARD, COUCH, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO NOES: COUNCILMEMBER No~,~ ~__ . ABSTAIN: COUNClLMEMBER I~ O IO ~ ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER ~C3~,~ ~, CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Cle~ of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED MAR 29 ~.000 MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: BA~..T~.. TH I LTG ~NJ CITY ATTORNEY'Sf the City of Bakersfield STATE OF CALIFORNIA).. County of Kern) I, Pam61a A. McCarthy, City Clerk c' 'he City cf Bakersfield, State of C,h:orn~a, hereby certify the foregoing and annexed to be ;~ f~::, irue ahd correct copy cl the original i~E_..'5oJu~t"ibU ~,,~.-~) on file in this oifice and that i have compared the s~me wiih thc origi,';al. WITNESS my hand and seal this~day of JY[~,~.';-;O ~d) Pamela A. McCarthy, C'~.' Clerk City Clerk By JWS:jp Deputy City Clerk S:~lOHN\UrbanDev~C~esolution-Borba.wpd March 30, 2000 m Page 3 of 3 Pages m --' .. ~i~ ~-. THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on ,YtJI~ 2 I~ 1~/ by and between the CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, a municipal corporation, ("CITY" herein) and CASTLE & COOKE CALIFORNIA, INC,, a California corporation, ("OWNER" herein). RECITALS WHEREAS, OWNER holds fee title to real property located in Section 12, Township 30 South, Range 26 East, on the west side of Buena Vista Road, north of White Lane, containing approximately 32,124 square feet, in the City of Bakersfield, herein referred to as Parcel A, described in Exhibit "A' attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, OWNER holds fee title to real property located in Section 12, Township 30 South, Range 26 East, on the north side of the proposed White Lane extension, east of Allen road containing approximately 1.15 acres, in the City of Bakersfield, herein referenced to as Parcel B, described in Exhibit "B" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, CITY holds fee title to real property located in the West Half of Section 6, Township 30 South, Range 27 East on the east side of Buena Vista Road approximately five hundred (500) feet south of Stockdale Highway herein referenced to as Parcel C, described in Exhibit "C" attached hereto and incorporated herein, by this reference; and WHEREAS, OWNER acknowledges that Parcels A and B are not encumbered with any covenants or conditions restricting their use for the purpose intended by CITY, except . as disclosed in the Preliminary Title Report ("PTR") herein referred to; and WHEREAS, CITY acknowledges that Parcel C is not encumbered with any covenants or conditions restricting its use for the purpose intended by OWNER, except as disclosed in the PTR herein referred to; and WHEREAS, CITY desires to acquire Parcel A for the purpose of a temporary fire station; and WHEREAS, CITY desires to ~cquire Parcel B for the purpose of a permanent fire station; and WHEREAS, OWNER desires to acquire Parcel C to incorporate into a pending development; and WHEREAS, it is the i.qtent of the parties to set forth all the covenants and conditions for the exchange of Parcels A and B for Parcel C. ..~.. ~^K.~.~,. NOW, THEREFORE, incorporating the foregoing recitals herein, CITY and OWNER mutually agree as follows: 1. AGREEMENT TO EXCHANGE PROPERTIES. It is the parties expressed intention ~hat this transaction is an exchange of property. OWNER hereby agrees to convey Parcels A and B to CITY and CITY agrees to convey Parcel C to OWNER. These conveyances shall be for and in consideration of each other and on the consideration, terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Nothing herein shall be construed to constitute a representation or warranty by any party that any particular tax effect will be achieved .by this Agmernent or the transaction contemplated herein. The tax consequences have been investigated by each party and each party agrees to accept whatever burden or benefit results from this exchange. .Upon CITY's completion and acceptance of a permanent fire station on Parcel B, CITY shall, within sixty (60) days, convey to OWNER marketable fee simple title to the temporary fire station site described as Parcel A herein. The parties hereto specifically recognize and agree that CITY is under no obligation to construct and accept said permanent fire station within a specific time frame. In the event, however, CITY has not commenced construction of either the temporary or permanent station(s) within ten (10) years from execution of this Agreement, the parties shall meet to reevaluate CITY's need for these sites. At that time, if CiTY no longer requires the temporary and/or permanent fire station sites~ CITY will convey one site of its choosing to OWNER. 2. C_C_O_N$1DE .RATION. The value of Parcels A and B is agreed to be commensurate to the value of Parcel C as supplemented by the off-site improvements OWNER shall construct as herein set forth. 3. OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITIES, A. OWNER shall be responsible for the costs of all off-site improvements for all three parcels subsecluent to exchange, including streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks; also, any improvements required as condition of any tract or parcel map submitted as a part of the development of each parcel such as improvements in the streetscape easements (including block walls). B. As r.~rt of the development of each parcel, OWNER shall have monuments placed at the corners of each parcel. C. OWNER shall be solely responsible for all costs incurred for the installation of natural gas, electricity, water, sewer and phone line transmission line(s)/facilities required as a condition of development of each parcel. CONTRACT TO EXCHANGE REAL PROPERTY S:~FIRE~,GR$~,PROPERTY.AGR ---dune 20, lg97 -- Page 2 of 5 Pages 4. COVENANT TO CONSTRUCT' OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS. The following verbiage shall be included in the grant deeds. OWNER shall be responsible for the cost of constructing all off-site improvements for the properties described in Exhibits "A", and ~C" attached hereto. Off-site improvements shall include streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, utility extensions, any improvements in the streetscape easements (including block walls), and any other improvements required as a condition of any tract or parcel map submitted as a part of the development of each parcel. OWNER shall cause these improvements to be constrdcted when a subdivision map is filed for any property adjacent to the property described ir', Exhibits "A", 'B' and "C" attached hereto. This is a covenant running with the land and is a burden on OWNER's adjacent land. $. ~. Both parties acknowledge this transaction shall be consummated without the use of an independent escrow holder. 6. CONVEY/~_CE OF TITLE. OWNER agrees to convey to CITY, and CITY agrees to convey to OWNER, marketable fee simple title to their respective Parcels free and clear of all recorded and unrecorded liens, encumbrances, assessments, easements, leases and taxes, excepting those listed herein or othe~se agreed to in writing. Any and all mineral and water rights, not previously excepted, conveyed or reserved of record, accruing to Parcels A and B shall also be transferred to CITY without reservation; 7, EXCEPT!QN_,~O_T!T~E. A preliminary title report (PTR) shall be ordered for each Parcel. OWNER and CITY shall have ten (10) days from the receipt of the PTR to either approve or disapprove of any exceptions set forth in the PTR. In the event either party disapproves any exception, that party shall notify the other party in writing of such disapproval. If either.pa~t:/is unable to clear or remove the disapproved exceptions within fifteen (15) days, this Agreement is null and void. 8. _CLOSlNG_C_OSTS. OWNER and CITY shall each be responsible for their respective costs related to this transaction, e.g. title insurance, recording fees. 9. CLOSING_DATE. This transaction and all conditions precedent thereto shall be consummated no later than sixty (60) days from the execution of this Agreement by all parties, unless extended by mutual agreement of both parties. · 10. VENUE. ~y lawsuit pertaining to any matter arising under, or growing out of, this Agreement shal! be instituted in Kern County, California. 11. ~/V~AIVER ~F_.F_D_F, FAULT; The failure of any party to enforce against another a provision of '[his Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that party's right to enforce such a provision at a later time, and shall not serve to vary the terms of this Agreement. 12. TIME. Time is of the essence in this Agreement. CONTRACT TO EXCF:,~NGE R-F~.L PR©PERTY S :~'IREV~GRSt~ROPE R TY AGR ~June 19.1997 -- Page 3 of 5 Pages ~ 13. BINDING EF__FECT. The rights and obligations of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties to this Agreement and their heirs, administrators, executors, personal representatives, successors and assigns. 14. ~EB.GEB_~blD N~ODIFICATION, This Agreement sets forth the entire' Agreement between the pad:ies, and supersedes all other oral or written representations. This Agreement may be modified only in a writing approved by the City Council and signed by all the parties. 1,5. CORPOP, A.T~E AUTHORITY. Each individual executing this Agreement represents and warrants that they are duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of the corporation named herein and that this Agreement is binding upon said corporation in acCOrdance with' its terms. 16. E~. This Agreement is effective upon execution. It is the product of negotiation and therefore shall not be construed against any party. t7. EXHIBITS.~ In the event of a conflict between the terms, conditions or operations set forth hereiri and those in exhibits attached hereto, the terms, conditions, or specifications set forth herein shall prevail. 18. .AS$1GNIVI~N_'I'. The agreement shall not be assigned by any party, or any party substituted, without prior written consent of all the parties. 19. ~_QT C_[.C_E~. All notices relative to this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be personally se~,ed or sent by certified or registered mail and be effective upon actual personal service or depositing in the United States mail. The parties shall'be addressed as fol!ows, or at any other address designated by notice:. CITY: C~TY OF BAKERSFIELD C~TY HALL · 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, California 93301 OWNER: CASTLE & COOKE CALIFORNIA, INC. P,=st Office Box 11165 Bakersfield, California 93389 20. HAZARDO_~S ..~ATERIAL~i. A. OWNER represents to CITY that as of the date of this Agreement, OWNER has r~o knowledge of the presence or existence on Parcels A or B of any hazardous materials. CONTRACT TO EXCHANGE REAL PROPERTY ~ : Ir"IRE'~AGR$ ~3ROPE R TY.AGR --June 19,1997 -- Page 4 of 5 Pages -- "'~" B. CITY represents to OWNER that as of'the date of this Agreement, OWNER has no knowledge of the presence or existence on Parcel C of any hazardous materials. C. CITY and OWNER take full responsibility for the cleanup of any hazardous material(s) placed in, on or about the parcels identified herein at any time prior to the other party taking title and each party hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold harmless the other, their successors and assigns, from any and all liability, claims, actions, causes of action or demands whatsoever for cleanup of hazardous materials found in, on, over or about the parcels placed prior to the parties taking title. 21. BROKERS AND FINDERS. The parties acknowledge and represent that no firm or individual is entitled to a commission, finder's fee or other like compensation arising in any manner from this Agreement. Each party agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the other party harmless from all claims, losses, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from or related to any assertion by any person or party, who alleges that it was engaged or retained by such party, or that, at the request of such party, it was the procuring cause or was instrumental in consummating this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed, the day and year first-above written. "CITY" "OWNER" CITY OF BAKE.~,~I~IELD CASTLE & COOKE CALIFORNIA, INC. JUDY K. SKOUSEN . City Attorney Title: MICHAEL KELLY I O Fire Chief / /Chance Director .~ MGA\bsb CONTRACT TO EXCHANGe. REAL PROPERTY S:~FIR E ~,,~G RS ~J:)ROPE R 3'Y .AGR --July 9, 1997 -- Page 5 of 5 Pages -- EXHIBIT 'A' TEMPORARY FIRE STATION NO. 15 ALL THAT PORTION OF SECTION 12, T.30S., R.26E., CiTY OF BAKERSFIELD, COUNTY OF KERN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION t2, THENCE N.O0~49'49'E. ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION t2 *A DISTANCE OF 278.00 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING SAID EAST LINE AT RIGHT ANGLES, N.89=t0'11'W., 69.33 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N.89°10'11'W., 162.25 FEET; THENCE N.00°49'49'E., 190.00 FEET; THEh!CE S.89°10'11' E., 172.76 FEET; THENCE S.01°41'54'W., 78.08 FEET; THENCE S.05°35'38'W., 112.31 FEET .TO THE POINT'OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 32,124 SQUARE FEET. MARi~N-McINTOSH 2001 Wheel~n C~uft Bakemllel~ CA 9.1809 (805) 8.14-4814 EXHIBIT PERMANENT FIRE STATION NO. 15 ALL THAT PORTION OF SECTION 12, T.30S,, R.26E., CiTY OF BAKERSFIELD, COUNTY OF KERN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THF. SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 12, THENCE S.89'19'51'E. ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION t2 A DISTANCE OF 683.60 FEET;` THENCE DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE, N.01°14'19'E., 55.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF.BEGINNING; THENCE N.01°14'19'E., 25000 FEET; THENCE S.89°19'51'E., 200.00 FEET; THENCE S.01°14'19'W., 250.00 FEET; THENCE N.89°lg'51'W., 200..00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINh~ING. CONTAINING 1.15 ACRES. MARTIN-MolNTOSN Bakersfield, CA 93309 (805) 834-4814 ~'/~"77 C:\WI NWORD\STA15/J FK/MAY15, 1997 ~:~ 65,16 p~G! 1288 EXH{B{T 'C' SITE DESCRIPTION FOR CITY FIRE STATION NO. 14 A parcel of land being a portion of the west 1/2 of Section 6, Township 30 South, Range 27 East, M.D.M., City of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, more particularly described as follows: Com~encing at the west 1/4 corner of said Section 6 as shown on record of survey map filed in Book 15 of record of surveys at Page $6 in the office of the Kern County Recorder; THENCE South 00'49'46" West, along the west line of said Section 6, a distance of I41.65 feet; THENCE South 89' 10 ' 14" East, 60.23 feet to a point on a non-tangent, 1945.00 foot radius curve, concave easterly, having a radial bearing of South 84'55'48, East from said point on curve, also being the true point of beginning; THENCE (1) Northerly along said curve, also being the easterly right of way line .of Buena Vista Road (Per deed filed for record in Book 6655, Page 2291, O.R., in the Office of the Kern County Recorder), through a central angle of 05'48'54" an arc distance of 197.40 feet; 7~ENCE (2) South 89'10'52" East, 177.86 feet; THENCE (3) South 00'49'08" West, 228.00 fee~; THENCE (4) North 89"10'52" West, 172.53 feet to the beginning of a tangent 30.00 foot radius curve, concave northeasterly; THENCE (5) Northwesterly along said curve through a central angle of 94'15'04" an arc distance of 49.35 feet to a point of tangency on said Buena Vista Road right'of way line also being the point of beginning Containing 1.000 acre "Without Honest Money ~ There Can Be No Free Enterprise:' t~ni~eb ~Ie~ (~l~arnb~r of ~ree ~nterpri~e These ~eat pa~o~ understood and fought for Hone~ Money which is the core of the Free ~te~fise System. H~m J. Amundsen, Jr. President Apd !5, 2000 Dear Council Member: Did you receive the sovereignty proposal I put in your box approximately two weeks ago? I have had no response from you. Enclosed are some of the examples I sent you. May I please hear from yousoon? Thank you- Sincerely Hyrum J. Amundsen dcw Enc. 144 Glen Oaks Drive, Bakersfield. Caiifomia 93309 (661) 836-1874 Kern County Administrative Office County Administrative Center 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Fifth Floor' Bakersfield, C~ 93301-4639 ~ . SCOT'~ E. ]:_O.,.NES Telephone 661-868-3198 · FAX 661-868-3190 · ~ Relay 800-735-2929 ~ ~n st.'at'×~ Officer April 5, 2000 Mr. H.vrum Amundson i44 Glen Oaks Drive Bakersfield, CA 93309 · RE: THE SOVEREIGNTY PROPOSAL Dear Mr. Amundson, On February 22, 2000, the Kern Cotmty Board of Supervisors referred your letter regarding the Sovereignty Proposal to the County Administrative Office for review. We have reviewed both your letter and the material you attached related to the proposal. As we understand the Sovereignty Proposal, the federal government would create, as is constitutionally permitted, up to $72 billion of new money per year for five years. The pool of funds created would provide, as stated in the proposal, "interest free loans to states and local tax- supported bodies for the purpose of funding Capital projects and for paying off existing debts." As the · material mentions, the opportunity, for local governments to borrow funds for needed capital projects on an interest free basis would save local taxpayers millions of dollars each year. We understand that U.S. Representative Ray LaHood from Illinois has introduced a bill (H.R. 1452). which effectively implements the Sovereignu' Proposal. As you are probably aware, the bill has been referred to the House Committee on 'Banking and Financial Services and the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. In addition to Representative LaHood's sponsorship of the bill, there are nineteen co-sponsors, and based on the list of representatives, there appears to be bipartisan support for the measure. As a result of our review of the bill language, I believe we could j0in the more than 200 cities, counties, and states included in your material, to support the Sovereignty Proposal in concept. As. the next step, we will take a letter to the Board of SuPervisors seeking their adoption of a resolution conceptually supporting the SovereignU, Proposal and asking the House of Representatives to conduct.a formal hearing -- onH.R. 1452. Thank you for your interest in local governmen! and for bringing this proposal to our attention. If yoU have any questions, please contact Jeff Frapwell on my staff. Mr. Frapwell can be reached at 8'68-3198. Sincerely, ' Scott E. Jones f_/ ' County Administrative Office cc: Members. Board of Supervisors THE GUERNSEY EXPERIMENT 'The following is a summary of the scene and the action taken in the state of Guernsey in the year 1816. Careful and complete documentation of the following is found in a publication that can be obtained by writing to Sovereignty at the address listed below. The scene in Guernsey in i816 showed their sea walls crumbling, and the roads only 4 1/2 feet wide and all muddy. Their marketplace was almost nonexistent. Their debt was 19,000 pounds. Their annual income was 3,000 pounds of which 2,400 had to be used to pay interest on their debt. It is no wonder that their people were leaving, as there was no employment. They created and loaned new state notes of 6,000 pounds interest-free. 'This was in addition to the present monetary system. In 1816, 4,000 of this 6,000 pounds was used to start the repairs of the sea walls. In 1820, another 4,500 pounds was issued again interest-free. In 1821, another 10,000; 1824--5,000; 1826--20,000. By 1837, 50,000 pounds had been issued interest- free for the primary use of infrastructure projects like sea walls, roads, the marketplace, churches, and colleges. This amount of 55,000 pounds more than doubledtheir money supply during this thirteen year period, but THERE WAS NO INFLATION. In the year 1914, the British monetary system restricted the expansion of their own money supply due to World War I. The people of Guernsey felt they had no restriction on their issue of money. They commenced to issue another 142,000 pounds during the next four years and never looked back. By 1958, over 542,000 pounds, had been issued. All of this, as documented, caused no inflation. In a conversation with Robert Brown, former treasurer of the state of Guernsey in early 'November, 1990, he indicated that there is $13 million of this state's issue now in circulation. All of it has been created and issued interest-free. A visitor to Guernsey in October, 1990, for the purpose of obtaining information for his book, The Debt Virus, writes this: "1 returned from Guernsey last weekend. It is a fascinating little island. There are about 60,000 permanent residents on the island. The average family owns 3.3 cars, their unemployment rate is -0-, and their standard of living is very high. There is no public debt. There is a surplus of public funds which earns interest. The Guernsey Treasury increased the 'M1 of the island by 40 percent in the last three-year period, and this increase did not do anything to inflation. The price for a gallon of gasoline in England translates to about $5 U. S., whereas, the price in Guernsey is about $2 U. S. Contrary to the teachings of current economics in all higher institutions, inflation is not related to the volume of money but rather to the size of the commercial debt." Mr. Brown added that Guernsey has a Iow income tax--a flat 20 percent and a stable government has been enjoyed. These are the benefits that Sovereignty seeks for the citizens of the.United States. Their "experiment" has been going on since 1816 and is proof positive that these benefits can be obtained and the creating of a country's own money and puffing it into existence interest free is the key. For more information, please write Sovereignty, Post Office Box 782, Freeport, IL 61032. NON-INFLATION The Sovereignty proposal (or the State and Local Government Economic Empowerment Act) will not be inflationary because of the following reasons. · These would be loans, not ~ants. Money.put into the economy would be' returned .to the U. S. Treasury as the loans are repaid. · Where there are unmet needs, an available labor supply, and necessary raTM materials, but no money, money creation is not inflationary; and it is absolutely necessary. Certainly our infrastructure needs are monumental. Our country's infrastructure is its very foundation. Adequate infrastructure provides for the prosperity of the private sector. · When moneY creation is matched by increased production, money creation is not inflationary. Every dollar of money created for this proposal absolutely guarantees an equal amount,-of increase in the production ofste~l, cement, heavy equipment, engineering, etc. A)' In contrast, sometimes money ~s created by banks and loaned to Company "A" to buy out buy out Company "B." An increase in the money supply used for such a reason does not increase the production of goods and services and is very inflationary. · B) Another inflationary example is money being created for loans to speculators. They might buy foreign currency, for example, at 10:00 a.m. only to be sold at' .):. 0 p.m. on the same dav. There is no increase in the production of goods and services, and again this is totally. inflationary.. IntereSt-free loans will always be less inflationary. Interest contributes to inflation because the cost of interest must be added to the price of every prOdUct financed with interest-bearing debt. Interest does not ~dd to the quality of the product, but only the cost. · When prices and wages are kept within normal limits by careful review of project costs, . . money created to finance.those projects.. is not inflationary. MONEY FACTS 169 Questions and Answers on. Money -- A supplement to A PRIMER ON MONEY SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC FINANCE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 88th Congress, 2nd Session September 21, 1964 Must the money supply grow over the long haul? Economists unanimously agree that the stock of money will have to grow--probably at about the same rate as the economy--if economic growth is not to be stunted. Failure to provide adequate money will spawn an era marked by deep recessions, abortive recoveries, low investment, high interest rates, and chronic unemployment. This long-pull need for adequate growth in the money stock is the first'commandment for monetary policy. (142) Why is the r±ght amount of money so important? The right amount of money is as important to the economic system as the right number of tickets is to the financial success of a theatrical Derformance. The theater has only a certain number of seats and distributing too many tickets will cause a scramble for seats when the patrons arrive. Selling too few tickets will leave empty seats. The same holds for money. When the Federal Reserve does not allow enough money to be created, there will be, in effect, empty seats in our economy. The economy's growth will be stunted by monetary deficiency--high interest rates with accompanying unemployment and underutilization of plant capacity. Real wealth which might have been created is not created. On the other hand, an economy can suffer from too much money relative to its needs. An overabundance of money, by spurring demand, pressures the economy to produce beyond its capacity. When this occurs, inflation erupts. (40) RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR HR1452 WHEREAS, the Bakersfield City Council realizes that local governmems must fi-om t/me to time issue bonds to finance capital projects that are necessary to ensure the health and welfare of the citizens of Bakersfleld; and WHEREAS, the Bakersfield City Council recognizes the fact that the cost of interest for bonds issued to fund capital projects is a great burden on the taxpayers of Bakersfield; WltEREAS, HR1452, short title, "The State and Local Government EconOmic Empowerment Act" would make interest'free loans available to state and local governments from Federal Government/Federal Reserve-created money to be used only for building and repairing capital projects; and WIIEREAS, the "State and Local Government Economic Empowerment Act" (I-IR1452) has the potential of saving citizens millions of dollars in taxes, building more of the public infrastructure and increasing employment; NOW, TFI'EREFORE, BE.IT RESOLVED BY ~ BAKERSFIELD, CAI,IFORNIA CITY COUNCIL that it supports HR1452, the "State and Local Government EconOmic Empowerment Act" and requests the U.S. Congress vote in favor of enacting HR1452. We also request that our Congressman Bill Thomas go on record both in support of and as a co-sponsor of HR1452. RESOLVED this day of ,2000. MAYOR ATTEST: CLERK STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ACT SUMMARY This bill takes advantage of the money creation process of the U.S. Government and its agent-- the Federal Reserve and its banking system. The Federal Reserve, at the request of the U.S. Congress, creates $72 billion each year for 5 years and loans it to State and Local Govemments for the exclusive purpose of building and repairing their respective infrastructure. The Federal Reserve banking system has increased the U. S. money, supply by $1.3 trillion in the three years 1995-1997 with very little inflation during this period, thus exposing the myth once and for all that the creation of money is automatically inflationary. The amount of loans available to each state and local government is based on population and in the case of school districts-~enrollment. Repayments are made over the expected life of the project-- maximum 30 years. The repayments are extinguished out of the money supply just as repayments of personal and business loans to banks are extinguished. The Federal Reserve, however may prefer at times to have such repayments roll over for additional loans. It is an acceptable fact among economists that the money Supply must increase and in a proper manner so as to have a genuine increase in the nation's economy. This bill embraces the qualities necessary to avoid inflation such as; 1. Each dollar created increases the production of goods and services (steel, cement, heavy equipment, roofing, engineering, etc. for each project). 2. Helps citizens of every community to afford the projects by; A. Allowing 30 years to repay the loans with no interest or exorbitant bond fees. B. Allows the loans to pay off existing interest bearing debt(where contractually allowable) and the savings used to fund other projects, thus requiring no additional taxes for the new projects. 3. There is still plenty of room in the labor market for the good jobs that will be generated when more projects can be built for 1/2 to 1/3 current costs because of no interest or bond fees. IN SHORT, this bill provides the federal government with the opportunity to use its sovereign power to allow the state and local governments to build or repair the project they deem necessary or needed and pay for it themselves, but pay for it only once, not two or three times with interest and bond fees. Furthermore, the bill guarantees to genuinely increase the growth of the U.S. economy by at least 1% and with all the additional jobs created to be in the U.S. CHIEF ACMINISTF{ATIVE OFFICE AGENDA ITEM DATE: June 27, 7,995 TO; Board o¢ Supervisors ~UBQECT; SOVEREZG~Ty PROPOSAL SUMMARY~ Reference:~ Supervisors Jacob and Horn Baard letter ado}ted May 2, lggs Should the Board of Supervisors accept this report in response, to the. Board of Supervlsors May 2, 1995 actton regarding the "Sovereignty Proposal" for interest free loans to tax supported bodies. Recon~nend~tion ... CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: 1. Accept this report. 2. Consider further action in. response to Chairwoman Jacob's and ... Supervisor Horn/s recommendation to support the resolution submitted on May 2, I995, encouraging the Federal Government to issue inte.rest free loans to tax supported bodies. : ~'~' ADVISORY STATEMENT: 'Referred to Chief ~dmlni'strative Officer's Economic Advisory Committee for their review. · BACK~ROUND On May '2, lggS, Chairwoman Jacoband Supervisor Horn recommended adoption of a resolution supporting ~n concept the Sovereignty Proposal. The Sovereignty PropOsal encOuragesthe Federal Government to.issue interest i . free loans to tax supported bodies. On this data, the Board of .Supervisors referred the proposal to 'the Chief Financial Officer for a report. Our report is that, after reviewing the Proposal and applying its provisions~to the County, we find that had the proposal been in plac~ over the last dec,de' to fund our capital needs~ the County would be avoiding approximately:S21 Million in interest costs this fiscal year. The County has used tax exempt lease revenue/c~rttficates.of participation bonds to finance.its capital needs as shown below. ' -'~' 7- HR1452 UPDATE April 20~X~ Itsu,~ No. 3 www.lo~n~e~escfxee, com sovlpa3,keu~ol.com 815.232-~7~7 WE GET A HEARING! On Apr~ 4a, the office of Conlgeasman Spc~ Bachus WHAT I ASK OF YOU (~.~AL),. ChaL-man of the Domcs'~ and Imemafonal We ate espe~ally conc~trati~ on the membera oftbe MongCaxy Poli~'y Sub-Committee to which HR1452 has sub.committc~. been directed, ao6fi~ Congress Ray LaHo~ ~-~), chief:spomor of I-~1452, that a hearing w01 be held for Ir'you li~ h tl~ ¢~ ~ of any of the sub- tt~ bill, Date ~ not ~t y~t but prob~ly will be in on orcommitt~ ~ ple.,&~ ~ them by two*mootha, phone t~uesting support for HK1452 at thc Upcomin$ T~ i~ ~ needed next st~'~. We mug win the vote of the memos of tl~s committee who are: If you do not live in theft' district ask your own member of Co-greta to urge the ~ members he or 1L~_ ubllcans ~ abc knows be.~'t to suppor~ HR1452, Spencer Bachus (AL) Maxine Waters (CA) Robert Ney (OH)* Barney Frank (MA) If you do not live in t~he sab-cxnamittee member's gon Paul ClX) Mel Watt (NC) district, call or vnim them anyway stating for example: D~rid Weldon (FL) Julia Carson ~ "I do not live ia your disuic~ but bo~h our districts and Dou80s~ (CA) Gregory Meeks ~ ~o_mmunltie, s will benefit; ~y ~'om I-1~1452 Ym Ryun ('KS) Barbara Lee (CA) ' with less tax to pay for ne~led infi. a.mvom~ projects. Bill McColhnn (FL) Paul ganjorski (PA) Pka.~ support HR14:52 in th~ upcomin$ hearia8 before Paul lt.yan (WI) Brad Sherman (CA) the sub-coi;~i:~ittee that Coa~'¢samaahvo~_ Michael Ca.~e (DF.) :lay ~,a~ee (WA) is a manb~ of." ludy Biggart, (IL) lanicz Schakowsky 0L) Frank Lucas (OK) Dennis Moore (KS) In mm, please notify mc who you have comac~ed so I Mark C-r~a (WI) can follow up while in Wutington. lack M~~A) Bernard Sanders (v'r) Pat' Toomay (PA) (Independent) FINANCIAL ~ · co-sponsor My hop~ is that you will see the progress w~ hav~ made and help m~ fiaancially. $oi~ ~ 14S2 L'-'LIfB with a Over :5,000 bills arc introduc, cd durin8 ever/two Year contribution of $14.$2 or more. cango,~_'_rnal cycle but only few get a hearia$ W, must mak* the most ofthis opportunity for a vote on th~ floorI will b~ 8oia6 to W_~_~_J"~o~, D.C. mom often, make t_hi~ year. mor~ phon~ calls aad need mom suppli~.s, printing etc. ! c~'.ah~ aeed your help. ANOTitER CO. SI~SOR THE 1452 CLUB Congre, ssmaa James Barcia (D-MI) has become the 19' PO BOX co-spoasor of HR14:52. FREEPORT IL 6103:t STRATEGY Ken Bohnsack Sovereignty Chmrman our .st~.~ateSy will b~ m get out as much publicity as " ~Ie'f-oin eVery method to m~ke thc public aware of ADDITIONS TO TAX-BODY SUPPORT: ,&C. .~.benelits of the bill and thusprompt them~o Noxubee C~y, MS; Macon, MS; C_~ao'ee Cry, Co; reqtu~ support from their rede member of C. eorgia. StateSena~ Tax-bod~ support now is3,392. Cangress. Congrtss does respond to action of the public. View our new Web sit~ at www.loanslnter~ia-~.com for ',he full bill text and other f~ntmres. NEED NOW GRF, ATER The fall out, however, is a huge loss to cities a~d ~'Federal Reserve ~ raised inter~ rates five times states which receive a substantial i~nion of their "since lu~ I99~. Everyone believes these rates will be revenue From sales taxes. Any _r~_~_~ _c~ion ha~ the citic~ raised again several more times. These raises in a bind as to how to make up ~ loss. By law they co~ngh~y caus~ an ~ hi interest paid on cannot us~ inconle Mxes and they know to rnise muni¢ipnl bonds. TI~ ~ for z~'o inter~s~ loans propert~ ~ .the most im'~in8 ~ is all but throush HI~1452 is now e,~n Ip'eater. impossible. custom~s are happ~ and want no lesislation to cttrb bond holders demand ~ interest. See example that vastly Mcreasin8 method of shopping, below how costs h~"rea.~. I-1~1452 is needed more ~ ~ver to allow projects to be bu,~t aad r~aired for 1/2 to 1/3 current cost. A PERFECT ~.XAMPL~ FIIN'DING THE COST OF TI~ NEW FRE~RT, IL LIBRARY " MUNICIPAL HR1452 - BOND METHOD INK. COST OF 91JILDI~G ~,.~00,000 COST OF BOND FI~S (2%) Sl~0,000 NONE TOTAL S6,6~0,000 ANN~AL PAYMENTS (6,5%) S601,739 ~0 YEA~ TOTAL $12,0~4,~0 AI,~AL P^'~IENTS ~.5%) $~6 ~.428 S,2 ~ 30 Y~AP. TOrAt. S]6,S42,S40 ,I.$ l',IYO0"I ~ ~II TOTAL P. 0~ ['-I ]1] Anza Boulevard, #408 · Buflingame, CA 940] · 850-340-0470 · FAX: 650-340-1740 ' [] I1~300 W. Ol~jmpio Boulevard, #840 · Los Angeles, OA 90084 · 310-998-~600 · FAX: 310-998-2673 April 2000 Dear Community Leader: I am writing to ask your organization to support an initiative on the November statewide ballot concerning the design of public works projects. The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act is a common-sense measure that would simply §Jvc state and local governments the flexibility to contract with qualified private sector engineers and architects where it makes sense to do so - something the other 49 states can do. Why is this initiative necessary? Without it, transportation and other public works projects could suffer delays. As a result of a series of lawsuits brought by a small group of Caltrans engineers who want to keep all project design and engineering work in-house, California government is essentially banned from contracting with private engineers and architects to complete the backlog of critical state and local infrastructure improvement projects~ These same lawsuits are beginning to threaten the flexibility local governments currently have to use both public or private sector architects and engineers. The loss of this flexibili~_ can only mean an even greater backlog in the design qf essential public works projects. The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act is needed to overturn those lawsuits and ensure state and local government has the flexibility to use the common-sense approach of contracting with the private sector for engineering and architectural services as necessary. I have enclosed the following information with this letter: · Complete copy of the initiative text (four pages) and a one-page explanation of the initiative. · Examples where local government has successfully used public/private partnerships for the types of projects that could be in jeopardy due to the Caltrans engineers' lawsuits. "Myths and Facts" sheet that answers the untrue charges made by the engineers group at Caltrans about this initiative. You may have received information from their ironically named committee "Californians Opposed to School & Road Delay." Apparently, they are willing to sa5, almost anything in an attempt to derail this common-sense initiative. · List of the more than 200 organizations that have already acted to support this initiative. Included in this list are the more than 100 cities and counties, and school districts which, after studying it for themselves, have decided to support the initiative. · Sample resolution and support form, either one of which will include your organization on the support list. Please join the growing coalition of more than 200 cities, counties, school districts and other education, labor, taxpayer and business organizations in supporting the Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act. If you have any questions please call Ted Green at 310/996-2600 or Dana Rambo at 650/340-7048. Sincerely, Ted Green Coalition Director The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Initiative For Architectural and Engineering Services 1. Permits Contracting Out of Architectural and Engineering Services: Allows state and local governments, special districts and school districts-to contract with private companies for architectural and engineering services. Defines such services as architectural, landscape architectural, environmental, engineering, land surveying and construction management. 2. Local Choice to Deliver Transportation Projects On-Time: Gives local governments greater control over transportation improvements so that highway, bridge and transit projects can be delivered on-time and within budget. 3. Taxpayer Safeguards: · Prohibits government employees from awarding contracts if they have a financial or business relationship with the companies involved. · Requires compliance with all laws regarding political contributions, conflicts of interest or unlawful activities. · Subjects all architecture and engineering contracts to standard accounting practices. · Permits financial and performance audits as necessary to ensure contract services are delivered within the agreed schedule and budget. 4. Strict Design and Construction standards: Already established project seismic safety, project design and construction standards are not changed by the initiative. 5. Only Applies to Architectural and Engineering Services: This measure does not apply to any other contracts except for architecture and engineering services. For example, it does not apply to peace officers, teachers or correction officers. 5/17/99 Taxpayers for Fair Competition 111 Anza Boulevard, Suite 406 · Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: (650) 340-0470 · Fax: (650) 340-1740 11300 W. Olympic Boulevard, #840 · Los Angeles, CA 90064 ° (310) 996-2600 · Fax: (310) 996-2673 FAIR COMPETITION AND TAXPAYER SAVINGS INITIATIVE SECTION 1. TITLE. This measure shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act." SECTION 2. PURPOSE AND INTENT. It is the intent of the people of the State of California in enacting this measure: (a) To remove existing restrictions on contracting for architectural and engineering services and to allow state, regional and local governments to use qualified private architectural and engineering firms to help deliver transportation, schools, water, seismic retrofit and other infrastructure projects safely, cost effectively and on time; (b) To encourage the kind of public/priyate parmerships necessary to ensure that California taxpayers benefit from the use of private sector experts to deliver· transportation, schools, water, seismic retrofit and other infrastructure projects; (c) To promote fair competition so that both public and private sector architects and engineers work smarter, more efficiently and ultimately deliver better value to taxpayers; (d) To speed the completion of a multi-billion dollar backlog of highway, bridge, transit and other projects; (e) To ensure that contracting for architectural and engineering services occurs through a fair, competitive selection process, free of undue political influence, to obtain the best quality and value for California taxpayers; and (f) To ensure that private firms contracting for architectural and engineering services with g6vernmental entities meet established design and construction standards and comply with standard accounting practices and permit financial and performance audits' as necessary to ensure contract services are delivered within the agreed schedule and budget. SECTION 3. Article XXII is hereby added to the California Constitution to read: § 1. The State of California and all other governmental entities, including, but not limited to, cities, counties, cities and counties, school districts and other special districts, local and regional agencies and joint power agencies, shall be allowed to contract with qualified private entities for architectural and engineering services for all public works of improvement. The choice and authority to contract shall extend to all 0001 phases of project development including permitting and environmental studies, rights-of-way services, design phase services and construction phase services. The choice and authority shall exist without regard to. funding sources whether federal, state, regional, local or. private, whether or not the. project is programmed by a state, regional or local governmental entity, and whether or not the completed project is a part of any State owned or State operated system or facility. § 2. Nothing contained in Article VII of this Constitution shall be construed to limit, restrict or prohibit the Stale or any other governmental entities, including, but not limited to, cities, counties, cities and counties, school districts and other special districts, local and regional agencies and joint power agencies, from contracting with private entities for the performance of architectural and engineering services. SECTION 4. Chapter 10.1 is hereby added, to Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code to read: § 4529.10. For purposes °fArticle XXII of the California Constitution and this act, the term "architectural and engineering services" shall include all architectural, landscape architectural,-environmental, engineering, land surveying, and construction project management services. § 4529.11. All projects included in the State Transportation Improvement Program programmed and funded as interregional improvements or as regional improvements shall be subject to Article XXII of the California Constitution. The sponsoring governmental entity shall have the choice and the authority to contract with qualified private entities for architectural and engineering services. For projects programmed and funded as regional improvements, the sponsoring governmental entity shall be the regional or local project sponsor. For projects., programmed and funded as interregional improvements, the sponsoring governmental entity Shall be the State of California, unless there is a regional or local project sponsor, in which case'the sponsoring governmental entity shall be the regional or local project sponsor. The regional or local project sponsor shall be a regional or local governmental entity. § 4529.12. All architectural and engineering services shall be procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selection process which prohibits governmental, agency employees from participating in the selection process when they have a financial or business 'relationship with any private entity seeking the contract, and the procedure shall reqUire · . 0002 compliance with all laws regarding political contributions, .conflicts of interest or unlawful activities. § 4529.13. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to change project design standards, seismic safety standards or project construction standards established by state, regional or local governmental entities. Nor shall any provision of this act be construed to prohibit or restrict the authority of the Legislature to statutorily provide different procurement methods for design-build projects or design-build-and-operate projects. {} 4529.14. Architectural and engineering services contracts procured by public agencies shall be subject to standard accounting practices and may require financial and performance audits as necessary to ensure contract services are delivered within the 'agreed schedule and budget. § 4529.15. This act only applies to architectural and engineering services defined in Government Code section 4529.10. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to expand or restrict the authority of governmental entities to contract for fire, ambulance, police, sheriff, probation, corrections or other peace officer services. Nor shall anything in this act be construed to expand or restrict the authority of governmental entities to contract for education services including but not limited to, teaching services, services of classified school personnel and school administrators. § 4529.16. This act shall not be applied in a manner that will result in the loss of federal funding to any governmental entity. § 4529.17. The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. § 4529.18. If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this act, this act shall prevail. § 4529.19. This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes. § 4529.20. This act seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters which are contained within its provisions. These are matters of statewide concern and when enacted are intended to apply to charter cities as well as all other governmental entities. O003 SECTION 5. This initiative may be amended to further its purposes by statute, passed in each house by roll call vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, and signed by the Governor. SECTION 6. If there is a conflicting initiative measure on the same ballot, which addresses and seeks to comprehensively regulate the same subject, only the provisions' of this measure shall become operative if this measure receives the highest afS_,-rnative vote. 0004 LOCAL PUBLTC-PRI'VATE PARTNERSHI'PS: A Hi'STORY OF SUCCESS, A FUTURE AT RI'SK Many local governments and local agencies have successfully used contracting for architecture and engineering services as a way to get the job done in a fast, cost-effective fashion. Often this has meant bringing in projects for less money and in less time than Caltrans own estimate to do the job. Here are a few of those local success stories: ttistoty of Success Santa Clara County Santa Barbara Transportation County Authority A tale of two highways points In 1984, Santa Clara County up the difference between voted a half-cent increase in Caltrans and the private se_e_- the sales tax to improve traf- tor here. A series of projects tic conditions on three local to make improvements on US 101, being highways. Caltrans initially estimated itwould delivered by Caltrans, is at least a year be- take 17 years for the work from start to fin- hind schedule, and further delay seems likely. ish. The Authority then created a public- On the other hand, a project to make im- private parmership, which did the work in 10 provements on Route 154 was delivered on years, at a savings of hundreds of millions of time and under budget by a private eontrac- dollars, tor. The design and construc- tion of the county's toll Through the use of pri- roads is being handled by vate sector contractors, a private contractor, the county transportation Against comparable authority was able to bring Caltrans projects, the private contractor spent in a program of improvements on State 10 percent less on management costs -- Route 4 six to nine months ahead of the pro- brought in the project 6 percent ahead of jected Caltrans schedule. schedule, instead of 16 percent behind for Caltrans - and kept cost growth down 12 percent compared to Caltrans. $oume: 'Meeting California's Infrastructure Challenge: Assudng Cost-Effective and Timely Project Delivery. Prepared by the California Taxpayers' Association and the California Chamber of Commerce - May, 1999 A complete copy of the report may be obtained by calling Taxpayers for Fair Competition at (650) 340-0470 Taxpayers for Fair Competition 2/2.9/00 111 Anza Boulevard, Suite 406 · Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: (650) 340-0470 · Fax: (650) 340-1740 11300 W. Olympic Boulevard, #840 · Los Angeles, CA 90064 · (310) 996-2600 · Fax: (310) 996-2673 All that could be a thing of the past however. Already, the state is virtually prohibited from contracting out for architecture and engineering services, thanks to a series of lawsuits brought by state-employed engineers (mostly Caltrans employees). Now that ban is beginning to limit the choices available to local governments as well. Future A t Risk · Statewide (seismic Central Coast Water Authority . PECG filed a lawsuit in 1995 (prior to retrofitting work) I i the Supreme Court decision) seeking to While California has many of the world's ~ stop DWR from entering into an agree- leaders in the field of seismic safety, if ment with the Central Coast Water Au- they don't work for Caltrans (which most thOrity to build and operate a pipeline of them don't)- they won't be working for ' extension. The local water agency hired us. In fact, more than 20 contracts for a Private firm to perform the necessary seismic retrofitting work with private sector experts have al- design work. ready been cancelled. PECG lost that suit, but the outcome would most likely be very different if filed today, given the 1997 Supreme Court San Francisco decision. A lawsuit has been filed to terminate pri- vate sector architectural and engineering Oakland contracts .on the San Francisco Airport expansion and tum that work over to pub- "One high visibility project in Oakland...is - -'. lic employees. The costs and time delays of such a ~tep · design of the 1-880 Broadway/Jackson in- would be staggering. Theprecedent for'other local government terchange improvements. To keep this entiUes is clearly'alarming, project on schedule may require outside transportation engineering service to supplement Caltrans' staff. 'Lancaster Thus it is important to ask the voters to ~lf projects'such as the Avenue L and Av- change the State Constitution to permit contracting out." enue H Bt~idge Widening projects had to City of Oakland Analysis be designed by the State, they would be June 16, 1999 delayed indefinitely. San Diego In order to maintain local control over pub- lic works projects and to maintain the abil- % The City Attorney in San Diego has told ity to design and construct projects in a the city that any future contracting out timely manner, staff recommends" support should be done under the conditions set of the Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act. forth under the decision in PECG 'v. City of Lancaster Staff Report Caltrans - conditions which make con- June 8, 1999 tracting out next to impossible. The City Attorney reasoned that there were East Bay MUD enough similarities between the State Constitution and San l Diego's City Charter, as to make the court decision apply to .At least three sector contracts have al- the city .as well. ready been canceled by East Bay MUD due to the threat of a public employee .. 'lawsuit. School Construction In September of 1999, an appeals court Southern Port essentially prohibited the San Francisco l In the fall of 1999, major work at a port school district from contracting with was delayed due to confusion over local private design firms. The appeals cour government rights to contract with private specifically cited PECG v. Caltrans in firms, their decision. Can other school districts be far behind? What is the Fair stagrecommends" support o/the air Competi- lion and Taxpayer Savings Act. CompetitiOn and ci~ of Lancaster staff Report Taxpayer Savings Act ? June 8, '1999 On the ballot in November, this straightforward ini- tiative simply gives California's state and local govern- ments the flexibility to contract with qualified private This initiative would cause project delays due to sector engineers and architects where it makes sense the imposition of new statewide standards not yet de- to do So - something 49 other states can already do. veloped. It will save taxpayers money by encouraging the kind of competition that makes everyone work smarter 'and more efficiently and it will help speed uP the safe delivery of thousands of backlogged projects: over- FACT: passes, bridges and schools awaiting earthquake ret- rofits; stalled highway and road improvements and ex- False. pansions; the building of new classrooms to accom- modate more children; flood control improvements and The delays will come if this initiative is not passed, other overdue projects, and California governments are prohibited from utiliz- The so-called Californians Opposed to School ing the private sector to help speed project delivery. & Road Delay - a committee set up by the small Section 4529.13 clearly states, "Nothing contained group of Caltrans engineers opposing this initia- in this act shall be construed to change project design rive- is making false claims about what the initia- tive would actually do, in an attempt to trick people standards, seismic safety standards orproject construc- tion standards established bY stat®, '-~gibnbl-or local ..... into opposing it, Let's set the record straight: governmental entities." The initiative specifically gives local governments and schools more control and authority over contract- lng for architectural and engineering services. This initiative.is not necessary. Government can "Counsel has indicated that the new provisions contract out now. do not impose any substantive new requirements, and in fact, leave implementation of contracting procedures to local agencies." I FACT: [ Contra Costa Transportation Authority I October 14, 1999 It is necessary if you believe state and local gov- ernments need the flexibility to contract with private design firms when it makes sense to do so. As a result of a series of lawsuits brought by a small group of Caltrans engineers who want to keep all the work in- This initiative will take away local control and actu- house, California government is essentially banned from ally restrict the ability of local govemment to contract contracting with private engineers and architects. Fur- out forprivate architectural and engineering services. thermore, local governments and agencies are being threatened by additional lawsuits. I More than 200 organizations, including over 100 I FACT: c~;ies, counties and school districts agree this initiative I must be Passed. Not true. "In order to maintain local control over public Section 3 states, "Nothing contained in Article VII works projects and to maintain the ability to of this Constitution shall be construed to limit, restrict design and construct projects in a timely manner, or prohibit the State or any other govemmental entities, 3,31/00 including, but not limited to, cities, counties, cities and competitive selection process" they should read the counties, school districts and other special districts, remainder of the sentence. It goes on to define ele- local and regional agencies and joint power agencies, ments of such a process, all of which are part of the from contracting with private entities forthe performance existing law (Section 4526). of architectural and engineering services." The completed sentence defines this process sim- In addition to forbidding any restrictions on local ply as one, "which prohibits governmental agency em- control, Section 3 also specifically says that state and ployees from par#cipating in the selection process when local governments "shall be allowed to" contract for such they have a financial or business relationship with any services and specifies that the "choice and authority' private entity seeking the contract, and the procedure to do so rests with the government entity in question, shall require compliance with all laws regarding political contributions, conflicts of interest or unlawful activities." "The language of the bills is permissive and allows the State and local agencies flexibility to By restating current law, this initiative actually pro- use consultants, but does not require them to do tects and strengthens the process currently in place. ". '.the initiative would embed in the constitution City of Santa Cruz the authority and flexibility for both state and June 24, 1999 local agencies to contract with the 'private sector "The initiative wouM allow freedom of choice to for engineering and architectural services, local agencies, because the initiative does not utilizing a qualifications-based, open and fair mandate 'or require cOntracting out - it only process." provides the constitutional protection for its Contra COsta Transportation Authority permitted use." October 14, 1999 Contra costa TranSportation Authority October 14, 1999 This initiative has no sUpport. The initiative requires a 'competitive selection pro- I . cess' without any reference to qualifications or cost. ThisI FACT-' - will mean setting up a brand new process for awarding contracts. · The current endorsement list of more than 200 I I organizationS speaks for itself. FACT: . The Faii' Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act is supported by the California Taxpayers' Association, Cali- False, again, fornia Chamber of Commerce, Coalition for Adequate This initiative simply restates current law which School Housing, Californians for Better Transportation, requires private design.contractors be chosen based business, labor and hundreds of school districts, cit- first on their qualifications.' ies, counties, water districts and other public agencies. If the Opponents are troubled by the ·phrase, "fair, Taxpayers for Fair Competitiofi 111 Anza Boulevard, Suite 406 · Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: (650) 340-0470 - Fax: (650) 340-1740 11300W. Olympic Boulevard,#840 · Los Angeles, CA 90064. (310)996-2600 ° Fax: (310)996-2673 111 Anza Boulevard, #406 · Burlin.~arne, CA 94010 · 650-340-0470 · FAX: 650-340-1740 11300 W. OItjmpie Boulevard, #840 · I. os Anp. eles, CA 90064 · 310-996-2600 · FAX: 310-996-2673 WHo SUPPORTS THE FAIR COMPETITION AND TAXPAYER SAVINGS ACT? (as of 4/17/00) California Chamber of Commerce California Taxpayers' Association Coalition for Adequate School Housing Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 3 (AFL-CIO) Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 12 (AFL-CIO) National Council for Public-Private Partnerships American Institute of Architects, California Chapter American Subcontractors Association, California Chapter Associated General Contractors California Association of Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors, National Association California Building Industry Association California, Business Properties Association' California Business Roundtable California Cement Promotion Council California Chapter, American Planning Association California Contract Cities Association California Fence Contractors Association Californians for Better Transportation STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS CONT'D TAXPAYER ORGANIZATIONS (CONT'D) California Groundwater Association League of Placer County Taxpayers California Manufacturers Association San Diego County Taxpayers Association California Minority and Women's Business Coalition Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association California Park & Recreation Society Shasta County Taxpayers Association California Travel Parks Association Sonoma County Taxpayers Association California Trucking Association Civil Justice Association of California LOCAL & REGIONAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS Coalition for Project Delivery Consulting Engineers and Land Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, Surveyors of California Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce National Federation of Independent Associated Builders and Contractors, Business Los Angeles Ventura Chapter*. Painting and Decorating Contractor Bay Area Council Association* Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Western Growers Association Citrus Heights Chamber of Commerce Western States Petroleum Association Downey Chamber of Commerce, TAXPAYER ORGANIZATIONS Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce Alliance of California Taxpayers and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Involved Voters Huntington Beach Chamber of California Taxpayer Protection Commerce Committee Industry Manufacturers Council Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Irvine Chamber of Commerce Responsible Voters for Lower Taxes Long Beach Area Chamber of United Californians for Tax Reform Commerce Waste Watchers Mid Valley Chamber of Commerce Butte County Citizens for Better Milpitas Chamber of Commerce Government Modesto Chamber of Commerce Contra Costa Taxpayers Association Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Kern County Taxpayers Association 2 LOCAL & REGIONAL BUSINESS CITIES & COUNTIES ORGANIZATIONS (CONT'D) City of Angels Camp NeWport Harbor Area Chamber of City of Arcadia, Commerce North Coast Builders Exchange Arcata City Public Works Department City of Arroyo Grande Northern California Engineering Contractors Association City of BelmOnt Oceanside Chamber of Commerce City of Belvedere · Orange Chamber of Commerce City of Camarillo . Orange County Business Council City of Campbell Orange County Transportation Coalition City of Carpenteria Rancho Cucamonga Chamberof City of Ceres Commerce City of Claremont Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce City of Clayton ~. Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce City of Colfax Santa Ana Chamber of CommerCe. City of Concord Greater San Diego Chamber of City of Corcoran Commerce City of Cotati San Francisco Chamber of Commerce City of Daly City San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of City of Del Mar Commerce ' City of Dublin San Leandro Chamber of Commerce City of Emeryv. ille San Mateo Chamber of Commerce City of Escalon San Rafael Chamber of Commerce City of Eureka Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce' City of Exeter Greater Stockton .Chamber of Commerce City of Fairfield Southern California Contractors City of Fontana Association City of Ft. Bragg Greater Tulare ~Chamber of COmmerce City of Fortuna Visalia Chamber of Commerce 3 CITIES & COUNTIES (CONT'D) CITIES & COUNTIES (CONT'D) City of Fresno City of Oakland City of Garden Grove City of Ontario City of Gardena City of Orland City of Gridley city of Murrieta City of Hermosa Beach City of Palm Springs City of Highland City of Pasadena City of Imperial City of Porterville City of Indian Wells City of Poway City of lone City of Rancho Cucamonga City of Irvine City of Richmond City of Kerman City of Rio Dell City of La Mirada City of Rio Vista City of La Puente City of Ripon City of La Quinta City of Rohnert Park City of Laguna Hills City of San Juan Capistrano City of Lancaster City of Santa Clarita City of Livermore City of Santa Cruz City of Livingston City of Santa Rosa City of Lodi City of Saratoga City of Loma Linda City of Sebastopol City of Lompoc City of Sonoma City of Los Banos City of Taft City of Malibu City of Tehachapi City of Millbrae City of Temecula City of Morgan Hill Town of Tiburon City of Newport Beach City of Tulare City of Novato City of Trinidad 4 CITES & COUNTIES (CONT'D) LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES City of Ukiah (CONT'D) Heritage Ranch Community Services City of Vallejo District City of Watsonville Ironhouse Sanitary District City of Westminster Lake County Flood Control & Water Town of Windsor Conservation District City of Winters Lake County Sanitation District Amador County Livermore/Amador Valley Transit District Fresno County Los Alisos Water District Glenn County Novato Sanitary District* · HumbOldt County San Bernardino Valley Water Kern County Conservation District Kings County Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission .... Lake County South Tahoe Public Utilities District Madera County Sunline Transit Agency Mono County Vista Irrigation District Nevada County Westborough Water District Santa Cruz County EDUCATION Siskiyou County Sonoma County Alum Rock School District Stanislaus County Barstow Unified School District 'central Unified School District -Santa Barbara COunty Association of Governments Clovis Unified' School District LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Downey Unified School District Eastside Union School District* Apple Valley Heights County Water District Encinitas Union School District Contra Costa Transportation Authority Folsom Cordova Unified School District Elsinore Water District Fresno Unified School District Lodi Unified School District* 5 EDUCATION (CONT'D) Monrovia Unified School District Redding School District Vacaville Unified School District West Fresno School District ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL ORGANIZATIONS Bay Counties Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors Association California Geotechnical Engineers Association Engineering and General Contractors Association Engineering and Utility Contractors Association Placer County Architects, Geologists, Engineers and Land Surveyors Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Greater LA Chapter Structural Engineers Association of California Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Structural Engineers Association of Southern California * New Additions 6 Anza Boulevard, #400 · Burlingame, CA 94010 650-340-0470 · FAX: 650-340-1740 11300 W. OIcjrnpie Boulevard. #840 · Los Anj~elea. CA 90064 · 310-996-2600 * FAX: 310-996-~2673 *~ Support Form ! / We support the Taxpayers for Fair Competition initiative allowing state and local governments to hire private architectural and engineering firms to help build important infrastructure for transportation, schools, prisons and water projects. You may add my/our name to your coalition list. Organiza£ion Name Date Authorized Signature -' Printed Name Hailing Address City, State, Zip Phone FAX E-Hail Address Please FAX completed form to Jason Barnett at (650) :340-1 740 THANK YOU! Taxpayers for Fair Competition 3/20/00 - Initiative SAMPLE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF "THE FAIR COMPETITION AND TAXPAYER SAVINGS ACT" INITIATIVE WHEREAS, California's population growth has resulted in the demand for more than $90 billion worth of highway, school, prison, flood control and other infrastructure improvement projects; and WHEREAS, the need for state and local governments to contract with the private sector for architectural and engineering services has never been greater; and WHEREAS, a series of successful lawsuits by a group of employees at Caltrans has resulted in effectively banning the state from contracting with private engineers and architects; and WHEREAS, a recent, unanimous, appeals court decision has extended the ban on contracting out specifically to school districts threatening severe delays in building badly needed schools; and WHEREAS, in order to stop the Caltrans bureaucrats' continuing effort to prevent the state and local government from utilizing private engineers and architects, an initiative known as "The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act" has been prepared; and WHEREAS, the Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act changes California's laws and allows the state and local governments to contract with private companies for architectural and engineering services; and. WHEREAS, the Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act will save California's taxpayers' money by encouraging competition between state employees and the Private sector; and WHEREAS, the Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act requires architecture and engineering contracts to be subject to standard accounting practices and requires financial and performance audits as necessary to ensure contract services are delivered within the agreed schedule and bud~get; ~'~ THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, SUPPORTS "The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings' Act" for architectural and engineering services as an initiative. Contact Title City State Zip Telephone Number Fax Number E-mail address Please f~,c completed form to 650-340-1740. Questions? Call 650/340-0470~ 3~20/00 ~; .~ TO: DAVID COUCH FAX# 327-9417 ~ FROM: CITY CLERK'S OFFICE A Y,. JE _R. $ _F l' J~ !', D Office-326-3767 Fax-661 323-3780 M ' ' .... ~.,,~ : · f.,/ /-I .f- I PHONED MESSAGE ]~C; · ~,_~vl,m.-r .... ~ ~ ~ · I WILLCA~L ~ 'SEE YOU : ~. FO~M 400S ~ To: Councilman David Couch and the City of Bakersfield department of Traffic Engineering. From: The undersiqned residents living near Leo B. Hart School. We, the undersigned residents, hereby petition the City of Bakersfield to immediately install two stop signs (one each direction) on Mountain Oak Road at Ridge Oak Road. We believe this is the best way to prevent the injury to or loss of a student that will be inevitable unless you take action now. For many years parents and school administrators have made telephone calls, written letters, and begged for traffic studies. Despite these efforts, the danger to students arriving and leaving the school has increased significantly. Mountain Oak has become a raceway at all hours of the day, especially during school drop off and pick-up times. The speeding along Mountain Oak crosses into the school zone, even through the bus zone when red lights are flashing. Many. parents whose children attend Hart will not let them walk to school because the crossings are made unsafe by the speeders and inattentive drivers. The Iow number of walkers means no crossing guards, when installing stop signs and placing crossing guards would allow many of the local students to walk instead of being ferried a few blocks in cars. Bakersfield Police has sent officers with radar guns and dropped off the "radar trailer" to increase enforcement, but the situation worsens. We all agree something should be done to stop the cars zooming up and down near the school during hours when children are present. A recent traffic study agreed with the common-sense solution of stop signs at the corner of Ridge Oak and Mountain Oak. We strongly request those signs be/nstalled riqht away. _ ATURE ,, _J~ PRINT NAME ADDRESS David R. Couch Second Vice President-Investments Financial Consultant SALOMON SMITH BARNEY 661-327-9141 , ~ . 800-42~-2171 A member of c~t~group-~ i~ SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC. 5000 California Ave., Suite 100 Bakersfield, CA 93309-0711 Fax 661~327-9417 ~ ~.~ ... DAVID COUCH COUNClLMEMBER WARD 4 B A K E R S F I E I Alan Tandy · City Manag~ 2 9 9 March 29, 2000 .... -; Mr. Dan Neal Kern County Grand Jury 1415 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Mr. Neal: As a follow up to our meeting on Monday, March 27, I am providing specific debt information on the Convention Center Expansion-Arena Project I indicated we would forward to you. The total debt for the expansion-arena project over the 25-year life of the certificates of participation is $77,694,491. However, due to financial restructuring of some existing City debt, the total debt of the certificates of participation over time is reduced to $54,834,118, the net cost to taxpayers of Bakersfield. Please see the attached spreadsheet from the City's.Finance Director, Greg Klimko. To the approximately $25 million dollar "up front" costs of the project must be added the funded interest costs incurred during construction of approximately $3.2 million and approximate issuance costs of the certificates of participation in the amount of $1.4 million. This total of approximately $29 million is the figure I mentioned in our meeting. The principal amount of the debt mentioned above totalled approximately $11 million dollars, for a grand total issuance of $40,650,000 in certificates of participation as listed on the top of Mr. Klimko's worksheet: You had also asked about County islands in the City. These include! Harris #5; Old Stockdale; Castro #-4 and Curran #5 (contiguous to each other); Southgate #1, Casa Loma #7, and Washington #3 (contiguous); and Dennen #1. County islands continue to be an issue of inefficiency in the provision of local government services. If you have any questions on the attached, please feel free to contact me, or Ms. Slater. As always, we enjoy Working with the Grand Jury as it looks into issues of current community importance. Since/~ly, / City Manager / (L0003291) ' ~ Attachment ~ cc: Honorable Mayor and Council Greg Klimko, Finance Director Trudy Slater, Administrative Analyst City of Bakersfield · City Manager's Office ° 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield · California · 93301 (661) 326-3751 · Fax (661) 852-2050 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD $40,650,000 CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION (CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION. ARENA PROJECT, 1997) ARENA AND REFINANCED REDEVELOPMENT DEBT Reduced By Total Funded Redevelopment Refinanced Net Fiscal Year 1997 COP~ Interest . 1987 COP 1993 TAB Arena Debt 1997-98 $ 2,602,929 $ 1,573,376 $ 398,706 $ 757,329 (126,482) 1998-99 2,712,432 1,675,785 399,252 758,829 (121,434) 1999-00 3,141,508 399,022 753,989 1,988,497 2000-01 3,148,502 397,996 758,039 1,992,467 2001-02 3,152,182 396,156 755,339 2,000,687 2002-03 3,147,448 398,482 756,429 1,992,537 2003-04 3,149,448 399,568 755,969 1,993,911 2004-05 3,152,582 399,662 758,919 1,994,001 2005-06 3,156,482 398,762 754,075 2,003,645 2006-07 3,150,764 396,868 757,906 1,995,990 2007-08 3,146,21'2 398,982 759,750 1,987,480 2008-09 3,147,502 394,768 759,606 1,993,128 2009-10 3,149,744 399,562 ~57,475 1,992,707 2010-11 3,156,142 397,700 758,356 2,000,086 2011-12 3,150,982 394,512 756,918 1,999,552 2012-13 3,146,064 758.162 2,387,902 2013-14 3,147,532 761,756 2,385,776 2014-15 3,152,912 762,368 2,390,544 2015-16 3,146,622 3,146,622 2016-17 3,138,952 3,138,952 2017-18 3,139,612 3,139,612 2018-19 3,140,962 3,140,962 2019-20 3,139,088 3,139,088 2020-21 3,138,694 3,138,694 2021-22 3,139,194 3,139,194 $ 77,694,491 $ 3,249,161 $ 5,969,998 $ 13,641,214 $ 54,834,118~ TO: DAVID COUCH FAX# 327-9417 ~ FROM: CITY CLERK'S OFFICE - '"'~ '"'~ ........... '~'.~3780 MESSAGE - FOR~)~ OF~ ~ -- PHONEO ~' . '~ .. , ~ FORM 4006 BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: MAY 1, 2000 SUBJECT: ROAD REPAIRS Council Referral WF0018462 /001 ICouncilmember Rowles referred.the issue of road repairs near Stockdale Elementary School at Camino Del Oeste. Kroll Way between Camino Del Oeste and Montalvo Drive are scheduled to be resurfaced in late May, early June 2000. During this same time part of Camino Del Oeste, between Kroll Way and El Verano Drive, will be reconstructed. RECEIVED C~TY MANAGER'S © G:\GROUPDAT~STREETS~Roacl repai~. Rowles.w~ ~' ~ "' :'-" .... '~ WORK REQUEST PAGE ' 1 , REQ/JOB: WF0018462 / 001 PROJECT: DATEREQUEsTPRINTED:DATE: 5/01/004/26/00 CREW: TI~E PRINTED: 8:51:52, SCHEDULE DATES- LOCATION': ~'ra~T: 4/26/00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION:. 5/08/00 FACILITY NODES GEN. LOC: FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITYC~UNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER ROWLES ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: ROAD REPAIRS REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** ROWLES REFERRED THE ISSUE OF ROAD REPAIRS AT STOCKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CAMINO DEL OESTE. 'Job Order Description: ROAD REPAIRS atggory : PUBLIC WORKS asK: RESPONSE TO' REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / /__ COMPLETION DATE BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: MAY i, 2000 SUBJECT: SIDEWALK AREA ALONG SOUTH "H" STREET BETWEEN MING AVENUE AND WILSON ROAD Attached is staff's response to correspondence from Ms. Linda Annis regarding a potential pedestrian and traffic hazard on the west side area along South "H" Street, between Ming Avenue and Wilson Road. Attachment I __ ECEEIVED ', il :')'? MANAGEF~'$ O:\O RO UPDA'~Referrals\Salvagg\H_MingWilson.wpd BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS I)EPARTMENT 1501 TRUXTUN AVENUE BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93301 (661) 326-3724 RAUL M. ROJAS, DIRECTOR · CITY ENGINEER May 1,2000 Linda Annis 1924 Custer Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93304- Re: Sidewalk area on west side of South "H" Street between Ming Avenue and Wilson Road Dear Ms. Annis: Public Works staff have performed an inspection of the above-mentioned area. As stated in your letter of April 18, 2000, it is evident that there is a lot of pedestrian traffic in this area. City personnel have already addressed part of the tree clean up work along this section. The possibility of a sidewalk in this area is more difficult because the available space is limited, there are a number of utility poles in the way, and the difference in elevation between the curb and the adjoining properties will require a small retaining wall. In addition the sidewalk would not meet ADA requirements. Given these and other possible issues, we will further evaluate your concerns for potential pedestrian and traffic hazards. If a decision is made to proceed with the project, we will include it in our annual Capital Improvement Project budget. Sincerely, RAUL ROJAS Public Works Director G:'~GROUPDA T~efen'ats',Satvagg~JndaAnnis_H_MingWds~n_ltr. wpd Sent By: BAKFD CITY CLERK; 661 323 3780; ApP-22-O0 1:07PM; Page 1/1 City ol'Bakersfield: CitYRoad I am writing to notify you of a potential pedestrian and ~ hazard. The "sidewalk" area along South H Stre~ [mtween Ming Avenue and Wilson Road on the west side of the stree! is an eyesore as-well as a traffic hazard. Wild'bushes grow along this area, along with weeds, making this a near impossible "vralk way" for pedestrians and the bushes and trees cut off the "lines of ~ght" for cars attempting to cntcr omo South H Street from the residential streets in this area. I assurr~ that pedestrians are "suppose~. to um the other sid~ of the street for their sittc-walk are. a, but they do not. At all times ofthe dayand nieh~ t you see young-nad old alike ~alldng on the roadway itsel~ because there is no room for a'pml~r sidewalk area dm to the bushy. Additionally the unktanpt condition of thc area makes our small ;o~ appear to be an underprivileged area, when in fact our neighborhood is one of multi-ethnic middl~ class families. Is there a possibii/ty a real ~ could i~ installod in this ar~a? it is very dangerous to cross South H Street f~om the residential streets to use the sidewalk on the east side. South H has become a very, very busy street. Any improvements that can be made would be most appreciated. Sincerely, 1924 Custer' l~aker~fi¢ld, CA ~3304 BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR~/ DATE: MAY 1, 2000 SUBJECT: Council Referral WF001845 7/001 - Salvaggio requested staff respond to citizen's concern - sold property to Greenfield School and is being told of the need for an assessment split. Attached please find a copy of the response to citizen's concern about assessment split. Please call if there are further questions. G:\GROUPDAThReferrals\Salvagg\assessment split WF0018457.wpd BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 1501 TRUXTUN AVENUE BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93301 (661) 326-3'/24 RALrL M. ROJAS, DIRECTOR · CITY ENGINEER May 1, 2000 James &Peggy Rowland 3150 Panama Lane, Suite H Bakersfield, CA 93313 Re: Grant Deed within Assessment District 91-1, (Hosking Trunk Sewer). Dear Mr. Rowland: You sold a portion of your property located at the northwest corner of South Union Avenue and Berkshire Road (ATN 516-010-18-00-6) to Greenfield Union School District by Grant Deed. This parcel is within AD 91-1 (Hosking Trunk Sewer). As such, this parcel has a lien for a certain dollar amount that has been placed upon it. This lien is paid off through an annual assessment that is part of the property tax bill. Under thc normal development procedure for creating a new lot, the map (whether a Tract or Parcel Map) must bc approved by the City of Bakersfield. It is through thc review of these maps that the City is made aware of the new lots, and the City will then require the subdivider to go through the apportionment process which splits the original lien to the new parcels being created. The sale of portions of land to schools, however, can be done .by deed. A map is not required and therefor, thc City of Bakersfield is not necessarily aware of the transaction. Because of this, thc City cannot require that an apportionment be done at the time the parcel is deeded to the school. Nevertheless, the apportionment of thc lien from thc original, larger parcel to thc new smaller parcels must still bc done to provide clear title and take care of thc financial obligation of thc lien. A fee of $1,945.00 is required to start the apportionment process. Please remit this amount to this office. Should you have any questions or comments, please call Marian P. Shaw at (661) 326-3579. Very truly yours, Public Works Director S: \PROJ ECTS\ASMTD I ST\91 - 1 \r~ow l andLTR, wpd MPS: jas Alan Tandy, City Manager Cc. Mark C. Salvaggio Gary Rice, Greenfield Union School District ~,~ City of Bakersfield ~ , WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018457 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED: 4~27~00 REQUEST DATE: 4/26/00 CREW: TIME PRINTED: 14:00:01 SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: S~l~'r: ~26~00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 5/08/00 GEN. LOC: ' FACILITY NODES FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER SALVAGGIO ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: ASSESSMENT SPLIT CONCERN CONTACT JAMES T. & PEGGY J. ROWLAND Phone 1 661 - 8346667 ( ) 3150 PANAMA LANE #H Phone 2 - ( ) Bakersfield, CA 93313 REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS*** SALVAGGIO REQUESTS THAT STAFF RESPOND TO CITIZEN'S CONCERN - SOLD PROPERTY TO GREENFIELD SCHOOL AND IS BEING TOLD OF THE NEED FOR AN ASSESSMENT SPLIT. COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE AVAILABLE AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FRONT COUNTER. Job Order Description: ASSESSMENT SPLIT CONCERN at~gory: PUBLIC WORKS asK: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE / / FROM : BUSI.S~ESS SERVICES PHONE NO. : GS~il 8331165 Apr. 25 2000 07:40AM Pi 3150 PANAMA LANE STE. 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