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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/22/00 BAKERSFIELD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM November 22, 2000 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AN~D' CITY COUNCIL FROM: ALAN TAND ANAGER SUBJECT: GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Congratulations to Council member Mark Salvaggio for being appointed to serve on the Regional Water Quality Control Board. 2. Fund raising efforts for the $250,000 community match on the ice rink got started last week at a Centennial Garden event. Any ideas or suggestions you may have about potential donors would be appreciated. 3. In the City Manager's Conference Room are two very nice models of entry signs for the City that the Community Services Committee has been looking at. If you have not seen them, then I encourage you to take a look. They are very nice. 4. As you have seen in the media, in preparation for their second season in the Arena Football League, the Los Angeles Avengers will play a preseason game at the Centennial Garden on April 5, 2001. The exhibition will serve as a first look at Arena. Football for Bakersfield. The Avengers play their regular season home games at Staples Center. In a move that promises to set the table for wide expansion of arenafootball2 into the Western region, the Los Angeles Avengers owner, Casey Wasserman, announced he has purchased the franchise rights and that Bakersfield will field a team for the 2002 season and will play it's home games at Centennial Garden. Avengers executives will oversee the franchise, working directly with the team's yet-to-be-named local management staff that will operate the team. In the af2, the players are local. The season runs April through August, which is our light season at the Garden. The Arena Football League is owned 49% by the National Football League. The af2 is to be its minor league affiliate. We do need to buy a carpet for this - that will be on your agenda for November 29th - to be purchased from savings on Transient Occupancy Tax realized by SMG. The early purchase is for the April 5th exhibition game. 5. We have new applicants for the EDCD Director's (Jake Wager's) position and new Civil Service level interviews are scheduled for December 7th. From that, it is our hope to get a list of three. Honorable Mayor and City Council November 22, 2000 Page 2 6. The latest KEEP survey and the results of the City's recent business retention efforts, and the Park Place Apartments received statewide attention from the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) through their most recent newsletter. 7. Responses to Council requests area as follows: Expand Recycling Program Councilmember Carson · EEM Application and matching funds Councilmember Couch · Tree Foundation and use of Proposition 12 Funds · Contact citizen regarding land use on Coffee Road · Copy of 2010 General Plan Councilmember DeMond · Parking difficulties near Glinn & Giordano Physical Therapy during parades · Contact citizen regarding concerns · Flooding near 2900 Elm Street · Contact citizen regarding speed signs on 17th and "P" Streets Councilmember Salvaggio · Issue of parking large commercial vehicles and tractor trailers in the area of Berkshire and Wible Roads · City Limits sign south of Panama Lane and Freeway 99 · Response to citizen regarding e-mail Councilmember Sullivan · Traffic problems at East/VVest Streets to Stine, near Ridgeview School · Possibility of developing a program similar to Graffiti, to work with schools regarding littering AT:al cc: Mayor-Elect Hall Council members-Elect Benham and Hanson Department Heads Pamela McCarthy, City Clerk Trudy Slater, Administrative Analyst GOVERNOR DAVIS NAMES MEMBERS TO TH...GIONAL WAl'~f~/~'l~~~ressrele~es/nov00/a002681118.html OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR A00:268 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2000 GOVERNOR DAVIS NAMES MEMBERS TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD SACRAMENTO - Governor Gray Davis today announced the appointments of Beverly Alves, Alson Brizard, Christopher Cabaldon, and Mark Salvaggio as members of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region. Ms. Alves, 47, of Princeton, is the co-owner of David Alves Farming, a 1,200-acre ranch in the Sacramento Valley. She is a member of the Califomia Farm Bureau and the Children's Home Society. Ms. Alves has served as a teacher's aide for the Willows Unified School District and worked in the Glenn County Auditors Office. She attended California State University, Chico and majored in medical technology. Mr. Brizard, 70, of Patterson, understands water issues facing the San Joaquin River and the Central Valley area. He is semi-retired and owns a 17-acre walnut farming operation in Patterson. Mr. Brizard is a charter member of the San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen Steering Committee, which works with the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board on discharges into the San Joaquin River. He also is the chairman of the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau Water Committee, a member of the Water Advisory Committee of the California Farm Bureau Federation, and is the co-founder of the San Joaquin Valley Water Coalition. Mr. Brizard earned a bachelor of science degree from California State University, Fresno. Mr. Cabaldon, 35, of West Sacramento, is vice Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and · the Mayor of West Sacramento. As Mayor,.he participated in the economic development of the West Sacramento riverfront area by working to bring minor league baseball to the area. Mr. Cabaldon is also a member of the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District's Board of Directors and a member of the Delta Protection Commission. He has also served the State of California from 1989 to 1997 as a Chief of Staff, Chief Deputy, and as a Committee Consultant for the California State Legislature. Mr. Salvaggio, 50, of Bakersfield, serves on the Bakersfield City Council, where he was first elected in 1985. He serves as chairman of the Bakersfield City Council's water board and acted as the representative to the Kem Council of Governments. Mr. Salvaggio also served as a member of the Water Association of Kern County and the Kern Agricultural Foundation. In addition, he is a teacher at the Arvin Union School District, where he has taught junior high students for the past 29 years. Members do not receive a salary. These positions require Senate confirmation. 1 of 2 11/20/00 1:47 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 20, 2000 Contact: John Tamanaha, V.P. of Communications - (310) 473-7999 ext. 208 L.A. AVENGERS SCHED.ULE 'P'R:E S'E A S O N GAME i N B AKE'R S F :L D LOS ANGELES - In preparation for their second season-in the Arena Football League, the Los i:'~: Angeles Avengers will play a preseason game at Centennial Garden in Bakersfield, Calif., on April 5, 2001. Avenger owner and president Casey Wasserman made the announcement today at a press · i. conference at Centennial Garden. The Avengers will play the Arizona Rattlers, who have won two ArenaBowl world championships (1994 and 1997) and are a perennial AFL powerhouse. Tickets are expected to go on sale in January. The exhibition contest will also serve as a "first look" at Arena Football for Bakersfield, which will have its own arenafootball2 team in 2002. A developmental league established by the Arena Football League in 1999, arenafootball2 recently completed a very successful inaugural season with 15 teams primarily located in the southeast. Over 800,000 fans walked through the turnstiles in af2 arenas with an average attendance of 7,239 per game. "We are really looking forward to this preseason game and exposing the City of Bakersfield to the great game of Arena Football," Wasserman said. "I believe that it will quickly become one of the community's favorite entertainment options in the spring and summer." Centennial Garden, which will seat 8,796 for an Arena Football game, is also home to the Bakersfield Condors of the West Coast Hockey League, the Cal State Bakersfield men's and women's basketball teams, the NCAA Division II men's basketball championship tournament and numerous high- level entertainment events. The Avengers went 3-11 in their inaugural 2000 season and averaged 11,644 fans at each home game played at STAPLES Center. The squad was led by former USC and Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich, who passed for 2,252 yards and 45 touchdowns. The Avengers will open the preseason on March 30, 200 I, with a game versus the Nashville Kats at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tenn. The 14-game regular-season schedule for all 19 AFL teams will be released in the near future. Avenger season ticket packages, which include all seven regular-season home games at STAPLES Center, can be purchased over the telephone at (888) AVENGERS or on-line at www.laavengers.com. # # # www. laavengers, com # # # ~I ....... ;_~ ~b ANGELES .~VE~ ,(:~r ,.;!I 1640 SEPULVEDA BLVD, STE 114 ,~ TEL i (310) 473-7999 I J FAX' , WWW. LAAVENGERS.COM i LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 [310] 473-7790 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 20, 2000 Contact: John Tamanaha, EP. of Communications - (310) 473-7999 ext. 208 ARENA FOOTBALL TEAM COMI NG TO BAKERSFI'ELiD 2002 LOS ANGELES - In a move that promises to set the .table for wide expansion of arenafootball2 (the developmental league established by the Arena Football League in 1999) into the Western region, Los Angeles Avengers owner and president Casey Wasserman announced today that Bakersfield, Calif., will field a team for the 2002 season and will play its home games at Centennial Garden in Bakersfield. "This is the beginning of something that will only continue to grow," said Wasserman, whose Avengers played their inaugural season in the Arena Football League this past year. "Bakersfield is the perfect city to serve as the launching pad for arenafootball2 in this region. We couldn't be any happier about this announcement and look forward to many seasons of great success in Bakersfield." The Bakersfield letter of application has been approved by the af2 Board of Directors, however, it is still pending approval by the AFL Board of Directors, which will take place next month. "We are thrilled to have Bakersfield in the fold for the 2002 season," al2 executive director Mary Ellen Garling said. "To have the Avenger organization, which has proven itself to be a top-notch sports operator, involved in af2 adds a'.tremendous amount of credibility while allowing us to further our goal of bringing the game of Arena Football to small to mid-sized communities through coast to coast expansion." Avenger executives will oversee the Bakersfield af2'franchise, working directly with the team's yet- to-be-named local management staff that will operate the team. Centennial Garden, which will seat 8,796 for an Arena Football game, is also home to the Bakersfield Condors of the West Coast Hockey League, the Cal State Bakersfield men's and women's basketball teams, the NCAA Division II men's basketball championship tournament and numerous high- level entertainment events. "We are very excited to be working with Casey Wasserman and the Los Angeles Avengers and look forward to a long term relationship," said Jim Foss, executive director for SMG entertainment, which operates Centennial Garden. "SMG is confident that Mr. Wasserman will succeed in providing Centennial Garden and the City of Bakersfield with quality sports entertainment." The identity of the Bakersfield al2 franchise will be chosen via a "Name the Team" contest conducted through www.laavengers.com, the official Website of the Los Angeles Avengers. The winning nickname and the team's primary logo will be unveiled at a Bakersfield press conference the day before the Avengers' preseason game versus the Arizona Rattlers at Centennial Garden on April 5,2001. LOS ANGELES, AVENGERS 1640 SEPULVEOA BLVD, STE 114 TEL (310) 47~)-7999 WWW. LAAVENGERS.COM LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 FAX (310) 473-7790 This past August, af2 completed a very successful inaugural season with 15 teams primarily located in the southeast. Over 800i000 fans walked through the turnstiles in af2 arenas with an average attendance of 7,239 per game. The league was one Of only three professional sports leagues to fill its buildings to over 70 percent capacity (af2 was at 72 percent). Five af2 players have either been signed by or invited to National Football League training camps, while the Canadian Football League has signed three al2 players. The af2 championship game, ArenaCup 2000, was nationally televised on The National Network (TNN) to over 300,000 households and was played before a sellout crowd of 9,201. The Quad City (I11.) Steamwheelers finished off a perfect t 9-0 season with a 68-59 victory over the Tennessee Valley (Huntsville, Ala.) Vipers. All 15 teams from last season will'be back to compete in 2001, along with new teams located 'mostly in the Midwest and Southeast regions, which expands arenafootball2's current roster to 27 teams. Several more teams are expected to be announced in the near future as the af2 office has received nearly 70 applications. The Los Angeles Avengers went 3-11 in their inaugural 2000 season and averaged 11,644 fans at each home game played at STAPLES Center. The squad was led by quarterback Todd Marinovich, who passed for 2,252 yards and 45 touchdowns. No stranger to the Southland sports scene, Marinovich played previously with the USC Trojans and Los Angeles Raiders. Avenger season ticket packages, which include all seven regular-season home games at STAPLES Center, can be purchased over the telephone at (888) AVENGERS or on-line at www.laavengers.com. # # # www. laavengers, com # # # 2OOO CITY MANAGER'S :.:' Economic and Community Development Department MEMORANDUM November 20, 2000 TO: Alan Christensen FROM: David Lym~ SUBJECT: Statewide Atiention of City Programs Two Bakersfield programs have received statewide attention from the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED). Included in the "Best Practices" section of CALED's latest newsletter are, · "Small Business to Remain in Bakersfield and to Expand Operations." This summarizes the latest KEEP survey and the results of our recent business retention efforts. · "Bakersfield Implements Smart Development." This article summarizes the Park Place Apartments under construction across from Central Park. Both articles in CALED's newsletter were excerpted from our Blueprints newsletter that is widely distributed. dl:SSDavid L\Statewide attention.wpd BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Raul Rojas, Public Works Director DATE: November 21, 2000 SUBJECT: Response to City Council Referral #WF0018703 - Curbside Recycling This is to report progress made since last week's City Council workshop on recycling. Expansion of the recycling program is being explored in three ways: 1. Construction and Demolition Waste Staff is preparing a report on how a cooperative project may be developed between the local hauling contractors and the City. The contractors have indicated a willingness to work with the City to make their proposed C&D recycling facility gate fee comparable to the landfill fee, in order to attract more material for recycling. 2. Food Waste Composting Staff has begun an assessment of how the existing compost facility could be upgraded. An inventory of food waste generation points has also begun. Field visits to other food waste composting facilities in California have been scheduled. 3. Curbside Recycling Discussion of operational issues has begun with the contract haulers. Previous research by both the haulers and staff has been done with respect to collecting both trash and recyclables from divided containers. However, a major drawback with this new type of system is that trash bags easily get caught and not emptied. Staff is therefore investigating the potential for collecting separate green and blue carts with a divided truck as another way to reduce the program cost. Staff has also met with the County staff on the issue of landfill fee savings being used to offset the cost of City recycling programs. The response was favorable, with County staff indicating that the issue was inevitable. In discussing possible changes, they added another possibility in which Bakersfield homes would pay a lower land use fee as a result of the City's recycling efforts. MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Response to City Council Referral #WF0018703 - Curbside Recycling County staff realizes that landfill fee savings for Bakersfield may generate a County revenue gap, which would probably end up being covered by a landfill rate increase. This is consistent with the funding component of the County's adopted plan which stated that, as more recycling took place in the future, the unit price for disposal would increase to cover long-term costs. Staff is computing estimates of the City's net savings under various scenarios, taking this into account. In addition to the recycling issues being addressed, staff will schedule a discussion on the enhancement of the Bulky Item Drop Off Program with County staff and the Contract haulers. One potential enhancement to consider is the inclusion of bulky items in the C&D recycling facility program mentioned in #1 above. KB C:~TEMP~curbside.wpd City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018703 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED: 11~20~00 REQUEST DATE: 11/15/00 CREW: TIME PRINTED: 8:50:15 SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: ~'r~'£': ±±~1~00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 11/2 GEN. LOC: FACILITY NODES FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: CITY COUNCIL ORIGIN: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORK TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: CURBSIDE RECYCLING REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT*** COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT STAFF EXPLORE ALL POSSIBILITIES OF EXPANDING THE RECYCLING PROGRAM WITH ANY OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE FEES AT THE COUNTY LANDFILL, COULD ANY SAVINGS BE USED TO PAY FOR RECYCLING. ALSO, EXPLORE THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE BULKY ITEM DROP OFF PLAN TO A MONTHLY OR BI-MONTHLY PROGRAM. REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL. Job Order Description: CURBSIDE RECYCLING CatDgory: PUBLIC WORKS Task: 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: November 21,2000 SUBJECT: Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation (EEM) Application Council Referral WF0018702 / 001, Carson Vice-Mayor Irma Carson referred to staff the EEM Application and the issue of matching funds be included. Staff completed the EEM grant applications and sent them to the State Resources Agency with a postmark of November 17, 2000 as required by the grant program. In the applications, staff indicated that Community Development Block Grant funds, Gas Tax funds, and other sources of local funding would be available as a local match for the projects. cc: Jacques R. LaRochelle, Engineering Services Manager tdw:S:\TED~000memo~l 12100at2. wpd City of Bakersfield *REPRINT* WORK REQUEST PAGE 1 REQ/JOB: WF0018702 / 001 PROJECT: DATE PRINTED: llJ20J0O REQUEST DATE: 11/15/00 CREW: TIME PRINTED: 8:50:16 SCHEDULE DATES LOCATION: ~'l'A~'l': ±1~15~00 LOCATION ID: ZIP CODE: COMPLETION: 11/22/00 GEN. LOC: FACILITY NODES FROM: FACILITY ID: TO: REF NBR: REQ DEPT: CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL PRIORITY: HIGH REQUESTOR: COUNCILMEMBER CARSON O CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL USER ID: DSULLIVAN WORKRIGIN: TYPE: REFERRAL DESCRIPTION: EEM APPLICATION REQUEST COMMENTS ***REFERRAL TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT*** CARSON REFERRED TO STAFF THE EEM APPLICATION AND THE ISSUE OF MATCHING FUNDS BE INCLUDED. Job Order Description: EEM APPLICATION Cat~gory: PUBLIC WORKS Task: RESPONSE TO REFERRAL , Assigned Department: PUBLIC WORKS START DATE / / COMPLETION DATE /__/__ B A KE R.S F I E L D CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM November 22, 2000 TO: Councilmember Couch FROM: John W. stinso~?A~ssistant City Manager SUBJECT: Referrals dated 11/15/00 The following,are staff responses to the referrals made by you on 11/15/00: #1 Question: Have Recreation and Parks contact Dana Adams of the Tree Foundation regarding use of Proposition 12 funds for planting 200 trees at Calloway Bridge. Response: This was referred to the Recreation and Parks Department for follow up with Ms. Adams, they have prepared a response which is enclosed. #2 Question: Northeast corner of Ming and Scarlet Oak street sign not correct. Response: This item was referred to Public Works who have corrected the sign. #3 Question: Status of response to Mrs. Audrey Barnes about signal at Old River and Ridge Oak. Response: The Traffic Engineer responded to Mrs. Audrey Barnes. A copy of the response is attached. #4 Question: Shellabarger Road contact information. Response: Per your request I will include the names and numbers provided in the Shellabarger file. #5 Question: Letter from Mr. Jim Antt regarding sewer assessments on property tax bill on homeowners associations. Response: Public Works Department staff is researching the questions posed by Mr. Antt and will prepare a response to him which will be provided to you when it is completed.