HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/01/02 BAKERSFIELD
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
March 1,2002
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Tandy, City Manager
FROM:
Alan
SUBJECT: General Information
1. The ground breaking ceremony for the Food 4 Less grocery store in the southeast
went very well. There was strong attendance and good enthusiasm.
2. The Garden continues to diversify by signing a high school basketball tournament
game this past week and a high school football event for later this spring.
3. There is a significant memo enclosed from Public Works dealing with a major
program to repair our arterial streets. This will be a part of the presentation that will
be made to you on street repair issues at the March 6th Council meeting.
4. Councilmember Benham and staff had a very positive meeting with members of the
Veterans Memorial Park Committee last week regarding their request for a Veterans
memorial area located within Central Park or at an expanded park. We are working
with the Committee to create a mutually acceptable plan.
5. A report is enclosed from the City Attorney on the process used by the City of
Stockton when the downtown formed a new Business Improvement District several
years ago. Some members of the DBA have expressed a similar interest.
6. Recreation and Parks was recognized at last night's KernCog award ceremony,
receiving a Regional Award of Merit for Local Government for their mobile program.
7. KEDC has requested an increase in its allocation from us from $60,000, plus an
incentive potential to $150,000, due to a loss of County money. We will analyze it in
connection with budget preparation, meet with them, etc. It's a lot !
8. Responses to Council requests are enclosed, as follows:
Councilmember Carson
· Provide assistance to citizen regarding concerns related to relocation process
efforts at Vision Homes Development;
Honorable Mayor and City Council
March 1,2002
Page 2
Councilmember Benham
· Update on the status of the road at Golden State and Q Streets;
· Status report on curtailment of street sweeper dumping near GET site on Golden
State;
Councilmember Maggard
· Status report on development and implementation of red light violation
enforcement program;
· Contact citizen regarding debris on Goodmanville area off Alfred Harrell Highway;
Councilmember Couch
· Contact citizen regarding lack of room to make u-turns at Hageman and Jewetta;
· Contact citizen regarding garbage service issues on Seann Court;
Councilmember Sullivan
· Status report on concept plan and estimated cost of plan for Liberty Garden;
Councilmember Salvaggio
· Status report on turn lane at Wible and Panama.
AT:rs
cc: Department Heads
Pam McCarthy, City Clerk
Trudy Slater, Administrative Analyst
BAKERSFIELD
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
February 28, 2002
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: REHABILITATION OF MAJOR ROADWAYS
THE PROBLEM
The City of Bakersfield, like many other cities throughout the United States, has a lerge
backlog of deferred maintenance on its roadways. Simply put, rehabilitation needs far
outpace revenues each and every year. This problem has also been amplified do to an
inadequate design standard utilized by the City some years ago. As a result of the
inadequate standard, many major roadways (arterials and collectors) in southwest
Bakersfield fail prematurely. Repairing these roads has depleted a significant amount of
existing resources that could have been used for more routine maintenance purposes.
Currently, the City receives approximately $6 million per year that can be used for
roadway maintenance. Of this amount, $4 million comes from State gas tax and the
remaining $2 million from Federal gas tax. State and Federal gas tax is generally
divided into the following uses:
State Gas Tax
· Purchase pavement materials for Streets Division in Public Works - $1,200,000
· Fund Signing and Marking Section of General Services - $ 800,000
· Local match for Federal gas tax - $ 300,000
· New traffic signals - $ 700,000
· Miscellaneous street projects - $1,000,000
Federal Gas Tax
· Rehabilitation of major streets/roads - $2,000,000
The amount of revenue necessary to merely keep up with routine maintenance totals
more than $15 million per year. As a result, the backlog of roadway rehabilitation has
grown to more than $80 million and continues to grow each year. Much of this backlog
occurs on our major streets (arterials and collectors) where the majority of traffic travels.
February 28, 2002
Alan Tandy, City Manager
Subject: Rehabilitation of Major Roadways
Page 2
THE SOLUTION
Staff was asked to develop a strategy to address this problem which would produce the
greatest benefit with those limited resources at hand. By utilizing a combination of City
forces and contracted work, approximately 71 lane miles can be rehabilitated this spring
and summer. The 71 lane miles represents those road segments that could be
rehabilitated with existing funds currently on hand. This could drastically change with
infusion of KernCOG money as identified below. The roadway segments which were
identified by staff that could be rehabilitated with existing funds on hand are listed as
follows:
White Lane
South H Street
Gosford Road
Panama Lane
Stine Road
Pin Oak Park Boulevard
Camino Media
Ashe Road
Ming Avenue
Truxtun Avenue
21st Street
19th Street
Attachment I indicates limits and rehabilitation strategies for each of the roadways
identified above. .
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES
Staff is continuing to pursue additional revenue streams though KernCOG and other
sources. As a result of Senate Bill 45 (SB 45), local jurisdictions have the ability to
assign a portion of their annual allotment to roadway rehabilitation. It is staff's desire to
secure a one time allocation out of Metro-Bakersfield's share of STIP dollars. The City
Council has passed a resolution asking for 10% of our STIP balance. Due to technical
issues, that may need to change to a flat $12 million. It should be noted that in order to
secure additional funding from STIP sources in perpetuity, City Council and public
support will be necessary. Although we only have one vote on the KernCOG board (1
vote out of 13 votes), Bakersfield itself constitutes 36% of the entire County population
which should have a significant influencing factor.
February 28, 2002
Alan Tandy, City Manager
Subject: Rehabilitation of Major Roadways
Page 3
KernCOG recently approved their 2002 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) which left
approximately $9 million not programmed. Some months ago, it was determined that
the $9 million would be divided equally to give each agency a rehabilitation project
totaling about $1 million each. Subsequent to that commitment, KernCOG introduced
five (5) additional projects into the RTP from the County and various cities which
lowered available rehabilitation funding to approximately $3.7 million. Currently, staff is
working to secure the original $1 million commitment of funds, however, there may be
others who want to divide the remaining money 10 ways leaving us only about $370,000
for a rehabilitation project. We are working with the other cities who did not get a
project to form a coalition to make this situation right. Attachment 2 shows the
roadways that we propose to be rehabilitated with the $1 million original request. It
should be noted that if we were to receive the $1 million allocation, the actual cash
would not be available until fiscal year 2004 - 2005.
Last June, the City requested that 10% of our STIP funds be reprogrammed for
rehabilitation projects within Metropolitan Bakersfield. We just recently heard that
savings from the Westside Parkway project, totaling approximately $20 million may be
available for rehabilitation projects. It is our understanding that if all State and Federal
approvals are granted, the money will become available this June. Attachment 3
shows those roadways that we propose to be rehabilitated.
Proposition 42 goes before the California voters March 5, 2002. If passed (every
indication shows that it will pass) this Constitutional Amendment will redirect sales tax
on gasoline towards roads. Preliminary estimates show Bakersfield may receive as
much as $3 million per year from this measure alone starting in the 2008-2009 fiscal
year.
Staff is also in the process of completing an agreement with the City of McFarland to
purchase their Federal resurfacing funds with State Gas Tax dollars. McFarland is
unable to utilize these funds due to their limited staff. As a result, Bakersfield can
purchase these funds at a discounted rate thereby stretching our dollars even farther.
Revenue summary:
Annual
1. Existing annual revenue $ 6 million Available now
2. Additional annual STIP revenue $1.5 million Available starting FY 2004- 2005
3. Proposition 42 revenue $ 3 million Available after 2008
Total $10.5 million
One time
1. STIP funds (reprogrammed) $12 million Available June 2002
2. STIP funds (yet to be programmed) $ 1 million Available FY 2004- 2005
February 28, 2002
Alan Tandy, City Manager
Subject: Rehabilitation of Major Roadways
Page 4
ACTION PLAN
A combination of annual contractors, City Streets Division staff, and outside contractors
will be utilized to accomplish the outlined work. In some instances, outside contractors
will dig out localized areas of pavement that have failed, reconstruct these areas, and
then resurface the entire street. In other locations, where the entire roadway pavement
has failed, an outside contractor will remove all of the existing roadway and reconstruct
the entire street.
On still other streets, City crews will dig out the localized failed areas of pavement and
reconstruct them with full depth asphalt, and then the entire street will be resurfaced by
either City crews or an outside contractor. This resurfacing work will take place either
this summer or next summer depending upon the current condition of the roadway.
Taking the actions outlined in this report, together with those identified in the Public
Works memo dated February 21,2002, will make a significant improvement in the
quality of roadways within Bakersfield. Staff has determined that a combination of all of
the above practices will yield the best result at the lowest cost. The attachments
indicate street segment, the strategy employed and the approximate cost of each based
upon current .and anticipated revenues..
Attachments:
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3
ATTACHMENT A: CANDIDATE PROJECTS WITH FUNDING IN-PLACE
ARTERIAL STREETS - RESURFACE AND RECONSTRUCT
STREET TYPE LIMITS LANE CITY WORK CONTRACTOR WORK ESTIMATED 2002 COST
MI LES City I Contractor
Ashe A White to Ming 6.8 Digouts, Patch $65,000
Fairfax A College to SR 178 3.4 Digouts/resurface/reconstruct $564,000
Gosford A Ming to Stockdale 6.0 Reconstruct $1,500,000
Gosford A White to Ming 9.0 Digouts, Patch $253,000
Panama A Akers to Wible 1.5 Reconstruct with full depth AC $455,000
Panama A Colony to South H 2.3 Digouts, Patch $50,000
Panama A Summerfield to Akers 1.8 Resurface with fabric $112,000
Panama ^ Wible to SR99 1.3 Median Island Reconstruct with full depth AC $25,000 $385,000
South H A Panama to Ming 9.0 Digouts/Median Islands Resurface $132,000 $1,120,000
Stine A Panama to Harris 1.5 Resurface with fabric $91,000
Truxtun A A to F 1.9 Digouts, Thin Overlay $40,000
Truxtun A East of Coffee 0.7 Digouts, Thin Overlay $8,000
Truxtun A F to H 1.5 Digouts, Thin Overlay $16,000
White Lane A Ashe to Wilson 1.9 Digouts Resudace $20,000
White Lane A Dovewood to Wible 4.5 Resurface $244,920
White Lane A Saddle to Old River 0.6 Reconstruct $192,000
White Lane A South H to Kenny 4.3 Digouts, Patch $120,000
SUBTOTAL $729,000 $4,663,920
SUBTOTAL 58.1
COLLECTOR STREETS - RESURFACE AND RECONSTRUCT
STREET TYPE LIMITS LANE CITY WORK CONTRACTOR WORK ESTIMATED 2002 COST
MILES City I Contractor
19th MC Westwind to Oak 0.4 Resurface $28,000
21st C Oak to F 3.5 Grind and resudace $282,000
Camino Media C AE Canal to Gosford 0.8 Reconstruct with full depth AC $258,000
Pin Oak Park C District to White 1.3 Digouts, Patch $77,000
South H C Ming to Belle Terrrace 8.0 Digouts/Median Islands $70,000
Virginia C S. King to RR Crossing 1.4 Digouts/resurface/reconstruct $240,000
Wilson C Planz to Agate 8.4 Digouts/resurface/reconstruct $680,000
SU~¥OTAL $175,000 $1,460,000
SUBTOTAL 23.7
TOTAL LANE MILES 81.79 TOTAL: $904,000 $6,123,920
TOTAL THIS SHEET: $7,027,920
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ATTACHMENT B: CANDIDATE PROJECTS USING UNPROGRAMMED STIP FUNDS
ARTERIAL STREETS - RESURFACE
STREET TYPE LIMITS LANE CITY WORK CONTRACTOR WORK ESTIMATED 2003~4 COST
MILES C ty I Contractor
Columbus A Haley to Mt. Vernon 2.0 Resurface w/digouts $274,000
Mt. Vernon A SR 178 to Panorama 7.1 Resurface w/digouts $821,000
Panorama A Mt. Vernon to Wenatchee 3.0 Resurface w/digouts $342~000
TOTAL LANE MILES 12.1 SUBTOTAL: $0 $1,437,000
TOTAL THIS SHEET: ~ $1,437,000
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ATTACHMENT C: CANDIDATE PROJECTS USING UNALLOCATED STIP FUNDS
ARTEI~IAL STREETS - RECONSTRUCTION
STREET TYPE LIMITS LANE CITY WORK CONTRACTOR WORK ~IESTIMATED 2002/3 COST
MILES ~1Contractor I City
Mt Vernon Ave A S End to Belle Terrace 1.0 Reconstruct with full depth AC $975,600
Gosford Rd A Panama Ln to Pacheco Rd 6.0 Reconstruct with full depth AC $1,190,400
White Ln A Dovewood St to Real Rd 3.0 Reconstruct with full depth AC $873,600
Panama Ln A S H St to Monitor St 3.0 Reconstruct with full depth AC $891,600
Stockdale Hwy A Jenkins to Scottsburg 1.5 Reconstruct/Resurface $360,400
Panama Ln A Colony St to 340' E/Colony St 0.4 Reconstruct with full depth AC $118,500
White Ln A S H St to Kenny St 3.4 Reconstruct with full depth AC $1 t069~200
SUBTOTAL $5~479r300
COLLECTOR STREETS - RECONSTRUCTION
STREET TYPE LIMITS LANE CITY WORK CONTRACTOR WORK {~IESTIMATED 2002/3 COST
M LES ~1C°ntract°r I City
Marella Wy C California Ave to Montclair 0.5 Reconstruct with full depth AC $316,332
Harris Rd C CL E/Marin St to Wible Rd 1.5 Reconstruct with full depth AC $432,216
Monitor St C Panama Ln to Fairview Rd 2.0 Reconstruct with full depth AC $576,288
King St C Virginia Ave to Potomac Ave 1.0 Reconstruct with full depth AC $191,052
Montclair St C Stockdale Hwy to Easton Dr 1.5 Reconstruct with full depth AC $460~404
SUBTOTAL $1,976,292
RECONSTRUCT TOTAL: $7,455,592
ARTERIAL STREETS - RESURFACING
STREET TYPE LIMITS I LANE CITY WORK CONTRACTOR WORK I{IESTIMATED 2002/3 COST
I
MILES ~lContractor
I Oswell A~ Auburn to Columbus 1.0 Resurface $200,000
Ashe A Ming to Stockdale 6.0 Resurface $528,000
Ming A Ashe to New Stine 4.9 Digouts Resurface $408,000 $152,000
Ming A Baldwin to South H 3.0 Resurface $172,000
Ming A Gosford to Ashe 6.8 Digouts Resudace $510,000 $75,000
Wible A Harris to Pacheco 3.0 Resurface $191,000
White Lane A Ashe to Wilson 1.9 Resurface $118,000
SUBTOTAL $2,009,000 $227,000
COLLECTOR STREETS - RESURFAClNG
STREET TYPE LIMITS LANE CITY WORK CONTRACI~OR WORK IIESTIMATED 2002/3 COST
M LES /IContractor ICity
Lakeview Ave C SCL @ Hwy 58 to Brundage 1.3 Resurface $110,220
Q St C Golden State Ave to 32 St 1.7 Resurface $149,490
Panorama Dr C Fairfax Rd to 200' E/Juniper Rdg Rd 1.6 Resudace $140,910
El Portal Dr C Calle Los Manzanos to Ming Ave 0.8 Resurface $68,310
Sillect Ave C Buck Owens Blvd to S Arrow St 1.1 Resurface $95,700
Sillect Ave C Gilmore Ave to N Arrow St 2.3 Resurface $196,680
Laurelglen BI C Glenflora Ln to El Portal Dr 1.0 Resurface $87,450
Olympia Dr C S Laurelglen BIvd to S Half Moon Dr 1.9 Resurface $169,290
Pacheco Rd C Hughes Ln to S H St 2.() Resurface $174,570
Planz Rd C Larson Ln to Hughes Ln 1.7 Resurface $147,510
Sumner St C Kern St to E Truxtun Ave 3.3 Resurface $290,730
N Half Moon Dr C Olympia Dr to Ashe Rd 3.0 Resurface $259,710
SUBTOTAL $1 ~890~570
RESURFACE TOTM . $3,899,~'~n
TOTAL LANE MILES
TOTAL THIS SHEET: $11,582,162
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FebmaW 26, 2002
Mr. AI~ T~dy, Ci~ Manager F .............. ~
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Ref: Meethig, Friday, Febm~ 22, 2002 ,..,:-~-, ~, .~,~, r~, ~ ~ ~'c.....,_., .~.. ~[: ~. ~F~[C5 ~
Dear ~. Tandy~
Thank you for the time spent with the Kern Vetera~ Memorial Park Co~ee this past Friday. We were
pleased with the outcome of these discussions, and tha~ you and your staff for the cooperation ~d encouragement
we received.
From our discussions, it is our unders~nding that the Ci~ will provide Ordi~Melby Architects, Inc. an
enlarged aerial photo~aph and the architects will aaempt to place an overlay of veterans park over the existing area
of Central Park and the prope~ No~h of 21 st Street. We will work wi~ the Parks Depa~ment to work out whatever
these details might require. Hope~lly, when we finish, we will have a plan acceptable to both the Ci~ and to the
Kern Veterans Memorial Park CommiEee.
We look fo~ard to the time when we will have a plan and when we might meet, on~ again to review this
proposed Park overlay and the de~ils ofo~ veterans park inco~orated therein. This should occur within a month or
so if all goes well with the process.
Assming we have an accep~ble park plan, the steps we ~ke after ~at event will still need to be defined.
Should we a~ee to proceed with our veterans park at the Central Park site, it would be our desire to have a
combined news conference announcing o~ a~angements, whatever they miCt be, to the media for public release.
~is event would be impo~nt to the co~i~ee, since much of our effo~ to get co~i~ involvement and
~nding will rest on the fact that we have a reco~ized park site available to the commiEee.
~nk y~u once again for your help ~d ~o~er~ti°n~ We lo0k forard t~ su~c~s~l pr~m W~th th~ -
Ci~ of Bakersfield.
Very Truly Yours,
Dale R. Wilson, Chairman
Kern Veterans Memorial Park Committee
Veterans Memorial Park Committee, P.O. Box 41564 Bakersfield, CA 93304
Chairman - Dale Wilson (661) 832-8532 Cell (661) 319-5775 Vice Chairman - Michael Sabol (661) 831-6458 Cell (661) 205-9274
cc: Start Ford
Sue Benham
Mike Sabol
Dan Ordiz
Bill Melby
Ed LeLouis
Dr. Charles Carlson
Bob Otto
Ray Simmons
Bob Mahaffey - ~ '
MEMORANDUM
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
March 1, 2002
TO: ALAN TANDY, City Manager
FROM: BART J. THILTGEN, City Attorney
SUBJECT: STOCKTON'S DOWNTOWN BID
You requested I provide you a memorandum regarding the process used in the
City of Stockton when the downtown formed a new Business Improvement District in
1997-98.
Initially, the city had two existing districts: 1) A Central Parking District
established to fund construction and operation of a downtown parking garage and other
parking lots, which obtained its revenue from parking charges and a special tax on
downtown property owners; and 2) a Business Improvement District formed to promote
and market the downtown area, which obtained its revenues via assessments collected
from business in conjunction with the Business License Tax.
The Central Parking District was operated by the Downtown Business Associates
("DBA") (an association of business owners who hired a manager to operate the facility)
under contract with the city, and all budgets, expenditures, revenue, etc. were approved
by the City Council. The parking garage and lots were funded by bonds, with the
revenue from the special tax being used for debt service. Parking revenue was used to
finance operation of the facilities. In essence, it operated like an Enterprise Fund.
The Business Improvement District had been established as a marketing device,
along with the required Board. The budget was approved by the City Council, but the
Board controlled day-to-day operations. This organization had a lot of in-fighting and
was not accomplishing very much.
Due to the lack of efficacy of the existing BID, combined with a desire to expand
services to the public and enhance the image of the downtown area, the DBA embraced
the idea of forming another BID. Based upon our advice, combined with the recent
passage of Proposition 218, a separate, non-profit organization was formed to facilitate
the formation of a BID. This organization, funded initially by the DBA, prepared an
overall program which: 1) established a marketing/image enhancement program; 2)
established a beautification and cleaning/maintenance program; and 3) established a
"downtown guide" program where individual "guides" would assist and provide
directions to downtown shoppers and visitors. An assessment district engineer was
hired to determine the benefits attributable to the properties in the District (three zones
were established in the District with a declining benefit as the subject zone was
ALAN TANDY, City Manager
March 1,2002
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geographically more distant from the District's center). Since the BID was being formed
pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 (Street and
Highways Code sections 36600 to 36651), the assessments would be on real property,
including property owned by the State, County, City, and Redevelopment Agency which
were in the District. The new BID would be operated by the newly formed, non-profit
entity.
The group obtained a written petition from property owners who would pay more
than 50 percent of the assessments. This petition included the City of Stockton and the
Stockton Redevelopment Agency, who accounted for about 26 percent of the 54
percent covered by the petition. The group submitted the petition to the City Council,
along with a Management District Plan, for adoption of a Resolution of Intention to form
the District. After providing proper notice to the property owners, a public protest
hearing was conducted. With no majority protest occurring, the Council adopted a
Resolution of Preliminary Adoption. Since these assessments were on real property,
we advised that a Proposition 218 ballot procedure should be followed to coincide with
the protest hearing, which was accomplished. Subsequently, the Council adopted a
resolution establishing the District, the benefit zones, the amount of assessments,
appointing an Advisory Board (required by the Act), and directing the assessments be
collected on the property tax bill. The District is in place for a period of five (5) years but
is subject to extension upon another process being performed.
It should be noted that the State and County each filed with the City a statement
of "no benefit" being derived from the proposed activities and were excluded from the
District (allowable under the law).
It is my information the non-profit entity hired a full-time manager to perform/
manage the functions of the District, and the District purportedly has been very
successful.
BJT:las
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BAKERSFIELD.
Economic and Community Development Department
TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager ;>~,
FROM: George~C~nzales, Community Development Director ~ ...........
· ' FEB 2 8
DATE: February ~, '2002
SUBJECT: RELOCATION OF ¥151ON HOMES
Council Referral No. WF0019145/001 (Ward 1)
Councilmember Carson request to Assistant City Manager Alan Christensen to assist
a citizen with difficulties regarding relocation process efforts at Vision Homes
Development.
Celie Stanford, the Relocation Consultant (Stanford Group) for the Capital Vision
Equities, (developer) - 180 unit senior housing project on California Avenue met with
Mary Mackey, tenant at 1016 N Street concerning her relocation benefits. On February
15, 2002, Ms. Stanford and Sharon Bates (Stanford Group) explained the relocation
and moving benefits available to Mrs. Mackey under the Uniform Relocation Act.
According to Ms. Stanford, at the end of the two hour meeting, Mrs. Mackey seemed to
be satisfied with the information provided. Mrs. Mackey was requested to compile her
financial information so that the Stanford Group could calculate her benefits.
On February 27, 2002, Ms. Stanford did call to confirm another meeting with Mrs.
Mackey and Irma Carson for March 1,2002. Hopefully, final resolution regarding Mrs.
Mackey's concerns will be completed at that time.
BAKERSFIELD
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ~
DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2002
SUBJECT: GOLDEN STATE @ "Q" STREET- RAILROAD TRACKS
Councilmember Inquiry - Ward 2
Councilmember Sue Benham requested staff provide her with a status of the road at Golden
State and "Q" Street. Railroad tracks removed, road extremely rough. 7-31-01
August 1, 2001
Our Operations Manager notified Caltrans and expressed staff's concern regarding the
rough patch work that was done after the tracks were removed. Caltrans indicated they
were going to have someone from their staff look into it.
February 28, 2002
Our Street Maintenance Superintendent took a drive to this location on this date and found
the condition of the road remains the same. Staff will contact a Caltrans Inspector to
make him aware that the condition of the road has not been corrected. We will provide
you with a status when we find out what Caltrans is going to do, if anything, to resolve this
matter.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: RAUL ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2002
SUBJECT: TRANSFER SITES FOR STREET SWEEPING
Councilmember Inquiry - Ward 2
Councilmember Sue Benham requested staff provide her with a status regarding City dumps
(street sweepers) at "turnaround" site near GET on golden State. Citizen trying to market
adjacent property. Prospective buyers not interested because of piles on City lot. 11-8-01
November 9, 2001
Street Maintenance Supervisor Mike Connor talked to constituent Doug Minner and told
him this particular area in question was a transfer site for our sweeper dumps and will
make arrangements to have the sweeper dumps picked up more often--twice a week.
February 28, 2002 - Update
The transfer site was inspected by Street Maintenance Superintendent Luis Peralez on this
date. Mr. Peralez has instructed Street Cleaning staff to clean up the area, and thereafter
the site will no longer be used for sweeper dumps.
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TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: ERIC W. MATLOCK, CHIEF OF POLICE (: Lt
DATE: February 26, 2002
SUBJECT: Red Light Enforcement
Council Referral No. WF19140/001 (Ward 3)
Dual Referral to Police Department and John Stinson, Assistant City Manager.
Council Member Maggard requested staff develop and implement a short term
program for increased red light violation enforcement.
As you know, on February 20, 2002, Assistant City Manager John Stinson presented a
council workshop on the progress of the Red Light Camera System. The program is
proceeding and a tentative implementation date of August, 2002 was identified. Staff is
continuing to contact other agencies for information and will make a site visit to Ventura
on Thursday, February 28, 2002. Officers will also conduct special red light
enforcement at various intersections in the city until the red light cameras are in place
and working.
EWM/vrf
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2002
SUBJECT: TRASH IN GOODMANVILLE AREA
Council Referral #WF0019148
Councilmember Maggard requested that Public Works staff contact Greg Iger
regarding trash and debris in the Goodmanville Area off Alfred Harrell Highway.
Staff has field checked the Goodmanville Road area off Alfred Harrell Highway and
found a pile of rubbish in a County area between the bluffs and the highway. Staff
requested a clean up by the Kern County Waste Management Department, and a
cleanup has been dispatched. Staff is awaiting a return call from Mr. Greg Iger to find
out any other specific information.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ~!~, ;? ~. ..... ~ FFIC~
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: February 26, 2002
SUBJECT: HAGEMAN & JEWETTA WIDTH
Council Referral #WF0019144
Councilmember Couch requested that staff contact citizen and explain as to what can
be done to resolve the condition of lack of room to make a U-turn on Hageman &
Jewetta. She has previously spoken with Traffic Engineering. Report back to Couch
on response.
Traffic Engineering staff spoke with Ms Lily Klevann Tu regarding the inability to make
a U-turn at the intersection of Hageman Road and Jewetta. Because of medians on
Hageman Road, a direct left turn out of Pride Street is not possible. At this time, the
road is too narrow to physically make a U-turn. Ms Tu was informed of alternate routes
that can be used to go east on Hageman until such time as the rest of Hageman is
widened by development. When the remainder of Hageman is widened and improved
by developers, the problem will be eliminated. In the interim, staff is researching ways
to widen the road at the intersection within the existing narrow right of way and change
the road lane lines to facilitate a U-turn.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT !!~ FEB 2 8 2002
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TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2002
SUBJECT: 13220 SEANN COURT GARBAGE SERVICE
Council Referral #WF0019143
Councilmember Couch requested that Public Works Solid Waste staff contact the
O'Donley residence, 13220 Seann Court, regarding difficulties with their garbage
services and facilitate a solution with a response back to Councilmember Couch.
Staff contacted the O'Donley residence and spoke with the daughter of Mrs. O'Donley on
Wednesday, February 20th to report that the difficulty regarding collection of a green waste
cart had been resolved. 13220 Seann is on a cul de sac that was inaccessible for the
refuse vehicle due to a minivan that had parked in a nosedive position. This affects turning
radius for the refuse vehicle and forced the driver to not be able to safely provide service in
this cul de sac. The minivan belonged to the neighbor of the O'Donley's but prevented the
refuse vehicle from accessing the O'Donley's as well. A service utility vehicle was
dispatched to service the green cart at the O'Donley's. In addition, in an effort to resolve
future occurrences such as this, the minivan was tagged with an informative sticker
explaining the need to park parallel in cul de sacs and the Police Department was notified
and ticketed this minivan. Vehicles who park "nosedive" in cul de sacs are an ongoing
problem for refuse collection vehicles. Discussions with PD to resolve these in the past
has led to the more recent policy of ticketing vehicles improperly parked in neighborhoods.
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DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS
DATE: February 26, 2002
TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager
FROM' Stan Ford, Director
SUBJECT: 'Libedy Garden
~WF0019152 (Ward
The development and establishment of Liberty Garden was referred back to the
Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Committee and Recreation and Parks Department. The
department will report back to Council.
Staff is meeting to develop a concept plan and an estimated cost of that plan. The
department will update Council when it has further information regarding the project.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: FEBRUARY 26, 2002
SUBJECT: TURN LANE AT WIBLE & PANAMA
Council Referral #WF0019150
Councilmember Salvaggio stated he had spoken with Steve Walker, Traffic Engineer,
regarding a letter he received regarding a "No Right Turn" at Wible and Panama
Lane and asked if the sign had been removed; requested staff provide, the status of
this issue.
The sign is located at a driveway exit within a shopping center on the northwest corner
of Wible and Panama Lane. Left turns are prohibited because of a painted median area
on Panama Lane and the sign allows right turns only. The sign was adjusted for better
visibility since drivers claimed to not see the sign, turn left and receive a citation from
the Police Department for crossing a double-double yellow median line. A review by the
Traffic Engineer shows that drivers are still making the illegal left turn. Additional signs
and markings are to be installed in the median area and in view of drivers leaving the
shopping center driveway to re-enforce the notice.
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