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CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
June 23, 2006
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Alan Tandyy"Pity, Manager
SUBJECT: General Information
1. GSA and Federal Court officials met with City staff this week to discuss proposals for a
downtown courthouse. They are willing to begin a new solicitation for proposals by
asking bidders to compete on a common site that they want us to obtain. We have not
yet received information from them that details their site specifications. Once that
happens, we can intelligently put together a proposal with associated costs. While
there are challenges, we are encouraged.
2. Through the Mayor's office we have been attempting to set up a meeting with Shafter
in an effort to avoid litigation on our water differences. Even though we won the
mediation on the water issue, they have not discussed the substance of the matter
with us. Enclosed you will find copies of the original letters on the matter, Mayor Hall's
letter requesting a meeting and a copy of an email clarifying possible meeting dates. I
did receive a call from the Shafter City Manager who preferred an all-staff meeting with
North Kern and Oildale Mutual. I advised him we would look for a Mayor to Mayor
response to the official request.
3. After over ten years with us, Human Resources Manager, Carroll Hayden will be
leaving in early September to return to Texas. She has done a great job in a difficult
position, and we wish her the best!
4. This year's State of the City luncheon will be held Tuesday, July 11th at the Holiday Inn
Select. Should you wish to attend, please notify Amber Lawrence in my office so that
she can make the necessary reservations. We plan to unveil a new marketing piece
on the Sport Village.
5. The Parkview Cottages at 21st & R Streets had its first homeowners take ownership
and begin moving in this week on lots one through six on "R" street. In the following
three weeks, five others will be closing escrow. This is a significant stage in the project
which has been under design and development since 2001, and Number One for
Downtown revitalization.
Honorable Mayor and City Council
June 23, 2006
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6. A timely article appeared in the Wall Street Journal this week discussing how cities are
hiring private firms to offer wireless internet or "WiFi" to residents at no cost. The
article mentions MetroFi, the company that made a similar proposal to the City that is
now being considered in Budget and Finance Committee.
7. An automated system is currently being installed at the 18th & Eye Street Parking
Garage. Changes will provide longer hours of use, reserved parking in a secured
area, and reduce the amount of personnel needed to run the garage. A memo is
enclosed from the Economic and Community Development Department that provides
more details.
8. The Recreation and Parks Department provides several free or reduced cost programs
to the public. There are quite a few activities listed on the attached memo — check it
out!
9. The Streets Division work schedule for the week of June 26th is attached.
10.Responses to Council requests are enclosed, as follows:
Councilmember Benham
• Modern flophouses and methods to improve conditions at the Rankin Hotel;
Councilmember Couch
• Rose Foundation Application Process;
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June 14, 2006
Honorable Fran Florez
Mayor, City of Shafter
336 Pacific Avenue
Shafter, California 93263
Dear Mayor Florez:
On July 19, 2005, Bakersfield City Manager,Alan Tandy wrote Shafter City Manager,John Guinn a letter
pertaining to several roadway and water related issues between our cities. Both the Bakersfield and
Shafter City Councils adopted the understandings contained in the letter by resolution.
One element of the two resolutions was to seek out a mediator to render a non-binding opinion on our
differing interpretations of water law in regard to a 1952 agreement. On April 18, 2006, the mediator
wrote an opinion in support of Bakersfield's position.
To date, there have been no discussions between the two cities on the offer contained in the July 19"'
letter to Bakersfield to sell water to Shafter on a short-term basis, nor has Bakersfield been briefed on
whether or not Shafter is considering a water supply source not in conflict with the 1952 water rights
agreement. We simply have no knowledge of what course of action Shafter is proposing.
The letter and supporting resolutions from the two City Councils were intended to provide a positive, non-
litigious resolution to our differences.
We propose that our Water Board(Councilmembers Couch, Scrivner and Hanson)get together in public
session with the appropriate, equivalent group from the Shafter City Council to discuss these matters.
We are available to meet on July 5, 6, or 7, 2006, at 3:00 p.m.,and are open to additional dates as
suggested by the City of Shafter. It would be our intent, in the interest of fairness, to also invite those
developers that are potentially impacted, as well. Please discuss this proposal with your colleagues and
let me know by the end of June how Shafter wishes to proceed.
Thank you for your consideration.
Res tfully yours,
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Harvey L. Hall
Mayor
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Alan Tandy,City Manager
1501 Truxtun Avenue•Bakersfield,California 93301 •(661)326-3770•Fax(661) 852-2035)
E-mail address:mayor @BakersfieldCity.us
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Couch, David R [PVTC]
From: Amber Lawrence [Alawrenc @bakersfieldcity.us]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:02 AM
To: fflorez @shafter.com
Cc: councilmem1 @aol.com; Alan Tandy; Natalie Welty; Rhonda Smiley; Ginny Gennaro;
hwhanson @cbbank.com; zscrivner @libertystar.net; mike @mikemaggard.com;
jacquiesullivan @ sbcglobal.net; sbenham @sbcglobal.net; drobinson @shafter.com; Couch,
David R [PVTC]
Subject: Bakersfield/Shaffer Meeting
Importance: High
Good morning Ms. Florez;
By letter dated June 14, 2006, City of Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall requested a meeting with officials from the
City of Shafter.
The suggested the dates of that meeting were July 5th, 6th or 7th. A conflict has now arisen, and July 7th is no
longer an option for our staff.
I do want to reiterate that we continue to be open to additional dates as suggested by Shafter.
We apologize for any inconvience this may have been caused as a result of this amendment.
Thank you.
Amber Lawrence
Administrative Assistant
City of Bakersfield
City Manager's Office
(661) 326-3271
6/21/2006
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Rhonda Smiley - gen info item
From: Alan Tandy
To: Rhonda Smiley
Date: 6/21/2006 2:19 PM
Subject: gen info item
After over ten years with us Human Resources Manager Carroll Hayden will be leaving in early September to return to Texas.
She has done a great job in a difficult positon and we wish her the best.
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JUN 21 2006
B A K E R S F I E L D
Economic and Community Development Department CITY MANAGERS OFFICE
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Membe
June 21, 2006
FROM: Donna L. Kunz, Economic Development DI ector
SUBJECT: 18th & Eye Street Parking Garage Automation Information
An automated system is currently being installed at the 18th & Eye Street Parking Garage.
The planned changes will provide longer hours of use, reserved parking in a secured area
and reduce the amount of personnel needed to run the garage. Once the system, is
completely operational, the City's Treasury Division will operate the structure from its
offices at Development Services. During this transitional period Central Parking staff will
remain at the garage to assist parkers. After the system is up and running smoothly, the
contract with Central Parking, Inc. will be terminated.
When completed the garage will be open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday. In and out daily customer parking will be located on the first floor and
will be free for users for up to three hours. Time limits will be enforced by the Police
Department.
Persons with monthly permits will enter a special secured area located on the second
floor and park at that location or on the floors above. Entrance cards must be scanned
at the new gate located on the second floor to enter the monthly reserved area. After
hours, monthly parkers may enter the garage through the entrance gate located on Eye
Street. A card will not be required to exit the garage as the Eye Street exit gate will
open automatically when triggered by a vehicle leaving the garage.
The attached informational flyer will be distributed to users of the parking garage.
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1 &h & Eve Street Parking Structure
Automation Information
This parking garage is currently being automated by the
City of Bakersfield. The planned changes will provide
longer hours of use and reserved parking in a secured
area. When completed, the garage will be open at 6 a.m.
and close at 9 p.m., Monday through Friday. The City of
Bakersfield will be operating the garage and the new
system should be in place by September 1 , 2006.
In and out daily customer parking will be located on the
first floor and will be free for users for up three hours.
Time limits will be enforced by the Police Department.
Persons with monthly permits will need to enter a special
secured area located on the second floor and park at that
location or on the floors above. Entrance cards must be
scanned at the new gate located on the second floor to
enter the monthly reserved area. After hours, monthly
parkers may enter the garage through the entrance gate
located on Eye Street. A card will not be required to exit
the garage as the Eye Street exit gate will open
automatically when triggered by a vehicle leaving the
garage.
During this transition period, Central Parking staff will
remain at the garage to assist you. If you have questions
please contact Fran Clark, Garage Manager or Donna
Barnes at 326-3765.
JUN 19 2006
B A K E R S F I E L D
Department of Recreation and Parks
Date: June 19, 2006
To: Alan Tandy
From: Dia hoover
Subject: Free or Reduced Costs of Recreation and Parks Programs
We offer several free or reduced cost programs to the public. Family
activities include "Free movies in the Park" series which we rotate to a
different ward every other Friday, free Beale Band concerts on Sunday
evenings, and free concerts at Silver Creek Park on Tuesday evenings.
On selected Friday evenings, we offer Music and a Movie at the Park at
River Walk for only $2.00 per person. Families can bring blankets and
snacks to have during the activity.
Families are also welcome to join in free, guided bike rides on Saturday
mornings which encourage safety and bike information.
At Martin Luther King, Jr. center, we have several free programs including:
• Free summer lunches provided by Bakersfield City Schools.
• Free summer movies on Friday afternoons/two per month
• USTA tennis lessons
• Dance troupe
• Computer class
• Youth Academy
• Game Room
• Quilting Social and walking for seniors or adults
• Tennis Lessons year round
• Drop in basketball
• Adult Fitness Center
Summer day camp, Camp King, is very low cost at only $30.00 per person
for all seven weeks. Other day camps in the area such as Boys and Girls
club charge $80 per week; NOR is $380.00 for four weeks; Silver Creek is
$98/week.
Aquatics includes discounted swim lessons at MLK at $10 for residents,
HUD passes for recreation swim at $1.00 off regular admission at any pool
and free Junior Lifeguard Program at MLK pool only.
At McMurtrey, we offer discounts for groups of five or more, $2.00 per teen
on Teen Night. During recreation swims, we offer a discounted family rate
of$10/family of 4-6 members.
All of our spray parks are free and available from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM each
day.
Lastly, a free Aquatic Safety Awareness program is offered for school or
community groups. The bathing suit drive offered at all pools provide clean
swim suits to those who do not have them.
STREETS DIVISION — WORK SCHEDULE
WEEK OF JUNE 26 —JUNE 30, 2006
Resurfacing streets in the following areas
North of Olympia Drive and Corvallis Lane
Area between Ming Avenue & Wilson Road, east of New Stine Road
Media Luna Avenue area.
Sealing streets (oiling) in the area south of Ming Avenue from Ashe Road to New Stine Road
Installing retaining wall at the northwest corner of Ming Avenue and Stine Road.
Installing curb and gutters in the area east of Oak Street, south of California Avenue.
AREA SWEEPING SCHEDULE
Monday, June 26 2006
Area between Columbus Street & Wenatchee Avenue from University Avenue to
Panorama Drive.
Wednesday, June 28 2006
Area between Granite Falls Drive & Hageman Road from Calloway Drive to Coffee
Road.
Tuesday, June 27, Thursday, June 29; and Friday, June 30, 2006 Sweeper Operators
are on their regular sweeping routes.
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JUN 16 2006
B A K E R S F I E L D
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
Economic and Community Development Department
M E M O R A N D U M
June 16, 2006
TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager
FROM:
,e Geor Gonzales
9 nm nunity Development Coordinator
SUBJECT: Modern Flophouses
Council Referral No. Ref001523
Councilmember Benham requested staff follow up on a previous inquiry concerning the
issue of modern flophouses and requested staff recommend methods to improve
conditions at the Rankin Hotel.
There has been a critical shortage of affordable housing in Bakersfield/Kern County for
low-income and very low-income persons, particularly single adults. The supply of SRO, 0-
bedroom and 1-bedroom units are insufficient to house homeless and near homeless
single adults, including persons with disabilities.
This has been one of the goals that the Mental Health System of Care's Committee on
Housing and Homeless has been promoting with the support of the Permanent Housing
Committee of the Homeless Collaborative. Both groups have reached out to developers
who had express an interest to providing alternate types of housing opportunities including,
residential hotels, rooming houses, dormitory-style facilities with or without services.
During those inquires, building code requirement for shared bathrooms have escalated the
cost to make these projects infeasible or the lack of funding to proceed with those project
have not materialized in a reasonable time.
According to the adopted City of Bakersfield's Consolidated Plan submitted to the US
Department of Housing and Urban Development, there is shortage of housing units for
seniors, small families and special needs tenants. Using the information generated from
the 2000 Census, over 6,600 units are needed to shelter individuals with income from 0-
30%. That number will increase now that HUD has adopted "Shelter First" policy to help
end chronic homelessness.
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It is the consensus of the various housing committees that it is necessary to investigate all
the possible housing types in order to shelter lower income tenants. In order to achieve
that goal the following steps should be pursued:
♦ Meet with various non-profit and homeless agencies to determine whether they
would have the capacity to own and manage these types of housing projects.
♦ Identify possible funding sources and acceptable sites for the development of our
needed housing.
♦ Develop types of services and design a suitable housing type to meet the needs of
the various populations we are trying to serve.
♦ Develop a partnership with other agencies that could provide tenants and any
necessary services needed for the clientele.
♦ Develop a plan to ensure the ongoing maintenance of the facility and continued
operation.
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B A K E R S F I E L D
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
June 23, 2006
To: Alan Tandy, City Manager
From: John W. Stinson, Assistant City Manager
Subject: Response to Referral No. 001527 by Councilmember Couch re. Rose
Foundation Grant Application Process
In response to the referral by Councilmember Couch to find out what the grant
application process is for the Rose Foundation. I contacted the Rose Foundation and
visited their web site. The Rose Foundation serves as the trustee and administrator for
the Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund. The Fund was created in 2005 to fulfill
the intent of several settlements between the Sierra Club and residential building
developers in the Bakersfield area. The fund receives mitigation fees paid by the
developers to offset the cumulative air pollution impacts of the new developments. The
fund may only be used to award grants in support of direct, pro-active projects in Kern
County designed to reduce particulate or ozone pollution. The fund is guided by the
Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation' Fund Committee made up of one member
appointed by Developers (Craig Carver), one member appointed by the Sierra Club
(Gordon Nipp), and one member appointed by the Center on Race, Poverty and the
Environment (Carolyn Farrell). Additionally the committee receives technical support
from Dave Mitchell from the San Joaquin Valley Air District.
I spoke to Tim Little, Executive Director of the Foundation regarding the process to
apply for funds from the Rose Foundation. He indicated they had not established a
specific request for proposals process at this time but they had recently made contact
with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools and Greenfield School District re. an
invitation to submit pilot projects to convert school buses from diesel to compressed
natural gas (CNG). They expect their responses some time in July.
I explained that the City has been actively working with the Air Pollution Control District
and had received grants for CNG and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) conversions in the
past and would be interested in applying for funds from the Rose Foundation to
continue that effort. I also explained we had recently constructed a LNG fueling station
and are planning for a second. Additionally we are converting some equipment at the
City's Wood Waste Site from diesel to electricity. He was very interested in our efforts
and indicated he would send me information on how to request funding. He also said
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there is currently only about $300,000 available in the Kern County Fund to be allocated
to projects and there was a priority for projects where they could leverage their funds,
meaning they will require matching funds for each project.
Once the application information is obtained, staff will continue to work with the Rose
Foundation to determine projects that would qualify for possible funding and submit the
appropriate funding requests. Public Works staff has already contacted the foundation
about possible projects. I have attached a copy of the Rose Foundation web page for
your information.
cc. Raul Rojas
Kevin Barnes
Brad Underwood
Ernie Medina
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Rose Foundation � Kern County Air Pollution Page 1 of 2
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Rose Foundation • 6008 College Ave. Suite 10 • Oakland, CA • 94618 • (510) 658-07024
Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund
The Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund was Governance of the Fund
created in 2005 to fulfill the intent of a series of As directed by the settlements, the Fund is guided by
settlements between the Sierra Club and residential
building developers in the Bakersfield area. As the Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund
required by these settlements, the Fund receives Committee, an oversight body with joint
mitigation fees paid by property developers to offset representation from the y. In accordance and
the cumulative air pollution impacts of the new environmental community. In accordance with the
developments. These cumulative air quality impact instructions of the settlements, the Committee has
three members:
fees shall be paid over a period of years as the new
homes are built. Therefore, the Fund is anticipated to
operate for a period of years, until all monies • One member a
deposited into the Fund are fully disbursed.The Fund ppointed by the developers.
will produce an Annual Report during each year of its • One member appointed by the Sierra Club.
operation describing projects supported and their • member er appointed b y the Center on
nexus with improving air quality in Kern County. Race, Poverty and the Environment.
Nexus With Kern County Air Quality The Trustee
The Fund may only be used to award grants in support The Rose Foundation for Communities and the
of direct, pro-active projects in Kern County designed Environment, a public charity organized under IRS
to reduce particulate or ozone air pollution. The San Code Section 501(c)(3), serves as the Fund's trustee
Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District serves as and administrator.As trustee, the Rose Foundation
the technical advisor in calculating the air quality receives payment of the cumulative air quality impact
benefits resulting from the fund's grants. As required fees, holds these funds in trust for their designated
by the settlements, specific projects that may be purposes, and will disburse grants from the Fund in
eligible for funding may include the following:
support of air pollution control projects in accordance
with the terms of the settlements as advised by the
• Direct proactive air pollution mitigation Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund Committee.
The Rose Foundation has considerable experience in
projects acting as a neutral trustee to oversee grant programs
• Street or intersection projects which provide a funded by settlement payments. Excluding the Kern
County Fund, the Foundation has acted as a neutral
nexus to air quality benefits third party under the supervision of state and federal
• Diesel conversion projects courts in California to receive and disburse over$6
million in mitigation fees from over 100 separate
• Diesel emission reduction programs settlement funds over the last 10 years.
Based on the advice of the Air District, the Fund's first For More Information Contact:
step has been to look into ways to cost-effectively Tim Little, Executive Director
reduce diesel emissions. The specific initial focus has
been to investigate the feasibility of making grants to Rose Foundation
6008 College Ave., Suite 10
farmers to help convert diesel irrigation pumps to
solar electric power. Air quality benefits and cost Oakland, 9
estimates are currently being prepared and reviewed. (510)658-0702 osefdn
These estimates will guide a decision to either move �seCalrosefdn oro
forward with a request for proposals, or to conduct
additional research to determine a different scope and
focus of the grantmaking program. When the Fund
determines the appropriate scope and focus of the
grantmaking program, a Request for Proposals will be
prepared and widely circulated in Kern County. Based
on the availability of funds, it is anticipated that the
grantmaking process will commence in the later half of
2005.
http://www.rosefdn.org/grants/kern.htmi 6/16/2006