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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/28/2009 0 B A K E R S F I E L D CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM August 28, 2009 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager SUBJECT: General Information BUDGET UPDATE -� I recently provided you with an update of our efforts to obtain additional funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). One ongoing effort included a $35 million funding request for Phase 6 of the Westside Parkway (Allen to Heath). The source of these funds is the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Transportation Stimulus Funding Program, which is being administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Caltrans was working to put together a list of "state nominated" projects for California. We had been working with Caltrans staff to get our project on the state list, but we learned this week that we did not make the cut. The final list (attached) included 25 projects requesting a total of $784 million. This list was developed from a total of 128 projects submitted to Caltrans requesting $3 billion in funding. It is thought that California will receive a total of $200 million in funding from this program. As you can see from the attached list, nearly all of the projects were selected from urban areas in the northern and southern part of the state; the Central Valley was largely ignored. Even though we did not make the "state list" we have the ability to apply directly to the DOT for funding. It may be a long shot but we will submit the Phase 6 funding application to the DOT by the September 15th deadline. --� CalPERS issued a letter to all public agencies earlier this week regarding the impact of investment losses on future employer rates. The letter indicates that the CalPERS portfolio lost somewhere between 23 to 28 percent of its value during the most recent 2008-09 fiscal year, which has to be made up with employer contributions. While CalPERS intends to phase in the total rate increases over a three year period, the cost impact to our City will be both significant and long-term. When all is said and done, City PERS costs will be about $7.5 million higher each year for the next thirty years compared to what we are paying now. A copy of the PERS letter along with an explanatory memo from the Finance Director is attached for your review. MISCELLANEOUS CITY NEWS -� Mohawk project update - The pilings have been driven into place for the railroad crossing and the canal bridge is nearly finished. There are forty dump trucks a day hauling in what will eventually be one million cubic yards of earth for the railroad bridge. In a few weeks, Honorable Mayor and City Council August 28, 2009 Page 2 crews will begin placing some 320 pilings in the Kern River. The project has a two year construction period. -� Our health insurance consultant, Segal, is doing an excellent job for us. They have come up with a PPO plan for retirees which will save the retirees $884,000 next year and the City $511 000! It has been endorsed by the Insurance Committee and will move on to the Personnel Committee next week. As you are aware many of our agendas have been fairly light recently. Projecting forward it looks like we could cancel the October 2151 City Council meeting. Little is scheduled - it is nearly year end. The September 91h agenda will have an action on the Consent Calendar proposing to amend the calendar accordingly. -� The enclosed letter from Bright House Networks contains information on new technology and services that will be offered starting in September. --� I will be on vacation from September 81h through the 1 11h. John Stinson will be in charge during my absence and will staff the Council meeting on September 9th. The office will have my contact information should that be necessary. -4 The following reports are enclosed: • The Construction Division's weekly update of the roadway paving projects. • The Streets Division work schedule. 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Ln W O COn W O N O w A p (p O O O w Ln O O O O O p O O O O O O O 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 SA fA 6i N A Ul O O A ONO O O Ln O v v O O N O O O O m 00 O O O O O O tp O O O O O D ° r 0 0 0 0 0 .� 69 fA EA Efl EA 69 E!! 69 69 69 my v J W ) � � S r OD o �. 0 § o $ $ o g o 4A 40 `rl O IN� s�vrA Ln v C N A Ul S 8 NCA) ° w o aa)w <cu w < < O 0 m o < 0 D D D D D z w � w m m m m Cn � m m c c c c c c c Q � c r.. Q Q 0 Y c ,AKE MEMORANDUM LIFO TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Nelson K. Smith, Finance Director IVS . DATE: August 28, 2009 SUBJECT: PERS Circular Letter regarding Impact of Economic Environment on Employer Rates and New Board Approved Smoothing Modifications The CalPERS Board issued a Circular Letter dated August 25, 2009 that outlines how the investment portfolio losses of 2008-09 will affect employer rates in the coming years. While their investment results are "preliminary", PERS staff is projecting a negative return for 2008-09 in the range of -2317o to -280. They consider these losses a "one-time extraordinary event" and as such, they have amended their smoothing methodology to basically spread the rate increase over a three year period rather than imposing a larger rate increase in one single year. Our first rate increase of approximately $1.5 million will hit the City of Bakersfield in Fiscal Year 2011-12, with additional increases of $3.0 million in 2012-13 and another $3.0 million increase in 2013-14. Each of the anticipated increases are the result of the PERS portfolio losses of 2008-09. All other things remaining equal and assuming the market earnings for the PERS investments returns to an annual +7.75% per year, the City of Bakersfield can expect rates to increase for miscellaneous employees by about 6.60 over the three year smoothing period. The expected rate increase for public safety employees is about 10.87o over the same three year period. These rate increases apply as a percentage of our active payroll dollar costs. The overall anticipated impact to our General Fund budget is this: City Employer PERS costs for General p p Fund employees in FY 2013-14 will be approximately X7.5 million higher ($1.5 + X3.0 + $3.0) than FY 2009-10 employer PERS costs. Due to the newly revised smoothing method this annual uplift of costs will continue for approximately the next 30 years. The above figures are based on current staffing and salary levels. Any increase to either staffing or salary levels over the next four years would cause these cost estimates to increase further. If the City were to re- instate the 139 positions previously eliminated from the budget this would cause base salaries to increase by about $7.0 million per year and the employer costs of PERS retirement benefits would increase by an additional $1.5 million per year over the same smoothing period. The above figures are again based on preliminary indications from PERS, but regardless of whether the numbers slide up or down by a percent or so the impact to the City of Bakersfield will be significant and long term. Attachment SA NELSOMMemo-PERS circular analysis aug 2009.doc P.O. Box 942709 Date: August 25, 2009 Sacramento, CA 94229-2709 Reference No.: 888 CaIPERS (or 888-225-7377) Telecommunications Device for the Deaf Circular Letter No.: 200-056-09 C _,RS al.PF No Voice (916)795-3240 Distribution: Is IA, 11B,VI www.calpers.ca.gov Special: Cmircul.ar TO: ALL PUBLIC AGENCIES SUBJECT: IMPACT OF ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYER RATES AND NEW BOARD APPROVED SMOOTHING MODIFICATIONS ATTENTION: FINANCE DIRECTORS, HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTORS, PUBLIC AGENCY DECISION MAKERS CaIPERS is sending this circular letter as a result of the CaIPERS Board of Administration's decision at its June meeting to take steps to mitigate the impact of recent investment market declines on our public agencies' employer contribution rates. BACKGROUND As you are no doubt aware the past 18 months have seen significant investment market volatility and asset value declines for all investors, CaIPERS included. In an effort to provide an early warning of potential employer rate increases CaIPERS issued Circular Letter 310-050-08 on October 6, 2008 in order to inform public agencies of the CalPERS investment policy and strategy during the market decline. That Circular Letter also addressed the impact of financial market volatility on employer contribution rates and on the security of retiree benefits. The dramatic projected increase in employer contribution rates prompted CaIPERS to examine our current approach and provide alternatives for consideration that might phase in the impact of investment losses while also allowing some time for the economy to recover. Although our investment horizon is long term we recognize that investment returns over the short term fluctuate and lead to volatile employer contribution rates. To counter this, CalPERS employs a rate smoothing approach which spreads investment returns over a 15 year period. In addition excess returns or shortfalls and other gains and losses to our pension plans are paid for over a 30 year period which resets annually. We do this because we expect these deviations from the long term average to cancel each other out over time. California Public Employees' Retirement System www.calpers.ca.gov Circular Letter#200-056-09 -2- August 25, 2009 FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009 INVESTMENT RESULTS CaIPERS has released preliminary (net of fees) investment returns for the 2008/2009 fiscal year of negative 23.4%. The final return for the year will not be known until Y October when our final Real Estate and Alternative Investment Management(AIM) investment returns are available. Both the Real Estate and AIM returns lag one quarter as is industry standard. Such an extraordinary one-time event has put enormous strains on our economy, businesses, individuals, and local governments. While our smoothing approach works well during normal economic cycles and has produced very stable employer contribution rates, such a unique event calls for a deviation from the usual approach. Rest assured that, despite the downturn, retirement benefits are secure and CaIPERS has more than enough assets on hand to pay benefits well into the future. CaIPERS continues to manage a well diversified portfolio and maintain a prudent, long term investment strategy in order to ensure the financial security for those we serve. WHAT IS CALIPERS GOING TO DO? To deal with this one time event the CalPERS Board has approved an enhancement to our current smoothing methodology. • Use a 3-year phase ;n of the 2008 —2009 investment loss and allow some time for the economy to recover. This phased in approach will be achieved by temporarily relaxing the constraints on the smoothed value of assets around the actual market value. This corridor which constrains the smoothed value of assets will be allowed to expand and then contract with the following conditions. 1. Increase the corridor limits for the actuarial value of assets from 80%-120% of market value to 60%-140% of market value on June 30, 2009 which impacts the 2011 — 2012 contribution rate 2. Reduce the corridor limits for the actuarial value of assets to 70%-130% of market value on June 30, 2010 which impacts the 2012 —2013 contribution rate 3. Return to the 80%-120% of market value corridor limits for the actuarial value of assets on June. 30, 2011 and thereafter which impacts the 2013 --2014 and fiscal years beyond contribution rates • Isolate the asset loss outside of the 80% - 120% corridor and pay for it with a disciplined fixed and certain 30 year amortization schedule. It is prudent for 2008-2009 Fiscal Year investment losses to be subject to a more stringent funding,schedule and that they should be paid for in full at the end of the 30 years. In this way we will not rely on future investment returns to pay for 2008- 2009 investment losses. California Public Employees' Retirement System www.calpem.ca.gov Circular Letter#200-056-09 -3- August 25, 2009 HOW WILL THIS AFFECT YOUR AGENCY? Below we provide a table that can be used to gauge your agency's expected increase in employer contribution rate.under the new smoothing approach due to the recent investment losses. (Note that the increase in employer contribution rates below would be added to your current rate.) The illustrated rates are for a generic public agency based on its volatility index. The volatility index (VI) is the agency's assets divided by payroll and provides a measure of how sensitive an agency's:contribution rate will be due to investment returns. (For pooled plans the VI is the volatility index of the entire pool). Your agency's volatility index is provided in your annual actuarial report but a rule of thumb is that a typical miscellaneous plan has a volatility of between 2.5 and 5, an AB616 formula (2.5% @ 55, 2.7% @ 55 and 3% @ 60) miscellaneous plan between 4 and 6 and that of a safety plan between 5 and 10. The chart below shows the projected increase in employer contribution rates for fiscal years 2011-2012 through 2014-2015 assuming CaIPERS earns 7.75% after 2008-2009. As an extreme example we have included a plan with a volatility index of 15. 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For example, suppose your agency's plan has a volatility index of 4. Referring to the table above, under the VI of 4 column, you can expect to see a 1.0% of payroll increase in your current employer contribution rate for FY 2011-2012, an additional 1.6% increase in FY 2012-2013, another 1.7% increase in FY 2013-2014.. The cumulative expected increase in your employer contribution rate at the end of the three fiscal years is the sum of these individual increases or 4.3% in this case. Because of our 15 year smoothing method, additional losses will continue to be recognized, but not as severely as the first three years. Without future investment gains, your rate will continue to increase by about .2% per year for 15 years. As identified above, preliminary investment returns do not include the quarter lag for Real Estate and Alternative Investment Management (AIM). However, we have built additional conservatism into the chart above to reflect additional losses which we anticipate will be incorporated into the final return. We have used a negative 28% return to generate the chart above. California Public Employees' Retirement System www.calpers.ca.gov Circular Letter#200-056-09 - -4- August 25, 2009 Please be aware these are only estimates and we do not know the final return on investments. Your employer rate will also differ due to your own demographic experience or if you are in a pool, due to the pool's demographic experience. As of the most recent actuarial valuation there are only three public agencies with volatility indexes greater than 15. If your particular agency has a volatility index greater than 15 or if you have other questions you may want to contact your CalPERS plan actuary. In short the new method will provide short-term relief to local government and school employers while strengthening the long-term financial health of the pension fund. If you wish to discuss these issues further, please contact your CalPERS actuary at 888 CaIPERS or (888-225-7377). Ronald L. Seeling, Chief Actuary Actuarial & Employer Services Branch California Public Employees'Retirement System www.calpers.ca.gov 3701 North Sillect Avenue Joseph R. Schoenstein RECEIVED Bakersfield, CA 93308 Division President U `± Tel (661) 634-2260 Bakersfield Division Fax (661) 395-3378 City Manager's office bright house NETWORKS August 20,2009 Mr.Alan Tandy City Manager City of Bakersfield 1600 Truxtun Avenue,5th Floor Bakersfield,CA 93301 Dear Mr.Tandy: Bright House Networks is continuing its commitment to bring new technology and advanced digital services to our community. To that end, we have implemented a new digital video delivery technology known as Switched Digital Video (SDV). SDV is a robust bandwidth-management system that makes it possible to offer more digital video programming services than before, including new HD channels. On or after Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Bright House Networks will deliver the following packages on the SDV system and this programming will not be available on unidirectional retail devices until further notice: Showtime and all the Showtime Plex channels. The channels will remain on 740-759 and include: Showtime, Showtime Too, Showtime Showcase,Showtime Extreme,Showtime Beyond,Showtime Family,Showtime Next,and Showtime Women. On September 22,2009 the following new digital services will be delivered on the SDV system: Channel Tier Channel AMC HD Standard 1640 TCM HD Standard 1641 WE HD Standard 1217 Palladia HD Standard 1810 MSNBC HD Standard 1082 Planet Green HD Digital Variety 1419 CBS College Sports HD Digital Sports 1128 In addition,on or after September 22,the following new channels will be added. SBTN(Vietnamese) Premium 433 TVK1(Korean) Premium 434 When delivered on the SDV system, the above channels will become bi-directional (or two-way) services and will continue to be available to all Bright House Networks customers who subscribe to our digital services and lease a digital set-top box or similar bi- directional device capable of supporting two-way services. However,the above channels will not be available to customers with a unidirectional (one-way)retail television or other device who currently lease a CableCARD from Bright House Networks. This small number of impacted customers has been notified about the changes that directly affect their current services, and offered the option of obtaining a digital set-top box or similar bi-directional device from Bright House Networks. In either case,such customers will not need to replace their unidirectional retail device. Sincerely, Joseph .Schoe stein Division President CONSTRUCTION DIVISION WEEKLY UPDATES ROADWAY PAVING PROJECTS Status update of the roadway paving projects currently awarded as of August 28, 2009: White Lane - Wible to Dovewood Striping operations are complete. Contractor is working on traffic signal loop wiring. This project is expected to be complete within the next two weeks. Oak Street - Brundage to Truxtun Construction operations are complete. New Stine Road - Ming to Wilson Construction operations are complete. Pacheco Road - New Stine to Akers Construction operations are complete. Stockdale Highway - California to Wetherly and Country Club Lane to Ashe Road Median modification on Stockdale Highway is scheduled to be ongoing for the next several weeks. Construction delineation and temporary traffic signage have been configured to allow two lanes of traffic in each direction while this operation is being performed. The scheduled completion date of this project is February 10, 2010. White Lane - Gosford Road to Ashe Road Reconstruction operations are scheduled to be ongoing in the eastbound and westbound lanes for the next several weeks. During this reconstruction operation, traffic will be limited to one lane in each direction. We still do not have a date as to when the intersection of White Lane and Gosford Road will be closed for construction. All of the work to reconstruct this intersection will be done on a Saturday and Sunday with detours in place for the traveling public. Once the date of this closure is established, signs will be installed notifying the public of the closure dates. The scheduled completion date of this project is October 6, 2009. Mt Vernon Ave — SR178 to University Avenue Project is scheduled to begin construction in mid September, 2009. Ashe Road — White Lane to Ming Avenue Project is scheduled to begin construction in mid September, 2009. Wilson Road — White Lane to Planz Road Project is scheduled to begin construction in mid September, 2009. CADOCUME-1\RKIRKW-1\LOCALS-1\Temp\XPgrpwise\RoadwayProjectsUpdates_August 28.doc W i ble Road — Pacheco Road to White Lane Project is scheduled to begin construction in mid September, 2009. Hughes Lane — White Lane to Planz Road Project is scheduled to begin construction in mid September, 2009. CADOCUME-1\RKIRKW-1\LOCALS-1\Temp\XPgrpwise\RoadwayProjectsUpdates_August 28.doc Page 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION — WORK SCHEDULE WEEK OF AUGUST 31, 2009 — SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 Resurfacing/Reconstructing streets in the following areas: Resurfacing in the area between Fairfax Road & Suncrest Drive, north of Panorama Drive. Sealing streets in the area between Rosedale Highway & Norris Road, Coffee Road & Calloway Drive. Miscellaneous Streets Division projects: Repairing sidewalks in the "City in the Hills" area and also on White Lane between Gosford Road & Old River Road. Building a drainage basin on the south side of the Casa Loma Park. Working on the LNG Station project at the Mt. Vernon recycling site. Installing curb and gutter on south side of Amador Avenue, west of Union Avenue adjacent to the Kern County Fairgrounds (HUD FUNDED PROJECT) THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Week of August 31-2009—Work Schedule Page 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, August 31, 2009 Sweeping areas that are not on a set sweeping schedule. Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Between California Ave. & Brundage Ln. — Oak St. & Union Ave. Between Renfro Rd. & Jenkins Rd. — Stockdale Hwy. & Kern River Boundary. Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Between Panorama Dr. & Bernard St. -- Union Ave. & Loma Linda Dr. Between River Blvd. & E. Columbus St. — Panorama Dr. & Columbus St. Between College Ave. & Azalea Ave. — Mountain Dr. & Raval St. Between Ming Ave. & White Ln. — Allen Rd. & Buena Vista Rd. Thursday, September 3, 2009 City areas between Kentucky St. & Quincy St. — Owens St. & Virginia St. Between Union Ave. & Washington St. — E. Truxtun Ave. & Brundage Ln. Between Progress Rd. & Old River Rd. — Panama Ln. & Pacheco Rd. (alignment) City areas between Progress Rd. & Old River Rd. — Meadow Falls Dr. & Rose Creek Dr. Friday, September 4, 2009 Between Buena Vista Rd. & Allen Rd. — Harris Rd. & Panama Ln. Between Buena Vista Rd. & Mountain Vista Dr. — Panama Ln. & Birkshire Rd. Between 178 Hwy. & Paladino Dr. —W. Columbus St. & Morning Dr. City areas between Sterling Rd. & Morning Dr. — 178 Hwy. & College Ave. Between Valley St. & Lene Pl. - 178 Hwy. & Hickory Dr. Between 178 Hwy. & Reynard Rd. — Kern Canyon Rd. & McKenna St. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Joseph Dr. — McDonald Way & N. Stine Rd. Week of August 31_2009_Work Schedule 0 B A K E R S F I E L D OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER MEMORANDUM August 25, 2009 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Rhonda Smiley, Assistant to the City Manager 'U�af SUBJECT: Safety and Curbing at William Penn School Referral #82 COUNCILMEMBER BENHAM REQUESTED STAFF EVALUATE A REQUEST FROM WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL FOR CURB AND SIDEWALK ON A ONE BLOCK AREA AT SAN EMIDIO AND "C" STREET AT THE SCHOOL (POSSSIBLE SAFETY CONCERNS); DRAFT A LETTER TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR WITH A RESPONSE; AND SEE IF CDBG FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO FIX CURBING. City forces installed the curb and sidewalk in this area in early August. The attached letter was sent in response. • B A K E R S F I E L D C A L I F O R N I A ©2 G0�R ny August 24, 2009 CITY COUNCIL Harvey Mrs. Gaby Ulloa-Espinoza, Principal Hall William Penn Elementary School Maayo'yor 2201 San Emidio Street Zack Scrivner Bakersfield, CA 93304-1125 Vice-Mayor Ward 7 RE: Installation of Sidewalk at San Emidio and C Streets I rma Carson Ward I Dear Mrs. Ulloa-Espinoza: Susan M.Benham Ward 2 As I,m sure you are aware, during the summer break, the City installed sidewalks on the block of C Street, just north of William Ken Weir Penn School. I hope it will be a welcome addition to the area as Ward your students begin their new school year. David Couch Please extend m thanks to the members of our past and resent Ward 4 y your p student government for bringing their request to my attention. Harold W.Hanson Ward S Do not hesitate to contact me in the future should you or your students have any other concerns. Jacquie Sullivan Ward Sincerely, Sue Benham Councilmember, Ward Two 1600 Truxtun Avenue•Bakersfield.California 93301 '2,Q(l