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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/18/2009 B A K E R S F I E L D CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM September 18, 2009 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager SUBJECT: General Information r` MISCELLANEOUS CITY NEWS We continue to receive positive news regarding our efforts to go after grant funds, available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Earlier this week we were notified that we were awarded $315,709 from the Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program. These funds will be used to fund one Crime Analyst position and one Crime Prevention Specialist position. This funding will allow the Police Department to reinstate these two positions which were lost within the last 12 months. I'd like to thank Chief Rector and his staff for their work in applying for these funds. With this award, the City will be utilizing $23 million in ARRA funds for various projects. Below is an overview of the ARRA related funding we have received to date as well as a couple of applications that are still pending, Awarded Allocations: Source Amount Community Development Block Grant $ 897,462 Homelessness Prevention 1,372,351 Highway Infrastructure 12,100,000 COPS Program 5,062,124 Byrne JAG (Formula) 830,773 Energy Efficiency Block Grant 3,040,700 Byrne JAG (Competitive) 315,709 Total Awarded Allocations $ 23,619,119 Pending Allocations: Source Amount Surface Tranportation (TIGER) $ 35,000,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant 60,000 Total Pending Allocations $ 35,060,000 Over the last month and a half, 410 building permits have been pulled in anticipation of the Traffic Impact Fee increase — with 140 single-family residence permits pulled in August and 270 single-family and multi-family residence permits pulled so far this month. It is very likely that the next few months after the increase is in effect will be very slow! Honorable Mayor and City Council September 18, 2009 Page 2 --> Update on the Mohawk project - The signal at Rosedale Highway and Mohawk Street was activated this Thursday. There have been 139 piles driven in the river and near the railroad bridge out of a total of 376. There have been 120,000 cubic yards of dirt hauled in out of a total that will eventually be 527,000 cubic yards. The project is not visible to most of the public so we will try to keep you informed of the progress. The California Crime Prevention Officers Association recently named A Life Interrupted Program's DUI Mobile Crash Exhibit as Program of the Year for 2008. The association annually recognizes outstanding performance by law enforcement in crime prevention. This is a significant honor to be recognized by industry experts for our accomplishments in achieving results in reducing teen traffic fatalities. The press release is attached. The issues associated with Saco Ranch and its annexation to the City have been resolved. The County removed this area from the Airport Economic Opportunity Area that has been created around Meadows Field and the annexation of Saco Ranch will move forward as originally planned. Thanks again to the County and the Bidart family for working with us! -> The following reports are enclosed: • The Construction Division's weekly update of the roadway paving projects. • The Streets Division work schedule. RESPONSES TO COUNCIL REQUESTS Councilmember Carson ■ Activities near Ralston Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. -� Councilmember Benham ■ Illegal Dumping, littering and pavement problems. Councilmember Couch ■ Traffic Impact Fee collection survey. Councilmember Sullivan • Increased patrol on White Lane as a speed deterrent. AT:rk cc: Department Heads Pamela McCarthy, City Clerk Roberta Gafford, Assistant City Clerk BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE William Rector, Chief of Police Contact: Detective Mary DeGeare Public Information Officer 661-326-3803 mdegeareP Bake rsfieldpd.us For Immediate Release September 17, 2009 On 9/16/09, the California Crime Prevention Officers Association named the "A Life Interrupted Program DUI Mobile Crash Exhibit" the Crime Prevention Program of the Year for 2008. This award recognizes outstanding performance in achieving crime prevention objectives by a law enforcement agency. In a separate category, Bakersfield Police Department Crime Prevention Specialist, Tony Martinez was named Practitioner of the Year for Region 10 (Central Valley) for outstanding commitment to Crime Prevention efforts in Bakersfield. Martinez has been the driving force behind the creation of several community programs, such as; the "Adopt a Neighborhood" program, where various community groups and neighbors work together to eradicate graffiti through neighborhood involvement; the "Downtown Electrical Box Mural" program, enlisting local artists to mentor at-risk youth, and the "Adopt a Mailbox" program, which is a partnership with the U.S. Postal Service. He was instrumental in developing the Graffiti Task force "Stop Graffiti Now" Facebook page. The goal of the website is to bring awareness, educate the community, seek community input and encourage volunteerism. A Life Interrupted, History of the program: During 2002, Officer Don Cegielski of the Bakersfield Police Department was assigned to investigate fatal traffic collisions as part of his duties. On a cold winter night he was dispatched to southwest Bakersfield to investigate a fatal traffic collision. This collision involved a young male driver in a Honda Civic who was traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour when he rear ended a semi truck and trailer. As a result of the collision, the right rear passenger in the Honda suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the Honda was determined to be driving while under the influence and was arrested. During the investigation, it was determined that the occupants of the Honda were all teenage boys. Prior to the collision, these young men had been at the driver's house where they were drinking alcoholic beverages. The three young men got into the Honda and were taking one of the passengers home when the collision occurred. This unfortunate collision was one of several that occurred in the Bakersfield area involving teen drivers. By the end of the year, twelve local teens lost their lives due to motor vehicle collisions within the metropolitan area of Bakersfield. These tragic events raised a couple of questions. First, what was being taught to our teen drivers with regard to driving responsibly; and second, what education was being provided to prevent alcohol and unsafe driving related crashes? We learned that Driver's Education had been removed from the public schools due to cost and liability issues. Teen drivers were required to attend privately operated driving schools to learn how to drive. We were also beginning to see our first "Cool Parent" parties in the Bakersfield area. These are teen parties sponsored by parents who provide the alcohol. Representatives of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) did not have a strong presence in our local high schools. Their programs were grant based and not available to every school during the school year. The education of our teens, with regard to personal responsibility and wise choices, had been placed on the "back burner" due to cost. We needed to move this education to the front burner, and in a hurry. Rather than continuing the status quo and watch more and more teens die in pointless accidents, we set out to create a venue to better educate our local teen drivers. Due to the difficulty in providing additional programming in local high schools, the officers knew their program had to be compact. They also were keenly aware that in order to capture the attention of teens, a high impact intense program was needed. The idea behind the program was to use actual photographs from fatal collisions which occurred in the Bakersfield area. Officers from the California Highway Patrol and Officer Cegielski reviewed potential collisions looking for those involving teens that had died as a result of traffic collisions. The collisions did not necessarily involve driving under the influence; they also involved poor choices while in the act of driving. The officers then took the difficult step of approaching families to get permission to talk about their children and to use photos of the child from before the collision. The program featured a multi-media presentation which included actual, and sometimes very graphic collision scene photos, as well as original 911 recordings. Background information on the collision and the victims was obtained which personalized each incident. Individual presentations featured one or more parents of a victim killed in a collision to relate the personal impact on the parent and the family. Local tow companies would donate their time and services by hauling one of the actual vehicles involved in one of the crashes. Though it was not used in every presentation, the program had an optional component which included drivers responsible for the death of another through their own irresponsible actions. One such driver spoke at several presentations as part of court ordered probation arranged by our department. The emphasis of our message was to "Be Responsible for Your Actions." Since its inception in 2002, presentations have continued year round. From 2002 to 2007, the program was presented over 200 times to more than 100,000 attendees at local junior high and high schools, businesses and various civic and youth groups. The program has been presented at the headquarters of the California Highway Patrol and the California Office of Traffic Safety. Since 2004, the program has been wholly funded and supported by the Bakersfield Police Department and the City of Bakersfield. With the assistance of the local media and the Kern High School District, the program has been presented in every local high school in Kern County. We have been involved in producing public service announcements publicizing sober graduation during the spring season and have fostered strong working relationships with all local media. 2008 — Making the Program Even Stronger: Community support for the program has been amazing. In early 2008, a new Chevrolet truck was donated by Three-Way Chevrolet and a $68,000 donation was given by State Farm Insurance to purchase a glass sided trailer used to display vehicles involved in featured collisions as well as video equipment with streaming video depicting safe driving messages and stories about the victims. This truck and trailer has been on display at numerous football games, high school presentations as well as numerous community events. The Results: In the time period from 2002 to 2005, the number of drivers age 20 and under involved in alcohol related collisions in the Bakersfield Police Department jurisdictions dropped by 35%. This decrease did not happen immediately. We saw the most significant improvement from 2004 to 2005 where these types of injuries dropped by 50%. In 2007, we experienced one death of a teen as a result of a collision, a far cry from the 12 killed in 2002. By continuing to focus our efforts to our target audience, repeating our message and growing this program to actively involve young drivers, their parents, schools and businesses, we will accomplish our goal of decreasing vehicle collisions through responsible driving practices and saving the lives of young people in our community. With the introduction of the DUI Crash Trailer Exhibit, more young drivers, parents and community members are able to learn how these crashes happened and how they can be prevented. Major supporters of the program include State Farm Insurance and Three-Way Chevrolet, but we have many other community supporters including W.A. Thompson, Klein Denatale and Goldner, Hall Ambulance, Barnett's Towing, Randy's Towing, Friday Night Live, AB Automation, American Society of Safety Engineers, Kern County Fire Department and the list grows daily. This program is impactful because it is so personal to the audience. At every display or presentation, there is always someone in the audience who knows someone personally or indirectly who is mentioned in the program. Nancy Chaffin, whose son died as a result of one of the collisions detailed in the program, makes presentations to teens as part of "A Life Interrupted." Chaffin says, "The program provides an impactful combination of the gruesome facts and the raw emotion of personal tragedy. It's a startling reminder that this can happen to anyone --- no one is immune." She continues, There are no words that can express the devastation of losing a child. It leaves a hole in your heart that can never be filled. The love remains strong, but all your hopes and dreams for your child are gone in an instant, their potential never realized. "It's tremendously rewarding when someone comes up to us after a presentation to thank us and tell us they will never drink and drive or get in a car with someone who is impaired," she adds. "A Life Interrupted" has won numerous awards including the 2008 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence by the League of California Cities. Y, Those depicted in the photo left to right are Vice President of CCPOA Northern Chapter Tim Truby, Detective Don Cegielski,and President of the A Life Interrupted non profit organization, Nancy Chaffin,Officer Danny Wells, Officer Rex Davenport and Captain Joe Bianco. CONSTRUCTION DIVISION WEEKLY UPDATES ROADWAY PAVING PROJECTS Status update of the roadway paving projects currently awarded as of September 18, 2009: 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 two weeks. During this reconstruction operation, traffic will be limited to one lane in each direction. The intersection of White Lane and Gosford Road will be closed for construction on September 26th and 27th. All of the work to reconstruct this intersection will be done on that Saturday and Sunday with detours in place for the traveling public. Signage is currently in place notifying the traveling public of this planned closure. The scheduled completion date of this project is October 16, 2009. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT PROJECTS: Mt Vernon Ave — SR178 to University Avenue Lowering of utilities and reconstruction of handicap ramps is currently being done on Mt. Vernon Avenue. These operations will be ongoing through the end of the month. Reconstruction operations are scheduled to begin the first week of October. This project is expected to be complete on December 7, 2009. Ashe Road — White Lane to Ming Avenue Reconstruction of handicap ramps will begin on Monday (9/21) and will be ongoing for the next two weeks. This project is expected to be complete on December 7, 2009. Wilson Road — White Lane to Planz Road Reconstruction of handicap ramps will begin on Monday (9/21) and will be ongoing for the next two weeks. This project is expected to be complete on December 7, 2009. Hughes Lane — White Lane to Planz Road Work on this street is not scheduled to begin for the next two to three weeks. This project is expected to be complete on December 7, 2009. 9/18/2009 9:58:22 AM C:\DOCUME-1\RKIRKW-1\LOCALS-1\Temp\XPgrpWse\RoadwayProjectsUpdates_September 18.doc Wible Road — Pacheco Road to White Lane Work in this street is not scheduled to begin for the next three to four weeks. All construction work on the street will be done at night between the hours of 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM. This project is expected to be complete on December 7, 2009. 9/18/2009 9:58:22 AM C:\DOCUME-1\RKIRKW-1\LOCALS-1\Temp\XPgrpwise\RoadwayProjectsUpdates_September 18.doc Page 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION — WORK SCHEDULE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 — SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 Resurfacing/Reconstructing streets in the following areas: Resurfacing streets in the area between Reliance Drive & Wilderness Drive, south of Harris Road. Preparing (grinding) streets for resurfacing (overlay) in the area west of Allen Road, south of Stockdale Highway. Sealing streets in the area between Rosedale Highway & Stockdale Highway from 99 Highway to the west City Limits. Miscellaneous Streets Division projects: Installing curb, gutter and sidewalk on the south side of Belle Terrace, east of "P" Street adjacent to the Kern County Fairgrounds (HUD FUNDED PROJECT) THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Week of September 21_2009_Work Schedule Page 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, September 21 2009 City areas between 99 Hwy. & Stine Rd. — Panama Ln. & Taft Hwy. _Tuesday, September 22, 2009 City areas between Olive Dr. & Downing Ave. — Coffee Rd. & Knudsen Dr./Mohawk St., including Patton Way. From Weldon Ave. to Meany Ave. Between W. Columbus St. & 34th St. — Chester Ave. & San Dimas St. Between Union Ave. & Madison St. — Casa Loma Dr. & White Ln. Between Westwold Dr. & So. Laurelglen Blvd. — Gosford Rd. & Woodglen Dr. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 City areas between Snow Rd. & Rosedale Hwy. — Jewetta Ave., west to the City limit. Between Ming Ave. & So. Laurelglen Blvd. — Coffee Rd. & El Portal / Laurelglen Blvd. Thursday, September 24 2009 Between Snow Rd. & Olive Dr. — Jewetta Ave., east to the canal boundary. Between Olive Dr. & Hageman Rd. — Jewetta Ave. & Calloway Dr. Between Niles St. & Sumner St. — Union Avenue & Beale Ave. Between Sumner St. & E. Truxtun Ave. — Beale Ave. & Brown St. Between Brundage Ln. & E. Belle Terrace St. — Union Ave. & Kincaid St. Between Camino Media & Kroll Way. — Coffee Rd., west to the PG&E easement. Friday, September 25, 2009 Between Etchart Rd. & Pavilion Dr. -- Calloway Dr., west to the canal boundary. Between Norris Rd. & Olive Dr. — Calloway Dr. & Coffee Rd. Between Olive Dr. & Noriega Rd. — Calloway Dr. & Verdugo Ln. City areas between Coffee Rd./Riverlakes ext. & Allen Rd. — Hageman Rd. & Rosedale Hwy. City areas between Pacheco Rd. & Harris Rd. — Stine Rd. & Wible Rd. Week of September 2l_2009_Work Schedule RECEIVED o� 'B RK, PF'P 17 2009 . " rfo s� BAKERSFIELD POLIG��g" Office , d MEMORANDUM C,✓�CRY 7.IF 0R�1 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: W. R. Rector, Chief of Police DATE: September 16, 2009 SUBJECT: Activities near Ralston Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Council Referral No. 112 (Ward 1) Council Member Carson requested staff investigate alleged criminal and gambling activities in the area of Ralston Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Council Member Carson's request was referred to the Operations Division for follow-up. Captain Greg Williamson has been communicating regularly with an area pastor who expressed concerns about activities in the area. The Special Enforcement Unit has been providing increased enforcement efforts in the area resulting in the arrest of multiple subjects for narcotic violations, several known gang members, weapons and drug seizures. Staff will continue to provide enforcement in the area. 0 RECEIVED SEP 15 2009 S A K E R S F I E L D city Managers Office Development Services Department Stanley C. Grady, Director M E M O R A N D U M TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: . STANLEY C. GRADY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR DATE: September 11, 2009 SUBJECT: Illegal Dumping Sites Council Referral No. CRMS # 115 (Ward 2) COUNCILMEMBER BENHAM REQUESTED THAT STAFF REVIEW CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED REGARDING ILLEGAL DUMPING, LITTERING AND PAVEMENT PROBLEMS. STAFF IS TO DETERMINE IF THE LISTED SITES ARE IN THE CITY, AND TO FOLLOW-UP WITH THE CITIZEN. Code Enforcement Officer David Paquette called the reporting party, Rodney, to obtain additional information as to the location of the illegal dump sites. Rodney informed him that the problem was primarily in the alley in the 1800 block of Quincy Street south of Kern Medical Center. Officer Paquette met with GIS staff and confirmed the area was located within the County's jurisdiction. He called Rodney and referred him to Kern County Code Compliance for assistance. B A K E R S F I E L D OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER MEMORANDUM September 18, 2009 TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager FROM: Steven Teglia, Administrative Analyst SUBJECT: Traffic Impact Fee Collection Survey In response to a request by Councilmember Couch, staff put out a survey to building directors throughout the state to inquire as to how they collect traffic impact fees in their jurisdiction. The attached memo provides the results of the roughly twenty jurisdictions that have responded. The survey asked several questions, including when the organization collects traffic impact fees: if they require security for deferral of fees to a time after building permit issuance; if they have had any problems with collecting the fees at a later date; and how many building permits that jurisdiction issues annually. The results of the survey are consistent with the information that staff has previously presented to the Planning and Development Committee and to the full City Council. The majority of responses show that most jurisdictions collect traffic impact fees prior to the issuance of a building permit, which is the same process currently utilized by the City of Bakersfield. Other jurisdictions do collect these fees at either the time of final inspection or certificate of occupancy, but in most cases require some sort of security such as an application for deferral of fees, a recorded agreement that would appear on a title report, refusal to perform final inspection until fees are paid or some other mechanism to safeguard against the non-payment of fees. As a side note, many of the jurisdictions commented that the only true way to ensure payment of these fees is to collect them prior to the issuance of a building permit. Deferral of these fees, while possible, can lead to problems down the road which were evidenced by some of the responses. TIF Collection Survey September 18, 2009 Page 2 In relation to this issue is the option for home builders to finance a particular impact fee, such as the Regional Transportation Impact Fees, or all impact fees associated with building a home through the Statewide Community Infrastructure Program (SCIP) offered through California Communities. Below is an excerpt from the description of the SCIP program offered through California Communities. This highly versatile program has been molded to the needs of each local agency participant of SCIP. As most local agencies require developers to pay impact fees prior to obtaining a permit, SCIP can be used to directly prepay these fees or, alternatively, to reimburse the developer after fee payment. 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L O' O) O_ a) Q) m E U O (n p 9 C E m ' C ` 7_ E E a) E N O O O m L N 6 O N O E X U) o a N CO a.� 0 a N a) Q1 L Q) N U) O O - > > = O O OLL O 00 OP a O_ O O O O ++ O O m O p N U N M c C N N a a O m LO a0 D O O O U O O O C u C 0 U o a cv c E o co C CL >' N M , N E 9 .- V U _ E T N C S7 O• — a) O u ` U te E ) a a ) Q Q Q a �O ac a Y Z Z Z Z Z F 3 > o O U o n E c 2 n N >,L a O C W a) t o Z w .v E ti m Q o C C O O E m a) a) D U CL (0 (U Q Q Q O Q Q a p N Z Z Z Z Z Z Q) a o O � `0 3 - U T o LM E E a)V) a a a s- a) Q o- m U m o ca m m N co N NO O O c a � m 0 O U cu (Cp 1-- (0 NO p (n c - U RECEIVED cos NcBaxF�s� SEP 17 2009 BAKERSFIELD POLICE Mana er' g s Office T E MEMORANDUM J 010 TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER FROM: W. R. RECTOR, CHIEF OF POLICE DATE: September 15, 2009 SUBJECT: Speeding on White Lane Council Referral No. 122 (Ward 6) Council Member Sullivan requested increased patrol on White Lane as a speed deterrent. In response to Council Member Sullivan's request, Operations Division staff has been providing additional enforcement during the recent construction project. Upon completion of the construction, a new speed survey will be accomplished to justify the posted speed and radar enforcement. Staff has contacted Traffic Engineering and the survey will be conducted in the near future. Until then, we will use the statutory maximum speed of 55 mph, and continue our enforcement efforts.