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MINUTES
MEETING OF FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Council Chambers, City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue
Regular Meeting 5:15 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING - 5:15 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Hall, Vice -Mayor Couch,
Councilmembers Salas, Benham, Weir,
Sullivan, Johnson
Absent: Hanson
2. INVOCATION by Minister Sean Battle, St. John
Missionary Baptist Church.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE by Ruby Ayala, 3rd grade
student at Golden Oak Elementary School.
4. PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation by Mayor Hall of a Certificate of
Appreciation to Lindsay and Steven Bentley
acknowledging their selection as the Yard of
the Quarter recipients.
Mr. and Mrs. Bentley accepted the Certificate
of Appreciation, along with a gift certificate
from Rhymer's Nursery.
b. Presentation by Mayor Hall of a retirement
plaque and gift certificate to Carlos Tijerina.
Mr. Tijerina accepted the plaque and gift
certificate, and made comments.
C. Presentation by Mayor Hall of a Proclamation
declaring February 1, 2012, Bakersfield
Redevelopment Day, as well as individual
Certificates of Appreciation to Agency
members.
Frederick Prince, Philip Bentley, Larry Koman,
Danny Ordiz, and Larry Pickett accepted the
Proclamation and Certificates, James Knapp
and Neil Sidhu were not in attendance.
ACTION TAKEN
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4. PRESENTATIONS continued ACTION TAKEN
Item 4.c. continued
City Manager Tandy thanked the Agency
members for their service.
Mr. Koman made comments on behalf of the
Agency members.
5. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. Brandy Midkiff spoke regarding the need for a
"Bus Stop Only" Ordinance and provided a
PowerPoint presentation.
Councilmember Benham asked that this matter
be referred to the next meeting of the
Legislative and Litigation Committee to study
the feasibility of adopting the ordinance that's
being recommended.
Councilmember Salas suggested that prior
research started on this matter by staff be
provided to the Legislative and Litigation
Committee.
b. Stan Scharry, Orientation and Mobility
Specialist, spoke in support of a bus ordinance.
Councilmember Benham explained the
Committee referral process and asked staff to
notify tonight's speakers of the meeting date so
they can attend, and that she would like to
have this matter concluded by the time GET
changes its routes.
C. Patrick Murphy, a specialist who works with
people with disabilities, spoke in support of a
bus ordinance.
d. Shawn Kennemer spoke in support of a bus
ordinance.
e. Convention and Visitors Bureau Manager David
Lyman spoke regarding the February marketing
campaign, " 1 More Day to Explore Bakersfield,
February 29, 2012 ", and provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
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5. PUBLIC STATEMENTS continued
Pamela Azevedo spoke regarding the violence
and crime on Sorrano Avenue.
Councilmember Sullivan asked Police
Department staff to find out if there are
neighborhood watches in the area, meet with
the area residents and property owners, and
engage as many people as possible to resolve
the problems in the Sorrand neighborhood, and
report back to her
g. Debra Leary, a Proposition 29 (California
Cancer Research Act) volunteer, asked the City
Council to endorse Proposition 29 on the June
ballot, which would increase the state's
tobacco tax by $1.00 per pack, and, if passed,
would raise more than $855 Million annually to
fund research for cancer and other tobacco -
related diseases; and submitted written
material,
6. WORKSHOPS
None.
7. APPOINTMENTS
a. One appointment to the Keep Bakersfield
Beautiful Committee, due to the resignation of
Jennifer Jordan, whose term expires November,
2014,
City Clerk Gafford announced applications
were received from Amber Beeson and Brenda
Ratliff.
Motion by Vice -Mayor Couch to appoint
Brenda Ratliff to fill the unexpired term of
Jennifer Jordan, whose term expires November,
2014, on the Keep Bakersfield Beautiful
Committee Board.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
Minutes:
a. Approval of minutes of the January 11, 2011
Regular City Council Meeting.
ACTION TAKEN
APPROVED
AB HANSON
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8. CONSENT CALENDAR continued ACTION TAKEN
Payments:
b. Receive and file department payments from
December 30, 2011, to January 19, 2012, in the
amount of $16,256,815.64, and self- insurance
payments from December 30, 2011, to
January 19, 2012, in the amount of $361 ,773.14,
totaling $16,618,588.78.
Ordinances:
Resolutions:
C. Resolution confirming approval by the City RES 013 -12
Manager designee of the Chief Code
Enforcement Officer's report regarding
assessments of certain properties in the City
for which structures have been secured against
entry or for the abatement of certain weeds,
debris and waste matter and authorizing
collection of the assessments by the Kern
County Tax Collector.
d. Sewer connection and construction fee
assessments:
Resolution confirming assessments for RES 014 -12
sewer connection and construction fees
and authorizing collection of
assessments by the Kern County Tax
Collector.
2. Agreements with the following property
owners to pay sewer connection and
construction fees in installments through
the Kern County Tax Collector.
a.
John S. & Elaine M. Thompson,
AGR 12 -025
7904 Hooper Ave.
b.
Robert L. & Teresa R. Wasson,
AGR 12 -026
7905 Hooper Ave.
C.
Timothy & Rhonda L. Roshau,
AGR 12 -027
7908 Hooper Ave.
d.
Gil & Kimberly Schmidt,
AGR 12 -028
7909 Hooper Ave.
e.
Douglas G. & Janet E. Schmidt,
AGR 12 -029
8000 Hooper Ave.
f.
Charles H. & Donna J. Braughton,
AGR 12 -030
8001 Hooper Ave.
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8. CONSENT CALENDAR continued
e, Resolution to add territory, Area 2 -49 (southeast
corner of Stockdale Highway & Nord Road) to
the Consolidated Maintenance District and
approving, confirming, and adopting the Public
Works Director's Report and authorizing
collection of the assessments by the Kern
County Tax Collector.
f. Resolution to add territory, Area 3 -83 (5500
Woodmere Drive) to the Consolidated
Maintenance District and approving,
confirming, and adopting the Public Works
Director's Report and authorizing collection of
the assessments by the Kern County Tax
Collector.
Agreements:
g. Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 03 -310 for
employment of Virginia Gennaro as City
Attorney.
h. Contract Change Order Nos. 2 through 5 to
Agreement No. 10 -153 with Griffith Company
($98,675.48; revised not to exceed
$2,903,565.96) for Street Improvements,
Gosford Road from Taff Highway to McCutchen
Road Project.
Contract Change Order No. 8 to Agreement
No. 10 -168 with Security Paving Inc. ($40,000;
revised not to exceed $22,222,081.45), for the
construction of the Westside Parkway Phase 4
Project. (TRIP)
Contract Change Order No. 2 to Agreement
No. 11 -078 with Granite Construction
($33,657.64; revised not to exceed
$1,782,494.64) for Pavement Rehabilitation
Phase 2 - Stine Road from Pacheco Road to
White Lane Project.
Bids:
k. Accept bid and approve contract with
Southern Hemisphere Shades, Inc. for Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., Jefferson, Planz, and
Lowell Parks Playground Shade Structure
Projects.
ACTION TAKEN
RES 015 -12
RES 016 -12
AGR 03- 310(3)
AGR 10 -153
CCO2, CC03,
CCO4, CC05
AGR 10 -168
CCO8
AGR 11 -078
CCO2
AGR 12 -031
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8. CONSENT CALENDAR continued ACTION TAKEN
Accept bid and approve contract with Kern AGR 12 -032
Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. ($315,726.19),
for street widening north and west of Allen and
Brimhall roads intersection.
M. Accept bid from Gibbs International Trucks,
Inc. ($448,880.73), for three dump trucks to
replace refuse roll off trucks used by the Public
Works Department, Solid Waste Division.
n. Accept bids from McCain Inc., ($96,853.74) and
DDL Traffic, Inc. ($10,349.63), for traffic signal
equipment, totaling $107,203.38.
o. Storage Area Network (SAN) and servers for the
Police Department:
Accept bid from Peacock Systems
($45,439.68) for one SAN and three
servers.
2. Appropriate $45,440 Equipment
Management Fund Balance to the
Information Technologies budget within
the Equipment Management Fund for
the purchase of SAN and servers.
Miscellaneous:
P. Authorize one new Deputy City Attorney 1 /II
position in the City Attorney's Office.
q. Mid -year Budget Adjustments:
1. Appropriate $447,700 General Fund
Balance and appropriate $40,800
Special Revenue and Enterprise Fund
Balance to various departmental
operating budgets for salary increases
recently approved for General
Supervisory, Management, Police
Sergeants and Fire personnel.
2. Appropriate $500,000 State Farm naming
rights revenue within the Capital Outlay
Fund for capital improvements to the
State Farm Sports Village complex.
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8. CONSENT CALENDAR continued ACTION TAKEN
Item 8.q. continued
3. Appropriate $760,000 Equipment
Management Fund Balance to the
Equipment Fund Operating Budget for
additional costs related to repair,
maintenance, fuel and equipment parts.
Motion by Vice -Mayor Couch to adopt Consent APPROVED
Calendar items 8.a. through 8.q. AB HANSON
9. CONSENT CALENDAR PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
10. CLOSED SESSION
None.
11. CLOSED SESSION ACTION
None.
12. HEARINGS
a. Public Hearing to consider Resolution RES 017 -12
establishing Underground Utility District No. 2,
Division 35 (Wible Road - Panama Lane to
Berkshire Road).
Assistant Public Works Director Underwood made staff
comments, and recommended overriding protests
and adoption of the Resolution.
Hearing opened at 5:59 p.m.
No one spoke.
Hearing closed at 5:59 p,m.
Motion by Councilmember Johnson to approve staff's APPROVED
recommendation overriding the protests and adoption AB HANSON
of the Resolution.
13. REPORTS
None.
14. DEFERRED BUSINESS
None.
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15. NEW BUSINESS ACTION TAKEN
None.
16. SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS
City Manager Tandy made comments regarding Item 16.
Economic Development Director Kunz provided an overview
and explained that following is the first Successor Agency
business of the City Council.
a. Amended Enforceable Obligation Payment
Schedule per AB26- Section 34167 and 34169,
Economic Development Director Kunz made staff
comments and recommended adoption of the
Schedule.
APPROVED
Motion by Vice -Mayor Couch to adopt staff's AB HANSON
recommendation.
Mayor Hall acknowledged the students from the Ridgeview
High School Government class in attendance at the meeting
to learn about City government.
b. Budgetary and Accounting Actions for City to
act as Successor Agency for the dissolved
Bakersfield Redevelopment Agency and
related Redevelopment Housing Activities:
1. Authorize creation of required
Redevelopment Obligation Retirement
Funds as Successor Agency to the
dissolved Bakersfield Redevelopment
Agency,
2. Authorize name change of the former
Bakersfield Redevelopment Agency
Debt Service, Operating and Housing
Funds to the City of Bakersfield Successor
Agency Debt Service, Operating and
Housing Funds effective February 1, 2012.
3. Authorize transfer of all former Bakersfield
Redevelopment Agency assets and
liabilities to the respective Successor
Agency Funds.
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16. SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS continued ACTION TAKEN
Item 16.b. continued
4. Authorize transfer remaining
appropriations of approximately
$21,059,885 from the Redevelopment
Agency Debt Service, Operating and
Housing Funds to the respective
Successor Agency Funds to facilitate
payment of Enforceable Obligations
through June 30, 2012.
Finance Director Smith made staff comments and
recommended approval of Items 16,b,1. through
16,b.4.
Motion by Vice -Mayor Couch to adopt staff's APPROVED
AB HANSON
recommendation.
17. COUNCIL AND MAYOR STATEMENTS
Councilmember Salas thanked Public Works staff for
responding to Mr. Bustamante about the street light off
of East 9th Street; for the work they did on Lloyd Street;
also for the graffiti removal at Sequoia Middle School;
and he thanked Police Chief Williamson for looking
into the possible sale of tobacco to minors in the South
High School area.
Councilmember Solos asked staff to look at the area
at Acoma and Bannock streets, just south of Hosking
and Union avenues, to determine if some of the funds
that were allocated towards curb and gutter
improvements at the January 11, 2012 Council
meeting could be used for this project, or if it is a
CDBG- eligible area, and come up with a
recommendation.
Councilmember Johnson thanked the following staff:
Chief of Police Williamson and Officer Berchtold for the
patrol in response to citizen complaints regarding
motorists in the area of Berkshire and Akers roads
near Berkshire Elementary School; Administrative
Assistant Lawrence for helping him with code
compliance and graffiti abatement issues; and the
graffiti abatement crew for its work over the weekend
in Ward 7.
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18.
Councilmember Johnson acknowledged the efforts of
the 25 volunteers from the Interact Club at Golden
Valley High School who cleaned up trash on Saturday
in the area near South H Street, at Hosking Avenue
and Berkshire Road.
Councilmember Sullivan reiterated her previous
comment earlier in the meeting regarding Sorrano
Avenue, and stated she wanted some brainstorming
done about the longstanding problems in that area
and come up with a plan to curb the violence and
crime that exists in the neighborhood, and she asked
that Chief of Police Williamson assign someone to
coordinate a meeting about how best to handle the
problems.
Vice -Mayor Couch asked that City Manager Tandy
provide a report to the City Council regarding possible
problems that may be foreseen now that the
Redevelopment Agency is dissolved.
Councilmember Johnson asked City Manager Tandy
to also include in the report the status of some of the
projects and an analysis of the agreements with
developers that might be in jeopardy so that the City is
not left holding the bag.
Mayor Hall commended the efforts of
Councilmembers Johnson and Salas regarding
cleaning up litter in their wards; announced that
on January 28th, there was a Mayor's freeway cleanup
with 52 volunteers who picked up 98 bags of trash
along Highway 99; and the next freeway cleanup will
be on February 11th, and urged anyone interested in
participating to call the Mayor's Office.