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A AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
' October 14, 2015 COUNCIL MEETING
REGULAR MEETING - 3:30 p.m.
NOTE: A separate meeting will be called to order at 3:30 p.m., followed by Public Statements
that will encourage comments pertaining only to Closed Session matters. The Council will then
recess into Closed Session. Upon conclusion of the Closed Session, any action will be
announced and the meeting will be adjourned. At 5:15 p.m., the Regular Meeting will then be
called to order to address the remainder of the agenda items.
CLOSED SESSIONS
There will be a conference with legal counsel pertaining to one matter of existing litigation and
one matter of potential litigation.
REGULAR MEETING - 5:15 p.m.
PRESENTATIONS
Item 4a. Excellence in Action Employee Awards. We are pleased to inform you that this
meeting will include the annual presentations to the recipients of the "Excellence in Action
Award ", including the "Extra Mile Award" and the "S.T.A.R. Award" for outstanding team
performance.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Resolutions
Item 8c. Identify Vendors, Plans, and Setting Rates for Health Insurance. Prior to the start of the
ensuing calendar year, the City Council reviews and considers health care vendors, plans and
rates for City employees. The resolution before the Council summarizes the proposed changes
to the vendors, plans and rates for 2016. Most notably, the rates for the Anthem Blue Cross PPO
plan were proposed to increase significantly due to a variety of factors. Rather than make
additional undesirable benefit reductions to the existing Anthem PPO plan, Segal (the City's
healthcare consultant) was able to identify an alternative carrier, Blue Shield, which was able
to match, for all intents and purposes, the Anthem Blue Cross health plan offerings with respect
to benefits, hospital and physician networks with significantly lower proposed rates. In addition
to the Blue Shield PPO Plan, staff is recommending two additional HMO Plans be added to the
plan options available to employees. The proposed vendors, plans and rates included in the
resolution for 2016 have been reviewed and endorsed by the Insurance Committee, Personnel
Committee and City staff.
Item 8h. City Parks Irrigation System Implementation. In June 2015, the City was notified it had
received state grant funding to expand the use of the Rain Bird Maxicom Smart Irrigation
Controller system to an additional 22 City parks. The award comes on the heels of the City
completing a previous project utilizing different grant funds to install the system at 18 City
Parks. Upon completion of this project, all 59 City- maintained parks will be outfitted with the
system. This will provide for centrally - controlled irrigation management, whereby adjustments
can be made automatically based on climate conditions at each individual park site. The
system is anticipated to further enhance staff's ability to meet state and local water
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conservation mandates and regulations as a result of the ongoing drought. Staff is requesting
Council's approval of various items related to implementing the system and appropriating the
grant funds.
Agreements
Items 8p and 8q. High Speed Rail. Before the Council are two agreements related to planning
efforts associated with the High Speed Rail Project. The first item is the result of the City
receiving a total of $750,000 in federal and state grant funding to prepare a Bakersfield High
Speed Rail Station Area Plan. Receipt of the grant funds require the City to commit to provide
a local matching contribution in the form of staff time. To fully meet the local match
requirements, the Kern Council of Governments (KernCOG) has committed to provide certain
in -kind contributions as part of the planning process. The agreement clarifies and outlines
KernCOG's role and defines its commitment to provide certain resources as part of the station
plan process. The second item is an agreement between the California High Speed Rail
Authority and the City. The proposed agreement allows the City to be reimbursed for staff
costs associated with work that has been or will be done to study the Local Generated
Alternative alignment (LGA). The studying of the LGA was a term included in the out of court
settlement entered into by the Authority and the City in December 2014. Under the terms of
the proposed two year agreement, the City is eligible to be reimbursed for up to $401,606.71 in
qualified staff costs.
Item 8af and 8ag. Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP) Final Project Change Orders.
These two items represent the final change orders for the previously completed State Route 58
GAP Closure Project and Westside Parkway Phase 6C Project. Both projects have been
completed and open to traffic, however in both cases, disputes arose regarding the assessing
of liquated damages by the City due to contractor delays. After further discussion, staff is and
the respective contractors have come to agreements on the amount of liquated damages to
be assessed. As a result, the change orders for each of the projects reflect a net credit to the
City. If approved, these actions will conclude the construction - related actions associated with
these projects.
Property Acquisition Agreements - TRIP
Item 8ao. Agreement to Purchase Wild West Shopping Center. Over the past several months,
the City has acquired residential and commercial properties within the proposed route of the
Centennial Corridor highway project as part of the early property acquisition program
authorized by the Federal Highway Administration and CalTrans. The agreement before the
Council proposes to acquire the properties commonly known as the Wild West Shopping
Center. Under the proposed agreement, the City would acquire approximately 4.8 acres of
land, fixtures and equipment from the Gartner Family Trust for $7.9 million. In addition to the
purchase price, the City will pay relocation assistance for the owner occupant and the
tenants of the property. If approved, the acquisition would be the largest single purchase to
date in terms acreage and price for under the early acquisition program.
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Bids
Item 8au. Rosedale Highway Off Ramp Improvement Proiect. Collectively, the actions being
proposed under this item will enable staff to move forward with improvements to the
southbound State Route 99 off ramp at Rosedale Highway as part of the Bakersfield Beltway
System improvements. The project will construct an auxiliary lane along SR -99 and widen the
off ramp from its current configuration to improve vehicle flow and traffic safety leading up to
and at the off ramp location. Initially, Thomas Roads Improvement Program federal earmark
funds were to be used to complete the project. Earlier this year, CalTrans notified the City that
State Highway Operation and Protection Program ( SHOPP) funds had become available to
fund the project. The utilization of SHOPP funds will allow the City to re- program the original
federal earmark funds to another project within the Bakersfield Beltway System. The low bidder
for the project is Security Paving Company at $6.2 million, nearly $1 million below the
engineer's estimate for the project.
HEARINGS
Item 10a. California Water Service Company Franchise. California Water Service Company
(Cal Water) has an existing franchise for water distribution with the City that is set to expire on
December 31, 2015. The franchise allows Cal Water to construct and maintain certain
infrastructure within the City's right -of -way in exchange for financial and operational
considerations. The City Council approved a resolution of intention to grant a franchise to Cal
Water during its September 16, 2015 meeting. The item this evening provides an opportunity for
the public to comment on the ordinance that would grant the franchise to Cal Water The item
also serves as first reading of the ordinance. The payment terms of the franchise would remain
the same as they existing currently, however based on previous Council comments, the term
of the franchise would be for two years. If Council approves the first reading of the ordinance,
the second reading and adoption of the ordinance is tentatively scheduled for the November
4, 2015 meeting.
DEFFERED BUSINESS
Item 12a. Emergency Water Ordinance. This item originally appeared on the September 16,
2015 City Council agenda. At that time, staff requested the item be continued to further clarify
certain points contained within the proposed ordinance. The purpose of the ordinance is to
provide additional enforcement tools for City staff to utilize in order to ensure compliance with
state - mandated water conservation targets. Staff is requesting Council's approval of the
emergency ordinance, to take effect immediately, which would create an administrative
citation process to utilize in cases where domestic water users are not in compliance with the
City's existing water use regulations. Under the proposed ordinance, violators could be subject
to a fines ranging from $50 to $1,000. Clarifications have been made to the ordinance which
limit the City staff members who are authorized to issue citations and further specifies that
although the ordinance would be applicable to all City residents, the focus of enforcement
will within the boundaries of the City domestic water system.
Approved:
Alan Tandy, City Manager AT'�ChLc*
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