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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/12/19 KBB AGENDA13 Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Committee (KBBC) Meeting CITY 0- BAKERS;4FL. 12:00 PM, Friday, July 12, 2019 4 IapBakers11ekfBeauylul CityHall — North !I)i lG 2019 .-0.., 1600 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor, Conference Room A //fJ Bakersfield CA, 93301 <JIl Y CLE,RK'$ 07F ICE. /GL� BAKERSFIELD The mission of Keep Bakersfield Beautiful (KBB) is to engage individuals to take greater nwoxxsomx SOLED WALE DMSION responsibility for improving their community. Chair: Heather Pennella Vice -Chair: Nate Meeks li I%�1///a IN `EDG 4 T-- Agenda 4 �ixq G3efFc8 1. Roll Call and Introductions — Heather Pennella (2 minutes) ek of s � II. Public Statements — Heather Pennella (2 minutes max per person) bV III. Approval of lune Regular Meeting Minutes— Heather Pennella (2 minutes) IV. Deferred Business A. Goals Update —KBB Goals Leads (10 minutes) 1. 5 Year Plan B. KBBC Tasks Status Updates — Heather Pennella (5 minutes max) 1. Downtown Rehabilitation Grant Update — John Enriquez C. Special Projects and Programs Funding Update—Jessica Felix IS minutes) 1. Request motion to redirect Old Town Kern funds due to dissolving this special project 2. Review community garden water usage a. Request motion to redirect eligible (BB funds for water usage D. KBBC Community Appearance Index — KBBC IS minutes) V. New Business A. Select Great American Cleanup Date April 2020— Heather Pennella(2 minutes) B. Keep California Beautiful Affiliate Meeting — Aug. 13 in Rancho Mirage — Ray Scott (1 minute) C. Volunteer Liability and Image Waiver—Jessica Felix (1 minute) D. Approval of Written Report(s)— Heather Pennella (10 minutes max) 1. Litter Subcommittee— John Enriquez, Chair a. KBBC Adopt An Area Agreement for portions of Chester Ave. and Garces Cir. Renewal 2. Beautification and Community Improvement Subcommittee: Meets 1" Monday monthly, 12 PM, Padre Hotel, Farmacy Cafe— Monica Cater, Chair 3. Education/Image Subcommittee—Sophia Felix, Chair — No Regular Meetings. 4. Waste Reduction and Recycling Subcommittee — Ray Scott,Chair — No Regular Meetings. 5. Graffiti Abatement Subcommittee: Meets2"d Friday monthly, 11 AM, City Hall -North, Conference Room A— Bob Lerude, Chair 6. Social Media Ad Hoc Committee—Crystal Pinthong 7. Advisory Board— Cathy Butler, Chair a. Yard of the Season VI. Staff Comments—(S minutes max) VII. KBBC and Advisory Board Member Comments (10 minutes max) VIII. Adjournment— Heather Pennella Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Committee (KBBC) Meeting 12:00 PM, Friday, lune 14, 2019 City Hall — North 1600 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor, Conference Room A Bakersfield CA, 93301 The mission of Keep Bakersfield Beautiful (KBB) is to engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community. Chair: Heather Pennella Minutes Vice -Chair: Nate Meeks �13 KeepBetrerafieldBembful BAKERSFIELD socm ¢'asrt enss!es Roll Call and Introductions — Heather Pennella: Meeting Called to Order 12:04 PM • KBBC Members Present: John Enriquez — Mayor's Appointee, Heather Pennella — Mayor's Alternate, Anna Smith — Ward 1, Appointee, Monica Cater — Ward 2, Ray Scott — Ward 3, Jenifer Pitcher — Ward 3 Alternate, Nate Meeks — Ward 4 Alternate, Crystal Pinthong — Ward 5, Matthew Martin — Ward 5 Alternate, Bob Lemde — Ward 6, Paul Yanez — Ward 7, Theresa Olson — Ward 7 Alternate, Jessica Felix — staff coordinator • KBBC Members Absent: Anastasia Lester—Ward 1, Norma Jackson —Ward 2Alternate, Brooks Douglass — Ward 4, Sophia Felix—Ward 6 Alternate • City of Bakersfield (City) Representatives Present: Mayor Karen Goh, Viri Gallardo-King, Brianna Carrier, Nathan Gutierrez, Kevin Barnes, Ariam Isaac, Rosanne Padley, Evette Roldan • Others Present: David Schead — Kern Audubon, Blair Budai — Doing Business As: Homeless Helpers Kern County (HHKC) IL Public Statements— Heather Pennella • Blair Budai: He met with the City Attorney Ginny Genaro to ascertain if he may have his volunteer effort HHKC get additional support from the City Solid Waste Division to cleanup private property. Viri noted that Budai must obtain permission from property owners. Staff will determine level of support and details to haul litter/debris. He noted that HHKC intends to cleanup on May 25 and lune 29. HE Approval of Minutes for March and April Regular Meetings— Heather Pennella Motion to approve: Ray Second: Theresa Ayes: Unanimous approval IV. Deferred Business A. Recap April Recycling Drive-Thrus—Jessica Felix 1. April 20: STRATA Credit Union Earth Day Community Recycling Event City Solid Waste collected 3,5001bs. bulky/debris in KBB's name. 2. April 27: Kern Schools Community Recycling Day at Bakersfield College (BC) April 27 City Solid Waste collected 25,500 lbs. bulky/debris, 50tires in KBB's name. 1. Heather noted that BC and Kern Schools would like the annual event at BC again. B. Shopping Cart Ordinance Inquiry Referral Update—Viri Gallardo-King Research finds that other cities have ordinances pertaining to cart containment devices and/or a cart retrieval policy. Both can be costly options to a business as a policy would require the City to penalize a violating business. Councilmember Chris Parlier no longer wants to pursue these options. However, the City began to promote cart retrieval service providers on its website. The private sector service only applies to registered businesses. The public may report abandoned shopping carts on cartretrieval.net or call 1(800) 252-4613. The City will also make more cart retrieval company contact information available when possible. Meanwhile, the City does hold unclaimed shopping carts for a period of time before sending them to the landfill. • Jenifer noted that her point to bring this topic to KBBC was not to penalize the business community, but to keep shopping carts at their respective store locations. • Kevin noted that the City regularly utilizes and promotes Cart Retrieval. • Jessica noted that County of Kern makes efforts to recycle metal shopping carts. • Monica requested local numbers for cart retrieval are made available to the public. Task: Viri will follow up with local phone numbers as requested by Monica. C. Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Coca-Cola Pedestrian Recycling Receptacle In -Kind Grant Update: Request Motion to Gift Receptacles to GET Bus for Public Use with KAB approval—John Enriquez The downtown businesses that initially wanted to accept the receptacles changed their mind because of maintenance concerns. GET Bus will take the receptacles and maintenance responsibility. The receptacles are for designated bus stops. Jessica corrected this agenda item in that KAB does not need to give approval, as this agrees with the existing grant terms from KAB's perspective, but KAB will need an update on how this grant was used by KBBC. Motion to gift these receptacles to GET Bus: Bob Second: Ray Ayes: Unanimous approval D. KBBC Tasks Status Updates — Heather Pennella 1. Downtown Rehabilitation Grant Update—John Enriquez a. April activity— volunteers continue to paint/stain designated public benches and pedestrian waste receptacles. A few remain to complete the list in the grant terms. However, touchups are already required from some despite using products recommended by the City. The budget remains near $5,700 due to in-kind sponsorships and volunteers. b. Request motion for new grant terms proposal for grantor Motion to ask grantor to bank funds to access as KBB needs to retouch designated furnishings as indicated in the original grant terms: Jenifer Second: Matthew Ayes: Unanimous approval 2. Inquire about opening online donor recipient profile(s) for the Bakersfield Foundation to widen KBB's potential funding sources, i.e. Kern Community Foundation (includes Give Big Kern program). • Mayor Goh noted that she is the president of the Bakersfield Foundation and understands Kern Community Foundation to be the most trusted and utilized local option. • Jessica noted that Benevity is another similar option to allow potential donors to peruse eligible recipients online and make a contribution to accordingly. For instance Apple selects volunteer opportunities via Senevity. Apple then gives the organization that its employees volunteer for $25 per Apple volunteer. Jenifer noted that Kohl's also participates in an online giving program to provide up to $500 to an organization that it volunteers for per volunteer day. Task: Brianna will see if someone from the Bakersfield Foundation or City Hall would make a profile(s), or if Jessica may be able to do so for KBB with the Bakersfield Foundation as the fiscal agent. 3. KBBC Goals—No updates. 4. TBD 1" Quarter 2020, KBBC members submit public Great American Cleanup hot spot locations by deadline. E. Special Projects and Programs Funding Update — Jessica Felix 1. Request motion to redirect Old Town Kern (OTK) funds due to dissolving this special project —Amended and Tabled as follows... Motion to table OTK budget recommendations with the contingent addition of a letter to Cal Water requesting reduced water service fees for KBB community gardens. The determination of Cal Water will be essential to KBBCs consideration on how to redirect funds.: Matthew Second: Jenifer Ayes: Unanimous approval Task: Stoff will recommend at least 2 packaged options on how to redirect funds at an upcoming board meeting. Review community garden water usage a. Request motion to redirect eligible KBB funds for water usage—Tabled • Kevin and multiple KBBC members want to pursue putting water service fees on the responsibility of the garden members. Kevin said that Cal Water and legislators declined his requests in the past to reduce the service fee or sponsor community garden water usage. • Brianna noted from experience that creating a fee structure may take more effort than continuing to use sponsors/grantors to pay for the water service. • Jessica reminded KBBC and staff that the garden adoption agreement allows but does not require garden members to pay for water service. Water service is the responsibility of the City. Jessica recommend that KBB redirect $3,000 of the remaining $5,000 from PG&E in the OTK budget to cover KBB community garden water service. This amount would cover approximately 1 year of service for both gardens with about a $500 cushion. • Mayor Goh reminded KBBC and staff that the gardens are in low income neighborhoods. • Matthew and Jenifer are interested in KBBC having approval rights over KBBC garden membership guidelines. Originally it was thought best to allow the gardeners to create their own membership fee structures and guidelines beyond what's included in the adoption agreement. Task: KBBC member will draft letter to Cal Water asking for discounted water servicefor KBB gardens. F. Mayor's KAB Community Appearance Index—Mayor/John Enriquez/Heather Pennella 7 score raters, 2 drivers Average Score: 1.8 (1 is the best score possible, 4 is the worst possible( Best Score 1.7 Worst Score 2.2 • Mayor Goh noted that this a subjective survey. • Heather noted that she rated the worse score and that the survey was conducted the morning after a windy Memorial Weekend, which are factors that are known to increase the appearance of litter. • Mayor, John, and Heather thanked volunteers and participants. V. New Business A. Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Affiliation Status With KAB — Kevin Barnes Kevin announced that KAB notified KBB during Great American Cleanup peak coordinating time that KBB fell out of good standing with KAB. Teleconferences with KAB, Jessica, and Kevin suggest that good standing was lost due to evolving online reporting software and conflicting login information. • Jessica apologized to the board for the oversight and expressed her commitment and passion for KBB and its volunteers. She also explained that the silver lining to falling out of good standing is that the communication with KAB revealed ways that she can improve her reports to KAB. She shared for the newer KBBC members, staff, and guests that KBB has been the top KAB affiliate 3 times and that she would like to bring KBB back to the top. When asked, Jessica answered that the difference between good standing and the President's Circle is the annual reporting submission deadline with President's circle being the early bird deadline. President's Circle status could also give an affiliate an edge in a KAB grant opportunity. B. Schedule KBBC KAB's Community Appearance Index— Heather Pennella KBBC scheduled for each ward to do its survey on Saturday, June 29, 2019 from 8 - 10 AM and to submit scores to Jessica by July 12. Substitutes should be coordinated if necessary to complete it. 1. Update Routes for Ward 2 and Ward 3 C. City of Bakersfield Wastewater Cant Flush Campaign— Rosanne Padley Evette Roldan, Engineer III, City Wastewater did a PowerPoint presentation on how flushable wipes and other non -toilet paper products damage infrastructure at the expense of the City and at times homeowners. Evette stressed that toilet paper is the only product that should go down the toilet drain. Items, even when marketed as flushable, are known to cause problems. This is partof City awareness campaign that started in April. More information is at www.cantflush.us. D. Volunteer Liability and Image Waiver—Jessica Felix -Tabled E. Approval of Written Report(s)— Heather Pennella 1. Litter Subcommittee—John Enriquez, Chair a. KBBC Adopt An Area Agreement for portions of Chester Ave. and Garces Cir. Renewal —Skipped 2. Beautification and Community Improvement Subcommittee: Meets 1" Monday monthly, 12 PM, Padre Hotel, Farmaty Cafe — Monica Cater, Chair 3. Education/Image Subcommittee — Sophia Felix,Chair — No Regular Meetings. 4. Waste Reduction and Recycling Subcommittee — Ray Scott,Chair — No Regular Meetings. 5. Graffiti Abatement Subcommittee: Meets 2nd Friday monthly, 11 AM, City Hall - North, Conference Room A — Bob Lerude, Chair 6. Advisory Board — Cathy Butler, Chair a. Motion to Approve Yard of the Season Motion to approve yard for Spring recognition: Ray Second: Matthew Ayes: Unanimous approval Social Media Ad Hoc Committee — Crystal Pinthong — No Meeting. Motion to approve Litter Subcommittee reports for March and May, Beautification and Community Improvement Subcommittee report for May, Graffiti Abatement Subcommittee report for March, and the Advisory Board report for lune: Paul Second: Monica Ayes: Unanimous approval VI. Staff Comments: None. VII. KBBC and Advisory Board Member Comments Heather: She's working with Jessica to get a branded canopy and tablecloth for KBB. She also thanked KBBC members who volunteered at the KBB booth at Garden Fest at BC in April. She'd like battery collection to be a part of KBB booths in the future. Theresa: The local farmers markets could be good, ongoing booth opportunities for KBB. She also shared that she had a great time representing KBB at the Greenfield Walking Group Garden anniversary celebration Memorial Weekend. Jessica thanked herfor attending as she, the mayor and so many others were preoccupied with the holiday weekend. VIII. Adjournment — Heather Pennella 1:29 PM F] Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Meeting with Caltrans Litter Committee Notes By Carola Enriquez Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 1:00 pm at Caltrans Offices, 1226 Olive Drive, Bakersfield The meeting was called to order at 1:03 pm 1. Welcome and Introductions Everyone in Bakersfield introduced themselves, as did those participating via teleconference from Fresno: John Liu, Deanna Hornback, and Rafaela Leal. 2. City of Bakersfield Redwood Tree Replacement Project Darin Budak, Assistant Director Recreation and Parks for the City of Bakersfield reported that 3,000 to 4,000 trees were lost in the medians and streetscapes due to the drought. 4,000 trees have been removed and 3,000 trees replaced. The redwoods that cannot withstand drought have been replaced by trees which provide good shade canopy and have compact root systems, such as Crape Myrtle and Chinese Pastiche. Thanks to Public Safety Vital Services Measure N, there will be an additional $1.5 million to continue removing 1,000 to 1,500 trees and replanting 1,500 to 2,500 trees. The contract will go out soon for fall 2019 covering this work all over the city. Hopefully the work will be done by April or May 2020. Trees will be planted in a variety of public places including parks, replacing existing trees or adding new ones as desired. Some trees will also be planted along the bike path where it is not forbidden by the Corps of Engineers because it is a levee. 3. Homeless Center Report on Caltrans Beautification Special Funding Andrew Miles passed out copies of the January to May report on the Caltrans beautification crews. The crews' last day is Friday, June 30`". Andrew reported that it was a great effort with a total of 16,944 bags and 243 truckloads of trash removed. They started off with 22 active employees and as of May 31, there were 35 active employees. On July 1st, 28 of those 35 employees will remain employed with the Job Development Program on various other crews. Andrew really hoped to be able to use the very last of the original funding from Caltrans if that was possible. John Liu said that he would see what could be done about that. Andrew thanked everyone for all their hard work and coordination with the grant process and with the organization of the crews with Caltrans projects. John Liu had to leave the meeting early so reported that he was still lobbying headquarters for new fiscal year funding, although S61 cannot be used for that purpose. However, since the Governor's priority is homelessness, he is working with that angle. The issue of the Carmax grass fire was raised. Caltrans reported that oddly enough, that area of Highway 99 was scheduled to be cleaned the next day. Caltrans staff reminded everyone how vast their highway frontage was especially considering new interchanges and the Westside Parkway adding inventory with no more staff or budget. John Liu reminded the group that in some areas like McFarland and Anaheim Caltrans pays the city to take care of their own freeways. This is certainly a possibility for other cities. John Liu reported that so far no dollars have been set aside for the County of Kern. He was under the impression the Sheriffs inmate crew was continuing longer, although discussion between Sal Moretti and Becky Napier later in the meeting indicated that the Sheriffs contract with Kern COG for $50,000 would sunset June 30 as the Sheriff needed to move those resources to the prison system due to budget constraints. They anticipated those funds would to go to new County programs. 4. Bakersfield Entry Sign Tree Planting Melissa Iger, Director of the Tree Foundation of Kern, thanked the Worldwide Mission Society Church of God for planting 49 trees. 5. Keep Kern County Beautiful Update Heidi Carter Escudero, reported progress towards affiliation with Keep America Beautiful. They will probably focus on working with other cities and communities in Kern County, which might ultimately become affiliates themselves. 1 6. Results of the Mayor's Litter Index Survey John Enriquez reported that 7 raters posted an average score of 1.8 on the most recent Mayor's Litter Index Survey, with 2.2 being the high and 1.7 being the low. 10 areas were covered across all 7 wards. 7. Veterans Outreach Program Update Jay Asistin reported that the veterans are on the freeways everyday doing great work. Funding for the partnership will continue. 8. Caltrans Project Update Caltrans staff reported lots of construction going on throughout the Bakersfield area. Deanna Hornback reported that conversion of the Westside Parkway sponsorships to state sponsorships would need to be discussed. Kevin Barnes reported that there were no current or pending sponsorships because it was unknown when the Westside Parkway would be transferred to Caltrans. Therefore, the City could not offer ongoing annual sponsorships. 9. Freeway Litter Partnership Update Andrew Miles reported that other homeless work programs continue including some work with County Supervisors David Couch and Mike Maggard on special projects. He also reported that in 2017/2018 85 people were hired, 34 were female and 19 were single mothers with 30 children in total. Of the 339 total people hired, 36.5% are now fully employed. Andrew reported the city and the county are also using homeless help on bulky waste removal. 10. Committee Member or Public Comments John Noriega reported that the heat might affect work on some days this summer for the Bakersfield Adult Program, but they plan to be out cleaning downtown Bakersfield on June 26, 2019. Hal Bopp reported that the Retirees group still needs Caltrans bags. They plan to add Pacheco at Cottonwood to their regular rotation. They have 10 regulars, 70% of the group are female. Tomorrow they will be cleaning the Monterey at Union area. Becky Napier reported that Kern COG had the $150,000 set aside for freeway cleanup for 2019/2020. She and Sal Moretti of Supervisor Couch's office agreed that they need to get with John Liu to clarify the contract for the county. Becky said although there will probably be a cleaning route establishes, they will need to have hotspots throughout Kern County identified by Caltrans. Heidi Carter Escudero reported on the hours of new transfer stations open weekly at Buttonwillow and Lost Hills. Heidi also discussed their Eco Hero Program going to 20 schools in response to an observation that public education was of paramount importance to get litter under control. Blair Budai reported that Ginny Gennaro has allowed the homeless helpers of Kern County to collect property owner's approval for cleanups. There was some discussion of the use of Weill Park for the homeless under Measure N. 11. The meeting was adjourned at 2:13 pm. Next Meetings: August 27, October 29, and November 19, 2019 Handout from the Bakersfield Homeless Center follows: Caltrans / Beautification Crews January 2019 — May 2019 Month Bags / Truckloads Billed January 1443 bags / 57 trucks $55,486.72 February 3640 bags / 44 trucks $66,641.66 March 2459 bags / 51 trucks $71,896.06 April 3202 bags / 40 trucks $75,111.67 May 6200 bags / 51 trucks $84,404.48 TOTAL: 16,944 bags / 243 trucks $353,540.59 EMPLOYEES: January 2019 we started off with 22 active employees May 31" 2019 we had 35 active employees on the clock On July 1" 28 of those 35 employees will stay employed with the Job Development Program on various other crews. Graffiti Abatement Subcommittee Minutes - May 10, 2019 by Subcommittee Chair Bob Lemde Those present were: Steve Montgomery, Donna Clopton, Pattie Salyards, Roseanne Jones and Bob Lerude. Meeting was called to order at 11:07 a.m. Agency/Area updates - Steve said he has removed many `9 buy house" signs. He abated some graffiti on signs. No meetings recently with KBB advisory board. The Jastro House across from Happy Jacks is being looked at as a Historic Building and they are working to have it in the Na- tional Register. Donna discussed that there is a lot more tagging. OCAC is going to help with the Census. Mu- rals have been done - Oildale derrick, Trout fish sign, etc. July 13th they will be power washing sidewalks. They are also doing park surveys. Meeting adjourned at 11:33 a.m Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Advisory Board Report by Advisory Board Chair Cathy Butler Minutes Meeting Date and Location: Tuesday, July 2nd, 4:00 p.m. 1330 Truxtun Avenue #A (DBA Office) Attendance: Present: Cathy Butler and Theresa Edmonson Olson Absent: John Enriquez, Tony Martinez, Steve Montgomery and Midge limerson OLD BUSINESS: . Yard of the Season Theresa Edmonson Olson was there for the Mayor Gob to present the Yard of the Season for Spring at the City Council meeting scheduled for Friday, June 28w. The recognition was given to Jack and Elizabeth Romain, 7604 Feather River. Elizabeth will be present to receive the recognition. Yard of the Season for Summer will be presented at next month's meeting. .Illegal Signage John and Therese have noticed a decrease in we sale home signs and hope that it continues. John said a lot of the signs that are up now are from the promoters for events at the Fox Theater. John and Cathy are on the Fox Board and will discuss with the manager. . Support for "Rebuilding together Kern County' Update regarding the Old Town Kern Project. . Block to Block Proiect Cathy Butler announced the first meeting of the 25 block captains were installed by Mayor Gob in May due to people on vacation June meeting cancelled. Block Captains will now be distributing questionnaires to neighbors and returning to DBA/DBDC for review at the next Block to Block, scheduled for July 25ffi, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. DBA is working this month to secure another 25 block captains and is an ongoing project. Next meeting: Tuesday, July 301b, at 4 p.m. DBA Office 1330 Truxtun #A