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Kern Coun�ty Administrative Office
County Administrative Center
1115 Truxtun Avenue, Fifth Floor • Bakersfield, CA 93301-4639
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Board of Supervisors
Kern <:ounty Administrative Center
11 I 5 '1'ruxtun Av�nue
Baker:;field, CA 93301
RESPONSE TO REFERRAy� REGARDING
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASKFORC�
Fiscal Impact: None
RONALD M. ERRFA
County Administrative Officer
September 18, 2007
On A��ri124, 2007, your Board approved establishment of a Transportation Funding Taskforce. T'he Taskforce, as
origin��lly envisioned, would consist of two members of the Board of Supervisors and two members of the
Baker:�field City Council. The purpose of the Taskforce is: "To deliver a plan that identifies and updates the
necessary metropolitan Bakersiield transportation projects required to meet the needs of current and projected new
develc�pment within the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan area."
Subse��uent to the Board's formation of the Taskforce, the City of Bakersfield elected to appoint three members of
the City Council to the Taskforce and also proposed changes to the function and composition of the advisory
committee. The County approved the bulk of the City's proposed changes to the Taskforce and the first meeting of
the Taskforce was set for August 20, 2007.
In pre.paration for the meeting of the Taskforce, City and County staff inet several times to identify solutions to
issues raised by both entities, As a result, significant issue resolution occurred prior to the initial meeting of the
Taskforce. Unfortunately, the Taskforce meeting did not prove as fruitful as had been hoped, Nonetheless, the
formation of the Taskforce served the purpose of bringing City and County staff together and, during these
meetizigs and what will be ongaing meetings, extremely positive progress has been made toward addressing the
Metropolitan Bakersfield regional transportation network. As such in a tangential manner, the purpose of the
Trans��ortation Funding Task�fns ae hd s olv ng he Transportation Fund ng Ta kforce, this juncture, it would be
appro��riate for the Board to c
Therefore, IT IS RECOMMENDED that your Board dissolve the Transportation Funding Taskforce and direct the
County Administrative Officer to notify the City of Bakersfield.
R��ACR/POI.GEN _TRANSPpRTAT10N7.DOC
cc: Raads Department
Resource Management Agency
Planning Department