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' BAKERSFIELD CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
MEETING OF JUNE 5, 2017
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Council Chambers, City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue
Department Head Budget Presentation Meeting
REGULAR MEETING -12:02 p.m. ACTION TAKEN
1. ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Goh, Councilmembers Rivera,
Gonzales, Weir (seated at 12:08 p.m.),
Smith, Sullivan (seated at 12:20 p.m.),
Parlier
Absent: None
2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
None.
3. WORKSHOPS
a. Department Budget Presentations
1. City Attorney's Office
City Attorney Gennaro made staff comments
and provided a PowerPoint presentation.
2. Visit Bakersfield
Visit Bakersfield Manager Lyman made staff
comments and provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
3. Community Development
Community Development Director Kitchen
made staff comments and provided a
PowerPoint presentation.
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3. WORKSHOPS continued
ITEM 3.a. CONTINUED
4. Recreation and Parks
Recreation and Parks Director Hoover made
staff comments and provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
Vice -Mayor Smith requested staff repair the
Polo Grounds fence on Calloway Drive, south of
the new commercial center.
Vice -Mayor Smith requested staff look into a
bike path connection between The Park at River
Walk and Aera Park.
Counctlmember Gonzales requested staff
explore the possibility of implementing an
online park reservation system.
5. Water Resources
Water Resources Director Meadors made staff
comments and provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
Vice -Mayor Smith asked staff to consider
renaming the Ag Water Division to the Kern
River Division.
Vice -Mayor Smith requested staff look into the
possibility of providing the Recreation and Parks
Department with a credit for the wafer used at
spray parks which Bows into the City's recharge
basins.
Vice -Mayor Smith stated his constituents
residing in the northwest would like to be
included in the City's Water service area; and
requested staff to revise the wafer purveyor
map.
Councilmember Parlier requested staff provide
an update on the City's compliance with the
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
(SGMA).
ACTION TAKEN
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3. WORKSHOPS Continued ACTION TAKEN
ITEM 3.a. CONTINUED
6. Public Works
Public Works Director Fidler made staff
comments and provided a PowerPoint
presentation.
Vice -Mayor Smith expressed his concern with
the continued hash problem at the 18M and Eye
Street parking garage; and requested staff look
into locking the hash bin enclosure to help
keep the area clean.
Vice -Mayor Smith asked staff for an update on
potential gateway and monument signage on
24"' Sheet.
Vice -Mayor Smith requested staff place
Pavement Management System maps on the
City's websffe to allow the public access to
view the condition of all City streets.
Vice -Mayor Smffh asked staff to look into
restriping the entire bike path this year.
Vice -Mayor Smith requested staff explore the
idea of using woodchips in a small scale
electric generation facility.
Councilmember Sullivan requested staff
consider using red concrete stamping for the
median improvements on California Avenue,
from Oak Sheet to G Street.
4. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Goh adjourned the meeting at 2:09 p.m.
MAYOR of the City of akersfield, CA
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CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
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