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NOTICE OF SCOPING MEETING
NOTICE IS NEARBY GIVEN that comments from the public and agencies will be taken at a
scoping meeting to begin at 5:30 p.m. or soon thereafter, as the matter may be heard on
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011 in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue,
Bakersfield, CA, to consider the following:
Item to be considered: Meeting to provide the public and regulatory agencies an
opportunity to comment on the scope and content of the City's Draft Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the Kern River Flow and Municipal Water Program ( KRFMWP). The
KRFMWP is multi- objective program with the primary goals of retaining water in the Kern
River that was formerly diverted out of the River and satisfying the City's municipal water
demand through increased groundwater recharge. Water sources to support the
increased river flows will be derived from water accruing to the City's pre -1914
appropriative Kern River water rights, and additional unappropriated surplus Kern River
water. The KRFMWP provides river flows necessary to implement and enhance the goals
and policies of the City's previous river plans and programs, including the 1985 Kern River
Plan Element and the 1988 Kern River Parkway EIR, and water policies confirmed and
readopted in 2001. Additional benefits of the program include increasing groundwater
recharge, sustaining municipal water resources, enhancing riverine ecology and
habitats, improving water quality, providing more recreational opportunities, and
improving the aesthetic quality of the river parkway.
2. Project location: Increased river flows and recharge will occur along the Kern River
corridor, generally from the western entrance of Hart Park to the intersection to
Interstate -5. Other municipal water use aspects of the Program are citywide.
3. Project applicant: City of Bakersfield, 1600 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301
4. Purpose of the meeting: You are invited to submit comments regarding the scope and
content of the environmental information to be addressed in the EIR. (In the future, you
will be sent additional notices for public hearings regarding this project.)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Jennie Eng of the Planning Division, Development Services
Department in the Development Services building at 1715 Chester Avenue, by telephoning the
department at (661) 326 -3733, or via email: Jena@ bakersfieldcity.us
PUBLIC COMMENT regarding the proposed project will be accepted in writing on or before
Monday, March 21, 2011 at the Planning Department. If you challenge the action taken on this
proposal in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing, or
in written correspondence delivered to the City of Bakersfield prior to the close of the hearing.
DATED: February 15, 2011 POSTED: February 19, 2011
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