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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/08/2019 Committee Members Staff: Jacqui Kitchen Councilmember, Bruce Freeman Chair Assistant City Manager Councilmember, Willie Rivera Councilmember, Bob Smith REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00 p.m. City Hall North – Conference Room A 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL Committee members present: Councilmember, Bruce Freeman, Chair Councilmember, Willie Rivera Councilmember, Bob Smith City Staff: Alan Tandy, City Manager Jacqui Kitchen, Assistant City Manager Brianna Carrier, Administrative Analyst III Nathan Gutierrez, Management Assistant Ginny Gennaro, City Attorney Richard Iger, Deputy City Attorney II Phil Burns, Interim Development Services Director Kevin Coyle, Development Services Planning Director Paul Johnson, Development Services Principal Planner Dianne Hoover, Recreation and Parks Director Fidel Gonzalez, Park Construction & Facilities Planner Nick Fidler, Public Works Director Stuart Patteson, Assistant Public Works Director Additional Attendees: Members of the Public 2. ADOPT AUGUST 13, 2019 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT The report was adopted as submitted. /S/ Jacqui Kitchen S:\Council Committees\2019\Planning and Development\10_October Page 2 JK:pa:mc 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS Home Builders Association (HBA) representative Dave Dmohowski thanked staff and the Committee for their efforts to streamline and reduce the plan check and permitting processing time. Sikh Community member Nason Singh Kooner stated that additional time was needed to discuss the renaming of a park subject among the community. 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding a Park Naming Policy – Tandy/Kitchen City Manager Tandy provided a brief summary of the information provided in the packet regarding Park Naming & Re-Naming policy. Mr. Dmohowski stated that the HBA continues to support that a developer have the option to name a park during the new development process. Ingrid Henderson, a resident near Stonecreek Park, stated that she is opposed to having a future park named “JSK” as it would be biased to other religious groups and could be considered preferential treatment. Committee member Rivera inquired if it would be Council determination to name a future park in vacant land when there is no developer. Assistant City Manager Kitchen stated the proposed park naming policy exhibits can be updated to include such a scenario. Committee Chair Freemen suggestion the policy be broaden to include consideration of contributors who make major funding contributions for development of a park. Committee member Smith requested the term “component” replace the term “developer” within the policy. Committee Chair Freeman agreed. Committee Chair Freeman requested staff continue to research the topic to refine the proposed policy and present the information to the Committee at a future meeting. Committee members Rivera and Smith concurred. 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. Committee Discussion and Recommendations Regarding Commercial Retail Standards – Kitchen/Burns Planning Director Coyle provided a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the referral made by Councilmember Freeman at the April 10, 2019 City Council meeting regarding Commercial Retail Standards and the recommended ordinance updates referencing the memorandum included in the agenda packet. Scott Thayer with Castle & Cooke inquired about the recommendations for Section C Design Standards and whether they would be applicable to all commercial retails. S:\Council Committees\2019\Planning and Development\10_October Page 3 JK:pa:mc Assistant City Manager Kitchen stated that the recommended changes are to avoid disproportionate impacts on smaller projects as not all categories are applicable to smaller sites. Parties may request a variation like a zone modification within the current process thru the Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA). Committee member Smith made a motion to present the proposed amendments to the existing design standards for retail developments ordinance to the Planning Commission for a public hearing, then present it to the City Council. The motion was unanimously approved. B. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) – Kitchen/Burns Planning Director Coyle provided a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the referral made by Councilmember Freeman at the April 10, 2019, City Council meeting regarding ways to improve the CUPs process to clarify and ensure appropriate use of CUPs including developing requirements to use on-site signage to provide the public with notice of an application for a CUP. Committee Chair Freeman made a motion to present the proposed amendments to the existing CUPs ordinance to the Planning Commission for a public hearing, then present it to the City Council. The motion was unanimously approved. 6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS None 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 1:04 p.m.