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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/30/2020       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, June 30, 2020 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, Bob Smith (participated by telephone) Committee member absent: Councilmember, Willie Rivera City Staff: Jacqui Kitchen, Assistant City Manager Anthony Valdez, Administrative Analyst Christopher Boyle, Development Services Director Phil Burns, Building Director Paul Johnson, Planning Director Additional Attendees: Members of the Public 2. ADOPT OCTOBER 8, 2019 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT The report was adopted as submitted. 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS Mr. Cedric Crawford commented on Short Term Rentals. /S/ Jacqui Kitchen   S:\Council Committees\2020\Planning and Development\05_May Page 2 JK:mc:pa 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Landscaping in Commercial Parking Lots Development Services Planning Director Johnson provided a PowerPoint presentation summarizing memorandum included in the agenda packet regarding the landscaping in commercial parking lots referral made by Councilmember Freeman at the February 19, 2020, City Council meeting regarding. Committee Chair Freeman and Committee member Smith requested staff conduct further research for ways to monitor compliance and examine whether the existing policy and tree palate reaches 40% of shade coverage for future consideration of enforcement and policy development. B. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Vacant Building Ordinance Development Services Building Director Burns provided a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the memorandum included in the agenda packet regarding the vacant building ordinance referral made by Councilmember Gonzales at the February 19, 2020, City Council meeting. Committee member Smith proposed reducing the registration fee from $300.00 especially for applicants that are not a nuisance. He suggested there be consideration given to forgiving liens if the property owners builds affordable housing. Committee Chair Freeman recommended an annual registration fee instead of a monthly fee. He requested staff conduct additional research by inquiring with other cities that have existing ordinances on their practices and explore increasing administrative penalties associated with vacant and unmaintained buildings and present the information at a future meeting. C. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Short-term Rental Ordinance Development Service Director Boyle provided a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the memorandum included in the agenda packet regarding developing a short-term rental ordinance referral made by Councilmember Gonzales at the March 11, 2020 City Council meeting. Committee Chair Freeman stated that he would not like the City to facilitate vacation rentals, and would therefore not support a vacation rental ordinance. Committee member Smith stated that an ordinance could help with enforcement. The item was deferred to a future meeting when all members of the Committee could be present after the COVID-19 pandemic. D. Discussion and Committee Recommendation Regarding Adoption of the 2020 Committee Meeting Schedule The Committee removed the August 25th, October 27th, and December 1st meetings and added September 22nd and November 17th as regular meeting dates. The modifications were unanimously approved. 5. COMMITTEE COMMENTS None 6. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 1:04 p.m.