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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/30/2022 Staff: Committee Members: Christian Clegg, City Manager Councilmember, Bruce Freeman – Chair Anthony Valdez, Assistant to City Manager Councilmember, Bob Smith Councilmember, Patty Gray Special Meeting of the Planning and Development Committee of the City Council – City of Bakersfield Tuesday, August 30, 2022 12:00 p.m. City Hall North – Conference Room A 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301 A G E N D A The meeting was called to order at 12:03 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL Committee members: Councilmember Bob Smith Councilmember Patty Gray City Staff: Christian Clegg, City Manager Gary Hallen, Assistant City Manager Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager Virginia “Ginny” Gennaro, City Attorney Viridiana “Viri” King, Deputy City Attorney Ashley Zambrano, Deputy City Attorney Christopher Boyle, Development Services Director Phil Burns, Building Director Paul Johnson, Planning Director Paul Saldana, Economic & Development Director 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS a. Agenda Item Public Statements b. Non-Agenda Item Public Statement 3. ADOPT JUNE 13, 2022 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Motion by Committee Member Gray, seconded by Committee Member Smith to adopt the agenda summary report as submitted. Motion carried. 4. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Update on Parking Stall Size Standards – C. Boyle Chris Boyle, Development Services Director provided committee members an update from the original referral from Committee Member Smith regarding comparable city parking stall size standards. It was found that the average size stalls are 8.5 ft. wide by 16 ft. long. A typical percentage of compact stalls allowed would be 25 percent. Committee Gray requested some background on this topic as she was not here when the original referral was requested by Committee Chair Freeman. City staff provided a quick general overview of parking and how it impacts development. Committee Member Smith moved to prepare an ordinance amendment incorporating compact stalls into the City’s parking regulations providing for compact parking stall of 8 feet by 15 feet in depth, at a ration of 20% of all stalls beyond the first 20 stalls required, including compact stalls being allowed in residential use settings. Committee Member Gray seconded the motion. Motion carried. 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Floor Area Ratio (FAR) – Chris Boyle, Development Services Director provided committee an overview of ordinance specific to Floor Area Ration (FAR) and analysis whether FAR has potential to cause barrier to greater density in the downtown area. Committee Member Gray moved to defer item at this time. Committee Member Smith seconded. Motion carried. B. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding General Plan Update and Housing Element – C. Boyle Chris Boyle, Development Services Director provided committee members an information update of the progress towards updating the General Plan. No action by the committee was required. Receive and file. C. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Downtown Commercial Vacant Building Ordinance (Fresno Ordinance) – P. Burns Phil Burns, Building Director, provided the committee an update on Chronic Vacant Nuisance Buildings from information provided to the committee June 22, 2022 committee meeting and discussion of Chronic Vacant Nuisance Building Toolkit. Committee Member Smith asked for some clarification on the timeline for receivership process. City staff provided committee a general overview of steps of the receivership process. Mr. Burns went on to share information on City of Fresno Code Enforcement Program, the telephone conference with Fresno staff, and the City’s plan to conduct a site visit to better understand Fresno’s approach and programs. Mr. Burns shared that they have 5 to 6 attorneys solely dedicated to Code Enforcement. Currently Bakersfield has a total of 4 attorney’s and none that are dedicated to only Code Enforcement. Mr. Burns reported that the staff is still in the process of finalizing the City Chronic Vacant Nuisance Building Tool Kit as they also work on hiring employees to operate the program which would include two code enforcement officers, one assistant code enforcement officer and an operations support specialist to complete the Special Projects Unit. Committee Member Smith asked about City purchasing some of the Nuisance Buildings. City staff shared that although monies have been set aside for that purpose. Staff is still working on the details on which ones will be moved to receivership or purchase or eligible for EOA funding for demolition. Also, once a building is purchased, what will the next steps look like; what will it take to rehab the location. City Attorney Ginny Gennaro suggested real estate negotiations be brought to closed session for preliminary council approval. Committee Member Smith asked about imminent domain information. An informational memo was provided from City Attorney’s Office to the committee after the meeting. Committee Member Smith moved to direct staff to visit City of Fresno’s Code Enforcement efforts on chronic vacant nuisance buildings and bring back suggested ordinance to a special meeting before bringing to full council. Committee member Gray seconded. Motion carried. 6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS None 7. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 1:13 p.m.