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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/13/2022 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 Monday, June 13, 2022 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: Councilmember Bruce Freeman, Chair Councilmember Bob Smith City Staff: Christian Clegg, City Manager Gary Hallen, Assistant City Manager Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager Brianna Carrier, Assistant to the City Manager Virginia “Ginny” Gennaro, City Attorney Josh Rudnick, Deputy City Attorney Christopher Boyle, Development Services Director Phil Burns, Building Director Paul Johnson, Planning Director John Frando, Fire Chief 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS a. Agenda Item Public Statements – No public statement b. Non-Agenda Item Public Statement – No public statement 3. ADOPT FEBRUARY 10, 2022 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT The report was adopted as submitted. Motion by Committee member Smith and seconded by Council member Freeman. Motion carried. 4. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. Update on the Vacant Building Tool Kit and Receivership Program – P. Burns Phil Burns, Building Director summarized the Chronic Vacant Nuisance Building Tool Kit provided to the committee in the agenda packet. Code Enforcement, through the budget process, will have a dedicated team that will focus entirely on Chronic Vacant Nuisance Buildings, Posted Substandard buildings and buildings that sustained fire/structural damage. Remedies include Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, Receivership or Purchase program. The receivership process is lengthy. Time could be a huge factor depending on the neighborhood issues. If the owner cannot be located, other potential legal remedies will need to be evaluated. At the end of the process, the City Attorney Office files motion to recover attorney’s fees and costs, and receiver files motion to be discharged. This includes staff investigation time and necessary reports. ECD is in process of developing plan over next 60-90 days. It is expected that this process would take 30-60 days on purchase side and another 60-120 days for rehab work. Cost for Code time, litigation guarantee to be absorbed by PSVS funds. The actual rehab program to be funded by ARPA funds. Councilmember Freeman asked for more clarification on the receivership process and Abatement of buildings. City Attorney, Ginny Gennaro provided clarification on receivership and noted that at this time the City has only completed 1 receivership, as it is quite a lengthy process. Planning Director Burns provided additional information on abatement process and time frame. Councilmember Smith asked about imminent domain and what would be required by council to move in that direction and what is the process. City Attorney Ginny Gennaro offered to bring back a flow chart that better explains process depending on different situations. 5. NEW BUSINESS B. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Parking Stall Size Standards – C. Boyle Development Services Director Chris Boyle provided the committee information concerning standard size of parking stalls. The City of Bakersfield has specific standards for the size of a parking stall/space. Per Section 17.68.030 of the Municipal Code, the minimum dimensions for required parking stalls is 9 feet wide by 18 feet deep. Parallel parking stalls have an additional 6 feet in depth (24 feet in total) to provide sufficient maneuvering space. There are no provisions for compact parking stalls in the Municipal Code. Therefore, compact stalls are prohibited in calculating the number of overall required parking spaces but are allowed if provided in excess to the minimum standard stall size. In comparing with other municipalities, it was found that the prevailing stall width is 9 feet amongst the comparable cities, with stall depth ranging between 18 and 23 feet. The largest standard found was in the City of Clovis, with a width of 10 feet and a depth of 20 feet. Just less than half of the comparable cities allowed for compact stalls, with the average compact stall being approximately 8.5 feet by 16 feet for those municipalities who allowed the reduced stall standard. Council member Freeman requested that city staff provide a comparison of traditional parking stalls and compact parking stall ratio with dimensions of parking stalls for compact vehicles. C. Committee Discussion and Recommendation Regarding Pro-Housing Designation Criteria – C. Boyle Director Boyle provided the committee information on the Pro-housing Designation program available through the State of California Department of housing and Community Development. Each municipality must satisfy four thresholds to qualify for application. The Pro-housing Designation is a complex and weighty process that should not be entered into lightly. Each point awarded represents a policy decision and commitment to perform into the future. Many of those decisions are significant transitions away from currently established norms. Staff requests that your committee evaluate the information within the provided report and during committee meeting and provide direction regarding further consideration of this topic. Motion by council member Smith to receive and file report and bring back additional options after housing element is completed. Motion was seconded by councilmember Freeman. Motion carried. Director Boyle invited committee members to attend the next General Plan meeting. 6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS None 7. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 1:04 p.m.