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00 NOVEMBER 16, 2022 COUNCIL MEETING
BAKERSFIELD
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REPORTS
Item 3a. Recreation and Parks Master Plan (All Wards) Council will receive an update on the progress of the
Master Plan from consultant MIG, Inc. and provide feedback on the efforts to include a preferred concept for
the Martin Luther King Park re-imagining.
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CONSENT CALENDAR-ORDINANCES
Item 7c. Vacant Building Ordinance (All Wards) Over the post year, the Planning and Development Committee
(Committee) discussed and considered various tools, enforcement strategies, and changes to the Bakersfield
Municipal Code (Code) to proactively address chronic nuisance and vacant properties. On November 1, 2022,
and the Committee voted 3-0 to move the ordinances forward for first reading. This item is the first reading of
the following ordinances amending various chapters of the Bakersfield Municipal Code relating to public
nuisances: Chapters 8.27, 8.80, and amending Title 8 to add 8.85.
CONSENT CALENDAR- RESOLUTIONS
Item 7g. Affordable Housing Development at 7821 Wible Rd (Ward 7)Staff is recommending the property at 7821
Wible Road be awarded to Habitat for Humanity - Golden Empire to develop at least six single-family homes
for low-income homeownership at the site. The proposed project fits will further the City of Bakersfield's efforts
to create affordable housing. This item affirms the Council's support for disposition of the property to Habitat for
Humanity-Golden Empire which is subject to approval by the State of California and both parties agreeing on
terms set forth in a future purchase and sales agreement approved by City Council.
CONSENT CALENDAR - AGREEMENTS
Item 7n. Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Round 3 (All Wards). The City of Bakersfield received
$3,990,136.37 in Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Round 3 (HHAP-3) HHAP-3 funds by the
California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) to address homelessness. The Flood Ministries
Agreement ($300,000) before Council today will provide activities to locate, identify, and build relationships with
people experiencing street homelessness, and engage them for the purpose of providing immediate support,
intervention,and connections with homeless assistance programs and/or mainstream social services and housing
programs. This item will also appropriate $3,990,136.377 in HHAP3 funds to the Economic & Community
Development operating budget.
Item 7o. Approval of FY 2022-23 Emergency Solutions Grant Agreements (All Wards) On May 5th, 2022 the City
Council approved the City of Bckersfield's FY 2022-23 U.S. Department Housing Urban Development (HUD) Action
Plan,which describes activities to be funded with the City's HUD entitlement grant funding. At that time, the City
approved Emergency Solutions Grant funding to the following organizations to assist in emergency shelter and
homeless prevention activities: Open Door Network, Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault, The
Mission at Kern County, and Flood Bakersfield Ministries. The above-mentioned service providers have nearly 150
years of combined experience in providing emergency shelter and homeless prevention operations. This item
approves six FY 2022-23 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Agreements with the Open Door Network, Alliance
Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault/Open Door Network, The Mission at Kern County, and Flood
Bakersfield Ministries.
Items 7p-r. Economic Opportunity Area Incentive Program Grant Agreements: Bakersfield Downtown Business
Association, Boys & Girls Club of Kern County, and Radio Sandwich (Wards , )The Economic Opportunity Area
(EOA) Incentive Program offers incentives to encourage business growth with financial assistance, such as grants
and development assistance, for a business within an EOA or a business planning to open or expand within an
EOA, and for business security services. The EOA Incentive Program was created to encourage the
redevelopment of a vacant property or buildings with grants for site and building improvements, business
expansion or moving costs,development fees, or costs of required public improvement projects. Items 7p through
7r approve EOA grants with the Bakersfield Downtown Business Association ($50,000), Boys & Girls Club of Kern
County ($80,000), and Radio Sandwich ($55,000).
REPORTS
Item 10a. Unsecure Dumpsters Framework Report(All Wards) Staff will present a report in response to the referral
made by Councilmember Andrae Gonzales for staff to develop a dumpster enclosure policy and incentive
program for property owners and business owners within 90 days.
Prepared by: Juan Manuel Heredia, Administrative Analyst III cc: Department Heads
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