HomeMy WebLinkAbout02.20.25 MinutesBAKERSFIELD PLANNING COMMISSION
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
February 20, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue
Commissioners
Present:
Commissioners
Absent:
Staff Present:
1. ROLL CALL
Chair Cater, Commissioner Brandt Oliver, Commissioner Kaur,
Commissioner Martin, Commissioner Neal
Vice-Chair Strickland, Commissioner Bittle
Ashley Zambrano, Deputy City Attorney II, Jennie Eng, Assistant
Planning Director, Manpreet Behl, Civil Engineer VI, Susanna
Kormendi, Civil Engineer, Shannon Clark, Building Engineer II
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation of Service Plaque to Councilmember Larry Koman
Development Services Director Phil Burns presented Councilmember
Larry Koman with a plaque for his service with the Planning Commission.
Councilmember Koman commented that he learned a lot while serving on
the Planning Commission and appreciates the experience of being a
Commissioner.
The Planning Commission thanked Councilmember Larry Koman for his
service to the commission.
4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. Non-Agenda Item Public Statements
None.
b. Agenda Item Public Statements
None.
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5. CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Approval of Planning Commission Minutes of February 6, 2025
(Staff recommends approval of the minutes.)
Motion by Commissioner Neal and second by Commissioner Kaur to
approve Consent Calendar Item 5.a. Motion was approved with Vice-Chair
Strickland and Commissioner Bittle absent.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7 450 (Phased)
McIntosh & Associates is proposing to subdivide 32.66 acres into 176
residential lots located at the southwest corner of Olive Drive and Rosedale
Ranch Parkway. Addendum to a previously certified Environmental Impact
Report on file. (Ward 4)
(Staff recommends to refer back to staff.)
b. Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7492
McIntosh & Associates is proposing to subdivide 6.69 acres into 28 single
family residential lots located generally northwest of Old Farm Road and
Reina Road in northwest Bakersfield. Addendum to a Mitigated Negative
Declaration on file. (Ward 4)
(Staff recommends approval.)
Res# 15-25
Public hearing was opened and closed. Motion by Commissioner Martin and
second by Commissioner Neal to approve Consent Calendar Public Hearing
Items 6.a. & 6.b. as staff recommended and incorporating all staff
memorandum. Motion was approved with Vice-Chair Strickland and
Commissioner Bittle absent.
7. NON-CONSENT PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
8. COMMUNICATIONS
Assistant Planning Director Jennie Eng announced the Planning Commission
meeting on March 6, 2025, has been cancelled. The next Planning Commission
meeting will be March 20, 2025.
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9. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
None.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 P.M.
JENNIE ENG , ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR of the City of Bakersfield
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