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MINUTES
BUDGET HEARINGS OF JUNE 1994
JUNE22,1994- 5:15 P.M. - Council Chambers, City Hall
1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield
1. ROLL CALL
~CTION TAKEN
Present:
Absent:
Mayor Price, C0uncilmembers
McDermott, Edwards, DeMond, Smith
(seated at 5:20), Brunni (seated
at 5:18), Rowles, Salvaggio
None
Motion by McDermott to move City Manager
Oral Report No. 8-94 forward on the Agenda.
APPROVED
AB SMITH
BRUNNI
3. REPORTS
City Manager Oral Report No. 8-94
regarding Fiscal Year 1994-95 Budget.
(Opportunity for ~uestlons and answers)
City Manager Tandy distributed written
material and provided a status report
and recommendation on several budget
issues:
Building Industry Association input on
cost of fees and service charges and
sanitation rates will be delayed until
July 13th;
Negotiations with Fire Units; PERS
Rates; Sales Tax;
State bills pending in Legislature
appropriating City money to the County
(i.e. vehicle license revenue, property
tax administration charges);
Police Department staffing; Health ben-
efit consultant services; Joint Powers
Agreement allocations; computerized
ticketing capabilities at the Convention
Center; employee cost-saving and revenue
-producing program; Bakersfield Airport
ground leases; employee shower facili-
ties; ADA compliance allocation; Conven-
tion Center parking; Park Maintenance
District.
Motion by DeMond to accept Oral Report. APPROVED
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2. HEARINGS
ACTION TAKE~
Hearing to consider changes and receive
public comment to fees and service
charges pursuant'to the Revenue/Cost
Comparison S¥stemiunder Chapter 3.70 of
the Bakersfield:Municipal Code.
Hearing opened.~
Barbara Don Carlos, Building Industry
Association, spoke.
Public comment portion closed.
McDermott requested. to be provided the
percentage of cost recovery on the
progrmm~ last year.
McDermott requested Assistant Planning
Director Gradyprovide answers to his
development fee questions:
1) S-14 Zone Change review versus
S-15 PUD/PCD Zone Change (S-14 fees
raised, but not S-15, which is more
costly)
S-7 Comprehensive Sign Review (Why
would the fee exactly'double?)
3) Where are the reductions in the fee
schedule?
4) What changed this last year that
development fees are going up so
dramatically, yet the development
budget was not increased much this
year?
Brunni requested Assistant Planning
Director Grady provide additional cost
information on S-28- Development Time
Extension Review.
Brunni requested Community Services
Manager provide a comparison of city of
Visalia Convention Center operation
versus City of Bakersfield Convention
Center, line item by line item.
Brunni requested Sanitation Superin-
tendent Sides provide her with the
cost of Gate fees to Cit~businesses
last year.
Bakersfield, California, June 22, 1994 - Page 3
2. H~A~INGS continued
ACTION TAKEN
DeHond requested the issue of feline
licensingbe reviewed this next year
with recommendations back to Council.
Hearing to consider a Resolution
approving and adopting an adjusted fee
for the development and improvement of
parks within the City of Bakersfield.
Hearing opened.
Barbara Don Carlos, Building Industry
Association, spoke in opposition.
Hearing closed.
McDermott requested Public Works Depart-
ment provide an analysis of where the
increase in fees is, coming from.
McDermott requested information on
when the parks that monies have been
collected for will be constructed.
(i.e. Tevis Ranch)
Public hearing to consider a Resolution
adopting the 1994-2013 Regional Trans-
portation Capital Improvement Plan.
No one spoke at hearing. Hearing
closed.
Mayor Price announced he and Assistant
City Manager Waiters would be leaving
the Chambers at 7:00 p.m. due to a
League of California cities'Meeting
tomorrow in Oakland.
Operating and capital Improvements
Program Budgets for:
Hearing to receive public comment
on proposed Fiscal Year 1994-95
city of Bakersfield Budget.
Hearing to receive public comment
on proposed Fiscal Year 1994-95
Central District Development Agency
Budget.
Bakersfield, California, June 22, 1994 - Page 4
2. HEARINGS continued
ACTION TAKEN
Hearing to receive public comment
on proposed Fiscal Year 1994-95
community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Budget.
No one spoke at hearing. Hearing
closed.
Edwards requested city Manager respond,
prior to the adoption of the final bud-
get, on the feasibility and cost of a
Public Information Officer/Grants Writer.
Brunni commented on the need to budget
for a fire station on Buena Vista Road.
Brunni requested information for the
budget be placed in Council packets to
allow sufficient time for reading the
material.
Vice-Mayor McDermott announced that
a vote to adopt the Resolution on
Hearing Item c. was not taken.
Public hearing to consider a Resolution
adopting the 1994-2013 Regional Trans-
portation Capital Improvement Plan.
Motion by Edwards to adopt Resolution.
RES 90-94
APPROVED
4 o
ADJOURNM~F
Motion by DeMond at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVED
MAYOR %f the City of Bakersfield,
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield, CA
JUN22.M[N
7/ 7/94