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Bakersfield, California, January 22, 1991
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Central
District Development Agency of the City of Bakersfield,
California, held in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
1501 Truxtun Avenue, at 3:00 p.m., January 22, 1991.
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson
Rubin.
City Clerk Williams called the roll as follows:
Present:
Absent:
Agency Members
None
Rubin, Ruddell, Araujo, Dunn,
Paynter (seated at 3:01), Sceales
CONSENT CALENDAR
The following items were listed on the Consent
Calendar:
ae
Approval of Warrant Nos. 189 to 210,
inclusive, in the amount of
$346,818.07
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
January 7, 1991, for approval.
Design Review Application No. 91-3
submitted by Kenneth V. Wall/Wall's
Hearing Aid Center, Inc., for a sign
to be located at 1915 Eye Street.
Design Review Application No. 91-4
submitted by John McKinney for
Triple A Neon Co. for a sign to be
located at 1731 Chester Avenue.
Agency Member Ruddell made a motion to adopt the
Consent Calendar.
Chairperson Rubin suggested in the future that the
Consent Calendar Voucher Register also include the reason for
the disbursement of funds, and he indicated that an
additional column may need to be added to the form to
accommodate that information.
After some discussion, Economic Development
Director Wager advised he would speak to the Finance
Director about adding a column to the Voucher Register.
Upon a motion by Agency Member Ruddell, Items a,
c, and d of the Consent Calendar were adopted by the
following roll call vote:
bt
Ayes: Agency Members Araujo, Dunn, Paynter, Rubin,
Ruddell, Sceales
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
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REPORTS
Agency Member Dunn, Chairperson of the Design
Review Committee, read Report No. 91-2 regarding Selection of
City Center Art Project Committee Members, as follows:
On January 7, 1991, the Central District
Development Agency referred to the Design
Review Committee the task of selecting
committee members for the City Center Art
Project. The Committee was asked to
report back to the Agency with their
recommendations on January 22, 1991.
Based on this request, the Design Review
Committee made committee selections at
their January 10, 1991 meeting.
For CDDA consideration, the Committee
submits the following nominations:
Donna Barnes, City
Representative
Barbara Carasco, Non-local
Artist
Bart Hill, Business Person
Tom Jannino, Architect
Kalman Matis, Technical
Professional
Randi McColloch-Schroeter,
Developer Representative
Judith Sealy, Museum Director
Ail nominees, with the exception of
Barbara Carasco, have expressed their
willingness to serve on the committee.
Staff will be notifying Ms. Carasco and
give a verbal report to the Agency
regarding her acceptance at the
January 22, 1991 meeting.
The Committee submits these nominees to
the Central District Development Agency
for appointment to the City Center Art
Project Committee for consideration and
approval.
Economic Development Director Wager advised that
attempts to reach Ms. Barbara Carasco by telephone, to
confirm her willingness to serve on the committee, have been
unsuccessful; however, an overnight letter will be sent to
her after this Agency meeting, and if there is no response or
she declines to participate, then the name of a replacement
candidate would then be brought back to the Design Review
Committee for consideration. He urged the Agency to go ahead
and accept the report with the individuals recommended in
order to be able to move ahead with the process.
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In response to a question by Agency Member Araujo,
Development Associate Barnes advised that Ms. Barbara Carasco
is an artist from the Los Angeles area currently in the
process of putting up a mural at Union Station. She was
recommended as a committee member by the Bakersfield Museum
of Art.
Agency Member Araujo advised that Mr. Don Hart
would like to serve on the City Center Art Project Committee
and suggested that he be considered for appointment.
Agency Member Ruddell made a motion to accept
Design Review Committee Report No. 91-2.
Agency Member Ruddell made a substitute motion to
amend Design Review Committee Report No. 91-2 to add Mr. Don
Hart as an alternate member to the City Center Art Project
Committee who would be a voting member except in those
instances when every other committee member was present.
Upon a motion by Agency Member Ruddell, Design
Review Committee Report No. 91-2 was accepted with the
amendment to add Mr. Don Hart as an alternate member to the
City Center Art Project Committee, who would be a voting
member except in those instances when every other committee
member was present.
Upon a motion by Agency Member Paynter, the
recommendations of Design Review Committee Report No.
were implemented.
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AGENCY STATEMENTS
Chairperson Rubin announced the appointments to the
Committees for the year 1991, as follows:
Development Committee:
Chairperson
Member
Member
Agency Member Paynter
Agency Member Ruddell
Agency Member Rubin
Design Review Committee:
Chairperson
Member
Member
Agency Member Dunn
Agency Member Paynter
Agency Member Sceales
Housing, Relocation and Communications
Committee:
Chairperson
Member
Member
Agency Member Araujo
Agency Member Sceales
Agency Member Dunn advised that she currently has a
complete agenda and cannot serve on the Housing, Relocation
and Communications Committee.
Chairperson Rubin stated that, until an individual
is appointed to fill the Agency vacancy, the Housing,
Relocation and Communications Committee will have two
members.
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Agency Member Paynter advised that he drove in and
out of the City Center parking garage several times and
parked in the handicap spaces. He stated he could easily
back out and turn around in order to get out onto 18th Street
without having to back out directly onto 18th Street. Be
felt the spaces were quite adequate the way they are laid out
and extremely wide.
Agency,
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the
Chairperson Rubin adjourned the meeting at 3:20 p.m.
Development
ATTEST:
SECRETARY of the Central District Development
Agency of the City of Bakersfield
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