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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD REGARDING
THE PROPOSED BORBA DAIRIES
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is pro-business, pro-agriculture, and supports
the attraction of business and industry to Kern County; and
WHEREAS, in attracting business and industry to Kern County all pertinent
regulations should be clearly set forth; and
WHEREAS, such regulations should detail the approval processes, siting criteria
and land use relationships for such businesses and industries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield and the County of Kern have a joint interest in
the type, quality and location of development within the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010
General Plan ("2010 General Plan") area; and
WHEREAS, the City and Kern County are committed to a cooperative approach to
providing government services, including development review; and
WHEREAS, there needs to be a balancing of compatibility between the growing
economy of the urbanized area and the growing industrial/agricultural economic base in
the areas adjacent thereto; and
WHEREAS, projects such as the proposed Borba dairies and other significant
agricultural and industrial projects affect the City of Bakersfield and its residents, as such
projects occur within and adjacent to the 2010 General Plan boundaries;
WHEREAS, the City and Kern County should develop a coordinated, consistent
protocol for jointly reviewing extraordinary and significant projects at and/or near the
incorporated/unincorporated boundaries of the metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports the protection of property rights within existing
zoning ordinances of present and future residents, businesses and property owners and
consideration of property values in all decisions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has heard and received comments from those who
support the Borba dairies and city residents with concerns about potential environmental
impacts as well as quality of life issues concerning the siting of the Borba dairies in close
proximity to existing and planned residential areas, schools, as well as the City of
Bakersfield's drinking water aquifer and groundwater banking operations; and
WHEREAS, opinions of experts have been presented both in support and in
opposition to the proposed Borba dairies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports the establishment of the Borba dairies within
Kern County, outside the 2010 General Plan area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes the securing of an alternate site within Kern
County would benefit all those affected by the proposed Borba dairies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
1. The above recitals are true and correct;
The City Council recommends that in order to bring clarity and certainty to the
location of animal confinement and feeding facilities, such as the Borba dairies, that
Kern County complete a county-wide plan and program environmental impact report
specific to concentrated animal confinement and feeding facilities, which defines
where such facilities may be located, and identify minimum mitigation measures
required, similar to the process used by Tulare County;
The City Council proposes a joint special committee made up of representatives
from both the city and county planning commissions be formed to make suggestions
for the development of policies, protocols, and procedures for both bodies for the
review and approval of projects on the fringe of city boundaries within the 2010
General Plan in order to balance planning issues at the city/county interface; and
The City Council strongly urges the County of Kern to take affirmative steps to
facilitate the location of an alternate site within Kern County and outside the 2010
General Plan boundaries for the Borba dairies where the potential for incompatibility
between agricultural and urban uses would not exist, and, in that regard, offers the
assistance of the City of Bakersfield in this process.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council
of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on MAE 2 9 2000 by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCtLMEMBER CARSON, DeMOND, MAGGARD, COUCH, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNClLMEMBER Nc) ~.~ ~-.
COUNClLMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Cie~ of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
BOB P CI~E
MAR ~,9
MAYOR of the City of Bakemfield
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTORNEY~f the City of Bakersfield
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March 30, 2000
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