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MINUTES
MEETING OF NOVEMBER 29, 2000
Council Chambers, City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue
Pre-Meeting - 5:15 p.m. Regular Meeting - 7:00 p.m.
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PRE-MEETING
1. ROLL CALL
Present:
Absent:
Mayor Price, Councilmembers Carson,
DeMond, Maggard, Couch, Green,
Sullivan (seated at 5:24 p.m.), Salvaggio
None
ACTION TAKEN
2. WORKSHOP
a. Update on Arena Football
Jim Foss, SMG/Centennial Garden, showed a
brief video and gave a computer presentation.
Also introduced Scott Lofton, Event Manager and
Shawn Brandon, Marketing Manager who
provided information on the football field and
answered questions.
Overview of the Bakersfield Police Department's
Forensic Computer Lab.
Police Chief Matlock gave a brief update and
Council recessed to the Police Department's
Forensic Computer Lab for a tour and
presentation by Detective Scott Tunnicliffe.
Motion by Carson to recess to Closed Session at 6:00
p.m.
APPROVED
CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Thiltgen announced representative
William Avery will be contacted by phone, if
connection is not made, City Manager Alan Tandy
will act as representative for Mr. Avery.
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CLOSED SESSION continued
Conference with Real Property Negotiator
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8
regarding APN Nos. 161-060-07-00-3 and 161-
060-18-00-5; Negotiating Parties: City Manager
Alan Tandy, Fire Chief Ron Fraze, Finance
Director Gregory Klimko, Senior Real Property
Agent Don Anderson and Castle & Cooke
California, Inc.; Under Negotiation: Price and
terms of payment for purchase.
Conference with Labor Negotiator, William Avery,
pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6.;
Employee Organizations: Fire and Police
Motion by Carson to adjourn from Closed Session at
6:20 p.m.
ACTION TAKEN
NAT
NAT
APPROVED
REGULAR MEETING
1. INVOCATION by Rabbi Rosenstein of Temple Beth El
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE by Councilmember Green
3. ROLLCALL
Present: Mayor Price, Councilmembers Carson,
DeMond, Maggard, Couch, Green,
Sullivan, Salvaggio
Absent: None
4. CLOSED SESSION ACTION
Mayor Price announced there was no Closed Session
Action as reflected on Pages 1 and 2.
Mayor Price announced Report Item 10.a. has been
deleted from the agenda due to legislation change.
5. PRESENTATIONS
Matt Vogel, Second Vice President, American
Public Works Association presented the "Project
of the Year Award" for the Amtrak Rail Road
Station, to Mayor Bob Price and City Council,
Mayor Price presented to Councilmembers Pat
DeMond and Jeff Green a Remembrance for their
tenure on the City Council.
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PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. The following individuals spoke regarding
annexations: Becky Kaiser; Barbara Fowler; and
Barbara Fields.
b. Stuart Gentry spoke regarding the City Center
Project.
c. Dan Scale spoke regarding protest submitted by
Zondiros Corporation regarding Downtown
Streetscape Expansion.
ACTION TAKEN
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APPOINTMENTS
None.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Minutes:
a. November 15, 2000 Council Meeting.
Payments:
Payments from November 4, to November 17,
2000 in the amount of $3,860,323.16; and Self
Insurance payments from November 4, to
November 17, 2000 in the amount of
$325,000.19.
Resolutions:
Resolution of Intention No. 1225 to establish
Maintenance District TS-5, (NW Promenade,
Phase 2) preliminarily adopting, confirming and
approving Public Works Director's Report. (Ward4)
Resolution of Intention No. 1226 adding territory,
Area 4-20 (Panorama, Boise) to the consolidated
Maintenance District, preliminary adopting,
confirming and approving Public Works Director's
Report and setting time and place for hearing
protests to the proposed addition of territory. (Ward
3)
Resolution of Intention No. 1227 adding territory,
Area 5-06 (Berkshire, Monitor North) to the
Consolidated Maintenance District and
preliminarily adopting, confirming and approving
Public Works Director's Report. (Ward 7)
ROI 1225
REMOVED FOR
SEPARATE
CONSIDERATION
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CONSENT CALENDAR continued
Resolution adding territory, Area 1-19 (Roscomare
Street) to the Consolidated Maintenance District
and confirming the assessments, approving the
Public Works Director's Report and authorizing
collection of assessments by the Kern County Tax
Collector. (Ward 4)
Resolution adding territory, Area 4-17 (Panorama,
Thorner) to the Consolidated Maintenance District
and confirming the assessments, approving the
Public Works Director's Report and authorizing
collection of assessments by the Kern County Tax
Collector. (Ward 3)
Resolution adopting the City of Bakersfield
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
Program for use on federally funded highway
improvement projects in the City of Bakersfield for
Fiscal Year 2000-01.
Resolution of Application proposing proceedings
for annexation of uninhabited territory to the City
of Bakersfield property identified as Annexation
No. 416, located at the northwest corner of
Stockdale Highway and Renfro Road. (Ward 4)
Resolution approving three Native Amedcan name
designations on the Kern River Parkway and the
future procedure for Native American name
designations on the Kern River Parkway.
Resolution approving the Records Retention
Schedule for the Development Services
Department.
Resolution authorizing agreements between the
Bakersfield Police Department and the State of
California Department of the California Highway
Patrol regarding training programs.
Resolution approving the application for Funds for
the Forestry Grant Program as provided through
California Trees for the Millennium Initiative
funded through the Forest Resources
Improvement Fund for replacement of trees in City
parks.
ACTION TAKEN
RES 138-00
RES 139-00
RES 140-00
RES 141-00
RES 142-00
RES 143-00
RES 144-00
RES 145-00
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CONSENT CALENDAR continued
Resolution setting the dates of Regular City
Council Meetings, Budget Hearings, Department
Presentations and Joint City Council/County
Board of Supervisors' meetings for January
through December 2001.
o. Artificial Turf for Centennial Garden Arena:
Resolution determining that artificial turf
for the Centennial Garden Arena cannot
be reasonably obtained through usual
bidding procedures and authorizing the
Finance Director to dispense with bidding,
not to exceed $135,000 in aggregate total.
Appropriate $135,000 fund balance to the
Centennial Garden Capital Improvements
budget within the Transient Lodging Tax
Fund.
Agreements:
p. Tract Maps/Improvement Agreements:
Final Map and Improvement Agreements
with Kyle Carter Homes, Inc. for Tract
5978, Phase 1, located north of Norris
Road, west of Calloway Drive. (Ward 4)
Reimbursement Agreement with Bakersfield
Christian High School Foundation for Construction
of a landscaped median island on Stockdale
Highway, east of Allen Road, not to exceed
$102,116.40. (Ward 4)
Assignment and Assumption Agreement with
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
(MAOF) to assign property and contractual liability
to MAOF pursuant to Agreement No. 99-215.
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 00-238 with
Hershel & Clarissa Moore Properties, for
acquisition and development of park land, not to
exceed $109,746. (Ward 2)
ACTION TAKEN
RES '146-00
RES 147-00
AGR 00-~11
AGR 00-290
AGR 00-29'1
AGR 00-292
AGR 99-2~5(A)
AGR 00-238(1)
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CONSENT CALENDAR continued
Bids:
Accept bids from Jim Burke Ford, $352,278.77;
and Three Way Chevrolet $149,054.77 for Police
vehicles (23 replacement and 1 additional), total
$501,333.54.
Miscellaneous:
Appropriate $12,000 Environmental Penalty Fines
revenue to the Fire Department Operating Budget
within the General Fund to reimburse the City for
the removal of two underground storage tanks.
Transfer of $20,000 from City Council
Contingency to Economic Development Operating
Budget within the General Fund for a contribution
to First Night Bakersfield 2001.
Transfer of Capital Improvement Program Budget
Appropriations:
Transfer $560,000 to Capital Improvement
Program Budget Appropriations from the
Street Resurfacing/Reconstruction Project
to the Various Median Island
Enhancement Project within the Gas Tax
Fund.
Transfer $135,000 of Capital Improvement
Program Budget Appropriations from the
Street Resurfacing/Reconstruction Project
to the Traffic Signal at Truxtun
Avenue/Truxtun Plaza West Project within
the Gas Tax Fund.
Motion by Carson to adopt Consent Calendar ltems a.
through w., with separate consideration of Items d.
and v.
Resolution of Intention No. 1226 adding territory,
Area 4-20 (Panorama, Boise) to the consolidated
Maintenance District, preliminary adopting,
confirming and approving Public Works Director's
Report and setting time and place for hearing
protests to the proposed addition of territory. (Ward
3)
Motion by Maggard to approve Consent Calendar Item
d., with modification to Exhibit A, map detailing the
area within the boundaries of the Maintenance
District.
ACTION TAKEN
REMOVED FOR
SEPARATE
CONSIDERATION
APPROVED
ROI 1226
APPROVED
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CONSENT CALENDAR continued
Transfer of $20,000 from City Council
Contingency to Economic Development Operating
Budget within the General Fund for a contribution
to First Night Bakersfield 2001,
Motion by DeMond to approve Consent Calendar Item
V.
ACTION TAKEN
AGR 00-296
APPROVED
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HEARINGS
a. Hearing to receive public comment on the
proposed 2000-2021 Regional Transportation
Impact Capital Improvement Plan, Phases I and II,
and Fee Schedule Phases I and I1.
1. Resolution adopting the 2000-2021
Regional Transportation Capital
Improvement Plan and Fee Schedule.
Hearing opened at 7:26 p.m.
No one spoke at hearing.
Hearing closed at 7:26 p.m.
Motion by Couch to adopt the resolution,
b. Resolution confirming the report of the Chief Code
Enforcement Officer regarding assessments of
certain properties in the City of Bakersfield for
which structures have been secured against entry
or for the abatement of certain weeds, debris and
waste matter. (Wards 1,2,5,7)
Development Services Director Jack Hardisty
stated Item 4. 220 Clyde Street has been paid and
requested it be removed from the assessment list.
Hearing opened at 7:27 p.m.
No one spoke at hearing.
Hearing closed at 7:27 p.m.
Motion by Carson to adopt the resolution.
RES 148-00
APPROVED
RES f49.00
APPROVED
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HEARINGS continued
c. Resolution confirming the report of the Chief Code
Enforcement Officer regarding assessments of
certain properties in the City of Bakersfield for
which dangerous buildings have been
demolished. (Wards 1,2)
Hearing opened at 7:31 p.m.
No one spoke at the hearing.
Hearing closed at 7:31 p.m.
Motion by Carson to adopt the resolution.
ACTION TAKEN
RES 150-00
APPROVED
10.
REPORTS
Legislative and Litigation Committee Report No. 4-
00 regarding Revised Policy Relating to
Annexation Procedures.
1. Resolution or Ordinance relating to
Revised Policy on Annexation Procedures.
DELETED FROM
AGENDA
11.
DEFERRED BUSINESS
Ordinance amending Bakersfield Municipal Code
Section 1.12.050 by adding Annexation No. 412 to
Ward 5, located along the north side of Rosedale
Highway, west of State Route 99. (First reading
11/15/00) (Ward 5)
Motion by Green to adopt the ordinance.
Ordinance amending Bakersfield Municipal Code
Section 1.12.040 by adding Annexation No. 413 to
Ward 4, located along the south side of Rosedale
Highway, east of Coffee Road.(First reading
11/15/00) (Ward 4)
Motion by Couch to adopt the ordinance.
ORD 3986
APPROVED
ORD 3987
APPROVED
11.
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DEFERRED BUSINESS continued
Ordinance amending Title 17 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and Zoning Maps 101-26 from
Neighborhood Commercial and Limited Multiple
Family Dwelling to Estate on approximately 10.9
acres, located north of Brimhall Road to Rosedale
Highway between Allen Road and Jenkins Road
(GPNZC P99-0474). (First reading 11/15/00)
(Ward 4)
Motion by Couch to adopt the ordinance.
Ordinance amending Title 17 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and Zoning Maps 104-17, 104-18,
104-19, 104-20 from Agriculture and One Family
Dwelling to Regional Commercial on 96.9 acres;
from Agriculture to One Family Dwelling on 500
acres, from Agriculture and One Family Dwelling
to Limited Multiple Family Dwelling on 18.12 acres
and Agriculture to Limited Multiple Family Dwelling
on 47.38 acres. (P99-0647) "City in the Hills"
(First reading 11/15/00) (Ward 3)
Motion by Maggard to adopt the ordinance.
Ordinance amending Title 17 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and Zone Maps 101-36, 102-31
and 122-01 from One Family Dwelling, Limited
Multiple Family Dwelling, Regional Commercial
and Planned Unit Development zones to One
Family Dwelling, Limited Multiple Family Dwelling
and Regional Commercial zones west of Calloway
Road, north of the Kern River. (P00-0477) (First
reading 11/15/00) (Ward 4)
Motion by Couch to adopt the ordinance.
ACTION TAKEN
ORD 3988
APPROVED
ORD 3989
APPROVED
ORD 3990
APPROVED
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12. NEW BUSINESS
Ordinance amending Title 17 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and Zone Map No. 124-08 by
changing the zoning from Limited Multiple-Family
Dwelling Zone to a Limited Multiple-Family
Dwelling - Church Zone on 6 ¼ acres, located on
the east side of Lotus Lane, approximately 1/4
mile north of Watts Drive. (ZC P00-0695) (Ward 1)
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12. NEW BUSINESS continued
Downtown Streetscape Expansion Project: (Ward
2)
Award Contract to Scales Construction,
Inc., $699,960 for Downtown Streetscape
Expansion Project: 17th, 18t~, 19th, 20th, 21st
and 22® Streets, from Eye Street to K
Street, for base bid and both additive
alternates;
Reimbursement Agreement with Truxtun
Tower Associates, $9,400 for irrigation
and landscaping improvements on 17th
Street between K Street and L Street and
appropriate $9,400 Developer Contribution
to the Capital Improvement Budget within
the Gas Tax fund.
Appropriate $73,000 of prior year CDBG
entitlement funds to the Capital
Improvement Budget within the
Community Development Block Grant
Fund,
Motion by DeMond to accept Iow bid and
award of contract, approve the reimbursement
agreement and appropriations.
ACTION TAKEN
CON 00-294
AGR 00-295
APPROVED
13.
COUNCIL STATEMENTS
Mayor Price thanked Councilmember Green for his
service and thanked Councilmember DeMond for all of
her hard work over the years.
Maggard requested staff provide information on the
proper pronunciation of the Native American names
of the lakes.
Maggard thanked Councilmember DeMond and
Councilmember Green for their work on the Council.
Couch thanked Councilmember DeMond for her work
over the past thirteen years and thanked Councilmember
Green for his work on the Council.
Couch requested staff distribute information to
Council that he received at the pre-application
meeting for permit consolidation zone regarding the
power plant located at Rosedale Highway and Coffee
Road.
13.
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COUNCIL STATEMENTS continued
Sullivan thanked Councilmember Green for his service.
Sullivan stated that it has been a privilege to work with
Councilmember DeMond.
Sullivan congratulated Councilmember Salvaggio on his
appointment by the Governor to the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board.
Sullivan thanked Mayor Price and Councilmember
Salvaggio for their donations at the ice rink fund raiser
and challenged other Councilmembers to donate $100.00.
Salvaggio thanked Councilmember Green for his service
and expressed appreciation to Councilmember DeMond
for her dedication over the years.
Salvaggio referred to staff a letter received from the
CEO of Sunland Development Company, regarding
dedication of the bridge structure on Monitor Street.
Salvaggio requests that staff try to schedule the
dedication after December 18.
Salvaggio requests that staff expedite the traffic
signal process for Monitor Street and Fairview Road.
Salvaggio mentioned the City Selection Committee
meeting scheduled for January 18 and also the
LAFCO vacancy and requested staff look into placing
a member on this board.
Carson referred to staff the maintenance of 13 sumps
in the southeast area and requested a report back.
Carson requested that the issue of senior center
funding be put on the agenda for the next City
Council meeting of December 13.
Carson referred a report received from Wesley
Crawford to Police Chief Matlock for review and
response.
Carson thanked Councilmember Green for work on the
Community Services Committee.
Carson thanked Councilmember DeMond for her service
and assistance over the years.
ACTION TAKEN
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13.
COUNCIL STATEMENTS continued
Green thanked the Mayor and Council for the opportunity
to work with them and addressed each councilmember.
Also thanked citizens for their input at the council
meetings and staff.
DeMond thanked previous and currant Councilmembers,
the community and staff for the experience of working
with them.
ACTION TAKEN
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ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Carson to adjourn at 8:15 p.m.
MAY~t~R of th~eld, CA
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerl~of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield '~
APPROVED