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MEMORANDUM
May 7, 1993
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCI~ /
FROM: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Your will find enclosed a summary from the Finance Department describing
the practical impacts of the now completed refinancing of the Central
District Development Agency debt. The bottom line is that it turns an
annual deficit into a small annual surplus but does not generate enough
money to overcome basic costs such as the required housing set aside.
2. You will find enclosed a memo from the legal department discussing the
request from the chairperson of the Parks and Recreation Committee about
becoming a commission. The bottom line of it is, it is not statutory
issue, It is instead a image issue of the individuals involved seeking
more power. There is not apparently a statutory listing of "Commission"
authority. I provide this to'you because they have asked for it to be
referred to committee. The committee selection and details are up to the
Council.
3. There is a letter enclosed from Joe Drew and myself to the three social
agencies which were accommodated at the recent meeting between the City
and the County regarding block grant funding.
4. Enclosed is letter from the downtown property owners'complimenting us for
work on the U.R.M. issue.
5. Enclo§ed is our response to the state agency which.attempts to overcome
the LAFCO letter which would have given LAFCO the control of our sphere of
influence amendment.
6. You will find enclosed a copy of the MetropOlitan Bakersfield High Speed
Ground Transportation Terminal Study.
7. You will find enclosed a summary of city funds taken by state government
over the last several years. It is a rather impressive list.
8. You will find enclosed a response to the 125 Plan that was presented
verbally at the last Council Meeting.
9. We had a meeting with Warner Cable TV this week. They did not give us a
definitive opinion on allowing the franchise fee increase. They' did,
however, request that we consider asking the wireless firm to pay a
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May 7, 1993
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similar amount. We are reviewing whether we have a legal option under
which to reach that.
10. We had a meeting with Kern Delta Canal this week. It went surprisingly
well. We think we can come to accommodation with them on the bike path
issue with no significant problems. In fact, a very unique idea may save
us some money. The bottom line of it was, they think they can do some
canal maintenance cheaper than us. We are exploring the dollar amounts to
verify what we think is the case.
11. Members of the symphony group visited me this week and indicated they will
be visiting you. Currently we have funding for the symphony at a ten
percent decrease from last year's level. They, of course, want more and
want it tied to the Convention Center rental rates. In all frankness, you
will have a lot of pressures to take away the amount they are still being
recommended for.
12. There is a directive to the Fire Chief enclosed on the weed issue about
which Councilmembers expressed concern at the last meeting.
13. You will find enclosed a memo from Planning on the next cycle of General
Plan amendments.
14. The Council meeting of May 12 will be long and difficult. Unless you can
overachieve, I think that a local pizza store owner should have deliveries
by 11 or 12!
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Enclosures
GENINF.57
MAY 3, 1993
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER ~ ~ /
FROM: GREGORY J. KLIMKO~ FINANCE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: CENTRAL DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AGENCY - REF ING 1993
In 1983 the Redevelopment Agency issued bonds to construct a
parking structure at 18th and Eye Streets and to assemble
properties for a hotel site. Additionally, in the mid 1980's, it
incurred debt in order to acquire a portion of the hotel site from
the City, provide for a ballroom and meeting rooms (public
improvements) at the hotel site adjacent to the Convention Center
and acquired one-half block from the City for a parking structure
adjacent to the City Center building project.
The Agency anticipated approximately $250,000 in tax increments and
$200,000 in lease payments from the hotel project annually.
Further, the Agency anticipated $100,000 in tax increments annually
and an $850,000 lump sum payment in 1997 for the City Center office
project. Since the hotel project was not completed and the office
project defaulted on its construction loan and has since been
acquired by a school district, these anticipated revenues were not
available to retire outstanding debt. Therefore, in 1989 facing a
deficit, the Agency borrowed $1 million from the City's Sewer Fund
as a bridge loan. In 1992, the State legislature directed the City
to.loan $208,314 to the Agency for its contribution to the County
Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund. All of the existing debt
except for the 1983 bonds was sCheduled to be retired by 1998.
The Redevelopment Agency receives approximately $1.3 million in tax
increment revenue. The Agency's requirements funded by tax
increment revenue prior to refinancing were as follows:
Debt Service $1,090,000
Parking Reimbursement 140,000
County ERAF (16%) 208,000
Direct Operating Expenses 130,000
Administrative Cost Allocated 222,000
The above figures include a "one time" payment to the County
resulting from State budgetary action, however, At does not include
a 20% ($300,000) housing set aside commencing with the 1993-94
fiscal year. The high annual debt service is the result of
retiring notes and loans by 1998.
ALAN TAND¥
MAY 3, 1993
PAGE TWO
The refinancing of the existing debt provides for extending the
term and generally reducing the interest rates resulting in
reduction of annual debt service to $760,000. Also, by including
some of the principal and interest due in the current fiscal year
in the refinancing, the Agency should end the current fiscal year
with an estimated $200,000 balance instead of a $300,000 deficit
which was projected without the refinancing. This refinancing
included the payment of existing City notes and loans.
The debt outstanding after the refinancing is as follows:
1. Parking Revenue Bonds, $1,560,000 issued,
$735,000 outstanding. Annual debt of $130,000 serviced
by lease payments from the City's parking fund.
2. Reimbursement to the City resulting from an Agreement
related to the Parking Revenue Bonds. Annual
Reimbursement of $140,000 serviced by tax increment
revenue.
3. Certificates of Participation, Convention Center,
$4,780,000 issued, $4,255,000 outstanding. Annual debt
of $400,000 serviced by lease payments from the City's
General Fund.
4. Parking Lot Note, $300,000 issued, $300,000 outstanding.
Annual debt service of $15,000 interest only currently
serviced by interest revenue from Banducci/Walker.
5. Tax Allocation 1993 Refunding Bonds, $8,545,000 issued
and outstanding. Annual debt service of $760,000 to be
serviced by Tax Increment Revenue.
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EXHIBIT II
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
AGENCY DEBT ANALYSIS
OUTSTANDING AGENCY INDEBTEDNESS PRIOR TO REFINANCING
BONDS, NOTES, AND AGREEMENTS SERVICED BY TAX INCREMENTS
PUBLIC
FISCAL. RDA BONDS PARKING IMPROVEMENT HOTEL SITE OFFICE PARKING SEWER
YEAR 1983 REIMBURSEMENTS NOTE NOTE _NOTE NOTE · SB 844 TOTAL
1993 $608,900 $140,000 $350.000 .. $59.398 $0 $146 860 $0 $1,305,158
1994 $608,900 $140.000 $350,000 $59,398 $0 $139 000 $0 $1.297.298
1995 $607,400 $140,000 $316,890 ' $59.398 $0 $138 000 ~ $0 $1,261,688
1996 $604,400 $140.000 $59,398 $0 $131 700 · $208,314 $1 ~143.812
1997 ' $604.900 $140,000 $59.398 $536,499 $130 400 $1,771,197
1998 $608.400 $140.000 $59.394 $123 800 $931.594
1999 $609.400 $14.0.000 $127,200 $876,600
2000 $612,670 $140,000 $752.670
2001 $618.890 $618.890'
2002 $622.650 $622,650
2003 '$628.950 $628,950
2004 $637.380 $637~380
2005 $642.530 ~ $642.530
2006 $654.400 $654.400
2007 $662,170 $662.170
2008 $670,640. $670.840
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015
TOTALS· $10,002.780 $1,120,000 $1,016,890 $356,384 $836,499 ~936,960 $208.314 .$14,477,827
Name: CDDA_NK1
Prepared by: N.K. ~mlth
Date Prepared: · 03-May-93
City of Bakersfield
Central District Development 'Agency
Tax Allocation Refunding Bond, 1993
SourceSand Uses
Sources
/
Bond Proceeds ~' '8,545,000
Reserve Available - 1983 Bonds 690,129
AcCrued Interest (04/15/93 - 04/27/93) .~ 17,986
Total Sources ,~ 9,253,115
Uses
Tax Allocation Bonds, 1983:
Principal 5,345,000 '
Interest 11/01192 - 05/01193 229,450
Call Premium 129,875 ,¢' 5,704,325
Hotel Public Improvements Note:
Principal 773,131
Interest (01101193 - 04130193) 17,839 '790,970
Hotel Site Acquisition (City):
Principal 246,837
Interest (08/17/92 - 04/30/93) 11,365 258,202
Parking Site Acquisition (City):
Principal 455,000
Interest (08/17~88 - 04130193) 190,606 645,606
Sewer Operating Loan (City)
Principal 650,000
Interest (01!01/93 - 04130193) 12,783 662,783
General Fund Advance (City) 208,314
Direct Debt 8,270,200
Debt Service Reserve 1993 Bonds 762,369
Accrued Interest Reserve 17,986
Underwriters Discount (1.35%) 115,358
Cost of Issuance 57,202
CDDA Project Fund 30,000
'Total Uses ~' 9,253,115
I FiJe Name: CDDA_NK2
Prepared by: N.K. Smith
Date Prepared: 03-May-93
MEMORANDUM
April 27, 1993
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
FROM: ALLEN M. SHAW, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: CITIZENS' PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE REQUEST TO
BECOME A COMMISSION~
I have worked with Laura Marino on the legal aspect of
changing-the Committee's status to a Commission,. because in
the past, Laura handled Community Services-and~ participated
in the writing of the Ordinance which created this
Committee. According to her, this is not a new issue for
this Committee. In the past, the Council h~s not wanted to
share legislative power with the Citizens' Committee.
Rather the Council wanted to maintain the Committee as an
advisory committee composed of citizens who can give
guidance to the Recreation Department on what the community
desired in the.way of recreation programs.
Before 1989, Community Services was part of the
Sanitation Division of the City. The Citizens' Advisory
Committee for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
had been in existence for some time. However, a majority of
committee members did not attend meetings, and it became
inactive. In the meantime, Paul Dow wanted some citizen
recommendations as to the recreational policy and decisions
of the City. He asked the Council to dissolve the existing
~ -- advisory committee and substitute a new committee.
comprehensive of all recreational advice. (See the
correspondence attached hereto detailing, the history of
these changes. In particular see the Auditorium and
Community Services Committee Report dated December 8, 1988.)
The Council accepted the recommendation of its Community
Services Committee, enacted Municipal Code Section
2.60.060, and created the Citizens' Parks and Recreation
Committee.
The substantive portion of Municipal Code Section 2.60.
060 reads as follows:
"The Citizens' Parks and Recreation
Committee shall represent various
community groups and interests for the
C~TY ~AG~R-~ purpose of advising the City Council as
to policies for operations of City parks
and City recreation services. Except as
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April 27, 1993
Page 2
provided in this Section, this Committee
has no administrative or other
authority."
I do not routinely attend this Committee's meetings. I
have attended the last two meetings at the request of Lee
Anderson, Director of Community Services,. because the
Committee placed the issue of commission authority on the
meeting agenda. (The Committee is governed by the Brown
Act.)
Although some of the present membership of the
Citizens' Parks and Recreation Committee have believed for
some time that it did not have sufficient authority, this
feeling has grown since January. The City Council made two
decisions since January affecting city recreation without
consulting its advisory committee. Some Committee members
believed the Committee should have been asked to review the
subject issues before the Council acted and should have been
given an opportunity to make a recommendation to the
Council.
Their Committee not having been considered as a forum
for discussion of these issues before decision, some members
came'to believe the Council had no interest in listening to
the Committee and had no respect for the Committee. Some
members believe they can obtain the requisite attention and
respect if they could change their capacity from advisory to
compulsory. They asked, staff if such a change could be
accomplished.
In certain instances, Council can share legislative
power with other bodies. (An example, but not a very good
one for reasons later explained, would be the Planning
Commission.) From at least a superficial level of analysis,
it appeared the Council could change the Committee's status
by granting~it more authority if the Council so desired.
Consequently, I responded to the Committee's request by
advising at the March meeting that it request the Council,
through the City Manager, to study the possibilities of
changing status. As a result, the Committee wrote the
aforementioned letter and approved sending it at its noon
meeting on Tuesday, April 20, 1993.
The first January issue agitating the Committee was the
issue of whether the Council should renew the lease of the
Mesa Marin softball complex which was set to expire on or
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April 27, 1993
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about March 1, of this year. You are already familiar with
the financial issues associated with that decision.
(Historically, from the analytical point of view of cost to
the City treasury, the Operation of the Mesa Marin softball
complex had been a loss since the commencement of the lease
in 19.86 or '87.) Because City staff did not know the
magnitude of the. budget reduction in November and December
(when non-renewal of the lease would normally' be-analyzed
and publicized sufficiently in advance tQ allow for lengthy
economic analysis)!,, City staff thought the lease, would, be
renewed during those months,~ and they did not raise the
issue. As long as the Council renewed the. lease,~ there
would be no controversy. However,-afte~ the first of the
year, when staff learned of the budget cuts, staff realized
that non-renewal of the lease was a probable budget reducing
measure~ and. recommended non-~enewal~ of the lease, at the
first meeting in February. The timing of the recommendation
did not allow for much "study" time in political terms.
At the first meeting, the ¢oune-il d-id not accept the
staff recommemdation because of claims that s~ftbali
tournaments played at the complex brought 'billions" of
tourist dollars, into the Cityand the~County',~ which
benefitted, local businesses an~ indi=ec~ty~ %he City
treasu~ry in the form o~ sales tax~revenu~e¥ The Co~nc±l
deferred its decision u~ntit th~. second ~ebruary meetin~~.
Between t~e first February Council meeting and the
second, the Citizens' Committee held. its monthly meeting,
which I a~tended at Lee knder~n'm request.~ Aec. brought the
issue of the cost of operating the softball complex before ·
the Committee.~ Several-memberswere criti'cat of Anderson's
recommendation, again based o-~ a lack of information, about
exactly how much revenue softball generate~ amd a gemeral
perception that accurate information would show that
tournament generated revenue benefitted the community and
the City. Some members, but not a majority, wanted to
recommend to the Council that either the lease be. ~enewed or
the decision postponed until they could gather more
information to support their recommendation. However, the
timing ~f the expiration of the lease would'not a~iow
another postponement of the decision to renew or~ met to
renew.
At their request for advice, I told. the Citizens'
Committee they could make their reeommendatio~ to. the
Council at the second February meeting,~ subject to the
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April 27, 1993
Page 4
Council's rules for public debate. (The Committee was
reluctant to write a Committee letter to the Council because
of the lack of information. They hoped instead to gain more
information at the Council meeting, hold a quick Committee
meeting, and make a Committee-approved recommendation.) At
the second February Council meeting, apparently other
speakers used all the time the Mayor would allow for public
comment, and "cut off" the Committee Chairperson from
speaking on behalf of the Committee.. The Committee
Chairperson thought the City should renew the lease.. The
Council voted not to renew the lease.
The~-~s'econd de~ision ~gitatingi the Committee waS'the~
council's ~ee-ision-not to,grant a condi~i0nal, use permit to
DavidGuinn to operate a-motorcross track,at an _abandoned~
ro~k quarry east of Hart Pack. The Council made this
decisiOn arc.the same February meeting where the Council
decided not to renew the Mesa Marin Softball Complex lease.
Again the timing and the procedure played an important
part. Neither the Planning Commission nor the Board of
Zoning Adj~ustment considered this. conditional Puse-p~rmit
before the Council's review. (The Planning Commission does
not review conditional use permits at all. The Board of
Zoning Adjustment does not consider large projects such as
this one. Large. proj~ects~-go directlyto~he ~it-y Councit,~)~
At the City Council meeting, area residents objected to
the noise.~ Many recreational motorcyclists lobbied for the
permit. The.City.Planning Director had recommendedvi~favor
~_pf~..~h~p~rmit.. Much~informatiOn was offered at the meeting
involving revenue to the City, amount of use,. amount of
noise, other uses, and other problems, associated with the
use of the land as a motorcross. The Council, following Pat
Smith's lead (the property was located in her ward), voted
against the permit. (The applicant believes Smith based her
decision based on erroneous information.)
Mary Sawyer (Chairperson of the Citizens' Parks. and
Recreation Committee), speaking on her own behalf, was one
of the persons speaking in favor of the' permit. Again, this
recreational opportunity had not been brought to her
Committee. (In my~view,-this~was a.landruse~issue,~'~not~an-
?operation of City~par~s!' issue. However it could be
interpreted to be a "recreation[al] services" issue and,
therefore, a subject which the Citizens Committee could have
addressed according to the Ordinance.)
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April 27, 1993
Page 5
(Parenthetically, David Guinn has been back to the
Citizens' Parks and Recreation Committee selling it on the
idea that the property should be used for a recreational
motorcycle area. He apparently is seeking a reconsideration
of the Council's denial of his application for a conditional
use permit. Mary Sawyer is working to have her Committee
involved in that reconsideration and favors granting the
permit. )
At the two recent Committee meetings, members used
these two episodes (the Mesa Marin Softball Complex lease
and the motorcross conditional use permit) as illustrations
that the Council does not listen to them, and that the
Committee commands no respect. Members believe that
Commission status will change these attitudes.
At the March meeting, I asked the Committee what
specifically they wanted in the way of Commission powers.
The members were not sure exactly what they wanted at that
time, but at least one member wanted a Commission with full
· power to make binding decisions on the City as to
recreational issues. They wanted to be able to renew the
lease and grant the ~conditional use permit. In some ways,
they want an independent district with its own budget or at
least to make decisions binding on the City's budget. At a
minimum, the Committee seemed to be saying (without
consciously recognizing it) they wanted to make the Council
listen to them when they had something to say. They
analogized to the Planning Commission and. the Historic
Preservation Commission. I pointed out differences in the
functions and legal authority for these two commissions.
These commissions both have their source of governmental
power in the police power relative to land-use decisions.
(Please note that neither-the Planning Commission nor theyJ
Historic Preservation Commission make decisions binding .o~n
the ~City's budget. ~ The Planning Commission makes both land-
use decisions or recommendations depending upon the issue.
The Historic Preservation Commission makes only
recommendations to the City Council respecting land-uses. )
The kind of P power the Committee seems ~to~want is legislative .
,power~
I explained' that it might be difficult for the Council
to delegate any legislative power (including spending power)
to them Without statutory authority. Even if such statutory
authority was not necessary to the sharing of legislative
authority, I pointed out the Council may reasonably be
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April 27, 1993
Page 6
reluctant to grant such authority to a non-elected board.
A~S_a practical matter, I~d0~no~think the~Council~could~
draft~n.~Ordinance~-~hi~h delegates.~only-'a~ port,on of~
~egislative power,~becauSe~'by~its nature, legistati~epowez~
is .alI o~ Do~hing~
I think at some point in time, two. issues, will arise
which we can manage. Whichever Council Committee receives
this issue to study will reasonably want to know exactly
what kind of power the Committee wants. The Committee may
still be. inept at describing~ this point.. On. the other hand,
the Citizens' Committee may ~e more articulate by the time
they are asked that questio~ by the Council Committee.
Regardless, the--CouncilCommittee ~cou-ld use the-opportunity
to~.~show~the C£~izens.'.Com~_ittee they a~e ask~ng~-for~th~~
imprackical and the'imPosSible. Second;,~-the.CounCi-t
Co~ittee-will need~-to~be educated on the~fundamentai, te~al~
c6hC~pts~-oflegiSlati~e power, so. that they accnrate!.y.~.
perceive-what~ the_ C~tizens' .... Committee i~ tiulY~asking for~.
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Attachments
cc: Lee Anderson~ Community Services Manager
Laura Marino, Esq.
corrIII\citizens.chg
memos\CtznsCte.chg
MEMORANDUM
JanuarS 22~ 1988
TO Paul Dow,. Community Service~ Mana.Qer
FROM Jim Ledoux, Recreation S'uperintende . "
SUBJECT Citizens' Advisory Committee
This is ,to inform you that the 'Citizens' Advisory
Committee for Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center is
not at present an active body nor have they been for quite
some time. The last several attempts to'organize meeti~ngs
found response limited',to Lynn Edwards (chairperson),
Mrs. Johnnie Mae Parker, and Paul Anderson.
Since assuming l~eadership Of the Recreation Division
in 1983, attendance at the scheduled meetings was consistent
for those three persons, with only sporadic attendance for
Robert Bethea, Austin' Bryan, Stephanie Campbell,.Leo Walker,
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and .Evelyn Chatman. The other member, Marry Scott, has not
communicated with the division at all, and none of our corres-
'pondence to her ha~ been returned.
I have discussed the Advisory Committee with Lynn Edwards,
and we 'are in agreement that the committee, as such, is not
necessary as a functioning unit due to the fact that the
Martin Luther King Community Center has been intergrated into
the City-wide Recreation program, and no longer is treated~ as,
or operates as a separate' unit.
Therefore, it would'be my recommendation t'hat the Citizens'
Advisory Committee be officially disbanded.
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cc: Roberta Gafford, Deputy City C'lerk
MEMORANDUM
,-,~ ~ December
Auditorium and Community S.e~'~Ges'I"~q%tee
Jim Ledoux, Recreation Superintendent
Martin' Luther Kinq Jr. CO~nity Cfr. Citizen
As directed, I attempted to contact the persons who
are currently listed as members of the Citizen's AdVisory
Committee for the Martin Luther King Jr. Community_..Center"
Certified; letters were mailed to .the committee members and
o~ the eight letters ma±led, only .three persons responded...:.':
requested.. Three receipts'-Were]-:.returhed without;resp°nse
zrom the: reaezver:~nd-:two~'~ere retu~ed_ addressee: unk o .
Of- the persons responding,--Aust~-Bryan, Lynn Edwards'' and i'~
Leo Walker all indicated th .y are in support of the Recreation
Division and that they would be willing to serve if called
upon.
I'have discussed the. issue of the Advisory Committee
with Paul Dow, community services Manager, and we are in
agreement in recommending that serious consideration be given
to the disbandment:of the existing committee. In addition,
we feel that a new committee should be formed along the lines'
of the Kern County Parks and Recreation. Commission. It is
Our feeling that this committee would not.only be involved
in matters pertaining to the Martin Luther King Center, but
also act in an advisory capacity on the overall Parks and
· recreation function.
~AUDITORIUM AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE
REPORT NO.
DECEMBER 8, 1988
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COMMUNITY CENTER
CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
At the August 10, 1988, City Council meeting, the issue of the Citizen's
AdvisorY Committee for the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center not
holding regular meetings was referred to the Auditorium and Community
Services Committee. On September 12,' 1988, the Committee met with,Staff
to discuss this issue.
After receiving an update regarding the. Advisory Committee from
Recreation Division staff, the Council Committee entertained the possibility
of disbanding the Advisory Committee as'it exists and creating a new
committee Which would act in an advisory capacity, not only on'matters
pertaining to the Martin Luther. king Community Center but on all city
wide parks and recreation activities.
Contact was made with'members of the Citizen's Advisory Committee
to advise them of the possibility of disbanding their' committee and forming
another. Members were contacted by certified letters for their input..
Of eight letters mailed out, six were receipted with only three persons
responding. These three stated they were in support of the proposed
new committee and would be willing to serve if called upon.
Based on the above information, it is the recommendation of this
committee that the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Citizen's
Advisory Committee be disbanded and a new committee be formed to-act
in an advisory capacity on matters pertaining to all City of Bakersfield
Parks and RecreatiOn activities.
Respectfully submitted,
Councilmember Ken Peterson, Chair
Councilmember James Henry Childs
Councilmember Patricia M. Smitl~
MEM.O RAN D.UM
..February'l-, 1989
ME>[BERS, AUDITORIUM 2~ND CO~UNITY SERVICES~COM~[ITTEE
TO
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SUBJECT_ PARKS AND RECR~TION ADVISORY BOAJtD
It is the reco~endation of the Parks and ReCreation Divisions
that certain criteria be utilized in the fo~ation of a
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. This criteria
I. ESTABLISH~NT
That the Board be.comprised of seven (7)
members,, one from each Council Ward to
be ·appointed by the City Council ..
II. DUTIES
A. Act in an advisory capacity to the
City Council and the Co,unity Se~'ices
Manager in all matters pertaining to
public recreation, p'~lic p~ks and ......
~rounds. =
B. ~'a!uate existin~ and future recreation
pro~r~s to insure that they contribute
~o the attai~en~ of general recrea~iona!
objectives fcr all the youth an.d'adu!~s
cf the City of Bakersfield.
C. Provide ~'~~== for pres=hr ~ future
pmrk development ~nd recc~men~ chan~es
the Ci:y Council.
D. Monitor the Park ~:aintenance. Districts mn~
m~e recommendations .~o :he.Ci:y Counzil-
E. Make periodic tours of City parks
recreaticn facilities ~nd inspect o~har
oDera~ions ~d ~acilities ~.~e
~ercinen: to City.~a-~'=-.~- ~nd recreation.
F. Receive operational reportg relative to
~e Parks and Recreation Divisions and
record i:s comments cr approval.
· Pa~e 2
-~ ~ February ~ 1989
G. - Occasionally act as spokesperson or
dgpartmental representative at PUblic
ceremonies and recreational programs. ~
H. Aid in coordinating the department pro-
grams and activities with ~he programs '
of other governmental agencies and
voluntary organizations.
I. In general, to cooperate with the Parks
and Re~reaCion Superintendents of the-
Community Services Department on problems
of a~ministratlon when assistance or
support is requested, and to keep-the City
Council info.~med of the actions of this
Board.
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Dale Hawley, City ~anager
D~t Saafield, City Attorney
Frank Fabbri, Parks Superintenden.t
Jim Ledo~x, Recreation Superintendent
ORDINANCE NO. 3219 , NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD ADDING SECTION 2.60.060 TO THE -~
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
CREATION OF A CITIZENS~ PARKS AND RECREATION
BOARD.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2.60.060 is hereby added to Chapter 2.60 of
the Bakersfield Municipal Code to read as follows:
2.60.060 Citizens' Parks and Recreation Committee
Creation - Duties.
A. There 'is created a Citizens' Parks and Recreation
Committee consisting of seven members, each of whom shall be
nominated by a councilmember for his/her respective ward, who
shall be a resident of that ward, and shall be appointed by the
City Council. The term of office shall be four years, to run
concurrently with the term of the councilmember from the same
ward; terms of the committee members first appointed may run less
than four years and shall expire with the expiration of~ the term
cf the counciimember from the same ward.
B. The Citizens' Parks and Recreation Committee shall
represent various community groups and interest~ for the purpose
of advising the City-Ccuncil aS to policies for-operations of city
parks and city recreation services. Except as provi-ded in this
section, this committee has no administrative or other authority.
The Parks Superintendent and the Recreation Superintendent shall
be ex-officio members of this committee and may be present at any
meetings of this committee, but shall have no right to vote.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance wiLh the
Cisy charter prowisions and shall become effective thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its passage.
odo
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on Aoril 26. 1989 , by the
following vote:
,~'ES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ~ DeMf~NU. SUI1H. P~A'Y~'. P[Tr-'~SOk. W, cDERMOrl SAL¥'AGG[O
NOES: COUNCILMEMSERS: Nolqe
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ~olqe
AgSTAINING: COUNCItMEMBERS' .~one ~ · -.~.._._.~__
/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS.
CITY CLERK and Ex officio Clerk of t~ne
Council of the City-of BakerSfield
APPROVED April~26. 1989
/s/ CLARENCE E. 5~EDDERS
CLARENCE E. MEDDERS
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
/s/ ARTHUR J. SAALFIELD
ARTHUR J. SAALFIELD'
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
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County of Kern
city of Bakersfield
1501 Truxtun Avenue 1415 TrUxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301 Bakersfield, CA 93301
(805) 326-3751 _ (805) 861-2371
.May 3, 1993
..
Mr. Edward B. Velasquez
KCEOC
300 - 19th' Street
· Bakersfield; CA 93301
Mr. Stephen W. Schilling
Clinica Sierra Vista, Inc.
P. O. Box 457
Lamont, CA 93241
Ms. Sandy Spencer
Kern Adult Literacy Council, Inc.
401 - 18th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
At a meeting. that took place on Thursday, April 8th, it became clear that we had three
agencies who were concerned about joint funding applications from Housing and
Community Development Funds between the City and the County.
After discussion, it was decided that the staffs would propose to their respective
legislative bodies a budget package which clarified for each of the three agencies the
status of their application. This is to avoid uncertainty and differing actions between the
City and the County, which could cause problems for the continuation of projects.
The decisions were as follows:
Clinica Sierra Vista - City staff will be making a recommendation to the City
Council to fund the full $300,000 originally requested of the County and the
County will acknowledge that the City had already donated land and
granted $100,000 in prior year CDBG funds. While sixty-five percent of the
beneficiaries of this project may be County residents, because the project
is located in the City, no further Board of Supervisor's action is necessary.
May 3, 1993
Page -2-
' KCEOC - County staff will be making 'a recommendation to the Board of
Supervisors to fund the $175,000 requested of the City and the $250,000
requested of the County. Because fifty-five percent of the beneficiaries of
this project may be. County residents and it. is located in the City, the City
Council will acknowledge, as required by HUD, that it has no objection to
the Board of Supervisors spending CoUnty CDBG funds in the City, and.
will instruct City staff to assist the KCEOC and County staff in every way
possible in the implementation of this project.
Kern Literacy Council - County 'staff will be making a recommendation to the
Board of Supervisors to fund the $48,750 requested of the City and the $16,250
requested of the County. Because twenty-five percent of the beneficiaries of this
project, as calculated by the Literacy CounCil, .are County residents and. it is
located in the City, the City Council will acknowledge, as required by HUD, that
. is has no objection to the Board of Supervisol;s spending County CDBG funds in
the City, and will instruct City staff to assist the Literacy Council and County staff
in every way possible in the implementation of this project.
It is our hope that theSe decisions will help assure that each of the above listed agencies
gets full funding, and that it is provided from one source. We recognize that it
represents some level of change, in terms of What your funding applications were. We
had situations, however, where each of the three were. in question, relative to support
from one agency or another, so we are working together to make sure that these three
projects can be completed.
~~, ~ , Sincerely,'.
andy 'j d~seph E. Drew
' .City Manager // C(iunty Administrative Officer
Ci~ of Bakersfield . C.~dunty of Kern ·
GERALD B. CLIFFORD
REALTORS
A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION CITY PROPERTIES
1831 TRUXTUN AVENUE FARM LANDS
· BAKERSFIELO. CALIFORNIA 9SS01 OIL LANDS
TELEPHONE {805! 327-5174 INSURANCE
LOANS
April 29, 1993 ~
Alan Tandy
City Manager-Bakersfield,Calif.
1501TruxtunAvenue. ·
Bakersfield, Ca. 93301
As one of the group of U.R.M. property owners i~Downtown Bakersfield
~Lmus~~~n-t-LY~-~a~dZMr~j~ger/f6~OV~f-=~ttit~d~ regarding downtown
Bakersfield.
I am referring to the workshop meeting 5:15 P.M. WednesdaY, April.
28, 1993, wherein you andMr.-Wager shared our feeling for the preservation
of the downtown area.
Our conCern, as well as yours,'is to maintain the area as aproductive
business center.The center will increase property val~es, raising the tax
base, for the benefit of the City of Bakersfield.
I apologize for any redundancy herein, but I believe that our goals.
are mutual.
cc: Jake Wager
Deputy Executive Direc~or
CDDA 515 TruxtunAvenue
Bakersfield,Ca.93301
Cathie Patla
6615 Kane Way
Bakersfield, Ca. 93309
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BAKERSFIELD
MEMOR,ANDUM
April 22, 1993
TO: LARRY LUNARDINI, CITY ATTORNEY / ./
FROM: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: ATTACHED COMMUNICATION
I have received the attached communication from the Chairperson of the Citizens'
Parks and Recreation Committee. .My understanding is that Allen Shaw, of your
staff, has been legal advisor to this Committee.
Would you please provide me with a concise summary of what, by statute, the
significant meanings are of this request? A response to issues such as what
types of decisions are determined by the Committee, what their sources of revenue
are, their responsibilities to the City Council, etc., would be appreciated.
I need your response prior to initiating an action to put this before a Council
Committee.
AT.alb
Attachment
~'?R ~5. '?~' 2-> ~CITIZENS' PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE
4101 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93309
April 14, 1993
Mr. Alan Tandy
City Manager
1501 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Dear Mr. Tandy:
For· some time, members of the Citizens'~ Parks and Recreation
Committee have discussed the Possibility of our committee attaining
full commission status, as opposed to the advisory role we now
fill. This issue was on the agenda for action at our last regular
meeting, which was held on March 30, 1993. At that meeting, Deputy
City Attorney Alan Shaw advised us that if we wanted this issue
addressed by .the City Council, we should appeal to the Council
stating our desire to become a cO~mission and requesting that this
issue be-referred to the proper council committee.
Therefore, please accept this memorandum as a formal request that
the issue of changing the status of the Citizens' Parks and
Recreation Committee from that of an advisory board to that of a
full commission be heard by the Council and that it be referred to
the prOper Council Committee for review.
The'next meeting of our Citizens' Committee is scheduled for April
20, 1993', at 12:00 pm, in the Bank Room at the Convention Center.·
We·would welcome the chance to explain our request for commission
status to any Councilmembers desiring to attend.
Sincerely,
Marl/SawyeF, Chairperson
Cit£zens"~JParks and Recreation Committee
MS:cr
request
cc: Lee Andersen, Community Services Manager
· City'of Bakersfield i
i 501 Truxtun Avenue ~.~ 1415 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301 Bakersfield, CA 93301
(805) 326-3751 (805) 861-2371
May 3, 1993
Mr. Edward B. Velasquez
KCEOC
300 - 19th Street
· Bakersfield, CA 93301
Mr. Stephen W. Schilling
Clinica Sierra Vista, Inc.
P. O. Box 457
Lamont, CA 93241
Ms. Sandy Spencer
Kern Adult Literacy Council, Inc.
401 - 18th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
At a meeting that took place on Thursday, April 8th, it became clear that we had three
agencies who were concerned about joint funding applications from Housing and
Community Development Funds between the City and the County.
After discussion, it was decided that the staffs would propose to their respective
legislative bodies a budget package which clarified for each of the three agencies the
status of their application. This is to avoid uncertainty and differing actions between the
· City and the County, which could cause problems for the continuation of projects.
The decisions were as follows:
Clinica Sierra Vista - City staff will be making a recommendation to the City
Council to fundthe full $300,000 originally requested of the County and the
County will acknowledge that the City had al,r. eady donated land and
granted $100,000 in prior year CDBG funds..While sixty-five percent of the
beneficiaries of this project may be County residents, because the project
is located in the City, no further Board of Supervisor's aCtion is necessary.
May 3, 1993
Page -2-
KCEOC - County staff will be making a recommendation to the Board of
Supervisors to fund the $175,000 requested of the City and the $250,000
requested of the County. Because fifty-five percent of the beneficiaries of
this project may be County residents and it is located in the City, the City
Council will acknowledge, .as required by HUD, that it has no objection to
the Board of Supervisors spending County CDBG funds in the City, and
will instruct City staff to assist the KCEOC and County staff in every way
possible in 'the implementation of this project.
Kern Literacy CoUncil - County staff will be making a recommendation to-the
Board of Supervisors to fund the $48,750 requested of the. City and the $16,250
requested of the County. Because .twenty-five percent of the beneficiaries of this
project, as calculated by the Literacy Council, are County residents and it is
located in the City, the City Council will acknowledge, as required by HUD, that
is has no objection to the Board of Supervisors spending County CDBG funds in
the City, and will instruct City staff to assist the Literacy Council and County staff
in every way possible in the implementation of this project.
It is our hope that these decisions will help assure that each of the above listed agencies
gets full funding, and that it is provided from one source. We recognize that it
represents some level of change, in terms of what your funding applications were. We
had situations, however, where each of the three were in question, relative to support
from one agency or another, so we are working together to make sure that these three
projects can be completed.
~rely, ~ Sincerely,
JOseph E. Drew
C(lunty Administrative Officer
?C_?unty of Kern
BAKERSFIELD
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
JACK HARDISTY, Director
1501 TRUXTUN AVE.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
(805) 326-3733
April 29, 1993
Mr. Richard Sybert, DirectOr
CalifOrnia Office of Planning and Research
1400 10th Street # 156
Sacramento, California 95814
Re: City of Bakersfield' Sphere of Influence
Amendment Proposal 93-1
Dear Mr. Sybert:
The City of Bakersfield is filing the attached Statement of Contentions
in opposition to the request by Kern County Local Agency Formation Commission
(LAFCO) to designate it as lead agency for the City of Bakersfield Sphere of
Influence Amendment Proposal 93-1.
Traditionally, California cities hold the lead agency position for Sphere
of Influence amendments which they initiate. The City of Bakersfield has initiated
this amendment, and, as applicant for the amendment, has had to prepare a full
environmental review in order to take action to file the application. 'Kern County
LAFCO has never initiated a Sphere of Influence amendment for. the City of
Bakersfield.
William Turpin, Executive Director of Kern County LAFCO, has made
representations to Alan Tandy, City Manager of the City of Bakersfield, ,that he
opposes this Sphere of Influence Amendment because of the agriculturaI, zoning in
the project area and because of some perceived public opposition to this particular
amendment of the Sphere. Moreover, he has embraced a process imposed on the City'
of Shafter which took close to three years to complete.
Mr. Turpin's request for lead agency designation is apparently a ploy
to draw out this process or defeat it. The City of Bakersfield Sphere of Influence
is currently set at the city limit line in the southwest area, and LAFCO has shown
no interest in amending the Sphere. As one of the fastest growing areas in
population in. the country, it is inconceivable that the City would not have the
authority to consider future service to growth outside of its current city limits.
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Attachment
cc: Alan Tandy, City Manager
Lawrence M. Lunardini, City Attorney
CITY OF BAKERSFJ~r.n
STATEMENT OF coNTENTIONS
Project Descripfion: :
The "project" is an amendment of the boundary of the City of
Bakersfield Sphere Of Influence. The proposed amendment includes
approximately five square miles east of Bakersfield (the
Breckenridge Hills Specific Plan area) and approximately tensquare
miles southwest of Bakersfield (south of the Kern River to one mile
south of Panama Lane generally west of Old River Road).
City Responsibilityfo~Amendm..toftheSphe~eofInfluence, Gove~mentalPowe~
in relafionshipthe~etoand City RelafionshiptoP~oject:
Section 56428 of the California Government Code autho.rizes any
person or local agency to file a written request to amend the
sphere of influence. Moreover, it has been the practice of the
City of Bakersfield and Kern County LAFCO for the city to file an
application for amendment of its sphere with Kern County LAFCO and
handle all environmental review as the lead agency. Over the past
twenty-five years~ the City of Bakersfield has applied to Kern
County LAFCO for amendment of its sphere of influence a number of
times and has handled the required environmental review of all such
~projects as lead agency. Kern County LAFCO has not, in the past
twenty-five years, initiated any action to set or.amend the Sphere
of Influence for the City of Bakersfield.
Currently, the Sphere of Influence boUndary proposed for amendment
southwest of the city lies on the city limit line. In order for
the City to be able'to plan for its Orderly development and growth,
it is .necessary for the Sphere of Influence to extend beyond the
city limits. As Kern County LAFCO declines to take the lead in
studying or amending the City Sphere .of Influence, it is
foreseeable that the Sphere would remain in that location if not
for City action.
Notably, the City applied in 1991 to Kern County LAFCO for amend-
ment of its sphere.of influence covering virtually all of the same
area as in the current project. The City later requested that
LAFCO hold the application in abeyance pending submission of
additional studies. The City was the designated lead agency for
the environmental review of that amendment, however, and Kern
County LAFCO did not dispute that designation.
Additionally, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act,
Division 1-3 (commencing With Section 21000) of the Public Resources
Code (hereafter, "CEQA"), environmental review.must take Place at
the· earliest feasible stage of the governmental action taken.
Statement of Contentions
Page 2
SectiOn .15004j State CEQA Guidelines. In this' case, the city's
action in determining that its sphere should be changed, and
· approving an application for amendment, of its'Sphere, cannot be
taken without environmental review. Such review has been ongoing
long before submittal of the application to Kern County LAFCO and
is in compliance with .LAFCO's longstanding requirement that
applicants submit environmental documents along with their
applications.
Finally,.Section 16021 of the State CEQA Guidelines requires the
designation of lead agency to be based on the criteria set forth in
the State' Guidelines Section 15065 and "the capacity of each such
agency to adequately fulfill the requirements of CEQA." Kern
County LAFCO has one executive director and two employees who
provide clerical' assistance. The Planning,Department of the City
of Bakersfield has fourteen planners and six support staff. This
staff has handled the environmental review for hundreds of projects
and is experienced and capable of complying with all mandates of
CEQA,
Cln. ondoEyofAetionsTaken:
September 23, 1991: Initial study completed by City of Bakersfield
for original Sphere of Influence amendment
project (including proposed annexation).
November 11, 1991: City of Bakersfield Planning Commission held
public hearing on the prezoning, of the
proposed annexation and the negative
declaration for the Sphere of Influence
amendment and annexation.'
January l5, 1992: City of Bakersfield City Council adopted a
Resolution of Application for amendment of the
Sphere of' Influence and the negative
declaration therefor.
,- Application submitted to Kern County LAFCO.
Ma~ch 20, 1992: Letter from City .of Bakersfield Planning
Director Jack Hardisty to Kern County LAFCO
requesting that the Sphere of Influence
amendment be held. in abeyance until
resubmittal of a request by the City for
expansion of the Sphere of Influence.
Statement of Contenlions
Pa~e 3
February l2, 1993: New initial study begun~by City of Bakersfield
on original amendment of the Sphere of
Influence with additional land included.
March 25, 1993: Notice of hearing and proposed Negative
DeclaratiOn sent out by City of Bakersfield.
April28, 1993: Date set for hearing before the City Council
of the City of Bakersfield to renew the
application for amendment of the Sphere of
Influence. Hearing Continued.
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BAKERSFIELD
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN,TANDY, CITY MANAGER ~Q
FROM: ED W. SCHULZ, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR~.
DATE: APRIL 29, 1993
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Metropolitan Bakersfield High Speed Ground Transportation
Terminal Study.
Attached for City Council distribution is a
copy,of Kern COG's request for submission of
proposals by qualified consultants regarding
the above subject matter.
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Attachments
APR 9S ~ 22
Kern Council
of Governments Apr 15, 1993
TO: Interested Consultants
FROM: Ronald E. Brummett(,~
Executive Director .~J
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Metropolitan Bakersfield High Speed Ground Transportation Terminal Study
The Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG) requests the submission of proposals by
qualified consultants to prepare the Metropolitan Bakersfield High Speed Ground
Transportation Terminal Study. The total budget for this project is $55,000 and is
scheduled for completion in February 1994. Proposals shall be-submitted to Kern COG no
later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 28, 1993, addressed as follows:
Mr. Ronald E. Brummett, Executive Director
Kern Council of Governments
1401 19th Street, Suite 200
Bakersfield, C~llfomia 93301
The Request for Proposal is attached. For further information contact Mr. Ron Brummett
at 805/861-2191.
reb
attachment
Kern council of Governments
1401 19th'St., Suite 200. Bakersfield, CA 93,301 (805) 861-2191 FAX (805) 324-8215
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
· Metropolitan Bakersfield High Speed
Ground Transportation Terminal Study-
The Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG) requests the submission of proposals by
qualified consultants to complete the Metropolitan Bakersfield High Speed Ground
Transportation StudY: A maximum of $55,000 has been budgeted for this project.
The project is scheduled for completion in February 1994.
INTRODUCTION:
The Ca]iforrfla Department of Transportation has released a Request for Proposal for a Los
Angeles-Bakersfield High Speed Ground Transportation System study. With the
development of a high speed ground transportation system,, travel time from the
metropolitan Bakersfield area to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles will be less than
one hour. To provide the best service to the metropolitan Bakersfield community, Kem
COG {s sponsoring thls project to address the location .of the High Speed Ground
Transportation Terminal.
BACKGROUND:
Since 1988, a committee of local transportation and planning officials have been meeting
to discuss urban, and commuter fixed guideway systems and the .high speed ground
transportation system. The committee has identified a six-phase planning and
implementation program for a Metropolitan Bakersfield Fixed Guideway Passenger System.
Phase 1,. completed in 1991:
Committee preparation of a feasibility study.
Phase 2, currently underway:
Development of a Long-Range Public Transportation System Study.
.The committee has reviewed the following documents:
1. Los Angeles/Fresno/Bay Area/Sacramento High SPeed Bail Corridor Study
(AB 971).
2. Rail Right-of-Way Inventory for the California Commuter and Intercity Transit Right- -. of-Way Preservation Act (Galifornia Transportation GommiSsion).
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3. High. Speed Trains for California, Strategic Choice: Comparison of Technologies and
Choice RoUte, University of California at Berkeley.
4. ltall Passenger.Development Plan, CalifOrnia Department df Transportation.
SCOPE OF WORK:
TASK 1: MEETINGS, COORDINATION, INFORMATION REViEW
Consultant. will meet continuously throughout the duration of the project with the Kern
'COG project n~nager and the Public Transportation Teehnieal Advisory Committee.
Consultant will. provide all available planning information related to the project.
TASK 2: RIDERSHIP ANALYSIS
Consultant shall develop inter-regional and intra-regional ridership estimates for the
selected sites. With consultant assistance, Kern COG will provide the transportation
modelling for the alternative sites.
TASK 3: SITE CRITERIA
Consultant shall develop a list of site criteria for use in evaluating the identified'sites.
Consultant shall assist the eornmittee in the evaluation process. The criteria shall include
intermodal connection issUes.
TASK 4: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
ConSultant shall conduct an environmental analysis for each of the identified sites. The
analysis shall include economic, social, fiscal, and environmental factors that may impact
the site.
- TASK 5: PUBLIC-PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
Consultant will review each alternative site for its potential, for public-private development.
TASK 6: SITE SELECTION ANALYSIS
Consultant shall conduct a site selection analysis. The analysis shall include ridership, site
criteria, and environmental factors that may impact the site.
TASK 7: PRODUCT PREPARATION
Consultant will recommend a preferred alternative with a comparison analysis to show that
this 'alternatives is the best site for this facility.
'PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL:
Proposals are to be dearly marked "Proposal to Conduct the Kern Council of Governments'
Metropolitan Bakersfield High Speed Ground Transportation StUdy.''
One reproducible and four (4) Copies of all'written proposals shall be submitted no later
than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 28, 1993 to:
Ronald E. Brummett, Executive Director
Kern Council of Governments
1401 19th Street, Suite 200
Bakersfield, California 93301
NO PROPOS^I--.q WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DEADLINE.
For further information, contract Mr. Ron Brummert at 805/861-2191.
All proposals shall remain firm for a period of ninety (90) days following the final date for
submission, .May 28, 1993. All proposals shall become the sole property of Kem COG, and
a Part of the official Kern COG records, without obligation on the part of Kern COG and
may be used by Kern COG as deemed necessary.
This Request for Proposal (RFP) is not to be consumed as a contract or commitment on the
part of Kern COG~ Kem COG reserves the right to reject all proposals, to seek additional
information from each proposer, or to 'issue another RFP if deemed appropriate.
PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENT:
Proposers should limit submission to specific comments, addressing each element of the
program outlined in this RFP. Proposals will be evaluated with respect to the ability of the
proposer to meet projected goals and requirements within 'the stated budget. A.proposal~
-shall contain the following information to qualify for acceptance.
A. Title Page:
1. Subject of proposal
2. Firm name, contact person, address and telephone number.
3. Date of submission.
B. Table of Contents:
A comprehensive listing of the types of information contained in the proposal-.
C. Introduction:-
Summary of the proposal and statement of the problem and issues addressed~~
D. Description of the firm and project team:
1. Size of firm. Indicate if firm qualifies as a "Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise."
2. Organizational structure.
3. Location and resources of the office where work is to be performed..
4. Related experience, including specific experience with small transit
operations.
5. DescriptiOn of the project team.
6. Name and resume of the project manager.
7. Name, position classification, and brief description of relevant education and
experience of each team member.
8. A Hsting of proposed subcontractors, if any, and the assigned responsibilities.
9. One example of a similar project completed by the firm.
E. Project Description:
1. A' description of the program and services to be provided; including a
statement defining the basic purpose and focus of the program.
2. A description of the overall methodology and specific techniques to be used.
in performing the project.
3. A description of the proPoser's recommended course of action and means for
meeting the requirements outlined in this RFP.. The proposer should clearly
identif3r any major changes recommended in the suggested approach of
requirements in the RFP.
4. A schedule of individual tasks, including completion date.
5. An 'itemized description of the products to be generated.
F. Cost Proposal:. .
1. An itemized estimate of the total person hours and total cost, including an
estimated t°tal cost by task.
2. Estimated total hours Per position classification.
Additional Information:
The proposer may 'provide any additional information or data deemed essential to
the proposal. The proposer may include copies of, or references to, previous work
similar to the proposed project.
H. Signature of authorized representative.
CONTRACT BUDGET AND AH.OWABLE COSTS:
A. Allowable Costs:
All allowable costs may be charged to this project within the fixed price limited
stipulated by budgetary and Contractual constraints. These. costs may .include
salaries and wages, travel, .materials, supplies, subcontractors, and overhead.
B. Budget:
Kern COG has budgeted up to $55,000.00 for the services of. a contractor to prepare
this study. The budget for this study shall not exceed this amount.
CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS:
Firms submitting proposals shall be evaluated for demonstrated competence and experience
related to:
1. Intermodal transportation planning.
2. Intermodal terminal design and planning.
3. Travel demand forecasting.
4. Land use and real estate issues.
5. High speed ground transportation.
6. Public,private development.
CONSULTANT SELECTION:
All proposals submitted in response to this request for proposal will be screened' by a
committee of local transportation officials. Consultant interviews will be held at the option
of the Kern Council of Governments. Final selection of the consultant will take place no
later than 30 working days after the final date for proposal submittal. Contract is subject-
to Kern COG appr°val.
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RAIL P~NNING HIGH SPEED ROUTES.---~' INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ~ MAP NO.
~ STATE HIGHWAY
TERMINAL SITES ~, FEDERAL HIGHWAY
MILES
· '' RAILROAD
~KERN couNcIL
~'~ AIRPORT ~OF GOVERNMENTS
CITY FUNDS TAKEN BY
STATE. GOVERNMENT
Annual'
Loss. in Millions.
Uquor Ucense Fees (1981 ) $18.7
Highway Carriers Tax (1981) $6.7
Aid to Local Agencies (1981 ) $51.0 ~1~ ince 198 l, city government in
California has lost several major
Business Inventory Tax Reduction (1983) $52.3 revenues that havre been taken over
by the State government. Listed
Business.Inventory Tax Repeal (198~t) $63.7 are 16taxes that formerly
supported city. services such as
Cigarette Tax Shift (1990) $6.2 police, fire, parks, recreation,
libraries, and maintenance, and
.Water Fees (1990) $3.9 amount to a $716.7 million annual
loss to cities. Most of these
Booking Fees/Tax Collection (1990) $102.6 revenues now go' directly into the
State's general fund.
The Governor's proposed'
NO/Low Property Tax Cities Cut (1990} $7.6 1993/94 State Budget seeks to take
. $700 million from cities to help
Fines/Forfeitures Loss (1991) $79.8 solve the State's deficit. This chart
shows that cities are already
Growth in Fines (1991) $39.0 , contributing $716.7 million per
I year. In addition, several one-time
Additional Cigarette Tax Shift (1991 ) $22.8 State takeaways of city money
total $1.1 billion. These annual and
Redevelopment Subventions (1991) $ 36.3 one-time losses amount to $3.7
billion that cities have lost to State
Property Tax Shift (1992) $200.0 Legislative actions since 1981 .'
Cities argue the State has
Remaining Cigarette Tax (1992) $ 25.0 already taken money provided to
cities following the passage of
-- ' Proposition 13 (AB8).
Mobile Home Ucense F~ees (1992) $ 1.3 ~1,,~ .... oj Source: League of Calilbmia Cities
TOTAL LOSSES $3.7 BILLION ~-~--"'~ Design: Marketing by Design
BAKERSFIELD
.MEMORANDUM~
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER l/~J- /~y-6, 1993
FROM: JOHN W. STINSO~,~S~STANT CITY MANAGER .
SUBJECT: SECTION 125 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
A'question was raised at the April 28, 1993 City Council Meeting regarding'the
selection of an administrator for the City's Section 125 Plan. The previous'125
Plan administrator was terminated for non-performance. Due to the need to
replace the Plan administrator mid-year, I asked the Cqty's Health Care
Consultant, Herb Kaighan of Godwins, to assist me in locating a replacement
vendor. I gave him several names of individuals who had already contacted me and
he informed me that he had knowledge of other firms who provide this service.
I specifically asked that he contact Alliance Brokers so they could bid on the
service.
Mr. Kaighan asked these firms to submit proposals, which he then reviewed and
evaluated. Mr. Kaighan then provided a report to me showing that two vendors had
submitted acceptable proposals, LFS (Through Alliance Brokers) and Plan
Management Administrators (a subsidiary of Lincoln National Corp.) Mr. Kaighan
recommended Plan Management Administrators. I reviewed the materials submitted
by both firms and discussed them with other staff members and Mr. Kaighan. Based
on this review, I selected Plan Management Administrators. In mydiscussionwith
others reviewing the proposals, it was agreed that they were best suited to
Provide the services required by the City. Theyhaveseveral cities for clients
who provided very positive comments regarding their performance. They have had
a great deal of experience in taking over plans in mid-year and had excellent
accounting and report capabilities. They also focused on the education of the
employee regarding the benefits provided' by the 125 Plan and had exceptional
materials available to inform and encourage employee participation. Although?
their fee w~s higher than LFS, it was my judgement that the quality of service,
track record and experience outweighed the cost differential.
Regarding the matter of Plan Management Administrators not being a local firm,
they are located in Pleasanton California. As pointed out at the Council
meeting, LFS is located in Anaheim, California.
JWS. al b
BAKERSFIELD
MEMORANDUM
May 4, 1993
TO' STEVE JOHNSON, FIRE CHIEF /~.~ '~?~
/
FROM: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER /
/
SUBJECT: WEED ABATEMENT P.ROGRAM
At the last regular meeting of the City Council, Councilmembers expressed severe
concern over the weed problem in the community and whether or not, in light of
the rainy spring and the anticipated dry summer, we will be taking actions to
abate all of the weed nuisances throughout the community. Several examples were
given of locations in which the problem was prevalent.
Please' proceed expeditiously with the following:
1. Identify the efforts you have made over the past three months to abate
the weed problems including detail on how much time has been spent
inspecting and how many notices have gone out, the status of those
notices, etc.;
2. Take action by some cost effective means to gear up to make sure that
notices do go out over the next thirty days to abate as many of the
problems as possible which will help reduce the fire problem;
3. Take a broadscope look at our whole weed enforcement process and
program. The activity itself may need some revision so as to be more
proactive rather than reactive;
4. Make maximum effort to get press coverage of the enforcement
activities in order to detour this weed problem wherever possible.
tf you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
AT/kec
cc: Mayor Price & City Council '
JOHNSON.MEM
MEMORANDUM
May 6, 1993
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER
6 I~¥93 9~ ~
FROM: JACK H~DIS~, PL~NG DIRECT~: '_
SUBJECT: GE~~ PL~ ~ENDME~S ~A~LY SCHEDULED
FOR JU~ 17, 1993 PL~NG COMMIffSION MEETING
Segment I: Porter-Robertson for American Real Estate located at 5000 and 5200
Stockdale Highway requested change from Office Commercial to General
Commercial to permit shopping center anchored by grocery store -
considerable concern expressed by adjacent property owners.
Segment II: Martin-Mclntosh for Castle and Cooke located southwest corner of
Calloway Drive and Brimhall Road requested change from Agriculture to
R-1 on 163.7 acres. This request will require considerably more
environmental documentation than is typically the case and, therefore, this
case may not make the meeting in June.
Segment III: Rickett, Ward, Delmarter & Deifel for Berchtold, Moreland and Jackson
located at the northeast corner of Jewetta Avenue and Brimhall Road
requested C-1 on 7 acres, R-2 on 3.49 acres and E on 1.36 acres.
Segment IV: Porter-Robertson for St. Clair Development located at the southwest
corner of Stine Road and Harris Road. HMR to LMR on 21 acres - a
continuation of a recent trend in Bakersfield to develop single family
dwellings on very small lots (< 6,000 square feet).
Segment V: City of Bakersfield - map correction on southwest corner of Gosford Road
and District Blvd., property zoned for apartment (for years) inadvertently
shown as single family on adoption of 2010 Plan in 1990 - might be
controversial as most apartment projects adjacent to established single
family subdivisions seem to be.
Segment VI: City of Bakersfield - A prezone on southwest corner of Calloway Drive
~ and Brimhall. The recently adopted Calloway Drive Specific Plan cuts this
property in half and removed the commercial zoning from the corner.
This prezone would "attach" the commercial to the southeast corner of this
intersection and is a prelude to annexation - with the support of the
majority landowner and the City must acquire the Calloway alignment in
the near future. This portion of the property will remain zoned residential.
Alan Tandy
May 6, 1993
Page 2
Segment VII: City of Bakersfield - General Plan text change to mandate sewers for all
new development - Planning Commission initiated. May be quite
controversial for developers currently unable to utilize any trunk lines, i.e.
northeast metro area/parts of Olive Drive area.
Segment VIII: Martin-McIntosh Circulation Element changes in conjunction with
Segment II above, realignment of an unnamed collector within same area.
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CENTRAL DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
May 3, 1993
Assemblymember John Vasconcellos, Chair --'
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
State Capitol Room 6026
Sacramento, CA 95814
SUBJECT: Oppose. AB981
Dear Assemblymember Vasconcellos,
On behalf of the Central District Development Agency I strongly encourage your opposition of
AB981. The effort to preserve historic properties should be commended. However, in these
times 'of governmental streamlining and shrinking revenues the creation of several more
requirements imposed on redevelopment agencies is of greatest concern.
Today the City of Bakersfield can no longer afford to fund cultural resource inventories. When'
· funding was available four cultUral resource inventories were published. It is of comfort to note
that two of these inventories included our entire redevelopment project area. HoWever, under
AB981 redevelopment agencies would be obligated to create lists of all properties eligible for
local, state Or federal registers or other historic inventories and initiate the designation of such
properties in the Project area. Due to existing financial constraints and existing debt obligations
our redevelopment agency could not afford to fund such a program today.
Furthermore, if agencies were mandated to implement such a program, this may raise unnecessary
fears that the agency intends to demolish or destroy historic buildings for redevelopment
activities.
In our city, the Historic Preservation Commission undertakes the responsibility of historic
preservation actiVities, not the redevelopment agency. When necessary, the two agencies
communicate on issues of mutual concern. This current arrangement works well.
I urge your opposition on AB981.
Since[ely,
,~"~'"Alan Tandy . Executive Director ....
cc: Members 0f the Assembly Ways and Means Committee
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1501 .T, RuxTUN AVENUE · ' BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNia '93301 · (805) 326-3767
DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
· , CENTRAL
May 3, 1993
Assemblymember John Vasconcellos, Chair
Assembly Ways 'and Means Committee
State Capitol Room 6026
Sacramento, CA 95814
SUBJECT: Oppose AB978
Dear Assemblymember Vasconcellos,
On behalf of the Central District Development Agency I am writing to register my opposition to AB978,
the. bill reforming redevelopment by placing restrictions on agencies and the reallocation of sales tax in its
present form.
The "reforms" to redevelopment law which are focused and remove problem areas without unneceSsarily
restricting worthy and necessary redevelopment prOgrams are not opposed. My specific points of opposition
with supporting comments are outlined below:
1. Requires that a city annually transfer to recipient cities 30 percent of all new sales tax revenue,
above a base year amount, generated by any retailer who locates Within the project area and who
receives any' form of "assistance" from the agency. This provision would penalizes if not prevent,
any effort by a city to rejuvenate its downtown business district.
In our situation, Bakersfield .is the largest city in Kern County, an area of over 8,000 square miles.
When compared to other Bakersfield retail centers the downtown is the lowest generator of new
sales tax revenues. 'Should we have the good fortune of attracting a major retailer into our
downtown project area, potentially thirty percent of the new sales tax revenue would be transferred
to every city in Kern County whose sales tax receipts are below the statewide average. If the'
retailer located outside the project area thirty percent of all sales tax would not be sacrificed: Why
would the city encourage a move into the project area if they Would lose sales tax revenue?
2. Prohibits an agency from including more than 60 percent of the city in a project area, and prevents
any new debt issuance~ until existing Project areas are reduced to no more than 60 percent.
Although this does not apply to Bakersfield, iris arbitrary and does not acknowledge that some
smaller communities are unfortunately almost totally blighted.
'1501 'TRUXTUN AVENUE ,, BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93301 · . (805) 326-3767
Assemblymember John Vasconcellos, Chair
May 3, 1993
Page. 2
3. Denies the use of redevelopment funds for the construction of city .or county administration offices
if the offices constitute more than 20 percent of the structure.
This pro{,ision overlooks the stimulative value of public investment in a blighted downtown which
is represented by the location of governmental offices. In ~downtown Bakersfield, city offices are
in the project area and county offices are located just outside the project. The location of these city
and county offices has stimulated ancillary uses, i.e. attorneys,' .financial institutions .and other
government support services, to locate in the area. Although, no redevelopment monies were used,
this type of public investment has benefitted our project area in these demanding economic times.
An agency should retain the right to buy, assemble and clear land for administrative facilities and
continue to finance parking structures for public and private uses.
4. Requires all agencies'to calculate the 20'percent set-aside on "net" rather than "gross" tax increment
revenue.
As with SB1711 (Bergeson) of 1992, opposition to this provision is not warranted if it applies
prospectively and if the bill states that the Legislature is taking no position on its retroactive
application which is presently the subject of litigation.
5. Provides authority for a city redevelopment agency to finance commercial, residential, or industrial
development outside the city, but within the city's sphere of influence.
Blighted areas in the unincorporated areas of the county should be remedied by a counBt project,
not a city project.. I do not believe that the Central District Development Agency would be
interested in financially assisting the County of Kern with their development projects.
I urge your reconsideration of these dramatic changes to redevelopment law and oppose in its current form
AB978.
'Sincere.ely,
Executive Director '"
cc: Members of ~e Assembly Ways and Means Co~ittee
AB978.VASC - ~
MEMORANDUM
April 29, 1993
TO: Alan Tandy, City Manager
FROM: Jake Wager, Economic Development Dn'ecto(~'-~L)
RE: CDDA - Design Review Conunittee
Community First Bank Project
Tegeler Hotel
The Design Review Committee for the CDDA met on April 28th to review two major
downtown projects.
· Community First Bank (CFB) is proposing to demolish their administrative offices on
18th Street and construct a new two story office structure in their place. Total square
footage of the new structure will be 10,725. The facility will include a dual drive-through
ATM service, along with walk-in bank services.
The buildings proposed for demolition are unreinforced masonry structures at 1408,
1410, 1412, and 1414 18th Street. The building at 1414 18th, the Bakersfield Hearing
Aid Company, is in escrow to CFB. Its. demolition will require the store to relocate to
another downtown location. The total square footage being demolished is 11,318. The
site includes the vacant lot at the comer, that was previously owned by the City. It was
exchanged for the parking lot CFB owned at the southwest comer of 19th Street and L
Street, in order to complement plans to build a City parking lot after the recent demolition
of the old American National Bank building.
Because the buildings being demolished are on the URM list, and the replacement
structure is less in square footage than the original buildings, the newly-passed ordinance
17.08.080 Section E applies (see copy attached). In essence, the City will not require the
site to conform to current site plan regulations (i.e. parking and landscaping
requirements). The ordinance was passed so as not to discourage reconstruction
downtown by requiring unrealistic landscaping or parking requirements in the .limited
space confines of downtown. This iordinance was passed to encourage exactly what CFB
is proposing, the demolition of URM buildings and the reconstruction of new facilities.
Legal opinion .varies as to whether this ordinance also applies to design review standards
adopted by the CDDA for the downtown. This is a matter that we will bring to the City
Attorney shortly, for a legal review prior to the next major project.
The major issue addressed by the committee in-reviewing CFB site plans was to require
the installation of five permanent trees on 18th Street and three temporary trees on K
Street within the City right-of-way as specified in the Master Street Tree Plan. CFB's
cr'rt ~^t~:t~-~ original site plans proposed having the trees on-site with no trees planted on K Street.
The architects for CFB agreed to the committee's recommendations. A report will
submitted for full Agency approval on May lOth.
Alan Tandy
April 29, 1993
Page 2
· The committee also reviewed a request from the architect for Daniels C. Logue on the
Tegeler Hotel. The developer requested that an architectual feature of creating a line
pattern on contrasting colors between the fourth floor windows be eliminated because of
the difficulty and cost of scaffolding to do the work.
The design review requirements for this project were originally approved by the Agency
in August 1991. The committee reiterated to the architect the importance of this feature,
and that they are obligated to support the previous-design review committee's conditions
of approval which were approved by the Agency. The committee indicated a solution
shOuld have been thought of when the scaffolding was on the building. They also
reminded him of other architectual features that have been waived on this project in the
past (i.e. bowed window tops). In denying the request to waive the requirement, the
committee offered suggestions on how to accomplish the pattern feature.
If you have further questions on these items, please call.
cw/jw
17.08.080 m 17.08.120.
date of the ordinance codified in this title may 17.08.090' Nonconforming uses resulting
be completed and used in accordance with the from amendments.
plans, specifications and permits on 'which said The provisions of the ordinance codified in this
building permit was granted, if construction is title Shall' apply to uses which become
commenced within one hundred twenty, days nonconforming by mason of any amendment to this
after the issuance of said permit and diligently title, as of the effective date of .such amendment.
pursued to completion. (Ord. 2696 § 1, 1982: (prior code § 17.52.090).
prior code § 17.52.070).
17.08.100 Dwellings to face access other
17.08.080 Reconstruction of damaged .than alley.
nonCOnforming buildings. A. Except where otherwise provided for in this
A. If at any time any building in existence or title', every dwelling shall fac e or have frontage
maintained at the time of the adoption of this upon a street or permanent means of access to a
title which does not conform to the regulations street by way of a public or private easement of
for the district in which it is located shall be' passageway other than an alley.
destroyed by fire, explosion, act of GocL, or act of B. Such easements shall be not less than ten
the public enemy to the extent ofmore than one- feet in'width.. (Pfiorcode § 17.52.100).
half the value thereof, then and without fur~er
action by the dry council the build/rig and the 17.08.110 'Height of buildings--Roof
land on which sa/d building was located or ma/n- structures, chimneys and
ta/ned shall from and after the date of such .. towers.
desm~ction be subject to ailthe regulations ofthe A. No penthouses or roof structures for the
district in which such land and/or building are housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating
located. ' fans or' similar equipment; towers, steeples, roof
B. For the pul'pos~ of this title, the value of signs or other structures shall exceed the height limit
any building shall be the estimated co~ to replace provided in this rifle.
tlae building in kind. B.' Radio and television masts, flagpoles,
C. Any reconstruction shall be performed public utility poles and lines, chimneys and
under one building permit, started within a Smokestacks may extend not more than thirty feet
period of one year .from date of damage and above the height limit provided in this title:
diligently prosecUted to completion, provided, that the same may be .safely erected and
D. The provisions of subsection A of this sec- maintained at such height in view'of the surrounding
tion shall not apply to the reconstruction of any conditions' and circumstances. (Prior code §
damaged or destroyed residential structure made 17.52.110).
nonconforming by adoption of the Baker Street
Corridor specific plan .and related rezoning 17.08.120 Yard requirements when por-
actions: provided, however, that the provisions tion of other use is used as
of subsection C of this section shall apply to any dwelling.
such reconstruction. This subsection shall expire Where a portion of a building used for dwelling
.and shall be of no further force or effect after purposes is located above another portion of a
March 31.2007. (Ord. 3097 § 1, 1987; prior code building having another type of use in zones other
§ 17.52.080). than R-l, R-2, R-3 or R-4 zones, the rear and side
yards for the floors occupied for dwelling purposes
E. The provisions of Subsection A of this section shall not apply to the
remodeling, reconstruction or replacement of buildings pursuant to shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.
Chapter 15.40 reg~irding seismic strengthening for unreinforced (Prior code § 17.52.120). -'
buildings until January 1. 1998. provided there is no change in use '
of the building and no increase in the gross square footage of the
buildings.building or buildings if merged with adjacent unreinforced masonry .~-1 Bakersfi~d 6-9:2)
April 30, 1993
To: Laura C. MarinO Assistant City Attorney
/cC: Alan E. Tandy city Manager
CC: Lawrence M. Lunarini City Attorney
Subject: Is there any law that would allow the Kern County
Superintendent of Schools to lease the property at 5801 Sundale
Av. for the construction of high density homes with out going
through the Bakersfield Planning Department ?
Enclosure: March 25, 1993 letter to the City of Bakersfield
Planning Department with over 550 signatures of Kern City
residences opposing any construction on the property at 5801
Sundale Av. that would be anything other than equivalent to
R-2-SC-1 (Senior Citizen Single Story) that currently surrounds
ninety five percent (95%) of.the perimeter of this property.
Dear Laura Marino
I called you.last week and asked you the question as
stated in the above subject. You thought the development should
go through the City of Bakersfield Planning.Department but
said there may be some law not requiring this.
I have tried to get a clear answer from the school people
with no success. I even called Frank Fekete, the legal advisor
to. the school board, but he said he could not discuss the
matter with me.
I have discussed this matter with Jack Hardisty, Director
and Art Hartenberger, 'Principal Planner in the City of'
Bakersfield Planning Department, and the Planning Department
also needs to know the answer to the subject question.
I formally request a .legal opinion if there are alternate
means which the Kern County Superintendent of Schools could
use to circumvent going through the City of Bakersfield Planning
Department.
The residences of Kern City ( which surround the 5801
Sundale Ave. property) need to know the Channels this development
will go through.
Thank you for your help
Charles W. Schert~
1316 Yorba Linda St.
Bakersfield, CA 93309
ph 805-831-1792
March 25, 1993
To: CITY OF BAKERSFIELD PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Jack Hardisty, Director
Art Hartenberger, Principal Planner
Marc Gauthier, Principal Planner
Jim Movius, Principal Planner. ~
From: Charles Schertz
Subject: Future Development of the Kern County Superintendent
of schools Property at 5801 Sundale Avenue
Enclosures:
1. Copy of letter giVen to Jack Hardisty, Director, City
of Bakersfield Planning Department in February 1993.
2. Copy of City of Bakersfield Zoning Map 123-03 shoWing
the .300 ft radius from the property known as 5801 Sundale
Ay.
3. Copy of the Kern City Residence Street Map showing
the homes with property within the 300 ft radius of the property
known as 5801 Sundale Av?
4. Copies of the over 550 signatures collected by April
23, t993 from Kern City residences who request that development
of the property known as 580I Sundale AV. be restricted~to
the limits allowed in an R-2 Senior Citizens, Single Story
zone. More signatures to follow.
Gentlemen
I'have attended the Kern County Board Of Education meetings
and it is still their intent to lease the property known as
5801 Sundale Ay. for 55 years to a developer (for a annual
fee) for high density senior citizen homes. The Board originally
had planned to award a~contract at their March 9 meeting.
It now appears a contract award is in the July / August time
frame. The zoning issue will need to proceed this.
95 % of the boundary of the property known as 5801 Sundale
Ay. is zoned R-2-SC. There are 107 homes within the R-2-SC
zoning that are with in 300 ft radius of the property known
as 5801 Sundale Ay. Residents of 96 of these homes have signed
the enclosed petitions or 96/107= 90%. Ten (10) of the signatures
not obtained was because these homes were vacant or the people
were away for some time. Only one person did not want to sign
the petition. 95/96=98.96% of the people we could contact
signed the petition.
Of the remaining homes in Kern City we have the highest
percent sign up in the areas zoned R-2-SC because of our
condominium meetings. The signatures in inclosure'(4) represent
over-60% of all Kern City Residences. We are continuing our
visits to each house and will .be giving you more petitions
in the near future. '~
- 1 -
I am a resident in the Yorba Linda Condominium Association.
There are 34 homes in this condominium and we border all the
south side and 65% of the east-side of the property known
as 5801 Sundale Av. Other than the two homes that are not
occupied all signed the petition.
Please notify me of any attempt to have a development
on the property known as 5801 Sundale Ay. that would be more
dense than R£2-SC Single Story. Is there any way the property
known as 5801 Sundale Ay. could be developed for residences
with out the'approval or knowledge of the planning department?
Thank you for all the help you have given me .
1316 Yorba Linda St.
Bakersfield, CA 93309
ph 805-831-1792
To: Jack Hardisty, Director
City of Bakersfield P'lanning Department
Subject: Future Development of the Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Property at 5801 Sundale Avenue
At their regular meeting on February 9, 1993, the Kern County
Board of Education approved a "Resolution of Intention to Lease Real
Property located at 5801 Sundale Avenue, Bakersfield, California,
pursuant to Education Code Sections 39333 and 39360 et seq, include
findings and actions required by the California Environmental Quality
Act." Thes action was taken to enable the Kern County Superintendent
of schools to solicite proposals for future development of the subject
property following its vaCation in late 1993. They plan to lease the
land for a minimum of 55 years for senior citizen housing. Frank Fekete
who gave the oral presentation to the board ~said they~plan to advertise
for bids and receive bids to be presented to the board at their next
regular meeting March 9, 1993. Each bidder will show in their bid
the zoning they planned on and the bidder will be responsible for
Obtaining the zoning.
We the below listed Kern city property owners of properties
.surrounding the subject School District property, respectfully request
that the City of Bakersfield Planning Department exercise every effort
to insure that any approved future development of this proRerty be
fully compatible with existing surrounding property use, specifically,
~over ninety five percent (95%) of the immediatly adjoining properties
are currently zoned and being utilized as R-2 SC, single story
structures. WE believe that any future use of the. property at 5801
Sundale Avenue should refelect no greater density occupancy use, wehther
by rezoning or by conditional use permit to the current C,1 zoning.
Further, we request that each of the undersigned be notified of any
scheduled public hearings regarding the future development of this
propertY. '~'
PETITIONERS
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: ALAN TANDY, CITY MANAGER {~ / ~
FROM: ED SCHUI_Z, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR '~ ·
DATE: MAY 3, 1993
SUBJECT:' ANNUAL REPORT FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES (FY 1993/94)
In accordance with Ordinance 3327 (BMC Chapter 15.82), which was adopted by the City
Council on November 7, 1990, this IS the Public Works Director's
annual report to the City Council providing any updated, new or additional information which
may cause an adjustment to the fee amount collected for park development.
A change to the fee requires a public hearing. This hearing should be combined with the
budget hearings in Junel The proposed tees are to be adopted by City Council resolution.
The Consumer Price Index (CPi) for March 1993 shows a 4% increase from March 1992 for
this region. 1 I recommend that the park development tees be adjusted for inflation as
indicated below:
PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE COMPARISON
TYPE Of EXISTING PROPOSED FEE
DWELLING PARK DEVELOPMENT ADJUSTED FOR
UNIT FEE CPI (Inflation)
Single Family $645 $670
Duplex $525 $545
Multi-Family $485 $505
Mobile Home $455 $475
1 Consumers Price Index for West Coast "Class C" cities, March 1993.
2 Fees rounded to nearest multiple of five.
CC: Leland Andersen, Community Services Manager
Frank Fabbri, Parks Superintendent
Jack Hardisty, Planning Director
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April 27, 1993
City Manager Alan Tandy
City of Bakersfield
1501Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA -93~1 .....
Dear City Manager Tandy:
The' purpose of this communication is to provide you and the
other city councilmembers with a status report on the Golden
Empire Transit District's Southwest Transfer Facility.
As Steve informed you in his letter dated February 23, 1993,
the firm of Leonard Schroeder and Associates was selected to
design and oversee the project. Approximately 90% of the
pre-construction tasks have been completed. We have
completed a survey which identifies property boundaries,
underground utilities and existing easements. A soils test
has also been completed. This report provides
recommendations for site preparation, grading and foundation
design.
The architect has completed a design for the facility and
prepared cost estimates. The design was conditionally
approved by the Site Plan Review Committee on April 22,
1993. The facility is designed to accommodate seven (7)
buses simultaneously and provides designated_~bo~rding areas
for each route. Other amenities include public restrooms,
vandal-resistant benches, drinking fountains, shelters,
public telephones and route information.
District staff attempted to solicit a food vendor to clean
the site and restrooms in exchange for the exclusive right
to sell food. and beverages at the site. Staff issued a
request for proposals (RFP), but did not receive any bids in
response to this solicitation. Staff plans to issue a
revised RFP.
In February 1993, the District was notified that President
Cllnton's proposed economic stimulus package could provide
slightly more than $500,00 to finance local transit capital
projects. Construction of the transfer facility was put on
hold to take advantage of these additional funds. The
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District had budgeted local funds to construct the facility,
but viewed the proposed stimulus package as a way to use
~ocal ~funds to leverage additional federal dollars and
maximize the total dollars that would flow into our
community.
~ortunateiy, -~ President's proposal was defeated. ~e
are now proceeding with construction of the facility using
local funds. It is anticipated that the request for bids to
construct the facility will be issued within two weeks.
Please feel free to contact Steve at 324-9874 if you have
any questions regarding this project.
Sincerely,
Chairman
HS/eb