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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/08/1997 BAKERSFIELD ~ (~ ~ Patricia M. Smith, Chair Alan Tandy, City Manager Patricia J. DeMond Staff: John W. Stinson Kevin McDermott AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT SPECIAL MEETING CITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Thursday, May 8, 1997 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:15 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Patricia M. Smith, Chair; Patricia J. DeMond and Kevin McDermott 2. PRESENTATIONS None 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 4. DEFERRED BUSINESS None CITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Thursday, May 8, 1997 Page -2- 5. NEW BUSINESS A. REQUEST FROM THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS & PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION (DBA) VISION COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE MISSION FOR THEIR COMMITTEE REGARDING DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS Members from the Downtown Business Association "Vision Committee" gave a brief presentation of their work on developing a mission for their committee. They distributed a copy of their "draft" Mission Statement and discussed it with the Council Committee members. Ray Watson discussed their efforts to get property owners to work together to attract development and promote other activities which would complement the City's efforts at the convention center and the development of Centennial Plaza and the new arena project. They emphasized that their focus was a community-based effort to promote the area rather than expecting government to take the lead. Councilmember DeMond noted a number of successes in the downtown which were achieved by groups working together with the City. They included the downtown stmetscape project, changes to downtown zoning, and others. Them was also a discussion regarding the possible acquisition of the Federal Building by the City and how it could fit into the vision for downtown. 6. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned at 1:10 p.m. Staff present: Assistant City Manager John W. Stinson; Development Services Manager Jack Hardisty; Chief Assistant City Attorney Bob Sherfy; and Principal Planner David Lyman Others present: Chris Frank, Ray Watson, Cathy Butler, and Herman Ruddell cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council JWS:jp