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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/06/1997 BAKERSFIELD AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Special Joint Meeting CITY/COUNTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE City Host Thursday, March 6, 1997 12:15 p.m. Convention center - Grape Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:15 p.m. 2. PRESENTATIONS None 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 4. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. Environmental Health Cooperative Efforts - Update (Price) DaVe Price gave a brief update on cooperative activities of County Environmental Health and City staffs. Dave indicated that staff meetings have begun to establish protocols for responses to environmental health issues. Efforts are under way to categorize and determine levels of responses expected by the City. Dave said the County is looking into creating a code enforcement effort similar to the one used by the City. City staff has been helpful in providing code enforcement information, ordinances and procedures. B. Convention Center Expansion (Arena)/Centennial Plaza Update (Tandy) John Stinson gave a brief update on the status of the Convention Center expansion and Centennial Plaza projects. Councilmembers McDermott and DeMond provided information on the fund-raising efforts of the Centennial Foundation. AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT CITY/COUNTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Thursday, March 6, 1997 Page -2- C. Universal Refuse Collection Update (Heinrichs) Scott Jones gave an update on universal refuse collection in the unincorporated areas. He said they are still negotiating with the franchise haulers who want to extend the term of their agreement to total 25 years. Also being discussed is the issue of exclusive vs. non-exclusive franchises. Councilmember DeMond clarified that the City's primary interest in universal collection is within the Metropolitan Bakersfield area, not on a countywide basis. Supervisor Peterson indicated that universal collection is still proceeding; however, negotiations with the haulers have to be resolved. Kevin Barnes indicated that cooperative efforts to propose a joint City/County bulky item disposal pilot program are under way and will be presented to both the City Council and the Board of Supervisors in the near future. 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Joint City/County CALEPA SB 1299 Permit Consolidation Zone Application (Price) Dave Price indicated that new state law provides for 20 pilot projects which establish Permit Consolidation Zones which may use a Facilities Compliance Plan in place of individual environmental permits for new or expanding facilities. This would be an economic development enhancement as it would streamline the environmental permit process. The County intends to apply to become one of the pilot areas and would include any cities that want to participate. Councilmember DeMond asked that this item be placed on the June 5, 1997 Intergovernmental Relations Committee agenda for city response. B. Proposition 218 Implementation (Price) Dave price gave an update on the County's implementation of Proposition 218. He indicated that the County was proceeding with the required mail-in elections for certain County Service Areas which are subject to the requirements of Proposition 218. He indicated that if the mail-in elections fail, it is expected that the services would be discontinued. They will be conducting public workshops and providing educational information to each area. It was also indicated that the County would be eliminating the school crossing guard assessment districts and discontinuing this service. They have notified the schools that this will be happening. Proposition 218 implementation will be placed on the next agenda for future updates. AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT CITY/COUNTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Thursday, March 6, 1997 Page -3- 6. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m. Attendance: Kevin McDermott, Patricia DeMond, (Patricia Smith absent), Ken Peterson, Pete Parra, John Stinson, Judy Skousen, Mike Kelly, Jack Hardisty, Ralph Huey, Scott Jones, Adel Klein, Ross Elliott, Steve Shuette, Dave Price, and Chuck Lackey. March 10, 1997 John W. Stinson, Assistant City Manager JWs:jp cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council s:\john\igrcom\igr3-6.not