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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/31/2000 BAKERSFIELD ~ ~~'~~ Irma Carson, Chair Alan Tandy, City Manager Randy Rowles Staff: Alan Christensen Jacquie Sullivan AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT I NTERGOVERN MENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE of the City Council - City of Bakersfield Wednesday, May 31, 2000 - 4:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Called to order at 4:09 p.m. Present: Councilmember Irma Carson, Chair . Councilmember Jacquie Sullivan arrived at 4:13 p.m. Absent: Councilmember Randy Rowles 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 3. DEFERRED BUSINESS 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion to prioritize agenda items for future Joint City Council/Board of Supervisors meetings Metro Sewer Authority. (A quorum was not present - Informational only.) At the March Joint City Council/Board of Supervisors meeting, County Resource Management Agency Director Dave Price proposed forming a metro sewer authority. City and County staffs were directed to meet and discuss the issue. Raul Rojas reported that staff from the City, County and North of the River Sewer District had an initial meeting. The County is proposing a metro sewer authority that would require from the sewer providers, whether it's the City or North of the River, that we will have capacity for the County when they are ready to hook up. It was discussed that the County would need to fund their portion, otherwise it would severely impact City taxes. At this time the County has no regulations so that developer fees in the County provide funding up front for plant expansions and trunk lines. The County is considering changes to their ordinance so that if a development is within 1,000 feet of the trunk line the developer must hook up. There is concem that if the subdivision is more that a thousand feet, the developer will not put in any money for the cost of trunk lines. Mr. Rojas stated it was a positive meeting that resulted in ,ooo FILE COPY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT May 31, 2000 P~ge -2- the County gaining a better understanding of where the City stands on the issue; primarily that we cannot afford to build plant capacity on speculation, without assurances of trunk lines, sewer lines, and the County's ability to make sure developers hook in and pay their proportional costs. (Committee member Sullivan arrived - quorum present) Several years ago when the CSA-71 agreement was entered into with the County, the City guaranteed that we would put in the capacity and built on the concept that if you build it, they will hook up. Less than a dozen County residents have hooked up in the last five years. City tax-payers are responsible for all the bonds for the expansions, whether the County residents hook up or not. It cost $5,000 to $6,000 per house to hook up and you can build a septic tank for much less. As the County has no regulatory means of forcing hook up, one of the things that must be looked at is whether there's mandatory sewer service instead of being able to put in a septic tank. In fairness to City tax-payers, any future agreements should stipulate that the County put money up front and be responsible for the bonds for their citizens. The City did a four million gallon expansion at Plant #3 for $13 million. As County residents are not hooking up, they are not paying toward the debt service. Not only did the City expand the plant, we also built the Allen Road trunk sewer line at $8 million and are building the Buena Vista trunk sewer line at $8 million. The County will evaluate what they have and the staffs will get together for another meeting. Fire JPA related to relocating west side fire station. Assistant Fire Chief Kirk Blair stated that one of the issues that has come up is relocating the site for the future fire station on the west side of Bakersfield. Because of the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for fire response with the County, the agreement would have to be modified to relocate any site correctly identified in the JPA. The current site is in the vicinity of VVhite Lane and Buena Vista..City Fire staff is in the process of analyzing if it should be moved further north on Buena Vista closer to Stockdale Highway due to the commercial development in that area. Questions have been raised as to how much growth does moving this site require and how moving this site will impact the McCutchen Road site farther to the south. Staff conversations with County Fire are continuing on this issue. Councilmember Rowles has requested this item be placed on the Joint meeting agenda for action, as any amendment to the JPA would have to be approved by the City Council and Kern County Board of Supervisors. Graffiti Abatement Program in County areas. ~ Brad Underwood stated that during a meeting with Councilmember Maggard regarding increased graffiti activity in the northeast, it was suggested City Public Works and Police Departments do a workshop-type presentation at a City/County Joint meeting. This would provide an opportunity to share information on the magnitude of the problem, the money and staff'hours involved, and the amount of arrests that have been made. Hopefully, this would showcase the need to form a joint City/County effort of enforcement and cleanup, and increased County support in the area of prosecutions. The City has two full-time officers assigned to graffiti and perhaps the County would assign an officer. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT May 31, 2000 Page -3- City and County staffs have met and exchanged information. The County has just received a one-time, $300,000 grant from Cai Works to involve people trying to get off welfare to work in the graffiti program for training in painting and office work. Graffiti abatement would be more successful if there were a Metropolitan action plan of enforcement and cleanup. This is especially important in areas where City and County borders are contiguous, such as the northeast where there has been a large increase of graffiti and a joint effort is needed to achieve successful abatement. The Intergovernmental Relations Committee will meet again to evaluate and prioritize agenda items prior to the Joint City Council/Board of Supervisors meeting being planned for September. B. Discussion regarding list of possible dates for Joint City Council/Board of Supervisors meeting City and County staff are still checking Council and Board members' calendars for a Joint meeting date in September. The City will be hosting and the meeting will be held in the Council Chamber. 5. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 4:48 p.m. Attendance: Assistant City Manager Alan Chdstensen; Assistant City Manager John Stinson; City Attorney Bart Thiltgen; Assistant to the City Manager Darnell Haynes; Public Works Director Raul Rojas; General Services Superintendent Brad Underwood; Assistant Fire Chief Kirk Blair; and Ross Elliott, Projects Manager, Kern County Administrative Office.