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Home My WebLink About02/27/1990 Conni Brunni, Chair Lynn Edwards Mark Salvaggio Staff: Charles Graviss CONVENTION CENTER AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Tuesday, February 27, 1990 5:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room Special Attendees: Citizens Parks and Recreation Sub-Committee Don Anderson Terry Gosney Mary Sawyer AGENDA 1. Citywide Parks Maintenance Districts (Paul Dow) 2. Variable Zones for Maintenance Districts (Ed Schulz) 3. Letter from Reverend Kenneth Lee Price regarding Convention Center Events (Charles Graviss) Paul A. Kronenberg 8216 Norfolk Court ' REC'D &PLACED ON AZ COUNCIL MEEIING OF February 1990 The Honorable Gonstance Brunnt Bakersfield City Council 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Re: Proposed ordinance amendment to ~MC Section 13.04 Dear Councilwoman Brunni: " I would like to call your attention to the February 21, 1990 City Council agenda item 10(b) which proposes to amend Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 13.04. As I understand the proposed change to the city's maintenance district ordinance it would permit the council to establish "benefit zones" within new or existing maintenance districts and allow these zones to be protested during the annual hearings. It appears that this ordinance change anticipates the establishment of a city- wide park maintenance district and thus permits the council to assign different benefit levels to sections of the city. Potentially the change would allow existing landscape maintenance districts to be divided into zones. · I am oPposed, to this ordinance change for several reasons: 1) it further bal- kanizes already inequitable taxation areas, 2) no Objective criteria for estab- lishing ~"beneftts" are proposed, 3) it could shift added costs to certain pro- 'perty owners increasing the current inequity, 4) it could be use~ as a politi- cal tool to forge a majority on the council in favor of a city-wide district to the detriment of other wards, and 5) it could be used to punish certain wards , or areas of the city. Double taxation aside, in Maintenance District 1 our assessment is supposed to be uniformly applied. Resolution 115-89 states: "The benefit of increased land value inures to the parcels uniformly, and can be assessed at a uniform acreage rate." Since the city has allowed two-thirds of MD-I's acreage, to opt-out I question whether the resolution is valid. In this instance, as I informed the council dutring protest h~arings in June 1989, "benefit zones" have been accom- plished in a de facto fashion. Adopting this ordinance amendment would merely codify (and justify) past .actions. I would ask that you,kill the amendment during first reading. If the whole issue of city-wide maintenance districts, whether for parks or street landscap- ing, is addressed by the council this year, that process would be the appropri- ate forum to look at how costs should be apportioned. Sincerely, .529 £:l?l\Wr:()l'tl3 ~'1-:, I?/\KEf?SFIEI_iJ, £;A. 9~]3C)5 liar. Ken.otb l,ee l~rJ. ce \ L(~;~.'"'~.'. ( I .... · '~'--'~'/'"~:"~~,~<~'~' ~-'~ ..... h~e F~LE ~ ~.':., , .,~.~ -Z;' ,?~. ' . B-, - February 9,19 " '~ ~)?F. Kern County _. ... ~,H,,~{~%k¢'~ -- ----1415 Truxton Ave. 93304 ~, ~.. I1,- .~ I1...,I Ih~ dt.'ll. Dear Sirs; .~.,,,.~ ......... -',,',,',~,,,' ..... , I am sending this letter to voice my opposition .~',',,,.'*~,'~-'-~..'.','.',r',,,'... to the use of a public facility to show a program ,.,,-, ............ ,,:,.,,.,,,.,'~'. ..... r that is pornographic in nature. I am referring to "' "'"' "' """~'""" '" '"" '"' """ the s~age production of " Oh,Calcutta " that will ,~,.,,,,,,,..,,,,..,,...,h,~}. ..... ,,,,,,. be shown on Tuesday, February 13~h at the Civic ,,,. ~,,-.,H.,. ,,~ ,,¢,,~ ....... -.: Audi to r i um. r~,,,,. ~,,.....,, ~. ...,, ,.. .,,,. ,,.In Bakersfield there are many business establish- . ...... ,, .,, ,,,. ..r',,..,,. ..r ,,,. ments that are pandering to the seemy side of enter- ...,,,~..,~.,,.,,,,.,.,.~,..,,,, ..... tainment and that is their right go do so whether I ,,,. ...... ,,.,~:,... agree with it or not; however, I do feel ,.,',.r,,,~,.,-'~y...',,,,.....' ...... , tax paying citizen and one to which those elected to ,,,~,,,. ...... ,,. *',,, .,, r-*~.' ...... ~ public office are accountable that I should express .... '*'"'"'"'*'"'"r'"""*~'"": my 9rear displeasure. I realize that this production is already slated and approved to show so stopping it would be difficult, I woul, d ask however that in the future that you would p~ease respect the sensibilities of your constituents and refrain from allowing public [acil~ties to be used for patently offensive entert- ainment. Sincerely: Code No. ~ev. Kenneth Lee Price BY ORDER OF THE BO/SUPV. Pastor/Faith Tabernacle Assembly referredlo INFORMATION ONLY copies furnished: SUE LASlTEFI,Olark o! Ihs Board of Supervisors , ... " "A I;'RIENI)LY II'KI. COM~ AIVAIT$ YOu" BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ' SUE LASITER SUPERVISORS Cterk ol I~oard o! Supe~xl,,or~ Admlntltrallon and Courts Building ROY ASHBURN Dlatrlct No. 1 1415 Truxtun Avenue. Room 600 BEN AUSTIN Dlatrlct No. 2 Bakersfield, California 93301 PAULINE LARWOOD District No. 3 Telephone (805)861-2167 KARL F. HETTINGER DI-trlct No. 4 MARY K. SHELL Dlalrlct No. 5 --" F1 -.< February 13, 1990 f-~.~ Reverend Kenneth Lee Price Pastor Faith Tabernacle Assembly 529 Crawford Street Bakersfield, California 93305 Dear Reverend Price: Thank you for your letter dated February 9, 1990, regarding the public use of the Civic Auditorium for the stage production of "Oh, Calcutta". In that the Civic Auditorium is owned and operated by the City of Bakersfield, I have forwarded your letter to Carol Williams, the City Clerk, for appropriate action. ~ Please be assured that a copy of your letter will be forwarded to each member of the Board of Supervisors for information. If I may be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me at 861- 2167. Sincerely, SUE LASITER Clerk of the Board cc: Carol Williams, City Clerk Each Board Member