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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/10/2006 B A K E R S F I E L D ~,~ ~ ~~ Sue Benham, Chair Staff: John W. Stinson David Couch For: Alan Tandy, City.Manager Mike Maggard AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE - SPECIAL MEETING Monday, July 10, 2006- 1:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room - Suite 201 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was Called to Order at 1:00 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Sue Benham, Chair; David Couch and Mike Maggard 2. ADOPT MAY 30, 2006 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Adopted as submitted. 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS Gordon Nipp, Sierra Club, spoke regarding the General Plan as it relates to zone changes and development on agricultural land within the City's sphere of influence. He provided the Committee with a handout. As this item was not on the agenda, Committee Chair Sue Benham referred Mr. Nipp's comments and handout to staff for a response at the next Committee meeting. Committee Member David Couch in response to comments on the number of General Plan zone changes, stated there have been many applicants over the years that have come in and talked with the Planning Department and were told their application would not be supported by the Planning Department and would not get a positive staff recommendation. There is no way to quantify this information as staff does not track at this level, but it would be a factor to be included in the staff response. Committee Chair Sue Benham announced the next Planning and Development Committee meeting will be on August 22nd. AGENDA SUMMARy REPORT Page 2 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, July 10, 2006 4. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding request from Barbara Lomas, Planning Commission Chair, for direction regarding increased public notice on development projects that require hearings Planning Director Jim Movius gave an oveh/iew of the memorandum in the Committee packet and a survey of other cities,, which included the radius for public hearing notices, sign posting, and samples of design standards for on- site posting. Staff recommended one sign for street frontage every 300 feet with a maximum of two signs per street frontage; installation by applicant 20 days prior to hearing; and removal by applicant within 10 days of approval period or final action, whichever is later. The signs should be posted not less than five feet inside the property line in residential zones and not less than one foot inside the property line in commercial and industrial zones. The signs should be four by eight feet, six feet tall with posts and have required posting information. Hearings before the Planning Commission requiring site plan posting would be: General Plan Amendments, Specific Plans, Subdivisions/Land Divisions, Zone changes, and Prezone changes. Small parcel lot waivers that do not require a hearing before the Planning Commission would be exempt from sign posting. Committee Member David Couch made a motion for staff to move this forward, make the proposed project site sign posting changes to the ordinances, and forward to the Planning Commission. The Committee unanimously approved the motion. After review of other cities' regulations, the Committee took no action to change the public hearing notice radius from the current 300 feet (California law). B. Staff update and Committee recommendation regarding Paladino arterial to collector Public Works Director Raul Rojas stated after the last Committee meeting, staff prepared a drawing showing a possible shift of Paladino to the south by taking out the landscaping along the block wall on the south side, realigning the median, and narrowing the median and bike lane to standard widths to allow enough space for a deceleration lane for the horse trailers. AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Page 3 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, July 10, 2006 A meeting was held at Public Works with Steve Hollis. Mr. Hollis then met and shared the meeting information with the Paladino residents. From that meeting a question arose if it would be possible to keep the west bound lanes down to two striped lanes, not realign the median, and keep landscaping on the south side block wall. By keeping the striped lanes down to two, it would allow the extra area for deceleration/acceleration and space for backing trailers. The residents also were concerned over elimination of the landscaping by the block wall on the south side of the road. Public Works Director Raul Rojas was in agreement that it would be five or ten years before the third lane is needed. Paladino will not generate the traffic until property on the other half of the road is subdivided or built to 'other use, so Paladino just west of Masterson will remain striped with just two lanes each way for sometime. As there are no left turns in this area, four lanes are sufficient for good traffic flow; however, the City cannot relinquish the ability to stripe the third lane at some future time should traffic volumes dictate. Mr. Hollis and the Public Works Director reached a compromise at the. meeting. By narrowing both the median and the bike lane to the standard five feet, it would allow three or four feet for some type of vines or plant by the block wall. It would also be necessary to narrow the deceleration lane but as sidewalks are not required, that area would allow enough space to get trailers in and out. City Manager Alan Tandy expressed at some future time there may be a need for sidewalks if schools are built and students are walking in the street, so the City should, retain the right to have sidewalk installed. There will be sidewalk by the block wall on the south side of Paladino. The Committee requested Public Works staff to prepare a final drawing and bring it back to the Committee. Committee Member Mike Maggard requested staff to meet with the developer on the south side of Paladino to discuss the impact on his design plan if the landscaping is narrowed. Committee Member Maggard also made a referral to the Committee to look at different standards in new development for block walls and if there should be standard vines for block walls. 5. COMMITTEE COMMENTS 6. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 1:35 p.m. AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT ( Page 4 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, July 10, 2006 Attendance-staff: City Manager Alan Tandy; City Attorney' Ginny Gennaro; Public Works Director Raul Rojas; Development Services Director Stanley Grady; Planning Director Jim Movius; City Clerk Pam McCarthy; Parks Construction and Facility Planner Ken TrOne; and Civil Engineer Ryan Starbuck Attendance-others: Planning Commission Chair Barbara Lomas; Kevin Burton, Young Wooldridge; Scott Blunck, Castle and Cooke; Caroline Reid; Ann Gallon; Will Winn; Gordon Nipp, Sierra Club; Steve Hollis, World Oil; and David Burger, reporter, The Bakersfield Californian cc: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers S:\JOHN\Council Committees\06Planning&Development\p&d 06 jul 10 summary.doc