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(~[,~ ..~ ~ Sue Benham, Chair
Staff: John W. Sflnson David Couch
For: Alan Tandy, City Manager Mike Maggard
AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday, April 25, 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; and Mike Maggard
Absent: Councilmember David Couch
2. ADOPT FEBRUARY 28, 2006 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
Adopted as submitted.
3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
4. DEFERRED BUSINESS
A. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding Paladino arterial
to collector
Public Works Director Raul Rojas explained this referral was a request from
Mr. Steve Hollis to downgrade Paladino Drive from an arterial, to a collector
street. The Public Works Director explained staff does not recommend
downgrading arterials to collectors. Due to the topography of the area, the
northeast has been planned in the best possible way. If Paladino were to be
downgraded, it would eventually become a bottleneck because the road would
go from an arterial down to a collector and then back to an arterial.
One of the things the City is striving for in the northeast is to ensure not to
duplicate some of the roadway decisions that were made in the southwest. The
best example would be Brimhall Road between Calloway and Coffee, which
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was downgraded to a collector and now needs to be brought up to arterial
standards to better handle the traffic due to the growth of the area.
Public Works Traffic Engineer Steve Walker explained the Kern COG model
calls for Paladino to be an arterial due to expected growth, air-quality
conformance, and congestion management. The 2030 adopted growth model
projects 20,000 to 30,000 vehicles per day.
Mr. Steve Hollis, a resident on Paladino Drive, expressed his concerns. The
area is zoned for animals and arterials do not allow left turns through the
median. The residents have horses and backing horse trailers out of a
driveway onto an arterial as well as slowing to turn in, is very dangerous.
Public Works Director Raul Rojas agreed that residents with horse trailers using
Paladino have valid concerns. Left turns will not be allowed out of the
properties, only right turns in and right turns out.
Traffic Engineer Steve Walker stated caution signs could be put up advising
drivers of the trailer traffic. If properties are wide enough, two cuts could be put
in the sidewalk allowing for circle drivewaYs. The speed limit, set by the State,
for arterials and collectors is the same, 65 miles an hour, but can be modified
with a study if there are safety issues.
Ms. Paula Einstein, a resident on Paladino Drive, had concerns not only with
horse trailers, but riding horses off the properties would require riding them out
on the arterial.
Committee Member Maggard requested Public Works staff to meet with the
residents on this section of Paladino Drive to see if there could be solutions
worked out by changing the landscaping area on the south side of Paladino to
make the road wider to be able to create a lane on the north side for residents
to be able to get their horses in and Out of the properties.
Committee Chair Sue Benham requested this item be brought back to the
June 27th Committee meeting.
5. NEW BUSINESS
A. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding issues raised by
Planning Commissioner Ted Blockley regarding collector streets
This item was deferred to the next meeting.
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6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
Committee Member Mike Maggard asked the Public Works Director to check on
the condition of Masterson Road. The patches were washed out from the recent
rains and there are potholes on Masterson Road south from Paladino toward State
Route 178 with one huge hole as you approach State Route 178. Also, there are
cracks along Paladino by the new construction.
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 1:41 p.m.
Attendance-staff: City Manager Alan Tandy; City Attorney Ginny Gennaro; Assistant
City Manager John Stinson; Public Works Director Raul Rojas; Planning Director Jim
Movius; Traffic Engineer Steve Walker; and Public Works Civil Engineer Bruce Deeter
Attendance-others: Mike Kaia, Young Wooldridge; Scott Blunck, Castle and Cooke;
Roger Mclntosh, Mclntosh and Associates; Robert Kapral, RMK Group; Martin Ortiz;
Centex Homes; Paula Einstein (Paladino Road); Steve Hollis (Paladino Road); and
Kristy Hollis (Paladino Road)
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