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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/18/2000 BAKERSFIELD Jacquie Sullivan, Chair Patricia J. DeMond Randy Rowles Staff: Alan Christensen SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE of the City Council - City of Bakersfield Tuesday, January 18, 2000 4:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 201 Bakersfield, CA AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. ADOPT JUNE 2 AND OCTOBER 22, 1999 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORTS 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 4. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. STAFF UPDATE AND COMMITTEE DISCUSSION REGARDING ENTRY SIGNS AND BEAUTIFICATION OF ENTRANCES - Christensen B. STAFF'UPDATE AND COMMITTEE DISCUSSION REGARDING ICE SKATING FACILITY PROPOSED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY - Tandy 5. NEW BUSINESS A. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TRAFFIC MEDIAN STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY - Tandy 6. ADJOURNMENT AC:jp FILE COPY DRAFT B.A KER S F IEL D ~'~ /.~4-~'~~ Jacquie Sullivan, Chair Alan Tandy, City Manager Patricia J. DeMond Staff: Alan Christensen Randy Rowles AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 2, 1999 6:30 p.m. City Hall Council Chamber 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 6:35 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Jacquie Sullivan, Chair; and Randy Rowles Absent: Councilmember Patricia J. DeMond 2. ADOPT MARCH 11, 1999 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Adopted as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. DISCUSSION OF SKATEBOARD PARK ALTERNATIVES Recreation and Parks Director Stan Ford stated that staff held a meeting on May 5th at Franklin School on Truxtun Avenue. Notices were sent to neighbors and businesses within 500 feet of Beach Park. Forty-eight people attended and all were in favor of the proposed skateboard park; none were opposed. It came to staffs attention that Vans is building a pdvate skate park facility at the site of the former Ice Palace. Staff has been in contact with their corporate office who shared information that their facility would be a for-profit operation. Vans indicated their "theme-type" facility and the City's proposed public facility would be a good match since there is a need for both types DRAFT AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 2, 1999 Page -2- of skate parks. Vans is very supportive and has offered to help with design and possibly a financial contribution. The meeting was open for public statements. Cathi Guerrero, Herbie Benham, Ben Smith, Blanca Anderson, Byron Stickler, Paul Anderson, Susan Benham, George Doderlein, Karen Frederick, Shawn Moran, Art Doland, Emily Evincula, and'Terd Eunice all spoke in support of the skateboard park. No one spoke in opposition. In response to Committee questions, Mr. Ford responded that at the first public meeting on May 5th staff compiled a list of volunteers, including young people, who would give input and ideas during the design process. Staffs research indicates that construction of a park would take an average of 120 days. Including design, the project could realistically be completed in six months. City Attomey Bart Thiltgen summarized the liability issues and a survey done of numerous cities throUghout the state. He discussed the limited immunity given by state law for users over 14 years of age, but youths under 14 cannot be excluded from using the park as it must be open to anyone who wants to use it. Mr. Ford stated that the estimated cost to build the skateboard park is $174,000. Based on expected demand, the proposed facility may be fully utilized from day one, but it is propedy sized for the location. A larger facility would create additional problems such as parking. From the sale of the racquetball facility there is $95,000 available {hat can be used for improvements in Beach Park, but as this is the City's most used park, staff would like to retain some funds for improvements such as barbecue grills and picnic tables. The Committee thanked the audience for their participation and encouraged them to continue with their fund-raising efforts and urge further active community support at the next two Council meetings for this project. The Committee was very supportive of building a skateboard park and approved (with Patdcia DeMond absent) this project moving forward to the full Council on June 16th. The Committee directed staff to prepare a report to the Council with the following recommendations: 1) support building a skateboard park in Beach Park using Option A location, 2) use $80,000 from the $95,000fund available for Beach Park improvements, 3) find an additional $94,000 funding in the General Fund or other measures to fund this project, and 4) form a committee of interested individuals to be a part of the design group and direct staff along with the skateboard park design group to move forward with a time line of January 1, 2000 to complete construction and open the park. The Committee requested when Council gives support for this project to move forward, that the Committee receive updates at their meetings during the six-month window from design to completion. DRAFT AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 2, 1999 Page 6. NEW BUSINESS A. COMMUNITY SERVICES MEETING SCHEDULE The Committee approved adopting the proposed calendar. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. City Staff in Attendance: Assistant City Manager Alan Chdstensen; City Attorney Bar~ Thiltgen; and Recreation and Parks Director Start Ford. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council S:~AC\C SCommittee~cs99junO2summary.wpd DRAFT BAKERSFIELD '~_~~ Jacquie Sullivan, Chair Alan Tandy, City Manager Patricia J, DeMond Staff: Alan Christensen Randy Rowles AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT SPECIAL MEETING COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Friday, October 22, 1999 12:00 noon City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:20 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Jacquie Sullivan, Chair; and Patricia J. DeMond Absent: Councilmember Randy Rowles 2. ADOPT JUNE 2, 1999 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Deferred to the next meeting. 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 4. NEW BUSINESS A'. STAFF UPDATE AND COMMITTEE DISCUSSION REGARDING ICE SKATING FACILITY PROPOSED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY City Manager Alan Tandy stated that for some months, through the Economic-Community Development Department, staff hat been contacting companies in the ice facility business to see if we could attract some interest here: After contacting several companies, two firms responded with interest and actually visited and looked at possible sites. It would be premature to give out names, but both have multiple facilities, are well known and established in the business.' Staff has done research on other ice facilities in California and has found that in very large markets, such as Los Angeles, the facilities are typically privately born, financed and operated. In markets for our size, it is more customary for such facilities to be municipally owned with a leased-operation to a private sector operator or have a management agreement. The primary issue in getting a firm here would be that it is a developmental market that would need to taP market potential through promotion/advertising. Someone coming in to start a facility and build COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Friday, October 22, 1999 Page -2- it from the ground up would be looking at large advertising expenses, which would result in several years of less than full return on their investment. Therefore, such an operation would need incentives from the City in order to make it feasible. A single-sheet facility fully equipped without land is about $3.4 million and a double-sheet facility about $5.2 million. The firms that have come here have been given a list of the kinds of incentives that the City has. The availability of the incentives would be dependent on factors such as the specific nature of the proposal, the geographic location chosen for the site, and some incentives are available only with either pdvate or public ownership. It is most likely with our market conditions that we would be looking at an Enterprise Zone and/or redevelopment project area location because we have more tools in those areas to assist a facility to come into being. During our discussions with the firms, they indicated there might be some support from the business community. Once the companies have a chance to see how much revenue the business will generate, know their expenses, the size of the proposed facility (single or double sheet) and what they need to achieve for full financing, we can match it up with location possibilities and the kinds of incentives which might be available from the City or pdvate business community. In the next few weeks we should have a concept of their proposed projects and whether their interest seems to be firm. B. STAFF UPDATE AND COMMITTEE DISCUSSION REGARDING ENTRY SIGNS AND BEAUTIFICATION OF ENTRANCES TO THE CITY Alan Chdstensen stated entry signs have been suggested as a way to improve the image and the identification of Bakersfield. Staff has been working on different design concepts. There are two phases. The first phase is the large monument signs as you enter the City and the second phase will be smaller entry signs used at freeway entrances. The Committee reviewed the eight different potential designs 'for the first phase monument concept,- possible locations, size, readability and cost. (The designs are on the City's Web Site.) The cost range is from $15,000 to $80,000 depending on the design chosen. At this time, there are no identified sources of funding. As.progress is made toward the designl issues which will need to be resolved are how to pay for the signs and their upkeep/maintenance and securing private propertY for placement of the signs on Highway 99 and Interstate 5 as CalTrans right-of-way may be difficult to obtain. Staff will continue to go out into the community to generate interest and continue looking for funding sources, perhaps sponsors for the signs. The City Manager directed Don Hoggatt, Public Works Park and Landscape Designer, to focus on three or four of the designs that the Committee thought were best, while keeping their comments and suggestions in mind. Mayor Bob Pdce spoke regarding his interest in getting these signs put up, at least two while he is still in office. He wants to re-activate his Economic Advisory Committee and get them involved and interested in working on this. The Mayor would like to take this task on and work in conjunction with the Committee. Committee Chair Sullivan stated she would welcome the Mayor's help with the project. AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT SERVICES COMMITTEE DRAFT COMMUNITY Friday, October 22, 1999 Page -3- C. KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION BY THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT Recreation and Parks Director Stan Ford stated that money was approved in the 1999-2000 Budget for "Keep America Beautiful" and wanted to update the committee on the upcoming program. A video on the Keep America Beautiful program was shown to the Committee. The Keep America.Beautiful (KAB) System is a behavior-based approach to prevent littering and improve waste handling practices, such as recycling, at the grassroots level through education and community-wide involvement. The KAB System requires a commitment from citizens, businesses, elected and public officials, and civic leaders to work together in identifying local concerns, getting the facts, involving the people, planning and focusing on results, and providing positive reinforcement. It provides long-term solutions, rather that focusing on one-time cleanup events. Parks Supervisor Terry McCormick, who will be the project coordinator, pointed out that the first step is the payment of a one-time entry fee, based on population, of $4,500 for certification in the program, and it requires a letter from the Mayor stating that Bakersfield wants to become a "Keep Amedca Beautiful" city. The fee includes training of the coordinator and a workshop for the people on the committee. There is an annual fee of $350. Along the way, after certification, volunteers from the community from business/industry, local government, education, neighborhoods, finance, civic, and public relations need to be chosen by the Council to make up a subcommittee. Mr. Ford stated that he already has a firm, Castle and Cooke, who is interested in participating in the program by planting flowers in 38 entry ways, such as by the signs as you enter Silver Creek. The Committee discussed the importance of beautification, recycling, bulky-items day, and litter control. The City Manager stated that since it's clear that this Committee, and Council as a whole, want to proceed with beautification of the City and the certification fee was 'approved in the 1999-00 Budget, staff will proceed with certification and then bring this back to the Committee for further direction. 5. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m. Attendance: Mayor Bob Price, City Manager Alan Tandy; Assistant City Manager Alan Christensen; City Attorney Bart Thiltgen; and Recreation and Parks Director Stan. Ford; Parks Supervisor Terry McCormick; Park and Landscape Designer Don Hoggatt; Fire Chief Ron Fraze; Deputy Fire Chief Gary Hutton; Tammi Brown, reporter KUZZ; John Genter, ACN Communications; and Steve DeBranch, Castle and Cooke. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council S:~C\C SCommittee\cs99oct22summar7 .wpd