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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/14/1995 B /~K E R S F I E L D Staff: John W. Stinson Mark Salvaggio Jacquie Sullivan AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE Tuesday, November 14, 1995 4:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room City Hall 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 201 Bakersfield, CA 93301 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 4:20 p.m. Members present: Councilmember Irma Carson, Chair; Councilmember Mark Salvaggio; and Councilmember Jacquie Sullivan 2. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 8, 1995 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None. 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None. 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS None. APPROVED. AS SUB14T'I"I'ED FEBRUARY 15, 1996 FILE COPY AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Community Services Committee November 14, 1995 Page -2- 6. NEW BUSINESS A. REQUEST TO NAME RUGBY FIELD The City Council referred to the Community Services Committee a request from the Kern County Athletic Association (KCAA) to dedicate the Beach Park rugby/soccer field in memorial to Mr. Ray Trichell. The Committee met with Mr. David S. James of the Kern County Athletic Association and City staff to review the request. Staff indicated, pursuant to the Kern River Parkway Plan and conversation with the Kern River Parkway Foundation, that the most appropriate manner to respond to the request would be to dedicate the field as the "Beach Park Rugby/Soccer Field in memory of Ray Trichell." This proposal was reviewed by the Citizens' Community Services Advisory Committee who endorsed this recommendation. The Kern County Athletic Association also agrees that this would be appropriate. The Community Services Committee, in order to honor Mr. Ray Trichell and to facilitate this timely dedication in his memory, will present a report to the full Council to recommend the adoption of a resolution dedicating the Beach Park rugby/soccer field in memory of Ray Trichell. The Committee also recommends that staff work with the KCAA to assist them with any details regarding the placement of a plaque near the field. B. ORDINANCE REGARDING REQUIREMENT TO FORM MAINTENANCE DISTRICT This ordinance was given first reading on October 11, 1995, and referred to this Committee for discussion. The City Attorney clarified that it has been the policy of the City whenever a new subdivision is created that that subdivision provide its own ability to maintain the landscaping in the subdivision and that is done by creating a landscape and lighting maintenance district. This is not a new policy. In the past when developers came in, the staff has just been telling them. In order to formalize this process, we are proposing that this be put in ordinance form so that it will appear in the Municipal Code. Staff further explained that consolidation is just putting all maintenance districts into one group for accounting purposes. When new ones get formed they do not automatically get put into the consolidated district. Because the rates are assessed at one point of time during the year, they are put into the consolidated district at that time. AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Community Services Committee November 14, 1995 Page -3- The Committee recommended that the ordinance be sent back to the Council for second reading. C. APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITIZENS' COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE The recent change in ward boundaries resulted in the expiration of terms of three committee members on the Citizens' Community Services Advisory Committee, due to the ward residency requirement in the current ordinance. The Community Services Committee will recommend to the City Council that the City no longer require ward residency for members of the Citizens' Community Services Advisory Committee, and also that the three members affected by the ward boundary change be reinstated. The Committee requested the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance amending the Municipal Code which would extend the terms of the Citizens' Community Services Advisory Committee members to 1998 and delete the ward residency requirement. D. RECREATION AND PARKS ISSUE AT MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK This was an item that occurred after the publishing of the agenda and was brought to the Committee by Councilmember Carson. Councilmember Carson requested that staff respond to a citizen complaint regarding a doll which was given to a two-year-old girl at a Halloween party at a City facility. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 5:25 p.m. City staff in attendance: Alan Tandy, City Manager; John W. Stinson, Assistant City Manager; Judy Skousen, City Attorney; Raul Rojas, Public Works Director; Ginny Gennaro, Deputy City Attorney; Lee Andersen, Community Services Manager; Frank Fabbri, Parks Superintendent; Jennie Eng, Associate Planner; and Marian Shaw, Engineer III. Others: David James, Kern County Athletic Association; Marc Benjamin, The Bakersfield Californian. JWS:jp