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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/16/1994 B A K E R'S F I E L D Alan Tandy, City Manag~ Randy Rowles, Chair Staff: Gail E. Waiters Kevin McDermott Patricia M. Smith AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Thursday, June 16, 1994 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order 12:25 p.m. Present: Councilmember Randy Rowles, Chair; and Councilmember Smith Absent: Vice Mayor Kevin McDermott 2. APPROVAL OF MAY 11, 1994 MINUTES Approved as submitted 3. PRESENTATIONS None PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS In light of Vice Mayor McDermott's absence at this meeting, the Chair asked that Deferred Business items A and B be continued to the next Urban Development Committee meeting. Staff gave a very brief comment on each of the items. A. TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES - Kloepper County staff was instructed to continue to investigate options C and D, and additionally investigate other impacts such as air quality and congestion management and bring back to the Board of Supervisors a comprehensive approach to fees. Staff was told by. APPROVED AUGUST !7 ~ 1994 FILE COPY Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report June 16, 1994 Page 2 County staff that the board would resist in every way possible to raising the fee, however, they may decide that $2,000 is acceptable. An update on the collection of the fees will be available for the Committee members at the next Urban Development meeting. B. STATUS REPORT ON FREEWAYS - Kloepper A memo on the status of freeway/highway projects was provided to the Council on May 25, 1994. (attached) C. SPEED UNDULATION PROGRAM - Walker Staff gave updated information regarding establishing a pilot speed hump program. Test streets were identified for one street in five of the seven wards. The Committee asked that a report be prepared to present at the June 29 City Council meeting that would outline the particulars of the pilot program, and would also request a public hearing for July 20 to take testimony as to whether residents would be supportive of a pilot program in their neighborhood. Staff will provide the affected Councilmembers with mailing labels for those addresses who will be noticed about the pilot program. The Chair asked that a two-month window be allotted so that those Councilmembers who had not identified a test street would have enough time to do so, or change the location if it was not acceptable, prior to the beginning of the program start date. There was discussion about the commitment made by Cai Oak to install a speed hump in Ward 2, specifically to assess the impact their development would have on the neighborhood. The Chair indicated that this issue was separate from the pilot program. The Chair stated and staff concurred that the preference would be for the developer to compensate the City for installing the speed hump, rather than their installing it themselves prior to the City establishing a standard for speed humps. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT - Kloepper The City has reduced the alternatives in the Brown and Caldwell preliminary report down to three. Further ranking recommended a detail study of Alternative #5A, which considers abandonment of Plant 3, expansion of Plant 2 and treatment of all other flows at a new Plant 4. Total present worth of Alternative #5A equals $312 million. The consultant is in the process of going through the refinements of Alternative #5A and will have a report available at the end of July 1994 that will talk about next steps. Staff wit~ Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report June 16, 1994 Page 3 bring back that status report to the Committee at the next Urban Development Committee meeting. The last part of their study will be on the draft and final EIR process, which should be completed sometime in December 1994. B, STREAMLINING PERMIT PROCESS - Tandy Staff will be undertaking a project to streamline the permit process. Interested parties in the community will be invited to participate on a task force with staff for the purpose of collecting suggestions for making the City permit process more efficient. The BIA is enthusiastic about the prospect of this project. It is anticipated that the task force work will begin in the fall, and extend over a few months. It will be pretty time consuming for staff, but the benefits will be worth it. The Council on Competitiveness and the Sierra Club or the Nature Conservancy will be among the parties contacted for their input and/or participation. C. ORDINANCE RELATING TO SECOND DWELLING UNITS - Hardisty The process for issuing second dwelling unit (conditional use) permits is impacted by state requirements. The problem is if the permits do meet the minimum requirement of state law, (we are limited in the maximum number of conditions we can place on them) there is no choice or decision to make. When the City holds a hearing regarding the permit, whether the neighbors think its a good idea or not, the City has to issue it. The process is really an exercise in futility and an expensive one -- the cost the permit requestor has to pay and the staff time devoted to a "done deal." Staff recommended to the Planning Commission that since state law does not allow much flexibility, we could just take the one section of the law and incorporate it into our ordinance and make it a Planning Director permit that is processed like a Site Plan Review, which is a $100 fee and is quicker to process. This was reviewed with the BIA, and they thought it was an improvement. Architectural compatibility standards was an important issue for the BIA, and they did offer suggestions. The Planning Commission has heard testimony on the ordinance and recommends adoption. The Chair asked that this discussion continue to the next Urban Development Committee meeting. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned 1:45 p.m. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council GEW:jp