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Home My WebLink About04/13/1994 B A K E R S F I E L D utaff.~ L~, il ~. W iter~A~!a'n°~-na"~'-C'i't~aMa'n~:~er Randy Rowles, Chair . Kevin McDermott Patricia M. Smith AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Thursday, April 13, 1994 ,12:15 p:m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order 12:40 p.m. Present: Councilmember Randy Rowles, Chair; Vice Mayor Kevin McDermott; and Councilmember Smith (Councilmember Smith absent for items 6C and 6E) 2. APPROVAL OFMARCH 10, 1994 MINUTES Approved with amendment: Committee member Rowles present for agenda items 1 through 5A. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4.PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS None APPROVED MAY 11, 1994 FILE COPY Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report April 13, 1994 Page 2 6. NEW BUSINESS A. UPDATE ON SPEED UNDULATION PROGRAM Council has asked staff to develop a pilot speed undulation program that will construct one speed hump on one street in each ward. Staff expressed concern that one speed hump will have a limited effectiveness and will possibly skew the results of the pilot program. Comments on a draft letter to residents informing them of the program were discussed. Staff will revise the letter to additionally emphasize that this is a pilot program, and there will be a cost associated with future installations of speed humps. The Committee has asked staff to provide Council with the results from the survey card that will go out with the letter asking residents to comment on speed humps. Staff will provide the Council with a revised draft of the letter in their upcoming Friday mail packet. At the May 11 meeting, staff will present the Committee with a map showing where the pilot program will be in each ward; a final draft of the letter and survey card; information on calling a public hearing to take testimony whether a pilot program should be conducted; and approximate costs for staff work and construction costs for the pilot program. B. CAR/VAN POOL EFFORTS A recent complaint from a resident was filed regarding disturbances resulting from individuals using the street next to her house to park their vehicles to car/van pool. In response, staff erected "No Parking" signs on the street. This inconvenienced the car/van poolers, so the signs were taken down. People interested in car/van pooling need a place to park their cars. Staff indicated that all Park n Ride lots are built and maintained by CalTrans, and they will only fund and build the lots on state highways, and after assessing the level of need. A representative from Kern COG, however, said there are DMV funds available to construct lots within city limits. The Committee asked staff to check into this. A suggestion was made that a lot should be constructed at the end of the bike path that could accommodate all uses and any anticipated future increase in usage. Staff will contact Kern COG, the Congestion Management Agency and the Air Pollution District for assistance. The Committee asked staff to provide them with a status report on this item at the May 11 Committee meeting. C. MAINTENANCE DISTRICT SIGNAL LIGHTS Staff is proposing that the Council pass a resolution to establish a maintenance district for developers wanting to construct "convenience signals" -- traffic signals that are not mandated for safety. The maintenance and operations costs for the City maintaining these signals are approximately $5,000 a year. The Committee : Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report April 13, 1994 Page 3 would like staff to work with the BIA and others to obtain feedback on the proposal, and would like a status report on this item at the May 11 Committee meeting. Should the information and feedback prove acceptable, the Committee will recommend a resolution be passed to include maintenance districts for signal lights as an extension of current Council policy. D. MAINTENANCE DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION In response to a Council referral, staff presented the Committee with two alternatives to consolidating maintenance districts for more effective administration. Proposal #1 consolidates all districts into one with seven zones based on geographical areas, with all existing districts paying for park and street landscape maintenance within their zone. Proposal #2 consolidates all districts into one with two zones -- one for parks and one for street and median landscaping. Costs to maintain the parks would be spread equally to all districts containing parks; costs to maintain street and median landscaping would be spread equally to all districts containing street and median landscaping; and districts which have both parks and street and median landscaping will bear the cost of both. The Committee will recommend Council approve Proposal #2. Staff has been asked to follow up with the Committee on potential costs savings and productivity improvements in year one and beyond. E. ADA STATUS REPORT Staff gave a status report on facilities projects that have been completed and/or retrofitted in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Staff received the Committee's support to pursue, through an RFP, a consultant that will determine what is needed to completely retrofit the City Council Chamber and ancillary facilities. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m. In attendance: City staff: Alan Tandy, City Manager; Gail Waiters, Assistant City Manager; Judy Skousen, Acting City Attorney; Bob Sherfy, Assistant City Attorney; Fred Kloepper, Acting Public Works Director; Steve Walker, Traffic Engineer; Jack LaRochelle, Engineer IV; Frank Fabbri, Parks Superintendent; Georgina Lorenzi, Business Manager; Marian Shaw, Engineer III; and Lauren Dimberg, Engineer I1. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council GEW:jp