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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/17/1994 BAKERSFIELD Ala~dy, City ~6,a~er Randy Rowles, Chair Staff: Gall E. Waiters' Kevin McDermott / Patricia M. Smith AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Thursday, August 17, 1994 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order 12:21 p.m. Present: Councilmember Randy Rowles, Chair; Vice Mayor Kevin McDermott, and Councilmember Patricia Smith 2. APPROVAL OF JUNE 16, 1994 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS' None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES A status report of transportation impact fee revenues and expenditures beginning July 1, 1992 through August 15, 1994 was distributed. Revenues collected during this time frame total $5,829,939; expenditures and transfers total $2,469102. Remaining revenues equal $3,360,837. The next steps to resolve the differences between the City and County on the traffic impact fees is as follows: 1) The County will implement a policy on traffic impact fees consistent with the City's policy; and 2) Negotiations with the BIA, City and County should commence to establish new transportation impact fees that APPROVED AS AMENDED SEPTEMBER 14, 1994 I:IL£ COPY Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report August 17, 1994 Page 2 would include 100 percent mitigation for local projects and do away with the need for the local traffic studies. Transportation impact fee status reports will become an ongoing agenda item for the Committee. B. STATUS REPORT ON FREEWAYS Staff provided a~-: written update on the progress of State Route 58, State Route 178, State Route 99, Union Avenue, South Beltway, West Beltway, and Coffee Road Grade Separation. Councilmember Smith asked staff to follow up with CalTrans on the widening of Route 178 up to the canyon. Three citizens presented public testimony to the Committee on CalTrans' preference of the State Route 58 alignment. The Committee asked staff to continue with the status reports for all freeways, and to develop a time line showing events and dates for progress of the South Beltway. Relative to the State Route 58 alignment, staff is coordinating with CalTrans and citizens in the Westpark area to conduct an informational meeting to receive feedback and input. This is tentatively scheduled for August 31, 1994. C. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Brown and Caldwell is seeking direction from the Committee as to next steps in the process. Negative reaction has been filed regarding potential site option #34 for the plant. Site option #21 and 28 are contiguous with each other. This option cost $300,000 more to operate a year because of the operation and maintenance of the pump station. Staff was asked to bring back to the committee an executive summary of Brown and Caldwell's report, the proposed options, and any additional information that will help them to assess what the next steps could be. D. ORDINANCE RELATING TO SECOND DWELLING UNITS The Committee recommended the ordinance be referred back to Council for second reading. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. TRAILS PLAN The Committee asked for a status report to include: who will be completing the plan, who will be paying for it and the next steps. Staff will bring back this information at the October Committee meeting. Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report August 17, 1994 Page 3 B. SIGN ORDINANCE Two requests were filed with the Planning Division to modify the sign ordinance. The first was to allow for permanent "plastic" signs (banners) as a way of advertising the Stockdale Fashion Plaza. They would be fixtures on light posts and would change seasonally. The current ordinance only allows this activity 14 days per quarter. If modified, the City would regulate the text of the banner to exclude any advertising of products. Staff is amenable to this change. The second request was for modification of the sign ordinance for businesses in the downtown. Some merchants would like to hang a sign with their business name on it above their doorway. This would essentially encroach in the public right-of-way. Staff has some concerns about this request and has suggested that the two requests be looked at individually in setting different standards. The Committee asked staff to investigate all manageable options, confer with the CDDA and bring the item back to the Committee for further action. C., D., AND E. ORDINANCE REGARDING MINIMUM LOT STANDARDS, LOT SIZE MODIFICATIONS, AND WALL HEIGHTS This item was referred to Committee to allow further comment and discussion. Barbara Don Carlos, representing the BIA, provided public comment regarding Section "O" of the minimum lot standards ordinance. Staff reaffirmed that Section "O" would be separated from the ordinance and returned to the Planning Commission for further review. The rest of the ordinances were referred back to the Council for second reading. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned 2:23 p.m. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council GEW:jp