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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/15/1996 B A K E R S F I E L D ,/~~- --' Kevin McDermott, Chair Alan Tandy, City Manager Randy Rowles Staff: Gail E. Waiters Patricia M. Smith AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Thursday, February 15, 1996 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:33 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Kevin McDermott, Chair; Randy Rowles and Patricia M. Smith 2. APPROVAL OF JANUARY 29, 1996 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES Approved as submitted 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None i 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. DESTEC FUNDING Staff revised their recommendation for the potential uses for the DESTEC funding to include $210,000 for improvements to Siemon and University Parks; no allocation for the $299,000 in park development fees already collected in Park Zone 6; and for Council to determine the allocation of the remaining funds of $290,000 between Highland High School, Kern County Soccer Foundation and American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). The Committee recommended that APPROVED AS SUBleT,TED APRZL 10, 1996 FIL[ COP URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Thursday, February 15, 1996 Page -2- $60,000 be allocated to the Soccer Foundation as "seed money." Staff and the Foundation indicated that the County would consider a contribution during their budget hearings in August 1996; $230,000 be allocated to Highland High School for lighting during the first phase of their project. A provision is to be added into the agreement with the City that assures the DESTEC money will be expended by 1999, and that the high school will not receive any money until they show some ability to complete their project. B. SPEED UNDULATION PROGRAM PROPOSAL At the last Committee meeting, staff was asked to develop a policy that put in place a speed undulation program. The Committee reviewed the policy and asked that some minor changes and/or clarifications be made: 1) Money would be contributed up front and placed in a trust fund prior to construction; 2) In order for construction, 75 percent of the residents affected would need to sign the petition; 3) The City Engineer is responsible for defining the minimum circumference for the area affected; 4) The policy will state "sponsor group" instead of resident so as not to imply that the burden would lie with one resident; 5) Placement of the undulation(s) would be pictured or sketched and would accompany the petition so that residents can see the placement prior to signing the petition; 6) Staff will monitor the issue and determine at a later date how to proceed with a request to remove an undulation once it has been installed. Staff will recirculate the final policy and if there are no additional comments or changes by the Committee, will schedule it for Council action. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. DESIGNATION OF SCENIC CORRIDORS Staff provided the Committee with a concept plan to address certain roadways as "scenic corridors" of the City. A map was distributed which identified what areas are currently landscaped, the funding mechanism, and the volume of traffic on the streets charted. The Committee concurred with the preliminary concept and asked staff to do more work along those same lines. The Planning Director recommended that the project not be called "scenic corridors" because that is a designation that is used by the state for specific corridors. He instead suggested using the term "entry ways" into the City. Staff also noted that this concept can be tied to the base benefit study being conducted for maintenance districts, because this project also has budget and long-term maintenance issues. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned 1:40 p.m.