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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/17/1997 BAKERSFIELD ~ C~t~a Kevin McDermott, Chair Al,~an~, ger Randy Rowles Staff: Dolores B rR2D~E~ ~T Patricia M' SmithEE Wednesday, September 17, 1997 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:30 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Kevin McDermott, Chair; and Randy Rowles Absent: Councilmember Patricia M. Smith 2. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 13, 1997 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. UTILITY STREET CUT PERMITS Staff gave a report on the proposal for issuing street cut permits to reduce the frequent cutting of City streets by various utilities. The proposal includes requiring a warranty of work from franchise holders or charging a performance fee equal to the cost of repaving the patch area if the street patch fails. The City will institute a street cut moratorium after streets have been repaved. An infrastructure planning committee has APPROVED AS SUBI~IT'I'ED OCTOBER 1998 "' F' LE COPY URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ! AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Wednesday, September 17, 1997 Page -2- been formed between representatives of the city and utilities, to plan and coordinate projects requiring street cuts and repaving projects. Finally, the length of street that can be opened at one time is limited to 1,200 feet which is the minimum necessary for effective work by utilities. Representatives of the utilities were in attendance and supported the proposal. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend the item to the Council for adoption, with Councilmember Pat Smith absent B. PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES Staff presented the final draft of the proposed Park Development Fee which changes the standard park on which the fee is calculated from a 6 acre park to a 10 acre park. The fee calculation method is also changed from a graduated scale based on the average number of residents for different types of dwelling units to a fiat fee based on a single weighted average of residents per dwelling unit. The new method takes the park costs per person and multiplies it times the weighted average persons per dwelling unit to come up with a single flat fee. This resulted in a decrease in the fee for single family units and an increase in the fee for multi-family and mobile home units. The BIA indicated that it did not support the flat fee because it penalized multi-family developers by increasing the cost to build this type of housing. The Committee asked if we could give a higher fee credit as greater incentive to developers to address the recreation and park needs of their development on site, in order to offset the increased fee. Staff indicated that the City currently gives 7/10 of an acre credit for land used within the multi-family development to address recreation needs. The Committee asked staff to look at increasing the credit. This will be discussed at the next Urban Development meeting. The Park Development Fee proposal was unanimously recommended by the Committee to the City Council for approval, with Councilmember Pat Smith absent. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT STRATEGY (MTIS) A representative of Barton-Aschman Associates, the consulting firm hired to develop the MTIS, gave a presentation on the draft action plan. The plan prioritizes both funded and unfunded surface transportation projects in the metropolitan area. The highest priority unfunded project is the Crosstown Freeway. The consultant indicated that a comprehensive study like the MTIS may help in procuring federal funding for this and other identified projects. The plan will be updated on an annual basis to reflect changes in funding and priority. The Committee felt that air transportation should be addressed in future updates. Staff expressed ongoing concern that the County has URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Wednesday, September 17, 1997 Page -3- refused to contribute to the funding of the grade separation for the Kern River Freeway project, which could jeopardize the state funding. Staff will continue to update the Committee on the ongoing development of the Kern River Freeway funding. The MTIS will be discussed at an upcoming Council Workshop. B. 24TM AND BEECH TRAFFIC SIGNAL The City's Traffic Engineer has studied this intersection at the request of residents in the area. Staff does not recommend closure of Beech onto 24th as requested by residents, due to the anticipated increase of traffic onto neighboring streets that would result. In addition, staff has concerns about the traffic circulation impacts that would result from a traffic signal. Design of a traffic signal at that location is budgeted in the FY 97-98 CIP. Staffwill continue to study this issue and bring other possible solutions back to the Committee for discussion at a later date. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned at 1:43 p.m. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council DBT:jp