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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/13/1997 BAKERSFIELD Alan Tandy, City Manager Randy Rowles Staff: Dolores B. Teubner Patricia M. Smith AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Wednesday, August 13, 1997 City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:25 p.m. Present:Councilmembers Kevin McDermott, Chair; Randy Rowles and Patricia Smith 2. APPROVAL OF JULY 9, 1997 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. NOR PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES Staff distributed an ordinance which provides for the collection of park fees in the City area served by NOR Park District. NOR has agreed to let the City collect the fees and hold them in trust until park projects in the NOR area of the City are ready. Both NOR and the City must agree on the subject project before funds will be allocated. NOR SEPTEI4BER 17, 1997 APPROVED AS SUBHYT~ED F L[ URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Wednesday, August 13, 1997 Page -2- has agreed that the fees will be used only on new facilities serving City areas. They have further agreed to indemnify and defend the City against challenges to the ordinance. The Committee asked about the status of the County's proposed park fee. NOR representatives indicated that the.County would likely adopt a park fee in the near future. The ordinance was unanimously recommended to Council for approval. B, PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES Staff provided the Committee with alternatives for establishing standard park sizes and amenities. The current standard is a 6 acre park with restrooms and parking in addition to the standard amenities. The Committee was concerned that 6 acres was too small for these amenities and that either the standard size needed to be increased to 10 acres or the amenities needed to be reduced for the 6 acre size. Staff stated that by going with the 10 acre park with full amenities, we could still build smaller parks if warranted, but we would have the funds to build the larger parks. This provides flexibility to match the park size and amenities to the needs of various areas. The Committee unanimously agreed to the 10 acre standard. The second issue was whether or not to continue to charge fees based on different categories of housing or use another alternative. Staff provided three alternatives including the current method, a weighted average method based on the existing fees and a weighted average based' on the persons per dwelling unit. Both of the new alternatives result in a decrease of the single-family rate and an increase of the multi- family and mobile home rates. Of the two new options, staff preferred option #2 (see attached). The Committee wanted to getfeedback from developers on the potential impact of the proposed alternative method. The Committee directed staff to proceed with advertising the public hearing for the proposed fees (using Option #2) and scheduling the issue for Council consideration. However, the item will come back at the next Committee meeting to give time to the development community to review the proposal and provide input on the impact. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. APARTMENT COMPLEX SAFETY Councilmember Smith gave an overview of her concerns on the issue of safety and upkeep of apartment complexes. In response, the Police Department discussed a program called Crime Free Multi-Family Housing Initiative, which is currently being developed. The program provides for training of apartment managers in running a clean and crime-free complex, site visits by City_staff to suggest safety and maintenance improvements, tenant meetings and signage of the complex as crime- URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Wednesday, August 13, 1997 Page -3- free multi-family housing. This program has been very successful in other cities including Riverside and Los Angeles. The City Attorney is also working on development of two programs including an expedited eviction procedure and a private property trespassing ordinance. The expedited eviction procedure would require buy-in and participation by the Bakersfield Municipal Court. As requested by the Committee, the City Attorney will review the possible liability to the City of these programs and whether or not other cities implementing these measures have had legal challenges. Staff was directed to prepare a resolution for Council consideration which would implement the Crime Free Multi-Family Housing Initiative. Direction was also given to the City Attorney to continue working on the two programs presented. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned at 1:48 p.m. DBT:jp