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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/16/2000 BAKERSFIELD //~' ~ Jeffrey A. Green, Chair Alan Tandy, City Manager David Couch Staff: John W. Stinson Mike Maggard AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Meeting of Monday, October 16, 2000 4:00 p.m. City Manager's Office - City Hall 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 4:03 p.m. Present: Councilmembers: Jeffrey Green, Chair; Mike Maggard; and David Couch 2. ADOPT SEPTEMBER 21, 2000 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Adopted as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding tree ordinance Planning Director Stan Grady gave an overview of the draft ordinance with proposed language changes (included in the Committee packet), which was prepared by Development Services staff in collaboration with the Planning Commission's Landscaping and Design Standards Committee. The discussions included a classification of industry standards with respect to tree sizes. The City's tree ordinance was reviewed and compared with the one from the Tree Foundation and recommendations include: 1) proposed changes to acknowledge requests by the Tree Foundation; 2) some current standards not be changed, and 3) proposed that more complex issues be studied on a long-term basis. Fred Porter, CELSOC, spoke regarding redevelopment on sites with existing large trees and allowing replacement tree-size variances to avoid discouraging redevelopment and variances on frontage tree planting for commercial buildings to allow tree clustering in place of linear spacing. ADOPTED AS SUB14'rTTED I~IOVEI~ER 13, 2000 URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Monday, October 16, 2000 Page -2- The Committee discussed options and tree planting variances for special architectural building designs or redevelopment projects on sites with existing large trees. As the Tree Foundation 'and the building/developer community represented at the meeting did not have ample time to review the proposed ordinance changes, the Committee directed staffto meet with them for their input and bring that information back to the next Committee meeting. B. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding opening Shellabarger Road at Pepita Way At the Committee meeting in September, the item relating to potential property acquisition :was referred to Closed Session of the City Council. Itwas heard in Closed Session on October 11,2000, and there is nothing new to report at this time. Karen Cox brought snapshots of the area and spoke about sanitation truck access problems. Leonard Koch and Norma Dixon spoke about the sanitation trucks on Shellabarger and workable solutions. After right-of-way issues have been resolved, this item will return to the Committee for a recommendation to the City Council. C. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding Freeway Status Report Jack LaRochelle reported on the following: The Route 58 project continues with CalTrans still working on the Tier 1 Environmental Document. State Fish and Wildlife once again has brought up the San Joaquin Valleywide Kit Fox study that they requested CalTrans do on all projects including maintenance projects, and although not directly related to the Route 58 project, it is holding it up. Staff thought this was resolved and is checking further. CalTrans has begun the design work. The work being done by CalTrans can be used whether the project continues as a State highway, freeway or parkway. The Fairfax and Hwy 178 Interchange was funded by Kern COG. Staff is working with CalTrans to do the project approval environmental document. An offer has been made on property necessary for the on/off-ramps. There is a possibility that we may be able to use Habitat Conservation'Program monies to do the biological work. The goal is to have this under construction in about two years. Staff has been meeting with CalTrans and working on the environmental document for the White Lane and State Route 99 Interchange. The URS Greiner Study work is on schedule. Public input has been taken and is being reviewed. The preliminary report and a list of alternatives should be done by April with the report completed in July 2001. URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Monday, October 16, 2000 Page -3- D. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding Transportation Development Fees - Capital Improvement Plan Marian Shaw and Jack LaRochelle gave an overview of the projects proposed to be addedto the Metropolitan Bakersfield Regional Transportation Impact Facilities List to address" hot spots" and growth. This plan is updated annually and is a list of roadway facilities that need to be built in the 20-year horizon to facilitate growth or new development. New development pays for these facilities or a portion thereof attributed to the traffic mitigation need caused by their new development. As required by State law, before the end of each year the City Council adopts a Capital Improvement Plan for the Transportation Impact Fees. This is a 5-year plan and reflects the Capital Improvement Plan adopted by the City Council for FY 2000-2001. As this is a Metropolitan Plan, it must also be adopted annually by the County. The Capital Improvement Plan for the Transportation Impact Fees should go to the City Council on November 29th. The Committee suggested that after Council review on November 29th, this item could be placed on the Joint City/County agenda for the meeting scheduled on December 11th for adoption. The Committee requested additional information from staff to be brought back to the next meeting. The Urban Development Committee meeting scheduled for November 20th was moved up one week to Monday, November 13th to allow the Committee time to make a recommendation to the Council. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding Smart Growth Coalition presentation of Metropolitan Bakersfield Community Image Survey Pauline Larwood gave an overview of their image survey (included in the Urban Development Committee packet). Many of the findings are the same as the issues being reviewed by the Chamber's 2020 Vision Committee. Ms. Larwood stated that the Smart Growth Coalition would like to see some ordinance changes to reflect the findings in their survey, but would wait until the 2020 Vision Committee completes its work. It was discussed that many of the tree and landscaping issues will be addressed by the Metropolitan Bakersfield Tree Advisory Ad Hoc Committee. To save duplication of efforts, the Committee recommended waiting to review the issues until the Chamber's 2020 Vision Committee completes its review. B. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding completing arterials in developing areas and getting reimbursement from developers at the time of development Committee member Couch expressed concerns regarding arterials in new developing areas where the road is three lanes on one side then narrows down to one lane because development has not occurred in some areas on that side of the road. One example cited was Buena Vista going south from Stockdale Highway. Because of the heavy traffic going to Stockdale High School, there is a need to complete Buena Vista Road from Stockdale to White Lane. URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Monday, October 16, 2000 Page -4- City Attorney Bart Thiltgen explained that if the City completes a roadway prior to development without an agreement with the property owner, the City cannot collect for those improvements. Also, in some cases right-of-way would have to be obtained and public hearings may be necessary. The Committee directed staff to brainstorm to see if there are incentives that could be offered or other creative ways that could be used as encouragement for developers to complete long-standing, half-finished roadways. 7. COMMITTEE COMMENTS Committee member Couch asked to meet with Public Works staff regarding the Transportation Impact Fees and how the City's ordinance relates to the construction price index to adjust project fees to keep up with increasing construction and labor costs. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:05 p.m. Attendance: Staff: Assistant City Manager John Stinson, City Attorney Bart Thiltgen, Public Works Engineering Services Manager Jack LaRochelle, Planning Director Stan Grady, Deputy City Attorney Carl Hernandez, and Public Works Civil Engineer Marian Shaw Others: Dana Adams, Tree Foundation; Roger Mclntosh, Martin-Mclntosh; Brian Todd, BIA of Kern County; Cathy Daniel, Bakersfield Board of Realtors; Fred Porter; CELSOC; Kern County Supervisor .. Barbara Patrick; Rhonda Knight, County Administrative Office; Leonard Koch; Stuart Baugher; Norma Dixon, Karen Cox; Michael Fanucchi; Tom Carosella, Carosella Properties; Pauline Larwood, . Smart Growth Coalition; John Fallgatter, Smart Growth Coalition; Mark Smith, ASU; James Burger, . The Bakersfield Califomian; and John Kendall, KERN. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council S:John\UrbanDev\UDOOoct16Summary.wpd