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Al?. ndy, ~,ity Mana~r Kevin McDermott, Chair
S~aff: Gall E. Waiters ~' Randy Rowles
Patricia M. Smith
AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Wednesday, March 1, 1995
12:30 p.m.
City Manager's Conference Room
City Hall, Suite 201
1501 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
1. ROLL CALL
Call to Order 12:45 p.m.
Present: Councilmembers: Kevin McDermott, Chair; Randy Rowles, and
Patricia M. Smith
Planning Commissioners: Mathew Brady, Stephen Boyle, and Kenneth
Hersh
2. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 1, 1995 MINUTES
Approved as submitted.
3. 'PRESENTATIONS
None
PUBLIC STATEMENTS
None
Urban Development Committee
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March 1, 1995
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5. DEFERRED BUSINESS
A. TRAILS PLAN
Staff has redrafted a plan since December 1994 to establish a nexus between the need
for the trail and those who would be providing it. The redraft is based on a recent
supreme court decision, and the City Attorney is now reviewing it to ensure that it is
consistent with the new ruling. The Planning Commission will be developing a proposal
that will show the specific plan line, and that will address all pertinent issues. The
Committee asked that one of the issues be a mechanism for maintaining the trails. Staff
will bring back a draft to the Committee within two months.
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. SMALL LOT SIZES
An ad hoc committee of the Planning Commission has been meeting over the last
several months to address small lot sizes and different ways of handling the approval
process. Their recommendation is to make standard in the R2 zone, a 4,200 square foot
lot, 45 foot wide, with a 90 foot depth minimum. Subdividers with R2 property can now
reduce all lots down to 4,200 square feet if they so choose. The BIA feels the prOposal
reaches a middle ground and they are in support of the compromise. This does
constitute a change to the ordinance, and therefore, the proposal has been scheduled
for a public hearing with the Planning Commission. R1 is more restrictive to single family
development, while R2 is the easiest process for constructing the smaller lots.
B. PLANNING COMMISSION EMERGING ISSUES
No specific issues were discussed under this agenda item.
C. WARD REAPPORTIONMENT
Staff brought two issues to the Committee regarding ward reapportionment: reviewing
the current policy, and addressing the current population estimates as noted in the
December 1994 memo from the Planning Director. The Committee suggested that every
10 years staff prepare a comprehensive reapportionment plan. The plan will be based
on guidelines that include a deviation of about 10 percent plus/minus for each ward, and
will define a sphere around the precincts to determine the balance. Current ward
boundaries should also be based on a 10 percent plus/minus, not to exceed 33,000.
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Staff would like to wait until the official population numbers are received from the state
in May to start their work. It will take staff about three weeks to load the estimates and
re-map the precincts to provide the information to the County Elections Clerk. Staff will
begin preparing the material for reapportionment and will provide information to the
Council as it becomes available, such as base maps and population estimates. The
Committee asked staff to bring the issue before the full Council this summer.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Adjourned 1:40 p.m.
cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council
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