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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/01/1995, B A K E R S F I E L D Kevin McDermott, Chair Randy Rowles Patricia M. Smith Staff: Gail E. Waiters ...AGENDA URBAN DEVELOPMENT. COMMITTEE Wednesday, February 1, 1995 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room Second Floor - City Hall 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 31, 1994 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS 6. NEW BUSINESS A. SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM - R. Rojas B. HOME OCCUPANCY'PERMITS - Hardisty C. STATUS REPORT ON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT - Tandy/R. Rojas D. 1995 PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE - Waiters 7. ADJOURNMENT GEW.~p FILE COPY NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE-CITY OF BAKERSFIELD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Urban Development Committee of the City Council will hold a Special Meeting for the purpose of a Committee Meetin.q on Wednesday, February 1, 1995, at 12:15 p.m., at City Hall, City Manager's Conference Room, Suite 201, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, to consider: 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 31, 1994 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS , 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS 6. NEW BUSINESS A, . SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM - R, Rojas B. HOME OCCUPANCY PERMITS - Hardisty C. STATUS REPORT ON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT- Tandy/R. Rojas D. 1995 PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE - Waiters 7. ADJOURNMENT G~il/E. Waiters,/~ssistant City Manager GEW:jp URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMI'I'I'EE - 1995 PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAYS @ 12:15 PM COMMITTEE MEETING COUNCIL MEETING February 1 February 8 None February 22 March 1 March 8 None* March 22 None* April 5 None April 19 April 26 May 3 None* May 17 None* June 14 None* June 28 July 12 July 19 None August 9 August 16 'August 23 September 6 September 13 None September 27 October 4 October 11 None October 25 November 1 November 8 None November 29 December 6 December 13 *No meeting scheduled because of budget hearings/holidays. MEMORANDUM FROM: JACK HARDISTY, Development Services SUBJECT: LCie~soCnOsUnCil Referral 14097 - Home Occupatio/~rflits and Piano Piano lessons given to students who come to the teacher's home would not be permitted as a home occupation because the ordinance criteria for home occupation permits prohibits the rendering of services to persons who go to the home for those services and it prohibits activities which produce noise, pedestrian or vehicular traffic or other activity which constitute a nuisance. This home Occupation permit process is a way the ordinance permits some use of a home for commercial or professional use incidental and secondary to a dwelling. We have issued well over 13,000 permits using criteria adopted by the City Council and have experienced relatively few problems. Commercial encroachment into a neighborhood in excess of a home occupation could be permitted by conditional use permit. For instance, we have approved teaChing swimming by conditional use permit. This is how we maintain the integrity of residential zones but recognize a degree of overlap in our lives which may be permitted without imposing on our neighbors. JH/Id s:MPL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This executive summary presents the recommended improvement program and financial planAevenue program for the City of Bakersfield, .through the Year 2040. Details of this summary are presented in this milestone report. Background Brown and Caldwell was retained 'by the City of Bakersfield in August of 1993 to develop a wastewater master plan and supporting financial plan to guide the wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal improvements well beyond the turn of the century, and to prepm'e the . requh'ed environmental impact report (EIR) in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines. This project has been conducted in phases, and periodic milestone reports have been submitted to the City. Initially, a progress report, submitted in November of 1993, set forth the fundamental elements needed to develop the master plan, such as population projections, waste discharge requirements, projected wastewater characteristics, study area boundaries, and an evaluation of the existing City Plants 2 and 3.' Milestone Report No. I summarized the various alternatives considered and evaluated for the City on a cursory level, and recommended three regional wastewater alternatives for detailed evaluation. Milestone 2 presented the detailed evaluation of three regional alternatives, and the recommended of the proposed regional wastewater alternative for detailed planning. Milestone Report Nos. 3 and 4, combined into this single report, summarize .the detailed plan and the supporting financial plan/revenue program. Recommended Improvement Program By evaluating various economic and non-economic criteria, eight regional wastewater alternatives were evaluated: three of which were evaluated in further detail. From this detailed evaluation, Brown and Caldwell has recommended a regional wastewater alternative to best serve the cormnunity through the Year 2040. This overall plan proposes to: · Keep and upgrade ·existing Plant 2, which serves the east portion of the City; · Maintain operations at Plant. 3 through the Year 2021, and subsequently decommission the plant to allow further development in this fast growing area of the City; · Develop and implement a new Plant 4 in the southwest Bakersfield area, to serve the growing Western Rosedale area, west Bakersfield and southwest areas of the community. Plant 4 is proposed to be constructed by the turn of the century; · Construct new trunk sewers which will support the projected wastewater flows, and convey the wastewater to the new Plant 4 in the most economic manner (maximize gravity flows). · Develop a long-term effluent disposal/reuse plan, with built-in flexibility to -accommodate future changes. Plant 2. Plant 2 will be upgraded in Year 1997, to accommodate future growth in the eastern Bakersfield area, particularly from the northeast area of the City. Additional flows' are anticipated from the Northeast Trunk Sewer construction project. The prior design for the Plant 2 upgrade should be implemented, with modifications, as follows: construct new headworks, modify the grit removal system, upgrade.the septage station, add one primary clarifier, two new trickling filters, one new sludge digester, and upgrade the sludge drying beds. The constrUction cost for these improvements is estimated .at approximately $17 million. This recommended upgrade will be flexible enough to accommodate future flows up to 28.5 mgd, the rated capacity of the original Plant 2 upgrade Package. Plant 3. Plant 3, due to the continued development of the City in the southwest, will continue operation at present capacity until the Year 2021. In the meantime, the City should consider purchase of development fights along the north and east plant site boundaries, to restrict residential development immediately adjacent to the plant site. No expansion of Plant 3 is recommended due to the rapid City growth surrounding the plant site. The Gist-brocades .yeast plant waste should be re-considered for treatment at Plant 3, if feasible. When the new Plant 4 opens by the turn of the century, this yeast waste should be treated at Plant 4. Plant 4. A new Plant 4. is recommended to serve the west and southwest area of Bakersfield. With the anticipated growth in Western Rosedale, hook-up to the sewer system and abandonment of septic systems, and rapid development in the southwest area of the City, Plant 3 will reach its present capacity by Year 1999. In addition, the rural southwest is expected to grow substantially during the planning period. With this in mind, a new Plant 4 is recommended in the extreme southwest area of Bakersfield, west of I-5 on Bear Mountain Boulevard. This location allows the best use of gravity flow to the plant, is in close proximity to potential reclaimed water users, and is remotely located away from present or future urban development.' Approximately 45 miles of new trunk sewers, phased in as needed, will be required to convey sewage to the new plant. Effluent Disposal/Reclamation Plan We recommend that the City continue to reuse secondary effluent to the extent feasible through the planning period. The City should also pursue a long-range plan for groundwater recharge in the southwest Bakersfield area. Details of the plan, including phasing in storage ponds, identified reclamation sites, and discussion of future groundwater recharge are included in this report.. Projected Connection and User Fees' It is essential to' formulate a viable financial plan to ensure implementability in the future. We prepared a detailed financial plan as part of the detailed analysis of this recommended improvement program. Information in .this report is a forecast of user charges and connection fees, at current dollar levels, over the next 46 ,years, until the year 2040. The summary table below lists the estimated user charge and connection fee levels over this period, as a percent of the current fee level (for service charges), and in dollars at current 1994 cost levels for connection fees.' The forecast set forth below is sensitive to assumptions, and the recommendation concerning how connection fees are established is important. It is estimated that the probable sewer service fees and the new connection fees through the year 2040 at 1994 cost levels:. Percent of current .Year Sewer Service Fee Connection Fee 1995 100 $ 900 1996 I00 1,200 2000 100 1,800 2010. 70 3~000' 2020 60 2,000 203O 40 1,300 2040 35 1,000 Over the next five years, it is forecast the weighted average construction and operational inflation rate which will apply to the economic' forecasts set forth in the tables in Appendix C will be 4.5 percent annually. Therefore the estimated fees are expected to be as follows, in current dollars: 'Percent of current Year Sewer Service Fee Connection Fee i 996 104.5' $1,254 1997 109.2 1,420 1998' 114.1 1,600 1999 119.3 1,900 2000 124.6 2,250 Connection fee levels are recommended to increase in 1994 dollars from the current level per equivalent service unit of $900 to -in FY 1995-96; to $1,800 in FY 1999-2000; to $3,000 in FY 2009-10, decrease to $2,000 in FY 2019-20; and then decrease to St,000 in 2037. vii BAKERSFIELD 'Alan~d~,~~ity'~ger'~~---~/ Randy Rowles, Chair Staff: Gail E. Waiters Kevin McDermott Patricia M. Smith AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Monday, October 31, 1994 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order 12:40 p.m. Present: Councilmember Randy Rowles, Chair; Vice Mayor Kevin McDermott, and Councilmember Patricia Smith 2. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 5, 1994 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3.PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS Robert Clerico spoke to the committee regarding encroachment permits and signs. He asked that the City Council reconsider the ordinance as it relates to the downtown area. He pointed out that some store owners are not following the ordinance and if the City was more flexible with the ordinance, it could renew downtown by attracting more business. Staff will report back to the Committee regarding any modifications they would recommend. That information will also be forwarded to Mr. Clerico. Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report October 31, 1994 Page 2 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. TRAILS PLAN Staff provided an update to the Committee on the Trails Plan. Good progress has been made by staff with special interest groups and property owners. An administrative review by the department heads will be completed within two weeks and then the proposed plan will go to the Planning Commission and finally, the Council. Staff will bring a draft back to the Committee at its next meeting. " B. TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES UPDATE There was no new information to report. Staff is waiting for a TEC meeting to be scheduled to address the specific issues. A memo highlighting current status of revenues collected was distributed to the Committee. C. STATUS REPORT ON FREEWAYS Staff distributed a status report on the freeway and state highway projects. GET said they will support the decision to-drop both the Westpark and Rosedale alignments. Staff gave credit to CaiTrans for being so cooperative. The Committee thanked staff for thgir efforts. Construction on the Calloway Bridge will begin the first part of 1995. The Coffee Road' project has been on hold. There will be a meeting of the State Water Quality Board on December 9, wherein this project will be on their agenda. State Route 178 is in a "transitional mode." Staff will check with E. Del Smith on other funding opportunities for expansion prior to 178 coming Up on the state appropriation list. D. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Brown and Caidwell's recommended location suggests site #21 and 28 as the preferred site. It is $2-3 million more in total costs. The land is vacant and available for sale now. A lift station at the freeway would need to be installed. Since 67 percent of the population will be county residents, the county should support annexation, and be required to connect to the proposed plant expansion. Staff recommends not going forward with any plans now. Staff will summarize the Brown and Caidwell report in a memo to the full Council. In the meantime, Brown and Caldwell will continue with their study and steps pursuant to site #21 and 28. A report will come back to the Council in January 1995. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS A metal 30 x 50 accessory building behind a residence is not in compliance with the City's ordinance. The site depicted in staff's visual presentation to the Committee was in an Urban Development Committee Agenda Summary Report October 31, 1994 Page 3 unincorporated area of the County and recently annexed into the City. Staff recommended amending the City's ordinance to make the height restriction more definitive for "number of feet height" as well as the current "height based on one story buildings." B. EAST HILLS THEATRE Staff brought to the Committee a proposal to approve a Planninq Commission development amendment for the property at East Hills for a free standing ~'heater. Staff is concerned about the potential for increased traffic and how a second theater might impact the mall theater. Randy Bohls, architect representing East Bakersfield Associates, spoke regarding the specifics for expanding to a total of 16 or 17 screens with the free standing theater. The Committee asked that staff investigate this proposed project further, clarify the issues with United Artists and bring the item back to the Committee. C. STREAMLINING PROCESS Five very productive meetings have been conducted with the Streamlining Task Force. Items discussed include credit card payment for permit fees and deleting landscape plan check reviews that are unnecessary. Staff will continue to update the Committee on the developments of the streamlining process. D. DRAFT EIR FOR 1994 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN The Regional Transportation Plan is a two-year planning document that projects transportation issues 20 years out for the entire county. Staff is currently reviewing the document and will be coordinating comments before the November 10 review due date. Staff will develop questions to provide input into the document for Council consideration on November 2, 1994. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned 2:25 p.m. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council GEW:jp BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM October 31, 1994 TO: RAUL M. ROJAS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FROM: DARNELL HAYNES, BUSINESS MANAGER ~ SUBJECT: CUMULATIVE STATUS REPORT - TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES This memorandum is to report the current status of the revenues collected and expenditures incurred from transportation impact fees. Listed below is a summary of the fund activity since July 1, 1992. July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1993 Interest on Investments $ 42,390.00 Traffic Impact Fees $ 3,477,320.00 Contributions & Donations (Riverlakes) $ 200,000.00 Total Revenue Collected $ 3,719,710.00 Less: Transfer to Gas Tax Fund $ (885,400.00) Less: Transfer to Gas Tax.(Riverlakes) $ (400,000.00) Less: 1992-93 C.I.P. Expenditures $ (211,934.00) Revenue Remaining at June 30, 1993 $2,222,376.00 July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994 Interest on Investments $ 51,390.00 Traffic Impact Fees $ 1,657,736.00 Contribution &-Donations (Riverlakes) $ 200,000.00 Total Revenue Collected $ 1,909,126.00 Less: 1993-94 C.I.P. Expenditures $ (971,768.00) Revenue Remaining at June 30, '1994 $ 937,358.00 July 1, 1994 - October 30 1994 Traffic Impact Fees $ 649,350.00 Less: 1994-95 C.I.P. Expenditures $ (206,036.00) Total Revenue Collected $ 443,314.00 Total Revenue Remaining For Fiscal Year 1994-95 $3,603,048.00 BAKERSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Alan Tandv. Citv Manager FROM: Raul M. Rojas. Director of Public Works DATE: October 31. 1994 SUBJECT: STATUS OF FREEWAY AND STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD AREA For your information and Council distribution, attached is the October report prepared bv this department regarding the status of the various freewav and State highway projects ih the metropolitan area. The previous reports also provide additional background on the various projects. October 31, 1994 STATUS OF FREEWAY AND STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD AREA Public Works Department Marian P. Shaw, CE III This report is intended to update the members of the City Council on the progress of various freeway and State Highway projects in the metropolitan area since the September status report. Kern River COrridor (Kern River Freeway) On October 20, 1994, CalTrans held a Project Development Team meeting at GETs offices. The meeting was well attended by the public opposing both the Kern River South Option and the Rosedale Alignment. CalTrans staff and their consultants presented updates on the third public meeting. Comments were made by the public and PDT members. Two significant actions were taken: the PDT voted to support CalTrans' decision to drop the Westpark alignment from further study; and the PDT also voted to drop the Rosedale alignment from further study. This last action is conditioned on CalTrans staff consulting with PDT members who were not present including the Corps of Engineers, EPA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Rosedale alignment will not proceed unless these agencies object to the dropping of it or identify some unforseen fatal flaw with the Kern River alignment. The public hearing on the project will be held sometime in 1995, and a preferred alignment will be 'selected after the hearing. The Environmental Impact Report will be completed in 1995. CalTrans hopes to have the specific plan line process completed by the time the right-of-way money becomes available in July of 1996. State Route 178 (Crosstown Freeway) There has been no change in the status of the Crosstown Freeway from that last reported. The House has authorized $4.5 million for this project. The project was not included in the recent appropriations bill and may be considered for funding next year. State Route 99 There are currently three major projects programmed for State Route 99: the Rosedale interchange landscaping, the Golden State/Airport Drive interchange modification, and .the widening of S.R. 99 to eight lanes between Wilson Road and Golden State/Airport Drive. Construction started Monday, September 19, 1994, on the landscaping of the Rosedale interchange. The labor for this project is being performed by the California Conservation Corps. Construction will be complete in late November, 1994. Construction on the Golden State/Airport Drive interchange modification is ahead of schedule. The route was opened for traffic mid-October. Freeway Status Report October 31, 1994 The widening of S.R. 99 between Wilson Road and Airport Drive was advertised on September 19, 1994. The bids will be opened on November 2, 1994; the bid will be awarded on November 14, 1994 and construction will start November 15, 1994. The railroad agreement is complete and construction will start on the bridge widening at the Bakersfield Yard on the first week of January, 1995. The widening project will take approximately 2 years to construct. Work on this project will be closely coordinated with the City's California Avenue Widening project, which will include redesign of both the eastbound California/northbound 99 ramp and the westbound California/northbound 99 ramp. South Beltway Public Works and. Planning staff are pursuing the Specific Plan Line adoption for the South Beitway. The Environmental Impact Report approved by Kern COG added three alternatives to the ones already proposed. The City is completing an engineering evaluation of the additional routes. West Beltway The County has adopted the specific plan line for the West Beltway from Seventh Standard road to I-5. Coffee Road Grade Separation The Separation of Grade District has selected an environmental consultant, a geotechnical consultant, and two appraisers, but has not yet issued the Notice to Proceed. FS:\FREEWYI&.STS mps