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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/22/08 CC MINUTES JOINT7Q.3 MINUTES OF THE ~~s $KE~s~ JOINT MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 ~, ~~, BAKERSFIELD CItY COUNCIL d AND ,"'~ IfERN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS `~LIFOL ~~ County Host City Council Chambers 1115 Truxtun Avenue Special Meeting - 5:30 p.m. SPECIAL MEETING 1. FLAG SALUTE by Howard Silver, GET Board of directors 2. ROLL CALL 3. 4. 5. 6. Kern County Board of Supervisors Present: Supervisors McQuiston, Maben, M~ggard, Watson, Rubio Absent: Norte Bakersfield City Council Present: Mayor Hall, Vice-Mayor Hanson, Co~ncilmembers Carson (seated of 5:38 p.mi.), Couch, Weir, Sullivan, Scrivner Absent: Councilmember Benham OPENING REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN MICHAEL J. RUBIO OPENING REMARKS BY MAYOR HARVEY L. HALL PUBLIC STATERIIENTS None. BUSINESS ITEM A. Update ort, General Plan Review Process (Joint Agenda Item). County Planning Director Ted James and City Planning Director Jim Movius made staff presentations. ACTION TAKEN ~~~ d 4 Bakersfield, California, September 22, 2008 -Page 2 6. BUSINESS ITEMS continued ACTION TAKEN B. Update on Lake Isabella Dam (City Agenda Item). I Ronn Rose, Geologist and Technical Lead, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, made a presentation. C. Presentation on Golden Empire Transit District (County Agenda Item). Patricia Norris, GET Chair, introduced Howard Silver, GET Vice Chair, provided an overview pf the District, and introduced the new Chief Executive Officer, Karen King. Karen King, GET Chief Executive Officer, made a presentation and provided written material. Supervisor Maggard asked Karen King to draft templates for policies and ideas That can be presented to the respective bodies to consider for adoption that would facilitate improvement p~vgrams and progress suggested in her presentation. D. Update on Metropolitan Bakersfield Transfer Station Project and Recycling Facility (Joint Agenda Item). County Waste Management Director Daphne Harley and City Public Works Director Raul Rojas made staff presentations. Supervisor Rubio asked County staff to report back and clarify how the money for the County study is being utilized and the results of the waste stream study and the form of the end result. E. Update on Fire Station Locations - (City Agenda Item). City Fire Chief Ron Fraze and County Fire Chief Dennis Thompson made staff presentations and provided written material. Councilmember Couch stated for the record that City Manager Alan Tandy offered to the County of Kern a plan that would build a new Station 65; would fund the operations of that station; would return the excess fire fund over and above those costs to the County of Kern as a revenue neutral proposal, and stated a response was received back from the County that it relies on that revenue. 74 ~ 6. Bakersfield, California, September 22, 2008 -Page 3 BUSINESS ITEMS continued ACTION TAKEN Item 6.E. continued Chairman Rubio suggested getting everyone back together for afull-day discussion to determine how to provide the best ahd most timely response with the best equipment and provide direction to staff on how the elected officials want to m©ve forward with this. Supervisor Watson suggested having a committee with some citizen involvement who represent the community and who have some financial knowledge and organizational knowledge to offer a more objective way and a broader context to look at this issue. Supervisor Maben stated he would prefer that the City Manager and the-bounty Administrative Officer have an opportunity first to see if they can iron it out, then escalate it up to the next step if necessary. Supervisor Maggar•d suggested that the City of Bakersfield put forward a document that identifies afl the elements of the Joint Powers Agreement that it feels needs to be clarified and worked out, and County Fire Department do the same to determine what needs to be worked on in order to resolve all of tha issues. Motion by Councilmember Couch directing stiff to get APPROVED together and discuss both the issues of Station 18 or AB BENHAM 68, and the broader JPA, and bring it back in iwo separate reports to both bodies within six months. F. Proposed 2009 Schedule for Joint Meetings. (Joint Agenda Item) -RECOMMENDED ACTION: ESTABLISH MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009' AT 5:30 P.M. AND MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 AT 5:30 P.M. AS FUTURE MEETING DATEg. Motion 6y Vice Mayor Hanson to adopt recommended APPROVED meeting dates. AB BENHAM Motion by Supervisor Maben, seconded by APPROVED Supervisor Watson to adopt recommended meting dates. 7. CLOSING COMIIiIENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS ,rt1ND CITY COUNCILNfEMBERS Councilmember Couch stated he would like to encourage the County to go back to the ballot with a transient occupancy tax. X46 Bakersfield, California, September 22, 2008 -Page 4 7. CLOSING COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS continued Councilmember Couch stated he and Supervisor Maggard would like fo make a jointly referral regarding the intersection of Rosedale and Calloway for City and County staff to report back #o alleviate the traffic concerns in that area. Councilmember Couch asked GET to check into the feasibility of buses using turnouts if they were provided. Supervisor Maggard agreed to Councilmember Couch's jointly referral regarding Rosedale and Calloway and made that referral to County staff. Supervisor Maggard requested the City explore, along with the County, the adoption and implementation of the "Taggers"program offered by Orange County to manage the community's graffiti eradication efforts. Councilmember Carson requested an update on the progress of the Casa Loma Spray Park. 8. CLOSING COMMENTS BY MAYOR HARVEY L. HALL 9. CLOSING COMMENTS BY CHAIRMAN MICHAEL J. RUBIO. 10. ADJOUNMENT Chairman Rubio adjourned the meeting at 8:07 p.m. ATTEST: ~` CITY CLERK and Ex Officio C rk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield /!-CTION TAKEN