HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/11/23 CC AGENDA HIGHLIGHTSAGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
OCTOBER 11, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING
AKERS I LC
THE SOUND
REGULAR MEETING CANCELLED - 3:30 PM
REGULAR MEETING - 5:15 PM
RESOLUTIONS
Item 7d. Bakersfield Community Land Trust (All Wards) On September 13, 2023, Vice Mayor Andrae
Gonzales made a referral to establish and form a Bakersfield Community Land Trust (CLT) to address
homelessness and affordable housing in Bakersfield. CLTs are non-profit organizations that secure
affordable housing by acquiring properties, retaining ownership of the land, entering 99-year leases to
those who live in the homes built on it, and ensuring the buildings remain permanently affordable to low-
income households. This agenda item authorizes the establishment and formation of the Bakersfield
Community Land Trust.
Item 7e. COVID-19 Related Mandates (All Wards) On September 13, 2023, Councilmember Weir
requested City staff return to Council with a Resolution that declares the City will not impose any
government mandates that area direct result of COVID-19 or any variants. This includes mandates related
to wearing a mask, distance requirements and administration of vaccines. In response, the City Attorney's
Office prepared a Resolution declaring any COVID-19 related mandates unenforceable.
AGREEEMENTS
Item 71. Gun Violence Reduction with Community Action Partnership of Kern (All Wards) In 2020, the Board
of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) awarded the City of Bakersfield a $1.5 million California
Violence Intervention and Prevention (CaIVIP) Cohort 3 Grant to implement a program that reduces
violence city wide and strengthens community -police relations. In 2022, BSCC awarded the City a $3
million CaIVIP Cohort 4 Grant to implement a socioecological model focused on using a public health
approach to expand the City's gun violence reduction strategies. This agenda item enters into an
agreement with Community Action Partnership of Kern to provide immediate incident response and
mediation to prevent retaliation between individuals and groups within the City.
Item 7m. Fair Housinq Program Services (All Wards) As a recipient of U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) entitlement grant funding, the City is required to identify impediments to fair
housing, prevent housing discrimination, and affirmatively further fair housing at least once every five
years. The City conducted an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) which achieves compliance
with HUD requirements and identifies a need for the City to expand its fair housing services. This agenda
item enters into an agreement with the Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. to provide fair housing
program services pursuant to the City's Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.
Item 7o. Canal, Basin, and Sump Litter Removal Services (All Wards) In 2018, the City of Bakersfield entered
into an agreement with the Bakersfield Homeless Center for the removal of brush, trash, and tumbleweeds
along basins, sumps, canals, and City facilities. This agenda item amends Agreement No. 18-174 with the
Bakersfield Homeless Center to increase compensation through December 31, 2023.
Prepared by: Juan Manuel Heredia, Administrative Analyst III cc: Department Heads
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