HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/19/07_CC_JOINTMTG_PACKETNOTICE OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Bakersfield City Council and the Kern County Board
of Supervisors will hold a Special Joint Meeting on Monday, March 19, 2007, at
5:30 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California.
Estimated
Start Time
5:30 p.m. 1. INVOCATION
2. FLAG SALUTE
3. ROLL CALL
4. OPENING REMARKS BY MAYOR HARVEY L. HALL
5. OPENING REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN DON MABEN
5:40 p.m. s. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
7. BUSINESS ITEMS
s:oo p.m. A. Proposed Gang Violence Strategic Plan (Joint Agenda Item) -CITY RECOMMENDS
RECEIVE AND REFER TO THE JOINT CITY/COUNTY STANDING COMMITTEE
TO COMBAT GANG VIOLENCE AND AFFECTED AGENCIES FOR COMMENT,
IDENTIFICATION OF COSTS AND IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS.
7:15 p.m. B. South Beltway Alignment. (Joint Agenda Item) -Hear City Staff Presentation by
Public Works Director Raul Rojas and County Staff Presentation by Planning Director
Ted James and Roads Director Craig Pope.
~:3o p.m. C. Status Report regarding updating the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan Review
(Joint Agenda Item) -Hear City Staff Presentation by Planning Director Jim Movius
and County Staff Presentation by Planning Director Ted James.
~:a5 p.m. D. Presentation and Status Report~on Lake Isabella Dam by the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers. (City Agenda Item) Hear City Staff Presentation by Ronn Rose, Geologist
& Dam Safety Assurance Program Coordinator and Calvin Foster, Area Manager of
the Corps of Engineers.
a:oo p.m. 8. CLOSING COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
8:05 p.m. 9. CLOSING COMMENTS BY CHAIRMAN DON MABEN
a:io p.m. 10. CLOSING COMMENTS BY MAYOR HARVEY L. HALL
11. ADJOURNMENT
Respectfully submitted;
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° ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: March 19, 2007 AGENDA SECTION: Business
ITEM: 7, ,.
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council /Board of Supervisors APPROVED
FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager
DEPARTMENT HEAD
DATE: March 7, 2007 CITY ATTORNE
CITY MANAGE
SUBJECT: Proposed Gang Violence Strategic Plan
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council receive the report and refer it to the Joint City/County Standing
Committee to Combat Gang Violence and affected agencies for comment, identification of costs and
implementation recommendations.
BACKGROUND:
At the September 18, 2006 Joint City/County meeting the Joint City/County Standing Committee to
Combat Gang Violence was created by the City Council and Board of Supervisors. On November 18,
2006 the Joint Committee hosted a special half-day meeting where the committee solicited input from all
members of the community and representatives from various agencies and organizations including City
and County law enforcement and social service agencies. The purpose of the meeting was to identify
existing gaps services and resources to address the gang problem in Kem County and the metropolitan
Bakersfield area.
As a result of that meeting a draft strategic plan was developed which focused on three core areas. These
are: Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression. Within the framework of these core areas the report
contains various objectives, measures and action steps to be accomplished. The report also identifies the
individuals and organizations responsible for those items. There is no identification of costs associated
with any of the recommendations in the report. Many of the recommendations included in the report will
require signil'ICant funding commitments which will need to be identified and considered by the bodies that
have funding authority such as the Board of Supervisors and the City Council, among others. It will be
important for the Board of Supervisors and City Council to have such cost information prior to
consideration of adoption of the proposed plan and any implementation of the recommendations contained
within the report. Additionally, the draft report has recently become available and there has been little
opportunity for those agencies and stakeholders who may be responsible for plan implementation to
comment on the recommendations included in the plan. Additionally, the report has not yet been reviewed
by the Standing Committee to Combat Gang Violence. Therefore, Staff recommends the City Council
receive the report and refer to Joint City/County Standing Committee to Combat Gang Violence and
affected agencies for comment, identification of costs and implementation recommendations.
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JOINT CITY/COUNTY AGENDA SECTION: Business
MEETING DATE: March 19, 2007 ITEM: r~ ~,
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Raul Rojas, Public Works Director DEPARTMENT HEAD
DATE: March 6, 2007 CITY ATTORNEY,
CITY MAN
SUBJECT: Report on South Beltway alignment (Joint Agenda Item) -Hear City Staff Presentation by
Public Works Director Raul Rojas, and County Staff Presentation by Planning Director Ted
James and Roads Director Craig Pope.
RECOMMENDATION: Hear staff report.
BACKGROUND: The City is requesting that the County finalize an alignment east of 99 because of
development proposed for the applicable area.
The South Beltway is intended to be a 300-foot wide freeway with full access control. Construction of the
ultimate facility would consist of eight travel lanes, shoulders, and a wide median that can be used for
alternative transportation modes such as rail, bus ways and high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. In order
to preserve right-of-way for this route, a specific plan line has been designated and adopted by the
County. A specific plan line defines the centerline location and width of a facility.
County staff considered an additional alternative for the portion of the South Beltway east of SR 99 that
would bring the South Beltway closer to Lamont and Arvin, and allow these communities to benefit from
improved circulation access. The Kern County Board of Supervisors indicated they are studying different
alternatives for this eastern portion of the South Beltway alignment. City staff encourages a prompt
discussion and decision on a final alignment so that the project may move forward without delay.
The South Beltway will provide an important east-west regional connection for traffic traveling between
Interstate 5 and SR 58 while also providing necessary circulation to relieve traffic congestion and address
future land use needs in the southern .portion of the Metropolitan Bakersfield area. Therefore, it is
important that the County finalize an alignment east of 99 because of development proposed for the
applicable area.
This matter was heard at the joint meeting of the Bakersfield City Council and the Kern County
Board of Supervisors on September 78, 2006.
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MEETING DATE: March 19, 2007 AGENDA SECTION: Business
ITEM: 7. G ,
TO: Bakersfield City Joint CounciUKem County Board of Supervisors APPROVED
FROM: City of Bakersfield Development Services Department/
Kem County Planning Department
DATE: March 5, 2007
DEPARTMENT HEAD ~- ~
CITY ATTORNEY
CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: Status Report Regarding Updating the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Ian
RECOMMENDATION:
No action necessary.
BACKGROUND:
Following is a status report summary of the General Plan Update process. The General Plan Update
is a joint City of Bakersfield/County of Kem update of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan.
Consultant Selection
Staff prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit consultant proposals for preparing the General
Plan Update and accompanying EIR. On October 4, 2006 the RFP was mailed to 42 consulting firms;
however, only two responded. The two proposals both included budgets of over $1.2 million, which
was substantially more than the anticipated cost. Staff has reissued the RFP. Only work tasks for
the General Plan Update are identified, and significantly expanded involvement by staff in the Update
process has been incorporated in the work plan in an attempt to reduce the anticipated consultant
budget. Consultant proposals are due March 28"'. Once the extent of the revisions to the General
Plan are better understood (through consultant efforts and input from the Citizen Participation
process), staff will issue a separate RFP for consultant proposals to prepare the EIR. This should
allow consultants to provide a more realistic budget for the EIR, since the scope and issues to be
addressed will be more clearly defined. This revised consultant selection process has been
redesigned to reduce~consultant costs and be more in line with the estimated project budget.
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Citizen Participation Process
The General Plan Update citizen participation process has been coordinated with City and County
staffs, Vision 2020 and Kem COG representatives since the General Plan Update process was first
initiated in early 2006. Meetings have been held to define: the roles of each group; the mechanisms
to incorporate the Kem COG Blueprint project which is a separate but related visioning process; and
the most effective strategy for soliciting citizen input on .General Plan issues, constraints and
opportunities, and direction on changes to General Plan implementation. Vision 2020 will facilitate the
public outreach meetings, with technical assistance from City, County and Kem COG staffs. Citizen
participation meetings are scheduled to begin in May. Prior to the outreach meetings, a Joint
City/County Planning Commission workshop will be held. As part of the citizen participation process,
Vision 2020 will present a "report card" on the Vision 2020 goals, and staff will explain the need for
the General Plan Update.
Schedule
The initial phase of the citizen participation program will begin in April with the Joint Planning
Commission workshop. Citizen input meetings will begin in May, and should be completed by
October. General Plan consultant selection should be completed and work tasks initiated by early
May. Regular meetings occur with City and County staffs, Vision 2020 and Kem COG
representatives to plan for community participation in the General Plan Update. Additional
involvement by the public will also occur through the EIR process. The General Plan Update and EIR
(including the citizen participation program) should be completed within 18 months.
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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
JOINT CITY/COUNTY AGENDA SECTION: Business
MEETING DATE March 19, 2007 ITEM: -~.
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council/Kem County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Florn Core, Water Resources Manager DEPARTMENT HEAD
DATE: March 6, 2007 CITY ATTORNEY
CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: Presentation and Status Report on Lake Isabella Dam. Hear Presentation by U' S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
RECOMMENDATION:
Hear Report.
BACKGROUND:
Ronn Rose, Geologist & Dam Safety Assurance Program Coordinator and Calvin Foster, Area Manager
for the United States Army Corps of Engineers will provide a status report and update regarding Lake
Isabella Dam situation.
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