Staff: Committee Members:
Gary Hallen, Assistant City Manager Councilmember Eric Arias – Chair Greg Strakaluse, Public Works Director Councilmember Bob Smith Councilmember Manpreet Kaur
Special Meeting of the
Multi-modal Transportation and Safety Ad Hoc Committee
of the City Council – City of Bakersfield
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
5:00 p.m.
City Hall North, First Floor, Conference Room A
1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301
AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
1. ROLL CALL
Committee Members present: Councilmember Arias – Chair (seated at 5:08 p.m.) Councilmember Bob Smith
Councilmember Manpreet Kaur
City Staff: Eric Galvan, Communications Coordinator
Ashley Zambrano, Deputy City Attorney II
Gregg Strakaluse, Public Works Director
Julie Drimakis, City Clerk
Ed Murphy, Civil Engineer III
Luis Topete, Assistant Public Works Director
Paul Archer, Civil Engineer IV
Ryan Starbuck, Traffic Engineer
Christian Clegg, City Manager
Paul Johnson, Planning Director
Phil Burns, Building Director
Jennifer Byers, Economic & Community Development Director Jason Cater, Economic & Community Development Manager
Cecelia Griego, Economic & Community Development Principal Planner
Multi-modal Transportation and Safety Ad Hoc Committee
Special Meeting October 24, 2023 Agenda
2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. Agenda Item Public Statements
1. Michael Turnipseed, from KernTax, stated that PowerPoints were not made available ahead of time for the public to review before the Committee meeting.
b. Non-Agenda Item Public Statements
1. Michael Turnipseed commented on public involvement in the Committee meeting, reiterating that materials were not provided before the meeting.
3. ADOPTION OF THE AUGUST 10, 2023, AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Motion by Councilmember Kaur to adopt August 10, 2023, Agenda Summary Report.
Motion was unanimously approved.
4. REPORTS
a. Bi-monthly Report on Multi-Modal Transportation Safety actions taken since last meeting.
(Staff recommends Committee receive and file report.)
Paul Archer, Engineer IV, made staff comments and provided a PowerPoint presentation to receive and file.
Motion by Councilmember Smith to receive and file, unanimously approved.
5. DEFERRED BUSINESS
a. Complete Streets Ordinance: Recommendation to move forward to City Council for first reading.
(Staff recommends Committee discussion and direction.)
Gregg Strakaluse, Public Works Director, made staff comments.
Motion by Councilmember Arias to send Ordinance to City Council was unanimously approved.
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Update from the California High Speed Rail Authority. (Staff recommends Committee receive and file report.)
Christian Clegg, City Manager, made staff comments.
Multi-modal Transportation and Safety Ad Hoc Committee
Special Meeting October 24, 2023 Agenda
Brian Kelly, CEO of California High Speed Rail Authority spoke about the project.
Margaret Cederoth, Director of Planning and Sustainability of California High Speed Rail Authority spoke about the project.
Motion by Councilmember Kaur to receive and file, unanimously approved.
7. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
Councilmember Smith thanked California High Speed Rail Authority for being at the meeting and asked about incorporating bike paths into the project.
Councilmember Kaur also thanked California High Speed Rail Authority and asked about the station design process.
Councilmember Arias asked about the timeline of the High-Speed Rail and inquired about the process of notifying people whose properties are needed for the project.
8. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:27 p.m.
ERIC ARIAS, CHAIR
Multi-modal Transportation and Safety
Ad Hoc Committee
ATTEST:
JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC, CPMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
The Council of the City of Bakersfield