AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
JANUARY 8, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING
REGULAR MEETING CANCELLED – 3:30 PM
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REGULAR MEETING – 5:15 PM
APPOINTMENTS
Items 6.a Golden Empire Transit District (All Wards) City Council plans to make one appointment to the Golden Empire Transit District.
Items 6.b Planning Commission (Wards 5 and 6 ) City Council plans to make two appointments to the Planning Commission for Ward 5 and Ward 6.
Items 6.c Public Safety and Vital Services Measure Oversight Committee (All Wards) City Council plans to make five appointments to the Public Safety and Vital Services Measure Oversight Committee for Ward 2, Ward 5, Ward 6, Mayor, and at-large seats.
Items 6.d 2025-2027 Vice-Mayor Appointments (All Wards) Recommendations for appointments to City Council Committees and other special Committees will be made by the Vice -Mayor and ratified by a majority vote of the Council.
AGREEMENTS
Item 7.e.1 School Resource Officers (All Wards ) The Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) and the Bakersfield City School District (BCSD) implemented a pilot project to engage two full -time school resource officers dedicated to BCSD schools. The goal of this partnership was to reduce chronic absenteeism, chronic truancy violence, drug and alcohol use, gang involvement, bullying, and harassment in the community to help in ensuring BCSD schools are safe learning environments with positive school culture. Due to the success of this program, Kern County Superinte ndent of Schools (KCSOS) has requested School Resource Officers (SRO) services for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years at two of its alternative education division locations.
Item 7.e.3 Affordable Housing Development (Ward 2) The American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Program appropriated $5 billion in HOME -ARP funds for the provision of affordable housing and supportive services. Of this funding, the City of Bakersfield received $5,458,039 from the 2021 HOME -ARP Program to reduce homelessness and increase housing stability for qualifying low -income households. The M Street Housing development is being recommended for a HOME -ARP award of $738,363 construction loan to Golden Empire Affordable Housing, Inc. for the infill development of a new affordable housing fourplex located at 1209 M Street.
Item 7.e.4 Down Payment Assistance (Ward 2) The City of Bakersfield assists families earning low - to moderate-income (up to 80% of the Area Median Income), with down payment assistance , pre and post purchase education , and counseling to set up families for long -term success . This amendment increases the amount of grant to $770,000 to provide down payment assistance to 18 eligible households, and increase the maximum purchase price to $385,700.
Prepared by: Anthony Valdez, Assistant City Manager CC: Department Heads City Manager’s File
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