ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: November 19, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Agreements TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Philip Burns, Development Services Director
DATE: November 14, 2025
SUBJECT: Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for General Plan Amendment and concurrent Zone Change No 24-0377
(Tortuga Bay Waterpark) (Ward 4)
1. Agreement with Tortuga Bay Waterpark, LLC. ($223,637.00) for the preparation of an EIR.
2. Agreement with Kimley-Horn, Inc. ($183,637.00) to assist the City in preparing the EIR.
3. Appropriate $223,637.00 (Tortuga Bay Waterpark, LLC) to the Development Services Operating budget in the General Fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the agreements and the appropriation of funds.
BACKGROUND:
Tortuga Bay Waterpark, LLC., is requesting a General Plan Amendment (GPA) and Zone Change to develop a waterpark, golf range, general commercial, and hotels on approximately 152 acres located on the southeast corner of the Hageman Road/Mohawk Street intersection . The project includes the following actions:
1. General Plan Amendment of the Land Use Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan (MBGP) from LI (Light Industrial) to GC (General Commercial), from SI (Service Industrial) to GC, and from SI to OS-P (Parks);
2. Zone Change from M -1 (Light Manufacturing), M -2 (General Manufacturing), and M -3 (Heavy Industrial) to C-2 (Regional Commercial), M-1, and RE (Recreation);
FISCAL IMPACT:
The agreement acknowledges that Tortuga Bay Waterpark, LLC., will pay for all costs associated with preparing the EIR. The total cost of the EIR is $223,637 which consists of $183,637.00 for the consulting services and $40,000 to reimburse the City for its costs in managing the project. Due to the Tortuga Bay Waterpark, LLC. covering all costs, therefore the City General Fund will not be impacted.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Economic Opportunity for All
Community Character & Quality of Life
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Independent Contractor’s Agreement
2. Applicant/Reimbursement Agreement