Heat. Heat. Okay. Heat. Hey, hey hey. Hey, hey hey. Hey, hey hey. Hey, hey hey. Hey, 1 2 3 4 Hey now a Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Hey, hey hey. Heat. Heat. Welcome to the City of Bakersfield Planning Commission meeting. This television broadcast is brought to you by the local cable companies, the county of Kerna, and the city of Bakersfield. You can watch the rebroadcast of this meeting Saturday at 700 p.m. and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. The agenda for this meeting can be downloaded at www.bakersfield city. us. Preciding over this evening meeting, Vice Chair Cassie Biddle. It is my pleasure to call to order the March 5th, 2026 planning commission meeting. Madame clerk, would you call the role, please? >> Chair Strickland. >> Vice Chair Bidd >> here. >> Commissioner Brandt Oliver >> here. >> Commissioner Kedar >> here. >> Commissioner Core >> here. >> Commissioner Martin >> here. Commissioner Neil. >> Madame Clerk, next item, please. >> Pledge of Allegiance. >> Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> Salute. Pledge. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madame clerk, next item, please. >> Public statements. >> Public statements are now received at different times depending on the item. I will call on Madame Clerk to call for public statements at the appropriate time. So, please listen carefully for the correct time to speak. Non-aggenda item 3A, public statements. >> Does anyone in the audience wish to address the commission regarding items not listed on tonight's agenda? If so, please come forward and state your name. >> Agenda item 3B, public statements. >> Does anyone in the audience wish to address the commission regarding items listed on tonight's agenda? Seeing none, madame clerk, next item, please. >> Agenda item four, consent calendar items. >> All matters listed under the consent items do not require a public hearing and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of said items unless staff or a commissioner request specific items to be discussed and or removed on a separate action. May I get a motion approving consent item 4A? >> I'll make a motion. >> Commissioner Kedar, can I get a second, please? >> Second. >> Commissioner Core, uh, let's see. Do I Oh, no. Um, Commissioners, cast your votes. I slide over. motion passes with Chair Strickland and Commissioner Neil absent. >> Madame Clerk, next item, please. >> Agenda item five, consent calendar public hearing items. Now is the time for the consent calendar public hearing items. If the item is not removed by a commissioner, staff, or a member of the public, the commission will vote on all items in one motion without further comment. If an item is removed, it will be placed at the end of the non-consent public hearing items. At this time, I will open the consent calendar public hearing items. Does any member of the public wish to remove a consent calendar public hearing item? Does any commissioner or staff wish to remove any consent calendar public public hearing items? Okay. At this time, the consent calendar public hearing items not removed are now closed. May I get a motion to adopt staff's recommendation on the consent public hearing items not removed, incorporating all memorandum and revised staff recommendations? So move. Madam Chair, >> can I get a Oh, sorry. Um, Commissioner Martin, can I get a second? >> Second. Commissioner Oliver, please cast your votes. Motion passes with Chair Strickland and Commissioner Neil absent. Madame Clerk, next item, please. >> Agenda item six, there are no non-consent public hearing items. >> Okay. Next, Madame Clerk. Next item, please. >> Agenda item seven, communications. >> Does staff have any communication items? >> Uh, yes. We will have an AP, sorry, we will have a meeting in two weeks. Um I think it's March 19th and I'd like to introduce Phil Burns, development services director. >> Good evening, commissioners. Um just want to make a a few announcements. Staff's been diligently working on our housing element that we uh finally adopt at end of last year and just to give you a heads up that we'll be bringing forward 12 title 17 amendments to the April 2nd commission meeting. um they are in relationship to programs and changes that were promised as part of the housing element. Um also um our notice of preparation for our general plan um EIR is is out actually went out on a notice on Saturday uh September 28th. Uh so that'll be out for 30 days. Uh and I think that the bigger notice is we're having a scoping meeting on March 10th at 5:30 in the chambers. So hopefully we'll have the public come down and uh comment. Um in addition the general plan uh just g you get an idea the next next thing you should see from us and will be in May and that'll be bringing the draft general plan to use a spotty and uh with the hopes that we'll have uh adoption of the draft sometime in July of 2026. Um then also we're hoping to have a draft um environmental impact report late uh July, early August of also of 2026 with the overall goal is to get the general plan adopted by the end of 2026. So I just want to give you guys kind of an update that these things are coming down the pipe. They're they're large items and then as they get closer, we'll make sure that you guys are informed. >> Thank you, Director Burns. Madame clerk, next item, please. >> Agenda item eight, commissioner comments. >> Does any commissioner have any comments? >> I thought this was going to be a lot more exciting of a meeting. Um, next, Madame Clerk, next item, please. >> Agenda item nine, adjournment. This meeting is adjourned at 5:37 p.m. Heat. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey.