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Council delays Recreation and Parks Master Plan after requests from CSUB, Sierra Club and park advocates
Summary
Councilmembers voted to continue the Recreation and Parks Master Plan to allow more technical review and public input after speakers from CSUB, the Sierra Club and the Kern River Parkway Foundation requested additional time to examine the 160‑page draft.
The Bakersfield City Council voted on Aug. 28 to continue consideration of the Recreation and Parks Master Plan to allow staff to solicit additional feedback and provide further analysis, including details on park fees.
City Manager Clegg introduced the item as a 10‑year aspirational planning document intended to formalize priorities for grant applications and long‑range planning, but not as a budget or an implementation commitment. "This is a planning document. It's not a budget. It's not an implementation plan," Clegg said, adding that while the plan lists project estimates staff did not expect the city to commit the full listed amounts immediately. He noted the…
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