Shafter Council weighing zoning fix for auto body shop
At the December 22 meeting the Shafter City Council debated amending C-2 zone rules to allow auto body and fender repair shops with a conditional use permit. Watson walked away from a license bid, Frizzell questioned terms, and the council sent the measure to planning for review, delaying action about 60 days.
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Boo Don Par
da Prout
Johnny Thomas
Verl Nash
Marland Hiebert
Shafter
Edward Watson
Shafter Planning Commission
Bill Frizzell
Watson
Richard Oberholzer
Prout
Thomas
Wade McKinney
Frizzell
Nash and Thomas
Taft
City Hall
Minter Field Airport to draft master plan funding approved
The Minter Field Airport District MFAD has secured federal funding of 75000 dollars toward an 83000 dollar Airport Master Plan with the FAA backing the project. MFAD will solicit bids consult the Airport Advisory Committee and hold public meetings while coordinating with Kern Council of Government on a plan covering financial environmental and physical aspects at the airport industrial park complex.
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Shafter Avenue
Highway 43
Shafter General
Wayne Wood
DPBIA
Shafter
CPBIA
Minter Field
Federal Aviation Agency
Joe Martin
MFAD
Kern Council of Government
Hitchcock Hotel receives first grant for restoration
Pat Wilson announced that Shafter’s Hitchcock Hotel has been placed on the California Points of Historic Interest list, with a goal to register on the national list. The Fritts Family Bakersfield Californian Foundation granted $1500 to the Shafter Historical Society for upgrading the hotel building, fencing, and sprinklers, and the committee awaits action on several other grant applications.
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Prout
Hitchcock Hotel Restoration Committee
Fritts
Bakersfield Californian Foundation
Junior League
Bakersfield
Shafter
Wasco
Hitchcock Hotel
Pat Wilson
Shafter’s
California
Fritts Family
Shafter Historical Society
Wilson
Saait Press and Antonio's Mair Region Tie for First
In a tight contest the Saait Press and Antonio's Mair Region split the top spot as rivals battled for lead. Photos capture the close battle and ongoing standings amid local sports coverage.
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Shafter
Saait Press
Antonio
Mair
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Lerdo
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Institute of Transportation Studies
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Alannah Bill
Shafter Recreational Park
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