# Planning Commission - October 1st, 2026 Meeting

The City of Bakersfield Planning Commission meeting on October 1, 2026, considered a proposed commercial development at 2401 Coffee Road: a roughly 46.16-acre center with market, retail, storage, health-club, restaurant, medical-office, car-wash, and gas-station uses. The applicant, DJM Capital Partners, estimated about 1,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs, and said it was open to using local workers and subcontractors but had made no formal local-hiring agreements. The commission adopted staff’s recommendation to approve General Plan Amendment 23-00001, certify the environmental impact report, and recommend the actions to the City Council. The motion passed; Commissioners Strickland, Core, and Kater were absent.

Opponents asked the commission to require revision and recirculation of the environmental report, citing concerns about operational health risks, Valley fever, and impacts to San Joaquin kit fox and crotch bumblebee habitat. The applicant’s environmental team described added wildlife mitigation measures in the final report. The report identified significant and unavoidable greenhouse-gas and transportation impacts. No public contract award, purchasing decision, or government spending allocation was identified; the proposal is a private development project.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 01, 2026

### Sources
- [Planning Commission - October 1st, 2026 Meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rln6LKCuz08) - City of Bakersfield, CA.