BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County residents looking for new ways to cool off may eventually have another option, but a proposed waterpark project is still years away from opening.

The Bakersfield City Council recently approved a zoning change for a future water park, golf and shopping facility, and authorized the start of an environmental impact report process. However, city officials emphasized they have not approved the actual waterpark project.

"There's been some press that indicated that we were approving whatever a water park. So I just wanted to be clear," Ward 5 Council member Larry Koman said.

Phil Burns, the city's development services director, told the council the environmental impact report process alone will take significant time.

"6 to 9 months before it comes out

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