HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2001-148 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-148
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ADOPTING THE OTAY VALLEY REGIONAL
PARK CONCEPT PLAN, CREATING A REGIONAL PARK
THROUGHOUT THE OTAY RIVER VALLEY, EXTENDING
FROM SAN DIEGO BAY TO UPPER AND LOWER OTAY
RESERVOIRS
WHEREAS, the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors and the Cities of San Diego
and Chula Vista entered into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement CJEPA") in 1990, for the
cooperative joint planning of a concept plan for the creation of a regional park for the Otay
Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Otay Valley Regional Park Concept Plan ("Concept Plan") is a
comprehensive document prepared jointly by staff of the County of San Diego and the Cities of
San Diego and Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, a Policy Committee made up of one elected representative from each
jurisdiction's goveming Board or Council recommended that said Concept Plan be forwarded for
consideration of adoption by said goveming Board and Councils on July 18, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista Planning Commission held a public heating on
August 12, 1998, (with a summary review on October 10, 2000) and voted unanimously to
recommend that the City Council adopt the Concept Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista, acting as a "Responsible Agency," is required to
determine that the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Environmental Impact
Report (EIR)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is adequate for its purpose, and consider
the environmental effects of the Otay Valley Regional Park Concept Plan project, as identified
therein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council set the time and place for a heating on said Concept Plan
and notice of said heating, together with its purpose, was given by its publication in a newspaper
of general circulation in the city and its mailing to property owners and residents within an area
greater than 300 feet of the exterior boundaries of the property at least 10 days prior to the
hearing in accordance with Government Code Sections 65358, 65090 and 65091(a)(1) and (2)
and Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 19.06.010, 19.07.010 and 19.12.070; and
WHEREAS, the hearing v~as held at the time and place as advertised, namely 6:00 p.m.
May 15, 2001, in the Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, before the City Council and said
hearing was thereafter closed.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that from the facts presented to the City
Council, the Council: 1) finds in accordance with Section 15096 of the State of Califomia
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, that the City of Chula Vista, as a responsible
agency under CEQA, has considered the environmental effects of the project as shown in the
City of San Diego's Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) / Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared by the lead agency dated March
18, 1997, and has reached its own conclusion on whether and how to approve the project, and 2)
adopts the OVRP Concept Plan in the form presented.
Resolution 2001 - 148 '
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Presented by Approved as to form by
obert A. Letter Jo . Kah~ny ')-
Planning and Building Director rney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 15th day of May, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Padilla, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Davis
Shirley Horton,~I~yor
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Cler~4 ~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2001-148 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 15th day of May, 2001.
Executed this 15th day of May, 2001.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk