HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2001-354 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-354
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA SUPPORTING THE SANDAG REGION2020
GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND SMART
GROWTH PRINCIPLES
WHEREAS, the current population of the San Diego Region is almost three million
people, and the region's population and the number of jobs and housing units are steadily
growing; and
WHEREAS, collectively, current local plans will not meet the projected housing and
employment needs of the region's anticipated future residents; and
WHEREAS, without changes to current plans, the San Diego Region is expected to face
growing challenges in meeting affordable housing, transportation, habitat and open space
preservation, economic prosperity, and energy and water needs; and
WHEREAS, REGION2020 is the region's growth management strategy that promotes
planning principles designed to reduce sprawl and address the challenges that come with future
growth; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Region has defined smart growth as a compact, efficient, and
environmentally-sensitive pattern of development that provides people with additional travel,
housing and employment choices by focusing future growth closer to existing and planned job
centers and public facilities, and away from rural areas; and
WHEREAS, on July 24, 2001, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
representatives made a presentation to the Chula Vista City Council regarding the REGION2020
Growth Management Strategy and how the City of Chula Vista and other local jurisdictions can
contribute to implementing the strategy and promoting smart growth in the San Diego Region;
and
WHEREAS, in response to this presentation, the Chula Vista City Council directed staff
to place REGION2020 on a future Council agenda for the purpose of considering adoption of
SANDAG's model resolution supporting the REGION2020 program, and considering
identification of commitments that the City might make to implement REGION2020 locally; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has been an active participant in, and supporter of,
the REGION2020 Growth Management Strategy, and has embraced and promoted smart growth
principles through projects such as the Otay Ranch; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has initiated a comprehensive General Plan Update
with a work program that includes an evaluation of land use distribution concepts and smart
growth oppommities supportive of the REGION2020 Growth Management Strategy; and
WHEREAS, in conjunction with its General Plan Update, the City of Chula Vista is also
participating in a joint South Bay Transit First Study with the Metropolitan Transit Development
Board that is intended to develop a transit plan and identify transit projects that support and
refine the board's adopted Transit First Strategy as it applies in the South San Diego Bay area.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Chula Vista hereby states its
support for the SANDAG REGION2020 Growth Management Strategy and the following smart
growth principles that it promotes.
1. New development should be focused closer to urban jobs and activity centers and away
from rural areas.
2. Additional travel choices should be provided among activity centers, along with more
mixed-use development and more pedestrian-friendly urban design.
3. Jobs and housing should be strategically located to promote use of transit and other
alternate means of travel.
4. A variety of housing types should be provided that meet the needs of all income levels.
5. Adequate investment should be provided for existing and future infrastructure needs in
smart growth areas.
6. Environmentally-sensitive development should conserve energy and water; protect
resources that preserve the biodiversity of the region; and preserve open space, parks,
agricultural lands, watersheds, wetlands, scenic values and wildlife.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chula Vista hereby expresses its
commitment through its General Plan Update and other efforts to evaluate and promote land use
distribution concepts and smart growth opportunities supportive of the SANDAG REGION2020
Growth Management Strategy. This will include integrating these land use distribution concepts
and opportunities, wherever feasible, with the network of transit stations and corridors identified
through the joint South Bay Transit First Study being conducted with the Metropolitan Transit
Development Board to produce a long-range transit plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chula Vista makes this commitment with
the understanding that SANDAG will provide continuing cooperation and support in carrying out
the City's General Plan Update and associated local efforts to implement smart growth concepts,
and that SANDAG will endeavor to afford the highest priority in obtaining funding and
providing other assistance to projects and local jurisdictions supporting and implementing smart
growth concepts.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Robert A. Leiter John~. Kah~ny -)
Planning and Building Director C~t~Attomey
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 23~ day of October, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Padilla
Shirley Hddon, iV'fayor
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
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. 2001-354 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 23rd day of October, 2001.
Executed this 23rd day of October, 2001.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk