HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1999-19608 RESOLUTION NO. 19608
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE OLYMPIC PARKWAY
LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN INCLUDING A DEVIATION
FROM THE CURRENT CITY OF CHULA VISTA LANDSCAPE
MANUAL GUIDELINE FOR PLANTING-TO-PAVING RATIOS
WITHIN THE OLYMPIC PARKWAY MEDIAN
WHEREAS, the City ofChula Vista's General Plan identifies Olympic Parkway (formerly East
Orange Avenue) as a Six-Lane Prime Arterial Roadway and a Scenic Highway; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan establishes policies that cmphasize thc importance of special landscape
treatment along identified Scenic Higbways: and
WHEREAS, the City Council cntcrcd into an agrccmcnt on March 31. 1998, with Kimley Hom
Associates, Inc. for the preparation of a Feasibility and Financing Study and Landscape Master Plan
("Landscape Master Plan") for Olympic Parkway: and
WHEREAS, Kimley Horn, Inc. has selected Estrada Land P lanni ng as a sub-consultant to prepare said
Landscape Master Plan for Ol~npic Parkxvay: and
WHEREAS, the Landscape Master Plan provides design guidelincs for landscape consultants
preparing implementation drawings for thc proposcd Obqnpic Parkway: and
WHEREAS, the Landscape Master Plan proposes a dcviation from the cnrrent City of Chula Vista
Landscape Mannal guideline for planting-to-paving ratios xvithin thc Olympic Parkway median; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Planning recommcnds approval of the dcviation because Olympic
Parkway is designated a sccnic corridor: and
WHEREAS, City staff mcommcnd distanccs trees shall bc planted from the roadway wbich in their
opinion represent a reasonably safe desiga.
NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does
hereby approve the Olympic Parkway Landscapc Mastcr Plan, Exhibit "A," incorporated hcrein by this
reference and does hereby approve of the deviation from the currcnt City of Chula Vista Landscape Manual
guidcline for planting-to-paving ratios within thc Olympic Parkway mcdian.
Presented by Approvcd as to forn~ by
Robert Leiter J . Kahcm
Planning and Building Director x~"
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Resolution 19608
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 14m day of September, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councihnembers: Davis, Moot, Padilia, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councihnembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Shirley Hort~ayor
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
1, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 19608 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 14*h day of September, 1999.
Executed this 14m day of September, 1999.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk