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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1999-19594 RESOLUTION NO, 19594 AGENCY RESOLUTION NO, 1642 JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA: 1 ) APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT BOARD/SAN DIEGO & ARIZONA EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND 676 OXFORD, LLC FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OVER THE MTDB PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SAN DIEGO TROLLEY TRACKS BETWEEN OXFORD AND PALOMAR STREETS; 2) AUTHORIZING THE RELEASE OF $70,000 FROM THE BILLBOARD RESERVE FUND; 3) APPROPRIATING $51,000 FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP FUND (FUND NUMBER 253); AND 4) APPROPRIATING $65,000 FROM THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND to be REPAID WITHIN ONE YEAR WITH FUTURE MTDB BILLBOARD FUND REVENUES WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency entered into an Owner Participation Agreement with Palomar Station, LLC (subsequently, Palomar Station, LLC assigned its rights and responsibilities related to the OPA to 675 OXFORD, LLC) (hereinafter referred to as "Developer") effective as of September 22, 1998, for the construction of a 76,886 square foot office building to be located at 690 Oxford Street, Chula Vista, California; and WHEREAS, the Developer has commenced a subdivision of its property into two parcels and both parcels will be subject to the terms of this agreement; and WHEREAS, the said building will be leased to the County of San Diego for the establishment of the South Bay Regional Health and Human Services Agency Family Resource Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Family Resource Center") and for which purpose the Redevelopment Agency granted a Special Use Permit to the Developer on May 19, 1998, pursuant to Resolution 1583; and WHEREAS, the Family Resource Center will serve an average of 1200 people per day of whom approximately sixty percent will use all forms of public transportation whose local stop is the Palomar Station of the San Diego Light Rail Transit System (hereinafter referred to the "Palomar LRT Station"); and WHEREAS, the most practical route for clients of the Family Resource Center is between the Palomar LRT Station and the Property east of the Light Rail tracks between Palomar and Oxford Street; and WHEREAS, said property (hereinafter referred to as the "MTDB Site") is owned by the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway which is a subsidiary of MTDB and is under the control of The Board of Directors of the MTDB; and Resolution 19594 Page 2 WHEREAS, MTDB is willing to grant an easement to the Developer for ingress and egress over part of the MTDB site ("the Ingress and Egress Easement"), and the area of the Ingress and Egress Easement is approximately 18,170 square feet; and WHEREAS, MTDB is willing to grant an additional easement for landscape installation and landscape maintenance over the remainder of the MTDB site ("the Landscape Easement") which is approximately 65,903 square feet; and WHEREAS, City/RDA and MTDB have determined that certain improvements for Palomar Street and Industrial Boulevard and the LRT Station including curbs, curb returns, striping, fencing, pedestrian barriers and other related improvements need to be constructed on and around the MTDB site to preserve the public health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS, the construction of such improvements and use of the MTDB site for ingress and egress, landscaping and signage is necessary for the Project and shall implement the Southwest Redevelopment Project Area Plan by eliminating blighting influences, facilitating the development and operations of a new building, and putting vacant parcels to higher and better uses; and WHEREAS, the Developer is willing to improve the MTDB site and the Easement Area and provide certain street and sidewalk improvements to Palomar Street and Industrial Boulevard and improvements to the Palomar LRT Station (which improvements are collectively referred to as the related improvements or "related improvements"); and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council and Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista do hereby find, order, determine and resolve as follows: 1. The City and Redevelopment Agency, as Responsible Agencies under CEQA, have considered Negative Declaration IS-97-24 previously adopted by the City Council, and the environmental effects of the Project as described therein, in reaching its decision hereunder. 2. The proposed Project is consistent with the Southwest Redevelopment Plan and shall implement the purposes thereof by eliminating blighting influences, installing new improvements, and putting vacant a parcel to higher and better Use, 3. The City and Redevelopmerit Agency hereby approve the project and Agreement with the Metropolitan Transit Development Board/San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Company and 675 Oxford, LLC for the development and maintenance of pedestrian and vehicular access to the San Diego County Family Resource Center over the MTDB property located on the east side of the San Diego Trolley tracks between Oxford and Palomar Streets. 4. In order to implement the terms of the Agreement, the City hereby authorizes the release of 970,000 from the Billboard Reserve Fund; appropriates 951,000 from the un-appropriated balance of the Transportation Partnership Fund (fund number 253); and appropriates ~65,000 from the available fund balance in the General Fund to be repaid within one year with future MTDB Billboard Fund Revenues. Resolution 19594 Page 3 The Mayor and Chairman of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency are hereby authorized to execute the subject Agreement. Presented by Approved as to form by Resolution 19594 Page 4 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 31't day of August, 1999, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Salas and Horton NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: Padilia ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None Shirley Horto~, Mayor ATTEST: Susan Bigelow, City Clerku 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. 19594 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 31 ,t day of August, 1999. Executed this 31 ,t day of August, 1999. Susan Bigelow, City Clerk"