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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2012-255RESOLUTION NO. 2012-255 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROPRIATING $972,000 IN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANT FUNDS TO THE FEDERAL GRANTS FUND FOR THE UNIVERSITY PARK AND RESEARCH CENTER PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has long had a goal of developing a higher education presence in the City; and WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has solidified this goal in the City's General Plan and Otay Ranch General Development Plan; and WHEREAS, the City has been working for several years to acquire all the land necessary to develop the University Pazk and Research Center; and WHEREAS, in 2008, the City entered into land offer agreements that provide for the acquisition of the final properties necessary to create the University Park and Research Center and received a one million dollar endowment for University recruitment and planning purposes; and WHEREAS, as the acquisition of the land becomes more certain, it is necessary to complete all planning documents and related entitlements that will allow for the timely development of the University Park and Reseazch Center; and WHEREAS, in February 2009, the City's Economic Development Division submitted a Federal Appropriations Request seeking funding for planning and infrastructure tasks related to the University Park and Reseazch Center project; and WHEREAS, in September 2010, the City received an award from the US Department of Energy in the amount of $972,000 for the environmental, sustainable, energy and initial land use planning and entitlements for the University Park and Research Center. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby appropriate $972,000 to the Federal Grants Fund as follows: $700,000 to the supplies and services category and $272,000 to the other expenses category. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute all documents necessary to obtain and manage the grant funds. Resolution No. 2012-255 Page No. 2 Presented by Gary H lbert, ., AICP Assistant Cit Manager/Director of Development Services Approved as to form by ~ ~ Gl n R. Go ins Cit PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 11th day of December 2012 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilaz, Bensoussan, Ramirez, Salas and Cox NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ATTEST: /l,~.U hti w , D.~.(.~e Donna R. No s, CMC, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CITY OF CHULA VISTA Cheryl Cox, yor I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2012-255 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regulaz meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 11th day of December 2012. Executed this 11th day of December 2012. ~t//,n,,~, ~,.,,~,tc~,a Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk