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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1998-19018 RESOLUTION NO. 19018 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE INDUSTRIAL LAND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTING STAFF TO IMPLEMENT WHEREAS, on October 9, 1997, staff presented a report regarding the lack of adequate industrially zoned land in Chula Vista at a joint Planning Commission/City Council workshop; and WHEREAS, the report addressed the decreasing supply of "deliverable industrial acreage and the increasing industrial demand both in the City of Chula Vista and county-wide; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission and Council requested that the Economic Development Commission (EDC) establish a Task Force to review the issues discussed at the workshop and that staff and the EDC return to Council with specific recommendations; and WHEREAS, an Industrial Land Task Force was formed, composed of the EDC Chair, the Planning Commission Chair, the Mayor, and 5 EDC Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the Task Force held four meetings and developed the following recommendations: Targeted Industrial Marketing Efforts: 1. Reaffirm existing business attraction, retention, and expansion strategies which currently target biotechnology manufacturers, defense/aerospace firms, import/export firms, and other high growth, high technology companies employing highly paid workers 2. Reaffirm ongoing economic development marketing efforts to attract industrial/R&D developers and users to the following areas currently zoned for industrial: a. High Tech/Biotech Zone at the EastLake Business Center, Phase I and II; b. Otay Valley Road; and c. Otay Ranch, Village 3 & 18b. Industrial Land Supply: 1. Adopt a policy discouraging the use of industrially zoned land for non-industrial uses and requiring individual applications to convert industrial land, such as General Plan amendments, rezones, or CUP's, to include: a. An industrial development impact analysis; and b. EDC review prior to Planning Commission consideration, as applicable. 2. Reaffirm the City's intent to preserve the High Tech/Biotech Zone by maintaining the existing industrial land use designation in the EastLake Business Center Phases 1 and 2. Resolution 19018 Page 2 3. Direct staff to evaluate the existing IR (Industrial Research) zone to ensure the flexibility needed to accommodate new, technology- and information-based industries and to recommend amendments to Council as appropriate. 4. Evaluate the feasibility of applying the IR zone (as amended) as an Overlay Zone to allow for limited R&D/Light Industrial uses within certain commercial areas within the City including, but not limited to: a. EastLake Village Center (including Kaiser site); b. Otay Ranch Eastern Urban Center and Villages 9 and 10 (University site); c. Bayfront (Midbayfront, Port and B.F. Goodrich sites); d. Broadway; e. Town Centre I Project Area; (3rd Avenue); f. Southwest Project Area (Main St.); and return to Council with specific recommendations regarding the use of such Overlay Zones. 5. Direct staff to evaluate land uses citywide to identify potential areas for rezoning to industrial including, but not limited to: a. Qtay Ranch Village 2 (only that portion within the 1,000 ft. landfill buffer) and Village 2 west, and report recommendations to Council. 6. Direct staff to evaluate the potential for annexing land to the south or east to provide for additional industrial land inventory and report recommendations to Council. 7. Direct staff to work proactively with developers when negotiating or renegotiating Public Facility Financing Plans, and related phasing requirements at the SPA level, to ensure that improvements serving industrial/R&D areas, including but not limited to transportation-related infrastructure, are provided in the most timely fashion feasible. Fees and Customer Service: 1. Direct the Economic Development Commission to consider approaches the City may wish to take to address Fees and Customer Service and report recommendations to Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby adopt the Industrial Land Task Force Recommendations, and directs staff to implement. Presented by Approved as to form by Chris Salomone K ny ~ Community Development Resolution 19018 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 23rd day of June, 1998, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Salas and Horton NAYES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 19018 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 June, 1998. Executed this 23rd day of June, 1998. 22~CBeverly A. Authelet