HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2013-076RESOLUTION N0.2013-076
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE EXPANSION OF THE
BOUNDARY OF THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ENTERPRISE
ZONE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN
AND SUBMIT ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE
STATE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, in 1986 and 1992 the City of San Diego received approval for two
enterprise zone designations to offer business incentives to retain employers and attract new ones
to the azea; and
WHEREAS, in 2000 and again in 2004, the South Bay Enterprise Zone was expanded to
include properties along the San Diego Bayfront areas of the cities of Chula Vista and National
City in collaboration with the San Diego Unified Port District, provided funding to the City of
San Diego to support the cost of managing the program and mazketing the zone; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2006-248, authorizing submission
of an application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
for a San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone (SDREZ) designation for the cities of San Diego,
Chula Vista, and National City (SDREZ Partners,) which is competitive and based on economic
need (e.g., distressed communities, need for private investment, high unemployment, and low-
income census tracts;) and
WHEREAS, in November 2006, the SDREZ Partners were notified that it was awazded a
conditional enterprise zone designation; and
WHEREAS, as grantee of the SDREZ designation, the City of San Diego is the lead-
agency responsible for the administration, and environmental review of the SDREZ; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Sections 7073 and 7074 allow for each
California designated enterprise zone area to be expanded by an aggregate amount not to exceed
fifteen percent (15%) of the geographic azea within the boundazies of the EZ as originally
designated by HCD; and
WHEREAS, the SDREZ, as originally designated by HCD encompassed an area of
34,380 acres; and
WHEREAS, the SDREZ could be expanded by an amount not to exceed 5,517 acres; and
WHEREAS, in July 2012, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2010-175
authorizing an expansion within the cities of San Diego and National City, combined, not to
exceed 2,800 acres; and
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WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2010-175 further authorized an expansion within the City of
Chula Vista will not exceed 700 acres and to include portions of areas of the Otay Valley
Redevelopment Project Area, the Eastlake Business Pazk, the Otay Ranch Town Center, and
those azeas of western Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, at this time, a planned expansion within the cities of San Diego and Chula
Vista, combined, will not exceed 2,017 acres; and
WHEREAS, the SDREZ agrees to submit a written request to HCD to have its current
enterprise zone boundaries expanded; and
WHEREAS, land included in the proposed expansion is zoned for industrial or
commercial use; and
WHEREAS, the SDREZ will provide the same or equivalent local incentives to the
expanded and modified areas as those currently provided to the existing SDREZ properties; and
WHEREAS, basic infrastructure, including, but not limited to, gas, water, electrical
services and sewer systems, is available to the proposed expansion azea; and
WHEREAS, the expansion azea includes azeas that are both contiguous and non-
contiguous to the existing enterprise zone and (a) the non-contiguous azea is needed to
implement the SDREZ's economic development strategy; and (b) the excluded azeas between the
proposed new boundazies would not, based on the SDREZ's economic development strategy,
also benefit from the expansion.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, as follows:
1. That it approve the submission of a requested Boundazy Expansion for the
SDREZ in an amount not to exceed 337 acres for the City of Chula Vista and
1,680 acres for the City of San Diego, as reflected in the documents presented
to the City Council, and on file in the office of the City Clerk; and
2. That it authorize the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to
modify and expand the boundary of the SDREZ, accordingly.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Ja es D. Sandoval en R. Go gins
ty Manager C Atto y
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 7th day of May 2013 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilaz, Bensoussan, Ramirez, Salas and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Cheryl Cox, yor
ATTEST:
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Donna R. No~ CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2013-076 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 7th day of May 2013.
Executed this 7th day of May 2013.
Donna R. Noms, CMC, City Clerk