HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1995-17784 RESOLUTION NO. 17784
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, FOR TWO MILLION DOLLARS
TO FUND THE BORDER ENVIRONMENTAL COMMERCE
ALLIANCE, APPROVING A CITY CASH AND IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTION AND THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFORE,
AND AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO SIGN THE APPLICATION AND
ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS
WHEREAS, on the tenth day of January 1995, the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista was duly convened upon notice properly given and a quorum was duly noted; and,
WHEREAS, the Border Environmental Commerce Alliance ("BECA") is a regional border-
oriented coalition designed to encourage the development and commercialization of
environmental technologies and the start-up and expansion of environmental companies; and,
WHEREAS, the BECA initiatives, including a Border Environmental Technology
Resource Center ("BETRC") and a Border Environmental Business Cluster ("BEBC"), will
support and expand the existing federally-funded San Diego Economic Conversion Program;
and,
WHEREAS, BECA programs have been endorsed by numerous state and local
governments, academic institutions, private environmental businesses, Chambers of
Commerce, and environmental and economic development organizations; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista deems it necessary to apply to the Economic
Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce for a grant to implement the
BECA initiatives; and,
WHEREAS, the total program cost is Two Million Six Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand
Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars ($2,667,218.00), the City of Chula Vista is applying for a
federal EDA grant of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), and the City will provide a local
cash and in-kind match of Six Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars
(9667,218.00).
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA does hereby
find, order, determine and resolve as follows:
1. The City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute in
the name of the City of Chula Vista any and all documents necessary to apply for grant
funding under the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, including any amendment(s) thereto, to accept said award, and to sign all
documents as required therefore.
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2. The City of Chula Vista hereby commits to providing Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
Thousand Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars ($667,218.00) in matching cash and in-kind
funds, including One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Seven Dollars
($119,977.00) in City cash match; to using an additional $42,223 in City funds to pay
for BECA-related costs; to providing the designated in-kind staff time, and to providing
the necessary on-site office space and overhead for the three federally-funded BECA
administrative staff, to be hired as interim City employees', upon award of the grant
by EDA,
3. City Council hereby amends the FY 1994/95 budget in the following aspects:
A) The Community Development Block Grant City Planning/Administrative surplus
funds in the amount of $65,000, Account No. (BG-218) 649-6491 is hereby
reappropriated to BI=CA Administrative/Personnel costs in the amount of
$65,000.
B) Prior years completed Community Development Block Grant Capital
Improvement Project surplus funds in the amount of $32,000 is hereby
reappropriated from Account No. (PR-112) 647-6491 to BECA
Administration/Personnel.
4. In addition to the foregoing appropriations, Council plans on providing its cash match
from one additional source to wit, the 1993/94 funds previously appropriated to BECA
development costs and BECA interim director services (BG-203) 649-6491 and (BG-
106) 649-6491, respectively, in the amount of $65,200.
Presented by ~d a~o i by
Chris Salomone ruce M. Boogaard
Community Development Director City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 10th day of January, 1995, by the following vote:
YES: Councilmembers: Fox, Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Horton
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
S Horton, Mayor
ATTEST:
B uth~let, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 17784 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City
Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 10th day of January
1995.
Executed this 10th day of January, 1995.
~thelet, City Clerk
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