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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1995-17898 RESOLUTION NO. 17898 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA INSTRUCTING STAFF (1) TO COMMENCE CEQA REVIEW FOR ACQUISITION OF 30.06 ACRES OF UNIMPROVED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A VETERANS HOME, (2) TO FORMALIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SUCH ACQUISITION, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS, (3) TO NEGOTIATE A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENT, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND (4) TO TAKE ALL OTHER NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO FINALIZE SUCH MATTERS EXPEDITIOUSLY AND TO PRESENT SUCH MATTERS TO THE COUNCIL/AGENCY FOR FINAL APPROVAL WHEREAS, the need for a Veterans Home is Southern California is well established, with over two-thirds (2/3) of the state's veterans residing in Southern California; and, WHEREAS, the State of California has created the Governor's Commission on the Southern California Veterans Home to advise the Governor and the Legislature on the placement of such a Home; and, WHEREAS, it is contemplated that, wherever the Veterans Home is located, it will provide shelter and services to 400 veterans and create 200 to 300 new local jobs; and, WHEREAS, a substantial portion of the Veterans who will reside at the site earn low or moderate incomes; and, WHEREAS, the City/Agency believes that the social and economic benefits of developing the Veterans Home in Chula Vista would be very significant; and, WHEREAS, the City/Agency staff has negotiated terms of acquisition of the Hospital School Site with the Sweetwater Union High School District. WHEREAS, the City/Agency has conceptually approved the donation of land for the building of a Veterans Home facility at the Hospital School Site property which consists of 30.06 gross acres of undeveloped land located on the east side of Medical Center Drive, between East Naples Court and Medical Center Court in the City of Chula Vista; provided that the site is selected for development by the State of California, and recognizing the nature of the facility warrants relief from certain development fees; and, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OFTHE CITY OF CHULA VISTA does hereby find, order, determine and resolve as follows: Resolution No. 17898 Page 2 1. Staff shall immediately commence CEQA review for acquisition of 30.06 acres of unimproved real property located on the east side of Medical Center Drive for the proposed development of a Veterans Home. 2. Staff shall formalize an Agreement with Sweetwater Union High School District, known as document number CO95-065, a copy of which will be on file in the office of the City Clerk, for the acquisition of the Hospital School Site in substantial conformance with the following terms and conditions, with such other appropriate terms and conditions required by the City Manager and the City Attorney: In exchange for the transfer of fee title by the District of the Hospital School Site to the City/Agency (or its designee), on the terms set forth below, the City/Agency shall provide the District with the following: 1. Fee title to that certain real property located at Third Avenue and Alvarado Street, Chula Vista, comprised of approximately 2,63 unimproved acres, commonly referred to as the "Windmill Farms Site." The site was recently appraised at $1,375,000.00. 2. The City is currently negotiating to acquire approximately 50 acres of undeveloped real property located within Phase II of the Otay Rio Business Park upon which the City intends to relocate its corporate yard (the "Proposed Corporate Yard Site"). If the City acquires the Proposed Corporate Yard Site (which it will use good faith efforts to do within two years), the City shall (a) provide the District with 8 to 10 undeveloped acres of that proposed corporate yard site (not to exceed $545,000 in value, the current estimated value of such an interest); (b) mutually agree upon division of the corporate yard site property so as to accommodate a design that best meets both agencies requirements; and (c) provide two access roads to this corporate yard site; City will explore the feasibility of having one such access road proceed north, directly to Otay Valley Road. 3. In the event that the District develops the Windmill Farms Site into an administrative headquarters for itself and/or other public agencies, the City/Agency at no cost to the District, would finance, or would arrange for financing, of the District's lease or debt service payments for such facility for a period of twelve (12) years, not to exceed $500,000 with the maximum amount payable, in total and in any one year, not to exceed the tax increment generated by the facility and received by the Agency in unrestricted funds. This would not prevent the district from subleasing a portion of the building to a private venture. City/Agency will work with merchant builder to negotiate a lease payment schedule in favor of the District in the early years. 4. City staff will expedite processing, and presentation to City Council for due consideration, of any District application for the rezoning of the District property located at 1130 Fifth Avenue, Chula Vista, upon which the District's Resolution No. 17898 Page 3 administrative offices are currently located. Due consideration will be afforded the District's preferred zoning of the subject site. In exchange for the transfer of fee title by the City/Agency of the Windmill Farms Site to the School District (or its designee) and for the other consideration set forth above, the District shall provide the City/Agency with the following: 1. Fee title to the Hospital School Site. The was recently appraised at $1,920,000.00. 2. The District shall exercise its best efforts in order to structure the property transfer in a manner consistent with the City/Agency's intended use of the site; namely, donation to the State of California ("State") for the development into a 400 bed, congregate care Veterans home facility ("Veterans Home Project"). Such best efforts shall include the District's agreement to transfer the Hospital School Site by no later than July 1, 1995, in exchange for the Windmill Farms Site, eight to ten acres of a corporate yard site and lease/debt service consideration as identified in Item No. 3 above or a Irrevocable Letter of Contractual ObUgation pursuant to the terms of this agreement. 3. Staff shall negotiate a formal Agreement with the California Department of Veterans Affairs, known as document number C095-066, a copy of which will be on file in the office of the City Clerk, for such development on terms and conditions approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney including, without limitations, provisions which assure the development of the Veterans Home on the site and/or which return the site to the Agency if no such development occurs on agreed upon terms. 4. Staff shall take all other necessary and appropriate actions to finalize such matters expeditiously and to present such matters to the Council/Agency for final approval. Presented by AI ~/,~ed as to f. m by Resolution No. 17898 Page 4 PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 16th day of May, 1995, by the following vote: YES: Councilmembers: Alevy, Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Horton NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: Rindone Shirley ~orton, Mayor ATTEST: Vicki C. Soderquist, Depi~y City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Vicki C. Soderquist, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 17898 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a joint City Council/Redevelopment Agency meeting held on the 16th day of May, 1995. Executed this 16th day of May, 1995. Vicki C. Soderquist, Deputy City Clerk