HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1995-18163 RESOLUTION 18163
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, THE CITY OF SAN
DIEGO, AND THE SAN DIEGO TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL TO
WORK COOPERATIVELY TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES OF
THE SAN DIEGO DEFENSE CONVERSION PROGRAM WHICH
INCLUDES THE BORDER ENVIRONMENTAL COMMERCE
ALLIANCE (BECA).
WHEREAS, effective January 1, 1994, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic
Development Administration CEDA") awarded the City of San Diego ("San Diego") a $4,779,000 gram
to implement the San Diego Defense Conversion Program, Project/Award No. 07-49-02681; and
WHEREAS, an objective of the San Diego Defense Conversion Program is to assist in the
creation of new jobs in non-defense related industries throughout San Diego County; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Technology Council CSDTC") under the EDA grant agreement with
the City of San Diego will be responsible for overseeing several components of the San Diego Defense
Conversion Program including the San Diego High Technology Resource Center, the San Diego World
Trade Center, the San Diego Technology Incubator, and the San Diego Seed Capital Fund; and
WHEREAS, on February 15, 1995, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration, awarded the City of Chula Vista CChula Vista") a $2,000,000 EDA grant to implement
the Border Environmental Commerce Alliance CBECA") component of the San Diego Defense
Conversion Program, Project/Award No. 07-49-04062; and
WHEREAS, the BECA program is an extension and satellite of the San Diego Defense
Conversion Program providing technical and business development assistance to small and medium sized
environmental companies including innovative "start-ups," facilitating the transfer of new environmental
technologies to existing industry, and providing specialized services in cross border trade development
to businesses throughout the San Diego region; and
WHEREAS, two key components of BECA are the Border Environmental Technology Resource
Center and the Border Environmental Business Cluster; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the EDA, the City of San Diego, the San Diego
Technology Council, and the City of Chula Vista to work cooperatively together to avoid duplication,
leverage available resources and maximize the program's impact; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to work cooperatively to implement the San Diego Defense
Conversion Program including BECA.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA does hereby
find, order, determine, and resolve to authorize the Mayor to execute the Memorandum of Understanding
between the City of Chula Vista, the City of San Diego, and the San Diego Technology Council to work
cooperatively to implement the activities of the San Diego Defense Conversion Program which includes
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the Border Environmental Commerce Alliance. Said MOU to be placed on file in the City Clerk's Office
to be known as Document No. CO95-273.
q~ruc~ M. Boogaard ~
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 19th day of December, 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Alevy, Moot, Padilla, Rindone, Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
J Shirley Horton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverly ~./~uthel~, 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. 18163 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 19th day of December, 1995.
Executed this 19th day of December, 1995.
B~verly A. Authelet, City Clerk