HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Reso 1999-1642 AGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 1642
(COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 19594
JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY CO ICIL AND THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA: 1)
APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT
DEVELOPMENT BOARD/SAN DIEGO & AFIZONA EASTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY AND 675 OXFORD, LLC FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ~: EDESTRIAN AND
VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTER OVER THE MTDB PROPERTY LOCATED ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE SAN DIEGO TROLLEY ';RACKS BETWEEN
OXFORD AND PALOMAR STREETS; 2) AJTHORIZING THE
RELEASE OF $70,000 FROM THE BILLBOARD FiESERVE FUND; 3)
APPROPRIATING $51,000 FROM THE UNAPPRO ~RIATED BALANCE
OF THE TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP FUN (FUND NUMBER
253); AND 4) APPROPRIATING $65,000 FRO1~ THE AVAILABLE
FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND TO ~ REPAID WITHIN
ONE YEAR WITH FUTURE MTDB BILLBOARD FUl ~D REVENUES
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency entered into an }wner Participation Agreement with
Palomar Station, LLC (subsequently, Palomar Station, LLC assignee its rights and responsibilities related
to the OPA to 675 OXFORD, LLC) (hereinafter referred to as "Deve oper") effective as of September 22,
1998 for the construction of a 76,886 square foot office building to located at 690 Oxford Street, Chula
Vista, California; and
WHEREAS, the Developer has commenced a subdivisio ~f its property into two parcels and
both parcels will be subject to the terms of this agreement; and
WHEREAS, the said building will be leased to the County ( f San Diego for the establishment of
the South Bay Regional Health and Human Services Agency Family Resource Center (hereinafter
referred to as the "Family Resource Center") and for which purpose the Redevelopment Agency granted
a Special Use Permit to the Developer on May 19, 1998 pursuant to ~esolution 1583; and
WHEREAS, the Famity Resource Center will serve an aver ~ge of 1200 people per day of whom
approximately sixty per cent will use all forms of public transporta' ion whose local stop is the Palomar
Station of the San Diego Light Rail Transit System (hereinafter ret.~rred to the "Palomar LRT Station");
and
WHEREAS, the most practical route for clients of the Fan ~ily Resource Center is between the
Palomar LRT Station and the Property east of the Light Rail tracks between Palomar and Oxford Street;
and
WHEREAS, said property (hereinafter referred to as the "M~ 'DB Site") is owned by the San Diego
and Arizona Eastern Railway which is a subsidiary of MTDB and under the control of The Board of
Directors of the MTDB; and
WHEREAS, MTDB is willing to grant an easement t,o,, the F. ~eloper for ingress and egress over
part of the MTDB site ("the Ingress and Egress Easement ), and the area of the Ingress and Egress
Easement is approximately 18,170 square feet; and
WHEREAS, MTDB is willing to grant an additional easement for landscape installation and
landscape maintenance over the remainder of the MTDB site (" he Landscape Easement") which is
approximately 65,903 square feet; and
WHEREAS, City/RDA and MTDB have determined that cer ain improvements for Palomar Street
and Industrial Boulevard and the LRT Station including curbs, curt returns, striping, fencing, pedestrian
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barriers and other related improvements need to be constructed on and around the MTDB site to
preserve the public health, safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the construction of such improvements and use of the MTDB site for ingress and
egress, landscaping and signage is necessary for the Project and shall implement the Southwest
Redevelopment Project Area Plan by eliminating blighting influences, facilitating the development and
operations of a new building, and putting vacant parcels to higher and better uses; and
WHEREAS, the Developer is willing to improve the MTDB site and the Easement Area and
provide certain street and sidewalk improvements to Palomar Street and Industrial Boulevard and
improvements to the Palomar LRT Station (which improvements are collectively referred to as the related
improvements or "related improvements"); and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council and Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Chula Vista do hereby find, order, determine and resolve as follows:
1. The City and Redevelopment Agency, as Responsible Agencies under CEQA, have considered
Negative Declaration IS-97-24 previously adopted by the City Council, and the environmental effects of the
Project as described therein, in reaching its decision hereunder.
2. The proposed Project is consistent with the Southwest Redevelopment Plan and shall
implement the purposes thereof by eliminating blighting influences, installing new improvements, and
putting vacant a parcel to higher and better use.
3. The City and Redevelopment Agency hereby approve the project and Agreement with the
Metropolitan Transit Development Board/San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Company and 675 Oxford,
LLC for the development and maintenance of pedestrian and vehicular access to the San Diego County
Family Resource Center over the MTDB property located on the east side of the San Diego Trolley tracks
between Oxford and Palomar Streets.
4. In order to implement the terms of the Agreement, the City hereby authorizes the release of
$70,000 from the Billboard Reserve Fund; appropriates $51,000 from the un-appropriated balance of the
Transpor[ation Partnership Fund (fund number 253); and appropriates $65,000 from the available fund
balance in the General Fund to be repaid within one year with future MTDB Billboard Fund Revenues.
The Mayor and Chairman of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency are hereby authorized to execute
the subject Agreement.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Chds Salomone J ~
Director of Community Development City ~,~.o~d Agen~
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA this 31st day of August, 1999 by the f< ,llowing vote:
AYES: Members Davis, Moot, Salas and Chair/May ~r Horton
NOES: None
ABSENT: Padilla
ABSTENTIONS: None
Shirley Hortc
Chairman
ATTEST: ~ ~
Chds Salomone
Executive Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss:
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Chris Salomone, Executive Secretary to the Redevelopment A;lency of the City of Chula Vista,
California DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true ,nd correct copy of Resolution No.
1642 and that the same has not been amended or repealed.
Dated: September1,1999 ~/~.~ ~ ~
Chris Salon ~ne
Executive S~ ~cretary