HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2018-088RESOLUTION NO. 2018-088
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SANDAG)
REGARDING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR
GRADE SEPARATIONS AND STATIONS TO THE LIGHT
RAIL TROLLEY’S BLUE LINE
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2012, per Resolution 2012-118, the City of Chula Vista entered
a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SANDAG for planned improvements through
Chula Vista’s light rail trolley and freight rail corridor; and
WHEREAS, the initial MOU for STM-361, SANDAG Contract Number 5004169, is for
the purposes of preparing an environmental document that will consider project alternatives for
grade-separating the Blue Line Light Rail Trolley crossing at Palomar Street and commensurate
station improvements; and
WHEREAS, the MOU allows SANDAG and their consultants to complete a Project
Report & Environmental Document (PR/ED) that will help prepare the Engineer’s Construction
Cost Estimate and would help expedite completion of the design phase which would be funded
as a separate item by SANDAG; and
WHEREAS, this location is the highest ranked grade-separation crossing proposed in the
SANDAG Regional Transportation Plan (RTP); and
WHEREAS, on December 16, 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution 2014-253
approving the first amendment to the MOU to extend the initial MOU expiration date from
December 31, 2014 to June 30, 2016 to complete the environmental document, the final project
invoicing, accounting and close out documentation to Caltrans, and Federal Highway
Administration; and
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution 2015-248
approving the second amendment to the MOU to perform additional tasks related to the Project
Report and Environmental Document (PR/ED) such as additional public outreach, photo
simulations, and traffic analysis of the various alternatives being considered and extended the
expiration date from June 30, 2016 to June 30, 2020, in order to coincide with the reversion date
of the federal funds; and
WHEREAS, on July 11, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017-124 approving
the third amendment to the MOU to provide for additional consultant services such as,
groundwater monitoring and technical analysis needed for the traffic analysis of the various
geometric alternatives for the alternative that lowers Palomar Street under all rail lines, prior to
determining it as the preferred alternative, but the ground watering task could not be performed
due to additional traffic considerations needed for the technical document to address all concerns
that were determined to need addressing as part of the preferred alternative; and
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WHEREAS, approving the fourth amendment to the MOU will provide for addit ional
SANDAG staff costs, coordination with the adjacent vacant parcel pending development, refine
the public outreach efforts based on the preferred alternative that lowers Palomar Street under all
rail lines and keeps Industrial Blvd at the current grade without an intersection at Palomar Street
determining it as the preferred alternative; and
WHEREAS, approving the fourth amendment to the MOU will amend the SANDAG
budget by $141,000, from $1,034,000 to $1,175,000 for its efforts related to the Project Report
and Environmental Document (PR/ED), so that the consultant costs will be an additional $80,000
and the SANDAG staff costs will be up to an amount not to exceed $61,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it approves the fourth amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of
Chula Vista and the San Diego Association of Governments for contract number 5004169,
regarding environmental document work for the Blue Line Light Rail crossing at Palomar Street,
in the form presented, with such minor modifications as may be required or approved by the City
Attorney, a copy of which shall be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and authorizes the
Mayor to execute the amendment.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
William S. Valle Glen R. Googins
Director of Engineering & Capital Projects City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 22nd day of May 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Diaz, McCann, Padilla, and Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2018-088 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 22nd day of May 2018.
Executed this 22nd day of May 2018.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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