HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2018-232RESOLUTION NO. 2018-232
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ADOPTING THE OTAY RANCH PHASE 2
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE WHICH WILL
BRING THE DOCUMENT UP-TO-DATE WITH CURRENT
OTAY RANCH PRESERVE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
AND ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, OWNERSHIP, AND
BIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, on October 28, 1993, City Council adopted the Otay Ranch General
Development Plan which provides major policies, recommendations and implementation
measures to guide development of Otay Ranch; and
WHEREAS, on October 28, 1993, City Council also adopted the Otay Ranch Phase 1
Resource Management Plan (Phase 1 RMP) which provides policies, standards, and guidelines
from the General Development Plan to reduce impacts from development and guide future
management and monitoring activities within the Otay Ranch Preserve (Preserve); and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1996, City Council adopted the Otay Ranch Phase 2 RMP (Phase
2 RMP) which provides an implementation strategy to meet the resource protection goals,
objectives, policies, standards, and guidelines established in the General Development Plan and
Phase 1 RMP; and
WHEREAS, the City Council amended the Phase 2 RMP on November 10, 1998 and
May 23, 2006 to address changes in the circumstances related to the Otay Ranch since the
approval of the original Phase 2 RMP and acknowledging that the majority of the prioritized land
had already been conveyed to the Preserve Owner/Manager; and
WHEREAS, this is the first comprehensive update to the Phase 2 RMP since its original
approval that will bring the document up-to-date with current Preserve management structure
and annual operating budget, ownership, biological monitoring and management requirements
and includes the current status of Otay Ranch development and Preserve assembly and Otay
Ranch General Development Plan and Phase 1 RMP policies related to biological and cultural
resources; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Development Services has reviewed the project for
compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and determined that the
project was adequately covered in previously certified Final Program Environmental Impact
Report (SCH) No. 89010154 for Otay Ranch, dated December 1992, and the Findings of Fact for
Otay Ranch General Development Plan (GDP), dated October 28, 1993. Therefore, no further
environmental review or documentation is required.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it hereby makes the following findings:
1. That the proposed project is consistent with the Otay Ranch GDP and RMP1
The GDP contains a policy that acknowledges that Otay Ranch Implementation
Documents may be amended or updated in response to changing conditions. Many actions and
changes have occurred to land use plans, habitat conservation plans, ownership, and biological
management and monitoring standards since the GDP was adopted in 1993. Additionally, the
Phase 1 RMP acknowledges that the subsequent Phase 2 RMP would include additional studies
and research to refine the Preserve boundary, which was mapped at a broad scale in the previous
RMP documents.
2. The proposed project is consistent with the City’s Multiple Species Conservation
Program Subarea Plan
The City adopted its Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Subarea Plan on
May 13, 2003. The City’s MSCP Subarea Plan identifies a series of focused planning areas ,
within which, some lands will be dedicated for preservation of native habitats, and provides
authorization for Quino checkerspot butterflies and the 85 species covered by the MSCP within
specified areas. The City’s MSCP Subarea Plan designates village developments in Otay Ranch
as a “Covered Project” and relies on the Phase 1 RMP and Phase 2 RMP as the framework for
the conservation and management of biological resources within Otay Ranch. Both the Phase 1
RMP and Phase 2 RMP are incorporated by reference in the City’s MSCP Subarea Plan and are
appended as the Framework Management Plan for Otay Ranch. In anticipation of the need for
updates, the City’s MSCP Subarea Plan states that the RMP may be amended by the City
through the use of its jurisdictional authority without amendment to the City’s MSCP Subarea
Plan if such amendments are consistent with the goals of both the MSCP and City’s MSCP
Subarea Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council, based on the findings above,
hereby adopts the Otay Ranch Phase 2 Resource Management Plan Update which will bring the
document up-to-date with current Preserve management structure and annual operating budget,
ownership, and biological monitoring and management requirements.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Kelly G. Broughton, FASLA Glen R. Googins
Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 27th day of November 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Diaz, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas 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. 2018-232 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 27th day of November 2018.
Executed this 27th day of November 2018.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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