HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2021-135RESOLUTION NO. 2021-135
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING A GRANT PROGRAM TO
REIMBURSE THIRD AVENUE BUSINESSES FOR COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN, PERMITTING AND
CONSTRUCTION OF CURB CAFÉS AND SIDEWALK CAFÉS;
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council
approved Chula Vista’s COVID-19 90-Day Economic Recovery Plan (Plan); and
WHEREAS, one feature of the Plan was the establishment of a no-fee permit that allowed
businesses on Third Avenue between E and G Streets to encroach into the public right-of-way,
where feasible, for expanded business operations; and
WHEREAS, on July 14, 2020, the City Council formalized a process to allow for these
expanded operations in the public right-of-way through the approval and creation of a ministerial
permit process; and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a fully reopened
economy and lifted of pandemic executive orders; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista’s economy has not fully recovered from the impacts of COVID-
19; and
WHEREAS, businesses could benefit from continued use of outdoor areas and customers
have become accustomed to outdoor business expansions; and
WHEREAS, the City will be abandoning the existing permit process and terminating
existing encroachments into the right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this resolution would authorize the Director of Economic
Development, in conjunction with the Director of Public Works, City Engineer, and Director of
Development Services, to develop a subsequent permit process for curb cafés and sidewalk cafés
on Third Avenue through July 31, 2023 and authorize the Director of Economic Development to
continue to develop and implement grant program guidelines that are consistent with the staff
report for this action; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, the City will receive fifty-seven million dollars ($57 million) in
American Rescue Plan Act funds; and
WHEREAS, this action would approve an appropriation of $300,000 of the American
Rescue Plan Act funds received to fund the grant program.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it:
1. Approves a grant program to reimburse Third Avenue businesses for costs
associated with the design, permitting, and construction of curb cafés and sidewalk
cafés.
2. Authorizes the Director of Economic Development, in conjunction with the
Director of Public Works, City Engineer, and Director of Development Services,
to develop a permit process for curb cafés and sidewalk cafés on Third Avenue
through July 31, 2023.
3. Authorizes the Director of Economic Development to continue to develop and
implement guidelines for the grant program that are consistent with this action, best
practices, and all applicable laws and regulations.
4. Appropriates three-hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) from the City’s American
Rescue Plan Act funds to the City’s Economic Development Administration fund
to provide funding for the grant program.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Eric C. Crockett Glen R. Googins
Deputy City Manager/ City Attorney
Director of Economic Development
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 13th day of July 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, and Padilla
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: Casillas Salas
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. 2021-135 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 13th day of July 2021.
Executed this 13th day of July 2021.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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