HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2021-185RESOLUTION NO. 2021-185
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING CITY’S PAYMENT OF
SEWER CAPACITY FEES ON BEHALF OF BUSINESSES
THAT HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL UNDER THE CITY’S
REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR SIDEWALK
CAFÉS
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 H 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 has abandoned the ministerial permit process for expanded outdoor
business operations and terminated existing encroachments into the right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, the City will receive fifty-seven million dollars ($57 million) in
American Rescue Plan Act funds; and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 2021, the City Council authorized the establishment of a new
permit process and reimbursement grant program for curb cafés and sidewalk cafés on Third
Avenue through July 31, 2023 (the “Grant Program”) and appropriated $300,000 in American
Rescue Plan Act funds to the Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the maximum reimbursement amount for the design, permitting, and
construction of sidewalk cafés under the Grant Program is $4,000; and
WHEREAS, the maximum reimbursement amount of $4,000 is insufficient to pay for
required sewer capacity fees; and
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WHEREAS, approval of this resolution would authorize payments of sewer capacity fees
from Grant Program funds in addition to the $4,000 maximum reimbursement amount that is
available for design, permitting, and construction fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it:
1. Authorizes the use funds appropriated to the City’s reimbursement grant program
for design, permitting, and construction costs for sidewalk cafes on Third Avenue
(“Grant Program”) to directly pay sewer capacity fees on behalf of businesses that
have received approval under 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
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 28th day of September 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. 2021-185 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 28th day of September 2021.
Executed this 28th day of September 2021.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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