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CITY OF
CHUIAVISTA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
Present:
Absent:
Also Present:
Meeting Minutes
May 9, 2022, 5:00 p.m.
City Hall, Bldg. #C, Conference Room B-111
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
Commissioner Legaspi, Chair Matthias, Commissioner
Richeson, Commissioner Rodriguez
Commissioner Baugh, Commissioner Guevara-Gluyas, Vice
Chair Korgan
Environmental Services Manager Medrano
1. CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the Sustainability Commission of the City of Chula Vista was
called to order at 5:05 p.m. in Conference Room 8-111 located in Building C, City
Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista California.
2. ROLL CALL
Environmental Services Manager Medrano called the roll.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 3.1-3.2)
Moved by Commissioner Richeson
Seconded by Commissioner Legaspi
Commission approved the consent calendar.
Yes (3): Commissioner Legaspi, Chair Matthias, and Commissioner Richeson
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Abstain (1 ): Commissioner Rodriguez
Result:Carried (3 to 0)
3.1 APPROVAL OF REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 11, 2022
Commission approve minutes
3.2 Written Communications
Commission approve absence
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None
5. PRESENTATIONS
5.1 UPDATE ON CHULA VISTA'S SMART TRANSPORTATION
INITIATIVES
Principal Traffic Engineer Flores provided an update on Chula Vista's
Smart Transportation. He provided an overview of the traffic signal
communications master plan, the traffic management center, updated
design, and construction standards and on smart transportation projects.
The traffic management center was installed a few years ago only helps
monitor traffic, the cameras are only used for monitoring traffic with a live
feed, no recording is kept. Flores also shared that about 150 intersections
are equipped with GPS enabled system that helps the Fire Department
trigger an intersection during an emergency call. He continued by sharing
the upgrades on the Broadway corridor and provided information on the
development of the new Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) Master
Plan. He concluded his presentation with information on how drones are
used in engineering as the survey teams supports Engineering Design
Branch and other departments as drones are faster and safer for
completions of survey jobs.
5.2 BIKE LANES ON BROADWAY PROJECT
Principal Civil engineer Rivera shared an update on the Bike Lanes on
Broadway. Collection of data began back in 2015 and ended in the fall of
last year. A grant application was submitted to receive funding from the
Active Transportation Program and over a billion dollars was granted to
the city. With this grant Broadway was to be resurfaced and the bike lanes
were included in the project. Rivera continued by sharing information on
electric scooters. Bird scooters started operating in March of 2021 and
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with technology rapidly changing the program name changed from Bike
Share Program to Micro Mobility Program . Starting next month, June , staff
will go out during the same timeframe to show the benefits of the bikes
lanes and what is going on with the improvements . He concluded by
answering questions from the commissioners.
OTHER BUSINESS
6. STAFF COMMENTS
Environmental Services Manager Medrano shared that the single-use plastic ban
is currently being reviewed by the attorney's office. The CLEAN Champion
awards will be presented on the May 17th council meeting, and distribution of
kitchen caddies began with caddies being picked up from City Hall or throughout
different city events. Medrano informed the commissioners that the electric
stovetop program is still active and available to residents free of charge. He
concluded by sharing an update on the process of adding additional seats to the
commission.
7. CHAIR'S COMMENTS
Chair Matthias shared information on the farmers market taking place on
Sunday's from 10am -2pm. The chair continued by stating that June's
commission meeting would be the last for Commissioner Baugh. She concluded
by sharing a brief update on Youth for Sustainable Future and the progress they
have made.
8. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
Commissioner Richeson shared an update from the April meeting of the Wildlife
Advisory Group (WAG). An item on the agenda was that the group had questions
regarding the palm trees around the RV park and if they comply with the
environmental requirements.
Commissioner Legaspi had a question regarding the refunds issued by Republic
Services and whether they all had been issued.
9. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
Minutes prepared by: Monica Rodriguez, Secretary
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