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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-118
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING A COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS TO DEVELOP THE
PROJECT REPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
FOR CIP STM0409 (SR-125 AND MAIN STREET/OTAY
VALLEY ROAD INTERCHANGES) AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FROM THE AVAILABLE BALANCE OF THE
TRANSPORTATION DIFS FUND TO CIP STM0409
WHEREAS, over the last two years, the City has been working with a developer,
HomeFed Corporation, their consultant team, and Caltrans on the preliminary engineering for the
work necessary to obtain geometric consensus with Caltrans on future interchanges along SR-
125 at Main Steet-Hunte Parkway and at Otay Valley Road; and
WHEREAS, due to continued development growth in southeastern Chula Vista, available
roadway capacity is slowly being lost at Olympic Parkway near Interstate-805 as development
continues along the southerly portion of Otay Ranch for Villages 4, 8 West, 8 East, 9, 10 and the
University Innovation District necessitating additional roadway capacity; and
WHEREAS, regional transportation facilities require a longer lead time than local
transportation facilities and coordination, not only with the adjacent landowners but with
regional agencies such as Caltrans and SANDAG; and
WHEREAS, Preliminary Engineering & Planning level work has commenced on two
Eastern Transportation Development Impact Fee (ETDIF) facilities across the SR-125 corridor
between the Otay Ranch areas of Village 8 East and Village 9; and
WHEREAS, the two local streets that will cross the SR-125 toll road corridor at Main
Street-Hunte Parkway and at Otay Valley Road are needed to provide convenient access locally
and regionally; and
WHEREAS, the roadways and interchange improvements are shown in the 2005 Chula
Vista General Plan and are included in the Eastern Transportation Development Impact Fee
Program; and
WHEREAS, in September 2022, Caltrans approved the Project Initiation Document for
the planned SR-125 interchange improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista will act as the Local Agency California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Lead for the Project Report/Environmental Document,
Caltrans is the Responsible Agency for CEQA and the Lead Agency for the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the developer will administer the consultant contract in
cooperation with the City; and
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WHEREAS, the funding obligation section of the previously approved cooperative
agreement omitted remittance to Caltrans for the development of the NEPA document; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans provided an estimated cost of $300,000 to prepare the NEPA
documents for the project; and
WHEREAS, the cooperative agreements funding section was revised to include this
estimated cost which will be appropriated from the Eastern Transportation Development Impact
Fee account and is eligible for Fee Credit to the developer; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends approval of this revised final cooperative agreement; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans, the developer and the City wish to memorialize their participation
in a Cooperative Agreement (COOP) to carry out the purposes set forth above; and
WHEREAS, the developer will receive credits from the ETDIF Program for all eligible
expenses incurred, in accordance with procedural requirements of the ETDIF Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it approves a Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to Develop the Project Report and
Environmental Documents for Capital Improvement Project STM0409 (SR-125 and Main
Street/Otay Valley Road Interchanges), 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 and directs the Mayor to execute same; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it
appropriates $300,000 from the available balance of the Transportation DIFs Fund to CIP STM0409.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
William S. Valle Jill D.S. Maland
Director of Engineering & Capital Projects Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 8th day of August 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, 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. 2023-118 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 8th day of August 2023.
Executed this 8th day of August 2023.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk