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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-116
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING THE 2022/2023 SAN DIEGO
COUNTY GRAND JURY REPORT ON GOVERNANCE OF SAN
DIEGO BAY AND ITS TIDAL LANDS AND REGIONS AND
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE RESPONSE ON
BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2023, the San Diego County Grant Jury filed a report titled
(the
; and
WHERAS, the Grand Jury Report contained fifteen (15) findings, of which eight (8) apply
to the City of Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, the Grand Jury Report contained four (4) recommendations directed to the
Mayors of City Councils of the five (5) member cities of the San Diego Unified Port District,
including Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to state law, the City of Chula Vista must respond to the applicable
findings and recommendations in the Grand Jury Report within 90 days of its filing; and
WHEREAS, staff has carefully reviewed the Grand Jury Report and prepared a response
to the Honorable Michael T. Smyth, Presiding Judge of the San Diego Superior Court, as required,
addressing the applicable findings and recommendations listed in the Grand Jury Report; and
WHEREAS, it is requested that the Mayor and City Council accept the Grand Jury Report
and authorize the Mayor to sign the letter as a completed response from the City of Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Development Services has reviewed the proposed activity for
compliance with CEQA and has determined that the
it will not result in a physical change in the environment; therefore, pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3)
of the State CEQA Guidelines, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it accepts the 2022/2023 San Diego County Grand Jury Report on Governance of San Diego
Bay and its Tidal Lands and Regions and authorizes the Mayor to sign the response on behalf of
the Mayor and City Council.
Resolution No. 2023-116
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Tiffany Allen Jill D.S. Maland
Assistant City Manager 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. 2023-116 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