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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-051
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIVERSITY-INNOVATION
DISTRICT PHASE ONE FEASIBILITY STUDY
WHEREAS, since 1993, through the adoption of the Otay Ranch General Development
Plan, the City of Chula Vista has pursueda vision of locating a university within eastern Chula
Vista; and
WHEREAS, from 2001 through 2014, through a combination of Land Offer Agreements,
land exchanges,and agreements with developers, the City acquired 383 acres of land subject to
restrictive covenants for University-Innovation District (UID) purposes; and
WHEREAS,in 2018, the City certified theFinal Environmental Impact Report (FEIR-14-
001/SCH 2014121097) and adopted the University-Innovation District Sectional Planning Area
Plan (SPA) approving the entitlements for a UID; and
WHEREAS, additionally, over the years, the City has engaged in a number of studies to
determine the type of university(ies) that would best fit the university site from a land use and
economic development perspective; and
WHEREAS, tUIDplanning efforts, the City intends to procure
professional services to assist in visioning a first phase of UID development, encompassing
approximately 20 acres;and
WHEREAS, the City desires to appropriate $200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act interest
earnings for this effort, as allowed under the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Final Rule (31 CFR Part 35), which are not subject to the requirement of the Cash Management
pertains to interest earnings being remitted back to the U.S. Department of Treasury.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that itappropriates$200,000for the University-Innovation District Phase One Feasibility Study.
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Resolution No. 2024-051
Page No.2
Presented byApproved as to form by
Maria V. KachadoorianJill D.S. Maland
City ManagerLounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of March 2024 by the following vote:
AYES:Councilmembers: 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. 2024-051 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of March 2024.
Executed this 26th day of March 2024.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk