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MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
February 24, 2005
6:00 P.M.
An Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council and a Special Meeting of the Planning
Commission of the City of Chula Vista were called to order at 6:15 p.m. at Hedenkamp
Elementary School in its multi-purpose room, 930 East Palomar Street, Chula Vista, California.
On roll call, there were:
PRESENT:
Councilmembers: Castaneda, Davis, McCann, Rindone and Mayor
Padilla
Planning Commissioners:
Felber, Hall, Horn, Madrid
ABSENT:
Planning Commissioners:
O'Neill and Chair Cortes
ALSO PRESENT: City Attorney Moore, City Manager Rowlands, and City Clerk Bigelow
1. GENERAL PLAN UPDATE - REVIEW OF EAST AREA LAND USE
This was the second in a series of three General Plan Update (GPU) workshops with the
Planning Commission and City Council. It focused on the land use and transportation proposals
in eastern Chula Vista and was intended to provide information to, and allow questions and
dialog among, the Commissioners and Councilmembers prior to taking final action on the GPU
at a public hearing currently set for March 22, 2005.
Staff presented an overview of the public issues raised during the Town Hall meetings and
reviewed the opportunities and major objectives for the east area land use and transportation
proposals in responding to those issues. Staff also discussed three alternatives, along with the
final preferred plan and the East Area Plan portion of the General Plan document. Staff then
reviewed proposed amendments to the Otay Ranch General Development Plan necessary to
implement the preferred alternative.
Bill Anderson, representing Economic Research Associates, explained the fiscal and economic
considerations of the plan.
Barbara Maloney, representing BMS Design Group, discussed the collaborative university
concept.
Walter Kieser, representing Economic and Planning Systems Incorporated, explained the growth
management element of the plan.
Commissioner Felber recommended that streets be designed to accommodate community
destinations, such as schools. He also suggested an analysis of the worst and best case scenarios
with regard to transit options. Commissioner Hall expressed concern about potential traffic
congestion in the areas proposed for high-density. Commissioner Horn suggested that residents
in the area ~e subsidized in some way to encourage their use of State Route 125.
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GENERAL PLAN UPDATE (Continued)
The following members of the public spoke III response to City staff and the consultants'
presentations:
Michael McAndrews - Birch Foundation
Todd Galarneau - Corky McMillin Companies
Theresa Acerro
Alice Seebach - Jewels of Charity
Margie Phares - representing Helen Peppard
Curt Noland - Otay Land Company and Flat Rock Land Company
Patricia Aguilar - Crossroads II
Kent Aden - Otay Ranch Company
Jeff Phair
Jim Ambroso - Otay Landfill
Terry Thomas
Dave Nielsen - Otay Mesa Planning Coalition
David Krogh
Deputy Mayor Davis expressed the need to work with the high school district to plan a two or
three-story high school in order to reduce the 50-acre net land requirement per high school site.
Councilmember McCann believed it was important to work with the high school district on
demographics in order to correctly locate high schools in Village 9. He also discussed the need
to: 1) provide adequate parking for new housing developments to reduce on-street parking, 2)
ensure adequate traffic circulation around schools, 3) include La Media in the traffic circulation
plan, and 4) implement ajobs/housing balance by bringing a regional technology park to the City
that would attract local employment and increase the quality of life for local citizens.
Councilmember Rindone stated that the Metropolitan Transit System, formerly the Metropolitan
Transit Development Board, is working on plans to incorporate bus rapid transit into new
developments. He also believed that La Media should be included as an essential component of
the transit system.
No formal City Council or Planning Commission action was taken on this item.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were none.
PLANNING COMMISSION ADJOURNMENT
At 9:09 p.m., Commissioner Madrid adjourned the Planning Commission to the joint workshop
with the City Council on March 9, 2005, at 6:00 p.m., at the Lorna Verde Recreation Center,
1420 Lorna Lane, Chula Vista.
CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT
At 9:10 p.m., Mayor Padilla adjourned the City Council to its regular meeting of March 1,2005,
at 4:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers.
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Susan BIgelow, MMC, City Clerk
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