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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-425
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE LAND USE
MAP, AND LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
ELEMENT PROVISIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN THIRD
AVENUE DISTRICT (SECTION 9.5. I)
WHEREAS, the City of ChuIa Vista's current General Plan was last comprehensively
updated in July 1989, with a partial update conducted in conjunction with adoption of the Otay
Ranch project in 1993; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to State law, the City has undertaken a periodic, comprehensive
review to update its General Plan looking out to the year 2030; and
WHEREAS, the current Housing Element of the General Plan is subject to 5-year
periodic updates under separate provisions of State law, and is therefore not affected by this
comprehensive General Plan Update, and will remain in its current form until its next update
under applicable State law; and
WHEREAS, the comprehensive General Plan Update project (GPU) was initiated with a
public Town Hall Meeting in April 2002; and
WHEREAS, the City and its consultants worked over the next three years in the conduct
of an extensive, four-phased public outreach and input process to gather information needed to
prepare the GPU, and to share with and receive feedback from the public on various interim
work products, and the proposed draft GPU; and
WHEREAS, that public outreach and input process involved five other Town Hall
meetings, and four ad-hoc committees with over 50 citizen members holding over 70 meetings,
that included a Steering Committee, Economic Development Subcommittee, Public Facilities &
Services Subcommittee, and Environment, Open Space & Sustainable Development
Subcommittee; and
WHEREAS, as part of this three-year process, staff and the consultants also met with the
Planning Commission and/or City Council on 19 occasions to provide updates and present
interim work products, and to receive preliminary input and direction regarding policy issues and
the land use and transportation scenarios to be evaluated; and
WHEREAS, the areas of land which are the subject of this Resolution contain all lands
within the boundaries of the General Plan Update's Downtown Third Ave. District as
diagrammatically depicted on the General Plan Land Use Diagram presented as Figure 5-12, and
also depicted on Figure 5-27, of the proposed Land Use and Transportation Element; and
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WHEREAS, in December 2004, the City originally released the proposed GPU for public
review; and
WHEREAS, the City has referred the proposed GPU to all necessary entities required by
the State Planning and Zoning Law, Government Code section 65000 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code section 65302.5, the City
transmitted the Draft GPU and supporting technical documents to the Office of the State
Geologist in the Department of Conservation, State Geological Survey (the current name of the
Division of Mines and Geology)(Division) on January 18, 2005, for review and comment. The
submittal also included an explanation of how various parts of the Draft GPU addressed safety
element and related requirements. The Division provided informal verbal comments to staff by
phone on January 25, 2005, that characterized the GPU as having excellent policies and as one of
the better documents reviewed. No written comments were received; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of California Public Utilities Code Sections
21670 - 21679.5, the City submitted the GPU to the San Diego County Regional Airport
Authority (Authority) for a determination of consistency with the Brown Field Airport Land Use
Compatibility Plan (ALUCP). As documented in a May 5, 2005, letter trom the Authority to the
City, the Authority determined that the proposed GPU is consistent with the current ALUCP; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the substantial public comments received during the review of
the GPU, the City determined in March 2005, that it would pause the GPU process to consider
the comments and entertain revisions to the Plan in response; and
WHEREAS, in September 2005, the City released a revised set of GPU documents and a
re-circulated Draft E1R for a second public review; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code section 65090, the Planning
Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the GPU on December 8, 2005, and
recommended that the City Council adopt the Resolutions approving the GPU and its related
actions; and
WHEREAS, the proceedings and all evidence introduce before the Planning Commission
at the public hearing on this project held on December 8, 2005, and the minutes and resolution
resulting there trom, are hereby incorporated into the record of these proceedings; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk set the time and place for the hearing on the GPU and notices
of said hearings, together with its purposes given by its publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City, at least ten days prior to the hearing and, pursuant to California
Government Code section 65090, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on
December 13,2005 (and December 20,2005 if needed), on the subject GPU; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista reviewed, analyzed, considered,
approved and certified a Final ErR, made certain Findings of Fact, adopted a Statement of
Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the GPU,
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pursuant to CEQA, by Resolution No. 2005-423.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby finds, determines
and resolves as follows:
1. PLANNING COMMISSION RECORD
The proceedings and all evidence introduced before the Planning Commission at their
public hearing held on December 8, 2005, and the minutes and resolutions resulting there from,
are hereby incorporated into the record of this proceeding.
II. GENERAL PLAN INTERNAL CONSISTENCY
The City Council hereby finds and determines that the General Plan, as amended, is
internally consistent and shall remain internally consistent following the adoption of
amendments by this Resolution.
III. CONFORMANCE WITH STATE PLANNING AND ZONING LAW
The City Council hereby finds that the General Plan Update, as approved in this
Resolution, complies with applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning Law. In
particular, the GPU's proposed Element structure includes the content requirements for all seven
mandatory elements pursuant to Government Code section 65302 as shown below:
Mandated Element
Land Use
Circulation
Housing
Conservation
Open Space
Noise
Safety
Chula Vista GPU Element
Land Use & Transportation
Land Use & Transportation
Housing
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
IV. ADOPTION OF GENERAL PLAN UPDATE CONTENT FOR DOWNTOWN THIRD
A VENUE DISTRICT
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista General Plan hereby approves and adopts the
General Plan Update for the Downtown Third Avenue District which consists of the following
documents included in the record of proceedings, and on file in the City Clerk's Office:
I. Those portions of the September 2005 re-released Draft General Plan and General
Plan Diagram (referenced as Document I of 2), pertaining to the Downtown Third
Avenue District (GPU Section 9.5.1);
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2. Those portions of the September 2005 Draft General Plan Proposed Edits
(referenced as Document 2 of 2), pertaining to the Downtown Third Avenue
District (GPU Section 9.5.1);
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the existing General Plan, with the exception of the
Housing Element and the land use designations and applicable policies and provisions
specifically related to Villages 8, 9, and 10, are superceded and repealed upon the effective date
ofthe General Plan Update.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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J es D. Sandoval
annmg and Bmldmg Director
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 13th day of December, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Rindone, and Padilla
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
ATTEST:
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City erk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2005-425 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 13th day of December 2005.
Executed this 13th day of December 2005.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City lerk