HomeMy WebLinkAboutRCC AGENDA PK 1991/01/07ITEM A
MEMORANDUM
DATE: December 3, 1990
T0: Resource Conservation Commission
FROM: Lance T. Fry, Assistant Planner G ~
SUBJECT: Follow-up on the Chula Vista 2000 Environment and Open Space
Subcommittee Proposals
The Resource Conservation Commission, at their November 12, 1990, meeting,
reviewed staff recommendations relative to the Chula Vista 2000 Environment
and Open Space Subcommittee proposals. Following this review, the Commission
requested a follow-up memo to the Chairman addressing the issues raised during
the meeting.
In responding to this request, the Planning Department would like to take this
opportunity to confirm both the Commission's support and opposition to the
said recommendations. This understanding, along with the Commission's
comments and concerns, will be forwarded to the CV21 Committee to assist them
in strategy prioritization and implementation.
Follow-up on Issues, Questions, and Concerns:
A. Pursuant to Commissioner Kracha's request, please find enclosed the
attachment "Groups and Individuals to Notify for Communication
Support."
B. The CV21 Chairman is Frank Tarantino. David Smith is Vice-Chair.
Their (tentative) meeting schedule is the second Friday of the month
at 5:15 p.m. in conference rooms 2 and 3 of the Public Services
Building. Their next meeting is January 11, 1991.
C. In regards to the Commission's concern over recycling program
expansion delays, staff has forwarded your endorsement of
maintaining the Laidlaw pilot curbside program to Stephanie Popek,
Principal Management Assistant.
City Council, at their November 27, 1990 meeting, approved the first
reading of two ordinances (Nos. 2427 and 2428) granting a franchise
for curbside recycling services to Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc.
Staff will apprise the Commission as to Council action taken on
these ordinances at their next meeting.
2. Staff Recommendations
The Commission members present at the November 12, 1990 meeting were in
support of staff recommendations with the following exceptions:
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December 3, 1990
On Page 6 in the analysis of recommendation A, Commissioners
Ghougassain and Kracha indicated a review of the various city
advisory bodies dealing with planning and the environment is
unnecessary, as each group clearly spells out the
qualifications, responsibilities and level of commitment
required for service. Additionally, they did not support the
appointment of an ad hoc committee or Council subcommittee to
conduct such a review.
The Commission was in
to improve communicati
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proposed by the CV2
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Attachment
GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS TO NOTIFY
FOR COMMUNICATION SUPPORT
1. The general press: daily and weekly newspapers, radio and
television stations' news departments, general circulation
magazines and wire services.
2. Special interest press: newsletters, magazines, and
bulletins published by civic, community, neighborhood,
business, labor, environmental, women's programs, religious,
agricultural, recreational, professional, and other
voluntary organizations that have an interest in the
community.
3. Organized
other gro groups: Chambers of Commerce, women's clubs
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ps representing special interests in the
community. Key commu
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more of these groups should also b
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of individuals who tend to
coverage. get prominent media
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officials of the community; state-elected and
officials.
5. Educators: nursery school instructors
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school teachers, college, trade school
versity and
professors.
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Items for Council Action~r~m "F.nvirnn,,,Pnra,L..Agenda fnr rhP 90s"
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1. Council policy to undertake no further east-west streets or
widenings for accommodation of mor-e-.eastward development until
//p''~~lanning is completed fcX new east-west public transit.
(2J A General Plan amendment precluding further approvals of major
ew projects which would have been illegal prior to the General
Plan Revision of 1989 until the issues raised by council referrals
on General .Plan issues - provision of public transit, protection
of residential neighborhoods from increased traffic, and a Growth
Management Element to the General Plan - have been resolved.
3. Directing staff to prepare a long-term plan for the
construction of a citywide system of bicycle lanes to make
bicycling convenient and safe throughout the city, with a phased
plan for implementation through the capital improvements budget.
4-. Anew zoning ordinance requiring mixed uses (e.g., neighborhood
commercial and residential). within walking distance of each other
in new development, and facilitating. mixed .uses consistent with
community. character in previously built areas, subject to design
review.
5. A new street design ordinance, requiring new streets to be
designed to be driven at a safe speed for pedestrians (not.just
motorists), prohibiting high-speed design on residential streets
~ and near sc:ools and senior centers, and requiring the provision
of usable a~:d safe. bicycle lanes.
A zoning ordinance ~equirin~ new employment centers to be
ituated within convenie t walking distance of public transit
services, with provisions for partnerships between developers and
the city for the provision of such services where feasible.
7. A Transportation Demand Management Ordinance. This ordinance
would require large employers, including the City, to prepare plans
for a reduction in "drive alone^ commutes during peak hours of over
50& within five years. Measures in transportation demand
management plans could include carpooling, transit and bicycle
incentives, flex hours and alternative workweeks, hiring from
residential areas near the place of employment, or other measures
to be determined in each plan. Plans should be monitored for
compliance with goals, and goals should be periodically evaluated
for their ability to achieve healthier air.
8. Adoption of a city government transportation demand management
plan in .advance of the effective date of the above ordinance,
including the measures listed above.
9• Direct staff to prepare a plan for the construction, through
the capital improvements_pmceG ~ •«r,
~ ~develegment-farnds in
appropriate areas). of secure bicycle parking facilities at city.
{ facilities-and commercial centers, giving priority to locations at
businesses wishing to provide such improvements in partnership with
the city. _
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10. Adoption of an ordinance prohibiting contracts for EZRs which
do not require the best pobsible quantification of impacts in areas
mandated by CEQA, and prohibiting payment for unacceptable EIRs.
11. Direct staff to identify projects impacting Chula Vista where
environmental and. traffic forecasts on which policy makers relied
turned out_to be seriously wrong, to hire a consultant not
connected to any such projects to conduct a study of how they went
wrong, and to provide recommendations for correcting the process
in the future, as well as on any remedies the city may have.
12: Request a staff report on current air quality maintenance
programs for city equipment, with recommendations for improvements
if appropriate.
13. Adopt. an ordinance containing a preferential procurement
policy for clean fuels (within realistic economic parameters)-and
requiring an annual public report, on implementation.
14.' Send a letter from the. City Council to Mayor O'Connor of San
Diego, the Chair of the County Board of Supervisors, and the mayors
of the other cities. in the county asking them to join in a'
~ cooperative effort to explore the-feasibility and desirability of
.creating a public energy distribution. utility while opening energy
production to the free market.
15. Direct our staff ,: as intervenors in any proceeding concerning
proposals for new SDG&E facilities in Chula Vista, to demand proof
of air quality claims, and to oppose any such proposals in the
absence of proof that they will improve our air quality and that
SDG&E will be held to any assurances it gives by the prospect of
meaningful penalties for violations of any agreements.
16. Send a letter to the California Energy Commission outlining
our agreement with SDG&E concerning the rezone of their Chula Vista
land and putting on the record of any Energy Commission proceeding
the invalidity under that agreement of any implication that new
industrial uses by SDG&E on our bayfront are consistent with local
land use regulations.
17. Consider an Open Space zone alternative for at least part of
the SDGSE bayfront property.
18. Adopt an indoor smoking law patterned after San Diego
County's.
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19. - Direct staff to report o
mound, sunilar to that T~the__possrble-e$t°''~' h e~ of a
proposed at the federal level by the
Environmental Defense Fund, to subsidize the removal of lead from
older Chuia Vista homes. This report should include an analysis
of need, and, if the need is shown,-of-possible funding sources,
e•q., a ballot measure Eb tax lead products.
24 Direct staff to prepare a policy, with input from the
Environmental Health Coalition and appropriate othe
the use of polluting chemicals by rs, to eliminate
alternatives. the city and prescribsng
21. Adopt a city policy to identify and prohibit the purchase of
any unnecessary products the production, use, or disposal of which
is harmful to the earth's ozone layer, and assure that all staff
with purchasing authority receive a copy.
22• Adopt an ordinance requiring work on automobile air
conditioners to be performed with equipment to prevent the escape
of ozone-depleting chemicals into the environment,. with the
effective.date delayed until a similar ordinance is adopted in all
jurisdictions in the county.
23. Add support for the Bates ozone layer protection bill to the
city's legislative program.
24 Add support for Assemblyman Peace's A.B. 1332 to phase out
L7ilorofluorocarbons from automobile air conditioning by 1995 to
.city's legislative program. the
25. Hold off on further tentative map approvals for major projects
relying on the 1989 General Plan revision until that revision.-
. including a Growth Management Element with implementation measures
- is complete.
26. Adopt an ordinance requiring new developments to be considered
by the Parks and Recreation Commission, with that commission's
recommendation being put before the City Council at the time of any
inputil action, and prohibiting council approval prior to such
27. Adopt an ordinance for the creation of open space and parks
acquisition assessment districts.
28. Adopt an Open Space zone.
29• Adopt an ordinance requiring redevelopment plans to be
considered by the Planning Commission and the Resource Conservation
Commission prior to City Council action.
30. Adopt a Sensitive Lands Ordinance
slopes, canyons, riparian habitats and
for the protection of
other environmentally
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sensitive lands.
31. -Adopt a policy requiring certification
projects'--compliance with .the General P1anr1GrowthapManagement
Element, the "Threshold" standards, and Proposition V, with the
understanding that projects not in compliance with the latter are
required by law to gain a unanimous council vote to win approval.
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32._- Adopt an ordinance requiring all development agreements to
contain provisions halting development where the "threshold"
standards are not met.
33 Adopt an ordinance amending the "threshold" standards to
easure compliance by impacts on cost and quality, as well as
quantity, of city services, and by impacts on public safety.
34. Adopt an ordinance requiring new developments to show they
will pay their own way in staffing needs as well as capital
improvements.
35. Send.a letter from the City Council to the Growth Management
Oversight Committee, the Planning .Commission, the- Parks and
Recreation Commission and the Resource Conservation Commission
emphasizing the council's intent. to give these bodies the widest
possible .latitude to develop policy recommendations for' the
council.
36. Adopt a Tree Preservation Ordinance.
priate letters in
manufacturing in
the seriousness of this activity
public.
37. Direct staff to consider a future Arbor Day program similar
to that being implemented this year in Escondido.
39. Direct staff to work with the Environmental Health Coalition
to develop a model Toxic Waste Reduction Ordinance.
Send letters from the city to legislators and local judges ~'
reiterating our desire for greater protection - touoher sentencin
- of methamphetamine manufacturers.
38. Direct staff to prepare an RFP for a study (to be done jointly
with neighborinq.jurisdictions if they wish) to identify future job
demands and training needs in our locale and to recommend
education, training and economic development measures, with
assistance from a city Economic Development Commission.
41 Send appro
thamphetamine
sentencing proceedings involving
Chula Vista, reminding judges of
and the need for protecting the
42. Establish a program for collecting all recyclable materials
(glass, aluminum, paper) generated at City Hall.
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~. -Adopt a program similar to Irvine's to restrict the sale and
use of unnecessary products harming the environment through ozone
depletion and nonrecyclzbility.
45. Direct our staff to,`restablish neighborhood recycling centers
and negotiate appropriate pickup services.
46. Adopt an ordinance requiring new development to provide
recycling facilities.
47. Adopt a Toxics Disclosure Ordinance.
48• Empower the Resource Conservation Commission to review
generation and uses of toxic waste in Chula Vista, and make
recommendations for reductions.
49. Direct our staff to provide us with an interim updated report
on alternatives to continued participation in or .payment. for the
Metro sewer system, including alternative treatment technologies.
50. Direct our staff to implement enhanced streetsweeping prior
to forecast storms.
51. Establish a Conservation Finance Authority to provide low- and
no- interest loans to homeowners and businesses for capital
t improvements conserving .energy and water.
52 Adopt an ordinance requiring retrofit of residential buildings
at time of sale with simple, cost-effective conservation technology
(insulation and low-flow fixtures), using funding from the
Conservation Finance Authority and Development Impact Fees assessed
on developments consuming energy and water resources.
53. Adopt an ordinance requiring new developments to use drought-
tolerant landscaping, and to include CC&Rs requiring drought-
tolerant landscaping.
54. Direct our staff to prepare a plan for expanded use of
reclaimed water in city facilities.
55. Establish neighborhood planning groups to provide input on
development and planning proposals affecting the community.
56. Direct the Resource Conservation Commission to provide or
arrange for quarterly articles on local environmental issues in our
city newsletter, and to work with the city's public information
coordinator to develop better communication with the public on
environmental and planning issues.
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5~ Direct_staffi rhr~gh-our-FY 19gp-9~budge~to--either hire
a staff person at the Deputy City Manager level with a solid
environmentalist background, or to retain a private environmental
expert to work directly with city' policy makers on all policy
issues having environmental implications.
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