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Home My WebLink AboutRCC MIN 1998/01/19MINUTES OF A SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING N~ ~ ~r"//D !~(~~~ Resource Conservation Commission ~~~ ~/2! ~ ~ Chula Vista, California 6:30 P.M. Conference Room #1 Monday' December 1, 1997 Public Services Building CALL MEETING TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: Meeting was called to order at 6:31 P.M. by Chair Yamada. City Staff person, Barbara Reid was present. Also present: Commissioners Burrascano, McAlister, Yamada, Bull. It was moved and seconded (McAlisterBull) to excuse Commissioner Marquez for personal reasons; vote 3-1, no - Burrascano (not a valid excuse); motion tamed. Commissioners Fisher and Thomas arrived late. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None NEW BUSINESS: Review of Negative Declaration IS-98-04, Drainage Channel Improvement: There were no questions for the applicant by the RCC. It was MSUC (Bul]/McAlister) to recommend acceptance of the negative declaration; vote 4-0, motion carved. [Fisher arrived at 6:35 p.m.; Thomas arrived at 6:40 p.m.] 2. Review of Negative Declaration IS-9S-O8: Robert Lisi was present for the San Diego Church of Christ Church; john Clingham was present for the Boys and Girls Club. The RCC asked for clarification on the timing of the landscape and imgation plans. Mr. Lisi stated the current dirt lot would be reseeded and turned into a ball field. Mr. Lisi explained that parishioners would refrain from parking on residential streets at the request of its neighbors. In case of overflow parking, they would be redirected to the adjacent Greg Rogers Park. After a brief discussion, the RCC was in favor ofthe mitigated negative declaration; however, Commissioner Bull suggested the following revisions be made to the document for cla;i.-"",cation purl;oses: a. Page 2, paragraph 5, to re-evaluate the current proposal after "six months" rather than one year. b. Page 3, under Aesthetics, add a last sentence, "Use of the parking area for less than two years represents ashort-term effect and is not considered a significant adverse impact." c. Page 4, paragraph 1, is revised: "During a heavy rainfall event, it may not be possible to use the unpaved area as a parking lot due to ponding of water and muddy conditions. These are anticipated to be short-term and limited in the number of occurrences and as such, they are not considered significant impacts. The city will review the project's parking impacts after a 6-month period and determine if any additional measures will be required. No further mitigation will be required at this time." d. Under E.1., add: "This plan needs to be adopted and implementation initiated within two years of the date and approval of the CUP." Resource Conservation Commission It was MSUC (Bu1UThomas) to accept the mitigated negative declaration with the above- suggested revisions; vote 6-0, motion carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: It was moved and seconded (Burrascano/Fisher) to approve the minutes ofNovember 17, 1997 with the following corrections: a. Page 1, number 2, "Cliff Swanson presented his report on Valley Fever and issues related to construction dust controls. After much discussion, it was MSUC (ThomasButrascano) to recommend that appropriate staffnotify parties of Public Works and construction site inspectors regarding concerns of the need for air quality dust mitigation measures, development of an ordinance from staff regarding suggested air quality control as it relates to dust mitigation, and the need to review the progress in Tune of 1998; ..." b. Page 2, last line of number 4, " ...traffic patterns in C-N areas will be added ..." Vote: 5-0-1, McAlister abstained as he was absent from that meeting; motion carved. OLD BUSINESS: Historic Designation -This item was postponed until a member from the I3istorical Society can be present at the meeting. 2. Memo from City Attorney regarding Proposition 208 -Commissioner Burrascano asked whether this memo referred to commissioners being prohibited from campaigning for political members or from making financial contributions to those campaigns. She felt strongly against any proposition which would inhibit her ability to campaign for and endorse any political candidate. Barbara Reid believed this memo referred to contributions to candidates; however, she will seek clarification from the City Attorney and advise Burrascano of same. City Council Priorities: The RCC made revisions and comments to the following "Top Seven Areas" sit b}• ConrciL a. Bayfront - "Location: Coastal related commercial, industrial, environmental, and recreational properties west of I-5 between SR-54 and "L" Street." "Continue the redevelopment and re-planning of the Bayfront Project Area to encourage and facilitate quality visitor-serving commercial, recreational, environmental, and residential development." Revise last bullet: "Establish the Chula Vista Bayfront as a resort and ecotourism destination. Add: "Promote development of South Bav Wildlife Refuee." Resource Conservation Commission Page 3 Development ofBavfront needs to maximize ecoloeical potential of the unioue habitat b. Third Avenue -Downtown -The RCC would like to see a definition of"quality" as it refers to infill commercial and office development and "quality" commercial tenants. "Continue marketing, leasing, and image enhancement programs with the Downtown Business Association toward the goal of re-establishing the Downtown as the commercial, cultural. historical. and civic focus of the City. "Promote commercial development that would meet the specific needs of the local population." c. Broadway Revitalization -RCC requests definitions of "blighting influences" and "quality" as it refers to commercial and retail development. d. Otay Valley - "Encourage and facilitate quality commercial, entertainment, recreation, environmental preservation. and industrial development. "Capitalize and expand on the opportunities created by the Auto Park, ...toward the goal of improving the image and character of the area and minimizing environmental impacts " Add: "Continual development of the Otav Regional Park as a central theme to the development of the Vallev" Encourage desienation of preserve lands under proposed MSCP " e. Higher Education Center/Environmental Sciences Institute -Add as a second bullet: "Gifu advance the planning of an environmental studies institution associated with management of the MSCP species preserve in the Salt Creek area The RCC requests clarification on how the education center relates to the $10,000 grant already received by the City. f. SR-125 -Add the following bullets: "Work to resolve environmental issues and property issues. Relook at the tunnel issue. Three members of the RCC strongly felt that the SR-125 goal should be eliminated from the City's list of goals. g. Improve City Revenue Base - no comments by RCC. Resource Conservation Commission Pa e 4 The "Top Seven Areas of Improvement" were then prioritized by the RCC as follows: 1. Bayfront 2. Higher Education 3. Otay Valley 4. Third Avenue -Downtown 5. Broadway Revitalization 6. Improve City Revenue Base 7. SR-125 STAFF COMIvIENTS: None CFIAIRMAIY'S COMIs~NTS: The next RCC meeting will be January 5, 1998. COMR~IISSIONER'S COMIs~NTS: McAlister will tender his resignation from the RCC this month. He commended the commission on their hard work and thanked them for the opportunity to serve the City. Burrascano presented the Vernal Pools of Southern California Plan which was recently released. She stated she would like to see the City adopt the preservation of the vernal pools as an additional goal. Thomas stated that in the coming year she would like the RCC to review water reclamation plans and traffic iiili~astructure. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned by Chair Yamada at 8:34 P.M. Respectfully submitted, E~G%itESS SECRcTnR1wL SERVICES Barbara Taylor