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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Reso 2007-1970 RDA RESOLUTION NO. 2007-1970 (COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2007-065) JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON CVRC STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE THE NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE CVRe'S LEGAL AND OPERATING DOCUMENTS WHEREAS, on May 24, 2005, the City Council and Redevelopment Agency ofthe City of Chula Vista jointly adopted Resolution Nos. 2005-175 and 2005-1911, respectively, approving and adopting legal and operating documents for the formation of the Chula Vista Redevelopment Corporation ("CVRC") as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, public benefit corporation; and WHEREAS, the legal and operating documents adopted for the CVRC included Bylaws of the Corporation that set forth, among other things, the structure, composition, and operations of the CVRC; and WHEREAS, on December 19, 2006, the City Council formed a subcommittee, consisting of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, to review and evaluate the structure of the CVRC; and WHEREAS, the Council Subcommittee on CVRC Structure and Operations has prepared a full report for consideration by the CVRC, Redevelopment Agency, and City Council containing recommendations for structural modifications to the CVRC; and WHEREAS, the Council Subcommittee's recommendations are: I. The Subcommittee recommends that the CVRC continue to advise the City Council in the Council's role as the Redevelopment Agency. 2. The Subcommittee recommends that the Councilmembers be removed as CVRC Directors, and that the remaining Board of Directors be supplemented by one to five Chula Vista resident(s) selected by the City Council and possessing expertise and experience in one or more of the following professional fields: education, business, finance, architecture, civil engineering, urban planning and/or design, science, environmental planning, environmental remediation, environmental law, and real estate, including real estate development, investment, and law. 3. The Subcommittee recommends that the City Manager remain as the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency and that a designee of the City Manager be the Chief Executive Officer of the CVRC. The Subcommittee further recommends that the consultant search for a Chief Executive Officer be postponed indefinitely. The Subcommittee recommends that the person filling this position (i.e., the City Manager's designee) be required publicly to report expenditures incurred using redevelopment money, for the overriding purpose of indicating that redevelopment funds were used for redevelopment rather than for general city servIces. RDA Resolution No. 1970 Page 2 4. The Subcommittee recommends that CVRC staff can be some or all of the staff of the existing Community Development Department. 5. The Subcommittee recommends that the current role of the Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RAC) as one that provides advice to the CVRC Directors and to the Redevelopment Agency be retained. 6. The Subcommittee believes that it is the City Council's fiduciary responsibility to pursue redevelopment projects sooner rather than later, and that a restructured CVRC Board of Directors will help accomplish this goal. 7. The Subcommittee recommends that a formal, independent evaluation of the achievements of the CVRC, RAC, and redevelopment-tasked staff be initiated three years from the date of the newly restructured CVRC, with the purpose of defining necessary next steps for a non-profit redevelopment corporation structure and in order to continue conducting redevelopment business via the CVRC; and WHEREAS, on March 22, 2007, the CVRC Board of Directors reviewed and considered the Council Subcommittee's Report and Recommendations and adopted CVRC Resolution No. 2007-004 recommending that the Redevelopment Agency and City Council approve the Subcommittee's Report and Recommendations, and direct staff to prepare the necessary amendments to the CVRC's legal and operating documents to implement the Subcommittee's Recommendations; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, approval of the Council Subcommittee's Report and Recommendations is not a project as defmed in Section 15378, and is therefore not subject to CEQA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council and Redevelopment Agency of the City ofChula Vista do hereby: I. Approve the report and recommendations of the Council Subcommittee on CVRC Structure and Operations, as described herein. 2. Direct staff to prepare for consideration by the City Council and Redevelopment Agency the necessary amendments to the CVRC's legal and operating documents to implement the Subcommittee's Recommendations. Presented by Approved as to form by J! 1L-_ im Thomson Interim City ManagerlExecutive Directorf ~~~~)\, Ann Moore City Attorney/Agency Counsel RDA Resolution No. 1970 Page 2 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the Redevelopment Agency and the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 22nd day of March 2007, by the following vote: AYES: Agency/Councilmembers: Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox NAYS: Agency/Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Agency/Councilmembers: None ATIT2: ~ Ann Hix, Secretary STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) ) ) I, Ann Hix, Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certifY that the foregoing Redevelopment Agency Resolution No. 2007- I 970/City Council Resolution No. 2007-065 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the Redevelopment Agency and Chula Vista City Council at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of March 2007. Executed this 22nd day of March 2007. -'a; Ann Hix, Secretary