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CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA STATEMENT
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FEBRUARY 26, 2008, Item~
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
CONTAINED IN THE FEDERAL OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007/2008; $500,000 FOR THE CITY'S
SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
PROJECT AND $750,000 FOR THE CITY'S ALTERNATIVE
FUEL PILOT PROJECT
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 200812009
FEDERAL FUNDING REQUESTS FOR SUBMISSION
GOVERNMENT REENS LIAISON {JL/
CITY MANAGER
ASSISTANT CITY AGER c::;-J'
4/5THS VOTE: YES ~ NO D
SUMMARY
On January 23,2007, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista approved the submission of a list
of 10 projects for which the City would seek State and Federal funds during the course of the
200712008 fiscal year. Two of the projects on that list were approved for federal funding; City
Council action is required to accept these funds.
The second balf of the Il0lh Congressional session has begun, and city staff has prepared an
updated list of projects for submittal to our delegation. The projects reflect the priorities listed in the
Legislative Program adopted by the City Council in December 2007.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Acceotino funds for School Zone Traffic Safety Dfoiect and Submission of 2008/09 Federal
FundinlZ Reauests
The Environmental Review Coordinator has reviewed the proposed activities for compliance
with the Califomia Environmental Qna1ity Act (CEQA) and has determined that accepting funds
for the City's School Zone and Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Project is not a "Project" as defined
under Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines because the actual projects to be funded have
not yet been defined; and further that the activity of approving the 200812009 Federal Funding
Request for Submission is not a "Project" as defined under Section 15378 of the State CEQA
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Guidelines because it is the submittal of a funding request only; therefore, pursuant to Section
15060 (c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines the activities are not subject to CEQA. Although
environmental review is not necessary at this time, once any of the projects have been defined,
environmental review will be required and a CEQA determination completed prior to
commencing any of the projects.
Accentin2 Funds for the Alternative Fuel Pilot Proiect
The Environmental Review Coordinator has reviewed the proposed activity of accepting funds
for the Alternative Fuels Pilot Project for compliance with the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) and has determined that the proposed activity was adequately covered in the
previously adopted Negative Declaration (IS-00-52) prepared for the City Operations and
Corporation Yard. Thus, no further environmental review or documentation is necessary.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution accepting and appropriating the funds.
Adopt the Resolution approving the list of projects for submittal.
BOARDS/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Not Applicable
DISCUSSION
With City Council approval, the City of Chula Vista submitted a list of funding requests totaling
$36,875,000 to the offices of the City's Federal representatives. Projects ranged in cost from $10
million for a Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Partnership to less than $500,000 to install a
domestic water line and resurface the access road to the Chula Vista Nature Center. The efforts
of Congressman Bob Filner and Senator Barbara Boxer resulted in funding for two of the ten
projects- $500,000 for the City's 'School Zone Traffic and Pedestrian Safety' program, and
$750,000 for an Alternative Fuel Pilot Project. Descriptions of each of the two projects are
attached to this agenda statement (attachment A).
In recognition of the Council priorities outlined in Chula Vista's recently adopted Legislative
Program, staff reviewed last year's project proposals and realigned them to better reflect those
issues of greatest importance to the Council. The items listed in attachment B include all those
measures submitted by staff for consideration. They have been divided into two groups; items I-
10 that most closely reflect Council priorities and items 11-41 which, though deserving of
consideration, are not as critical to meeting the Council's objectives in the coming year.
DECISION MAKER CONFLICT
With respect to the resolution accepting Federal funds, staff has reviewed the decision
contemplated by this action and has reviewed the property holdings of the City Council and
has found no property holdings within 500 feet of the boundaries of the property which is the
subject of this action.
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With respect to the resolution approving the list of projects for submission, staff has reviewed
the decision contemplated by this action and has determined that it is not site specific and
consequently the 500 foot rule found in California Code of Regulations section l8704.2(a)(I)
is not applicable to this decision.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund as a result of adopting either of the resolutions. The total
amount of the 200712008 awards for implementing the two funded projects is $1,250,000.
Matching requirements for the projects are met through existing materials and equipment.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Chula Vista projects funded in the 2007/2008 Federal Omnibus Appropriations bill.
Attachment B: Projects to be submitted for consideration in the 2008/2009 Federal and State Budgets
Prepared by: Colleen M Carnevale. Government Relations Liaison, Administration
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Attachment A: Funded Projects 2007/2008
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Alternative Fuels Pilot Project
$750,000
Chula Vista will convert two of its CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) fuel buses to HCNG
(Hydrogen & CNG) fuel use. A successful pilot could lead the City to convert its entire fleet of
CNG buses to cleaner burning HCNG (80% CNG enriched with 20% hydrogen). The resulting
mix is cleaner than CNG, with 50% fewer nitrous oxide emissions at little or no additional cost.
HCNG is the next generation oflow-etnission fuels and an alternative that has significant
protnise.
The project will also offer the only public dispenser ofCNG in the South Bay Region to keep
pace with growing demand by truck fleets and private passenger vehicle owners. The next
nearby source is in the City Heights area of San Diego (15 miles away). CNG itself provides a
significant reduction in polluting etnissions when compared to diesel fuel or gasoline.
As a result of Chula Vista's participation in prior demonstration projects, the City already owns
almost all of the equipment required to produce and deliver HCNG and CNG fuels. Our existing
hydrogen electrolyzer, which is the largest in California, was purchased as pari of a recent
Federal demonstration program funded by the Department of Transportation, the Department of
Energy, the California Energy Comtnission and the City of Chula Vista.
This is a very high production electrolyzer, generating as much hydrogen in one hour as many
stations generate in a day. To fully utilize the $1 tnillion investment in this equipment, the City
plans to produce hydrogen for the HCNG bus demonstration. This could lead to a program in
which the entire transit fleet is fueled with the cleaner product. Chula Vista also owns a CNG
compressor station, currently used to dispense CNG to City buses.
To combine the hydrogen and CNG into HCNG for the bus demonstration, and to dispense CNG
to the public, the project site requires only fuel lines, storage capacity, and a new mixer/dispenser
that is weights-and-measures certified for use in private vehicles. $750,000 will purchase the
station equipment necessary to transfer, mix, store and dispense the two fuels for this region
wide alternative fuels demonstration.
There will be a cost to the public for purchase of CNG fuel at the site, as with any other fueling
station. The cost will vary with CNG market fluctuations, but in general will be competitive
with the prevailing cost in Southern California. Cost components will include the City's fuel
purchase price plus a small increment to cover City costs for maintenance, delivery, and program
adtninistration including bank costs. The City is in the process of completing a bank agreement
to accept credit cards. Bank charges will be recouped from the fuel charge.
There is already a public demand for CNG fuel, but to heighten public awareness about the
Chula Vista station, $15,000 in public outreach costs was factored into the appropriation request.
The station will also be listed on Internet naturaI gas fueling maps for travelers including: Clean
Car Maps, the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition map, and possibly the SDG&E map.
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Attachment A: Funded Projects 2007/2008
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School Zone Traffic and Pedestrian Safety
2,300,000
The City's existing and planned transportation facilities vary dramatically in condition and availability
between the newly developing areas of the City to the older aging pre-smart growth neighborhoods.
The City Council frequently receives competing requests from the public for local infrastructure
improvements. An overwhelming proportion of resident requests directly correlate with the City
Council's desire to ensure safe routes to schools.
Public infrastructure and land use patterns in neighborhoods near schools strongly influence children's
health and safety. They influence neighborhood walkability, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, traffic
circulation patterns and speeds, public transit systems, multimodal choices, and community character
and pride. These issues, combined with limited resources for infrastructure improvements, call for a
precise identification and prioritization of City pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic circulation
improvements through community-based master plann;ng efforts.
Beginning with Southwest Chula Vista and eventually incorporating the entire City, the project
focuses on the Yo-mile buffer zones surrounding each of the City's 40 public elementary schools.
Observation shows that parents residing within these zones are more apt to allow their children to
walk to school if safe and adequate facilities are available for walking and biking. The first
stakeholders to benefit from this project will be children, their families, and their neighbors.
Ultimately, the project will have positive impacts for all residents.
A unique aspect of this project is its community-directed focus. Stakeholder organizations
participating in this plann;ng project are Healthy BlI"1'\g. Active Communities (IlEAC) and Walk San
Diego, which work together as the South Bay Partnership. This partnership works at the community
level to reduce childhood obesity by promoting waIkability and reducing reliance on cars. The South
Bay Partnership will be the City's key planning partner on this project. Local schools (where
community meetings will take place) and school districts, parent/faculty groups and homeowners
associations will have critical involvement throughout the process. Jurisdictional stakeholders such as
City Councilmembers, the City's Redevelopment Corporation, and impacted City departments such as
Public Works and Police will benefit from well-targeted planning outcomes and directives from this
project.
The first phase of the project (inventory of the infrastructure) with existing resources is close to
completion. The second phase (community outreach walking andits in partnership with the South Bay
Partnership) is the subject of a recently submitted CaItrans Transportation Plann;ng Grant. The first
two phases were completed at two elementary schools (Rice and Otay) and recommended
infrastructure improvements are the subject of a Safe Routes to School Grant received in partnership
with the City of Chula Vista, the Chula Vista Elementary School District and the South Bay
Partnership ($1.1 million). Additionally, the City received approval for a $9.5 million HUD loan to
complete work in the vicinity of Castle Park Elementary. This federal funding request will create an
environmentally sustainable infrastructure demonstration project in our third priority area, Harborside
Elementary.
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Project Name Description Amount Matching Funds I
Requested Remarks
Develop an organizational and funding structure to create and
operate the campus; prepare the detailed infrastructure, City has already provided $1.2
1 University Park & Research Center environmental and planning documents for the campus. $ 3 - 5 million million and will provide site for
Master Plan Potential components include: 4-year college/univeristy, 2-year the campus.
community college honors program, career tech facility, high
tech hioh research and related emplovment oooortunities.
Install new underground water line and resurface the access
road.The former underground water line was abandoned due to
2 Domestic Water Line to Serve the settling of the Nature Center and Sweetwater Marsh National $500,000
Chula Vista Nature Center Wildlife Refuge access road. A temporal}' line now sits above
ground to provide water for animals and plants, restrooms,
drinkinQ fountains and sanitaiton.
Funding would be used to match
National Energy Center for Support the construction and operation of a national research, contributions from state, local and
Sustainable Communities Facility; $3 - 6 million private sources for: building
3 Research, Training and Assistance education & training facility, administered by National Energy construction, employment
Programs. Center for Sustainable Communities at SDSU. training, technical assistance
~ oroorams.
a. Initiate wildland vegetation maintenance presenting a significant
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~ wildfire threat. This includes: the area adjacent to the Otay
CJ Wildland Urban Interface Code Reservoir, the intermix surrounding Rice Canyon and neighboring Initial The level of danger was
4 Implementation Project canyons, & the lower Otay River bottom. Initial and on-going clearance: demonstrated during the October
vegetation maintenance is critical to reduce potential loss of $1.2 million firestorms of 2003 and 2007.
lives, residences & structures during a wildfire. In addition, 460
acres reQuirino veaetation maintenance have been identified.
Continue capital improvements to ensure pedestrian paths and
traffic calming areas immediately adjacent to the city's 40 $500,000 received in 2007/2008
School Zone Traffic and elementary schools. City is forming partnerships with community appropriations, staff recommends
5 groups (HEAC, Walk SD, Walking School Bus) to prOVide walking $1.8 million
Pedestrian Safety audits that will supplement missing infrastructure analysis. Goal repeating this request to work
is to hear & understand the impact of missing infrastructure and toward the $1.8 million balance.
threatenino traffic situations for children walkino to school.
Develop one or more community-sized ecological wastewater Wastewater concept is a top
treatment facilities to demonstrate the environmental superiority, option considered in state and
6 Sustainable Wastewater financial effectiveness and scale of natural local treatment and $6 - 10 million federal energy & climate change
Treatment Partnership re-use programs. Would generate water for City use, create plans. It would attract additional
'avoided' sewer capacity and reduce dependence on Metro partnership funding for Chula
system. Vista's research efforts.
Attachment B: Federal Funding Requests - Department Submittals 2008/2009
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Attachment B: Federal Funding Requests - Department Submittals 2008{2009
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I-S Corridor Multi-modal
Improvement Studies
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Parkway Recreation Center
Complex Renovation
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Loma Verde Recreation Center
Complex Renovation
10 Light Rail Transit (Trolley)
Corridor Improvement Studies
Conduct study to analyze the impacts of light rail & freight
services that parallel the freeway, bus circulation adjacent to the
freeway, and current interchange spacing. Will propose freeway
and interchange improvements to accommodate current and
future traffic demands, and multi-modal improvements. Study
area will cover the I-S freeway from SR-54 to just south of Main
Street. Funds would cover preliminary engineering,
environmental studies and documentation, initial improvement
design. It will identify and prioritize the phasing of construction
throu h this corridor.
Renovate Parkway Pool, gym and community center. Pool &
gym are now 50 years old. The community center is 25 years
old. The complex is in the heart of the urban core. It requires
major renovation to meet the needs of the residents of the
northwest quadrant of the city. Facility needs include more
program, office and storage space, general building upgrades,
renovation of the existing second floor of the gymnasium, an
elevator to the second floor for ADA accessibility, expansion of
community center to provide more program space, kitchen
renovation I and locker room renovation.
Renovate Loma Verde Recreation Center, Pool and Community
Center, which are 30 years old. They are among the only social
or family function facilities in Castle Park area and some of the
city's busiest facilities. The facility needs mold abatement, re-
flooring, air conditioning, remodeling of game room, dance room
and craft room, exterior face lift, enhancements to back outdoor
patio, conversion of front of building from asphalt driveway to
landscaped area safe for children's play. Pool work is needed to
remodel locker rooms, entryway and viewing area, replace pool
filters and other equipment that will result in energy savings in
the um room office stora e and classroom s ces.
Conduct study, preliminary engineering, and environmental
documentation toward operational improvements to the existing
Light Rail Transit (trolley) 'blue line' that runs east of and
parallel to the 1-5 freeway. 5tudy would consider the options of
grade separation at specific locations and route realignment to
the west side of 1-5 to optimize railway freight services. Study
area would cover the 'blue line' facilities from 24th Street in
National Ci to the southern CV ci limit.
$2 million
$2 million
$1.5 million
$750,000
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Attachment B: Federal Funding Requests - Department Submittals 2008/2009
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Palomar Gateway Transit
Oridented Development (TOD)
Improvements
12 Watershed Action Team for
Environmental Reform
13 In-Car Digital Recording Cameras
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Renewable Energy Park
14 Partnership (Allied, CEC, CPUC,
Diesel Manufacturers,
CARB/AQMD)
15 Crime Lab - DNA Enhancement
16 Electronic Surveillance of High-
risk Offenders
Enhanced Traffic Enforcement
17 Unit
18 Computer Aided Dispatch
Replacement
Construct a multi-modal intersection to include pedestrian
amenities and streetscapes for better accessibility and
walkability. This gateway into Chula Vista is the first light rail
stop inside the City and is a major entrance from 1-5. Transit-
densi mixed-use develo ment is lanned in this area.
Develop/implement a model watershed plan to demonstrate the
latest in sustainable watershed principles, catalogue resources
that comprise Chula Vista's unique watershed geography,
su lement fundin for s cific infrastructure ro'ects.
Equip the remainder of CVPD's vehicle fleet with cameras that
capture live-action video and audio of activities in front of the
CVPD vehicle. These recordings provide evidence of
conversations and interaction between CVPD officers and those
whom the sto for uestionin in the course of their duties.
Create a working alternative fuel and energy cluster that adds
transportation fuels to compliment CV's existing energy
conservation programs. Focus funds on infrastructure for
multiple state-of-the-art alternative fossil free electricity
generation systems, complimented by biofuels derived from local
waste products and renewable crop resources. Demonstrate
'zero energy' center(s) at Public Works Center, University,
Eastern Urban Center Civic Center.
Purchase DNA processing equipment for the CVPD crime lab. The
in-house ability to process DNA from property crime scenes
would be an invaluable tool for solvin crimes in Chula Vista.
Place electronic monitoring bracelets on high-risk offenders
recently released from custody (parOled or released due to
prison over-crowding) and residing In CV. Allow CVPD to track
whereabouts of these individuals 24 hrs/day (including their
resence at new crime scenes .
Fund automated citation system, 5 additional traffic officers and
police motorcycles. Automated system would reduce the
redundancy in current paper citation system.
Purchase new system to increase the efficiency of the
dispatchers in the city's police department. The current CAD
system is 10 years old, lacks many of the innovations such as
automatic vehicle locating and automatic unit assignment.
$1.1 million
$5 million
(or practical
limit)
$350,000
$4 - 5 million
$750,000
$200,000
$4,925,000
$3,000,000
City has contributed $360K from
CIP, and SANDAG has contributed
$2 million.
Renewable Energy Park is a top
option considered in state and
federal energy & climate change
plans, and would attract
. additional partnership funding for
CV's University/Sustainable
research efforts.
County Sheriff's office would
provide 2 trained DNA specialists
to work in lab.
System: $2 million
Motorcycles $85K x 5 = $425,000
Officers $500Klyear x 5 =
2.5million r
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Attachment B: Federal Funding Requests - Department Submittals 2008/2009
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Early IntelVention Software
20 01 Women's Club Building
Renovation
21 Fire Station No.5 Reconstruction
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26 Eucalyptus Park
Restrooms for:
. Marisol Park . Sunridge Park
27 . Explorer Park . Paseo del Rey
. Snta Cora Prk . Orange Ave
. Sunbow Park Fields
28 Horizon Park
29 Orange Avenue Fields
30 Los Ninos Park
31 Rohr Park
32 Valle Lindo Park
Purchase software that would assist in early identification of
employees who are demonstrating potential symptoms of job
stress, training deficiencies, or personal problems that affect
safety or job performance. Will help OIPD and Human
Resources take action to assist employee by addressing their
s ecific issues.
Remodel bathroom and kitchen, make roof repairs, improve
flooring, walls, doors, stage and windows of this City-owned,
historical site. Built in 1928, it is one of CV's few remaining
S anish Colonial buildin s. Used dail b ci and b ublic.
Rebuild 50-year-old station. Handles more than 2,000 calls
per year, selVes a significant portion of the city's lower
income neighborhoods. Existing structure cannot provide
space for any additional selVice, building condition does not
allow for renovation or addition. Cost to reconstruct includes
tern ora location for staff e ui ment.
Rebuild 58-year-old station that houses fire suppression staff
and equipment, department headquarters and administration
center. Make 2nd floor ADA accessible. Existing structure
cannot provide space for any additional selVice, building
condition does not allow for renovation or addition.
Renovate irri ation s stem
Re ir and revent further slo erosion
Provide ADA im rovements
Replace basketball court
and fence
Build restrooms at each of these 7 parks
Install bleachers
Replace fence
Re lace bleachers
Build retainin walls
Build 6 picnic shelters
Re lace Ran er Station
Build basketball court
$250,000
$1 million
8 million
$14 million
750 000
175 000
500 000
$150,000
100 000
$200,000 each
15 000
$75,000
75 000
50 000
$100,000
100 000
150 000
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Attachment B: Federal Funding Requests - Department Submittals 2008/2009
Civic Center Library Renovation
34 Relocating the VORTAC
35 Pedestrian Bridges
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37 Missing Infrastructure
38 Comprehensive Pavement Program
39 Canyon Erosion Control
40 Neighborhood Traffic & Pedestrian
Safety
Upgrade the electrical system, re-carpet worn areas, either
refurbish or replace the tables, chairs and lounge furniture in
the public space. Library is 30 years old (opened as the City's
official bicentennial project). Electrical system is the original
re-com uters. Facili used b 56 000 visitors each month.
The VORTAC is a 50-acre site in Village 7 of the Otay Ranch,
containing the navigation beacons for Lindbergh Field and the
border between the United States and Mexico. Schools and a
neighborhood park will soon be open on property immediately
east of the site, and are likely to interfere with the VORTAC
si nal cell hones chain link an hin electronic or metal .
Construct pedestrian bridges across Birch at Magdalena and
across La Media to the community park. Would improve
estrian safe and walkabili .
Preliminary priority list of city's drainage deficiencies includes
26 projects @ $38.5 million, 'Priority One' drainage projects
could be completed with about 70% of that total. Eliminate
flooding on local roads that impedes transportation circulation
and traffic flow & creates si nificant safe roblems.
Install sidewalks, curbs, gutters, ADA-compliant pedestrian
ram s and cross utters.
Preserve and rehabilitate 450 miles of pavement. An
investment of $20 million/year for 10 years would eliminate
the backlog of streets needing complete reconstruction and
implement a comprehensive program of overlays and seals
that would prevent streets in the mid and high range from
deteriorating to the point of requiring expensive and
disru tive ma"or reconstruction.
Conduct preliminary engineering, environmental design and
construction to reduce erosion in two Chula Vista canyons.
Current issues include resident & safety concerns, closure of
recreational trails, and severe cracking of a concrete channel
in one of the canyons. Silt from the erosion has clogged
downstream storm system, increasing flood potential and
NPDES water uali concerns.
Supplement city funding of 3-component program: residential
traffic calming, major intersection safety, and pedestrian/
bicyclist safety. Focus on reducing collisions that result in
in'u death communi outreach resolvin traffic concerns.
$2 million
$1 million
for site study
$ 2 million
$27.9 million
$132 million
$200 million
$2 million
$850,000
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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
CONTAINED IN THE FEDERAL OMNIBUS
APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007-2008;
$500,000 FOR THE CITY'S SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECT AND $750,000 FOR THE
CITY'S ALTERNATIVE FUEL PILOT PROJECT
WHEREAS, on January 23, 2007, the City Council of the City ofChula Vista approved
the submission of a list of ten proj ects for which the City would seek state and federal funds
during the course ofthe 2007-2008; and
WHEREAS, the efforts of Congressman Bob Filner and Senator Barbara Boxer resulted
in funding for two of the ten projects - $500,000 for the City's "School Zone Traffic and
Pedestrian Safety" program, and $750,000 for an Alternative Fuel Pilot Project; and
WHEREAS, City Council action is required to accept these funds; and
WHEREAS, the funding for Alternative Fuel Pilot Project will be used to convert two of
the City's compressed natural gas [CNG] fuel buses to hydrogen and compressed natural gas fuel
use [HCNG]; and
WHEREAS, a successful pilot program could eventually lead the City to convert its
entire fleet of CNF buses to cleaner burning HCNG, with 50 percent fewer nitrous oxide
emissions at little or no additional cost; and
WHEREAS, HCNG is the next generation of low-emission fuels and an alternative that
has significant promise; and
WHEREAS, a portion of this funding ($15,000) will be used to heighten public
awareness about the City's CNG fuel station as there is already a public demand for CNG fuel;
and
WHEREAS, the "Missing Infrastructure/School Zone Traffic and Pedestrian Safety
Program" focuses on the one-quarter-mile buffer zones surrounding each of the City's forty
public elementary schools; and
WHEREAS, parents residing within these zones are more apt to allow their children to
walk to school if safe and adequate facilities are available for walking and biking; and
WHEREAS, the first phase of the project (inventory of the infrastructure) with existing
resources is close to completion; and
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WHEREAS, the second phase (community outreach walking audits in partnership with
the South Bay Partnership) is the subject of a recently submitted Caltrans Transportation
Planning Grant; and
WHEREAS, the first two phases were completed at two elementary schools (Rice and
Otay) and recommended infrastructure improvements are the subject of a $1.1 million Safe
Routes to School grant received in partnership with the City of Chula Vista, the Chula Vista
Elementary School District, and the South Bay Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the City received approval for a $9.5 million Department of U.S. Housing
and Urban Development loan to complete work in the vicinity of Castle Park Elementary; and
WHEREAS, this federal funding request will create an environmentally sustainable
infrastructure demonstration project in our third priority area, Harborside Elementary.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby accept and appropriate funds contained in the Federal Omnibus Appropriations Bill
for Fiscal Year 2007-2008; $500,000 for the City's School Zone Traffic and Pedestrian Safety
Project and $750,000 for the City's Alternative Fuel Pilot Project.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
David R. Garcia
City Manager
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009
FEDERAL FUNDING REQUESTS FOR SUBMISSION
WHEREAS, on January 23, 2007, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista approved
the submission of a list of ten projects for which the City would seek state and federal funds
during the course of the 2007-2008; and
WHEREAS, the second half of the 1 lOth Congressional session has begun, and City staff
has prepared an updated list of projects for submittal to our delegation; and
WHEREAS, the projects reflect the priorities listed in the Legislative Program adopted
by the City Council in December 2007; and
WHEREAS, with City Council approval, the City of Chula Vista submitted a list of
funding requests totaling $36,875,000 to the offices of the City's federal representatives; and
WHEREAS, projects ranged in cost from $10 million for a Sustainable Wastewater
Treatment Partnership to less than $500,000 to install a domestic water line and resurface the
access road to the Chula Vista Nature Center; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the Council priorities outlined in Chula Vista's recently
adopted Legislative Program, staff reviewed last year's project proposals and realigned them to
better reflect those issues of greatest importance to the Council; and
WHEREAS, the items shown on the "List of Federal Funding Requests - Department
Submittals 2008/2009" include all those measures submitted by staff for consideration (see
Attachment B to the corresponding agenda statement, which is hereby incorporated into this
Resolution).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby approve the 2008/2009 federal funding requests for submission.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
David R. Garcia
City Manager
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
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