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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-063
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 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 fiscal year 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-enriched Compressed Natural
Gas (HCNG) fuel use; and
WHEREAS, a successful pilot program could eventually lead the City to convert its
entire fleet of CNG 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 that 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
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City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of February 2008 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
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ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, Mc;'Interim City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Donna R. Norris, Interim City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2008-063 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council
at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of February 2008.
Executed this 26th day of February 2008.
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