HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Reso 2008-2000RDA RESOLUTION NO. 2008-2000
RESOLUTION OF THE CHULA VISTA REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ACCEPTING A $400,000 COMMUNITY-WIDE
BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT GRANT FROM US EPA FOR
SOUTHWEST CHULA VISTA; AND AMENDING THE
FISCAL YEAR 2009 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BUDGET
AND APPROPRIATING $175,000 OF EPA GRANT FUNDS
FOR BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
WHEREAS, one of the major programs that a redevelopment agency has the authority
and tools to undertake is the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of contaminated sites
known as "brownfields" properties; and
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) provides
grant funding to local communities to help them establish brownfields programs aimed at
addressing environmental health risks and barriers to economic development activities; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, Redevelopment Agency staff submitted a proposal to US EPA to
compete for EPA's Community-wide Brownfields Assessment Grant program which provides
federal funding to inventory, characterize, assess, and plan for the cleanup and reuse of multiple
brownfields sites in large study areas and major corridors; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, US EPA awarded a total of $74 million in grant funding to 1,255
nationally competitive recipients located in 43 states across the country and the Chula Vista
Redevelopment Agency was one of the recipients selected to receive two Community-wide
Brownfields Assessment grants totaling $400,000 in federal funding; and
WHEREAS, a match of Redevelopment Agency or City funds is not required for the
grant; and
WHEREAS, EPA grant funds are disbursed on a reimbursement-only basis and, as such,
expenses will initially be paid from the Redevelopment Agency Fund Balance and reimbursed
from the Brownfields Assessment Grants Fund on a monthly or quarterly basis; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds are and will be available in the Redevelopment Agency
Fund Balance to initially pay for expenses under the grant and subsequently be reimbursed from
the Brownfields Assessment Grants Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Chula Vista Redevelopment Agency
does hereby:
1. Accept $400,000 in US EPA grant funds for Community-wide Brownfields
Assessments in Southwest Chula Vista; and
2. That it amends the Fiscal Year 2009 Redevelopment Agency Budget and
appropriates $175,000 of EPA grant funds for brownfields assessment activities.
RDA Resolution No. 2008-2000
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Presented by
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Eric C. Crockett
Assistant Director of
Redevelopment & Housing
Approved as to form by
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Bart C. Miesfeld
Interim City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Chula Vista, California, this 25th day of November 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Agency Members: Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS: Agency Members: None
ABSENT: Agency Members: None
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ATTEST:
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Eric Crockett, Secretazy
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Eric Crockett, Secretary of the Chula Vista Redevelopment Agency, do hereby certify that the
foregoing RDA Resolution No. 2008-2000 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the
Redevelopment Agency at a special meeting held on the 25th day of November 2008.
Executed this 25th day of November 2008.
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Enc Crockett, Secretary