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CHIUU\ VISTA
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CHERYL COX
MAYOR
Jlme 8,2009
Mr. William Hall
676 Via Encantada
Chula Vista, CA 91913
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Dear Bill,
Thank you for your willingness to serve as Chllla Vista's representative on the San Diego
Unified POtt District Board of Port Commissioners. Thank you, also, for engaging with the City
Council at our meeting of June 1,2009. Developing the Chula Vista Bayfront is critical to the
economic and social vitality ofollr.community. As a first-hand palticipant in years of
collaboration among residents, businesspeople, enviromnental advocates, staff, appointees and
elected officials, you are in a unique position. Chula Vista's waterfront can benefit residents and
visitors, be world class, environmentally sensitive, and revenue-generating.
The Chula Vista City Council's unanimous approval of the attached resolution speaks to the City
Council's desire that you work to move the process forward on the land swap with Pacifica and
on completing and celtifying the Chula Vista Bayfront ErR as it has been most recently
circulated. I understand t11at you will seek a budgetary allocation from your Port colleagues at
Tuesday's Commission meeting financially to SUPPOlt this process.
Your previous experience as a Commissioner will be beneficial to Chula Vista and to the region
as our organizations work together to create an exceptional bayfront along the southern pOltion
of San Diego Bay.
In appreciation,
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Mayor
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RESOLUTION 2009-070
(Redevelopment Agency Resolution No_ 2009-2003)
JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA URGING THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRlCT
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO RESUME
NEGOTlA nONS AND ULTIMA TEL Y CONCLUDE THE
EXCHANGE OF PORT DISTRICT ADMINISTERED LAND IN
THE HARBOR DISTRICT OF THE CHULA VISTA
BA YFRONT FOR PACIFICA COMPAt"ITES-O\VNED LAND IN
THE SWEETWATER DISTRICT OF THE CHULA VISTA
BA YFRONT, AND URGING THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIO!'-iERS TO DIRECT PORT STAFF TO MAKE
NECESSARY REVISIONS TO COMPLETE THE CHULA
VISTA BAYFROl\i-r MASTER PLAt~ ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT (EIR) AND TO THEN TAKE REQUIRED
BOARD ACTIONS TO CERTIFY THE FINAL EIR
WHEREAS, the Board of Port Commissioners (Board), Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Chula Vista and Chula Vista City Council (Agency/Council) have been working
collaboratively for over four years to develop the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Port and City conducted extensive public outreach to determine the
public's preferences for development of the Chula Vista Bayfront; and
WHEREAS, there is strong public support for locating residential development in the
Harbor District of the Bayfront and not in the Sweetwater District because the Sweetwater
District parcels border the existing wildlife refuge areas; and
WHEREAS, Pacifica Companies o",ns several of the subject parcels bordering the
",ildlife refuge areas; and
WHEREAS, a land exchange between the Port and Pacifica Companies would be
required to allow residential development in the Harbor District and preclude residential
development in the Sweetwater District thereby removing potential development adjacent to the
wildlife refuge areas; and
WHEREAS, the Port has ceased negotiations with Pacifica Companies regarding the land
exchange; and
WHEREAS, the Port and City have been working collaboratively to complete an
Environmental -Impact Report (EIR) for developing the Chula Vista Bayfront as a part of the
Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Port and City have made significant financial investments in the EIR;
and
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City Council Resolution No. 2009-070
(RDA Resolution No. 2009-2003)
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WHEREAS, the Port is the lead agency for the EIR, and
WHEREAS, the Board has not indicated its intention or schedule for concluding the EIR
process and for certifying the EIR; and
WHEREAS, the land exchange and the certification of the EIR are critical steps m
creating a vibrant, world-class Bayfront in Chula Vista.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council and Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Chula Vista hereby urges the San Diego Unified Port District Board of
Commissioners to direct Port staff to make necessary revisions to complete the Chula Vista
Bayfront Master Plan Environmental Impact Report and take the required Board of
Commissioners action to certify the Bayfront Master Plan Final Environmental Impact Report.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council and Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Chula Vista hereby urges the San Diego Unified Port District Board of Commissioners to
resume and ultimately conclude the exchange of Port District administered land in the Harbor
District of the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan for Pacifica Companies-owned land in the
Sweetwater District of the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
Chay~#Or
Mayor
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City Council Resolution No. 2009-070
(RDA Resolution No. 2009-2003)
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council and the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 24th day of March 2009, by the following
vote:
AYES:
Council/Agency members: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez,
and Cox
NAYS:
Council/Agency members: None
ABSENT:
Council/Agency members: None
AITEST:
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFOR."N"1A
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
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I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
City Council Resolution No. 2009-070lRedevelopment Agency Resolution No. 2009-2003 was
duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council and Redevelopment Agency at a regular
meeting held on the 24th day of March 2009.
Executed this 24th day of March 2009.
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Donna R. Norris: CMC, City Clerk
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