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Home My WebLink AboutCVRC Min 2009/07/23MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CHULA VISTA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CVRC) Date: July 23, 2009 4:00 P.M. The Special Annual Meeting of the Chula Vista Redevelopment Corporation was called to order at 4:03 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located in City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California CVRC ROLL CALL PRESENT: Directors: Paul, Flores, Munoz, Reyes, Salas, and Chair Lewis ABSENT: Director Desrochers ALSO PRESENT: Deputy City Manager/Development Services Director Halbert, City Attorney Miesfield, Redevelopment Manager Crockett, Principal Planner Power, Transportation Engineer Kaplan, Sr. Project Coordinator Do, and Senior Administrative Secretazy Laughlin PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MOMENT OF SILENCE CONSENT CALENDAR 1. ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR Director Salas nominated Chair Lewis to remain as chair for the coming yeaz. The motion to confirm was made by Director Salas and seconded by Director Flores. Chair Lewis asked for nominations for Vice-Chair and nominated the incumbent, Director Paul. Director Salas stated that his nomination and motion was also include Director Paul as Vice-Chair. Motion to approve Chair and Vice-Chair carried unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were none. PUBLIC HEARINGS 2. PCM-09-14 CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE GATEWAY CHULA VISTA SPECIFIC PLAN (PCM-00-11) Gateway Chula Vista 2, LLC ("Gateway," the "applicant," or the "developer") is requesting an amendment to their Specific Plan in order to change the type and distribution of allowable uses within the project area covered by the Gateway Chula Vista Specific Plan. Page 1 of 4 CVRC -Minutes -July 23, 2009 Principal Planner Power gave a PowerPoint presentation on Gateway Chula Vista 2 to include photos and conceptual plans. Planner Power provided the current Table 2 showing the existing permitted land use categories. He stated the principal purpose of the amendment was to add a new land use category i.e. educational and training schools. He then showed the Proposed Table 2 to include the educational and training school land use and specified that other provisions were being modified in the a) Accessory Uses and b) Temporary Uses to provide flexibility subject to the approval of the Director of Redevelopment. Planner Power then provided the Board with a parking site plan which showed the existing shazed parking plan and then an updated shared pazking plan. The updated shared parking plan was created after an analysis conducted by Urban Systems and is based on updated assumptions based in terms of land uses and total square footage. The parking analysis was explained and slides included charts on trip generation, elevation models and staff recommendation. The following people were present to speak: Steve Eastes (Tava), Patricia Aguilaz (Crossroads lI), Earl Jentz (resident), Reiner Leal (Chula Vistans for Community Action), Tiffany Vinson (Chula Vistans for Community Action), Lisa Cohen (Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce), Kevin O'Neill (resident), Deacon Greg Smyth (Third Avenue Village Association & St. Rose de Lima). Others present but not wishing to speak: Juan Pablo Mariscal, Leo Conde, Jose Cortes, Cecilia Mesia, Ricardo Muro, and Richazd D'Ascoli. There was an additional party wishing to speak that should have been covered under Public Comment, however the Chair allowed him to speak during this time. A packet of information was handed out to Board members. Antonio Munoz spoke/translated for Jose Munos on complaints of residents at the Edwards Arms Apartments and the disagreements with owner Jim Pieri of Mountainwest Properties. Director of Development Services Halbert called the Board's attention to the fact that the addresses that the speaker was referring to are off-site to the project before the Board and that the project does not affect those properties. Another speaker on item #2, Frank Zimmerly (resident) spoke on the traffic at intersections and the velocity requirements. His concern was that there was no room for aright-hand turn lane at Third Avenue and H Street. Chair Lewis deviated from the normal agenda sequence to have staff reply to questions from the Board and the public. Director Reyes asked questions regarding a) net rental factor/reduction of square footage, 2) if the plan used the .82 increase or .21, 3) what happens to allotted parking if educational youth numbers increase or decrease and 4) are spaces to be mazked or unmazked? There was also a question from Director Flores and Director Salas. Chair Lewis deferred to staff for answers. Traffic Engineer Kaplan referred to a book called Pazking Generation which was put out by the Traffic Institute of Engineers and sited examples of how statistics were gathered and how the parking ratio/allotment was developed. Director Halbert, who was a former Traffic Engineer, also expounded on the use of the land for a technical college and the parking allocations. Staff went on to answer the remaining questions Page 2 of 4 CVRC -Minutes -July 23, 2009 presented by the Board. It was stated that marking spaces for time limit would be appropriate, but that if they were marked per business, it would not be shared parking by definition. Director Paul had questions regarding whether the DDA spoke to spaces being converted from non-paying to paid parking in the future and whether, with the upcoming environmental restrictions, that the trip generation could change. Principal Planner Power answered the questions and Director Munoz had a question regarding the handicapped parking allotments. ACTION: Director Salas moved to adopt CVRC Resolution No. 2009-006 heading read, text waived: CVRC RESOLUTION NO: 2009-006 RESOLUTION OF THE CHULA VISTA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL (l) CONSIDER THE ADDENDUM TO MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS-99-24 and (2) APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE GATEWAY CHULA VISTA SPECIFIC PLAN (PCM-00-11) FOR 4.46 ACRES AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF "H" STREET AND THIRD AVENUE Director Munoz seconded the motion and it carried 5-0-1-1, with Director Desrochers absent and Director Flores abstaining. City Attorney Miesfeld clarified that the abstaining vote was not due to a conflict of interest. ACTION ITEMS 3. EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE GATEWAY DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DDA) Sr. Project Coordinator Do gave a brief presentation and stated that the proposed actions are to 1) allow educational and training uses, 2) remove the first class restaurant requirement and 3) to define the financial GAP formula for Phase IIT. . Chair Lewis addressed Mr. Jenz and asked if he wished to speak because he had had a speaker slip on Items 2 and 3. Mr. Jenz advised Chair Lewis that his comments for Item 2 could be incorporated into Item 3. Director Salas presented a question regarding the matrix of percentages and asked how the GAP analysis would be formed. Questions were answered by Development Director Crockett. ACTION: Director Paul moved to adopt CVRC Resolution NO. 2009-2007 heading read, text waived: CVRC RESOLUTION NO: 2009-2007, RESOLUTION OF THE CHULA VISTA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RECOMMENDING THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPT Page 3 of4 CVRC-Minutes-July 23, 2009 THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE GATEWAY CHULA VISTA DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DDA). Director Munoz seconded the motion and it carried 6-0-0-1, with Director Desrochers absent. 4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORTS A. JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE CVRC /REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY On August 6th there will be a joint workshop with the City Council. There will be two components. The first will be an educational outreach regarding the mechanics of the redevelopment process and the second a discussion of financing. There will also be a discussion of the five-year implementation plan. B. STATE BUDGET /RDA TAKE-A-WAYS As it stands, the proposed State budget would be a $4.4 million take-away over a two-year period. Director Salas had a question regarding the ] 0% that the State of California is wanting to take from cities. Director Halbert addressed the question on the $4.4 million take-away. C. BAY FRONT UPDATE The Port District, Pacifica and city staff have been working on details of the terms and agreements on a land swap with Pacific. 5. CHAIRMAN'S REPORTS Chair Lewis thanked staff on their hard work and consistency on the Bayfront project. 6. DIRECTORS' COMMENTS Director Salas wanted to applaud the public for their individual analysis in making sure that staff is understanding the numbers and he thanked them for attending the meetings. Chair Lewis agreed that we had a wonderful group of people - on both sides -who continually attend the meetings. ADJOURNMENT At 5:13 p.m., Chair Lewis adjourned the meeting to the CVRC /RDA workshop of August 6, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. ~ ~~~a~oaooo~,aOt'o it ~J~PVISTq ~ cv~~ z o ~ 0611512~fl5 ~ O~~ °ao boa ~Q~~~ Page 4 of 4 ~GpMENT ~ Eric Crockett, Secretary CVRC -Minutes -July 23, 2009