HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2010-022RESOLUTION N0.2010-022
(RDA Resolution No. 2010-2076)
RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
APPROVING AN OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR THE
CHULA VISTA NATURE CENTER BETWEEN THE
RDA/CITY AND THE CHULA VISTA NATURE CENTER
FOUNDATION, AND APPROPRIATING $149,000 IN
UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND DONATED FUNDS FOR
CONTINUED OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AT THE CHULA
VISTA NATURE CENTER
WHEREAS, on Apri128, 2009, in light of actual and projected budget shortfalls, with the
intent of preserving full-time operations at the Chula Vista Nature Center (CVNC), City Council
approved Resolution No. 2009-098 on April 28, 2009, which authorized staff to pursue apublic-
private partnership with Friends for operation and management of the CVNC; and
WHEREAS, the City and Friends executed a interim agreement to negotiate terms and
conditions of the public-private partnership; and
WHEREAS, the original target date for the transfer of operations to the Friends was
December 31, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Friends of the Chula Vista Nature Center has been reconstituted, and is
now formally the Chula Vista Nature Center Foundation; and
WHEREAS, an operating agreement for the Chula Vista Nature Center between the City
of Chula Vista, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista, and the newly-formed
Chula Vista Nature Center Foundation has been developed with a proposed effective date of
February 6, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the agreement is broad and comprehensive, and was developed with a great
deal of input from City staff and representatives of the Friends and the Foundation; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation will be responsible for all operational expenses at the facility
with the exception of utility costs, which will be borne by the City. The Foundation will retain
all revenue generated, and due to contractual issues, the City will continue to provide shuttle bus
services but the Foundation will be responsible for reimbursing the City for all associated costs;
and
WHEREAS, the Nature Center expenditure budget For the current fiscal year was
approved by Council at a level of $218,000, with no revenue anticipated, and City Council
amended the budget Resolution No. 2009-244, on October 20, 2009, appropriating $163,400
from unanticipated revenue from the continued operation of the Nature Center. Council again
amended the budget by Resolution No. 2009-292 on December 15, 2009, appropriating an
additional $198,500 from unanticipated revenue; and
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WHEREAS, the City has incurred additional expenses related to the Nature Center
operations since the December appropriation and will continue to incur expenses for the
remainder of the fiscal yeaz; and
WHEREAS, in order to avoid any impact on the general fund, additional money needs to
be appropriated to support the operations; and
WHEREAS, the source of this funding is additional revenue produced at the Nature
Center ($40,000) and funds donated to support operations ($109,000); and
WHEREAS, the City has committed to provide ongoing funding for Nature Center
utilities, in-kind maintenance services, and continued payment of the debt service for the facility;
and
WHEREAS, ongoing utility costs aze estimated to be $80,000/yeaz, the annual debt
payment is $164,000, and ongoing maintenance services and supplies will fluctuate according to
need.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council/Redevelopment Agency
of the City of Chula Vista does hereby approve an operating agreement for the Chula Vista
Nature Center between the RDA/City and the Chula Vista Nature Center Foundation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
appropriate $149,000 in unanticipated revenue and donated funds for continued operations at the
Chula Vista Nature Center as follows: Funds shall be appropriated as follows: $40,000 to
Personnel Services, $72,000 to Supplies & Services, and $37,000 to Other Expenses.
Presented by
Buck Martin
Director of Recreation and Nature Center
Approved as to form by
Bart'C. Miesfeld
City Attorney ~
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council and the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 2nd day of February 2010, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Council/Agency members: Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez, Thompson
and Cox
Council/Agency members: None
Council/Agency members: None
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Chery Cox, yor/ hairperson
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
City Council Resolution No. 2010-022/Redevelopment Agency Resolution No. 2010-2016 was
duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council and Redevelopment Agency at a regular
meeting held on the 2nd day of February 2010.
Executed this 2nd day of February 2010.
Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk