HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2011-045RESOLUTION NO. 2011-045
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING A COOPERATION AND
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT WITH THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA; CONSENTING TO PAYMENT BY THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF ALL OR A PART OF THE
COST OF THE LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO
THE INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
THIRD AVENUE STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista ("RDA") is a
community redevelopment agency organized and existing pursuant to the California Community
Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code Section 33000, et seq.; "CRL") and has been
authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to
action of the City Council ("City Council") of the City of Chula Vista ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the Redevelopment Plan ("Redevelopment Plan")
for the Merged Bayfront/Town Centre I Project Area ("Project Area") by ordinances adopted by
the City Council, as amended from time to time, including by ordinances providing for the
merger of the component project areas; and
WHEREAS, the RDA is engaged in activities necessary and appropriate to carry out the
Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, it is a policy of the RDA to improve and provide public improvements
which are of benefit to the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the 2005 General Plan and the 2007 Urban Core Specific Plan (UCSP), both
of which aze incorporated by reference herein, identified Chula Vista's older downtown core, the
Third Avenue Village Area, as an urban center with great emphasis placed on linking higher
density housing and mixed uses around a new hierarchy of transportation modes; pedestrians,
transit, bicyclists and cazs; and
WHEREAS, as a key activity center, the Third Avenue Village area plays a critical role
in activating Chula Vista's Urban Core. Plans for pedestrian improvements and traffic calming
elements were introduced along Third Avenue in the Village District to slow traffic and create a
more pedestrian-friendly environment. Improvements such as bulbouts (sidewalk extensions),
nazrowed and/or reduced travel lanes, special paving at crosswalks and median refuge islands,
paseos linking public parking to the main commercial comdor and pedestrian walkways are
emphasized for this area. Bicycle transit and upgraded bikeway facilities throughout the azea
were recommended for both recreational and commuting users. In addition, a Transit Focus
Area at Third Ave and H Street provides multi-modal opportunities for both local and regional
transit stations located at I-5/H Strcet and I-5/E Street which link to the San Diego Trolley's Blue
Line; and
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WHEREAS, one of the key implementing projects identified in the UCSP is the
preparation of a Streetscape master plan for the Third Avenue comdor between E and H Streets
and in May of 2008, Staff initiated work on the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan, by first
conducting a needs assessment in close collaboration with the community and the Third Avenue
Village Association (TAVA) to ultimately design a master plan that meets the community's
needs and the Smart Growth precepts identified in the UCSP; and
WHEREAS, the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan provided detailed planning and
identified capital improvements to the existing infrastructure system to enhance walkability,
improve transit options, modify traffic circulation patterns to be more pedestrian friendly, and
create a more vibrant urban center from E Street to H Street; and
WHEREAS, key components of the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan include:
pedestrian street crossings with bulb-outs and landscaped medians, new covered transit shelters
with seating, expanded and more open sidewalks in areas for "people gathering" and outdoor
dining, new landscaping and additional street trees, seating benches, bike racks, newspaper
racks, trash receptacles, lighting, pedestrian lighting, tree-up lighting, and community gateway
features and directional signs; and
WHEREAS, the RDA approved the Five-Year Implementation Plan for 2010-2014
("Five-Yeaz Implementation Plan") on December 15, 2009, which included the completion of the
Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Improvements as a priority project in its work program;
and
WHEREAS, City and RDA Staff has examined the requirements of Health and Safety
Code section 33445 regarding payments for land and improvements and prepared a report
(Attachment "B" to the City's Staff report) and which is hereby incorporated herein by
reference) in compliance with Section 33445 supporting the required findings made herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista and the governing board of the
RDA has determined that the public health and safety will be promoted by providing for
payment of part of the costs of construction and installation necessary for construction of certain
public improvements, in particular the land and improvements necessary for the construction and
installation of those public improvements which aze to be publicly owned and which are
contemplated by the Third Avenue Streetscape Mater Plan all as more fully described in
Exhibit "B," attached hereto and fully incorporated by this reference, excepting those public
improvements which are not in the Project Area or for which a public heazing is required under
Section 33679 of the CRL prior to an RDA commitment ("Third Avenue Streetscape Master
Plan Public Improvements"); and
WHEREAS, the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements to be
assisted by the RDA pursuant to the Cooperation and Public Improvements Agreement
("Cooperation Agreement") are located within to the boundaries of the Project Area, and will be
of benefit to the Project Area and the residents of the community, and will help to eliminate
blight within the Project Area, in particular the deficient and lack of infrastructure described in
the Redevelopment Plan and the current Implementation Plan for the Project Area; and
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WHEREAS, the City and RDA have determined that there are no other reasonable means
of financing the costs to acquire the land and for the installation and construction of the Third
Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements available to the community other than
with RDA funds as explained in the materials and information submitted herewith; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Improvements are consistent with the 2010-2014
Implementation Plan, adopted 15, 2009, pursuant to Section 33490 of the Health and Safety
Code; and
WHEREAS, the City and RDA desire to enter into that certain Cooperation Agreement
under which the RDA would commit, encumber, and pay up to four million Dollars ($4,000,000)
for part of the costs of the construction and installation of the Third Avenue Streetscape Master
Plan Public Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the RDA desires to pay for part of the costs of construction and installation
of the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements in the amounts set forth
herein, in Exhibit "B," and provided in the Cooperation Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City has reviewed evidence, including testimony, if any, prepared and/or
submitted in connection with this matter, and has determined that the foregoing recitals, and each
of them, are true and correct, and further has determined that the provision of the Third Avenue
Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements is in the best interests of the City and the RDA
and the health, safety, and welfaze of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and
provisions of applicable state and local law requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City has reviewed the proposed Cooperation Agreement between the
City and the RDA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") on April
26, 2007, the City, acting as Lead Agency, certified Final Environmental Impact Report-06-O1
("FEIR-06-O1") for the Urban Core Specific Plan ("UCSP"). On Januazy 25, 2011, the City,
acting as Lead Agency, having found and determined that certain amendments to the UCSP,
including the subject Streetscape Master Plan, would not result in significant unmitigated
impacts and that only minor technical changes or additions to FEIR-06-O1 were necessary and
that none of the conditions described in Section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines calling for
the preparation of subsequent document had occurred adopted an Addendum to FEIR-06-O1;
therefore, approval of the subject Cooperation Agreement requires no further CEQA actions or
determinations; and
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred
and the agenda report accompanying this resolution is incorporated by this reference.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds and determines that (i) the provision of the Third
Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements constitutes the installation or construction
of the buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements that aze publicly owned of benefit
to the Project Area by helping to eliminate blight within the Project Area; (ii) no other reasonable
means of financing the acquisition for installation of other improvements that aze publicly
owned, are available to the community; (iii) the payment by RDA of funds for the Third Avenue
Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements constitutes the payment of funds for the other
improvements that are publicly owned is consistent with the implementation plan adopted
pursuant to Section 33490.
Section 2. The City Council finds and determines that the Cooperation Agreement is
consistent with the Implementation Plan for the Community Project Area.
Section 3. The City Council finds and determines that payment for the construction
and installation of road improvements such as the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public
Improvements are provided for in the Redevelopment Plan. Further, The City Council finds and
determines that payment for the construction and installation of the Third Avenue Streetscape
Master Plan Public Improvements as set forth in the Cooperation Agreement will further the
RDA's goals and objectives as set forth in the Redevelopment Plan and the Five-Yeaz
Implementation Plan.
Section 4. The City Council hereby finds that all necessary CEQA findings and
determinations previously were completed by FEIR-06-O1 certified on April 26, 2007, and the
Addendum to FEIR-06-O1 adopted on Januazy 25, 2011.
Section 5. The City Council hereby consents to payment by the RDA of up to Four
Million dollars ($4,000,000) for part of the costs of the land necessary for the construction and
installation of the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Improvements pursuant to the
Cooperation Agreement.
Section 6. The City Council approves, and authorizes and directs the Mayor and/or
the City Manager to execute the final form of the Cooperation Agreement on behalf of the City
substantially in the form submitted herewith with such changes as approved by the City Manager
and City Attorney that are consistent with the purposes hereof. The City Council further
authorizes and directs staff to take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the
participation by the City pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, including without limitation
issuance of warrants.
Section 7. The City Council hereby appropriates the funds provided by the RDA for the
implementation of the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements, including land
acquisition, if any, provided for in the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan and in Attachment "B,"
attached hereto.
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Section 8. The City Clerk is authorized to attest the final form of the Cooperation
Agreement on behalf of the City.
Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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G Halbert, P.E., AICP len R. G ogins
sistant City Manager/De elopment Services Ci orney ~~
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City .Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 8th day of March 2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Cheryl Cox, M or
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, MC, ity 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
Resolution No. 2011-045 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
special meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 8th day of March 2011.
Executed this 8th day of March 2011.
Donna R. Norris, CMC!City Clerk
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EXHIBIT B
DESCRIPTION OF THIRD AVENUE STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS
Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements Proiect Description
Third Avenue, between .H. Street and .E. Street is designated as a Smart Growth azea in the
City's Urban Core Specific Plan. Smart Growth is characterized by providing people with a
vaziety of transportation choices, pedestrian-friendly access, and strong links between land uses
and regional transportation. Smart Growth fosters distinctive and attractive communities with
strong and unique identities that draw people to them. This project will promote Smart Growth
and bring people back to Chula Vista's first business district.
The Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan provides detailed planning and identifies capital
improvements to the existing infrastructure system to enhance walkability, improve transit
options, modify traffic circulation patterns to be more pedestrian friendly, and create a more
vibrant urban center from E Street to H Street.
This project will include the following public improvements:
• Pedestrian street crossings with bulb-outs and landscaped medians
• New covered transit shelters with seating
• Expanded and more open sidewalks in areas for people gathering and outdoor dining
• New landscaping & additional street trees
• Seating benches, bike racks, newspaper racks & trash receptacles
• Lighting, pedestrian lighting & tree up-lighting
• Community gateway features & directional signs
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Overall Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements Project Costs
Description Amount
Estimated Total Design Phase Costs $1,000,000
Estimated Construction Costs $8,000,000
Estimated Right-of--Way Acquisitions $10,000
Total Estimated Project Costs $9,010,000
RDA Funding Commitment -March 8, 2011
FY 2010-2011 Available Balance $2,500,000
RDA Committed Funding per
33445 Resolutions and Cooperation Agreement $4,000,000
Total RDA Funding Commitment $6,500,000
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