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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Reso 2011-2041RDA RESOLUTION NO. 2011-2041 RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING A COOPERATION AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHULA VTSTA; COMMITTING FUNDS AND 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 THOSE CERTAIN THIRD AVENUE STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN 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 Chula Vista Project Area (Otay Valley, Southwest, Town Centre II, and Added 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 necessazy 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 are 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 cars; 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), narrowed and/or reduced travel lanes, special paving at crosswalks and median refuge islands, paseos linking public parking to the main commercial corridor and pedestrian walkways are emphasized for this area. Bicycle transit and upgraded bikeway facilities throughout the area were recommended for both recreational and commuting users. In addition, a Transit Focus Area at Third Avenue and H Street provides multi-modal opportunities for both local and regional transit stations located at I-5/H Street and I-SB Street which link to the San Diego Trolley's Blue Line; and RDA Resolution No. 2011-2041 Page 2 WHEREAS, one of the key implementing projects identified in the UCSP is the preparation of a streetscape master plan for the Third Avenue corridor 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, City and RDA Staff have examined the requirements of Health and Safety Code section 33445 regarding payments for land and improvements and prepazed a report (including 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. 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, 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 particulaz the land and improvements necessary for the construction and installation of those public improvements which are 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 hearing 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 RDA Resolution No. 2011-2041 Page 3 WHEREAS, the City and RDA have determined that there aze 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 December 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 RDA has reviewed evidence, including testimony, if any, prepazed and/or submitted in connection with this matter, and has determined that the foregoing recitals, and each of them, aze 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 welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable state and local law requirements; and WHEREAS, the RDA 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 January 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. NOW, THEREFORE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: RDA Resolution No. 2011-2041 Page 4 Section 1. The Redevelopment Agency 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 are 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 aze publicly owned is consistent with the implementation plan adopted pursuant to Section 33490. Section 2. The Redevelopment Agency finds and determines that the Cooperation Agreement is consistent with the Implementation Plan for the Community Project Area. Section 3. The Redevelopment Agency 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 Redevelopment Agency 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-Year Implementation Plan. Section 4. The Redevelopment Agency 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 January 25, 2011. Section 5. The Redevelopment Agency hereby commit and consents to payment by the RDA of up to $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 Redevelopment Agency approves, and authorizes and directs the Executive Director or his designee to execute the final form of the Cooperation Agreement on behalf of the Redevelopment Agency substantially in the form submitted herewith with such changes as approved by the Executive Director and General Counsel that aze consistent with the purposes hereof. The Redevelopment Agency further authorizes and directs staff to take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the participation by the Redevelopment Agency pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, including without limitation issuance of warrants. Section 7. The Redevelopment Agency hereby appropriates funds for the implementation of the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan Public Improvements, including land acquisition, if any, as provided for in the Third Avenue Streetscape Master Plan and in Attachment "B," attached hereto. Section 8. The City Clerk, as secretary to the Redevelopment Agency, is authorized to attest the final form of the Cooperation Agreement on behalf of the Redevelopment Agency. Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution RDA Resolution No. 2011-2041 Page 5 Presented by y Halbert, P.E., AICP ssistant City Manager/Development Services Director Approved as to form by ~_ , len R. C3gogins c C nsel ~ 1 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 8th day of March 2011, by the following vote: AYES: Agency Members: Aguilar, Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez, and Cox NAYS: Agency Members: None ABSENT: Agency Members: None ATTEST: Eric Crockett, Secretary STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CITY OF CHULA VISTA o• Cheryl Cox, Ch irpers n I, Eric Crockett, Secretary of the Chula Vista Redevelopment Agency, do hereby certify that the foregoing RDA Resolution No. 2011-2041 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the Redevelopment Agency at a special meeting held on the 8th day of March 2011. Executed this 8th day of March 2011. Eric Crockett, Secretary