HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1976-8214Revised 6-22-76
RESOLUTION N0. 8214
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA STRONGLY ENDORSING THE CONCEPT OF A SECOND
ENTRANCE TO SAN DIEGO HARBOR AS A VITAL NEED FOR
THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF THE SOUTH BAY AREA AND
URGING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO STUDY THE ENVIRON-
MENTAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS OF SUCH AN INTEREST
AND DEVELOP AN AFFIRMATIVE PROGRAM FOR ITS ACCOMPLISH-
T4ENT
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles District of the Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army, will hold a public hearing on "Navigation
Improvements, San Diego Harbor Second Entrance" on June 23, 1976, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Public Works have
reviewed the matter of the second entrance to the Bay and have dis-
cussed the said matter with the staff of the Port District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista strongly endorses the concept of a second entrance
to San Diego Harbor and urges the Corps of Engineers to undertake a
study of the environmental, economic and cost-benefit ratio factors
for the following reasons:
1. While the proposed second entrance to the San Diego
Harbor and the related channel development and deepening are un-
doubtedly important from the standpoints of national defense and
fleet readiness, they are also of cardinal significance to the
people and municipalities of the South Bay area.
2. The proposed second entrance would reduce the naviga-
tional distance between the Pacific Ocean and Chula Vista's Bayfront
community from 13 miles to 2.15 miles, and would thereby substan-
tially improve the nautical posture of the South Bay. The second
entrance would make Chula Vista's waterfront readily accessible to
ocean-going recreational and sportsfishing craft. The use of Chula
Vista's marinas, subsequent to the development of the second entry,
would reduce the travel distance between San Diego Bay and the fishe-
ries off Isles Coronado by approximately five miles.
3. The shortening of the travel distance between Chula Vista
and the Pacific Ocean and the resultant improvement of the nautical
posture of the South Bay would provide a strong impetus to Chula Vista's
efforts to redevelop its Bayfront Community and broaden its economic
base.
4. The second entrance to the San Diego Harbor would tend to
increase nautical and maritime activity in the South Bay and create
additional employment opportunities for the residents thereof.
5. The main channel to San Diego Harbor is congested during
weekends and holidays. This congestion could be sharply reduced by
the development of the proposed second entrance and adequate docking
facilities in the South Bay area.
6. It is felt that the overriding beneficial factors for
the entire South Bay area as set forth herein warrant the development
of a program to effect such compensatory changes so as to protect the
ecosystem of the Bay while providing a feasible development of such
a second entrance.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council also stresses
the importance of providing appropriate vehicular access across the
proposed second entrance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Chula
Vista be, and she is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this
resolution of the Los Angeles District of the Corps of Engineers, Depart-
ment of the Army.
Presented by
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Approved as to form by
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 22nd day of June , 1976 by
the following vote, to-wig
AYES: Councilmen Egdahl, Hyde, Cox, Hamilton
NAYES:
ABSENT
ATTEST
Councilmen None
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA)
I, City Clerk of the City of
Chula Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full,
true and correct copy of Resolution No. and that the same has
not been amended or repealed. DATED
City C erk
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