SUNBOW II, PHASE 3 AMENDMENTS
January 18, 2022
EIR20-0002, MPA20-0006, MPA20-0013, MPA20-0014,
PCS20-0002, MPA21-0014
1 PROJECT LOCATION & SURROUNDING USES
EXISTING APPROVAL
1990 Sunbow II SPA
604.8 acres
PA 23 46-acre
Industrial Park
MSCP Preserve Lands
SITE HISTORY
COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT
Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) January 7, 2020:
• Allow applicant to submit application for entitlements; and • Action was not an approval of the project itself.
$8M in “Job Enhancement Funds” to direct construction of:
• Class “A” office building(s) along the SR-125 corridor on City or non-profit owned land;
• Commercial/academic building(s) to advance the vision of the University Innovation District; or
• Some other notable project at the City’s discretion.
MSCP Boundary Adjustment (+.09 acres)
Change land use from industrial to residential
Entitle 718 units
PROPOSED SUNBOW II, PHASE 3
PROJECT COMPONENTS
Document Project/Resolution No.
Environmental Impact Report EIR20-0002
General Plan Amendment (GPA) & Sunbow II General
Development Plan (GDP) Amendment
MPA20-0013 &
MPA20-0014
Sunbow II, Phase 3 Sectional Planning Area (SPA) Plan
Amendment
MPA20-0006
Tentative Map CVT20-0002 PCS20-0002
Development Agreement MPA21-0014
PROJECT ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Response to Comments, Attachment 4 - Section 1.1
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, Attachment 4a Caltrans Letter & Applicant Response, Attachment 4b
Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Consideration, Attachment 5 • CEQA requires an EIR describe a range of
reasonable alternatives to a project that:
– Would avoid or substantially lessen
any of the significant effects of the
project
– Feasibly attain most of the basic
objectives of the project
• The EIR considers:
– No Project/Build Alternative
– Existing Land Use Designation
Alternative
– Reduced Development Alternative
• CEQA requires an EIR to identify the
environmentally superior alternative
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS
• Less than Significant Impact
• Aesthetics
• Agricultural and Forestry Resources
• Air Quality
• Energy
• Hydrology and Water Quality
• Land Use
• Mineral Resources
• Noise
• Population and Housing
• Transportation
• Utilities and Service Systems
• Less than Significant with Mitigation
• Biological Resources
• Cultural and Tribal Cultural Resources
• Geology and Soils (Paleontological
Resources)
• Hazards and Hazardous Materials
(Wildfire)
• Public Services
• Recreation
• Wildfire
• Significant and Unavoidable with
Mitigation
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ACTIVE LANDFILL PROXIMITY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPACT
Low Moderate Obligation/
Credits
New Obligation 36 36 72
Low Income Units 36 -36
Moderate Income to Low Incentive
Credit (x1.5)
31 -46.5
TOTAL REMAINING OBLIGATION 0 0 0
132 Existing senior apartments
67 moderate income
GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT
Attachment B
INDUSTRIAL LANDS ANALYSIS
Citywide
428 acres of developable
Demand through 2050 = 118 to 239 acres
Surplus 190 to 311 acres in 2050
Site Specific
PA23 represents 10%;
Could support economies of
scale;
Located near the freeway
but relatively distant from
industrial clusters;
Site preparation challenges;
Financial feasibility unlikely.
INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS
Job Enhancement Funds – City
shall receive $8 million to direct
construction for job enhancing
uses in eastern Chula Vista.
Affordable Housing Obligation –
Extension and increased
affordability at Villa Serena
Senior.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
Community Purpose Facilities
(CPF) Benefit Fund – Waiver of
full onsite compliance and
payment of $1.7 million.
Park Benefit Fee – Owner shall
pay such fee of $11.7 million
towards future park
acquisition/development.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
Purchase of City Land (7,200-square foot) to construct
and maintain the buttress.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
Buttress
FISCAL IMPACT
VOTED 6-0 TO DENY RECOMMENDATION:
• General Plan of Industrial Land
• Market changes since CBA
– Jobs Enhancement Fund contribution
• Mix of Uses as Proposed:
– General Plan Land Use Amendment Initiation Request:
• 46-acres of Residential Medium High (RMH) density
(11 –18 dwelling units per acre); and
• 8-acres of commercial office.
– Fiscal analysis identified a modest amount of
commercial use would offset the fiscal impacts of
market rate housing development.
– Proposed Amendments: 100% Residential
PLANNING COMMISSION 7/28/21
CONCLUSION
Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR20-0002/SCH 2020110148):
Findings of Fact; Statement of Overriding Considerations; Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program;
Amendments to the Chula Vista General Plan (MPA20-0012) and the Sunbow II General Development Plan (MPA20-0013);
Amendments to the Sunbow II Sectional Planning Area Plan (MPA20-0006); Ordinance to rezone the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project from limited industrial to residential use;
Tentative Subdivision Map CVT20-0002 (PCS20-0002); and
Ordinance approving a Development Agreement.