RESOLUTION NO. 2023-_____
RESOLUTION OF T HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING A COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS TO DEVELOP THE
PROJECT REPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
FOR C IP STM0409 (S R-125 AND MAIN STREET/ OTAY
VALLEY RO AD INTERCH ANGES) AND APPROPRIATI NG
FUNDS FROM THE AVAILABLE BALANCE OF THE
TRANSPORTATION DIFS FUND TO CIP STM0409
WHEREAS, over the last two years, the City has been working with a developer, HomeFed Corporation, their consultant team, and Caltrans on the preliminary engineering for the work necessary to obtain geome tric consensus with Calt rans on future interchanges along SR - 125 at Main Steet-Hunte Parkway and at Otay Valley Road; and
WHEREAS, due to continued development growth in southeastern Chula Vista, available roadway capacity is slowly being lost at O lympic Parkway near Interstate -805 as development continues along the southerly portion of Otay Ranch for Villages 4, 8 West, 8 East, 9, 10 & and the University Innovation District necessitating additional roadway capacity; and
WHEREAS, regional transportation f acilities require a long er lead time than local transportation facilities and coordination, not only with the adjacent landowners but with regional agencies such as Caltrans and SANDAG; and
WHEREAS, Preliminary Engineering & Planning level work has commenced on two Eastern Transportation Development Impact Fee (ETDIF) facilities across the SR -125 corridor between the Otay Ranch areas of Village 8 East and Village 9; and
WHEREAS, the two loc al streets that will cross the SR -125 toll road corridor at Main Street-Hunte Parkway and at Otay Valley Road are needed to provide convenient access locally and regionally; and
WHEREAS, the roadways and i nterchange improvements are shown in the 2005 Chu la Vista General Pl an and are included in the Eastern Transportation Development Impact F ee Program; and
WHEREAS, in September 2022 Caltrans approved the Project I nitiation Document for the planned SR-125 interchange improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City o f Chula Vista will act as the Local Agency California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Lead for the Project Report/En vironmental Document, Caltrans is the Responsible Agency for CEQA and the Lead Ag ency for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) , and the developer will administer the consultant contract in cooperation with the City; and
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WHEREAS, t he funding obligation section of the previously approved cooperative agreement omitted remittance to Caltrans for development of the NEPA document; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans provided an estimated cost of $300,000 to prepare the NEPA documents for the project; and
WHEREAS, t he cooperative agreements funding section was revised to include this estimated cost which will be appropriated from the Eastern Transporta tion Development Impact Fee account and is eligible for Fee Credit to the developer; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends approval of this revised final cooperative agreement ; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans, the developer and the City wish to memorialize their participation in a Cooperative Agreement (COOP) to carry out the purposes set forth above; and
WHEREAS, the developer will receive credits from the ETDIF Program for all eligible expenses incurred, in accordance with procedural requirements of the ETDIF Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it approves a Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to Develop the Project Report and Environmental Documen ts for Capital Improvement P roject STM0409 (SR -125 and M ain Street/Otay Valley Road Interchanges) , in the form presented, with such minor modifications as may be required or approved by the City At torney, a copy o f which shall be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute same; and
BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it appropriates $300,000 from the available bala nce of the Transportation DIFs Fund to CIP STM0409.
Presented by Approved as to form by
___________________________ ___________________________ William S. Valle Jill D.S. Maland
Director of Engineering & Capital Projects Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak Acting City Attorney