June 16, 2026 · Supp
ort Item 7.2 and Resolutions A and B to approve funding for the Park Hill UMC development!
Honor
able members of the Chula Vista City Council,
We urge the Chula Vista City Council to fund the Park Hill project. The project is a great opportunity to help bring affordable housing to central Chula Vista, an area greatly lacking in affordable housing. However, that opportunity will slip away if action is not taken soon.
The Park Hill Methodist Church has offered their own land to put Scripture into action to house those who need it most. Using California’s Senate Bill 4, known as the Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher Education Lands Act, Park Hill Methodist Church has partnered with Wakeland Housing to build 68 units of affordable housing. Many of these units are for families with 2 and 3 bedroom units, offering a wide variety of unit types.
Affordable housing is currently difficult to build in eastern Chula Vista; both central Chula Vista and the city’s eastern master-planned communities have little to no zoning for in fill developments such
as this project, affordable or not. This makes the Park Hill development one of the only opportunities to allow affordable housing into these neighborhoods. Park Hill fits into the
neighborhood scale of the area with a low profile and a height on par with the site's current tallest structure.
Additionally, the Park Hill development is located in a moderate-resource area, allowing residents access to amenities such as the nearby Greg Rogers Elementary School and Greg Rogers Park, as well as public transit access via the nearby Route 704 stop on East Naples Street and Oleander Avenue, roughly a 3 minute walk from the project site.
If municipal funding is not secured for the Park Hill development, there are little to no alternative funding options available for the project which would most certainly result in its cancellation. This would be a signi
ficant setback to the city’s commitment to expanding affordable housing. For these reasons, we believe that the City of Chula Vista should prioritize funding this project.
Benjamin Comiskey
South Bay Regional Writer
BuildSD
Item 7.2 - Written Communications
Comiskey - Received 6/15/2026