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minutesSouth Bay Irrigation District The Board of Directors of South Bay Irrigation District held a regular meeting on Monday, June 21, 2004, at the Sweetwater Authority Administrative Office, 505 Garrett Avenue, Chula Vista, California. President Welsh called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Doud, Pocklington, Reynolds, and Welsh. Directors Absent: Alkire. Others Present: General Manager Dennis Bostad, Operations Manager Mark Rogers, Legal Counsel Paula de Sousa, and Board Secretary Marisa Farpón-Friedman. Sweetwater Authority staff Mary Ann Mann and Paula Roberts. Also present was Sweetwater Authority Director Mitch Beauchamp. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (Government Code Section (54954.3) PRESIDENT'S PRESENTATION ACTION AGENDA PRESENTATION BY LEISA LUKES, BAYFRONT PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA General Manager Bostad introduced Leisa Lukes, who works for the City of Chula Vista's Community Development Department. She serves as the City's Bayfront Redevelopment Project Manager and is the City's liaison with the Port of San Diego and a member of the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Planning Project team. She has also helped to implement roadway beautification projects for H Street and Palomar Street between I-5 and Broadway to enhance these major entry corridors into the City. About one year ago, Lisa and the Department Director Laurie Madigan came before the Board and provided an overview of the many projects on the horizon of the City of Chula Vista. Today, she would provide a brief history and status of Chula Vista's Bayfront planning effort. Ms. Lukes said that the waterfront planning effort is one of the largest in the state and possibly in the country, and she welcomed the opportunity to provide this overview to the Board. When the City and the Port jointly embarked on this planning process, they set out to develop a master plan that would result in a world-class waterfront. They established a planning process on three strengths, planning and design, market/financial, and public outreach. They selected the firms of Kerry-Johnson, locally, and Cooper-Robertson, New York, for the design. The public outreach included 15 Citizen Advisory Committee meetings, 19 stakeholders interviews, seven public workshops, seven SBBP working group meetings, three newsletters, and over 45 webpage surveys. She talked about the mid-bay front and the port properties. The port originally started with about 400 acres of its land, which includes the land from the South Bay boat yard to the South Bay parkland and the marina area. Ms. Lukes displayed a map of the bay front area, which covers 548 acre- feet, and is 14,200 feet long or 2.7 miles. The Consultants team came up with six goals. One was to create one Chula Vista Bay Front with three different types of land; the area that we have always called mid bay front and they renamed it as a Sweetwater District, the harbor district in the center, and the Otay District in the south; create a bay front park system that marries ecological habitats and the recreational needs of the community; extend Chula Vista all the way to the Bayfront; take advantage of our deepwater harbor to create an active boating waterfront; reinforce a sense of place at the Bayfront; and celebrate the serenity and Hispanic culture of Chula Vista's Bayfront setting. Through the process of public input, the Citizens Advisory Committee took the comments received from the public and prioritized them. The ones that floated to the top for open space were: · A City-Wide Park. Ms. Lukes described the two plans that were selected from those presented by the consultant teams. The highest selected was option C, which has over 200 acres of open space. This plan would allow the City to potentially trade with private land in the mid bay front area. This option would have the office and retail district along the waterfront, with the civic and cultural uses along the Landmark Park, and an events center as a buffer to the Goodrich Campus and the residential development. There would be three types of hotels. This plan appeals to those who never wanted to see residential development in the bay front area. The most important thing is that there is a significant amount of open space planned for the area, double the amount that it has today. She displayed slides of the three districts, Sweetwater, Harbor, and Otay, and described in detail what is there today and what could be in the future. Regarding the Harbor District, she talked about public spaces and the option of bringing restaurants out on the waterfront. She showed potential types of residential that could occur in the harbor area and noted that more people are accepting the idea of having higher intensity residential buildings in the harbor district with maybe restaurants at the top. She mentioned the possibility of having a pier at the end of H Street that would go out into the water and bringing the Star of India and other boats from San Diego for visitor attraction. She described the potential of H Street leading out to the water and the possibility of connecting east to west by having a cover over the I-5 with more connectivity to downtown. As for the Otay district, she said that the City does not take very good advantage of this asset. There is an active recreational park in this area, about 30 acres belonging to the port but being leased for recreational activities for the residents of Chula Vista. She also talked about boating facilities for those who want to get a little closer to the water and do sailing or kayaking. She referred to the infamous power plant and the possibility of being rebuilt and placed in a much smaller scale on the bay front. Currently, there are walkways adjacent, but not very close, to the water. A possibility is to create a sea wall that lets you get right up against it. They have done that in Miami and all over South Florida. She talked about building a facility to hold conventions and expos, such as the San Diego Convention Center, which is probably one of the top three in the world for conventions and is at high demand. Regarding the phasing of the master plan, it has been suggested starting with the harbor district, which is the area that has the most impact already. The consultant has suggested starting with the Otay area second, but she thinks that the better area to start would be the Sweetwater District. Ms. Lukes said that the State Land's Commissioner would be the final authority in any type of land trade. They will determine what state lands they would potentially obtain and the value of those lands. She anticipates that the final decision on the state lands will be made after the environmental impact report is finalized. That will occur after the design guidelines and densities are developed and it may take more than a year. After State Land makes its determination, both plans will be equally reviewed in the environmental process and calculated for densities and brought before the Coastal Commission. A session of questions and answers followed. ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN OR REORDERED TO THE AGENDA There were none. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Director Doud made a motion, seconded by Director Reynolds, that the Board approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 17, 2004. The motion carried. APPROVAL OF DEMANDS AND WARRANTS Director Doud made a motion, seconded by Director Reynolds, that warrant numbers 10123 through 10131 be approved. The motion carried. DIRECTORS' ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Director Doud made a motion, seconded Director Reynolds, that the Governing Board approve per diem for Director Pocklington's attendance at the Hilltop High School Senior Awards ceremony on June 10, 2004 for presentation of the scholarship award to Kristen Booth. NEW BUSINESS A. Director Pocklington made a motion, seconded by Director Doud, that the Governing Board approve staff's recommendation to award a contract to Ortega & Konrad LLP to perform auditing services for fiscal year 2003-04 in the amount of $2,700 and for fiscal year 2004-05 in the amount of $3,000. The motion carried. B. Director Pocklington made a motion, seconded by Director Doud, that
the Governing Board approve the membership renewal with Calilfornia
Special Districts Association, San Diego Chapter, for the period July 1,
2004 through June 30, 2005. The motion carried. D. Upon a motion made by Director Pocklington, seconded by Director Doud, the following resolution: RESOLUTION 556 was passed and adopted by the following vote to wit: Ayes: Directors Doud, Pocklington , Reynolds, and Welsh REPORTS AND INFORMATION STATUS OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2279 General Manager Bostad referred to a letter from Mr. Albert Robles, an Attorney from Carson, California, requesting that the South Bay Irrigation District determine that the land ownership requirement for participation in elections is unconstitutional and that the District no longer make it compulsory. Counsel Cowett sent a letter of response to Mr. Robles stating that the opinions of Legal Counsel and the Board of Directors of South Bay Irrigation District have no impact on the enforceability of the statutory requirement. The county Registrar of Voters is tasked with enforcing statutory requirements on candidates for elective office. Mr. Bostad added that an updated Assembly Bill AB 2279 was included in the Board packet. In the latest iteration, they have lined out the criteria that would eliminate land ownership requirement pertaining to the directors for all water districts. Counsel de Sousa said that on the 16th of this month a motion was made to approve the bill. It failed, but reconsideration was granted. She stated that this bill is still very much alive and that when reconsideration is granted, it is usually with the understanding that there would be some amendments to it. REPORT OF TREASURER Ms. Avery was not present. REPORT OF LAFCO SPECIAL DISTRICTS REGULAR MEMBER Director Pocklington said that there was no LAFCO meeting this month. REPORT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE Director Pocklington reported that Dale Mason was selected as the Assistant Manager for Vallecitos Water District, where he has been a member of the board. He talked about opposition to Senate Bill 994 (Hollingsworth) and noted that Maureen Stapleton was in Sacramento, along with some Board members, and he thought they would vote on the bill today. He reported on the meeting this morning in which they discussed fixed charges and commodity charges. Under the new proposal that is going to take effect for 2004/2005, 46 percent of the revenue is coming through commodity charges and over 50 percent through fixed charges. He thinks that we need to be very concerned regarding fixed charges versus commodity charges. DIRECTORS' COMMENTS Director Pocklington said that this year he attended the Awards
Ceremony at Hilltop High School to present the scholarship award to the
winner. Fortunately, he was scheduled at the beginning of the program and
could leave early to attend another celebration, his 43rd wedding
anniversary. There was none. ADJOURNMENT With no further business before the Board, President Welsh adjourned
the meeting at 4:42 p.m., to the hour of 3:30 p.m., on July 19, 2004. |
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