HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2001 - 163RESOLUTION NO. 2001 - 163
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
SUPPORTING THE SANDAG REGION 2020 STRATEGY
FOR SMART GROWTH IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the SANDAG Region 2020 Strategy
and smart growth principles at a special Council meeting held on July 17, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is
requesting local agencies to adopt resolutions to support the Region 2020 Strategy, which
incorporates smart growth principles; and
WHEREAS, SANDAG has emphasized that the current population of the San
Diego region is almost three million people, and the region's population, jobs, and housing
units are steadily growing; and
WHEREAS, SANDAG studies have concluded that collectively, current local
plans will not meet the housing and employment needs for the Region's new residents and future
economic prosperity; and
WHEREAS, SANDAG has further emphasized that without changes to current
plans, the San Diego region will face a growing crisis in affordable housing, transportation,
habitat and open space preservation, economic prosperity, and energy and water needs; and
WHEREAS, REGION 2020 is the Region's Growth Management Strategy
which espouses planning principles that reduce sprawl and address the challenges that come
with future growth; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Region has defined smart growth as a compact,
efficient, and environmentally -sensitive pattern of development that provides people with
additional travel, housing, and employment choices by focusing future growth closer to
existing and planned job centers and public facilities, and away from rural areas; and
WHEREAS, adoption and application of smart growth principles should not be
interpreted as committing the City to enact or carry out any policies that involve the exercise of
future discretion and adherence to due process;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City supports the REGION 2020 strategy, and the following smart growth principles
that it promotes:
1. New development to be focused closer to urban jobs and activity centers
and away from rural areas.
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2. Additional travel choices among activity centers, and more mixed use
development and pedestrian -friendly urban designs.
existing jobs.
3. Location of new jobs near existing housing, and new housing near
4. A variety of housing types in each community that meet the housing
needs of all income levels.
growth areas.
5. Adequate investment for existing and future infrastructure needs in smart
6. Environmentally -sensitive development that conserves energy and water;
ensures the protection of resources that preserve the biodiversity of the region; and preserves
open space, community parks, agricultural lands, watersheds, wetlands, scenic values, and
wildlife.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT City plans and regulations should ensure
that future growth improves the quality of life throughout the region and decisions should be
made consistent with the above -stated smart growth principles.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of November, 2001.
George H. Waters, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mic = el Dalla, Ci Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
George H. Eiser, III
City Attorney