HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2014 -
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF
NATIONAL CITY FOR THE NATIONAL CITY WAYFINDING SIGNAGE PROGRAM
WHEREIN THE PORT DISTRICT AGREES TO REIMBURSE NATIONAL CITY
FOR PROJECT COSTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000, AND
AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE WAYFINDING
SIGNAGE PROGRAM THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND,
TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE PORT DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the District approved Board of Port Commissioners ("BPC")
Policy No. 120, to establish funding for the development or improvement of the capital
assets of the Port District through a Capital Improvement Program ("CIP") policy; and
WHEREAS, the District, on July 6, 2010, established the Maritime
Terminal Impact Fund ("MTIF") with an initial capital contribution of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) with annual one-half of one percent (.5%) of gross
maritime terminal revenues earned from the operation of the Tenth Avenue Marine
Terminal and The National City Marine Terminal annually; and
WHEREAS, the District includes as part of its BPC Policy No. 120, a
provision for the inclusion of off -tidelands projects in the CIP; and
WHEREAS, the District, as stated in Policy No. 120, defines "Off Tideland
Impacts" as impacts to communities adjacent to, directly associated with, or which are a
result of the District's maritime terminals and other operations, which are of a unique,
adverse or exclusionary nature; and
WHEREAS, the District amended BPC Policy No. 120, on March 4, 2014,
to allow out of cycle project requests to be considered by the BPC for MTIF projects;
and
WHEREAS, the City submitted a project request for District funding of the
National City Wayfinding Signage Program (the "Project") pursuant to the CIP policy for
the MTIF; and
WHEREAS, the District and the City have had cooperative discussions
regarding the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City has submitted a project application form for the
Project requesting up to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) from the
District's MTIF for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the District previously allocated One Hundred Seventy -Five
Thousand dollars ($175,000) from the MTIF in the CIP for the Tidelands Avenue and
Civic Center Drive Resurfacing project at the request of the City; and
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WHEREAS, the City has requested the District to remove the Tidelands
Avenue and Civic Center Drive Resurfacing project from the Fiscal Year 2014-2018 CIP
and reallocate the One Hundred Seventy -Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) in MTIF
funds from that project to the Project, in addition to new funding of Seventy -Five
Thousand dollars ($75,000) from the District's MTIF to the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City hereby authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding
between the San Diego Unified Port District and the City of National City for the National City
Wayfinding Signage Program wherein the Port District agrees to reimburse National City for
Project costs in an amount not to exceed $250,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the
appropriation of $250,000 to the Wayfinding Signage Program through the General Fund, to be
reimbursed by the San Diego Unified Port District.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of August, 2014.
Ron Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Claudia Gacitua Silva
City Attorney