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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007 CON CDC City of San Diego / Chula Vista - Supplemental MOU - Enterprise ZoneSUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO THE FIRST MOU ALLOCATING ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS FEES FOR THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ENTERPRISE ZONE RECITALS This Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding [SUPPLEMENTAL MOU] is entered into by the City of San Diego [San Diego], the City of National City [National City], and the City of Chula Vista [Chula Vista], all California municipal corporations [hereinafter collectively "the Parties" or "the Partners" or "the Partnership"], for the limited purpose of allocating financial responsibility of environmental analysis fees for the San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone. WHEREAS, on August 31, 2006, the Partners executed a First Memorandum of Understanding [FIRST MOU] for purposes of identifying the Partnership and its intended goals, and allocating financial responsibility for consulting services necessary only for the submittal of the application to the California Housing and Community Development Department [HCD] for designation of a San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone [EZ]. WHEREAS, in the FIRST MOU the Partners agreed upon conditional approval of the EZ to negotiate a second memorandum of understanding [SECOND MOU] setting forth each Partners' specific area of responsibility and financial obligation from that point forward for the duration of the EZ. This SUPPLEMENTAL MOU does not constitute the SECOND MOU contemplated by the Partners, but rather serves the limited purpose of allocating financial responsibility of environmental analysis Ices for the EZ as further described below. WHEREAS, on November 3, 2006, IICD awarded conditional EZ designation, and in a letter dated January 17, 2007 (attached as Exhibit "A") set forth conditions to he satisfied prior to the final EZ designation. WIIEREAS, a condition of final EZ designation is submittal of an Environmental Impact Report and Notice of Completion pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15085 ["EIR"]. WHEREAS, to satisfy the condition pertaining to the EIR, the Parties concur that National City will enter into a contract with PACIFIC MUNICIPAL CONSULTANTS ["PMC"] to provide environmental consulting services and produce the required EIR documents. WHEREAS, the Parties agree the total fiscal PMC contractual obligation shall not exceed $91,000, and that San Diego shall be responsible for a total amount not to exceed $72,800, and National City shall be responsible for a total amount not to exceed S18,200. This allocation is based on San Diego's and National City's acreage within the EZ, as well as the fact that Chula Vista obtained a certified Environmental Impact Report in 2006, which the Panics are informed and understand will be included by reference in the completed EZ EIR. In the event Chula Vista's previously certified Environmental Impact Report is insufficient, or further environmental review related to any areas within Chula Vista's boundaries is necessary, the allocation set forth above will be null and void and a new allocation among all three Partners shall be negotiated. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals and the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein, and for good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Partners hereby agree to the following: 1. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and fully incorporated herein. 2. National City will enter into a contract for professional services with PACIFIC MUNICIPAL CONSULTANTS [PMC] for PMC to provide environmental consulting services to the Partners, and for PMC to produce the Environmental Impact Report and Notice of Completion pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15085 ["EIR"] as required by 1ICD in its letter dated January 17, 2007 (Exhibit "A" hereto). All documents, invoices, and records related to any services rendered by PMC shall promptly he made available to San Diego upon request. 3. National City expressly represents and warrants PMC is properly trained and experienced to prepare the environmental documents required by HCD. 4. The total amount of the PMC contractual obligation shall not exceed $91,000. 5. The Parties shall pay the PMC contractual obligation in accordance with the following allocation: a. San Diego shall he responsible for 80% of all invoices received from PMC, not to exceed a total amount of $72.800; b. National City shall he responsible for 20% of all invoices received from PMC, not to exceed a total amount of $18,200; c. At this time, the Parties agree Chula Vista shall not be financially responsible for any share of the PMC contractual obligation because it obtained a certified Environmental Impact Report in 2006, which the Parties are informed and understand will be included by reference in the completed EZ EIR. In the event Chula Vista's previously certified Environmental Impact Report is insufficient, or further environmental review related to any areas within Chula Vista's boundaries is necessary, the allocation set forth above shall he null and void and a new allocation among all three Partners shall be negotiated. 6. Within 30 days of completion of any billable work, PMC shall prepare an itemized invoice and shall promptly mail and fax it to National City for payment. PMC shall concurrently deliver copies of the same invoice to San Diego for reference. The invoice shall include the total invoiced amount, and a breakdown to reflect the 80% due from San Diego and the 20% due from National City. 2 7. National City shall deliver a copy of PMC's invoice to San Diego with a request for payment of San Diego's 80% share of the invoice. Within 10 business days of receipt of a request for payment from National City, San Diego shall deliver a check to National City, made out to "Community Development Commission of the City of National City," for San Diego's 80% share of the invoice. 8. In accordance with National City's contract with PMC, National City shall be solely responsible for delivery of timely payment to PMC for all invoices received, including National City's 20% share, within 45 days. 9. Each Partner acknowledges and agrees this SUPPLEMENTAL MOU, as well as any payments hereunder, may be subject to approval by their respective City Councils. 10. This SUPPLEMENTAL MOU fully expresses the final and complete understanding of the Partners concerning the matters covered therein. No change, alteration, or modification of the terms or conditions of this SUPPLEMENTAL MOU, and no verbal understanding of the Partners, their officers, agents, or employees shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the each Partners' duly authorized representatives. All prior negotiations and agreements concerning the matters covered herein are merged into this SUPPLEMENTAL MOU. IN WITNESS WIIEREOF, each Partner agrees to abide by the terms of this SUPPLEMENTAL MOU and hereby executes the same by and through its duly authorized representative on this 19`1' day of June, 2007. Date: C42//(0 7 THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO By Approved as to form and legality: By Date: William Anderson Director City Planning and Community Investment g. Garmo, Deputy City Attorney THE CITY OF CIIULA VISTA By avid ' Jarcia, City Manager Approved as to form and legality: By"� t':..'A`Moo.re City Attorney Date: June 19, 2007 TIIE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY By n, Executive Director, 7 nmunity Development Commission of'the City of National City Approved as to form and legality: By B George E er,City Attorney 4 E-0-1i biif A u]:41E_Of,CA'IFSO.BNIf.,fiJSINESS,TRANSF03IA1101 Q.t0S;�.L'-„4(=ENC:Y ._ _. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STATE ENTERPRISE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION Enterprise Tax Incentive Programs 1800 Trrd Stree:, Suite 390 P. 0. Box 952054 Sacramento, CA 94252.2054 (916) 322-1554 FAX (916) 327-6660 January 17, 2007 Scott Kessler Deputy Director City of San Diego 600 B Street, Fourti Floor, MS-904 San Diego, CA 92101-4506 Dear Mr. Kessler: _ ...&fILSIC+S'cil✓ve:LCll(:g3'i<Lriove,:no'r On November 3, 2006, the Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) awarded a conditional Enterprise Zone designation to the City of San Diego The enclosed table, Conditions for the San Diego Enterprise Zone, specifies the conditions that the Enterprise Zone must satisfy in order to obtain the final designation. The Enterprise Zone must complete and submit to the Department its responses to these conditions by 5 p.m. on March 2, 2007. Upon receipt of the responses, the Department will determine whether the Enterprise Zone has satisfied all of the specified conditions. If the Department accepts the responses as satisfactory, it will issue to the Enterprise Zone the Final Designation Letter. This letter represer.ts the conditional designation letter for your new designation. Because your enterprise zone's previous designation recently expired, this letter grants your new enterprise zone, in accordance with Section 7074.2(c) of the Government Code, the option to offer eligible taxpayers doing business within the geographic boundaries of the new zone all enterprise zone benefits until the Department makes a final designation or declines to redesignate the zone. The Department shall make the effective date of the new zone the date of expiration of the previous designation and the term of the new zone shall begin on that date. The geographic boundaries of the new zone are described on the enclosed document titled Geographic Boundaries of the San Diego Enterprise Zone. According to the California Code of Regulations, Title 25, Article 8, Section 8445.2, a conditionally -designated enterprise zone may requestan extension of time to satisfy the conditions. The Department must receive in writing the request for an extension of the time by March 2, 2007. if you have any questions, please contact me at (916) 327-2862. Sincerely. F�,T► Luera, ief St.te Enterprise and Economic Development jl Conditions for Designation For The San Diego Enterprise Zone Condition(s) Describe the specific steps the multi-jurisidictional enterprise zone will take to ensure that the economic development and marketing plan contained in its Application for Designation represents a unified, coherent plan, which addresses the needs of the entire application area, and that the employment, economic, and physical infrastructure commitments proposed serve the entire application area. 2. Provide explicit, quantifiable goals that will be accomplished in the first five years of the proposed enterprise zone. 3. Describe how performance of the activities in the Financing Plan will be self -evaluated. Authority Page 12 Describe the self -evaluation process to be used to evaluate the performance of each LocalLncentiv offered to zone 47C businesses. i-✓, P Submit two copies of the certified Environmental Impact Report addressing the environmental impacts of designation of the proposed zone and of the Notice of Completion as described in CEQA Guidelines, Section 15085. Page 20 Page 24 Page 28 Page 32 Unless otherwise stated, the authority cited is the page number from the Department of !lousing and Community Development's Application for Designation -2006 (I-landhook). RESOLUTION NO. 2007 — 140 RESOLU I ION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL MOU WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND UNE CITY OF CHULA VISTA FOR THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ENTERPRISE ZONE TO REFLECT EACH JURISDICTION'S FISCAI.. RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE THE EIR WHEREAS, on August 31, 2006, the City of San Diego, the City of Chula Vista and the City of National City entered into a FIRST MOU with Pacific Municipal Contractors ["PMC"] to identify this joint partnership and divide fiscal responsibility for consulting services for the submittal of the Enterprise Zone ["EZ"] Application for designation of the San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone ["SDREZ"]; and WHEREAS, National City agreed to pay $25,000 to provide environmental consulting services related to the submittal of the Application in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines; and WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Community Development ["HCD"] granted the parties a conditional designation effective October 15, 2006; and WHEREAS, one of these conditions is an Environmental Impact Report ["EIR"] and the Partnership requested and received an extension to complete and submit their response to the remaining conditions by May 31, 2007; and WHEREAS, the parties seek to produce the required EIR for submittal to HCD so that final EZ designation can be awarded to them; and WHEREAS, the parties desire to encourage economic development and growth by supporting businesses and industries to expand or locate in the SDREZ, as well as provide jobs, goods and services to the inhabitants of this area; and WHEREAS, the parties now wish to enter into a Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding to the First MOU to allocate financial responsibilities related to the Environmental Impact Report that must he prepared to receive a final designation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Community Development Commission of the City of National City hereby authorizes the Executive Director to execute the Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding to the FIRST MOU with the City of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista for the San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone to reflect each jurisdiction's fiscal responsibility to complete the Environmental Impact Report, with San Diego to pay for 80% of the costs, not to exceed $72,800; and National City to pay 20% of the costs, not to exceed $18,200. --- Signature Page to Follow --- Resolution No. 2007 — 140 June 19, 2007 Page 2 PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 20 Rdfi Morrison, Chairman ATTEST: Bra APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. E ser, III Legal Counsel Passed and adopted by the Community Development Commission of the City of National City, Califomia, on June 19, 2007, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Commissioners Morrison, Natividad, Parra, Ungab, Zarate. Nays: None. Absent: None. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON Chairman, Community Development Commission Secretary, evelopment Commission By: Deputy I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2007-140 of the Community Development Commission of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted on June 19, 2007. Secretary, Community Development Commission By: Deputy City of National City, California COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AGENDA STATEMENT 26 MEETING DATE June 19 2007 AGENDA ITEM NO. /16-EM TITLE Resolution to Authorize the Execution of the Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding to the FIRST MOU with the City of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista allocating environmental analysis fecs for the San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone, with San Diego to pay for 80% of the cost, not to exceed $72,800 and National City to pay 20% of the costs, not to exceed $18,200. PREPARED BY DEPARTMENT Jacqueline Reynoso (ext. 4293) Economic Development Division Community Development Coordinator EXPLANATION On August 31, 2006, the City of San Diego, the City of Chula Vista and the City of National City entered into a FIRST MOU with Pacific Municipal Contractors (PMC) to identify this joint partnership and divide fiscal responsibility for consulting services for the submittal of the Enterprise Zone (EZ) Application for designation of the San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone (SDREZ). National City agreed to pay S25,000 to provide environmental consulting services related to the submittal of the Application in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines. On November 3, 2006, the Partnership was awarded conditional designation by HCD, effective October 15, 2006, pending completion of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). This Supplemental MOU specifies each jurisdiction's fiscal responsibility to complete the EIR, which costs an estimated $91,000. The Partners are requesting for San Diego to pay 80% of the total invoiced amount not • exceed S72,800, and National City to pay 20% of the total costs, not to exceed $18,200. Environmental Review N/A Financial Statement The estimated cost of the E1R is S91,000. San Diego has agreed to fund 80%, not to exceed S72,800, and National City has agreed to fund 20%, not to exceed $18,200. STAFF RECOMMENDATION City Council Adopt a resolution approving the SUPPLEMENTAL MOU to the FIRST MOU with the City of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista for the San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone. a.O0r1-\Lk() ATTACHMENTS Resolution No. 1. Background Report 2. SUPPLEMENTAL MOU L3. Resolution A-200 (9/80) City of National City Office of the City Clerk 1243 National City Boulevard, National City, CA 91950-4397 Michael R. Della, CMC - City Clerk (619) 336-4228 Fax: (619) 336-4229 July 16, 2007 Mr. Gustavo Perez Senior Community Development Specialist City of Chula Vista 276 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91911 Dear Mr. Perez, On June 19, 2007, Resolution No. 2007-140 was passed and adopted by the Community Development Commission of National City, authorizing execution of a supplemental memorandum of understanding with the City of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista. We are enclosing for your records a certified copy of the above Resolution and three fully executed original supplemental memorandum of understanding. Michael R. Dalla, CMC City Clerk Enclosure cc: Community Development Commission Pacific Municipal Consultants ® Recycled Paper City of National City Office of the City Clerk 1243 National City Boulevard, National City, CA 91950-4397 Michael R. Della, CMC - City Clerk (619) 336-4228 Fax: (619) 336-4229 July 16, 2007 Ms. Lydia Moreno Community Development Coordinator City of San Diego Economic Development Division City Planning & Community Investment Department 1200 Third Avenue, 14th Floor San Diego, CA 92101 Dear Ms. Moreno, On June 19, 2007, Resolution No. 2007-140 was passed and adopted by the Community Development Commission of National City, authorizing execution of a supplemental memorandum of understanding with the City of San Diego and City of Chula Vista. We are enclosing for your records a certified copy of the above Resolution and three fully executed original supplemental memorandum of understanding. Michael R. Dalla, CMC City Clerk Enclosure cc: Community Development Commission Pacific Municipal Consultants ® Recycled Paper