DATE: November 9, 2021
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ORDINANCE GRANTING A TEN (10) YEAR EASEMENT TO SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TEMPORARY ELECTRICAL FACILITY IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
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BACKGROUND:
The Board of Port Commissioners ("Board") recently approved a Ground Lease ("Lease") between the San Diego Unified Port District ("District") and RIDA Chula Vista, LLC ("RIDA") and subsequently a Project Implementation Agreement ("Project Implementation Agreement") among RIDA, the District, the City of Chula Vista ("City"), the Chula Vista Bayfront Facilities Financing Authority ("Authority"), and the Bayfront Project Special Tax Financing District ("Special Tax District") at the May and June 2021 Board meetings, respectively. These agreements, among others, are to allow the construction of the following improvements within the Harbor District of the Chula Vista Bayfront ("CVB"): (i) a single-branded resort hotel with approximately 1,600 rooms ("Resort Hotel"); (ii) a convention center consisting of approximately 275,000 net usable square feet of associated meeting space ("Convention Center"); and (iii) surrounding streets and infrastructure improvements (collectively, "Phase 1A Improvements").
RIDA requested early access to Parcel H-3 (excluding the Chula Vista RV Park located on Parcel H-3) and adjacent areas to perform some of the Phase 1A Improvements required under the Project Implementation Agreement ("Early Work") which will allow for greater efficiency in the construction of the Convention Center, Resort Hotel, and remaining Phase 1A Improvements once full construction begins and shorten RIDA's construction schedule. To allow RIDA to perform this Early Work, a Chula Vista Bayfront Project Phase 1A Early Work Implementation and Right of Entry License Agreement (the "Right of Entry") was entered into among the District, the City, the Authority, and RIDA on September 1, 2021 after being approved by the Board at its A...
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