DATE: December 11, 2018
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF A NON-APPEALABLE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR THE CHULA VISTA BAYFRONT SWEETWATER PEDESTRIAN/BIKE PATHWAY PROJECT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The District (Applicant) proposes construction of the Sweetwater Pathway (Path), a multi-use pedestrian and bicycle pathway and bridge, on the Chula Vista Bayfront (CVB). The Port Master Plan Amendment (PMPA) for the CVB Master Plan (CVBMP) envisioned a bayfront connected through an extensive open space system comprised of a signature park and trail network. Sweetwater Park (Park), located in the Sweetwater District, is planned to provide public viewing access opportunities to the adjacent Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and San Diego Bay. The proposed Path, a key component of the Park, would provide a pedestrian route from existing and proposed developments between the north and south of the CVB and an important connection to the existing Bayshore Bikeway cycle path.
In 2017, the District received funding in the form of an Urban Greening Grant (Grant) from the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) to facilitate the design and construction of the Path. Due to Grant timing obligations, the District must expedite entitlement of the Path in advance of the Park (the planning of which is underway via a separate planning effort).
In May 2010, the Board of Port Commissioners (Board), as lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) adopted Resolution No. 2010-78, certifying a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) (UPD #83356-EIR-658; SCH #2005081077; Clerk Document No. 56562), adopting findings of fact, a statement of overriding considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) and adopted Resolution No. 2010-79, approving the PMPA and authorizing the PMPA be submitted to the California Coastal Commission (CCC) for its certification. In August 2012, the CCC unanimously certif...
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