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RESOLUTION NO. 2014-062 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING A LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND THE THOMAS LAW GROUP FOR ATTORNEY SERVICES RELATED TO THE PREPARATION OF LAND USE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY PARK AND INNOVATION DISTRICT
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Council adopt the resolution.
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SUMMARY
On January 7, 2014 the City Council authorized the hiring of outside legal counsel services to assist the City Attorney's office on the review of the transactional and environmental/entitlement work required for the City's University Park and Innovation District (UPID) project. Pursuant to the City Council's authorization the City Attorney's office has retained Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, PC for the transactional work. City Council had also authorized the hiring of the Norton, Moore and Adams, LLP law firm for the environmental/entitlement work, but subsequent to the January 7th approval the Norton, Moore and Adams, LLP law firm withdrew from consideration for the subject environmental/entitlement work.
In the next several weeks, preparation of the requisite land use implementation documents (i.e., Sectional Planning Area (SPA) Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR)) for the UPID will commence. In light of the impending start of the this work, retaining outside counsel for the subject environmental/entitlement work required for the UPID project is now again timely.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Development Services Director has reviewed the proposed activity for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has determined that the activity is not a "Project" as defined under Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines; therefore, pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines the activity is not subject to CEQA. Thus, no environmental review is required.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
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