Chula Vista Bayfront permit highlights POSD approvals

SAN DIEGO — A reorganized Board of Port Commissioners kicked off the 2017 calendar year by announcing a new chair for the Port of San Diego’s quasi-judicial agency and moving forward with a Coastal Development Permit for the Chula Vista Bayfront project. The board also consented to new ownership assignment distribution for H&M Landing but delayed voting on a proposed rental rate for Southwestern Yacht Club through 2048. All three resolutions were approved as part of the Board’s Jan. 10 consent calendar agenda. Chula Vista Bayfront Commissioners approved a resolution to issue a non-appealable Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the planned Chula Vista Bayfront redevelopment project. The permit would allow port officials and the developer to prepare the harbor waterfront area for clearing and compaction at 11 locations. Soil would be imported and placed over about 681,000 cubic yards of the redevelopment site in an effort to guard against potential sea level rise. “The imported soil would be used to increase existing sites’ elevations that would provide more desirable building pads, improve drainage, and create more resilient redevelopment sites to accommodate potential future sea level rise,” port staff stated in a report to commissioners. Soil would be imported from other construction sites or projects under the port...