Title
a. Consider Board Referral 2017.20 requesting a lease agreement between the City of Salinas and the County of Monterey for the City of Salinas to implement a BMX Bike Track and Skate Park; and
b. Provide direction to staff.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors provide direction to staff regarding the desire and priority for pursuing a lease agreement between the City of Salinas (City) and the County of Monterey (County) for the City of Salinas to implement a BMX Bike Track and Skate Park on County property.
SUMMARY:
On September 26, 2017, Supervisor Alejo assigned Referral 2017.20, which states:
Lease agreement between the City of Salinas and the County of Monterey regarding County's parcel adjacent 855 East Laurel Drive in Salinas for the implementation of a BMX Bike Track, new Skate Park, and sidewalk on East Laurel Drive adjacent to this property (between Sanborn Road and Constitution Boulevard).
This referral was closed on May 7, 2019 following approval of plans to develop about 1.87 acres of the site with a new homeless shelter - construction of the shelter started in December 2019. Supervisor Alejo re-initiated this Referral on November 19, 2019 (hereafter, "referral" or "project").
In response to this referral, staff is providing information regarding resources required for this referral to be added as a project. Due to limited staff resources, staff is also seeking Board direction regarding 1) whether this is a project to pursue; and if so, 2) the priority for applying staff resources to the subject of this referral over other active projects. Processing the terms of the lease, plan review, and performing inspections is estimated to take about 110 hours of County staff time. This report also provides suggested considerations to incorporate into the lease agreement for development of a BMX and Skate Park.
If the Board directs staff to pursue this project, County staff would need to collaborate with ...
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