Title
Receive Status Update related to progress in developing the Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Board of Supervisors receive Status Update related to progress in developing the Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Gary Peterson, Public Works Director for the City of Salinas will provide a short presentation of the Vibrancy Plan at the Board of Supervisors meeting of July 1, 2014. This Board report provides some background information in preparation for the presentation by Mr. Peterson.
The Vibrancy Plan is a partnership between the City of Salinas, the County and downtown stakeholders to identify ways to integrate the downtown core of Salinas into a community with adequate parking and circulation and is friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists. The County's interest is rooted in the County Government Center including restoration of the East and West wings. The County's participation in this partnership recognizes the opportunity to integrate the County campus as an important component of downtown Salinas.
In August of 2013 the County entered into a cost sharing agreement with the City to fund the Vibrancy Plan. At that time Kimley Horn was contracted by the City to provide the technical expertise in preparation of the Vibrancy Plan. The agreement called for the County to contribute up to one-third of the cost of the consultant contract, not to exceed $110,000.
Work on the Vibrancy Plan has been ongoing since that date. A critical component of the Vibrancy Plan work is the Downtown Stakeholders Team (DST) which consists of up to 24 members including representation of the County. Since September 25, 2013 the DST has met 19 times in a design studio set up for this purpose at 307 Main Street. These meetings have been supplemented by three sets of community meetings held in December, March, and April.
The portions of The Vibrancy Plan of most interest to the County i...
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