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a. Receive a status report on Board Referral No. 2017.23 regarding the use of 3-4-acre parcel at 855 East Laurel Drive, Salinas, for affordable and veterans housing project with a non-profit developer; and
b. Provide direction to staff.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a status report on Board Referral No. 2017.8 regarding the use of 3-4-acre parcel at 855 East Laurel Drive, Salinas, for affordable and veterans housing project with a non-profit developer; and
b. Provide direction to staff.
SUMMARY:
Supervisor Alejo submitted a referral regarding a proposal to consider the 3-4-acre vacant parcel located on 855 East Laurel Drive (known to the County as the Public Works-Laurel Yard) which currently houses the fuel station, Mission Trails Regional Occupation Program (ROP), Environmental Health, Parks portable trailer, Public Works garage and facilities. Contiguous to the site is the Veterans Memorial to the North West; high tension power lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric to the South East; and the City of Salinas has proposed a sidewalk project along East Laurel Drive on the lower portion of the property with a targeted completion date of 2020-2021.
Board Referral No. 2017.8 was assigned to the Monterey County Resource Management Agency (RMA) for consideration and analysis of the feasibility of the lower sloped parcel adjacent to East Laurel Drive to be utilized as a City BMX bicycle park.
Economic Development staff is performing due diligence to assess what it would take to implement this referral. Currently, there is no plan that contemplates the use/need of this land for County services. However, the 2001 County of Monterey Master Facilities Plan depicts this parcel as expansion space for the Public Works Sanitation, Maintenance, Fleet, Bridge and Traffic Divisions. The 2001 Plan needs updating to better clarify the multiple demands for this site.
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