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a. Consider options for the former site of the County modular buildings 1, 2, 3, and 6 located behind the Superior Court at 240 Church Street (southwest corner of Gabilan and Church Streets); and
b. Provide direction to staff as to how to fund the proposed options.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Capital Improvement Committee:
a. Identify a preferred option for the former site of the County modular buildings; and
b. Provide direction to staff as to how to fund the proposed options.
SUMMARY:
Modular buildings 1, 2, 3 and 6 were demolished and removed in September 2018 as part of the Monterey County Government Center East/West Wing Renovation Project. Board referral 2018.22 seeks to provide immediate direction to staff for short- and long-term plans for the property located behind the Superior Court at 240 Church Street (southwest corner of Gabilan and Church Streets). Questions have been presented on whether to create park and open space, expand parking, or something else. Staff has developed three options for the former site of the County modular buildings 1, 2, 3, and 6, including conceptual sketches and rough order of magnitude project estimates.
DISCUSSION:
Immediately following their removal, woodchip mulch was placed throughout the open space as a temporary cover and the construction fencing removed. Mulch was selected as an inexpensive and low maintenance short-term measure, short of leaving it as dirt, while the Board of Supervisors weighs options for a long term permanent development of this site. Options for the Board to consider include:
- Option 1. Provide landscaped open space and buffer areas next to paved off-street parking in approximately equal parts (Attachment A).
- Option 2. Maximize off-street parking and circulation behind the government center and convert Alisal off-street parking to open space (Attachment B).
- Option 3. Return the entire area where the modular buildings stood back to landscaped ope...
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