Plan & Project Implementation
About the Division
The newly formed Plan & Project Implementation Division supports and coordinates City and Department Initiatives to implement the General Plan and the Draft Economic Development Element (EDE). This includes facilitation of the Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan, initiating the Alisal Vibrancy Plan, and the coordination of internal and external stakeholders and community partners to accomplish General Plan and EDE policy actions. This Division also provides administrative support and oversight to the Department by supervising, monitoring, and controlling the Department’s operating budget and activities.
Accomplishments
In 2015 the Division:
- Initiated the formal adoption process for the Economic Development Element
- Secured funding to initiated preparation of the Alisal Vibrancy Plan
- Provided small business support by assisting SUBA and processing twenty (20) Grow Salinas Fund loan applications
- Initiated implementation of Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan
What We're Working On
Advancement of our Economic Prosperity through:
- Formal adoption of the Economic Development Element to advance major economic development initiatives
- Work with business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Salinas United Business Association (SUBA) to create a shop local initiative and adopt official local preference policies for City procurement of all goods and services.
- Development of a campaign to promote local businesses and products (e.g. “Made in Salinas”) including a “Buy Local”/“Made in Salinas” website/mobile app.
- Establishment of locations for small business incubation and acceleration that feature low cost, flexible space, with the availability of business support services on-site or through referral.
- Utilization of the Grow Salinas Fund to foster at least one business expansion that results in job retention or creation each year.
- Development and implementation of the Alisal Vibrancy Plan.
- Completion of a target housing market analysis for Downtown, the Alisal, and Chinatown to inform the various planning processes underway.
- Establishment of a façade improvement program next year.
- Revision and implementation of the Alisal Marketplace Plan.
What's Happening for Plan & Project Implementation
The Alisal Vibrancy Plan Needs You!
The City of Salinas wants you to participate in the creation of a community plan for a thriving Alisal! On August 31, come to the MLK Jr. Academy gym to learn about Working Groups and how your ideas and voice can shape the Alisal Vibrancy Plan. Working Groups will team residents with technical advisors and address topics such as housing, economic development, parks, safety, and more. These groups will generate strategies and content for the plan that will guide the future of the Alisal. We will also be introducing the resident-lead Steering Committee for the...
City and Steering Committee Host Open House for Alisal Vibrancy Plan
September 5, 2017
On August 31, over 100 members of the Alisal community attended an Open House at Martin Luther King Jr. Academy to learn how they can participate in the Alisal Vibrancy Plan (AVP). The City of Salinas and the resident-led AVP Steering Committee hosted the event to formally kick-off plan engagement, share some of the history of this effort, and recruit people to join Working Groups on five themes of the plan: Quality of Life, Community Health, Economic Development, Transportation and Mobility, and Housing. These Working Groups will address many topics related to their themes, such...
Study Finds Potential for More Housing Options Downtown
July 12, 2017
With shops, restaurants, and other amenities within strolling distance, downtowns are an increasingly popular place to live. Salinas can follow in that trend, a report from Economic & Planning Systems, Inc (EPS) finds, as there is currently the potential for 500 new residential units in the downtown area over the next five years. On Tuesday, July 11, City Council accepted the Downtown Housing Target Market Analysis (HTMA). The HTMA provides the data to support the city revising its strategies and policies to encourage investment in new units at a time when more housing options are...
Two New Properties Join Downtown Community Benefit District
July 12, 2017
On Tuesday, July 11, City Council adopted a resolution expanding the Downtown Community Benefit District (CBD), by adding properties at 318 Cayuga Street and 401 Monterey Street. The CBD was formed in 2015 in order to levy and collect assessments on property within the district in order to provide improvements to infrastructure and other amenities. Assessment funds are collected by the County of Monterey and passed through to the Salinas City Center Improvement Association (SCCIA), the District’s management association. To date, SCCIA has used funds primarily for safety and beautification efforts.
Visit the plan's website, alisalplan.org to learn how to get...
Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan
Learn more about the City's new community-based vision plan for pedestrians, bicycles, traffic flow, sustainable parking and attractive sense of place.