Year in Review
Rec Buildings Upgrades Answer Community Needs
As recreational needs increase, renovation and/or expansion of existing City buildings is sometimes necessary.

• To help meet the needs of our active adults, renovation and expansion of the Senior Center, at Dickman and Lighthouse avenues, was completed this summer. With a remodeled interior and additional space, more activities and programs will be available.
  The remodeled Senior Center is now open!
• Proposed expansion of the Monterey Sports Center continues to move forward. Final design plans – calling for a larger cardiovascular room, weight room and multi-purpose room – are scheduled for review in early fall. Construction is expected to take up to a year and will begin once the final design is approved and work crews are hired. The Center will remain open during construction with minimal disruption. A model of the expansion is on display in the Sports Center.

Looking Ahead
Plan to Improve Civic Center Underway
Have you ever been confused about which building or room to visit at City Hall to get a permit or pay a parking ticket? You are not alone.
The needs of the community and staff have outgrown our existing space at the Civic Center and City offices are scattered around City Hall. As a result, we have begun to develop plans to make your Civic Center more customer friendly.
During the past year the Civic Center Master Plan has begun to take shape. With an improved Civic Center we could provide even better customer service and spend less funds on maintenance and upkeep.
Here are some of the proposed ideas for improving the Civic Center:

• The “first phase” would include building an annex directly behind City Hall, between Dutra and Van Buren streets.
  This central building would house Public Works, Community Development and Finance along with our Information Services. There would be plenty of storage for City records and museum artifacts.
  Locating related City services in one building would enable community members to make “one stop” and take care of City business more quickly.
• Secondly, we plan to develop a design and identify costs for addressing the needs of our public safety departments.
  El Cuartel, which houses Police and Fire, is too small and needs renovation. Other public safety personnel currently work in cramped, dilapidated wooden bungalows on Van Buren Street. A state-of-the-art facility would help ensure that we are prepared to meet emergency and safety needs.
• Future phases would include interior renovations to
  existing City Hall offices – the Underwood Adobe,
  Few Memorial Hall and Colton Hall – to make workspace more functional and allow for expansion of the Colton Hall Museum.

More Coastal Land to be Available for Public Use
Our Window on the Bay Park along
Del Monte Avenue gets clearer every year as we work to beautify the area, increase public access and eventually allow for traffic and circulation upgrades of our main thoroughfare.

• All properties except two between Camino El Estero and Park Avenue are owned by the City, and we look forward to working with the owners of the remaining two parcels to be able to complete this section of the waterfront park.
• More recreational park opportunities are now available since the Catellus properties, located on both sides of Municipal Wharf II,are now included in Window on the Bay. We purchased the 2.6-acre Catellus West parcel, including the old Passenger Depot building.

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