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Keep Your Community Celebration Alive | Status
of Major Development Projects
Now On the Web:
Enroll in Rec Classes Online |
View Monterey Crime Reports Anytime
Research City Laws, Codes Instantly |
Keep Current on City Council Projects, Issues
Priority
Projects, Service Cutbacks,
Future Budget Plans Fill City Plate
It promises to be another busy year in our
community – so stay tuned and participate in your City process.
Plans to reduce staffing and service levels in order to maintain a balanced
budget have been implemented this year. And we’ve identified our annual list
of priority projects that will guide our work program.
In addition, we are looking ahead to next
fiscal year in order to deal with another multi-million dollar budget gap.
In this issue of City Focus, we outline how customer service levels have
been affected due to citywide cutbacks.
We also talk about the City Council priorities for
the current fiscal year and provide some information about the
status of ongoing projects.
Click here to learn more
about our goals and objectives.
As has been the case for a few years, economic issues continue to be a focal
point. Expenses continue to outpace revenues,
largely due to State take-aways and increased costs of health and retirement
benefits. As a result, we are gearing up to fill a $2-million budget gap
estimated for fiscal year 2005-06. Whether it will
be filled by new revenues or additional cutbacks
in staffing and services is still uncertain.
A proposal to increase local sales tax will go before voters this fall. In
the meantime, we will re-examine the organization
to see where additional cutbacks might take place.
See the budget article for details.
For now, we need community members to tell us where we should cut and what
services should be considered for reduction or elimination.
Fill
it out a
comment form online
and send it in today. Please note in your response
that this refers to cutbacks in services.
Thank you for taking the time to support your
community.
Keep Your Community
Celebration Alive
Support Monterey’s family-oriented Independence Day celebration and preserve
the Fourth of July community tradition.
If you enjoy the festivities, do your part by contributing funds and/or time
to support the parade, picnic, fireworks and cleanup.
More than 75,000 people from throughout the area come to this community
event. Although the City is committed to continuing the 17-year-old
tradition, it does cost some $250,000 to make it possible.
Due to budget concerns, we are asking the community for the first time to
financially support the event. Contributions from individuals and businesses
are tax deductible.
“The parade, lawn party and a beautiful fireworks display give us the best
show on the West Coast,” states the most recent edition of the Casanova Oak
Knoll Neighborhood Association newsletter.
To support the Fourth of July event campaign, make your checks payable to
the City of Monterey – Fourth of July Celebration or make a donation via
credit card.
Print out the PDF postcard here and
mail contributions to: Director Kay Russo, Recreation and Community Services
Department, City Hall, Monterey, CA 93940.
For more info, call
646.3866 (russo@ci.monterey.ca.us);
or to volunteer for next year’s event, call 646.3719.
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Status
of Major Development Projects a Click Away
Track major development projects through the planning review and
construction process online at
www.monterey.org/updates.html.
Community members can now keep abreast of ongoing projects via the status
report Web page that is updated once each month. Check out the progress on
projects such as Cypress Center shopping plaza on North Fremont or
the13-Plex Theaters at Del Monte Center. Each project includes the title,
address and a brief update.
Long-term projects, which usually require a more extensive review process,
are updated less frequently. These include progress on the General Plan
update, the Public Service Center, Monterey Peninsula Hotel and Ocean View
Plaza.
For more info, visit
the Web or call the Community Development Department at 646.3885.
ON THE WEB
Enroll in Recreation Classes, Programs From
Home, Work
Sign up and register for a recreational or educational activity online. A
limited offering of recreation programs, including golf, dance and music for
toddlers, is now available for online registration.
Our secure Internet-based system provides immediate access 24 hours
a day, from home or office, and is similar to shopping online.
Steps to enrolling online
Visit the Recreation Administration Office at 546 Dutra Street to activate
your online account today by selecting a “user name” and “password.” Then
enroll for programs and activities at
www.monterey.org/rec/online.html.
Activities available for online registration have a shopping cart icon next
to the entry in the Activities Guide. You can browse the registration
offerings as a guest anytime via the Web. More classes will be added each
season.
For more info, call 646.3866, visit us online or stop by.
View Monterey Crime Reports
Anytime
The daily police log, which summarizes the types of crimes reported in
Monterey, is now available on the Police Department’s Web page at
www.monterey.org/mpd.
To access it, just go online and click on “Police Log.”
The log is updated each weekday morning and is kept online for one calendar
year. The names and addresses of victims who report crimes are omitted to
protect privacy. The names
of persons arrested for crimes are listed.
Research City Laws, Search
Codes Instantly
Find out about the laws and ordinances that govern your community. Visit the
Monterey City Code online by going to
www.monterey.org and clicking on
City
Code.
The code, which is updated quarterly, is displayed in an easy-to-use format
with a robust search capability.
Search the code to review ordinances; to find out about building
requirements and economic incentives; and to learn about necessary permits
and licenses. For more info, call the
City Clerk’s Office at 646.3935.
Keep Current on City Council
Projects, Issues
Review and print City Council agendas and minutes from
www.monterey.org/cityclerk.
(Due to budget issues, agendas are no longer printed in the local
newspaper).
Attend City Council meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month at
4 and 7 p.m. or watch them live on cable Ch. 25. For rebroadcast info, visit
the Web at www.monterey.org/tv or
check out a VHS copy from the Monterey Public Library.
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