Agenda packet — Gilroy City Council, October 5, 2026 (part 3 of 5)

In the years that followed the property was used as a civic center by the National Guard until they moved to their present location on Wren Street in 1973. The facility has been used for various city meetings and used for special services such as the 1942 Alien registration all the way until recently used for the COVID-19 pandemic support services.

As well the City of Gilroy utilized a portion of the facility as an interim City Hall between 1968 to 1980 since the Monterey Street building was too small and in too great of repair and upkeep, until it moved to its present campus. Since 1980 the facility has been used to host meetings but mainly used as a storage facility.

Aside from history as a government civic utility, the Wheeler Civic Auditorium was the social center for many decades as well. In 1941 the USO appeared and performed a show for the troops stationed here. For many years the Auditorium was used thousand times by Gilroy High School, various non-profit organizations as well as society groups for meetings, concerts, and award ceremonies. In its heyday there was even a special commission which provided oversight for the Wheeler Civic Auditorium managing the calendar and handling all the maintenance of the facility. This center generated significant amount of income for the city as well over those years especially when managed by these groups.

Instead of demolishing this facility, I would recommend looking at any way of providing a bit of upkeep to the facility, create a historical component recognizes its contribution and celebrating it as well marketing it for future growth in the new Civic Center Master Plan.

Sincerely,
Toby A. Echelberry
Gilroy City Historian
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Section 2.0 Draft EIR Comments and Responses 2-75 EMC Planning Group Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Final EIR August 2026
Letter 28 – Toby Echelberry

1. The commenter states that Wheeler Auditorium is identified as a historic resource by the City, provides historical background on its development and use, and recommends that the building be preserved, maintained, and incorporated into the Civic Center Master Plan rather than demolished.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: Samantha Emburton
To: Ryan Osenton
Subject: EXTERNAL - Possible Demolition of Wheeler Auditorium Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 11:05:03 PM
Good Evening,
I was on facebook this evening and saw a post from the Gilroy Historical Society and Gilroy Museum that the wheeler auditorium is up for possible demolition. Please do not demolish this beautiful landmark. So many Gilroyans have beautiful memories centered around this building and area that is would be a great loss to our community should a demolition occur. Is there any way the community can have input on this? Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best Wishes, Samantha Emburton
1 Comment Letter #29

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Letter 29 – Samantha Emburton

1. The commenter states opposition to demolition of Wheeler Auditorium, references community value and memories associated with the building, and asks whether there is an opportunity for community input.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: Christine Flautt
To: Ryan Osenton
Subject: EXTERNAL - Wheeler Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 2:35:09 PM
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Mayor, City Council Members and staff,
Please reconsider the Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Draft to demolish the Wheeler Auditorium. I do not agree with this plan to demolish this building. I am sure it
could be completely redone inside to fit the needs of our City.

The Wheeler Auditorium is an historical building in our town. It would be a shame to demolish another historical site in Gilroy.

Hopefully the mayor, council members, staff and consultant take into consideration the input of the public response to this demolishing of another historical site and think about keeping the exterior of the building and just retrofit the interior.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Christine Blaettler Flautt.

Resident since 1944 and born in old Wheeler Hospital
Sent from my iPad
1 Comment Letter #30

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Letter 30 – Christine Flautt

1. The commenter states opposition to demolition of Wheeler Auditorium, identifies it as a historical building, and recommends retaining the exterior and renovating the interior to meet City needs.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: Kathi Orlando
To: Ryan Osenton
Subject: EXTERNAL - Wheeler Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 2:01:53 PM
Very concerned about the destruction of another Gilroy landmark. What would downtown be without the old City Hall. The council once thought the site would be better served as a parking lot. Watched as ALL the schools were demolished by saying they were an earthquake hazard. Oh, yeah, even the wrecking ball had a tough go of it. Please find a place in your plans thst would spare this significant building.
1 Comment Letter #31

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Letter 31 – Kathi Orlando

1. The commenter states concern regarding demolition of Wheeler Auditorium, identifies it as a significant building, and requests that it be preserved within the project plans.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: Conrad Calimpong
To: Ryan Osenton
Subject: EXTERNAL - Wheeler Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 8:11:38 AM
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Dear Ryan,
I’ve just received word that there are plans to demolish Wheeler Auditorium. Unthinkable. Wheeler Auditorium has played a significant role in so many people’s lives who grew up in Gilroy. It has been an integral part of the community for many decades. It would be a shame to remove this landmark building from the community. So many memories and lives were intertwined in the activities that occurred on those hardwood floors that I swept on occasion. I participated in karate lessons, attended dances, carried drums on stage for my brother in a battle of the bands, and watched as others clapped, cried, hooted and hollered in their celebrations. Wheeler Auditorium was so much a part of the fabric of Gilroy’s community when I grew up there in the 50’s, 60’s, and early 70’s. Let’s not destroy this historic landmark building and the important role it has played in the community.

Sincerely,
Conrad Calimpong
Sent from my iPhone
1 Comment Letter #32

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Letter 32 – Conrad Calimpong

1. The commenter states opposition to demolition of Wheeler Auditorium, identifies it as a historic landmark, and references its role in community activities and history.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: len stimac
To: Ryan Osenton
Subject: EXTERNAL - Wheeler Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 11:15:21 PM
Our alley between Church and Rosanna from 5th street dead ended into 6th street. Bob, Ben and Al Vega were half of a 3 on 3 football game and when Don and Dan Kludt showed up we almost didn't fit a 5 on 5 on the lawn. Sometimes we would pull from the west side of the west of town from the Carmel Street neighborhood and Scott Hager would join and maybe Rick Repetti from the north. During my Gavilan days i performed a couple originals with Jerry Navarro Eric Daum David Porcella John Orca and Chuck Tujillo during a Christmas show. My big story is if i havent told you yet, ill tell you again, in 65' maybe or when the new police station was built at the south side of the auditorium we removed a steel grate . . . you can see in the photo . . . that was covering a 12 x 8 vent in the foundation and fit thru to enter the crawl space. At the south side of the auditorium under the stage was a door we were able to enter into a room. It is where the police were storing stolen property. it was filled with bikes, guns and stuff. No iphones. We did not repurpose anything out onto the streets and we didn't get caught.

Climbing on the National Guard tanks parked in the back on their weekends. Who was in the guard in the 60's?
Margie Jinks studio for tap Frank and Becki Galvan Frank Galvan.

Battle of the bands John Garcia.

City league basketball for a while there along with youth sports.

Do You think we lose all memory during passage like a building might? This may look profitable, But like the East Wing . . . Gilroy, this is a wrong idea.

Len Stimac
1 Comment Letter #33

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Letter 33 – Len Stimac

1. The commenter appears to share an opposition to the demolition of Wheeler Auditorium and references its role in past community activities and memories associated with the building.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: Phil Stimac
To: Ryan Osenton
Subject: EXTERNAL - Save Wheeler Auditorium
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 10:18:19 PM
As a Gilroy native, I think Wheeler Auditorium, like the Old City Hall should be preserved. Phil Stimac 1
Comment Letter #34

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Letter 34 – Phil Stimac

1. The commenter states opposition to demolition of Wheeler Auditorium.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: len stimac
To: Ryan Osenton
Subject: Re: EXTERNAL - Wheeler Auditorium
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 1:53:07 PM
Attachments: image001.png
Ryan
As my response is coming to you from a non resident of Gilroy at this time, who understands the effects that progress and modernization presents to the past, our history is what has allowed our present day. My father Leonard Stimac Sr. who was an early occupant at Wheeler Auditorium while stationed in the 40's as a mail sergeant and who's mail route ran from Bradley Ca. to Eureka Ca, would surely have more to say than me. While a resident on Church street in the 1960's he was commissioned for one dollar by the owner Jack Kasanjan (sp} to remove a structure located where the parking lot adjacent to the Presbyterian Church at the corner of 5th street and Church street was located, now the Salvation Army.This was a spiraled stair cased, 3- two storied brick fireplace, first cut Coastal Redwood board including lath structure. Ruth Doan another neighbor to the building identified it as an early stage stop in Gilroy which was reduced by Leonard's five child work crew during multiple months of nail pulling and bundling of lumber for sale to a parking lot. For years the structure was available as rental units to many families that I remember, that have since become well known Gilroy residents. Understanding that progress is always upon us, there are like structures mostly in neighboring city's that are still standing and affordable to keep not only economically but historically. Gilroy has also seen the removal of the F&P Cannery which my mother Eda Bozzo Stimac had grown up living next to on Lewis Street from 1922 upon her migration from Italy to the mid 1940's. Again progress has it's limits and it's ways. This again is understood. I only offer these stories to be a tool for deliberation and consideration as a final decision is shortly upon you.

This is not to speak for the generations of families that have been residents long before my family that have their own history.

Of course the time and expense for your new civic center looks spectacular, include the expense of the loss of this iconic building to so many.

Thanks for the open eyes and ears,
Len Stimac
On Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 07:58:50 AM MST, Ryan Osenton <[email protected]> wrote:
1 Comment Letter #35

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Hey Len,
Thank you for submitting your comments. I will add these to our list to be reviewed and considered when finalizing both the Civic Center Master Plan and Environmental Impact Report, respectively.

Thanks,
Ryan
Ryan Osenton | Project Manager
Public Works | Engineering
7351 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, CA 95020
Direct 408.846.0277 | Cell 669.766.8752
http://www.cityofgilroy.org
From: len stimac <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 11:15 PM
To: Ryan Osenton <[email protected]>
Subject: EXTERNAL - Wheeler Auditorium
Our alley between Church and Rosanna from 5th street dead ended into 6th street. Bob, Ben and Al Vega were half of a 3 on 3 football game and when Don and Dan Kludt showed up we almost didn't fit a 5 on 5 on the lawn. Sometimes we would pull from the west side of the west of town from the Carmel Street neighborhood and Scott Hager would join and maybe Rick Repetti from the north. During my Gavilan days i performed a couple originals with Jerry Navarro Eric Daum David Porcella John Orca and Chuck Tujillo during a Christmas show. My big story is if i havent told you yet, ill tell you again, in 65' maybe or when the new police station was built at the south side of the auditorium we removed a steel grate . . . you can see in the photo . . . that was covering a 12 x 8 vent in the foundation and fit thru to enter the crawl space. At the south side of the auditorium under the stage was a door we were able to enter into a room. It is where the police were storing stolen property. it was filled with bikes, guns and stuff. No iphones. We did not repurpose anything out onto the streets and we didn't get caught.

Climbing on the National Guard tanks parked in the back on their weekends. Who was in the guard in the 60's?
Margie Jinks studio for tap Frank and Becki Galvan Frank Galvan.

Battle of the bands John Garcia.

City league basketball for a while there along with youth sports.

Do You think we lose all memory during passage like a building might? This may look profitable, But like the East Wing . . . Gilroy, this is a wrong idea.

Len Stimac

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Letter 35 – Len Stimac

1. The commenter states opposition to demolition of Wheeler Auditorium, references its historical significance and community history, and expresses concern regarding the loss of the building as part of the proposed project.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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From: Kathy Sullivan
To: Ryan Osenton
Cc: Connie Rogers; Johnson Tere; Knopf Roger
Subject: EXTERNAL - Fwd: Save Wheeler Auditorium
Date: Friday, March 27, 2026 5:29:35 PM
From: Kathy Sullivan <[email protected]>
Date: March 27, 2026 at 12:32:08ௗPM PDT
To: [email protected]
Cc: Rogers Connie <[email protected]>, Johnson Tere
<[email protected]>, Shepherd Robin <[email protected]>
Subject: Save Wheeler Auditorium
Dear Ryan,
As the former president of the Morgan Hill Historical Society, I became aware of the historical structures that had been demolished in Morgan Hill. It’s easier to tear them down than plan for renovations that bring history to the community.

It is a shame to see these noted structures be bulldozed. They help connect us to the past and tell the stories of how we have developed into the beloved communities we are today. As populations expand, newcomers have questions about the who, why and how of their community. These structures bring the answers to life.

For the sake of history, I support saving this building and making it another place for at community to enjoy it’s history.

Kathy Sullivan
Morgan Hill
408-230-7876
1 Comment Letter #36

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Letter 36 – Kathy Sullivan

1. The commenter states support for preserving Wheeler Auditorium, references the importance of historic structures in connecting communities to their history, and recommends retaining the building for community use.

Refer to response to letter 4, comment 1. No change to the draft EIR is required.

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Section 3.0 Changes to the Draft EIR 3-1 EMC Planning Group Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Final EIR August 2026

3.0 Changes to the Draft EIR

3.1 CEQA Requirements
CEQA Guidelines section 15132 requires that a final EIR contain either the draft EIR or a revision of the draft EIR. This final EIR incorporates the draft EIR by reference and includes revisions to the draft EIR made primarily in response to comments included in Section 2.0, Response to Comments.

This section contains text from the draft EIR with changes indicated. Additions to the text are shown with underlined text (underline) and deletions are shown with strikethrough text (strikethrough). The changes are described below.

3.2 Changes to Section 1.0 Introduction

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The following correction is made:

A notice of preparation was prepared for the proposed project and circulated for 30 days from September 23, 2025 to October 22, 2025 June 19, 2025 to July 19, 2025 as required by CEQA, and two responses were received. No responses to the notice of preparation were received. The notice of preparation, along with the responses, is are included in Appendix A. Written responses to the notice of preparation were received from the following:

Department of Toxic Substances Control, dated September 26, 2025 The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) recommended that pre-demolition surveys be conducted to identify the presence of lead-based paint, asbestos-containing materials, mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls and that any removal or disposal of such materials comply with applicable environmental regulations. Additionally, DTSC recommends sampling be conducted near current and/or former building in accordance with DTSC Preliminary Endangerment Assessment Guidance Manual. DTSC further advises that any imported soil or fill material be tested for contaminants in accordance with DTSC’s Preliminary Endangerment Assessment Guidance Manual and Clean Imported Fill Material Fact Sheet to ensure suitability for intended land use.

These recommendations are addressed in Section 9.5 Hazards and Hazardous Materials of the draft EIR.

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California Department of Transportation, dated October 22, 2025 The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) provided preliminary comments for informational purposes. Caltrans expressed interest in reviewing the draft EIR, particularly the vehicle miles traveled analysis, and also noted that construction activities involving oversized or excessive load vehicles on State roadways will require a transportation permit issued by Caltrans.

This comment is acknowledged in Section 9.12 Transportation of the draft EIR.

3.3 Changes to Section 4.0 Project Description

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The following clarification is made:

Gilroy Civic Park (New)
 Features: A large lawn area, walking paths (equivalent to a football field), an amphitheater similar in size to Morgan Hill’s Amphitheater, and a splash pad/interactive water feature.  Events: Designed to accommodate art & wine festivals, farmers' markets and other similar events.

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Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program 1 EMC Planning Group Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Final EIR August 2026
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program

1.1 Introduction
CEQA Guidelines section 15097 requires public agencies to adopt reporting or monitoring programs when they approve projects subject to an environmental impact report or a negative declaration that includes mitigation measures to avoid significant adverse environmental effects. The reporting or monitoring program is to be designed to ensure compliance with conditions of project approval during project implementation in order to avoid significant adverse environmental effects.

The law was passed in response to historic non-implementation of mitigation measures presented in environmental documents and subsequently adopted as conditions of project approval. In addition, monitoring ensures that mitigation measures are implemented and thereby provides a mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of the mitigation measures.

A definitive set of project conditions would include enough detailed information and enforcement procedures to ensure the measure's compliance. This monitoring program is designed to provide a mechanism to ensure that mitigation measures and subsequent conditions of project approval are implemented.

1.2 Monitoring and Reporting Program
The basis for this monitoring program are the mitigation measures included in the project environmental impact report. These mitigation measures are designed to eliminate or reduce significant adverse environmental effects to less than significant levels. These mitigation measures become conditions of project approval, which the City of Gilroy is required to complete before, during and after implementation of the proposed project.

The attached checklist is proposed for monitoring the implementation of the mitigation measures.

This monitoring checklist contains all appropriate mitigation measures in the environmental impact report.

1.3 Monitoring and Reporting Program Procedures
The City of Gilroy shall use the attached monitoring checklist for the proposed project. The monitoring program should be implemented as follows:

Exhibit B

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1. The Gilroy Community Development Department should be responsible for coordination of the monitoring program, including the monitoring checklist. The Community Development Department should be responsible for completing the monitoring checklist and distributing the checklist to the responsible individuals or agencies for their use in monitoring the mitigation measures.

2. Each responsible individual or agency will then be responsible for determining whether the mitigation measures contained in the monitoring checklist have been complied with. Once all mitigation measures have been complied with, the responsible individual or agency should submit a copy of the monitoring checklist to the Community Development Department to be placed in the project file. If the mitigation measure has not been complied with, the monitoring checklist should not be returned to the Community Development Department.

3. The Gilroy Community Development Department will review the checklist to ensure that appropriate mitigation measures and additional conditions of project approval included in the monitoring checklist have been complied with at the appropriate time, e.g. prior to issuance of a use permit, etc. Compliance with mitigation measures is required for project approvals.

4. If a responsible individual or agency determines that a non-compliance has occurred, a written notice should be delivered by certified mail to the City of Gilroy within 10 days, with a copy to the Community Development Department, describing the non-compliance and requiring compliance within a specified period of time. If non-compliance still exists at the expiration of the specified period of time, construction may be halted and fines may be imposed at the discretion of the City of Gilroy.

1.4 Monitoring and Reporting Checklist
Step 1 - Prior to Issuance of Ground Disturbing Activities (e.g., Demolition, Grading or Tree Removal Permits)
AQ-1 With each construction project, the City of Gilroy shall prepare a Construction Management Plan to include the following measures to reduce toxic air contaminants emissions during construction:
a. Heavy-duty diesel vehicles will have 2010 or newer model year engines, in compliance with the California Air Resources Board’s Truck and Bus Regulation; b. Idling of construction equipment and heavy-duty diesel trucks will be avoided where feasible, and if idling is necessary, it will not exceed three minutes; c. All construction equipment will be maintained and properly tuned in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and will be checked by a certified visible emissions evaluator; and

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Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program 3 EMC Planning Group Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Final EIR August 2026
d. All non-road diesel construction equipment will, at a minimum, meet Tier 3 emission standards listed in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 40, Part 89, Subpart B, §89.112. Further, where feasible, construction equipment will use alternative fuels such as compressed natural gas, propane, electricity, or biodiesel.

Surveys shall include a visual inspection of potential roosting features (bats need not be present) and a search for presence of guano within the project site, construction access routes, and 50 feet around these areas. Cavities, crevices, exfoliating bark, and bark fissures that could provide suitable potential nest or roost habitat for bats shall be surveyed. Assumptions can be made on what species is present due to observed visual characteristics along with habitat use, or the bats can be identified to the species level with the use of a bat echolocation detector such as an “Anabat” unit. Potential roosting features found during the survey shall be flagged or marked. Locations off the site to which access is not available may be surveyed from within the site or from public areas.

If no roosting sites or bats are found, a letter report confirming absence shall be submitted by the biologist to the City of Gilroy Community Development Department, Planning Division, where it will be kept on file, and no further mitigation is required.

If bats or roosting sites are found, a letter report and supplemental documents shall be provided by the biologist to the City of Gilroy Community Development Department, Planning Division, prior to ground disturbance activities and the following monitoring, exclusion, and habitat replacement measures shall be implemented:

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a. If bats are found roosting outside of the nursery season (May 1 through October 1), they shall be evicted as described under (b) below. If bats are found roosting during the nursery season, they shall be monitored to determine if the roost site is a maternal roost. This could occur by either visual inspection of the roost bat pups, if possible, or by monitoring the roost after the adults leave for the night to listen for bat pups. If the roost is determined to not be a maternal roost, then the bats shall be evicted as described under (b) below. Because bat pups cannot leave the roost until they are mature enough, eviction of a maternal roost cannot occur during the nursery season. Therefore, if a maternal roost is present, a 50-foot buffer zone (or different size if determined in consultation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife) shall be established around the roosting site within which no construction activities including tree removal or structure disturbance shall occur until after the nursery season.
b. If a non-breeding bat hibernaculum is found in a tree or snag scheduled for removal or on any structures within 50 feet of project disturbance activities, the individuals shall be safely evicted, under the direction of a qualified bat biologist. If preconstruction surveys determine that there are bats present in any trees or structures to be removed, exclusion structures (e.g., one-way doors or similar methods) shall be installed by a qualified biologist. The exclusion structures shall not be placed until the time of year in which young are able to fly, outside of the nursery season.

Information on placement of exclusion structures shall be provided to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife prior to construction. If needed, other removal methods could include: carefully opening the roosting area in a tree or snag by hand to expose the cavity and opening doors/windows on structures, or creating openings in walls to allow light into the structures. Removal of any trees or snags and disturbance within 50 feet of any structures shall be conducted no earlier than the following day (i.e., at least one night shall be provided between initial roost eviction disturbance and tree removal/disturbance activities). This action will allow bats to leave during dark hours, which increases their chance of finding new roosts with a minimum of potential predation.

Party Responsible for Implementation: City of Gilroy
Party Responsible for Monitoring: Gilroy Community Development Department

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Monitoring Notes:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ BIO-2 To avoid impacts to nesting birds during the nesting season (February 1 through September 15), construction activities that include any tree removal, vegetation clearance, or ground disturbance (such as grading or grubbing), shall be conducted between September 16 and January 31, which is outside of the bird nesting season. If construction activities must commence during the bird nesting season, then a qualified biologist shall conduct a pre-construction survey for nesting birds to ensure that no nests would be disturbed during project construction.
a. Two surveys for active nests of such birds shall occur within 10 days prior to start of construction, with the second survey conducted within 48 hours prior to start of construction. Appropriate minimum survey radius surrounding the work area is typically 250 feet for passerines, 500 feet for smaller raptors, and 1,000 feet for larger raptors. Surveys shall be conducted at the appropriate times of day to observe nesting activities. Evidence of completion of the preconstruction survey shall be submitted to the Gilroy Community Development Department, Planning Division, where it will be kept on file, prior to initiation of ground disturbing activities. b. If the qualified biologist documents active nests at the project site, an appropriate buffer between each nest and active construction shall be established. The buffer shall be clearly marked and maintained until the young have fledged and are foraging independently. Prior to construction, the qualified biologist shall conduct baseline monitoring of each nest to characterize “normal” bird behavior and establish a buffer distance, which allows the birds to exhibit normal behavior. The qualified biologist shall monitor the nesting birds daily during construction activities and increase the buffer if birds show signs of unusual or distressed behavior (e.g., defensive flights and vocalizations, standing up from a brooding position, and/or flying away from the nest). If buffer establishment is not possible, the qualified biologist shall have the authority to cease all construction work in the area until the young have fledged and the nest is no longer active. This measure shall be implemented by the City of Gilroy prior to initiation of ground disturbing activities.

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Party Responsible for Implementation: City of Gilroy
Party Responsible for Monitoring: Gilroy Community Development Department Monitoring Notes:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ BIO-3 Prior to approval of each construction project, the City of Gilroy shall prepare a Landscape Plan for review and approval by the Community Development Department, Planning Division indicating the location, size and species of existing trees found within the project site boundaries. The plan shall indicate which trees are planned for removal.

Based on review of the Landscape Plan, the City shall determine which trees, if any, are “significant.”
If significant trees are determined to be located on the project site, they shall be retained, to the greatest extent feasible. The dripline of significant trees to be retained shall be fenced prior to grading activities to prevent root damage. If retention of all significant trees on the project site is infeasible, a written report shall be prepared by a certified arborist including the number and location of each significant tree to be removed, the type and approximate size of each significant tree, the reason for removal, and specifications for replacing significant trees to be removed. The written report shall be prepared prior to the commencement of grading activities, subject to approval by the City of Gilroy Community Development Department, Planning Division, and a tree removal permit shall be obtained if needed.

Prior to commencement of construction activities, the protected zone (one to 1.5 times the distance from the trunk to the dripline, depending on the tree species) of any trees or groups of trees to be retained shall be fenced to prevent injury to the trees during construction. Soil compaction, parking of vehicles or heavy equipment, stockpiling of construction materials, and/or dumping of materials shall not be allowed within the protected zone. The fencing shall remain in place until all construction activities are complete. The City of Gilroy shall submit evidence of the locations and extent tree protection measures to the Community Development Department, Planning Division, where it will be kept on file, prior to initiation of ground disturbing activities.

Party Responsible for Implementation: City of Gilroy
Party Responsible for Monitoring: Gilroy Community Development Department

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Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program 7 EMC Planning Group Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Final EIR August 2026
Monitoring Notes:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ CUL-1.a Prior to issuance of any demolition permit, a qualified architectural historian shall document the Wheeler Auditorium at 7377 Church Street in accordance with the guidelines established for the Historic American Building Survey (HABS).

Documentation shall consist of the following components:

1. Drawings – Prepare sketch floor plans.

2. Photographs – Digital photographic documentation of the interior, exterior, and setting of the buildings in compliance with the National Register Photo Policy Fact Sheet. Photos must have a permanency rating of approximately 75 years.

3. Written Data – HABS written documentation in short form.

An architectural historian meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards shall oversee the preparation of the sketch plans, photographs and written data. The existing DPR forms shall fulfill the requirements for the written data report.

The City of Gilroy’s Historian shall review the documentation, and then file the documentation with the Northwest Information Center at Sonoma State University, the repository for the California Historical Resources Information System. All documentation shall be submitted on archival paper.

CUL-1.b The City shall develop the material prepared in CUL-1 into a public educational display within the new community center.

Party Responsible for Implementation: City of Gilroy
Party Responsible for Monitoring: City of Gilroy Historian Monitoring Notes:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

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Step 2 - Prior to Issuance of a Building Permit
GHG-1 The following GHG emissions reduction performance measures shall be incorporated into the final project designs and plans for each development project:
a. No permanent natural gas infrastructure shall be permitted; no natural gas shall be made available through permanent natural gas infrastructure. The project shall be all electric; and
b. Electric vehicle infrastructure (e.g., elective vehicle parking spaces, charging station infrastructure, chargers, etc.) consistent with the CALGreen Tier 2 standards in effect at the time building permits are issued shall be included in the project.

Final plans for the development shall be reviewed by the City of Gilroy Community Development Department, Planning Division Director or his/her designee prior to approval of project entitlements to ensure that all performance standards are incorporated into the project design. Verification of development consistent with the performance standards shall be assured prior to approval of occupancy permits.

If archaeological deposits are encountered, they shall be evaluated and mitigated simultaneously in the timeliest manner practicable, allowing for recovery of materials and data by standard archaeological procedures. For precontact and indigenous archaeological sites, this data recovery involves the hand‐excavated recovery and non‐ destructive analysis of a small sample of the deposit. Any previously undiscovered resources found during construction activities shall be recorded on appropriate California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) forms and evaluated for

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significance by a qualified archaeologist. Unique archaeological cultural resources consist of but are not limited to stone (ground and flaked), bone, organic materials, ceramics, fossils, wood, or shell artifacts. Features include hearths, cairns, middens, and postholes.

Party Responsible for Implementation: City of Gilroy
Party Responsible for Monitoring: Gilroy Community Development Department Monitoring Notes:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ CUL-3 In the event that human remains (or remains that may be human) are discovered at the project site, Public Resource Code Section 5097.98 shall be followed. All grading or earthmoving activities shall immediately stop within 50 meters (165 feet) of the find. The Santa Clara County Corner will be notified immediately, and the coroner shall be permitted to examine the remains as required by California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5(b). Section 7050.5 requires that excavation be stopped in the vicinity of discovered human remains until the coroner can determine whether the remains are those of a Native American. If human remains are determined as those of Native American origin, the City of Gilroy shall comply with the state relating to the disposition of Native American burials that fall within the jurisdiction of the NAHC (Public Resource Code [PRC] § 5097). The coroner shall contact the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) to determine the most likely descendant(s) (MLD). The MLD shall complete his or her inspection and make recommendations or preferences for treatment within 48 hours of being granted access to the site. The MLD will determine the most appropriate means of treating the human remains and associated grave artifacts, and shall oversee the disposition of the remains. In the event the NAHC is unable to identify an MLD or the MLD fails to make a recommendation within 48 hours after being granted access to the site, the landowner or his/her authorized representative shall rebury the Native American human remains and associated grave goods with appropriate dignity within the project site in a location not subject to further subsurface disturbance if: a) the Native American Heritage Commission is unable to identify the MLD or the MLD failed to make a recommendation within 48 hours after being allowed access to the site; b) the descendent identified fails to make a recommendation; or c) the landowner or his authorized representative rejects the recommendation of the descendent, and the mediation by the Native American Heritage Commission fails to provide measures acceptable to the landowner.

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Party Responsible for Implementation: City of Gilroy
Party Responsible for Monitoring: Gilroy Community Development Department Monitoring Notes:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Step 4 – Prior to Issuance of Occupancy Permits
CUL-1.a Prior to issuance of any demolition permit, a qualified architectural historian shall document the Wheeler Auditorium at 7377 Church Street in accordance with the guidelines established for the Historic American Building Survey (HABS).

Documentation shall consist of the following components:

1. Drawings – Prepare sketch floor plans.

3. Written Data – HABS written documentation in short form.

CUL-1.b The City shall develop the material prepared in CUL-1 into a public educational display within the new community center.

Party Responsible for Implementation: City of Gilroy
Party Responsible for Monitoring: Gilroy Community Development Department

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Monitoring Notes:
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ GHG-1 The following GHG emissions reduction performance measures shall be incorporated into the final project designs and plans for each development project:
a. No permanent natural gas infrastructure shall be permitted; no natural gas shall be made available through permanent natural gas infrastructure. The project shall be all electric; and
b. Electric vehicle infrastructure (e.g., elective vehicle parking spaces, charging station infrastructure, chargers, etc.) consistent with the CALGreen Tier 2 standards in effect at the time building permits are issued shall be included in the project.

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Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan

CITY OF GILROY
August 6, 2025
Exhibit C

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
City of Gilroy

GILROY CITY COUNCIL
Greg Bozzo
Mayor
Carol Marques
Mayor Pro Tempore
Dion Bracco
Council Member
Tom Cline
Council Member
Terence Fugazzi
Council Member
Zach Hilton
Council Member
Kelly Ramirez
Council Member

GILROY COMMISSIONS AND

COMMITTEES
Planning Commission
Library Commission
Youth Commission
Parks and Recreation Commission
Personnel Commission
Arts and Culture Commission

GILROY CITY STAFF
Bryce Atkins
Assistant to the City Administrator
LeeAnn McPhillips
Human Resources Director/Risk Mgr
John Doughty
Public Works Director
Sharon Goei
Community Development Director
Rachelle Bedell
Communication & Engagement Mgr
Ryan Osenton
Project Manager
RETIRED:

Jimmy Forbis
City Administrator
ELS Architecture and Urban Design + EMC Planning Group

ELS ARCHITECTURE AND

URBAN DESIGN
Architecture and Urban Design
Clarence D. Mamuyac, Jr.,
FAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal for Community Design
David Masenten,
AIA, AICP, LEED AP BD+C
Project Principal
Kenneth Hasegawa,
AIA
Design Principal
Susan Vutz,

AIA, LEED AP
Project Manager
Ken Loretto,
AIA
Design Director
Dana Vollmer-Grant,
Assoc AIA, WELL AP
Community Engagement Specialist
Angelo Razo,
Architect
Project Architect
Jose Rodriguez
Designer
Aylin Casas Mejia
Intern Designer

EMC PLANNING GROUP
CEQA Consulting
SWA
Landscape Architects
Marco Esposito
Principal Landscape Architect
Xiaomeng Ma
Designer
Consultants

HEXAGON TRANSPORTATION
CONSULTANTS, INC.

Transportation Consultant

BKF ENGINEERS
Civil Engineering

GUTTMANN & BLAEVOET

CONSULTING ENGINEERS,
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing
and Low Voltage

FORELL ELSESSER ENGINEERS,
INC.

Structural Engineering

BRIGHTWORKS SUSTAINABILITY
LEED and Sustainability Consulting

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. + Executive Summary ........................... 4
II. + Final Concept Design ........................ 6
A. Renderings............................... 11
B. Site Plan Illustratives and Diagrams ...... 23
C. Multigenerational Community Center
building plans/site sections/elevations.... 31
D. Recreation & Aquatic Center
building plans/site sections/elevations.... 36
E. City Hall
building plans/site sections/elevations.... 41
III. + Program.................................... 46
A. Multigenerational Community Center ....... 47
B. Recreation & Aquatic Center .............. 48
C. City Hall................................ 49
IV. + Community Engagement....................... 50
A. Community Engagement Process ............. 51
- Advertising and Engagement ............. 57
- Workshop #1 – Gallery Walk ............. 61
- Workshop #2 – Alternate Concepts ....... 82
- Workshop #3 – Preferred Concept ........ 89
B. Summary of Feedback...................... 91
V. + Technical Memos ............................ 94
A. Existing Conditions ...................... 96
B. Traffic and Parking ....................... 99
C. Civil Engineering ....................... 108
D. Structural Engineering .................. 112
E. Mechanical, Electrical,
Plumbing, and Low Voltage ............... 114
F. Sustainability and LEED Scorecards ....... 143
VI. + Schedule.................................. 147
VII. + Appendix ................................. 149
A. City Hall Detailed Program .............. 150
- Detailed Program Tabulation ........... 151
- Needs Assessment...................... 155
B. Survey Responses ........................ 175
C. Meeting Notes and Presentations ......... 195
D. Reference Materials ..................... 251

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Executive Summary

GILROY CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN
In November 2024, the City of Gilroy selected ELS Architecture and Urban Design to lead a comprehensive study of its three-block, 14- acre Civic Center. This area—bounded by Sixth Street, Seventh Street, Dowdy Street, and Church Street—holds essential places such as City Hall, Wheeler Center, the Police Headquarters, the Gilroy Library, the Senior Center, and other community-serving facilities.

While some Civic Center buildings, like the Gilroy Library and the Police Headquarters, are relatively new and will remain in place, others are aging and no longer meet the city’s evolving needs. Meanwhile, municipal departments are seeing a steady increase in service demands from a population that has grown by 42% in the last 25 years.

While these challenges come amid rapidly evolving standards that affect countless social and financial norms, the people of Gilroy and their leaders share a common bond: the timeless desire for gathering around public experiences.

In response, city leadership is seizing this opportunity to create a Civic Center that can serve Gilroy’s immediate needs and broader aspirations. This Master Plan is the result of an inclusive, six-month process that has been driven largely by its community—that is, by the people who use the existing site and, in using its successor, will draw profound new benefits from the site’s transformation.

Through a series of city council sessions (conducted in accordance with the Brown Act), public workshops, and stakeholder meetings, over 500 community members have contributed their voices and reimagined what this place is capable of. In reflecting the priorities and aspirations of the broadest possible portion of Gilroy residents, this final plan envisions a modern, inclusive, and vibrant hub that honors the city’s heritage while embracing contemporary practices in programming and sustainability.

WHY A NEW MASTER PLAN?
In 1905, 35 years after its incorporation, the City of Gilroy built its first seat of government at the corner of Monterey Road and West 6th Street. The handsome stone City Hall, which still stands today, housed offices for the mayor and the city clerk, a jail, and the fire department.

For a city of less than 2,000 people, the building was likely sufficient to meet all needs.

Today, Gilroy’s administrators will make no claims of sufficiency.

Amid a generally expanding population now nearing 60,000 and a corresponding expansion of government services, there have been minimal expansions in capacity through new or renovated buildings.

The last Civic Center Master Plan was adopted in 2002, when Gilroy had roughly 42% fewer residents.

Meanwhile, the land on which the site’s buildings sit is dominated by pavement, the majority of which is dedicated to surface parking.

The need for a pedestrian-friendly, modernized civic core is clear.

The current Senior Center, Wheeler Center and City Hall are beyond their useful life and capacity, complicating the city’s ability to provide even basic essential services. The new Master Plan addresses these challenges by aligning city infrastructure with the community’s present and future needs, representing a bold and thoughtful investment in the city’s future.

A REIMAGINED CIVIC CENTER
As envisioned in this master plan, the new Gilroy Civic Center will capably serve the full range of municipal services. It will also set more far-reaching goals, with enticing amenities in wellness, recreation, and cultural programming, among other features. These components will be supported by strategies in architecture and landscape architecture that unite to form a dynamic, pedestrian-friendly campus. The beautifully designed park setting will cohesively integrate government services and innovative, engaging, and personalized civic uses. Key elements include:
• Preservation of Existing Assets: The Gilroy Library and Police Headquarters will remain and continue to serve the community for decades to come.
• New Civic Facilities: Outdated buildings such as Wheeler Center, City Hall, and the Senior Center will be replaced with modern, sustainable, high-capacity facilities designed to support multigenerational programming and future growth.

KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN
Gilroy Civic Center Park
The most definitive component of the entire plan is a new Civic Center Park. Envisioned as the heart of Gilroy, this central green space connects all civic buildings through two major features:
• The East/West Paseo: A pedestrian corridor linking the Police Headquarters, the Library, and the future City Hall.
• The Big Green: Flanked on the north by the new Recreation and Aquatics Center and, on the south, the Multigenerational Community Center, this large open lawn space will host picnics, farmers markets, performances, and community gatherings.

New Civic Buildings
Three new buildings will anchor the reimagined Civic Center:

1. Multigenerational Community Center: Offering programming in theater, the arts, and media, along with dedicated spaces for youth, teens, and seniors.

2. Recreation and Aquatics Center: Featuring competitive and recreational pools, wellness programs, and inclusive sports facilities.

3. New City Hall: Designed to efficiently support the city’s growing needs in administration and public service.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
For this planning process, public participation was seen as an essential tool that would help ensure the Civic Center’s success once the site concludes its build-out. In addition to a prominent web presence and consistent outreach by post and email, the city held four bilingual community workshops that included a Spanish-language “Cafecito” event hosted by the Gilroy Police Department. These four sessions, primarily held at Wheeler Center, were each designed to build consistently upon the previous. This process of accrual helped participants to share and refine their vision for the Civic Center by offering residents direct influence over their city’s future.

STRUCTURE FOR THE MASTER PLAN REPORT
This report describes the Master Plan in detail through the following components:
• Final Concept Design
• Program
• Community Engagement
• Technical Memoranda
• Construction Cost Estimate
• Schedule
• Appendices

CEQA REVIEW
As part of ELS Architecture and Urban Design’s scope of services, the Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan is currently undergoing environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This analysis is being conducted by EMC Planning Group and is anticipated for completion by summer 2026.

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Final Concept Design
Urban Design/Planning and Landscape
Since at least 1940, the Gilroy Civic Center site has been gradually pieced together, leading to a patchwork experience characterized primarily by stand-alone facilities, driveways, and large expanses of disconnected surface parking.

City staff and stakeholders have now reimagined the Civic Center as cohesive, iconic campus defined by contemporary buildings, vibrant public spaces, and a central downtown park. This Master Plan envisions a unified, walkable, and welcoming destination by consolidating parking, replacing aging single-story facilities with efficient two-story buildings, and eliminating perimeter fencing. The people-first plan increases usable open space, forms new pedestrian connections to the nearby downtown, and dramatically enhances the site’s relationship with the population it serves.

This bold vision reflects the transformation of the Civic Center into a truly public amenity and adds new meaning to Gilroy’s public identity.

PLAN DESCRIPTION
Anchored by three new buildings (City Hall, a Recreation & Aquatics Center, and an Arts & Community Center with a 250-seat theater), the plan weaves these new facilities into the existing Library and Police Headquarters around a central park for events, all of which are connected by a tree-lined paseo.

The design adds to Gilroy’s identity as a place that places a high value on inclusion and community-wide connections. In plan view, the edges of each building are often activated where they meet adjacent green space, resulting in a pleasing, site-wide assembly of mutually beneficial indoor-outdoor relationships. These edges have a special vitality: large building doors open onto event terraces; patios invite people to gather, read, and dine; and recreational activities draw energy through their proximity to the park.

The plan makes the most of the site’s proximity to downtown Gilroy, just a short walk west along 6th Street or Monterey Street, by reinforcing pedestrian connections and extending the experience of downtown eastward. In so doing, the Civic Center can at last strengthen its relationship with the historic commercial core and play a more important role in the city’s evolving network of public spaces.

At its core, the master plan draws from best practices in urban design to establish a sense of place, scale, and connectivity, helping to promote walkability, economic vitality, and a stronger sense of community identity. Buildings are intentionally arranged to frame a central civic park and pedestrian paseo, creating a strong east-west relationship that orients visitors and links to key destinations. The design transforms auto-dominated infrastructure into a pedestrianprioritized landscape, consolidating numerous scattered driveways into concentrated primary access points to reduce vehicular conflict, improve safety, and reclaim surface area for green space and public use. Generous setbacks, shaded seating, and an intuitive network of pathways make the site inviting and porous, encouraging pedestrian access and impromptu gatherings across all ages and abilities.

At the center of the new community buildings is the Civic Park, a twoblock green space fronting Church Street, forms the Master Plan’s heart and functions as the literal and symbolic center of Gilroy’s civic life. Encircled by the Community Center, Recreation Center, City Hall, and Library, the park supports both daily use (with shaded paths, picnic lawns, playgrounds, and fitness stations) and large-scale community events. Merging the uses of an amphitheater, community lawn, and event plaza, the park can host concerts, movie nights, markets, and seasonal festivals; its surrounding promenade provides space for markets and outdoor gatherings. To mark a key public confluence— of the park, paseo, and walkway to Rosanna Street—several arcs of fountain jets form a playful focal point and, where adjacent events require additional usable space, can be turned off.

CIVIC BUILDINGS
The new City Hall, located prominently at the southern edge of the civic park and easily visible from key access points, is designed around notions of contemporaneity, efficiency, and transparency.

The building’s easily legible layout includes a welcoming lobby, flexible workspaces, and public meeting rooms that establish this as an approachable, accessible place characterized by open governance.

The building design allows a direct visual connection between the adjacent plaza and the council chambers, allowing for larger crowds while reinforcing the community connecting to the seat of government.

Its central location reaffirms its role as the symbol and the seat of Gilroy’s public life.

The Recreation & Aquatics Center is a wellness hub for all ages. Its design offers indoor courts, fitness studios, swimming pools, and water therapy, in a facility suitable for year-round use. Generous glazing along its primary facades offers a visual connection to the park, showcasing physical activity and encouraging participation. With a similar design intent, the Arts & Community Center supports lifelong curiosity through cultural programming, education, and performance, with spaces adaptable for everything from youth art classes to civic ceremonies. Its 250-seat theater doubles as a venue for local arts and large public gatherings, while the senior dining room has a direct connection to outdoor views of the park and other civic amenities.

PASEO
The paseo is a tree-lined promenade that, as an interconnecting spine, organizes the broader Civic Center site. It extends the park experience westward, connects Civic Park with the Police Headquarters, library, City Hall and site parking, and promotes a sense of continuity and flow.

The paseo is lined with benches and communal tables set beneath large canopy trees selected to match the site’s existing heritage trees and those along nearby streets. The paseo’s axial orientation allows for long views toward Gilroy’s hilly landscape—by turns gold or green—reinforcing the sense of a place that is rooted in the natural environment. The site is further unified by a consistent materials palette and generous landscaping.

PARKING
To support the site’s transformation, the master plan consolidates 14 scattered driveways into just five primary access points, helping to reduce pavement area and improve public safety. Parking is consolidated into two primary lots occupying the site’s northwest corner. One lot extends from the Library along Sixth Street and the other serves City Hall, the Community Center, and the Police Headquarters. Together, these lots provide 300 on-site spaces, complemented by 125 additional spaces along the site’s frontage facilitated in part by replacing parallel spaces with angled parking. If future needs require it, the larger lot is designed to accommodate structured parking, which will increase capacity without sacrificing open space.

BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR
This project’s designers have been mindful of the fact that the Civic Center site occupies a single-family residential neighborhood, with many homes facing directly onto the project’s common access points and gathering areas. The master plan respects this context. The plan’s buildings, driveway locations, and site-edge landscaping have all been sensitively designed to minimize potential negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. New buildings step down in mass and in height near adjacent homes, while landscaped buffers and pedestrian-scaled transitions help blend the civic campus into the neighborhood fabric. This edge condition is conceived as a prominent, desirable neighborhood frontage, with pedestrian-scaled lighting, clear sightlines, and walkable connections that welcome residents to stroll, bike, or jog easily and safely into the site without needing to drive. This approach seeks, at its core, to create a pedestrian-oriented site that

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extends the surrounding open space network and integrates into the district as if it were just another amenity-rich neighborhood park.

SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT STRATEGIES
The Master Plan’s design strategies exemplify the value of resilient, sustainable urban infrastructure. Native landscaping, bioswales, and permeable paving all manage stormwater while reducing the urban heat-island effect. Passive design strategies—such as optimized building orientation and shading devices—minimize energy use and enhance outdoor comfort. In this vision, the Civic Center becomes not only a center of public life but a tool for exploring the teachable values of sustainable planning and design.

EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Equity and inclusion are core to the plan, with every aspect of the campus—from building entries to playgrounds—designed to welcome the region’s cultures and to embody the principles of universal accessibility. Community input, particularly from historically underrepresented groups, has helped to ensure that the project serves the immediate needs of a diverse spectrum of Gilroy residents.

In particular, the park and paseo prioritize multigenerational, multifunctional design strategies and create space for youth, families, and seniors to gather. Pathways and entries will be universally accessible; multilingual signage and culturally inclusive programming will deepen public perceptions of this place as welcome to all.

The plan proposes far more than a collection of new buildings. It envisions a civic common for the 21st century, one that can meet the evolving needs of Gilroy’s people and environment. By integrating functional municipal infrastructure with beautiful public space, the plan reflects the pride, aspirations, and diversity of its city’s stakeholders while delivering flexible, future-ready infrastructure that will serve the region for many coming generations.

Architecture

CAMPUS PLAN
A campus can be thought of as any well-defined place where people come to share in a set of common purposes. To envision and articulate a place that helps fulfill those purposes has been one of the primary objectives for this Master Plan. As visitors approach the site, they will see buildings that frame the park and form a clear dialogue between structure and landscape. In plan view, the spaces in between each building offer areas that support civic purpose by enabling informal community gatherings. Each building has two levels, helping to minimize its horizontal footprint while maximizing the available area for outdoor recreation and amenities.

The Master Plan gathers the site’s new and existing structures around a strongly linear, east-west gateway known as the Paseo. On its western side, the Paseo extends from the parking lot and existing Police Headquarters towards the large civic park and community-focused buildings on the eastern side, where much of the recreation and leisure activities are concentrated.

The Multigenerational Community Center is located along West 7th Street, and the Recreation & Aquatics Center is located to the north, along West 6th Street. The new City Hall is sited along West 7th Street in the central campus block, where the current City Hall is located. These three new buildings, together with the existing Library and the Police Headquarters, help define the overall campus perimeter. When a visitor is at the site’s eastern edge, the eye moves west and toward the central Paseo. The park-facing facades of City Hall, the Community Center, the Recreation and Aquatics Center and the Library all progressively narrow down to frame the park and Paseo, a reduction that helps to concentrate a visitor’s focus and invites them to explore the site’s various civic uses more deeply. Conversely, looking east from the western end of the Paseo frames an extensive view of the Civic Park that expands as one moves down the gateway towards Church Street.

This campus plan effectively choreographs the site’s countless civic activities and helps to bridge the official functions of a municipality with everyday experiences related to recreation, wellness, and culture.

CIVIC ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY
Already one of the most recognized places in Gilroy, the Civic Center site must now achieve new forms of recognition. The Civic Center master plan envisions a place where people can experience the best of life in the area and, through countless opportunities for engagement, assert their values and civic pride. To seize this site’s enormous potential, the master plan maximizes opportunities for cohesion throughout the three-block campus and among the relationships between its structures and landscape. In so doing, the realized plan will bring contemporary meaning to Gilroy’s established civic architectural identity and create a popular venue for community-building efforts.

With those goals in mind, this master plan retains two of the site’s existing buildings (the library and the police headquarters) and calls for three new buildings: the Multigenerational Community Center; the Recreation & Aquatics Center; and City Hall. Each new building follows a design strategy that draws on the site’s existing architectural vocabulary and on its broader context—historical, social, environmental, and functional.

Viewed collectively, these five buildings and their supporting landscape form a unified expression that is rooted in three architectural principles: materials and massing, connections through transparency, and operational and environmental resilience.

Materials and Massing
The master plan’s new buildings draw essential design cues from three of the site’s existing buildings—the library, the police headquarters, and City Hall, all of which share the Mission Revival style that gives the site its common architectural language. By acknowledging and interpreting the architectural style of their existing neighbors, the new facilities translate the Mission Revival style’s simple, relatable materials and forms into a fresh, contemporary architectural response.

This stylistic interplay—between familiar and new, existing and contemporary—establishes a formal dialogue across the five-building collective. In addition, the use of materials and massing emphasizes cohesion, providing a sense of unity that effectively balances the unique characteristics and uses that define each building. This balance will help visitors see the site as a cohesive place, despite its diverse program and uses. For this project, the new buildings use a primary exterior material palette of white cement plaster, terracotta tile, wood, and glass. Each building’s massing is composed of sloped gable roofs and rectilinear volumes. Of these volumes, certain facades are defined by wood trellises that offer shade, material warmth, and additional relief and scale. The facades receive further articulation from deep, rhythmically punched openings. These openings are concentrated along the site’s perimeter—Church Street, West 6th Street, and West 7th Street—to create a unified expression along the street frontages.

While the new buildings feel connected to and consistent with the familiar Mission Revival style, they avoid merely replicating it. Instead, they offer a contemporary evolution of Gilroy’s civic architecture, one that pays homage to the city’s traditional expressions while looking to the future.

Connections Through Transparency
Critical to this new civic identity is the idea that transparency can be a tool for creating connection. To that end, expansive glazed openings provide ample views and natural light, even as they are shaded by trellises and awnings to reduce solar gain. These openings afford grand views of the civic park, sky, and lush landscape beyond, enabling building occupants to remain visually connected with the neighborhood and natural environment. From outside each building, people in the park or on the sidewalk can easily see inside various spaces and note the bustling activities within.

The plan emphasizes physical transparency in other ways. In plan view, the edges of each building are often activated where they meet adjacent green space, through numerous interconnected plazas and decks that, where applicable, are equipped with bi-fold doors to allow for unobstructed openings. This strategy maximizes the benefits of the plan’s strong indoor-outdoor relationship and helps define the site as a place of seamless transition between the buildings’ countless interior functions and all the uses found just beyond in its exterior

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environment, from public events to recreational and leisure activities.

Through the transparency that characterizes these indoor-outdoor relationships, the site’s users immediately comprehend the fluid integration of architecture and landscape and experience the two spaces as a unified whole.

Access to natural light is crucial to establishing a space that is comfortable, healthy, and inviting. Natural light can also reduce operational costs by minimizing or even eliminating the need for artificial daytime lighting. The plan’s double-height atriums and interior glazing enable visual connections across floor levels and bring natural light into various uses and departments. Natural light and visual connections are often taken for granted but they are essential factors for any project that seeks to promote intermingling and strengthen community interaction.

Sustainability and Resiliency
The integration of sustainable and resilient strategies is central to the project’s architectural identity and underscore Gilroy’s commitment to climate and environmental action.

Prominent design features include:
• Use of renewable materials, most notably cross-laminated timber as a primary structural system
• Photovoltaic solar arrays atop flat roofs for on-site renewable energy
• Daylighting strategies maximize diffuse natural light and minimize reliance on artificial lighting
• All-electric HVAC and pool heating systems, eliminating use of natural gas
• Passive ventilation via stack effect in double-height spaces for naturally cooled buildings
• Use of fire-resistant exterior materials
These strategies are critical to embodying the city’s values through a forward-thinking complex. They also serve as public educational tools that help to build community awareness of sustainable and resilient design.

MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER
The Multigenerational Community Center collects diverse program elements into a facility that can adapt to the needs of all users, with spaces for youth and seniors, arts, dining, performance, and recreation.

The building’s layered forms help to anchor the site’s southeastern corner and are primarily organized around the program’s two largest spaces: a half-court gymnasium to the east and a 262-seat theater to the west. While these two spaces are distinct volumes, they are uniformly clad in a combination of white cement plaster and terracotta and capped by gable roof forms. The gym’s north and south facades include a series of repeated punched openings that provide views from West 7th Street through to the park. The state-of-the-art, two-level theater will provide a flexible venue supporting a rich variety of uses in community events and the performing arts.

Between the gymnasium and theater, a series of rectilinear volumes step (in plan view and in section view) to create an interlocking mass uniting different users and spaces (for Dining, Seniors and Youth as well as Arts and Administration). The Arts and Administrative spaces are organized along the south, street-facing facade, while the Dining, Seniors and Youth programs are located on the north, park-facing facade, where each interior space opens directly onto outdoor spaces.

These interior spaces include the Dining Hall, where a bi-fold glass partition system offers visitors the option of eating indoors or at a large outdoor dining terrace. Likewise, the interior spaces for seniors open onto a dedicated outdoor patio, and the second-floor interior spaces for youth have a balcony with views out to Civic Park.

These various layered elements are unified by a central doubleheight atrium that extends from West 7th Street all the way to the park. Two large glass skylights bring daylight into the soaring space, which, as the building’s lobby, serves as a place for the facility’s users to meet and gather.

RECREATION AND AQUATICS CENTER
The Recreation and Aquatics Center is a dynamic facility that houses programing in indoor sports, fitness, and aquatics. Situated at the civic campus’s prominent northeast corner, the building and its landscape form a key access point from the street and establish a civic sense of arrival. Transparent design elements highlight active uses of the venue and support its integration into the Master Plan. The building is organized around a full-court gymnasium and a series of stacked volumes lining the gym on two sides.

The gymnasium occupies the building’s north, street-facing facade, which is articulated to break up its scale. Rhythmic punched openings provide views along West 6th Street and Church Street, while a second-level balcony, with a running track, projects outward to create a ground-level arcade along Church Street.

To the south, stacked volumes house the main lobby, administrative offices, weight and cardio rooms, and multi-purpose rooms. The lower volume is clad in cement plaster, while the upper cantilevered gable volume is clad in terracotta roof and wall tiles for a contemporary take on the Mission Revival style. Deeply recessed windows, covered with wood trellises, admit diffuse natural light and remind users of the park setting. At the second level, an offset between the two volumes creates balconies with views to the park.

The facility’s western edge holds locker rooms and provides direct access to the outdoor aquatics area—an 8-lane 25-yard competition pool with an attached fun-water pool. The pool deck projects outward towards the park, offering a prominent and lively showcase for the facility’s uses.

Inside, a central double-height lobby offers visual continuity to help tie together the building’s uses. The open interior, which allows for intuitive wayfinding, has expansive glazing along the gymnasium’s south wall, providing views directly into the courts and the running track.

Extending from the lobby to the aquatics area, a corridor is set slightly askew from the building’s broader axis, offering wide-angle views of the water that highlight the importance of aquatics to the overall facility.

CITY HALL
City Hall has a unique architectural expression that sets it apart from other facilities in the Master Plan. This distinct quality emphasizes the building’s importance to the entire Civic Center—and to the city that the Civic Center serves. It will replace the existing City Hall, south of the Library, and will occupy the lower half of the plan’s middle block.

Its highly central siting puts City Hall at the heart of the plan and uses the building’s northern edge to articulate the Paseo as it leads towards Civic Park. This will be a future-focused seat of government, with a design that prioritizes transparency and adaptability.

The building’s mass is organized into three primary volumes. To the north are the Council Chambers and the main lobby; to the south is the administrative wing, which houses various city departments (Public Works, Finance, Community Development, Utilities, Fire Administration, Emergency Services, Human Resources, and Administration). These functions are located within a simple, two-story gable volume, clad in cement plaster with terracotta roof tiles. The ground level holds rhythmic punched openings, with wood trellises that bring in daylight and establish a welcoming civic scale. Atop a more traditional Mission Revival base are second-floor ribbon windows that provide a contemporary counterpoint to the building’s lower level and offer sweeping views of the surrounding context.

Visitors seeking to access the City departments will pass through a double-height lobby that serves as the primary public entry and a central access point for administrative functions. This abundantly daylit space will draw its diffuse illumination from a large expanse of northfacing glazing that connects to an adjacent outdoor patio.

Adjacent to the Lobby is the Council Chambers, whose distinct architectural presence asserts its unique and symbolic role within the campus and the city. While it has a sloped roof that resonates with the gable roofs found elsewhere in the site’s Mission Revival-style facilities, the Chambers moves away from traditional expressions to introduce a bold and contemporary statement of geometric form that is unique on

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the campus. The Chambers’ truncated exterior volume is clad in a red travertine rainscreen system that compliments nearby buildings’ warm terracotta tones and establishes this place as a landmark of special civic value.

The proceedings and sessions that fill any Council Chambers lead to meaningful changes for a city and its residents. The space’s interior architecture acknowledges the importance of the Council Chambers by using height and natural light to instill the Chambers’ official functions with the humane, affirmative qualities of a special civic space. A large oculus in the ceiling brings daylight into the Chambers and reminds occupants of their connection to the natural environment. An adjoining Anteroom functions as a secondary public entry and a flexible space for events and overflow.

The Chambers’ full-height glazing frames long views of Civic Park and creates a direct visual and emotional connection between civic governance inside and community life outside. The City Hall asserts the importance of tradition and of innovation and, grounded in transparency and civic pride, creates a forward-looking facility for the coming generations of Gilroy’s residents, stakeholders, and leadership.

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BUILDING PLANS | SITE SECTIONS | ELEVATIONS

RENDERINGS

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View from Big Green

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6TH STREET
7TH STREET
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PARKING DISBURSEMENT
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FARMER’S MARKET SCENARIO
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7TH STREET
DOWDY
CHURCH
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SCALE COMPARISON, FOOTBALL FIELD
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
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UP
UP
3 4
1 2
A A
B
B

COMMUNITY
SENIOR
LOUNGE

COMMUNITY
SENIOR

ACTIVITY ROOM

WOMEN'S

RESTROOM
MEN'S

RESTROOM

RESTROOM RESTROOM
OFFICE OFFICE STOR.

OFFICE OFFICE BREAK ROOM

UTILITY

THEATER

COMMERCIAL

KITCHEN

DINING/MULTI-PURPOSE
ROOM
STOR

HALF GYM

OPEN OFFICE
AREA
GYM
LOBBY

PERFORMANCE

BACK STAGE PLATFORM
B
B

STORAGE
LIGHT
LOCK
LIGHT
LOCK

CONFERENCE/
STOR.

RECEPTION
0' 15' 30' 60' N

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DN
DN
3 4
1 2
A A
B
B

ART STUDIO
ART

MULTI-PURPOSE
STOR
STOR

WOMEN'S

RESTROOM
MEN'S

RESTROOM

RESTROOM RESTROOM

YOUTH LOUNGE YOUTH ACTIVITY

UTILITY

OPEN TO BELOW

OPEN TO
BELOW

BALCONY

CONTROL
BOOTH
B
B
LIGHT
LOCK
LIGHT
LOCK

GALLERY
ACCESS
LOBBY

ROOF BELOW

BALCONY SEATING
0' 15' 30' 60' N

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FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 2

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LOBBY

THEATER

ART STUDIO ART

MULTI-PURPOSE
RECEPTION OFFICEOPEN OFFICEOFFICE STOR. UTILITY
AREA
GYM

HALF GYM STOR
LOBBY

B TRANSVERSE BUILDING SECTION

A LONGITUDINAL BUILDING SECTION
0' 15' 30' 60'

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BUILDING SECTIONS

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2 NORTH
4 SOUTH
1 WEST
0' 15' 30' 60'

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EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS

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1 2
4 3
B
B
A A

GYMNASIUM

FLEX ROOM

MULTIPURPOSE
ROOM

ENTRY LOBBY
OFFICE STOR. OFFICE
BREAK
OFFICE
STOR. GN
FC FC

MEN'S LOCKER
ROOM
MECH

WOMEN'S

LOCKER ROOM
GYM STOR.

POOL MECH.

POOL STORAGE LIFEG.

ACID
ELEC.

LAP POOL

OFFICES /

RECEPTION
ELEV.

UP
UP

ACTIVITY POOL

MULTIPURPOSE
ROOM
A A

CHLORINE
ELEC.
0' 15' 30' 60' N

RECREATION AND AQUATICS CENTER
FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 1

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1 2
4 3
B
B
A A
OPEN ADMIN.

MEN'S LOCKER
ROOM
FC/RR

WOMEN'S

LOCKER ROOM
FC/RR
MECH.

STOR.

MULTIPURPOSE
ROOM

FITNESS -

CARDIO /

WEIGHTS

FITNESS
CLASSROOM 1

POOL BELOW
OFFICE STOR. OFFICE
MANAG. OFFICE

CONFERENCE/

BREAK ROOM
GN
ELEC.

TRACK
ELEV.

OPEN TO
BELOW

OPEN TO
BELOW
DN
DN

EXTERIOR

BALCONY
A A
0' 15' 30' 60' N

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FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 2

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GYMNASIUM

ENTRY LOBBY

TRACK TRACK PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE
ENTRY LOBBY OFFICE STOR. OFFICE
OFFICE STOR. OFFICE

FITNESS -

CARDIO /

WEIGHTS

LAP POOL

B TRANSVERSE BUILDING SECTION

A LONGITUDINAL BUILDING SECTION
0' 15' 30' 60'

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BUILDING SECTIONS

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1 NORTH ELEVATION
4 SOUTH ELEVATION
2 EAST ELEVATION 3 WEST ELEVATION

RECREATION AND AQUATICS CENTER

ELEVATIONS

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UP
UP
UP
3 4
1 2
A A
B
B

PUBLIC WORKS FINANCE
MECH
JAN
MECH
ELEC

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
LOBBY/

CHAIR & TABLE

RESTROOM STORAGE

MAIL HUDDLE

WOMEN'S

RESTROOM
MEN'S

RESTROOM
PUBLIC

COUNTER
PUBLIC

COUNTER

EQUIPMENT

ROOM STAFF
CLOSED

SESSION

CONFERENCE

LOBBY/RECEPTION

COUNCIL

CHAMBERS PRE-FUNCTION AREA
0' 15' 30' 60' N

CITY HALL
FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 1

CITY HALL
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DN
DN
DN 3
4 1
2 A A
B
B

EMERGENCY

SERVICES
CENTER

EMERGENCY

SERVICES
CENTER
HUMAN

RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

BREAK ROOM
MEN'S

RESTROOM

FIRE ADMIN
ELEC
MECH

UTILITIES

OPEN TO BELOW

TERRACE
PUBLIC

COUNTER

RECEPTION/

WAITING

WOMEN'S

RESTROOM

SHARED CONF /

CLASSROOM

RECEPTION/

WAITING

OPEN TO BELOW

INTERSTITIAL SPACE

CITY HALL
FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 2
0' 15' 30' 60' N
Floor Plan Level 2

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UTILITIES FIRE ADMIN

PUBLIC WORKS MECH MECH FINANCE
HUMAN

RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT

MEN'S TERRACE RESTROOM

EMERGENCY

SERVICES
CENTER
MECH

LOBBY/RECEPTION

A LONGITUDINAL BUILDING SECTION

B TRANSVERSE BUILDING SECTION
0' 15' 30' 60'

CITY HALL

BUILDING SECTIONS

CITY HALL
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3 EAST 2 NORTH
4 SOUTH
1 WEST
0' 15' 30' 60'

CITY HALL

ELEVATIONS

CITY HALL
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Multigenerational Arts and Community Center
Space
Program
Target Plan Area Total Area Remarks
Lower Level
Lobby 2,500 3,100
Theater (First Level) 6,000 6,400
Dining/Multipurpose Room & Chair Storage 2,500 2,700
Seat 150 for meals, 200 to 250 for
assembly
Commercial Kitchen 1,000 950
1/2 Gym 4,690 4,650
Gym Storage 280 225
Restrooms 700 950
Admin
Office 100 100
Office 100 100
Office 100 100
Office 100 100
Open Office Area 250 320
Reception 150 160
Conference/Breakroom 150 160
Storage 100 100
Seniors
Community Senior Activity Room 1,200 1,250
Community Senior Lounge 600 720
Storage 120 120
Upper Level
Lobby 800 1,550
Theater Second level 1,500 1,450
Upper Level Restrooms 800 930
Youth
Youth Activity Room 1,200 1,120
Youth Lounge 600 700
Arts
Art Multi-purpose Room 900 1,020
Art Studio 900 950
Total Program Area 27,340 29,925
Circulation, Walls, and Misc. 11,679
Total Building Area 41,604
First floor 24,688
Second Floor 16,916

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Multigenerational Recreation and Aquatics Center
Space
Program
Target Plan Area Total Area Remarks
Lower Level
Lobby/Reception 1,000 2,100
Locker Room/Toilets, Mens 1,000 1,280
Locker Room/Toilets, Womens 1,000 1,150
Family Changing Rooms/Toilets 250 320
Mulitpurpose Room 1,000 933
Multipurpose Room 1,000 933
Storage and Mechanical 700 309
Aquatics
Open Office 550 570
Office 100 100
Office 100 100
Office 100 180
Staff Breakroom 150 225
Lifeguard 150 127
Pool Mechanical 2,000 1,780
Electrical 120 120
Outdoor Pool Storage 610 - not included in total
Recreation
Gymnasium - 3 courts with track 12,000 10,900
Gymnasium Storage 500 370
Upper Level
Locker Room/Toilets, Mens 600 680
Locker Room/Toilets, Womens 600 680
Family Change Rooms/Toilets 500 400
Recreation
Office 100 120
Office 100 90
Manager Office 120 140
Open Administration 240 340
Storage 80 105
Conference/Breakroom 140 240
Fitness Area - Cardio/Weights 2,000 1,850
Multipurpose Room 900 906
Fitness Storage 120 370
Fitness Classroom 1 1,200 1,140
Second Floor Track 5,000 4,710 3 lanes
Total Program Area 33,420 33,268
Circulation, Walls, and Misc. 9,347
Building Total 42,615
First Floor 26180
Second Floor 16435

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City Hall
Space
Target
Area Plan Area Total Area Remarks
Lower Level
Lobby and Reception 1,150 2,050
Huddle and Mail Room 250 220
Council Chambers
Chambers 2,500 2,510
Anteroom 1,500 1,240
Closed Session Conference Room 200 350
Equipment Room 100 260
Staff Area 170 Staff Area in Council Chamber
Restrooms 120
Storage 200 245
Departments
Public Works 3,900 4,433 3, 102 sf net*
Finance 3,960 4,607 3,164 sf net*
Community Development 5,500 5,860 4,390 sf net*
Restrooms 600 720
Mechanical/Misc. 600 754
Upper Level
Departments
Utilities 3,550 3,900 2,828 sf net*
Fire Admin 1,000 860 834 sf net*
Emergency Operations Center 2,787 2,246 2,230 sf net*
Human Resources 2,467 2,658 1,974 sf net*
Adminstration 3,257 3,400 2,606 sf net*
Training Room / Large Conference Room 900 761
Lunch/Breakroom 400 464
Restrooms/Showers 500 581
Mechanical/Misc. 600 530
*Note: Program areas from the detailed program have been increased to allow for circulation and walls within departments Total Program Area 35,921 38,939
Circulation, Walls, and Misc. 8,568
Total Building Area 47,507
First floor 28,055
Second Floor 19,452

CITY HALL
The new City Hall will combine departments that currently occupy City Hall: Administration, Administrative Services, Community Development, Finance, and Public Works, with departments that are currently housed in other locations: Emergency Operations, Utilities, and Fire Department Administration, to provide these critical city functions and the Council Chambers all under one roof.

To determine space needs, ELS distributed questionnaires about space requirements to department heads and team leaders, and conducted a series of follow-up interviews for each department. Detailed notes from these needs assessment interviews and questionnaires are included in the appendix to this report. Information gathered in these interviews and questionnaires provided the basis for a detailed program tabulation (also included in the appendix).

This detailed program was then tested in actual plan layouts of city hall, and area was added to allow for circulation within each department resulting in the final program shown here.

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Community Engagement Process
The engagement process for the Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan sought to encourage participation from the broadest possible range of stakeholders, residents, and city staff in shaping the future of this important public place. The multi-faceted engagement strategies included residents of all ages, community groups, and staff at City entities and agencies. Outreach documentation took the form of surveys, banners, flyers, and mailings; in-person engagement occurred at meetings, and workshops.

Advertising and Stakeholder
Engagement
This process began with the City of Gilroy’s Communication and Engagement Manager, Rachelle Bedell, sending community and civic organizations a brief Engagement Letter outlining the project and asking for community input at a series of workshops over the coming months. The letter was sent in various forms to local organizations including the South County Collaborative, Gilroy Unified School District, Chamber of Commerce, South County Youth Task Force, and Gilroy Police and Fire Departments, among others.

The centerpiece of the community engagement process was the Community Workshops. The City and design team conducted six Community Workshops over nearly three months. Each workshop was held at Wheeler Center over three days (Tuesday, March 4, 2025; Tuesday, April 8, 2025; and Tuesday, May 20, 2025), with morning and evening sessions on each day. The structure and content of each meeting built upon the content of the previous meeting, advancing stakeholders towards a preferred concept design for the Gilroy Civic Center.

Advertisements for the workshop series were posted on city websites and distributed in the form of flyers; these flyers were also inserted into residential customers’ water bills. Large display boards advertising the workshop series in Spanish and English were also placed in the library, at Wheeler Center, at the Senior Center, and in two locations at City Hall. In addition, prior to the April 8, 2025 Community Workshops, City staff distributed door hangers to each home in an area comprising roughly thirty blocks surrounding the Civic Center, from Tenth Street (on perimeter’s south) to Third Street (on the north) and from Engleberry (on the east) to Princevalle (on the west).

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Workshop Series Structure
The structure of the workshop series was as follows:

WORKSHOP 1
Gallery Walk | Community Open House
March 4, 2025, 9AM and 6PM
This workshop introduced participants to the concepts and possibilities of a new Civic Center through large display boards addressing relevant topics. These topics included the Community Engagement Process, the Project Site, and the possibilities for potential new facilities such as a Senior Center, an Aquatics Center, a Community Recreation Center, and an Arts Center. Given the workshop’s open house structure, there were no formal presentations and attendees could browse the venue freely to read about the topics presented on each board and ask questions of the project’s design staff, stationed around the room. A board for posting thoughts and comments also provided opportunities for attendees to post additional written comments and notes. Workshop materials in Spanish and English were posted on the City’s website, for those who might not be able to attend the workshop.

A survey on the City’s website allowed for further community input.

Workshop notes have been included in the appendix to this report.

The morning and evening sessions were each well attended, with strong representation from city staff, stakeholders, community groups, and residents.

Attendees enthusiastically supported the idea of a new community center and recreation center in the Civic Center that would offer youth programs, address the need for outdoor gathering spaces (for recreation, music, and other forms of cultural expression), and include an indoor venue for the performing arts.

Many participants voiced support for an aquatic center, since local options and hours for public swimming are limited. There was also notable support for strengthening the connection between the new Civic Center and the existing historic downtown. Several important topics of concern related to addressing the challenges of parking and traffic. For a detailed compilation of community input, please see the Summary of Feedback later in this report and the March 4th meeting notes in the appendix.

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WORKSHOP 2
Presentation of Alternate Concepts and Charrette
to Select a Preferred Design Direction
April 8, 2025, 9AM & 6PM
Following the March 4th workshops, the design team developed three alternate concepts for the Civic Center, building on feedback from the first workshop and on needs-assessment interviews with city departments. Each concept included the following: • a large central Civic Park • three new buildings - City Hall - Multigenerational Arts & Community Center - Recreation & Aquatics Center • a central pedestrian promenade connecting the site through the center (from Civic Park on the east to the Police Headquarters and parking lot on the west)
After a presentation reviewing the options in detail, workshop participants gathered into small groups around tables and discussed the options; at each table, a facilitator from the design team took notes. Community members then shared their thoughts on the three options, with a designated spokesperson presenting each group’s ideas and preferences to the larger gathering. Through these discussions, the group came to a consensus that represented a hybrid of Concept A and Concept B.

Information was made available in Spanish and English, with an interpreter providing simultaneous translation. Following the workshop, all information was posted on the city’s website in both Spanish and English, along with a survey to solicit additional community input.

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WORKSHOP 3
Presentation of Preferred Concept, Community
Charrette, and Collect Final Comments
May 20, 2025, 9AM & 6PM
Following the April 8th workshops, and after the design team’s review and incorporation of city staff and community feedback, ELS developed a final Preferred Concept. The Preferred Concept was developed through synthesizing stakeholder feedback and organizing elements of Concept A and Concept B into a new plan. Here, two buildings (the Recreation & Aquatics Center and the Multigenerational Arts & Community Center) flank a large civic park on the site’s east side, along Church Street, while the new City Hall is located on 7th Street across from the library.

ELS presented the final Preferred Concept and its development to workshop participants who then gathered at tables to consider the new design and provide their feedback. As at the previous workshops, a member of the design team facilitated the discussion and a spokesperson from each table presented their findings to the larger group.

Comments and feedback on the Preferred Concept included enthusiastic reviews of the overall design. Some concerns were expressed about parking and accessibility, adequate shade in the park, adequate lighting, and security measures. Like the previous workshops, all materials were posted on the city’s website in Spanish and English, along with a survey to solicit additional community input.

More detailed information about the feedback received is included in the Summary of Feedback later in this report and in meeting notes and detailed survey results included in the appendix.

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Cafecito and Cops
Through an invitation from the Gilroy Police Department, the design team participated in the May 9, 2025 Cafecito and Cops event at San Ysidro Park. Held regularly in venues around Gilroy, these sessions are an important forum for discussing topics with the Spanishspeaking community. To encourage the community’s participation and generate interest in the Civic Center master-planning process, the design team gave a bilingual presentation on the project’s progress. This presentation explored the project vision, the results of the workshops to date, upcoming engagement opportunities, and survey links for community feedback. This event gave the design team access to underserved residents that had not attended design workshops, and, in many cases, had not been aware of the chance to participate.

City Commissions
Outreach efforts for the Civic Center Master Plan included presentations of the three Workshop 2 options to various City Commissions. The City’s Project Manager, Ryan Osenton, met with each of the following seven commissions to discuss goals for the project, review the Civic Center plan alternates, and extend invitations to upcoming community outreach sessions.

City Commissions and meeting dates:
• Planning Commission, April 3, 2025
• Library Commission, April 9, 2025
• Youth Commission, April 14, 2025
• Parks and Recreation Commission, April 15, 2025
• Personnel Commission, April 28, 2025
• Arts and Culture Commission, May 13, 2025
• Senior Luncheon, May 14, 2025
Meetings with City Council Members
At strategic points in the process, city staff and the design team conducted small meetings with City Council members, with one or two council members at a time. These presentations allowed the design team and city staff to update council members on the design process and to obtain their feedback, both of which were important prior to the Workshop 3 presentation of the final Preferred Concept.

The presentations provided council members with a preview of material presented at the community workshops, while the smallmeeting format avoided any conflict with the Brown Act. It also provided an informal setting where the design team could hear and respond to comments prior to the final workshop.

These meetings were held over multiple sessions during the following dates:
• After Workshop 1, week of 3/17/25
• After Workshop 2, week of 4/21/25
• Before Workshop 3, week of 5/12/25

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Help Shape the Future of Gilroy’s Civic Center
The City of Gilroy is reimagining the Civic Center and developing a new Master Plan to better serve our growing community and address the increasing demands of our community, underutilized spaces, and aging facilities. To assist with this effort, we’ve contracted with ELS Architecture and Urban Design.

Spanning approximately 14 acres in central Gilroy, the Civic Center site is located between Sixth and Seventh Streets. The site currently houses key community facilities, including City Hall, the Police Station, Wheeler Community Center, the Gilroy Library, the Senior Center, and Wheeler Park. While some buildings will remain, others need rethinking to meet the future needs of Gilroy residents.

We need your input! Your feedback will shape the future of this important space. Join us at a series of community workshops to share your ideas. Each workshop will be conducted twice.

Community Workshop #1: Open House & Gallery Information Walk Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 9:00 AM or 6:00 PM
Wheeler Community Center, 270 W 6th Street
Community Workshop #2: Alternative Concepts & Visioning Sessions Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 9:00 AM or 6:00 PM
Wheeler Community Center, 270 W 6th Street
Community Workshop #3: Preferred Concept & Visioning Sessions Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 9:00 AM or 6:00 PM
Wheeler Community Center, 270 W 6th Street
All meetings and materials will be provided in English and Spanish.

Each workshop will provide an opportunity to learn about the project, share your ideas, and collaborate with City staff and the ELS team. After each workshop, an online summary and survey will be available for those who were unable to attend and for those who want to continue the conversation and provide additional input.

Visit http://www.cityofgilroy.org/CCMP for project updates and workshop details. For additional questions or information, please email [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you!

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3’ X 7’ BOARD FOR LOBBY DISPLAY
& DOORHANGER
Please join us for two community workshop
events taking place at the
Jerome Center
726 South Center Street
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Community Workshop #1
Thursday, August 24, 2023
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Open House/Gallery Walk
We will share
project information
and look forward to hearing and
discussing your ideas, thoughts and
feedback.

Community Workshop #2
Thursday, September 14, 2023
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Concept Design Charrette
We will share initial concept
ideas and look forward to your
thoughts and feedback in a community
design charrette to help us finalize
the Master Plan for a
reimagined Memorial Park and Pool
Please Join Us!
Help us reimagine Memorial Park and pool
Hope to see you there!
Please Join Us!
Help us reimagine Memorial Park and Pool
Please join us for our final community workshop
taking place at the
Jerome Center
726 South Center Street
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Community Workshop #2
Thursday
September 14, 2023
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Community Design Charrette
Community Workshop #2
Thursday, September 14, 2023
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Concept Design Charrette
We will share initial concept ideas and look forward to your thoughts and feedback in a community design
charrette to help us finalize the Master Plan for a
reimagined Memorial Park and Pool.

Hope to see you there!
A community workshop series presented and
facilitated by the City of Santa Ana and their design
consultant team, els+swa – architects, landscape
architects, designers and community collaborators.

Please join us for our final community workshop
taking place at the
Jerome Center
726 South Center Street
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Community Workshop #2
Thursday, September 14, 2023
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Concept Design Charrette
We will share initial concept
ideas and look forward to your
thoughts and feedback in a community
design charrette to help us finalize
the Master Plan for a
reimagined Memorial Park and Pool
Please Join Us!
Help us reimagine Memorial Park and Pool
Hope to see you there!
BOARD FOR LOBBY DISPLAY Banner or Board for Lobby Display For social media post Please
join us!
Visioning the Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan
Community Workshop Series
at the Wheeler Community Center, Main Gym
Hope to see you there!
Community Workshop #1
Open House & Gallery
Information Walk
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Community Workshop #2
Alternative Concepts
& Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Community Workshop #3
Preferred Concept
& Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Workshops will be conducted
in English and Spanish
For additional information,
please visit,
www.cityofgilroy.org/CCMP
or scan QR code.

Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators

DOORHANGER
Please
join us!
Visioning the Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan
Community Workshop #2
Alternative Concepts & Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Community Workshop #3
Preferred Concept & Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Snacks and childcare will be provided.

Community Workshop Series
at the Wheeler Center, 270 W 6th Street
Ryan Osenton
Project Manager
Direct: 408.846.0277
[email protected]
The City of Gilroy is developing a new Civic Center
Master Plan to better serve the growing community,
address increasing demands, improve underutilized
spaces, and update aging facilities.

Community Workshop #1 took place on March 4.

Join us for Community Workshop #2 and #3 to
provide your input on what a possible future
Civic Center could look like.

Workshops will be conducted in English and Spanish
For additional information, please visit,
www.cityofgilroy.org.CCMP or scan the
QR code.

City of Gilroy (408) 846-0219 www.cityofgilroy.org

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Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
¡Favor de
acompañarnos!
Para más
información,
favor de visitar,
www.cityofgilroy.org/CCMP
o escanee el código QR.

Taller Comunitario #1
Visita Comunitaria y Paseo
Informativo por la Galería
Martes, marzo 4, 2025
9am o 6pm (dos sesiones)
Taller Comunitario #2
Conceptos Alternativos
y Sesiones de Visualización
Martes, abril 8, 2025
9am o 6pm (dos sesiones)
Taller Comunitario #3
Concepto Preferido
y Sesiones de Visualización
Martes, mayo 20, 2025
9am o 6pm (dos sesiones)
Habrá bocadillos y cuidado de niños.

Serie de Talleres Comunitarios
en el Centro Wheeler, Gimnasio Principal
La Ciudad de Gilroy está lanzando un proyecto para
modernizar y reimaginar el Centro Cívico mediante el
desarrollo de un nuevo Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico.

El Plan Maestro actual, adoptado en el 2002, necesita
una actualización para hacer frente al aumento de las
demandas de la comunidad, a los espacios infrautilizados y al envejecimiento de las instalaciones.

Se invita a la comunidad a participar en una serie de
talleres para compartir sus ideas y prioridades para un nuevo centro cívico.

Ayuntamiento de Gilroy
7351 Rosanna St.

Gilroy, CA 95020
408.846.0219
www.cityofgilroy.org
Ryan Osenton
Gerente del Proyecto
Directo: 408.846.0277
[email protected]
Los talleres se realizarán en inglés y en español
Visualizar el Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico de Gilroy
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
Please
join us!
Visioning the Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan
For additional
information,
please visit,
www.cityofgilroy.org/CCMP
or scan QR code.

Community Workshop #1
Open House & Gallery Information Walk
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Community Workshop #2
Alternative Concepts & Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Community Workshop #3
Preferred Concept & Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Snacks and childcare will be provided.

Community Workshop Series
at the Wheeler Community Center, Main Gym
The City of Gilroy is launching a project to
modernize and reimagine the Civic Center
by developing a new Civic Center Master
Plan. The existing Master Plan, adopted in
2002, needs an update to address the
increasing demands of the community,
underutilized spaces, and aging facilities.

The community is invited to participate in a
series of workshops to share your ideas and
priorities for a new civic center.

Gilroy City Hall
7351 Rosanna St.

Gilroy, CA 95020
408.846.0219
www.cityofgilroy.org
Ryan Osenton
Project Manager
Direct: 408.846.0277
[email protected]
Workshops will be conducted in English and Spanish

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MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER
BUILDING PLANS | SITE SECTIONS | ELEVATIONS
Boards | Spanish Handouts
WORKSHOP #1 - GALLERY WALK

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What is the Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan?
A: The City of Gilroy is launching a project
to reimagine the Civic Center by developing
a new Master Plan for the site. The existing
Master Plan, adopted in 2002, needs an update
to address the increasing demands of the
community alongside underutilized spaces and
aging facilities.

What area of Gilroy is the focus
of the Civic Center Master Plan?
A: Spanning approximately 14 acres in central
Gilroy, the Civic Center site is bordered by
Sixth Street, Seventh Street, Dowdy Street,
and Church Street. This site currently houses
key community facilities, including City Hall,
the Police Station, Wheeler Center, the Gilroy
Library, the Senior Center, and other essential
spaces.

How much will the Gilroy Civic
Center Master Plan cost?
A: In Fiscal Year 2023-24, the Gilroy City
Council approved a $750,000 budget to begin
the comprehensive planning process for this
critical project.

What are some possible
components of the Gilroy Civic
Center Master Plan?
A: A range of uses are under consideration,
including a new senior center, a new recreation
center, a new aquatics center, a new youth
center and a new city hall, all within a beautiful
outdoor space.

Who did the City hire to prepare
the Master Plan?
A: On November 18, 2024, the Council awarded
a contract to ELS Architecture and Urban
Design to lead the Master Plan process, which
will culminate in the design of a Civic Center
Master Plan that reflects the aspirations and
needs of our community.
02 Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan

PROJECT INFORMATION FAQ'S
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
Please Join Us!
The Gilroy Civic Center will be
designed for and by the community.

The success of the Civic Center
Master Plan relies on your input.

Public engagement is central to
this effort, ensuring that the final
plan aligns with the community’s
priorities and vision for the future.

Please join us at our community
workshop series to help shape the
future of this important civic space:

COMMUNITY WORKSHOP #1
Open House & Gallery
Information Walk
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP #2
Alternative Concepts
& Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP #3
Preferred Concept
& Visioning Sessions
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
9am or 6pm (two sessions)
Workshops will be conducted
in English and Spanish
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Master Plan

OUR COMMUNITY PROCESS
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
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What the Master Plan Will
Deliver?
The updated Civic Center Master Plan
will give an overview of current facilities
and open spaces, evaluate their uses, and
identify opportunities for improvement.

The Plan will include:

Needs Assessment:

To identify current and future programming
and operational requirements.

Civic Center Master Plan
Concept Alternatives:

To narrow our direction to a single, preferred
vision, at least three conceptual design plans
will be presented during Workshop #2 (April 8).

Preferred Civic Center Master Plan Vision:

To establish and present a preferred direction
and concept design for community input
and review during Workshop #3 (May 20), as
based upon community collaboration during
Workshop #2 (April 8).

Final Civic Center Master Plan
+ Cost Estimate:

To present the preferred vision for the Civic
Center Master Plan to a series of commissions,
with a final presentation to City Council for
adoption following certification of CEQA
compliance documents; work is based upon
the community’s review and input during
Workshop #3 (May 20).

Financing Strategies:

To recommend ways of funding the
redevelopment, including the possibility
of a general obligation bond measure.

Project Timeline
The project initiated in January 2025
and is structured into seven phases over
approximately two years:
• Project Initiation
• Existing Conditions Assessment
• Needs Assessment
• Master Plan Design
• CEQA Compliance
• Master Plan Adoption
• Project Financing Strategies
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04 The Context of the Gilroy
Civic Center
The Gilroy Civic Center, coupled with its
proximity to the Downtown, is a bustling zone
that serves as the heart of the community. It
is home to several key facilities, including the
Gilroy Library, the Police Station, City Hall, the
Senior Center, and the Wheeler Center, all of
which are part of the Gilroy Civic Center.

The Civic Center is surrounded by Sixth Street,
Seventh Street, Dowdy Street, and Church
Street. These facilities are all close to each
other, making it convenient for residents to
access a variety of services and resources in
one central location. The Civic Center Master
Plan aims to further enhance this area by
modernizing and reimagining the space to
better serve our growing community.

Public Transportation: The area is wellserviced by public transportation, including the Gilroy Caltrain Station, which provides
commuter rail services to San Jose and
beyond. Additionally, Greyhound Bus Lines
operate in the area, offering long-distance bus
travel.

Walkability: Downtown Gilroy and the Civic
Center area combine to form a walkable
community, with many amenities and services
within walking distance. The area has a Walk
Score of 90 out of 100, indicating that daily
errands do not require a car.

Bikeability: Gilroy is also a bike-friendly
community, with several multi-use bike paths
and bike repair stations throughout the city.

The city has made efforts to ensure safe and
convenient bicycle routes, making it easy for
residents to explore the area by bike.

Downtown Gilroy's connection to key facilities
underscores its importance as a central hub
for the community, providing essential services
and fostering a sense of community and
engagement.

Overall, the Gilroy Civic Center and Downtown
Gilroy together are a vibrant and accessible
community hub, offering a range of services
and amenities for residents and visitors alike.

Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan

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Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators

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LIBRARY
W 6th STREET
W 7th STREET

DOWDY STREET

CHURCH STREET

WHEELER
POLICE

CITY HALL
Spanning approximately
14 acres in central Gilroy,
the Civic Center site is bordered by
Sixth Street, Seventh Street, Dowdy
Street, and Church Street.

This site currently houses key
community facilities, including City
Hall, the Police Station, Wheeler
Center, the Gilroy Library, the Senior
Center, and other essential spaces.

While some of these buildings,
such as the Gilroy Library and
Police Station, are relatively new
and will be preserved, others are
significantly older and less suited to
meet current and future demands.

With increasing service needs, it
is time to thoughtfully transform
the Civic Center into a space
that balances preservation with
modernization, ensuring that it is
able to serve a vibrant and growing
community for many decades.
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Master Plan

THE SITE - THREE CITY BLOCKS
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Community Collaborators

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What is a LEED-rated project?
A LEED-rated project is one that has been
certified under the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) program,
which is an internationally recognized
green building certification system
developed by the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC). LEED certification
provides third-party verification that a
building or community was designed and
built using strategies aimed at improving
performance across key areas such as
energy savings, water efficiency, carbon
dioxide emissions reduction, and improved
indoor environmental quality.

LEED certification is based on a points system,
and projects can earn different levels of
certification based on the number of points
they achieve. The levels are:
• CERTIFIED: 40-49 points
• SILVER: 50-59 points
• GOLD: 60-79 points
• PLATINUM: 80 points and above
Points are awarded for various sustainable
practices, including site selection, water
efficiency, energy use, materials and resources,
and indoor environmental quality.

Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan 07 GREEN DESIGN – GUIDED BY USGBC LEED
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
What is Universal Design?
Universal design is about creating products,
environments, and services that are
usable by all people, to the greatest extent
possible, without the need for adaptation
or specialized design. Here are the key
principles that define universal design:

Equitable Use:

The design is useful and marketable to people
with diverse abilities. For example, automatic
doors that open for everyone, regardless of
mobility.

Flexibility in Use:

The design accommodates a wide range of
individual preferences and abilities. A good
example is a multi-functional tool that can be
used in different ways.

Simple and Intuitive:

The design is easy to understand, regardless
of the user's experience, knowledge, language
skills, or concentration level. Think of a
straightforward, easy-to-navigate website.

Perceptible Information:

The design communicates necessary
information effectively to the user, regardless
of ambient conditions or the user's sensory
abilities. For example, an appliance with both
visual and auditory signals.

Tolerance for Error:

The design minimizes hazards and the adverse
consequences of accidental or unintended
actions. A self-correcting software that
prevents common user errors is a great
example.

Low Physical Effort:

The design can be used efficiently and
comfortably with minimal fatigue. Consider
door lever handles, which require less grip
strength to operate, instead of knobs.

Size and Space for Approach and Use:

Appropriate size and space are provided
for approach, reach, manipulation, and use,
regardless of the user's body size, posture, or
mobility. For example, a spacious restroom that
accommodates wheelchair users.

By following these principles, universal design
aims to make life easier, healthier, and more
inclusive for everyone.

Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan 06 APPLYING UNIVERSAL DESIGN
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators

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What could a new Senior
Center offer?
Senior centers offer a variety of programs
designed to enhance the well-being and
quality of life for older adults. Here are some
key programming components:

Health and Wellness Programs:

These include fitness classes, health
screenings, nutrition workshops, and mental
health support.

Educational Opportunities:

Senior centers often provide classes on topics
like technology, arts and crafts, history, and
languages.

Social Activities:

Events such as game nights, movie screenings,
and group outings help foster social
connections.

Support Services:

These may include counseling, legal assistance,
and help with accessing community resources.

Volunteer and Employment Opportunities:

Programs that encourage seniors to volunteer
or find part-time work can provide a sense of
purpose and community engagement.

Recreational Activities:

Activities like gardening, dancing, and music
sessions offer fun and relaxation.

These components aim to address the diverse
needs and interests of older adults, promoting
a holistic approach to aging well.

Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan 09 A POSSIBLE NEW SENIOR CENTER
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
What could a new Civic
Center Outdoor Space offer?
A Civic Center Outdoor Space is a versatile
community space that can offer a range
of programs and activities to engage
residents and visitors. Here are some
potential programming components:

Community Events:

Festivals, farmers' markets, and cultural
celebrations that bring the community
together.

Recreational Activities:

Fitness classes, yoga sessions, sports leagues,
and outdoor games.

Educational Programs:

Workshops, lectures, and classes on various
topics such as gardening, history, and
environmental conservation.

Arts and Culture:

Public art installations, outdoor concerts,
theater performances, and art exhibitions.

Youth Programs:

Activities for children and teenagers, including
summer camps, after-school programs, and
youth sports.

Senior Programs:

Social gatherings, fitness classes, and
educational workshops tailored for older
adults.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Programs that encourage community members
to get involved with the community through
event planning and other volunteer activities.

Special Events:

Holiday celebrations, movie nights, and themed
events that provide entertainment and foster
community spirit.

These components aim to create a vibrant
and inclusive environment that caters to the
diverse interests and needs of the community.

Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan 08 A POSSIBLE NEW CIVIC CENTER OUTDOOR SPACE Architects, Designers, and
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What could a new Youth
Center offer?
Youth centers provide a variety of
programs aimed at promoting the
development, well-being, and engagement
of young people. Here are some of the key
programming components:

Educational Support:

Tutoring, homework help, and STEAM (science,
technology, engineering, art, and math)
programs to support academic achievement.

Recreational Activities:

Sports leagues, fitness classes, and outdoor
adventures like hiking and camping to promote
physical health.

Creative Arts:

Opportunities for young people to explore arts
and crafts, music, theater, dance, and other
creative outlets.

Social and Leadership Development:

Programs that focus on building social skills,
leadership, and teamwork through activities
like group projects, peer mentoring, and youth
councils.

Life Skills Training:

Workshops on topics such as financial literacy,
cooking, career planning, and job readiness to
prepare youth for independent living.

Health and Wellness:

Services and programs that address mental
health, nutrition, and overall well-being,
including counseling and peer support groups.

Community Engagement:

Opportunities for youth to participate in
community service projects, volunteer work,
and civic engagement activities.

Technology and Digital Literacy:

Classes and workshops that teach digital skills,
coding, and responsible use of technology.

These components aim to provide a supportive
and enriching environment for young people,
helping them develop into well-rounded
individuals.
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Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
What could a new Recreation
Center offer?
Recreation centers offer a wide range
of programs to engage and benefit
the community. Here are some key
programming components:

Fitness and Sports:

This includes gym facilities, group exercise
classes, and team sports like basketball, soccer,
and tennis.

Youth Programs:

Activities such as after-school programs,
summer camps, and youth leagues that focus
on physical activity, education, and social skills.

Adult Programs:

Opportunities for adults to participate in fitness
classes, sports leagues, workshops, and social
events.

Senior Programs:

Tailored activities for older adults, including
low-impact fitness classes, social gatherings,
and educational workshops.

Arts and Crafts:

Classes and workshops in areas like painting,
pottery, and other creative pursuits.

Community Events:

Events like holiday celebrations, festivals, and
cultural activities that bring the community
together.

Special Interest Groups:

Clubs and groups focused on specific hobbies
or interests, such as gardening, hiking, or book
clubs.

These components aim to promote physical
health, social interaction, and lifelong learning
for individuals of all ages in the community.

Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan 10 A POSSIBLE NEW RECREATION CENTER
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What could a new Aquatics
Center offer?
A Community Aquatics Center typically
offers a variety of programs to cater to
both competitive swimmers and community
members looking for recreational
activities. Here are some key programming
components:

Competitive Swimming, Diving, Water Polo
and Artistic Swimming:

Training programs, tournaments and meets,
and competitions for various age groups and
skill levels.

Recreational Swimming:

Open swim times, family swim sessions, and
leisure activities like water slides and splash
pads.

Swim Lessons:

Classes for all ages and skill levels, from
beginners to advanced swimmers, including
specialized lessons like water safety and
lifeguard training.

Fitness Programs:

Water aerobics, aqua Zumba, and other aquatic
fitness classes that promote physical health
and well-being.

Therapeutic Programs:

Aquatic therapy sessions for individuals with
physical disabilities or injuries, often led by
trained professionals.

Special Events:

Community events, swim-a-thons, and themed
swim nights that bring people together and
promote community engagement.

Youth Programs:

Swim teams, junior lifeguard programs, and
summer camps that focus on skill development
and fun.

Senior Programs:

Low-impact water exercises and social swim
sessions tailored for older adults.

These components aim to provide a wellrounded and inclusive environment that supports both competitive and recreational
aquatic activities.

Gilroy Civic Center
Master Plan 13 A POSSIBLE NEW AQUATICS CENTER
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
What could a new Center for
the Arts offer?
A Center for the Arts typically offers
a diverse range of programs designed
to foster creativity and appreciation
for artistic expression and cultural
representation. Here are some key
programming components:

Performing Arts:

Opportunities for participation in theater,
dance, music, and other performance arts,
including rehearsals, productions, and recitals.

Visual Arts:

Classes and workshops in painting, drawing,
sculpture, ceramics, photography, and other
visual media.

Exhibitions and Galleries:

Spaces for displaying artwork from local
artists, students, and touring exhibitions, often
accompanied by artist talks and gallery tours.

Film and Media Arts:

Screenings of independent films,
documentaries, and media art, along with
workshops in film making, animation, and
digital media.

Literary Arts:

Programs that encourage creative writing,
poetry, and literature, including writing
workshops, author readings, and book clubs.

Community Engagement:

Outreach programs that bring arts education
to schools, community centers, and underserved populations, as well as public art projects and cultural festivals.

Art Education:

Classes and workshops for all ages, from
children to adults, covering a wide range of
artistic disciplines and techniques.

These components aim to create a vibrant
and inclusive environment that supports
artistic expression and community-wide
cultural enrichment.

Gilroy Civic Center
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The Gilroy Library
The Gilroy Library is a modern and spacious
facility located at 350 W. Sixth Street, and
spans approximately 53,000 square feet. It
was completed and opened on April 28, 2012.

The construction cost for the library was
approximately $18.2 million.

Regarding renovations, the Gilroy Library is part
of the Civic Center Master Plan, which aims to
reimagine the Civic Center area. The library is
relatively new and in excellent condition, thus
will remain in place and serve as one of the
anchor community service buildings in the new
Civic Center Master Plan.

The Gilroy Police Station
The Gilroy Police Station is a one-story
building atop a platform understory with a
total area of approximately 28,000 square
feet. It was completed and opened in March
2007. The construction cost for the station was
approximately $26.7 million.

The Gilroy Police Station is part of the Civic
Center Master Plan, which aims to reimagine
the Civic Center area. The police station is
relatively new and beautifully maintained, thus
will remain in place and serve as one of the
anchor community service buildings in the new
Civic Center Master Plan.
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YOUR LIBRARY AND POLICE STATION
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
What could a new City Hall
offer?
A City Hall serves as the administrative
center for local government and offers
a range of programs and services to
the community. Here are some key
programming components:

Government Services:

Offices for elected officials and various
municipal departments.

Public Meetings and Hearings:

Spaces for city council meetings, community
forums, and public hearings where residents
can engage with local government and voice
concerns.

Permits and Licensing:

Services for obtaining permits and licenses for
businesses, construction, events, and other
activities.

Community Programs:

Initiatives and events that promote civic
engagement, such as neighborhood clean-ups,
town hall meetings, and cultural celebrations.

Support Services:

Resources and assistance for residents,
including housing support, social services, and
legal aid.

Public Information:

Access to information on city policies, projects,
and services through the city’s website,
newsletters, and public notices.

Elections and Voting:

Management of local elections, voter
registration, and polling locations to ensure
democratic participation.

Historical and Cultural Programs:

Preservation and promotion of local history
and culture through museums, archives, and
cultural events.

These components help the city operate
smoothly and support access to essential
services and opportunities for civic
engagement.

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Please let us know your
thoughts.

What are your thoughts about
the Civic Center Master Plan
process?
What are your thoughts on the
site as it currently exists (Gilroy
Library, Wheeler Center, and/or
the Senior Center)?
Which of the new proposed uses
(Senior Center, Youth Center,
Recreation Center, Aquatic
Center, and/or Arts Center) do
you like most and why?
Which uses (Senior Center, Youth
Center, Recreation Center,
Aquatic Center, and/or Arts
Center) make the most sense?
Which make the least sense?
What concerns you most about
the Civic Center Master Plan
project?
What excites you most about
the Civic Center Master Plan
Project?
What have we missed?
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SPANISH TRANSLATION GALLERY WALK

HANDOUTS
¡Por favor,
acompáñenos!
El Centro Cívico de Gilroy será
diseñado para y por la comunidad.

El éxito del Plan Maestro del Centro
Cívico depende de su aportación. La
participación pública es fundamental
para este esfuerzo, asegurando
que el plan final se alinee con
las prioridades y la visión que la
comunidad tiene para el futuro.

Por favor, acompáñenos en nuestra
serie de Talleres Comunitarios para
ayudar a forjar el futuro de este
importante espacio cívico:

TALLER COMUNITARIO #1
Visita Comunitaria y Paseo
Informativo por la Galería
Martes, marzo 4, 2025
9am o 6pm (dos sesiones)
TALLER COMUNITARIO #2
Conceptos Alternativos y
Sesiones de Visualización
Martes, abril 8, 2025
9am o 6pm (dos sesiones)
TALLER COMUNITARIO #3
Concepto Preferido y
Sesiones de Visualización
Martes, mayo 20, 2025
9am o 6pm (dos sesiones)
Los talleres se realizarán
en inglés y en español
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NUESTRO PROCESO COMUNITARIO
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¿Qué es el Plan Maestro del Centro
Cívico de Gilroy?
R: La Ciudad de Gilroy está lanzando un proyecto
para reimaginar el Centro Cívico mediante el
desarrollo de un nuevo Plan Maestro para el
sitio. El Plan Maestro actual, adoptado en el
2002, necesita una actualización para abordar
las crecientes demandas de la comunidad junto
con los espacios infrautilizados y las instalaciones
obsoletas.
¿En qué área de Gilroy se enfoca
el Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico?
R: Con una extensión de unos 14 acres en el
centro de Gilroy, el recinto del Centro Cívico está
delimitado por las calles Sexta, Séptima, Dowdy
y Church. En la actualidad, este recinto alberga
instalaciones comunitarias clave, que incluyen el
Ayuntamiento, la Estación de Policía, el Centro
Wheeler, la Biblioteca de Gilroy, el Centro de
Adultos Mayores y otros espacios esenciales.
¿Cuánto costará el Plan Maestro
del Centro Cívico de Gilroy?
R: En el Año Fiscal 2023-24, el Concejo Municipal
de Gilroy aprobó un presupuesto de $750,000
para comenzar el proceso de planificación
integral de este proyecto crítico.
¿Cuáles son algunos de los posibles
componentes del Plan Maestro del
Centro Cívico de Gilroy?
R: Se están considerando una serie de usos, que
incluyen un nuevo centro de adultos mayores,
un nuevo centro de recreación, un nuevo centro
acuático, un nuevo centro juvenil y un nuevo
ayuntamiento, todo ello dentro de un hermoso
espacio al aire libre.
¿A quién contrató la Ciudad para
preparar el Plan Maestro?
R: El 18 de noviembre del 2024, el Concejo
adjudicó un contrato a ELS Architecture and
Urban Design para dirigir el proceso del Plan
Maestro, que culminará con el diseño de un
Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico que refleje
las aspiraciones y necesidades de nuestra
comunidad.
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¿Qué aportará el Plan Maestro?
El Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico actualizado
ofrecerá una visión general de las
instalaciones y espacios abiertos actuales, la
evaluación de sus usos y la identificación de
oportunidades de mejora. El Plan incluirá:

Evaluación de Necesidades:

Para identificar los requisitos operativos y de
programas actuales y futuros.

Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico
Alternativas de Conceptos:

Para concretar nuestra dirección hacia una visión
única y preferida, se presentarán al menos tres
planes de diseño conceptual durante el Taller #2
(8 de abril).

Visión Preferida del Plan Maestro del Centro
Cívico:

Para establecer y presentar una dirección y un
diseño conceptual preferidos para la aportación
de y revisión por la comunidad durante el Taller
#3 (20 de mayo), basados en la colaboración
comunitaria durante el Taller #2 (8 de abril).

Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico Final
+ Costo Calculado:

Para presentar la visión preferida para el Plan
Maestro del Centro Cívico a una serie de comisiones,
con una presentación final al Concejo Municipal para
su adopción tras la certificación de los documentos
de cumplimiento de CEQA; el trabajo se basa en la
revisión y los comentarios comunitarios durante el
Taller Comunitario #3 (20 de mayo).

Estrategias de Financiamiento:

Para recomendar formas de financiar la
remodelación, incluida la posibilidad de una
medida de bonos de obligación general.

Cronología del Proyecto
El proyecto se inició en enero del 2025 y
está estructurado en siete fases a lo largo de
aproximadamente dos años:
• Inicio del proyecto
• Evaluación de las condiciones actuales
• Evaluación de Necesidades
• Diseño del Plan Maestro
• Cumplimiento de CEQA
• Adopción del Plan Maestro
• Estrategias de financiación del proyecto
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Gilroy Plan Maestro
MÁS SOBRE EL PLAN MAESTRO DEL CENTRO CÍVICO
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04 El Contexto del Centro Cívico
de Gilroy
El Centro Cívico de Gilroy, junto con su proximidad
al Casco Urbano, es una zona bulliciosa que sirve
como el corazón de la comunidad. Es el hogar de
varias instalaciones clave, incluyendo la Biblioteca
de Gilroy, la Estación de Policía, el Ayuntamiento,
el Centro de Adultos Mayores y el Centro Wheeler,
todos los cuales son parte del Centro Cívico de
Gilroy.

El Centro Cívico está rodeado por las calles
Sexta, Séptima, Dowdy y Church. Todas estas
instalaciones están cerca unas de otras, lo que
facilita a los residentes el acceso a una variedad
de servicios y recursos en una ubicación central.

El Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico tiene como
objetivo mejorar aún más esta área mediante la
modernización y la reimaginación del espacio para
servir mejor a nuestra creciente comunidad.

Transporte público: El área cuenta con un buen
servicio de transporte público, incluida la Estación
Caltrain de Gilroy, que brinda servicios de trenes
interurbanos a San José y más allá. Además,
Greyhound Bus Lines opera en el área, con viajes
en autobús de larga distancia.

Caminabilidad: El Centro de Gilroy y el área
del Centro Cívico se combinan para formar una
comunidad caminable, con muchas amenidades
y servicios a poca distancia. El área tiene una
puntuación de caminabilidad de 90 sobre 100,
lo que indica que los quehaceres diarios no
requieren un automóvil.

Ciclabilidad: Gilroy también es una comunidad
favorable a las bicicletas, con varias sendas para
bicicletas de usos múltiples y estaciones de
reparación de bicicletas en toda la ciudad. La
ciudad ha hecho esfuerzos para asegurar rutas de
bicicleta seguras y convenientes, lo que facilita a
los residentes explorar el área en bicicleta.

La conexión del Centro de Gilroy con
instalaciones clave subraya su importancia como
centro de actividades de la comunidad, ya que
proporciona servicios esenciales y fomenta un
sentido de comunidad y participación.

En general, el Centro Cívico de Gilroy y el Centro
de Gilroy juntos son un centro comunitario
vibrante y de fácil acceso, que ofrece una gama
de servicios y amenidades para residentes y
visitantes por igual.

Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro

CONTEXTO DE GILROY
(RESIDENCIAL)
(CENTRO)
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Con una expansión de
unos 14 acres en el centro
de Gilroy, el recinto del Centro
Cívico está delimitado por las calles
Sexta, Séptima, Dowdy y Church.

Este sitio alberga actualmente
instalaciones comunitarias
clave, como el Ayuntamiento, la
Estación de Policía, el Centro
Wheeler, la Biblioteca Gilroy, el
Centro de Adultos Mayores y
otros espacios esenciales. Aunque
algunos de estos edificios, como
la Biblioteca Gilroy y la Estación
de Policía, son relativamente
nuevos y se conservarán, otros son
significativamente más antiguos y
menos adecuados para satisfacer
las demandas actuales y futuras.

Con el aumento de las necesidades
de servicio, es hora de transformar
cuidadosamente el Centro Cívico
en un espacio que equilibre la
preservación con la modernización,
asegurando que sea capaz de
servir a una comunidad vibrante
y en crecimiento durante muchas
décadas.
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EL RECINTO - TRES MANZANAS MUNICIPALES

BIBLIOTECA
CALLE 6 OESTE
CALLE 7 OESTE

CALLE DOWDY

CALLE CHURCH

WHEELER
POLICÍA

AYUNTAMIENTO
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¿Qué es el diseño universal?
El diseño universal consiste en la creación
de productos, entornos y servicios que
puedan ser utilizados por todas las personas, en el mayor grado posible, sin necesidad de adaptación o diseño especializado.

Aquí están los principios clave que definen
el diseño universal:

Uso equitativo:

El diseño es útil y comercializable para personas
con capacidades diversas. Por ejemplo, puertas
automáticas que se abren para todos, independientemente de la movilidad.

Flexibilidad de uso:

El diseño se adapta a una amplia gama de preferencias y habilidades individuales. Un buen ejemplo es una herramienta multifuncional que se puede usar de diferentes maneras.

Simple e intuitivo:

El diseño es fácil de entender, independientemente
de la experiencia, conocimientos, habilidades de
lenguaje o nivel de concentración del usuario.

Imagine un sitio web sencillo y fácil de navegar.

Información perceptible:

El diseño comunica la información necesaria de
manera efectiva al usuario, independientemente
de las condiciones ambientales o de las capacidades sensoriales del usuario. Por ejemplo, un electrodoméstico con señales tanto visuales
como auditivas.

Tolerancia al error:

El diseño minimiza los peligros y las consecuencias
adversas de acciones accidentales o involuntarias.

Un software autocorrectivo que evita errores comunes de los usuarios es un gran ejemplo.

Bajo esfuerzo físico:

El diseño puede ser usado de manera eficiente y cómoda con una fatiga mínima. Considere las manijas de las puertas, que requieren menos fortaleza de empuñadura para operar, en lugar de perillas.

Tamaño y espacio para acercarse y usar:

Se brindan el tamaño y espacio adecuados para
acercarse, alcanzar, manipular y usar, sin importar
el tamaño corporal, la postura o la movilidad del
usuario. Por ejemplo, un sanitario espacioso que
dé cabida a usuarios de sillas de ruedas.

Al seguir estos principios, el diseño universal
tiene por objeto hacer la vida más fácil, más saludable y más inclusiva para todos.

Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro 06 SE APLICA EL DISEÑO UNIVERSAL
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¿Qué es un proyecto con
clasificación LEED?
Un proyecto con clasificación LEED es aquel
que ha sido certificado bajo el programa
Liderazgo en Energía y Diseño Ambiental
(LEED, por sus siglas en inglés), que es
un sistema de certificación de edificios
ecológicos reconocido internacionalmente
y desarrollado por el Concejo de
Edificios Ecológicos de EE. UU. (USGBC).

La certificación LEED proporciona una
verificación por parte de terceros de que
un edificio o comunidad fue diseñado
y construido utilizando estrategias
destinadas a mejorar el rendimiento en
áreas clave como ahorro de energía,
eficiencia en el uso del agua, reducción
de emisiones de dióxido de carbono y una
mejor calidad ambiental interior.

La certificación LEED se basa en un sistema
de puntos, y los proyectos pueden obtener
diferentes niveles de certificación en función
del número de puntos que obtengan. Los
niveles son:
• CERTIFICADO: 40 a 49 puntos
• PLATA: 50 a 59 puntos
• ORO: 60 a 79 puntos
• PLATINO: 80 puntos o más
Se otorgan puntos por diversas prácticas
sostenibles, que incluyen la selección del sitio,
la eficiencia del agua, el uso de energía, los
materiales y recursos, y la calidad ambiental
interior.

Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro 07 DISEÑO ECOLÓGICO–GUIADO POR USGBC LEED Architects, Designers, and
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¿Qué podría ofrecer un nuevo
espacio al aire libre en el
Centro Cívico?
Un espacio al aire libre en el centro cívico
es un espacio comunitario versátil que
puede ofrecer una serie de programas
y actividades para la participación de
residentes y visitantes. Aquí encontrará
algunos posibles componentes del programa:

Eventos comunitarios:

Festivales, mercados de agricultores y
celebraciones culturales que unen a la
comunidad.

Actividades recreativas:

Clases de condición física, sesiones de yoga, ligas
deportivas y juegos al aire libre.

Programas educativos:

Talleres, conferencias y clases sobre diversos
temas como jardinería, historia y conservación
del medio ambiente.

Arte y cultura:

Instalaciones de arte público, conciertos al aire
libre, representaciones teatrales y exposiciones
de arte.

Programas para jóvenes:

Actividades para niños y adolescentes,
incluyendo campamentos de verano, programas
después de clases y deportes juveniles.

Programas para adultos mayores:

Reuniones sociales, clases de condición física
y talleres educativos adaptados para adultos
mayores.

Oportunidades de voluntariado:

Programas que animan a los miembros de la
comunidad a involucrarse en la comunidad
mediante la planificación de eventos y otras
actividades de voluntariado.

Eventos especiales:

Celebraciones de días festivos, noches de cine y
eventos temáticos que brindan entretenimiento y
fomentan el espíritu comunitario.

Estos componentes tienen por objeto la
creación de un entorno vibrante e inclusivo que
atienda los diversos intereses y necesidades de
la comunidad.

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Gilroy Plan Maestro 08 UN POSIBLE NUEVO ESPACIO AL AIRE LIBRE EN EL CENTRO CÍVICO Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
¿Qué podría ofrecer un nuevo
Centro de Adultos Mayores?
Los centros de adultos mayores ofrecen
una variedad de programas diseñados para
mejorar el bienestar y la calidad de vida de
los adultos mayores. Aquí encontrará algunos
componentes clave de los programas:

Programas de salud y bienestar:

Estos incluyen clases de condición física,
chequeos de salud, talleres de nutrición y
apoyo para la salud mental.

Oportunidades educativas:

Los centros de adultos mayores suelen ofrecer
clases sobre temas como tecnología, artes y
manualidades, historia y lenguajes.

Actividades sociales:

Eventos como noches de juegos, proyecciones
de películas y salidas en grupo para ayudar a
fomentar conexiones sociales.

Servicios de apoyo:

Estos pueden incluir consejería, ayuda legal y
ayuda para acceder a recursos comunitarios.

Oportunidades de voluntariado y empleo:

Los programas que animan a los adultos
mayores a ser voluntarios o a encontrar trabajo
a tiempo parcial pueden brindar un sentido de
propósito y participación comunitaria.

Actividades recreativas:

Actividades como la jardinería, el baile y
las sesiones de música ofrecen diversión y
relajación.

Estos componentes tienen por objeto abordar
las diversas necesidades e intereses de las
personas mayores, con el fin de promover un
enfoque holístico del envejecimiento saludable.

Centro Cívico de
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¿Qué podría ofrecer un nuevo
Centro de Recreación?
Los centros de recreación ofrecen
una amplia gama de programas para
la participación y el beneficio de la
comunidad. Aquí encontrará algunos
componentes clave de los programas:

Condición física y deportes:

Esto incluye instalaciones de gimnasio, clases
de ejercicio en grupo y deportes en equipo
como baloncesto, futbol y tenis.

Programas para jóvenes:

Actividades como programas después de
clases, campamentos de verano y ligas juveniles
que se enfocan en la actividad física, la
educación y las aptitudes sociales.

Programas para adultos:

Oportunidades para que los adultos participen
en clases de condición física, ligas deportivas,
talleres y eventos sociales.

Programas para adultos mayores:

Actividades personalizadas para adultos
mayores, que incluyen clases de condición
física de bajo impacto, reuniones sociales y
talleres educativos.

Artes y manualidades:

Clases y talleres en áreas como pintura,
cerámica y otras actividades creativas.

Eventos comunitarios:

Eventos como celebraciones de días festivos,
festivales y actividades culturales que unen a la
comunidad.

Grupos de intereses especiales:

Clubes y grupos enfocados en pasatiempos
o intereses específicos, como jardinería,
senderismo o clubes de lectura.

Estos componentes tienen por objeto
promover la salud física, la interacción social
y el aprendizaje vitalicio de las personas de
todas las edades en la comunidad.

Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro 10 UN POSIBLE NUEVO CENTRO DE RECREACIÓN Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
¿Qué podría ofrecer un nuevo
Centro para Jóvenes?
Los Centros para Jóvenes brindan una
variedad de programas que tienen por
objeto promover el desarrollo, el bienestar
y la participación de los jóvenes. Aquí
encontrará algunos de los componentes
clave de los programas:

Apoyo educativo:

Tutoría, ayuda con las tareas y programas
STEAM (ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería, arte y
matemáticas) para apoyar el aprovechamiento
académico.

Actividades recreativas:

Ligas deportivas, clases de condición física
y aventuras al aire libre como senderismo y
acampada para promover la salud física.

Artes creativas:

Oportunidades para que los jóvenes exploren
artes y manualidades, música, teatro, danza y
otras formas de expresión creativa.

Desarrollo social y de liderazgo:

Programas que se centran en el desarrollo de
aptitudes sociales, liderazgo y trabajo en equipo
mediante actividades como proyectos en grupo,
mentoría entre pares y consejos juveniles.

Formación en habilidades para la vida:

Talleres sobre temas como educación financiera,
cocina, planificación de la carrera y preparación
para el empleo, con el fin de preparar a los
jóvenes para una vida independiente.

Salud y bienestar:

Servicios y programas que abordan la salud
mental, nutrición y bienestar general, incluyendo
consejería y grupos de apoyo entre pares.

Participación comunitaria:

Oportunidades para que los jóvenes participen
en proyectos de servicio comunitario, trabajo
voluntario y actividades de participación cívica.

Tecnología y alfabetización digital:

Clases y talleres que enseñan habilidades
digitales, codificación y uso responsable de la
tecnología.

Estos componentes tienen por objeto
proporcionar un entorno de apoyo y
enriquecimiento para los jóvenes, para
ayudarles a convertirse en personas integrales.
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¿Qué podría ofrecer un nuevo
Centro de las Artes?
Un Centro de las Artes ofrece normalmente
una amplia gama de programas diseñados
para fomentar la creatividad y la
apreciación de la expresión artística y la
representación cultural. Aquí están algunos
componentes clave de la programación:

Artes escénicas:

Oportunidades para participar en teatro, danza,
música y otras artes escénicas, incluyendo
ensayos, producciones y recitales.

Artes visuales:

Clases y talleres de pintura, dibujo, escultura,
cerámica, fotografía y otros medios visuales.

Exposiciones y galerías:

Espacios para exhibir obras de arte de artistas
locales, alumnos y exposiciones itinerantes, a
menudo acompañados de charlas de artistas y
visitas de galerías.

Artes cinematográficas y audiovisuales:

Proyecciones de películas independientes,
documentales y arte de multimedios, junto con
talleres de cine, animación y medios digitales.

Artes literarias:

Programas que fomentan escritura creativa,
poesía y literatura, incluyendo talleres de
escritura, lecturas de autores y clubes de
lectura.

Participación comunitaria:

Programas de difusión que llevan la educación
artística a escuelas, centros comunitarios y
poblaciones desatendidas, así como proyectos
de arte público y festivales culturales.

Educación artística:

Clases y talleres para todas las edades, desde
niños hasta adultos, que abarcan una amplia
gama de disciplinas y técnicas artísticas.

Estos componentes tienen por objeto la
creación de un entorno vibrante e inclusivo
que apoye la expresión artística y el
enriquecimiento cultural de toda la comunidad.

Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro 12 UN POSIBLE NUEVO CENTRO PARA LAS ARTES Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
¿Qué podría ofrecer un nuevo
Centro Acuático?
Un Centro Acuático Comunitario suele
ofrecer una variedad de programas para
atender tanto a nadadores de competición
como a miembros de la comunidad que
buscan actividades recreativas. Aquí
tiene algunos componentes clave de la
programación:

Natación de competición, clavados, polo
acuático y natación artística:

Programas de formación, torneos y encuentros,
y competiciones para diversos grupos de edad y
niveles de habilidad.

Natación recreativa:

Horarios de natación abiertos, sesiones de
natación en familia y actividades de esparcimiento
como toboganes de agua y zonas de chapoteo.

Lecciones de natación:

Clases para todas las edades y niveles de habilidad,
desde principiantes hasta nadadores avanzados,
incluyendo lecciones especializadas como
seguridad en el agua y formación de socorristas.

Programas de condición física:

Ejercicios aeróbicos en el agua, aqua Zumba y
otras clases de acondicionamiento físico acuático
que promueven la salud física y el bienestar.

Programas terapéuticos:

Sesiones de terapia acuática para personas con
discapacidades físicas o lesiones, a menudo
dirigidas por profesionales capacitados.

Eventos especiales:

Eventos comunitarios, maratones de natación y
noches temáticas de natación que reúnen a la
gente y promueven la participación comunitaria.

Programas para jóvenes:

Equipos de natación, programas de socorrismo
para jóvenes y campamentos de verano que
se enfocan en el desarrollo de habilidades y la
diversión.

Programas para adultos mayores:

Ejercicios acuáticos de bajo impacto y sesiones de
natación social adaptadas a personas mayores.

Estos componentes tienen por objeto
proporcionar un entorno completo e inclusivo
que apoye tanto las actividades acuáticas
competitivas como recreativas.

Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro 13 UN POSIBLE NUEVO CENTRO ACUÁTICO Architects, Designers, and
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¿Qué podría ofrecer un nuevo
Ayuntamiento?
Un Ayuntamiento sirve como centro
administrativo del gobierno local y ofrece
una serie de programas y servicios a la
comunidad. Aquí encontrará algunos
componentes clave de la programación:

Servicios gubernamentales:

Oficinas para oficiales electos y varios
departamentos municipales.

Reuniones y audiencias públicas:

Espacios para reuniones del concejo municipal,
foros comunitarios y audiencias públicas donde
los residentes pueden interactuar con el
gobierno local y expresar sus inquietudes.

Permisos y licencias:

Servicios para la obtención de permisos y
licencias para negocios, construcción, eventos
y otras actividades.

Programas comunitarios:

Iniciativas y eventos que promueven la
participación cívica, como limpiezas del
vecindario, reuniones comunitarias y
celebraciones culturales.

Servicios de apoyo:

Recursos y ayuda para residentes, incluyendo
apoyo de vivienda, servicios sociales y
asistencia legal.

Información pública:

Acceso a información sobre normas, proyectos
y servicios de la ciudad mediante el sitio web,
boletines y avisos públicos de la ciudad.

Elecciones y votación:

Gestión de elecciones locales, registro de
electores y ubicaciones de centros de votación
para asegurar la participación democrática.

Programas históricos y culturales:

Preservación y promoción de la historia y la
cultura locales mediante museos, archivos y
eventos culturales.

Estos componentes ayudan a la ciudad a
funcionar sin problemas y apoyan el acceso
a servicios esenciales y oportunidades de
participación cívica.

Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro 14 UN POSIBLE NUEVO AYUNTAMIENTO
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators
La Biblioteca Gilroy
La Biblioteca Gilroy es una instalación moderna
y espaciosa ubicada en 350 W. Sixth Street,
y abarca aproximadamente 53,000 pies
cuadrados. Fue completada e inaugurada el
28 de abril del 2012. El costo de construcción
de la biblioteca fue de aproximadamente $18.2
millones.

En cuanto a las renovaciones, la Biblioteca
Gilroy forma parte del Plan Maestro del Centro
Cívico, que tiene como objetivo reimaginar
el área del Centro Cívico. La biblioteca es
relativamente nueva y está en excelentes
condiciones, por lo que permanecerá en su
lugar y servirá como uno de los edificios de
servicios comunitarios ancla en el nuevo Plan
Maestro del Centro Cívico.

La Estación de Policía de
Gilroy
La Estación de Policía de Gilroy es un edificio
de un piso sobre una plataforma subterránea
con un área total de aproximadamente 28,000
pies cuadrados. Fue terminada e inaugurada
en marzo del 2007. El costo de construcción
de la estación fue de aproximadamente $26.7
millones.

La Estación de Policía de Gilroy forma parte del
Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico, que tiene por
objeto reimaginar el área del Centro Cívico. La
estación de policía es relativamente nueva y está
muy bien mantenida, por lo que permanecerá
en su lugar y servirá como uno de los edificios
de servicios comunitarios de anclaje en el nuevo
Plan Maestro del Centro Cívico.
15 Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro
SU BIBLIOTECA Y ESTACIÓN DE POLICÍA
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators

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Por favor, comparta sus
pensamientos.
¿Qué opina del proceso del Plan
Maestro del Centro Cívico?
¿Qué opina del recinto en su
estado actual (Biblioteca Gilroy,
el Centro Wheeler y/o el Centro
de Adultos Mayores)?
¿Cuál de los nuevos usos
propuestos (Centro de Adultos
Mayores, Centro para Jóvenes,
Centro de Recreación, Centro
Acuático y/o Centro de Arte) le
gusta más y por qué?
¿Qué usos (Centro de Adultos
Mayores, Centro para Jóvenes,
Centro de Recreación, Centro
Acuático y/o Centro de Arte)
tienen más sentido? ¿Cuáles
tienen menos sentido?
¿Cuál es su mayor inquietud con
respecto al proyecto del Plan
Maestro del Centro Cívico?
¿Qué es lo que más le entusiasma
del Proyecto del Plan Maestro
del Centro Cívico?
¿Qué nos falta?
16 Centro Cívico de
Gilroy Plan Maestro

COMENTARIOS ADICIONALES
Architects, Designers, and
Community Collaborators

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Concept Boards
WORKSHOP #2 - ALTERNATE CONCEPTS

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Estacionamiento
Biblioteca
POLICÍA
Centro Acuático y
Recreativo
Multigeneracional
Centro Comunitario Multigeneracional –
Programación para artes/adultos
mayores/jóvenes
PARQUE CÍVICO
GILROY

AYUNTAMIENTO

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Estacionamiento
Biblioteca
POLICÍA
Centro Acuático y
Recreativo
Multigeneracional
Centro Comunitario Multigeneracional –
Programación para artes/adultos
mayores/jóvenes
PARQUE CÍVICO
GILROY

AYUNTAMIENTO

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Estacionamiento
Biblioteca
POLICÍA
Centro Acuático y
Recreativo
Multigeneracional
Centro Comunitario Multigeneracional –
Programación para artes/adultos
mayores/jóvenes

AYUNTAMIENTO
PARQUE CÍVICO
GILROY

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Concept Board
WORKSHOP #3 - PREFERRED CONCEPT

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PARKING LOT LIBRARY
POLICE

MULTIGENERATIONAL

COMMUNITY CENTER
Arts/Seniors/Youth
6th STREET
7th STREET

MULTIGENERATIONAL

RECREATION & AQUATICS
CENTER

CITY HALL

GILROY CIVIC PARK PASEO
DOWDY
CHURCH

ESTACIONAMIENTO BIBLIOTECA
POLICÍA

CENTRO COMUNITARIO

MULTIGENERACIONAL
Programación para artes/adultos
mayores/jóvenes
CENTRO ACUÁTICO Y

RECREATIVO

MULTIGENERACIONAL

AYUNTAMIENTO
PARQUE CÍVICO GILROY
0 50’
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Summary of Feedback
Over the course of three public workshops and multiple online surveys conducted in both English and Spanish, community members were invited to share their perspectives on the proposed Recreation & Aquatic Center, Senior Center, Multigenerational Arts & Community Center, City Hall, and Civic Park. This engagement process provided a rich array of insights, priorities, and aspirations, all of which have been an immense source of inspiration and support for the design team as they refine the proposed plan.

Across all three phases of community input, the most consistently voiced priorities centered around the creation of a modern Recreation & Aquatic Center, a facility that received overwhelming stakeholder support. There was a strong desire for year-round indoor aquatic facilities, space for lap swimming and water aerobics, and amenities that support people of all ages and abilities. Many residents cited similar facilities in neighboring cities like Morgan Hill and expressed the need for Gilroy to offer a comparable or more extensive community resource.

Equally important to stakeholders was the creation of a flexible and inclusive Arts & Community center that could serve both youth and seniors. Respondents advocated for spaces that could accommodate arts programming, youth activities, and senior services under one roof. Several community members suggested a three-story facility to ensure adequate space for all generations of users, with uses that could include art studios, gathering areas, and various forms of cultural expression.

The Civic Park was also seen as a valuable public asset, with clear support for shaded playgrounds, amphitheater space, and pathways connecting to the broader downtown. While the park space was widely embraced, written comments raised concerns about noise, event capacity, and safety—especially near residential streets.

Stakeholders suggested design ideas that would allow the park to support lively and popular community gatherings while considering the priorities of adjacent residential properties and maintaining a welcoming atmosphere.

Throughout the workshops, certain concerns arose repeatedly. Several related to the challenges of parking and traffic, especially surrounding event coordination, access by seniors, and increased demand over time. Many stakeholders felt that the proposed parking layout was insufficient for the proposed uses and too remote from key facilities.

In addition, numerous participants emphasized their desire for a sustainable and environmentally conscious design, expressing the importance of solar panels, EV charging stations, reclaimed water systems, and green infrastructure.

Other concerns surfaced related to the area’s architectural heritage.

Several residents expressed a desire to retain and adaptively reuse the historic Wheeler Center, citing its longtime significance to the community, and exploring the possibly of integrating the structure into the proposed Civic Center plan. These desires were often supported by broader requests to honor the character of the surrounding neighborhoods and to ensure that the new Civic Center reflect Gilroy’s unique identity.

Overall, the feedback shows an active, thoughtful, and engaged community that clearly understands the purpose and value of a civic core and that is deeply invested in the site’s future. Residents are eager to see a well-designed, accessible, multiuse plan that serves the city’s entire population, whether young or old, long-time residents or newcomers, from all walks of life and regardless of background.

The process of developing the Civic Center Master Plan has established a strong sense of momentum and shared ownership.

As the City moves forward with the plan’s refinement and implementation, new questions and decisions (related to funding, phasing, and design) will require city staff and stakeholders to continue engaging the community through clear communication and a recognition of common priorities.

TOP PRIORITIES

1. Recreation & Aquatic Center: High enthusiasm across all workshops for a modern, indoor, multi-use facility. Residents advocated for features like lap pools, water aerobics, and accessible, inclusive recreation.

2. Youth and Senior Services: Strong call for expanded programming and facilities tailored to youth and older adults, including gathering spaces, arts, and sports.

3. Civic Park and Open Space: Envisioned as a flexible, community event space with room for a playground, shade, and possible amphitheater/stage.

4. Multi-purpose Community Center: Recommendations to increase square footage and include floors for youth, seniors, and the arts, with adaptive spaces.

5. Accessibility and Safety: Centralized parking, ADA access, lighting, and secure pathways were emphasized.

6. Environmental Sustainability: Strong interest in solar panels, EV charging, reclaimed water systems, and other green
infrastructure.

COMMON CONCERNS

1. Location and capacity of the proposed parking area, which was frequently seen as inadequate for the proposed uses.

2. Need for more detailed budget, funding plan, and transparent timeline for refinement and implementation.

3. Potential loss of historic Wheeler Center.

4. Potential impacts of noise and traffic on the character and quality of life of surrounding neighborhoods.

5. Community fragmentation if buildings are too dispersed or if facility access is inconsistent.

6. Optimizing areas of integration with historic downtown, existing and future bike routes, and adjacent pedestrian infrastructure.

COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Begin construction on park areas and recreation facilities to serve families quickly.

2. Preserve and repurpose historic buildings where possible.

3. Expand outreach to Spanish-speaking and underserved residents.

4. Design a flexible master plan that grows with the city and anticipates future needs.

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SUMMARY OF SURVEY RESULTS
Please see the appendix of this report for detailed survey results and responses. All surveys were conducted online.

WORKSHOP 1 ONLINE SURVEY
Summary of Results
Total Responses:
39 (39 English, 0 Spanish)
Focus:

General feedback on proposed civic facilities and priorities for future development
Key Themes:
• Strong support for a Recreation & Aquatic Center, particularly with year-round indoor facilities
• Residents emphasized the need for:
- Youth programs and space for children and teens
- A well-equipped Senior Center
- Inclusive, multi-generational community access
• Community priorities included accessibility, central location, and flexibility of use
• Concerns included:
- Costs of maintenance and operations
- Preserving historic sites (e.g., Wheeler Center)
- Insufficient parking
- Limited shade opportunities
- Equity in outreach and programming
WORKSHOP 2 ONLINE SURVEY
Summary of Results
Total Responses:
56 (54 English, 2 Spanish)
Focus:

Feedback on three alternative master plan concepts (A, B, C) Community Preferences:
• Concept C received the most support overall, followed by Concept B
• Favorable features included:
- Open space and amphitheater integration
- Strategic placement of Civic Park
- Grouping of buildings for accessibility
• Respondents emphasized:
- Balance of park and civic space
- Close proximity between parking and civic uses (especially senior/youth areas)
- Amphitheater use for events/arts
• Spanish-speaking participants supported Concepts B and C, citing benefits to surrounding neighborhoods and youth activities • Disfavored elements related to the following:
- Distance between buildings
- Visibility and accessibility of City Hall
- Design that felt closed-off or disjointed
WORKSHOP 3 ONLINE SURVEY
Summary of Results
Total Responses:
77 (76 English, 1 Spanish)
Focus:

Final feedback on a preferred draft concept plan.

Key Takeaways:
• The Recreation & Aquatic Center was the most popular element (52.7% of respondents), followed by Civic Park and the Community Center.
• Least liked element: Parking layout (29.6%), followed by City Hall and Community Center configurations.
• 65% of respondents felt that no elements needed to be removed • Community members emphasized priorities that included:
- Indoor lap pool and improved aquatics for all ages
- Expanded parking capacity, especially for seniors and people with disabilities
- Multiuse Community Center with more space for youth, arts, and senior services
- Playground additions and more shade
- Environmental features: solar panels, EV chargers, green infrastructure
- Safety and security, especially regarding unhoused presence and access routes
• Several called for the preservation or adaptive reuse of the Wheeler Center
• Spanish-language respondents again offered positive feedback, though participation was very limited. The respondents liked all ideas and suggested no eliminations

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Technical Memos

INTRODUCTION
The narratives and parking analysis in this section establish a technical foundation for the Civic Center design and provide guidance for future development. They were generated in conjunction with the building and site design to result in a final master plan informed by the technical concerns and constraints inherent in the building process, the site, and the environment. Overall sustainability goals are outlined in the sustainability section, with more detailed descriptions in each separate technical narrative. • Existing Conditions provides background information about the site and existing buildings, their condition, age and history, as well as the planning and zoning context that informed the design, including decisions that were made about which buildings and site features should remain.
• Parking Demand Study: This study by Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc., based on actual parking counts, provides a basis for determining the number of parking spaces needed onsite for the new master plan.
• Civil Engineering: The civil engineering narrative provides the background and basis for utilities serving the civic center and assesses the impact of the project on existing utilities to determine whether existing surrounding utilities will be sufficient to serve the new buildings. It also addresses issues of storm water management.
• Structural Engineering: This narrative defines the structural basis of design and structural sustainability goals that inform the design, such as use of mass timber and concrete with low embodied carbon.
• Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Low Voltage: This narrative provides the basis for design of essential systems for all buildings, including sustainability goals and recommendations for all-electric buildings.
• Sustainability and LEED Scorecards: This section lays out the vision for a sustainable Civic Center and provides a pathway to LEED Platinum (with a minimum rating of LEED Gold) for all three new buildings and the Civic Center campus as a whole.

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INTRODUCTION
The Civic Center has been used as a location for civic activities and city government for many years. Although our research found no definitive history, its first public facility was Wheeler Auditorium in 1940.

The old Police Station (now referred to as the Annex Building), was built in 1965 and the current City Hall was built in 1979. In reviewing historic satellite images, we see a pattern of increased public development and a corresponding reduction in the number of single-family homes. (For example, a 1998 image shows homes in the location now occupied by the police facility.) The city now owns this entire three-block area, apart from three residential lots on Dowdy Street.

PLANNING AND ZONING
The three blocks of the Gilroy Civic Center are bounded by West 6th Street to the north and West 7th Street the south, and by Dowdy Street to the east and Church Street to the west. According to the Gilroy 2040 General Plan Land Use Diagram, adopted in 2020, the land use for this area is “Public and Quasi-Public Facility.” The current zoning map lists the three-block area as “PF – Park/Public Facility,”, a designation that is, according to Article XXV of the city’s zoning ordinance, “intended to provide land for governmental, public utility, educational, and community service or recreational facilities.” The ordinance continues: “Such uses are unique in that their proximity to sensitive land uses is not generally detrimental to the quality of life, and in many cases, is desirable and convenient.” That is, the zoning ordinance promotes the establishment of community services and recreational facilities near existing single-family homes because they are desirable amenities for those residents. The PF – Park/Public Facilities District designation limits building height to 30 feet and sets the maximum building coverage at 30% of the total site area. Parking requirements are outlined in a separate area of this report.

EXISTING BUILDINGS
The Gilroy Civic Center currently consists of six buildings serving different functions, each built separately across more than 80 years.

A brief description of each is below, starting with the most recent:
• The Gilroy Library at 350 W. 6th Street, was built in 2012 to replace a library on the same site from 1975. It is part of the Santa Clara County Library District and thus not directly managed by the City of Gilroy. Designed by HED in a modern Mission style, with a stucco exterior, deep arched openings, and tile roof, the 53,000- sf building includes a library and multipurpose rooms for various community functions and is in excellent condition today. In July 2025, the City of Gilroy Public Works Department issued a Request for Proposals for library improvements and renovation to update the building management system and reorganize some of the community spaces.
• The Gilroy Police Department, at 7301 Hanna Street, was completed in 2007. This 105,000-sf complex, named after a former police chief, C.J. Laizure, has a 55,000 sf on-grade parking structure with a police station above. The complex replaces the old police department building adjacent to Wheeler Center, which has been repurposed for other city functions and is now called the Annex. The tile-roofed two-story building has an upper level clad in stucco; the ground floor parking garage, constructed of exposed concrete masonry units, has what some describe as a fortresslike appearance. The public entrance is on the second floor, up a monumental flight of concrete steps from Hanna Street.
• Gilroy City Hall, at 7351 Rosanna Street, was designed by William W. Hedley, Jr. and built in 1979. The building has been remodeled and expanded over the years, with the most recent expansion and renovation in 1992. Today, it has roughly 27,000 sf of area which houses city departments including Finance, Administrative Services, Public Works, and Community Development. City Council sessions and other regular commission meetings are held in its City Council Chambers. In addition to being too small to meet the city’s current needs, City Hall’s systems are out of date, requiring new mechanical, plumbing, electrical and information technology systems. The building is a single-story, wood framed structure with exposed interior glulam beams and a tile roof.
• The Annex, formerly the police department building, currently houses the City’s Utilities Department and Emergency Operations Center. It was constructed in 1965 and has been altered several times since then, with a major addition in 1986. When police department functions were relocated to the new building, the emergency communications infrastructure and equipment
remained at the Annex, and are still in use. The single-story woodframed building is adjacent to Wheeler Center and includes about 17,000 sf of area, with a 5,000 sf basement level that currently

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Gilroy Library Plaza
Gilroy Library Interior
Old City Hall
Gilroy City Hall Exterior
Annex Exterior Annex Interior
Gilroy City Hall Interior
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houses the Emergency Operations Center server rooms, main workroom, and management room. This basement location may put the city’s emergency command center at risk of flooding. • The Senior Center, at 7371 Hanna Street, was expanded and renovated in 1987, but the original construction date is unknown.

The renovation included an addition of 5,400 sf, bringing the building’s current area to roughly 10,700 sf. The Senior Center contains flexible meeting spaces, offices of the Recreation Division, and a commercial kitchen, all within a single-story, wood-framed stucco structure with an asphalt shingle roof. The facility serves seniors in the morning, including lunches for up to 150, and it hosts community activities and recreation classes in the afternoon. • Wheeler Center, constructed in 1940, was named after Lin Wheeler, a prominent Gilroy resident and philanthropist who was pivotal to the area’s growth as an agricultural center. With an estimated 17,000 sf of area, this building is currently used as a multifunctional recreation space with a basketball court, pickleball courts, and some smaller multi-purpose spaces and offices. Previously known as Wheeler Auditorium, it is considered a local historic resource and is included on the city’s list of historic sites as “L – Designated Historic”. The building does not appear to have undergone significant upgrades since its construction. Upper-level rooms (including office spaces) are accessible only by stairs, and the original auditorium stage has been blocked off and is no longer in use.

SITE
The civic center site spans three city blocks, each 300 feet wide and ranging from 543 to 550 feet long, with two streets (75-foot-wide rights-of-way) between the blocks. Assessor’s parcel maps show that each block was further divided into parcels ranging from 50 to 75-feet wide and 140 feet long with a 20-foot alley in between. These alleys, extending north-south down the center, of each block have been abandoned in the civic center, but are still seen in today’s surrounding residential blocks. The site’s available properties and parcels have been consolidated by the City so that only three residential sites along Dowdy Street remain. Rosanna Street, which once ran though the site, has been abandoned, and a traffic island was added on Hanna Street, between the Police Department building and the library to discourage through traffic. The three blocks include multiple parking areas for city and public use. A fenced city lot, adjacent to the Annex at the corner of Church and West 7th Streets, is reserved for City of Gilroy vehicles and had a photovoltaic array added in 2025.
2002 MASTER PLAN
In 2002, WLC Architects completed a Civic Center Master Plan that included three options whose primary differences related to potential uses of the Annex area at the corner of Church Street and West 7th Street. One option included the removal of the City Hall Annex and the addition of a new Cultural Arts Center Building and a Civic Center Park. Another kept the City Hall Annex and inserted an amphitheater at the corner. The Master Plan also called for the construction of a new library, a new police facility, a roundabout at Hanna Street, and a central plaza adjacent to the library, with a walkway connecting Hanna Street, the plaza, and the library. It also called for the expansion and renovation of three existing buildings: an addition to Wheeler Center, an addition to the Senior Center, and the renovation and modernization of the existing City Hall, Annex, and Senior Center.

The library and police building, with their connecting walkways and roundabout, were eventually built; other elements of the Master Plan have not been realized.

NEW MASTER PLAN
In October 2024, the City of Gilroy issued an RFP for a new, “updated, comprehensive Civic Center Master Plan to supersede the 2002 adopted plan that will create a clear vision, action plan, timeline, and financial strategy for the re-development of the Gilroy Civic Center.” Now, more than 20 years beyond that original master plan, the Senior Center, Annex, and City Hall have all aged further without the benefit of modernization as recommended in the 2002 plan.

The effort and expense required to renovate these buildings is much greater today than it was then, since the buildings have aged and their systems and technologies are now more out of date. They also no longer serve the city’s programmatic needs. For example, the cost to upgrade City Hall’s mechanical system alone was estimated to be nine million dollars in 2020, an investment that the City found difficult to justify given the age of the building and its other outdated systems. In addition, the city has outgrown the current location, with Senior Center Exterior
Wheeler Center Exterior Wheeler Center Interior
Senior Center Interior
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city departments divided between the current City Hall and the Annex.

Similarly, the Senior Center and Wheeler Center are too small to serve the Recreation Division’s program needs today. Ultimately, City leadership made the decision to retain only the library and the police building. This allows the most flexibility for the master-planning effort by providing a relatively clean slate for the new Civic Center vision.

Wheeler Center: During the initial assessment of existing buildings, Wheeler Center—listed on the local historic register and a favorite of some locals—was given additional consideration. However, like City Hall, Wheeler Center no longer meets the needs of the people it serves, since it is not large enough to support the city’s recreation needs. And, given the requirements of a major renovation (including a structural retrofit, major ADA upgrades, and the replacement of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems), retaining Wheeler Center would require a significant investment which could instead be applied towards a new, larger facility. Another difficulty is the location of Wheeler Center, which is set back from the street in a large expanse of lawn. This setting, which in 1940 was likely seen as a grand gesture for a civic auditorium, now makes efficient use of the civic center site difficult.

Solar Array: As of the beginning of this master planning effort, a new solar array over the city vehicle parking area was under construction at the corner of Church Street and West 7th Street, within the footprint of the master plan area. The array’s structure consists of concrete foundations and steel frames supporting the solar panels, providing shade for the parking area. Because planning for this project began well before the launch of the new master plan process, and because construction on the new master plan is expected to occur well into the future, city leadership has opted to complete the solar array’s construction. In the meantime, the city will benefit from the production of clean energy that the panels provide. The new master plan lays out a vision for sustainability that includes all-electric buildings and rooftop solar panels that will replace and exceed the energy generated by this existing system.

Existing Paseo
1998 aerial showing residences along Dowdy
Street where the Police Department is today.

The Civic Center in 2025 with solar panels
at the corner of Church and W. 7th Street.

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Parking Summary
A central goal of the master plan process has been to create a pedestrian-oriented, welcoming, human-centered environment organized around a large public green space. To accomplish this, most parking has been concentrated on the street around the perimeter of the site (where some of the existing parallel parking has been converted to angled parking) and in a lot at the northwest corner of the site. This creates a Civic Center that invites residents to walk from downtown and enjoy activities within the park. In contrast, the current civic center is fragmented by, and dominated by, multiple asphalt parking lots.

During the master planning process, we heard comments from some in the community that parking is currently a problem. This perception is heightened by the location of the civic center in a residential neighborhood where residents are concerned about overflow parking impacting neighborhood street parking. However, the parking study in the following pages conducted by Hexagon Transportation Consultants indicates that existing parking is more than sufficient for the current uses and recommends a total of 359 spaces for the new Civic Center Master Plan. The peak demand (assuming all buildings are at peak capacity at the same time) is projected to be 466 spaces.

However, this peak demand is unlikely to occur since all buildings do not experience their peak demand at the same time. For example, the recreation center and community center will likely be busiest on weekends when City Hall is closed.

The master plan provides a total of 425 parking spaces: 300 spaces on site (including 16 employee parking spaces in a city-owned lot across W. 7th Street), and 125 spaces around the perimeter of the site. Many factors could influence parking demand in the future, and if the need arises for additional parking, for example to accommodate large numbers of people for park events, a one- or two-deck parking structure could be added above the surface lot on the northwest side of the site to provide about 100 additional spaces per level.

PARKING DEMAND STUDY
Memorandum
Date: June 18, 2025
To: Susan Vutz, ELS
David Masenten, ELS
From: Gicela Del Rio, T.E.

Subject: Parking Demand Study for the Proposed Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Update Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. has completed a parking demand study for the proposed Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan update. The purpose of the parking demand study is to determine the parking needs associated with the Civic Center Master Plan update, based on the existing parking demand at the Civic Center and available parking demand rates information. This report presents the analysis and results of the parking study.

Civic Center Master Plan
The Civic Center sites comprise approximately 14 acres bordered by Sixth and Seventh Streets to the north and south, respectively, Dowdy Street to the west, and Church Street to the east (see Figure 1.) All sites within this area are City owned with the exception of four single-family homes located at the north-west corner of the Civic Center area (southeast corner of the Dowdy Street/Sixth Street intersection). The Civic Center currently includes the following buildings and areas: City Hall, City Hall Annex (former Police Department headquarters and currently housing the Emergency Operations Center, computer training lab, and other extra office and storage spaces), Wheeler Community Center, library, Senior Center, current Police Headquarters, Wheeler Park, several parking areas, small grassy area and central open area. The current Civic Center Master Plan was adopted in 2002. The existing Civic Center area is shown on Figure 1.

To address the aging and underutilized Civic Center facilities and the growing service demand, the City is seeking to modernize and redevelop the City’s Civic Center, requiring the preparation of an updated comprehensive Civic Center Master Plan that would supersede the currently adopted plan. The updated Civic Center Master Plan must meet current and future City and community programming needs, including parking needs.

Proposed Improvements
With the exception of the existing Police Station headquarters and the library, all other existing buildings and open areas within the Civic Center are planned to be reconstructed and reconfigured to meet the growing community needs. The existing Police Station headquarters and library buildings were opened in 2007 and 2012, respectively, as an expansion of their previous buildings. These two building facilities will remain unchanged with the proposed redevelopment of the Civic Center.

Table 1 below summarizes the existing and proposed land use and size within the Civic Center. Figure 2 shows a conceptual site layout of the Civic Center Master Plan update.

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Figure 1
Existing Gilroy Civic Center
= Gilroy Civic Center
LEGEND
W 6th St
Hanna St Hanna St
Dowdy St
Church St
Hanna St
W 7th St
Rosanna St
Gilroy
Police Department
City of Gilroy
City Hall
City of Gilroy
Gilroy Community Development
City of Gilroy
Senior Center
Gilroy Library
Wheeler
Community
Center
City Hall Annex
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Figure 2
Civic Center Master Plan – Conceptual Site Layout

EXISTING LIBRARY

EXISTING POLICE

STATION NEW CITY HALL

NEW COMMUNITY/ARTS
CENTER

NEW RECREATION
CENTER

POOL LOCKER

ROOMS AND

EQUIPMENT

NEW PUBLIC PARK

POSSIBLE

PARKING
ABOVE (2
DECKS)
Source: ELS Architecture + Urban Design

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Table 1
Existing and Proposed Civic Center Land Use
Existing Parking Supply and Demand
The existing parking supply at the Civic Center was determined with the use of aerial photography and field visits. The parking demand for the existing uses within the Civic Center was determined based on parking occupancy counts. These are described below.

Existing Parking Supply
Numerous on-site surface parking areas currently serve the existing buildings on site. In addition, a City owned surface parking located across the street from City Hall (on the southwest corner of the Rosanna Street/Seventh Street intersection) is utilized by City employees. Unrestricted on-street parking also is available along both sides of all streets surrounding the Civic Center. All on-site (and onstreet) parking, with the exception of the parking lot serving the City Hall Annex building (southwest corner of the Civic Center area), is available for use by all users, visitors, and employees of the Civic Center.

The City Hall Annex parking area has restricted access and is used to park and store City owned vehicles. This parking area is not included as part of the existing parking supply. However, it should also be noted that with the Civic Center Master Plan update, these parking spaces would continue to be required, whether on-site or off-site, to continue to provide parking and storage for City vehicles.

Land Use
Size
(s.f.) 2 Land Use
Size
(s.f.)
Existing Buildings to be Reconstructed/Replace
City Hall 26,959 City Hall 48,055
Wheeler Gymnasium 18,575 Recreation Center 42,940
Senior Center 11,071 Community/Arts Center 34,354
City Hall Annex 16,919
Wheeler Park Public Park
Total Building Square Footage: 73,524 125,349
Existing Buildings to Remain Unchanged
Police Headquarters 50,000 Police Headquarters 50,000
Library 53,000 Library 53,000
Total Building Square Footage: 103,000 103,000
Civic Center Grand Total Building
Square Footage: 176,524 228,349
Proposed Change in Building Size: 51,825
Notes:
1 Existing building size were obtained from available building drawings, published (online) building information, aerial photographs, and field visits.
2 Building size, in square footage, are approximate.

Existing Proposed 1
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Additionally, the Police Station headquarters include a parking garage on the first level of the building, which is used by Police personnel and houses all police vehicles. This existing parking supply will remain unchanged and, just like the existing Annex building parking supply, is excluded from the available parking supply for the Civic Center evaluated in this analysis.

The available parking areas serving the Civic Center are shown on Figure 3.

In total, the Civic Center is currently served by seven on-site parking areas (although parking Area 7 is located across the street from the Civic Center, for the purpose of this analysis, it is also considered an on-site parking area), providing a total of 300 parking spaces. Additionally, there are a total of approximately 75 on-street parking spaces along the Civic Center frontage on 6th Street, 7th Street, Church Street, and Dowdy Street plus an additional 79 on-street parking spaces on the opposite side of these same streets (across the street from the Civic Center.) The total existing parking supply is summarized in Table 2.

Table 2
Existing On-Site and On-Street Parking Supply
On-Site
Parking Area
Buildings
Serving/Adjacent To 1
Total Parking
Spaces 2
Number of
Accessible
Spaces
1 Library 53 3
2 Library/Wheeler Gym 56 3
3 Library/Senior Center 29 2
4 Senior Center/Police Station 42 3
5 Police Station 12 2
6 City Hall 92 6
7 Off-Site Parking 16 0
Total: 300 19
On-Street
Parking
Buildings
Serving/Adjacent To 1
Total Parking
Along Both
Sides of the
Street 2
Total Parking
Along Civic
Center Frontage 2
Sixth Street Senior Center, Library, Wheeler Gym 49 25
Seventh Street Police Station, City Hall 44 22
Dowdy Street Police Station, Senior Center 34 17
Church Street Wheeler Gym 27 11
Total: 154 75
1 For the purpose of this analysis, the parking areas were assumed to serve the adjacent buildings (visitors will park next to or as close as possible to the building they are visiting, if parking is available) although parking spaces are not designated for specific buildings. 2 Existing parking supply numbers obtained with the use of aerial photographs and confirmed in the field.

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Figure 3
Civic Center Parking Areas
4 = On-site Parking Areas
LEGEND
= Gated Area, Restricted Access
(not part of study)
1 2
3 5 6
7 4
W 6th St
Hanna St Hanna St
Dowdy St
Church St
Hanna St
W 7th St
Rosanna St
Gilroy
Police Department
City of Gilroy
City Hall
City of Gilroy
Gilroy Community Development
City of Gilroy
Senior Center
Gilroy Library
Wheeler
Community
Center
City Hall Annex
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Existing Parking Demand
The parking demand for the existing uses within the Civic Center were determined based on parking occupancy counts conducted on Tuesday May 6, 2025, a day considered to be an “average” day at the Civic Center (no untypical events were scheduled to take place at the Civic Center on this day.) The counts were collected every hour from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Both on-site and on-street parking spaces were counted during the 12-hour period.

On-Site Parking Counts
The results of the parking counts indicate that the Civic Center’s peak parking demand occurs at 11:00 AM. At its peak, the on-site parking demand was observed to be 163 parking spaces, or 54% of the total number of on-site parking spaces available. When evaluating the parking areas separately, the occupancy rate per area are generally higher than the occupancy rate for the entire site since different areas peak at different times.

Based on the parking count data, the following can be concluded regarding the existing on-site parking demand:
- Overall, the parking counts show that the current Civic Center parking supply exceeds the parking demand.
- Parking demand for most of the different parking areas peaks between 10-11 AM, with the exception of Areas 1 and 2 (serving the library and the Wheeler Community Center), which were observed to peak at 7 PM.
- Parking Area 3, which mainly serves the Senior Center, was the only parking area that was observed to be 100% occupied. This occurred at 11 AM. After 1 PM, Parking Area 3 was only occupied approximately 10-20% of its capacity.
- In average, all parking areas, with the exception of Parking Area 4, had less than 50% of its parking spaces occupied. In average, Parking Area 4 had approximately 66% of its parking spaces occupied, with a peak demand of 98% of the stalls at 10 AM. Area 4 serves the Police Station and the Senior Center.
- Less than 50% of the total accessible parking spaces were occupied every hour. - All accessible parking spaces within Parking Areas 3 and 4 were occupied between 9 and 11 AM. All other parking areas had one or more accessible parking spaces available every hour.

The hourly parking demand for the entire site and for each parking area separately are summarized in Table 3 below. Table 4 summarizes the hourly demand for accessible parking spaces.

Figure 4 show the percent occupancy for each of the surveyed parking spaces, or the ratio between the number of times each space was occupied and the total number of surveys per day. Figure 5 shows the occupied parking spaces during the site’s peak parking demand.

On-Street Parking Counts
On-street parking counts also were collected during the same 12-hour period in an effort to capture all Civic Center parking demand. Since it was shown by the on-site parking counts that excess parking is currently being provided on-site, on-street parking could be used as a convenient option. However, it is most likely that Civic Center traffic opting to park on the street solely because it is convenient would do so along the Civic Center frontage only, avoiding crossing the street. Therefore, based on this assumption, it is conservatively assumed that all on-street parking along the Civic Center perimeter is Civic Center-generated traffic.

The on-street parking counts (summarized in Table 5) show the maximum on-street parking demand along the Civic Center perimeter is 25 parking spaces.

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Table 3
Parking Demand Counts – All On-Site Parking Spaces

Parking Area Average
7AM 8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
All On-Site Parking 300 47 76 131 155 163 133 141 141 140 145 134 123 126 Occupied Number of Spaces 47 76 131 155 163 133 141 141 140 145 134 123 126 127 Percent Occupancy (out of 298) 16% 25% 44% 52% 54% 44% 47% 47% 47% 48% 45% 41% 42% 42% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 253 224 169 145 137 167 159 159 160 155 166 177 174 173 Parking Area 1 53 2 6 10 13 20 22 28 36 29 38 43 47 47
Occupied Number of Spaces 2 6 10 13 20 22 28 36 29 38 43 47 47 26 Percent Occupancy (out of 53) 4% 11% 19% 25% 38% 42% 53% 68% 55% 72% 81% 89% 89% 49% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 51 47 43 40 33 31 25 17 24 15 10 6 6 27 Parking Area 2 56 0 4 9 10 12 16 17 20 21 22 27 25 36
Occupied Number of Spaces 0 4 9 10 12 16 17 20 21 22 27 25 36 17 Percent Occupancy (out of 56) 0% 7% 16% 18% 21% 29% 30% 36% 38% 39% 48% 45% 64% 30% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 56 52 47 46 44 40 39 36 35 34 29 31 20 39 Parking Area 3 29 0 4 15 27 29 18 10 5 7 6 5 3 3
Occupied Number of Spaces 0 4 15 27 29 18 10 5 7 6 5 3 3 10 Percent Occupancy (out of 29) 0% 14% 52% 93% 100% 62% 34% 17% 24% 21% 17% 10% 10% 35% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 29 25 14 2 0 11 19 24 22 23 24 26 26 19 Parking Area 4 42 22 28 38 41 39 25 25 27 26 27 24 19 18 Occupied Number of Spaces 22 28 38 41 39 25 25 27 26 27 24 19 18 28 Percent Occupancy (out of 42) 52% 67% 90% 98% 93% 60% 60% 64% 62% 64% 57% 45% 43% 66% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 20 14 4 1 3 17 17 15 16 15 18 23 24 14 Parking Area 5 12 2 2 7 9 11 6 6 2 5 4 2 7 6
Occupied Number of Spaces 2 2 7 9 11 6 6 2 5 4 2 7 6 5
Percent Occupancy (out of 12) 17% 17% 58% 75% 92% 50% 50% 17% 42% 33% 17% 58% 50% 44% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 10 10 5 3 1 6 6 10 7 8 10 5 6 7 Parking Area 6 92 17 24 42 44 44 39 49 43 44 40 28 19 15 Occupied Number of Spaces 17 24 42 44 44 39 49 43 44 40 28 19 15 34 Percent Occupancy (out of 92) 18% 26% 46% 48% 48% 42% 53% 47% 48% 43% 30% 21% 16% 37% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 75 68 50 48 48 53 43 49 48 52 64 73 77 58 Parking Area 7 16 4 8 10 11 8 7 6 8 8 8 5 3 1
Occupied Number of Spaces 4 8 10 11 8 7 6 8 8 8 5 3 1 7 Percent Occupancy (out of 16) 25% 50% 63% 69% 50% 44% 38% 50% 50% 50% 31% 19% 6% 42% Number of Unoccupied Spaces 12 8 6 5 8 9 10 8 8 8 11 13 15 9 Source: Parking counts conducted on May 6, 2025.

Box indicates peak parking demand.

Total Number of
Parking Spaces Hourly Counts
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Table 4
Parking Demand Counts – Accessible Parking Spaces

Parking Area Average
7AM 8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
All On-Site Parking 19 1277856254365
Occupied Number of Spaces 12778562543655
Number of Unoccupied Spaces 18 17 12 12 11 14 13 17 14 15 16 13 14 14 Parking Area 1 3 0000002111122
Occupied Number of Spaces 00000021111221
Number of Unoccupied Spaces 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 Parking Area 2 3 0000011000000
Occupied Number of Spaces 00000110000000
Number of Unoccupied Spaces 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Parking Area 3 2 0022210000000
Occupied Number of Spaces 00222100000001
Number of Unoccupied Spaces 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Parking Area 4 3 0133310011011
Occupied Number of Spaces 01333100110111
Number of Unoccupied Spaces 3 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 Parking Area 5 2 0011101010011
Occupied Number of Spaces 00111010100111
Number of Unoccupied Spaces 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 Parking Area 6 6 1111222122221
Occupied Number of Spaces 11112221222212
Number of Unoccupied Spaces 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 Source: Parking counts conducted on May 6, 2025.

Total Number of
ADA Parking
Spaces Hourly Counts

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Figure 4
Parking Occupancy Rates per Parking Space
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Hanna St
W 6th St
City of Gilroy
Senior Center
Gilroy Library
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Figure 4 (Continued)
Parking Occupancy Rates per Parking Space Hanna St Hanna St W 7th St
Rosanna St
181
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283
300
Gilroy
Police Department
City of Gilroy
City Hall
City of Gilroy
Gilroy Community Development
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Figure 5
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Hanna St
W 6th St
City of Gilroy
Senior Center
Gilroy Library
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Figure 5 (Continued)
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Table 5
Parking Demand Counts – On-Street Parking Spaces

Total Number of
On-Street
Parking Spaces
Total Demand
Along Civic
Center
Time
Frontage
7am 4 5 0 9 510 12 18 21
8am 5 3 0 9 510 12 18 22
9am 8 5 0 9 5 912 15 25
10am 7 5 1 10 4 10 11 14 23
11am 7 6 2 8 4 712 12 25
12pm 6 7 3 10 4 10 12 13 25
1pm 5 6 0 9 410 13 13 22
2pm 6 5 2 10 4 11 12 18 24
3pm 5 5 3 10 4 11 13 15 25
4pm 4 5 3 10 4 11 13 15 24
5pm 3 6 2 10 4 11 11 20 20
6pm 4 7 2 8 412 10 18 20
7pm 4 7 1 8 512920 19
Source: Parking counts conducted on May 6, 2025.
22 22
Church Street 7th Street
Occupied Spaces Occupied Spaces Occupied Spaces Occupied Spaces 17 17 25 24 11 16
Civic
Center
Frontage
Opposite
Side of
Street
Civic
Center
Frontage
Opposite
Side of
Street
Dowdy St 6th Street
Civic
Center
Frontage
Opposite
Side of
Street
Civic
Center
Frontage
Opposite
Side of
Street
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Civic Center Parking Demand Estimates
Based on the on-site and on-street peak parking demand, it is estimated that the total Civic Center peak parking demand is approximately 188 parking spaces. A total of 300 on-site parking spaces plus an additional 75 on-street parking spaces are available to serve the existing demand.

When evaluating each of the land uses within the Civic Center separately, their combined peak parking demand is approximately 249 parking spaces. However, this is an extremely conservative scenario that most likely would never happen since, as the parking counts showed, the peak parking demand for the different on-site facilities and services occurs at different times during the day. This maximum parking demand scenario was included for comparison to parking demand calculations based on City of Gilroy off-street parking requirements (City of Gilroy Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 30, Article 31) and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Parking Generation Manual, 6th Edition, 2023. When calculating parking demand using adopted rates, each land use is typically evaluated separately without the benefit of the different peak periods or potential share parking between the uses.

For this comparison, the following conservative assumptions were made:
 It was assumed that all library-generated traffic utilizes Parking Area 1 only and all Police Station traffic utilizes half of Parking Area 4 and all of Parking Area 5.  It was assumed that the existing Wheeler Park generates a neglectable number of vehicular trips.
 The parking demand includes both on-site and on-street parking demand.

The estimated parking demand for each of the Civic Center land uses are shown on Table 6. The parking demand comparison shows that the observed peak parking demand for the individual land uses is consistent with the parking demand estimated using City of Gilroy and ITE parking demand rates.

Estimated Future Parking Demand
The future parking demand with the implementation of the Civic Center Master Plan update was estimated based on the proposed land use, building size, and applying the parking demand rates calculated using the parking count data. The Police Station and library were assumed to continue to generate the same parking demand as it was identified by the parking counts. In addition, parking demand for the proposed new public park was estimated based on ITE parking demand rates since the City of Gilroy parking demand rates do not include rates for public parks. However, it should be noted that the ITE parking data associated with public parks is limited and should be used cautiously.

Based on the above information, with the Civic Center Master Plan update, the parking demand is estimated to be approximately 359 parking spaces. The future parking demand estimates are summarized on Table 7.

For informational purposes, the maximum parking demand (associated with each land use’s peak demand) and the parking demand based on City of Gilroy parking rates also were estimated and are shown on Table 7.

Conclusion
Based on the parking demand counts, the total Civic Center peak parking demand is approximately 188 parking spaces. A total of 300 on-site parking spaces plus an additional 75 on-street parking spaces are available to serve the existing demand. Based on the existing parking demand count information and the proposed project description, the parking demand for the Civic Center Master Plan update is estimated to be approximately 359 parking spaces.

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Table 6
Existing Parkind Demand Comparison
Land Use
Size
(s.f.) 1
Parking
Areas
Utilized 2
Available #
of Spaces 3
Site Peak
Parking
Demand
Specific Use
Peak Parking
Demand City Rates
Required #
of Spaces ITE Rates
Required #
of Spaces
Existing Buildings to be Reconstructed/Replace
City Hall 26,959 6, 7 122 62 70 3 spaces per 1,000 s.f. 81 73 4.04 per 1,000 s.f. 109 Wheeler Gymnasium 18,575 2 75 18 42 3 spaces per 1,000 s.f. 56 49 2.32 per 1,000 s.f. 44 Senior Center 11,071 3, 1/2 of 4 64 52 53 3 spaces per 1,000 s.f. 34 49 2.32 per 1,000 s.f. 26 City Hall Annex 16,919 Not Included
Total: 73,524 261 132 165 171 179
Existing Buildings to Remain Unchanged (for Informational Purposes) Police Headquarters 50,000 1/2 of 4, 5 50 37 38 3 spaces per 1,000 s.f. 150 73 N/A 7 Library 53,000 1 64 20 47 3 spaces per 1,000 s.f. 159 59 4.4 per 1,000 s.f. 234 Total: 103,000 114 57 85 309 234
Total: 176,524 375 188 249 480 413
Notes:
1 Existing building size were obtained from available building drawings, published (online) building information, aerial photographs, and field visits. Building size, in square footage, are approximate. 2 Assumed, based on the parking area location relative to the building. 3 Includes on-street parking spaces along the perimeter of the Civic Center. 4 Based on parking counts conducted on Tuesday May 6, 2025. Includes both on-site and on-street parking demand.

Site peak demand represents the total peak demand for the site combined. Specific use peak demand represents the peak demand for each individual land use on site. 5 City of Gilroy Downtown Specific Plan parking requirements apply. Civic uses rates were utilized for all Civic Center land uses. 6 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Parking Generation Manual, 6th Edition, 2023. Municipal Government Office Building (#730), Recreational Community Center (#495), and Library (#590) parking generation rates were applied. Rates correspond to the 85th percentile peak period parking demand. 7 No parking generation rates specific to this land use are available.

Parking Counts 4 City of Gilroy Parking Rates 5 ITE Parking Rates 6 Civic Center Master Plan Update Parking Demand Study June 18, 2025 Page | 17
Table 7
Civic Center Master Plan Parking Demand Estimates
Land Use
Size
(s.f.)
Calculated Peak
Demand Rate
Required #
of Spaces
Calculated Peak
Demand Rate
Required #
of Spaces City Rates
Required #
of Spaces
City Hall 48,055 1 spaces per 435 s.f. 111 1 spaces per 385 s.f. 125 3 spaces per 1,000 s. 145 73 Recreation Center 42,940 1 spaces per 427 s.f. 101 1 spaces per 314 s.f. 137 3 spaces per 1,000 s. 129 49 Community/Arts Center 34,354 1 spaces per 427 s.f. 81 1 spaces per 314 s.f. 110 3 spaces per 1,000 s. 104 49 Public Park 4 1.5 acre 5.52 per acre 5 9 5.52 per acre 5 9 5.52 per acre 5 9 125,349 302 381 387
Existing Buildings to Remain Unchanged
Police Headquarters 50,000 6 37 6 38 6 38 73
Library 53,000 6 20 6 47 6 47 59
103,000 57 85 85
Civic Center Total: 228,349 359 466 472
1 Parking demand rates derived from parking counts conducted on Tuesday May 6, 2025. This parking demand represents the total peak demand for the site combined. 2 Parking demand rates derived from parking counts conducted on Tuesday May 6, 2025. This parking demand represents the peak demand for each individual land use on site. 3 City of Gilroy Downtown Specific Plan parking requirements apply. Civic uses rates were utilized for all Civic Center land uses with the exception of the public park. 4 Based on preliminary conceptual site plans, the proposed public park is assumed to be approximately 1.5 acres. 5 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Parking Generation Manual, 6th Edition, 2023, was used to estimate the parking demand for the proposed public park.

However, ITE parking demand data associated with public parks is limited and should be used cautiously. 6 The parking demand for the Police Station and the library were assumed to remain unchanged from existing conditions.

Site Specific Parking Demand 2 Civic Center Site Parking Demand 1 Proposed City of Gilroy Parking Rates 3

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GILROY CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN
August 1, 2025

BKF ENGINEERS
Pleasanton Office: 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 360, Pleasanton, CA 94588 | 925.396.7700 Civil Conceptual Narrative

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SECTION 1: SITE DESCRIPTION
The Civil Center development site is proposed on the existing City of Gilroy Civic Center in Downtown Gilroy. The approximate 14-acre site occupies three full city blocks and is bordered by 6TH Street to the north, 7th Street to the south, Dowdy Street to the west, and Church Street bordering the east. The site has numerous buildings that were built during different time periods including the Gilroy Police Department, Library, Senior Center, Recreation Center, and Gilroy Civic Building. In addition, there are existing residential single-family homes within the western portion of the site fronting Dowdy Street.

Three of the residential parcels will remain and are not part of the proposed Civic Center Master Plan.

The Master Plan intends to retain the existing Police Department and City Library Buildings while demolishing and redeveloping the remaining buildings and site infrastructure within the project area.

This includes a new recreation building, civic building, community building, civic park, and on-site and off-site parking improvements.

The site is largely impervious with buildings, pavement, and other associated hardscape occupying the majority of the development area. Small areas of grass exist around the library plaza as well as within the undeveloped corner parcel at 6th and Dowdy Street. The topography of the Civic Center is relatively flat sloping gently west to east with generally consistent slopes of less than 1%, which equates to approximately 4.5 feet of vertical change over the entire 14-acre development area.

Existing Site Topography

CIVIL ENGINEERING

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SECTION 2: LAND USE
The Civil Center development site is located in the Downtown Specific Plan Area within the Civic/Cultural Arts District. This district is intended to provide a regional destination for events and outdoor activities on weekend and evenings with civic campus activities being the primary use during the week. Desirable uses are listed as follows:
• Civic
• Cultural
• Office
• Residential
• Passive Recreation
• Retail Uses that directly serve the Civic Center
The Civic/Cultural Arts District also prohibits specific uses such as industrial and manufacturing uses, retail not specifically servicing the Civic Center, and service commercial uses. All of the proposed uses within the Civic Center Master Plan conform to the district’s desired uses and therefore will not require any additional zoning modifications in order to implement.

SECTION 3: STREET AND FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS
The perimeter frontage streets are all within established public rights of way and are paved with asphalt within the vehicular drives and concrete curb, gutter, and sidewalk constructed on both sides. The existing sidewalk is largely configured in a detached configuration with 5’-6’ curb adjacent planter strips along the majority of the 6th Street, 7th Street, and Church Street frontages. Dowdy Street has an attached sidewalk without a planter strip along the western frontage. All of the intersections surrounding the Civic Center are currently stop controlled without the use of signalization. Curb adjacent parallel parking is available on portions of all the frontage streets outside of the designated bus stops and red curbed areas.

The Master Plan intends to maintain the majority of the public frontage street curb locations and parking programs that border the project site. The existing parallel parking on 7th Street between church and Hanna however is proposed to be converted to angled parking. This will require the curb to be shifted into the site thereby eliminating the existing planting strip.

Public right of way for Hanna Street and Rosanna Street currently extends through the Civic Center in the north south direction. Both of these right of ways between 6th and 7th Street will be vacated as part of the redevelopment with those areas reprogrammed with internal parking and site circulation, plazas, and other associated landscape improvements. Existing Hanna and Rosanna street access from 6th and 7th Streets will be converted to driveway entry points or closed off entirely.

SECTION 4: WATER IMPROVEMENTS
The City of Gilroy is located in the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD). The Llagas Groundwater Sub-basin serves as Gilroy’s potable water source for most residential, municipal, and industrial land uses. The municipal water supply comes from ground-water well sources within the Llagas Basin Aquifer. The City is serviced by the Gilroy Community Services Department and currently operates eight water wells that supply the City’s residents and businesses of Gilroy. There are also six storage reservoirs

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that serve three water pressure zones. Prior to distribution, the water is treated with chlorine disinfection to remove or reduce potential contaminants from the source water.

Existing potable water mains are available within each of the perimeter frontage streets and provide domestic, fire, and irrigation service to the existing Civic Center development. It is our understanding that the existing potable water network is sufficient to support the proposed development without offsite infrastructure upgrades. Existing water mains within the portion of Hanna Street and Rosanna Street that are to be vacated may need to be removed or rerouted if they are in conflict with proposed improvements. Existing water services to the buildings designated for removal will be terminated and new services established per City standards for the Recreation Center, Civic Center, Community Center, and site irrigation. Each new building will require a separate fire service and will by fully sprinklered.

SCRWA operates a recycled water facility in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Water District. This facility produces high-quality recycled water that is used for irrigation, industrial reuse, groundwater recharge, and indirect potable reuse. Recycled water is available within portions of Gilroy, primarily along the southern perimeter of the City. The existing system consists of more than 15 miles of 8-inch to 36-inch recycled water pipelines that extend from the SCRWA waste water treatment plan all the way to the western edge of the City along Hecker Pass Road. The 2020 Urban Water Management Plan identifies future improvements that will further expand the existing recycled water distribution system with additional recycled water mains, storage tanks and booster stations. Although future planned improvements do not currently include extending recycled water facilities to the downtown Civic Center area, the project should consider improvements that can accommodate recycled water in the future.

This includes installing irrigation systems that can be converted over to recycled water as well as looking for opportunities within the new buildings for using in flushing toilets and urinals.

Figure 6.3 from the City of Gilroy 2020 Urban Water Management Plan

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SECTION 5: WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS
The City of Gilroy is served by the South County Regional Wastewater Authority (SCRWA), which manages the treatment of wastewater for both Gilroy and Morgan Hill. The SCRWA wastewater treatment plant was built in 1990 and was constructed with state-of-the-art fully automated high efficiency equipment. The City of Gilroy’s Engineering Division is responsible for the oversight and maintenance of the City wastewater treatment system. The City of Gilroy operates a gravity sewer system, with pipes ranging in diameter from 6 inches to 30 inches. The Downtown area is primarily serviced with older, 6-inch diameter clay pipes, many of which are situated in alleys and easements. To the west and north of the city center, pipes tend to be newer and on average 8 inches in diameter.

These are pipes typically constructed within public streets and cul-de-sacs. The network of collector sewer pipes discharges into an interceptor sewer trunk line that then carries the wastewater to the SCRWA Wastewater Treatment Plant. Currently the plant receives an average of 3.1 mgd from the entire City of Gilroy. With proposed plant expansions, the future build-out capacity is estimated to be 15 mgd. Proposed Wastewater Conditions Project impacts were evaluated as part of the Downtown Gilroy Specific Plan Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and it determined there were no significant regional capacity impacts that would require infrastructure upgrades. Existing clay sewer mains that run through the development parcel are recommended to be replaced with PVC SDR 26 or HDPE pipe per City specifications. Existing sewer laterals serving buildings slated for demolition should be removed and capped in conformance with City requirements. All new City standard sewer laterals will be constructed for each new building.

SECTION 6: STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS
The City of Gilroy is situated within two major watersheds: the Uvas Creek and Llagas Creek watersheds.

Stormwater is conveyed within the City through surface flow, underground pipe networks, open channels, detention/retention basins, and a series of key water channels that include Uvas Creek, Llagas Creek, Miller Slough, West Branch Llagas Creek, Lions Creek, North Morey Creek, and South Morey Creek. Gilroy’s existing storm drain infrastructure primarily consists of reinforced concrete and corrugated metal pipes that discharge into these channels that eventually discharge into the Monterey Bay.

Stormwater management within the city of Gilroy is subject to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations that requires the City of Gilroy to implement stormwater management programs in alignment with the Clean Water Act. This includes stormwater management requirements both during and post-construction that include both stormwater quality and quantity measures. Under the NPDES Permit, the City is responsible for implementing measures to regulate the quality of stormwater from private developments that ultimately flow into the ocean.

The Gilroy Civic Center development will both reduce stormwater runoff and improve stormwater quality through the reduction of impervious surfaces and implementation of Low Impact Design (LID) measures. Reducing the stormwater runoff will result in a lower stormwater capacity impact to the existing public storm drain infrastructure that currently serves the site. As such, no mitigation of off-site storm drain capacity is anticipated in order to accommodate the proposed Civil Center programming.

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All on-site storm water from impervious surfaces such as conventional building roofs, pavements, and other similar hardscape will be collected and conveyed to on-site LID treatment facilities before being discharged off-site. Proposed LID measures include in-ground biofiltration basins, flow-through planters, permeable paving, and on-structure landscaping. Approximately 4% of the newly constructed impervious surfaces will be dedicated to stormwater treatment facilities within the development that will filter site pollutants and reduce pre-development stormwater flow prior to discharging to the frontage stormwater pipes. All site stormwater facilities will be sized to accommodate a 10-year design storm event in conformance with the City of Gilroy’s design standards.

Opportunities for on-site storm water collection and treatment for use in gray water applications should also be considered. Stormwater from roof runoff can be collected in stormwater cisterns programmed within the new buildings, treated, and utilized for site irrigation and/or toilet and urinal flushing to help reduce annual potable water demand.

SECTION 7: FLOOD PROTECTION
The Civic Center development site is located in FEMA’s Zone X, which is outside of a designated FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. Zone X is defined as an area which is a 0.2% annual chance flood hazard area having 1% annual chance of flooding with average depths of less than one foot. Given this low risk flood designation no specific flood mitigation is required to facilitate this development. Standard best practices for on-site stormwater management and conformance to the City’s requirement to design onsite stormwater facilities to convey a 10-year design storm event will be sufficient to reasonably mitigate storm water flooding potential within the site.

FEMA National Flood Hazzard Map

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SECTION 8: GAS AND ELECTRIC IMPROVEMENTS
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) provides electric and gas service to customers within the City of Gilroy and is regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. PG&E owns and operates the Llagas electrical substation located on the east side of Gilroy. 115 KV transmission lines run predominantly around the perimeter of Gilroy and along Highway 101. These transmission lines are located in dedicated PG&E rights-of-way and maintained by PG&E. Electricity is distributed from the transmission lines through local pole mounted overhead electrical wires or via underground trenches within streets. Gas mains are similarly located in underground trenches within City rights of way throughout the City, which also serves the development site. PG&E is required to meet each project electrical and gas demands as part of their franchise agreement with the CPUC. Although off-site electrical and gas infrastructure upgrades are not anticipated to be required to support this development, any regional upgrades required would be the responsibility of PG&E.

Electric distribution facilities are located underground within Church Street and Dowdy Street and overhead on the opposite frontage within 6th and 7th Streets. All new electric services to the site will be made with underground services. No New gas service is expected to be needed since the proposed buildings will be all-electric.

SECTION 9: SOLID WASTE
Residential and commercial solid waste disposal and recycling services provided by the City of Gilroy.

The City contracts with Recology South Valley for all of its solid waste, street sweeping, and recycling needs. SVDR transports its waste collection to the San Martin Transfer Station. From the Transfer Station, garbage is taken to Landfill, recyclables are sent to the BFI Waste Systems Recycling facility in San Jose, and clean yard waste is transported to South Valley Organics, a compost facility located at Pacheco Pass Landfill. The City of Gilroy facilitates an expanded recycling program that includes food waste composting, scrap metal, and plastic bags. Yard waste combined with food waste is now collected every week. A waste disposal program will need to be coordinated with Recoogy South Valley for the new building waste management operations.

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Forell | Elsesser Engineers
July 14, 2025
F/E Job Number: 24-082
By: Allen Nudel & Lindsey Maclise
GENERAL:

This document is a Concept level structural narrative associated with the Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Project. The narrative provides a project description, structural criteria, and a description of the structural systems. This narrative is based on ELS’s preliminary building plans provided in June 2025.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The project site will be located at the existing Gilroy Civic Center and provides an expansion and replacement of the City’s existing facilities. The project consists of three new building structures:
a City Hall, a Recreation Center, and a Community Arts Center. The buildings are all two stories in height and will have sloped roofs to mirror the existing architecture on the site.

The City Hall will contain spaces for public works, finance, and community development at the ground level with additional public services for utilities, human resources and administration above. Additionally, the council chambers will be located in the building in a double height space.

The overall building dimensions are approximately 270 ft by 150 ft.

The Recreation Center contains an open-air pool with single-story pool support space, and a double height gym with adjacent locker rooms, offices, and flex rooms. At the second level, there will be cardio and workout spaces, additional locked rooms, and a running track surrounding the gymnasium. The overall building dimensions are approximately 210 ft by 125 ft.

The Community Arts Center provides a gymnasium, auditorium, and senior dining facility. The gymnasium and auditorium will be double height spaces, while the senior dining facility will be a single-story portion of the building, with accessible roof above. A central core joins the three main spaces providing offices, restrooms, and activity spaces. The overall building dimensions are approximately 275 ft by 120 ft.

BUILDING FRAMING SYSTEM:

The proposed structural system for the buildings is assumed to be consistent across all three buildings to allow for a uniform approach and efficiency for the project. To allow for the long spans of the multiple double height spaces that occur in all three buildings, a steel gravity system is proposed. The structural floor and roof will be Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) which will also act as the lateral diaphragm for seismic and wind loads. At the roof, to create the sloped approach, steel gable trusses will be provided.

For the pool support structure, the building will be a single-story CMU building with a metal deck roof. The CMU walls will provide both the gravity and seismic support for the building. Steel beams will be provided at approximately 10 feet on center to support the metal deck and allow for attachment of MEP distribution systems.

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Based on the review of the available geotechnical information, the building is assumed to be founded on shallow foundations with a reinforced concrete slab on grade. A final foundation system will be confirmed following the geotechnical engineering report and recommendations.

LATERAL LOAD RESISTING SYSTEM:

The lateral load resisting system for the buildings is proposed to be Buckling Restrained Braced Frames. The floor and roof slabs described above will function as horizontal seismic diaphragms spanning between the braced frame locations. During the schematic design phase additional lateral systems will be explored.

STRUCTURAL CRITERIA:

The design will conform to the 2025 California Building Code.

Vertical and Lateral Loads:

Dead Loads: Self-weight. See below for superimposed loading assumptions.

Live Loads (From Existing Drawings):
a. Typical Floors: 100 psf
b. Terrace: 100 psf
c. Roof Areas: 20 psf (reducible)
Superimposed Dead Loads
a. Terrace: 100 psf
b. Typical Floor: 15 psf
c. Roof: 15 psf + 5 psf PV
Cladding: Metal Panel with glazing and curtain wall, 20psf assumed maximum.

Deflection Limits:

Floor LL L/360
Floor TL L/240
Roof LL L/360
Roof TL L/240
Exterior Beam LL L/360
Elevator Machine Beams L/1666
Floor Flatness:

FF=30 FL=20 Overall
FF=24 FL=15 Local
Wind:

Risk Category II
Basic Wind Speed: 92 mph
Surface Roughness Category: B
Exposure Category: B
Seismic, based on 2025 CBC/ASCE7-22:

Risk Category II
V = SDS/(R/I))*W

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

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ρ = 1.0
Soil Site Class: D Assumed
Seismic Design Category: D
SS=1.72g
S1=0.63g
SDS=1.26g
SD1=1.25g
I= 1.0
Buckling Restrained Braced Frame:

R=8
Ω = 2.5
CD=5
MATERIAL PROPERTIES:

Concrete Compression Strength:
• Foundations 4,000psi
• Slab-on-grade 3,000psi
Steel Reinforcement (Deformed):
• ASTM A615, Grade 60
Structural Steel:
• Wide Flange: ASTM A992, Grade 50
• HSS: ASTM A1085
• Plate: ASTM A572, Grade 36
Wood:
• CLT: Grade V2M1.1
• Glulam: Douglas Fir, Grade 24F
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS:

The structural sustainability goals for the project are focused on the selection of low-embodied carbon materials. The selection of mass timber for the primary floor system provides a low initial embodied carbon number along with the benefits of biogenic carbon due to the stored carbon in the wood. For the concrete embodied carbon, based on market availability, it is recommended that the project target an embodied carbon number of 242 kgCO2e/m3, which is 25% below the Carbon Leadership Baseline for the region which is 323 kgCO2e/m3.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• SECTION 1 - GENERAL
• SECTION 2 – HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING ARTS BUILDING • SECTION 3 – HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING CITY HALL • SECTION 4 – HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING RECREATIONAL BUILDING • SECTION 5 – PLUMBING
• SECTION 6 – ELECTRICAL
• SECTION 7 – LOW VOLTAGE ARTS BUILDING
• SECTION 8 – LOW VOLTAGE CITY HALL
• SECTION 9 – LOW VOLTAGE RECREATION BUILDING
1620 Montgomery Street, Suite 30, San Francisco, CA 94111 p 415.655.4000 SAN FRANCISCO SACRAMENTO www.gb-eng.com
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MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING,

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• Minimize pressure drop.
• Minimize reheat loads.
• Minimize total air movement using point of use techniques such as chilled beams. • Minimize lighting energy use through effective daylighting strategies. • Reduce electrical plug loads as much as possible including the use of demand control. • Employ extremely efficient mechanical systems to handle the remaining loads including:
o Natural ventilation where feasible.
o Mixed mode ventilation where feasible.
o Use of displacement ventilation with destratification fans in spaces with high ceilings.
o Use of transfer air from clean to dirty space for additional make up air. o Maximize economizer hours.
o Provide energy recovery.
• The coefficient of performance of moving energy using a heat pump versus transforming energy by using fossil fuels to create energy through combustion can go from 95% for high efficiency condensing boilers to 500% using efficient heat pump technology. • Develop accurate predictions of annual energy consumption and life cycle cost analysis. • Commission your systems and ensure proper functioning of the system. • Implement a Monitoring Based Commissioning Plan (MBCx) II. CODES
Systems will be designed in accordance with the latest edition of the following codes:
• California Codes and Regulations.
• California Green Building Code – Tier-II.
• DSA– Division of the State Architect.
• NFPA– National Fire Protection Association.
• SMACNA
• IAPMO
• ANSI
• ASHRAE
• Local Amendments to aboveCodes.

END OF SECTION-1 GENERAL
SECTION 2 – HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING ARTS BUILDING I. GENERAL
The project shall be all electric with no use of fossil fuels for heating or cooking. There will be no gas service to the buildings.

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SECTION 1: GENERAL
I. PROJECT SCOPE
The project consists of master planning services for redevelopment of the existing Civic Center site. The Civic Center site currently contains: City Hall; the City Hall Annex (housing the Emergency Operations Center, computer training lab, and other extra office and storage spaces); Wheeler Gymnasium; Library; Senior Center; current Police Headquarters; seven parking lots of various sizes; four (4) single family residential homes (three (3) are not currently city-owned) that will be demolished; one small grass area; Wheeler Park; and a central open area.

This document is a high-level systems narrative for the new proposed buildings: City Hall, Community Center, and Recreation Center with an outdoor pool.

The intention is that the project design will exclude the use of fossil fuels, meeting CALGreen Tier-II and LEED Gold minimum with the aim for LEED Platinum if budget allows.

To minimize energy use we recommend a passive approach including:
• Define sustainability goals.
o All electric
o Net zero site or source energy; based on past experience we recommend using site energy.
o Carbon action plan including scope; based on past experience we recommend Scope-1 and 2 reductions by:
▪ Eliminate the use of fossil fuels.
▪ Eliminate the use of refrigerants in line with California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulations
o Energy Use Intensity (EUI) in kBtu/Sqft/Yr. This item requires additional modeling to estimate potential reductions in energy consumption. This should be done before project RFP’s are issued. Based on targets set by other organizations for new projects, being administration type of spaces, we recommend a target of less than 25kBtu/Sqft/Yr.
• Understand the microclimate of the project site.
o Establish the design criteria for system performance. We recommend using the 20Yr predicted ASHRAE 0.1% extreme ambient design conditions. See HVAC design criteria provided below.
o Design the orientation, form, and mass of the building to maximize the use of natural energy flows and reduce external loads to the absolute practical minimum.
o The architecture and detailing are key in limiting infiltration such that the envelope is built tight and the building is ventilated as needed for the occupants with minimum external influence. We recommend an air tightness of less than 3 M3
/Hr/M2 at 50 Pascals.
o Use of strategically placed thermal mass and night flush strategies to offset peak demand.

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o Where transfer or return air paths are required in full height acoustical partitions, include a sound boot, ideally two 90° elbows separated by a minimum 4’-0” of straight ductwork and fully internally lined, to maintain acoustical sound isolation performance.
o Locate volume dampers at least 4’ upstream of diffusers or return grilles; locate farther upstream if possible.
o The design will include crosstalk mitigation between spaces with common duct runs.
o VAV units should be at least 8’ from diffusers.
o Mechanical equipment shall be located above non-noise sensitive areas. o FCUs for conference rooms shall be sized to meet the intended load at medium set point.
• Vibration Isolation:
o All major pieces of rotating or vibrating equipment shall be supported on vibration isolation mounts.
o Vibration isolators shall consist of unhoused helical steel springs in series with neoprene pads, and seismic snubbers.
o All vibration isolators shall be sized according to the weight, distribution, static and dynamic loads to be supported.
o Vibration isolator ratings shall be expressed as static deflection and sized for at least eight times the static deflection of the supporting structure. o Seismic restraint of equipment will not inhibit vibration isolation. o Multi-fan arrays shall be isolated using neoprene mounts between each motor and frame.
• Seismic Control:
o Shall meet the requirements of Chapter 16 of the California Building Code. o Force factor of 1.0 will be applied for non-critical facilities. o Force factor of 1.5 will be applied for any critical facility that may require continued operations after an event.

III. HVAC ZONING FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL
The project shall be designed such that enough zones are provided to achieve the “Controllability of Systems” credit for LEED.
• Perimeter zones shall be separated from interior zones. • Corner rooms shall be on their own zone if they have glazing on a different orientation from other rooms.
• Zoning shall be provided as follows
o Meet LEED Controllability Credit
o Corner offices shall be a dedicated zone
o Zones shall be made up of similar use space and on the same orientation o Perimeter zones shall be separated from interior zones. o Conference rooms and meeting rooms shall have their own dedicated zones. o Lobbies and reception shall have dedicated zoning.
o MDF/IDF/IT rooms shall have dedicated zone
o Restrooms and corridor shall be controlled via adjacent controlled spaces.

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II. HVAC DESIGN CRITERIA
Outdoor Design Criteria
• Summer Outdoor Design Conditions 108F DB, 77F WB (ASHRAE 0.1% 20yr Extreme) • Winter Outdoor Design Conditions 32F DB (ASHRAE 0.2%) Indoor Design Criteria
• Heating Indoor Design Temperature 68F DB +/- 2 F
• Cooling Indoor Design Temperature 72F DB +/- 2 F
• Telecommunications Space Colg only 68 to 72F DB
• No humidity control will be provided unless specifically required by for operational needs.

Outside Air Quantities per California Building Code
• Restrooms
o Greater of 10 ACH or 50cfm/fixture when occupied.
o 4 ACH when unoccupied.
• Locker/Shower rooms
o 12 ACH when occupied.
o 6 ACH when unoccupied
• Waiting Rooms - 10 ach/hr
• Janitors Closets - 2 CFM per Sqft.
• All other spaces, minimum of 30% higher than ASHRAE Standard 62.1 Noise, Vibration, and Seismic Control for Mechanical Systems. • Acoustic treatment
o Acoustic treatment shall be provided on AHU’s and exhaust fans o Select AHUs with end discharge and return.
o The AHU selection shall be such that an acoustical silencer is not required to meet the noise levels to reduce pressure drop. Coplanar Silencers would be recommended.
o All service connections (ducts, piping and conduit) shall be resiliently isolated from oscillating units via flexible connections.
o Seismic restraints will be compatible with the vibration isolation equipment.

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o Cold Water
o Irrigation
o Electric
• Sub Meters
o Domestic Hot Water
o Receptacles
o Lighting
o Equipment
• BTU Meters
o Chilled Water
o Heating Hot Water
VI. CENTRAL PLANT
The heating and cooling load for the project shall be via the use of Air Sourced Heat Pump (ASHP) technology. The ASHP can be located on grade or at roof level with the following features:
• A minimum of two ASHP in parallel, each at 75% duty.
• The ASHP shall produce Chilled Water (CHW) and Heating Hot Water (HHW) concurrently.
• Primary/Secondary configuration, each loop with three pumps at 50% duty each. • Buffer tanks provided for the CHW and HHW.
• Heating element for safe oil return to compressor on emergency power.

VII. CUSTOM AIR HANDLING UNITS
All administration, and public areas shall be served by high efficiency variable air volume (VAV) custom air handling units.

The AHUs shall be provided with:
• Low pressure drop.
• Maximum 350fpm face velocity.
• Economizer
• MERV-8 Pre-filters
• Stainless steel frames and accessories for coils, and filters. • Energy Recovery with by-pass
• Copper/Copper Heating coil with by-pass
• Cooling coil with by-pass
• Stainless steel drain pans
• Stainless steel downstream of the cooling coil
• Multi-fan array optimized to run multiple fans for best efficiency to meet demand including N+1 (fan) redundancy.
• VFD and local disconnect per fan
• Coplanar silencers
• MERV-13 Final-filters with Stainless steel frames and accessories.

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o Rooms that can be divided by operable partitions shall be provided with controls for each divided space. The setpoints shall have adequate adjustable differential to prevent the zones fighting each other.
o Electrical and mechanical shall have a dedicated cooling unit.

IV. BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM (BAS)
The BAS shall compose of direct digital controls (DDC) which shall communicate with the central campus head end computer local area network (LAN) located at the Facilities Operations Office (FOO).

In addition to minimizing equipment energy use, the system shall report malfunctions of critical equipment via alarms to the FOO.

Environmental controls for the building will be fully DDC, computerized Building Automation System per the standard set for the Gilroy Civic Center. The system will be PC based and will include color graphic representation of mechanical building systems. The BAS software will include scheduling operation of mechanical equipment, alarm and logging (data file and/or printed) of events. Room thermostats will be remotely re-settable and concealed or locking type in public areas. The control system shall be web-enabled to allow remote access with different priorities set for different users.

CO2 control shall be provided for each AHU. The sensor shall be space mounted per code.

Local supervisory BAS shall be provided with communication back to the Gilroy Civic Center FOO. All Building Controllers installed shall be connecting to the FOO server.

All installed energy meters shall be able to communicate over the LAN, either inherently or via an installed gateway, using BACnet IP™.

Sequence of Operations shall be per ASHRAE Guideline-36 with trim and response resets for equipment including temperature resets for temporary unoccupied, unoccupied, and night setback.

Operable windows will be used where possible including window interlock with the HVAC system.

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• Heating Indoor Design Temperature 68F DB +/- 2 F
• Cooling Indoor Design Temperature 72F DB +/- 2 F
• Telecommunications Space Clg only 68 to 72F DB
• No humidity control will be provided unless specifically required by for operational needs.

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• Air flow station.

With wildfires becoming a norm each year, we recommend the AHU filter housing is suitable for carbon filters. The fan motors will need to be sized to overcome the pressure drop for these filters when used. In the event of a wild fire the normal MERV-13 filters can be swapped out with the carbon filters. We also recommend:
• The carbon filters are used only when needed because they come at a cost and have a higher pressure drop which results in higher running cost. • The carbon filters are purchase ahead of time so that they are available for use when needed.

VIII. SPACE CONDITIONING
• Auditorium: Dedicated ultra quiet system using displacement ventilation and destratification fans.
• Gymnasium: Displacement ventilation with destratification fans. • Kitchen/Dinning: Demand control ventilation using heat and smoke for controlling the exhaust including use of transfer air from the dining room to serve as make up air for the commercial kitchen. The commercial kitchen may have a Type-I and Type-II hood each with dedicated exhaust hood based on demand. The AHU for the Dining area will be having return air capability to recirculate dining room air when used for events. • Equipment room: All equipment rooms such as electrical rooms, MDF/IDF rooms, machine elevator rooms, and mechanical rooms shall have dedicated cooling using DxSplit units. Critical spaces as required by the Owner will have backup systems. • Other Spaces: The remainder of the building will be served using a dedicated demand control ventilation system. Restrooms, Janitors closets, locker rooms will have dedicated exhaust with transfer air from adjacent space for make air.

END OF SECTION-2 HVAC ARTS BUILDING
SECTION 3 – HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING CITY HALL I. GENERAL
The project shall be all electric with no use of fossil fuels for heating or cooking. There will be no gas service to the building.

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• Air flow station.

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In addition to minimizing equipment energy use, the system shall report malfunctions of critical equipment via alarms to the FOO.

CO2 control shall be provided for each AHU. The sensor shall be space mounted per code.

Local supervisory BAS shall be provided with communication back to the Gilroy Civic Center FOO. All Building Controllers installed shall be connecting to the FOO server.

All installed energy meters shall be able to communicate over the LAN, either inherently or via an installed gateway, using BACnet IP™.

Sequence of Operations shall be per ASHRAE Guideline-36 with trim and response resets for equipment including temperature resets for temporary unoccupied, unoccupied, and night setback.

Operable windows will be used where possible including window interlock with the HVAC system.

No compressor energy used to cool the supply air if the ambient conditions are =<74F No compressor energy used to heat the supply air if the ambient conditions are =>66F V. METERING
All meters shall be mapped to an equipment record created on the FOO server. Meter shall be provided per Title-24, LEED and the following:
• Main Meters
o Cold Water
o Irrigation
o Electric
• Sub Meters
o Domestic Hot Water
o Receptacles
o Lighting
o Equipment
• BTU Meters
o Chilled Water
o Heating Hot Water
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• Vibration Isolation:
o All major pieces of rotating or vibrating equipment shall be supported on vibration isolation mounts.
o Vibration isolators shall consist of unhoused helical steel springs in series with neoprene pads, and seismic snubbers.
o All vibration isolators shall be sized according to the weight, distribution, static and dynamic loads to be supported.
o Vibration isolator ratings shall be expressed as static deflection and sized for at least eight times the static deflection of the supporting structure. o Seismic restraint of equipment will not inhibit vibration isolation. o Multi-fan arrays shall be isolated using neoprene mounts between each motor and frame.
• Seismic Control:
o Shall meet the requirements of Chapter 16 of the California Building Code. o Force factor of 1.0 will be applied for non-critical facilities. o Force factor of 1.5 will be applied for any critical facility that may require continued operations after an event.

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• Other Spaces: The remainder of the building will be served using a dedicated demand control ventilation system. Restrooms, Janitors closets, locker rooms will have dedicated exhaust with transfer air from adjacent space for make air.

END OF SECTION-3 HVAC CITY HALL
SECTION 4 – HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING RECREATIONAL

BUILDING
IX. GENERAL
The project shall be all electric with no use of fossil fuels for heating or cooking. There will be no gas service to the building.

X. HVAC DESIGN CRITERIA
Outdoor Design Criteria
• Summer Outdoor Design Conditions 108F DB, 77F WB (ASHRAE 0.1% 20yr Extreme) • Winter Outdoor Design Conditions 32F DB (ASHRAE 0.2%) • No compressor energy used to cool the supply air if the ambient conditions are =<74F • No compressor energy used to heat the supply air if the ambient conditions are =>66F Indoor Design Criteria
• Heating Indoor Design Temperature 68F DB +/- 2 F
• Cooling Indoor Design Temperature 72F DB +/- 2 F
• Telecommunications Space Clg only 68 to 72F DB
• No humidity control will be provided unless specifically required by for operational needs.

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VI. CENTRAL PLANT
The heating and cooling load for the project shall be via the use of Air Sourced Heat Pump (ASHP) technology. The ASHP can be located on grade or at roof level with the following features:
• A minimum of two ASHP in parallel, each at 75% duty.
• The ASHP shall produce Chilled Water (CHW) and Heating Hot Water (HHW) concurrently.
• Primary/Secondary configuration, each loop with three pumps at 50% duty each. • Buffer tanks provided for the CHW and HHW.
• Heating element for safe oil return to compressor on emergency power.

VII. CUSTOM AIR HANDLING UNITS
All administration, and public areas shall be served by high efficiency variable air volume (VAV) custom air handling units.

The AHUs shall be provided with:
• Low pressure drop.
• Maximum 350fpm face velocity.
• Economizer
• Merv-8 Pre-filters
• Stainless steel frames and accessories for coils, and filters. • Energy Recovery with by-pass
• Copper/Copper Heating coil with by-pass
• Cooling coil with by-pass
• Stainless steel drain pans
• Stainless steel downstream of the cooling coil
• Multi-fan array optimized to run multiple fans for best efficiency to meet demand including N+1 (fan) redundancy.
• VFD and local disconnect per fan
• Coplanar silencers
• Merv-13 Final-filters with Stainless steel frames and accessories. • Air flow station.

VIII. SPACE CONDITIONING
• Counsil Chamber: Dedicated ultra quiet system using displacement ventilation and destratification fans.
• Equipment room: All equipment rooms such as electrical rooms, MDF/IDF rooms, machine elevator rooms, and mechanical rooms shall have dedicated cooling using DxSplit units. Critical spaces as required by the Owner will have backup systems.

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The project shall be designed such that enough zones are provided to achieve the “Controllability of Systems” credit for LEED.
• Perimeter zones shall be separated from interior zones. • Corner rooms shall be on their own zone if they have glazing on a different orientation from other rooms.
• Zoning shall be provided as follows
o Meet LEED Controllability Credit
o Corner offices shall be a dedicated zone
o Zones shall be made up of similar use space and on the same orientation o Perimeter zones shall be separated from interior zones. o Conference rooms and meeting rooms shall have their own dedicated zones. o Lobbies and reception shall have dedicated zoning.
o MDF/IDF/IT rooms shall have dedicated zone
o Restrooms and corridor shall be controlled via adjacent controlled spaces. o Rooms that can be divided by operable partitions shall be provided with controls for each divided space. The setpoints shall have adequate adjustable differential to prevent the zones fighting each other.
o Electrical and mechanical shall have a dedicated cooling unit.

XII. BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM (BAS)
The BAS shall compose of direct digital controls (DDC) which shall communicate with the central campus head end computer local area network (LAN) located at the Facilities Operations Office (FOO).

In addition to minimizing equipment energy use, the system shall report malfunctions of critical equipment via alarms to the FOO.

CO2 control shall be provided for each AHU. The sensor shall be space mounted per code.

Local supervisory BAS shall be provided with communication back to the Gilroy Civic Center FOO. All Building Controllers installed shall be connecting to the FOO server.

All installed energy meters shall be able to communicate over the LAN, either inherently or via an installed gateway, using BACnet IP™.

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o Select AHUs with end discharge and return.
o The AHU selection shall be such that an acoustical silencer is not required to meet the noise levels to reduce pressure drop. Coplanar Silencers would be recommended.
o All service connections (ducts, piping and conduit) shall be resiliently isolated from oscillating units via flexible connections.
o Seismic restraints will be compatible with the vibration isolation equipment.

Seismic restraints should not create rigid connections between equipment and structural building elements.
o Terminal units shall be located away from noise sensitive spaces such as conference rooms, offices, training rooms, etc. Where such placements cannot be avoided, additional noise control measures may be required to minimize radiated noise levels.
o Diffusers and return grilles should be rated at least 5 NC points lower than the target maximum NC of the room in which they are to be located. o Where transfer or return air paths are required in full height acoustical partitions, include a sound boot, ideally two 90° elbows separated by a minimum 4’-0” of straight ductwork and fully internally lined, to maintain acoustical sound isolation performance.
o Locate volume dampers at least 4’ upstream of diffusers or return grilles; locate farther upstream if possible.
o The design will include crosstalk mitigation between spaces with common duct runs.
o VAV units should be at least 8’ from diffusers.
o Mechanical equipment shall be located above non-noise sensitive areas. o FCUs for conference rooms shall be sized to meet the intended load at medium set point.
• Vibration Isolation:
o All major pieces of rotating or vibrating equipment shall be supported on vibration isolation mounts.
o Vibration isolators shall consist of unhoused helical steel springs in series with neoprene pads, and seismic snubbers.
o All vibration isolators shall be sized according to the weight, distribution, static and dynamic loads to be supported.
o Vibration isolator ratings shall be expressed as static deflection and sized for at least eight times the static deflection of the supporting structure. o Seismic restraint of equipment will not inhibit vibration isolation. o Multi-fan arrays shall be isolated using neoprene mounts between each motor and frame.
• Seismic Control:
o Shall meet the requirements of Chapter 16 of the California Building Code. o Force factor of 1.0 will be applied for non-critical facilities. o Force factor of 1.5 will be applied for any critical facility that may require continued operations after an event.

XI. HVAC ZONING FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL

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Gilroy City CouncilOctober 5, 2026

Gilroy City Council
October 5, 2026