TWO PROPERTIES FOR GOVERNMENTAL USE, OR OTHERWISE SOLD
1. 215 Lincoln Avenue: the Women's Club
The Salinas Women's Club, located at 215 Lincoln Avenue, is a historical building built in 1923, was previously used a community arts center, and has been vacant for seven years. It is in need of $200,000 of improvements to bring it up to current building codes and to remove toxic paint and asbestos.
The Salinas Women's Club has been considered a historical asset worthy of preservation. Its significance is summarized in this 2007 study:
Natonal Context
The Women's Club Moverent began in the 1860s and 1870s when women's clubs were established throughout the United States, by women who had been active in social causes such as better education for women, emancipalion, human rights, and women's rights. The founding of clubs during that period reflected the efforts of women to participate in public life, to end their social isolation, to influence American society on a wide range of issues, to gain equal rights, and lo improve themselves - Intellectually, physical, and artistically. While participation in club life extended these efforts bayand the end of the Women's Club Movement, the role of women's clubs gradually changed. Women's beginning to vote In 1920 emboldened women and the club movement, but it also undermined one of the motivations for the movement. The gradually increasing access to higher education for women diminished the significance of clubs as centers of literary discussion, pollical debate, and educational lectures. The gradually increasing presence of women in professional jobs removed some of the motivations of the club movement. The huge increase of the federal goverment in social programe during the Depression, beginning in 1934, took over some of the charitable and social roles previously performed by women. The cumulative effect of these gradual changes was probably not significant until World War Il when many women served in the armed forces and many others worked in war Industries or in other Jobs vacated by men. After the war, social and demographic changes substantially altered the role of women and women's clubs in American soclety.?
The Property
The Salinas Women's Club purchased the property from the City of Salinas In 1919 for $200. Fundralsing for construction was slow and the bullding was not officially dedicated untll 1923. The bullding Itself is designed in the Mission Revival style that was very popular for civic architecture in the region during the 19208. The Women's Club occupled the building well in to the 1990s but, no longer operates out of this bullding.
The only major alteration to the building since its construction was the relocation of the main entrance from the center of the facade to the southern comer.
The People
Established on August 16, 1906 as the Sellnas Civic Club, the newly formed organization within its first year of operation had purchased property and received a commitment form Andrew Camegle for $10,000 to bulld the city's first permanent library at the comer of San Luis and Main Streets." The group later changed its name to the Salinas Women's Club. With that civic accomplishment under their belts, the group tumed toward fundralsing for their own clubhouse by 1915. The now building, mid-block between West Callban Street and Howard Street, along Lincoln Avenue, was dedicated in 1923.
Its location near the City Hall made it an important civic bullding and it was a central location for many civic activitles over the course of the 70+ years that the organization occupled the structure. Today, the Women's Club is still active, although to a lesser degree than they were In the middle decades of the 20 century. They are currently meet at the National Steinback Center In downtown Salinas.
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The location of the
Women's Club Pedestrian Walk
connects Government Center to
across the street the Downtown Denter.
parking
garage Provides an Amenity erea for
from City Hall, mixed use l
employees and public
behind the City's city hall
civic plaza Provides sefe and unobstructed
first Fire Station, access to all civic buildings from
the new Perking Borage.
and next door to
the Armory, mixed use Il
causes it to be an
integral
component of the
215 Lincoln Avenue
Government
campus comprised
of civic, City,
KMD ARCHITECTS SPARC
County, State and
Federal buildings.
The Government Campus district was first defined by Salinas Planning And Research Corporation (SPARC) in this image from a 2007 study. Then again in 2009 by the Salinas Renaissance Partners in this diagram. In 2012 the City and County executed a Memorandum of Understanding to further develop a government campus together. This led to the shared cost of preparing a Downtown Vibrancy Plan. The Vibrancy Plan is in its final draft. The diagram below is taken from the draft Vibrancy Plan describing the catalyst site and how new incentives for private investment will be encouraged to wrap around and preserve the Women's Club
and first Fire Station.
The City will conduct a search
for a tenant (or tenants). The
Old
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215 Lincoln Ave
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ultimate use of the property would be to preserve it Alecopert and restore it, and re-establish it as a community
and/or arts center.
The City will require the service providers who lease
the building for a term of more than ten-years to have
the capacity to refurbish the building and place it into use for the benefit of the community. A complete capital improvement plan and a separate operational plan and budget will be required to demonstrate the effectiveness of the organization's capacity. The City will require performance measures and performance time frames in any lease with regard to the property. If a suitable tenant cannot be found,
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the Salinas Successor Agency will solicit interest for a buyer of the building. With a priority to preserve the building and re-establish its civic value, the Agency may select offers to buy the property based on a certain criteria that is consistent with the Vibrancy Plan objectives, and the objectives of the City and County MOU to develop a government campus. Title will transfer to the buyer, and after deducting the cost of holding, maintaining the building and the costs required to sell the property, the net proceeds will be provided to the County Auditor-Controller for the payment of enforceable obligations and/or distribution to affected taxing entities.
2. 331 North Sanborn Road; Alisal Resource Center
The Alisal Resource Center at 331 N. Sanborn Road was bought to become a community center, and provide either public or privately sponsored programs that benefit the community. However, since the lease to the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County was terminated in 2010, the building has been vacant. The Successor Agency has a three step strategy for its disposition as follows.
1. Transfer to City for Governmental Use
The County of Monterey ("County") has expressed an interest in this property as a public health clinic. The, City and County are currently discussing a lease for this property. If a lease can be executed with the County, the City will continue governmental use property and a lease will be executed between the City and County.
2. Sale
If a lease cannot be negotiated with the County, the property will be listed for sale. The Successor Agency in its sole discretion and determination of whether a sale, exchange or other conveyance of one or more of the Properties is in the best interest of the Successor Agency, accept reject any or all proposals received in response to solicitation the Notice of Intent to Sell or Exchange. This determination can take into consideration any number of options that include but are not limited to the price and end-use of the properties. It may place, for example, require covenants on the property to assure that its ultimate use either matches the Successor Agency's original intent when the properties were purchased. Performance and time restrictions would also apply to any future rehabilitation of the property. The Successor Agency will prepare a resolution stating that the Successor Agency will either (a) retain the proceeds to pay enforceable obligations, or (b) remit the proceeds to the County Auditor Controller for distribution to the taxing entities and that Successor Agency will notify the DOF at the time the proceeds are received. Title will transfer to the buyer, and after deducting the cost of holding, maintaining the building and the costs required to sell the property, the net proceeds used for the payment of enforceable obligations and/or provided to the County Auditor Controller for distribution to affected taxing entities.
THREE PROPERTIES TO BE HELD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Three of the nine parcels shown in Table 3 are shown in the map below and consist of vacant land and dilapidated structures. They are recommended to be sold for the purpose of redeveloping a vacant infill site within the City as a mixed use development. These properties are commonly known as "Division
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