34-40 Soledad Street
Community Meeting #2 - HRB
07.01.24 AGENDA
1. Project Goals & Schedule
2. Site & Historic Context
3. Local Housing Precedents
4. Use & Unit Targets
5. Massing Concepts
6. Discussion
2 Right: LH16 Building at 12 Soledad Street, 1940-1950 Billy Emery, https://calisphere.org/ Project Goals
● Engage community + build on revitalization work to date ● Celebrate history, character + culture of Chinatown
● Focus on mixed use + affordable housing
● Emphasize energy efficiency
1 PROJECT SCHEDULE
JULYMAY
PERMITTING
● Site Plan Options
● Review meeting w/
City of Salinas
Planning
● Concept elevations + 3D
model
● Community Meeting #1
● Community Meeting #2
(HRB Meeting)
● Community Meeting #3
● Developer Meeting
JUNE AUGUST
PERMITTINGSEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
● City of Salinas to
coordinate additional
community feedback
4 Site & Historic Context
2 SITE CONTEXT
6 34
36 38
40 28-32 Soledad: Dorothy’s Place (services and support to people experiencing homelessness and poverty)
34 & 36 Soledad: Existing 1-story buildings, formerly
commercial/restaurant use
38 Soledad: Existing 2-story building, formerly commercial + residential (Arre’s Pool Hall + apartments), City of Salinas Historic Resource
40 Soledad: Empty lot
31 & 33 Soledad: Empty lots
37 Soledad (Republic Cafe): NRHP listed property, City is in process to buy property
39 Soledad: former restaurant (Mi Cantina)
43 Soledad: Victory Mission (service organization focused on unhoused community)
45 Soledad: City-owned lot
Railway Tracks: Union Pacific installed boulders along tracks as measure against encampments
39 Soledad Street
Union Pacific Tracks
Market Way
Market Way
45 Bridge Alley
43 37
31-33
28-32
SITE PHOTOS
7 LEFT: 34 - 38
Soledad
Top Right: View from
Bridge Alley Looking
North
Lower Right: View
from Market Way to
railway tracks
HISTORIC DISTRICT
8 ● Asian Cultural Heritage District
● Period: 1893 - 1957
● Largest active Chinatown between San
Francisco and Los Angeles
● Multicultural gathering place for
immigrant laborers who formed the
backbone of CA’s agricultural economy
(Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Mexican)
● Within City of Salinas “Areas of Historic
and Architectural Merit”*
● Architectural style is an emblem of
multicultural heritage and historic
buildings display Asian and Spanish
influence: upturned roof eaves, tile roofs,
and detailed balcony railings**
* City General Plan Policies Related to Cultural Resources, City of Salinas, September 2000
** Chinatown Revitalization Plan, 2019
DISTRICT RESOURCES
9 National Register of Historic Places
● 37 Soledad (Republic Cafe) #11000430*
City of Salinas Historic Resources**
● 1 California Street (Salinas Confucius Church)
● 14 California Street (Buddhist Temple of Salinas)
● 21 California Street (Iglesia Agua Viva)
● 21 Peach Drive (Queen Anne style cottage)
● 38 Soledad (Arre’s Pool Hall)
* Also a City of Salinas Historic Resource
** List of Historic Resources - Salinas Survey 1989 & 2017 ARRE’S POOL HALL
10 ● Address: 38 Soledad
● Construction Date: c. 1920
● Previous Owner: Lily Ida Ahtye
● Significance:
● Condition (in 1989): Fair
● Current Condition: Unknown (City to conduct structural assessment in next phase of project)
*Source: Historic Resources Inventory, Monterey Historical Society, 1989
CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES
11 ● Style: Traditional Chinese Decorative Forms
● Major Alterations: First floor space
● Character-Defining Features:
Source: Historic Resources Inventory, Monterey Historical Society, 1989
Local Housing Precedents
3 MOON GATE
13 Location: 21 Soledad Street
90 Units: 40 supportive, 50 low-income
● Studio
● 1 Bedroom
● 2 Bedroom
29 Parking Spaces
HACIENDAS PLACE 1 & 2
14 Location: 245 Calle Cebu
99 Units:
● 15 x 1-bedroom (15%)
● 47 x 2-bedroom (47%)
● 31 x 3-bedroom (31%)
● 6 x 4-bedroom(6%)
HACIENDAS 3 (HIKARI)
15 Location: 40 E. Rossi Street
52 Units
● 19 x 1-bedroom(37%)
● 15 x 2-bedroom(29%)
● 15 x 3-bedroom(29%)
● 3 x 4-bedroom(5%)
Use & Unit Targets
4 HOUSING TARGETS
17 Mixed Use - Density Bonus
● Min. 40 units*
Proposed Sizing
● Studio / 1 Bath: 400 SF
● 1-Bed / 1 Bath: 600 SF
● 2-Bed / 2 Bath: 850 SF
● 3-Bed / 2 Bath: 1150 SF
Proposed Mix
● Studio: 10%
● 1 Bed: 40%
● 2 Bed: 40%
● 3 Bed: 10%
* assumes 100% affordable/supportive housing
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
18 ● Ground floor residential: 25%-30% only
Commercial Space
● Allowable area: 5,276 SF (based on 0.48 acres)
● Potential tenants: small business incubator, SNAP/WIC grocery, bodega, other? Parking Options (40 Units):
● Baseline 1:1*: 40 spaces
● Residential Code**: 68 spaces
* Parking is not required due to proximity to downtown/transit, thus 1:1 is noted as a minimum ** Residential parking requirements per Salinas Code Section 37.50.350 and based on unit mix on previous slide Massing Concepts
5 INITIAL CONCEPTS
20 LINEAR DOUBLE BAR HISTORIC “C” ALLEY “L”
SELECTED CONCEPTS
21 LINEAR DOUBLE BAR HISTORIC “C” ALLEY “L”
HISTORIC “C”
22 Bird’s Eye
KEY
HISTORIC BLDG
COMMERCIAL
HOUSING
GREEN SPACE
HISTORIC “C”
23 Soledad Street Elevation
KEY
HISTORIC BLDG
COMMERCIAL
HOUSING
HISTORIC “C”
24 View from Market Way
KEY
HISTORIC BLDG
COMMERCIAL
HOUSING
HISTORIC “C”
25 N
26 Bird’s Eye
ALLEY “L”
KEY
HISTORIC BLDG
COMMERCIAL
HOUSING
GREEN SPACE
27 Soledad Street Elevation
ALLEY “L”
KEY
HISTORIC BLDG
COMMERCIAL
HOUSING
28 View from Market Way
ALLEY “L”
KEY
HISTORIC BLDG
COMMERCIAL
HOUSING
ALLEY “L”
29 N
CONCEPT SUMMARY
30 HISTORIC “C” ALLEY “L”
Discussion
6 DISCUSSION TOPICS
32 Community Concerns (per Community Meeting #1)
● New building scale relative to historic building
● Parking counts for complex and district in general
● Incorporation of cultural motifs/markers and district didactic materials (plaques, etc) Additional Topics
● Commercial space potential uses and relationship to district plan and uses ● Treatment of historic Pool Hall
Thank you