1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,860 All right. Hello, everyone. Thank you all for coming in tonight. My name is Ryan 2 00:00:06,860 --> 00:00:10,480 Ossenton. I'm the project manager from the Public Works division here at the city. 3 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:15,240 A couple of administrative people that are here just to point them out to you. We 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,620 have Rachelle Bedell. Hi, Rachelle. We have John Dowdy, who's our director of 5 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:22,940 Public Works, and our new city administrator, Matt Morley. This is 6 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:27,340 Matt's first month on the job. He's on week three, I think, so I'm glad he 7 00:00:27,340 --> 00:00:29,480 was able to find council chambers and be here on time. 8 00:00:31,780 --> 00:00:33,900 So we did a couple of introductions real quick. 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,420 So tonight's meeting, just so you all know, tonight's meeting is being recorded. 10 00:00:38,020 --> 00:00:41,580 It's not being broadcast live, but it's being recorded and we'll be posting it on the city's 11 00:00:41,580 --> 00:00:42,900 YouTube page by the end of the week. 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,720 If you want to go back, check it out or if you want to send it to anyone else to 13 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,380 review so they can see all the information. 14 00:00:48,820 --> 00:00:53,780 We'll also be putting these slides up on our city website, city of Gilroy.org back 15 00:00:54,880 --> 00:01:00,440 CCMP. Civic Center Master Plan, CCMP. All the information from the project is on there. 16 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:06,600 I am going to ask two favors of you. This is a semi-long presentation. I'm going to 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:11,280 talk for about 30, maybe 35 minutes. I'm going to ask that you hold all of your questions 18 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,480 until the end of it. The reason for that, a lot of what I say rolls into the next 19 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:20,940 slide and will answer most of your questions before we ask them. If you do have a question 20 00:01:20,940 --> 00:01:26,000 that doesn't get answered by at the end of my presentation. When you come up and ask 21 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,820 your question, I bring you the mic to ask the question, please clearly state your first 22 00:01:29,820 --> 00:01:34,280 and last name. The reason for that, we have to track all comments and questions around 23 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:40,240 the project and submit them to our partners. And we need to know the names of the people 24 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,840 that ask the questions so we can tie it back within the report if there's a follow-up 25 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,360 report. So I'm going to ask, if you have a question at the end, please clearly 26 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,940 state your first and last name before asking the question. 27 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,170 So this is our agenda for tonight. 28 00:01:54,370 --> 00:01:57,250 We're going to run through, we have four areas to focus on. 29 00:01:57,330 --> 00:02:02,670 The first one is the Civic Center master plan and the background and the why we have a 30 00:02:02,670 --> 00:02:03,170 master plan. 31 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:08,690 The second point will be a review of our master plan and then we will review the draft 32 00:02:08,690 --> 00:02:10,390 environmental impact report as well. 33 00:02:10,910 --> 00:02:13,130 After those are done, we'll have a brief Q&A. 34 00:02:13,910 --> 00:02:16,470 I might not have the answers to all of your questions. 35 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:20,730 So if I say I'm not sure it's not because I'm trying to avoid your question 36 00:02:20,730 --> 00:02:27,570 It's because we haven't gotten to that point yet. This project is about a seven eight nine phase long project 37 00:02:27,570 --> 00:02:30,250 And we are still in the beginning steps of phase one 38 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:34,510 So there's a lot of information that we just don't know yet because we haven't crossed that bridge 39 00:02:34,510 --> 00:02:38,570 So if you have a question, we'll track it and I'll do my best to answer what we can 40 00:02:39,710 --> 00:02:42,490 So what is the Civic Center Master Plan? 41 00:02:43,150 --> 00:02:47,670 In short, it's a long-range planning document that helps guide the development and design 42 00:02:47,670 --> 00:02:50,830 of our core public facilities and our civic campus. 43 00:02:51,250 --> 00:02:57,700 Our civic campus is considered from Church Street to Doughty between 6th and 7th. 44 00:02:58,470 --> 00:03:04,510 So to give you a visual of that, this is a Google view, aerial view of our campus. 45 00:03:04,510 --> 00:03:08,830 So, you can see at the top of the screen, you have Church Street between 6th and 7th 46 00:03:08,830 --> 00:03:09,970 all the way down to Doughty. 47 00:03:10,250 --> 00:03:12,150 That area is considered the civic campus. 48 00:03:12,670 --> 00:03:20,690 Within our campus, we have the senior center, the police station, the library, City Hall, 49 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:28,230 Wheeler Auditorium, and the Annex, which is the old police station, and we have our 50 00:03:28,230 --> 00:03:29,510 surface level parking lots. 51 00:03:31,690 --> 00:03:33,470 So, why do we need a master plan? 52 00:03:33,470 --> 00:03:36,210 What is the point behind the development of a master plan? 53 00:03:36,910 --> 00:03:41,870 A master plan is our guiding document for managing our Civic Center plaza. 54 00:03:42,290 --> 00:03:46,570 All the decisions we make around, you know, how the parking is set up, what buildings 55 00:03:46,570 --> 00:03:50,190 go where, what flagpoles go where, how you connect between the two buildings. 56 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:54,010 All of that is designed and decided within a master plan. 57 00:03:54,630 --> 00:03:58,590 Our most recent master plan for our Civic Center was adopted in 2002. 58 00:03:59,010 --> 00:04:02,890 So we're about 24 years into the current plan that we're on. 59 00:04:02,890 --> 00:04:06,930 That previous plan gave us the library and the police station. 60 00:04:07,450 --> 00:04:12,990 So just to give you some idea of how long it can take to develop buildings within that master plan. 61 00:04:13,410 --> 00:04:18,690 Since 2002 when that plan was adopted, the population of Guillory has increased by 42%. 62 00:04:18,690 --> 00:04:25,170 So we have seen a very large jump in the last 20 plus years within our community. 63 00:04:25,850 --> 00:04:31,650 And a part of that, the issues behind that is much of our infrastructure is aging and rapidly outdating. 64 00:04:31,650 --> 00:04:37,050 We are outgrowing it from a staff perspective and a lot of our buildings are in need of 65 00:04:37,050 --> 00:04:42,750 major renovations or complete new construction to get us up to speed to where we need to 66 00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:42,890 be. 67 00:04:43,170 --> 00:04:48,010 So just to give you an idea of how old some of our campus is, Wheeler Auditorium 68 00:04:48,430 --> 00:04:50,730 was built in the 1940s. 69 00:04:50,830 --> 00:04:56,950 So it's pushing over 80 years of age for our recreational center. 70 00:04:56,950 --> 00:05:03,310 city hall was built in the 1960s so it's over 60 years old and it has not 71 00:05:03,310 --> 00:05:07,730 received hardly any renovation since it opened the senior center was built in 72 00:05:07,730 --> 00:05:12,290 the 50s and it's gotten two renovations but the last one of those came in 2002 so 73 00:05:12,290 --> 00:05:16,430 it's pushing 25 years without any updates and the annex which is our 74 00:05:16,430 --> 00:05:19,890 former police headquarters was built in the 60s as well and it got one 75 00:05:19,890 --> 00:05:25,690 renovation in 1986 just for reference I was born in 1989 so it's been a 76 00:05:25,690 --> 00:05:32,630 minute there. So as a part of our process, in November of 2024, the City Council awarded 77 00:05:32,630 --> 00:05:40,730 a contract to help develop our master plan to ELS, Urban Architecture and Design. And 78 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:47,010 in early 2025, City staff and ELS held some public forums. Some of you, anybody attend 79 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:52,690 any of those, show of hands? A good bunch of you, yeah. So we started in that process 80 00:05:52,690 --> 00:05:55,590 us with kind of an idea of what we wanted to do. 81 00:05:55,890 --> 00:05:59,350 And we used those meetings last March, April, and May in 82 00:05:59,350 --> 00:06:02,210 your feedback to develop the plan that we're going to show 83 00:06:02,210 --> 00:06:04,450 you guys today, and that most of you have probably reviewed 84 00:06:04,970 --> 00:06:06,550 within the documents online. 85 00:06:07,150 --> 00:06:09,890 So the feedback from those meetings led directly to 86 00:06:09,890 --> 00:06:12,970 the development of the master plan that we are moving 87 00:06:12,970 --> 00:06:13,830 forward with here. 88 00:06:15,550 --> 00:06:17,550 So let's jump into that master plan. 89 00:06:17,750 --> 00:06:19,170 Couple of things I want to touch on before 90 00:06:19,170 --> 00:06:20,390 we dive into it. 91 00:06:20,390 --> 00:06:27,110 Our police station was built in 2010, and it is not a part of the Civic Center Master Plan update. 92 00:06:27,210 --> 00:06:31,910 We will not be doing any renovations or spending any money on the police station. 93 00:06:32,050 --> 00:06:36,130 It will exist as it is under the new master plan that we are moving forward on. 94 00:06:36,850 --> 00:06:40,070 The library is in the same situation. It was built in 2012, 95 00:06:40,070 --> 00:06:43,250 so we will not be doing any updates to it as a part of the master plan. 96 00:06:43,590 --> 00:06:47,510 However, we do have leftover bonds from when the library was built, 97 00:06:47,510 --> 00:06:52,630 And we are in progress right now on some design renovations to the library. 98 00:06:53,410 --> 00:06:58,470 And we are expecting construction to start on the library for those updates in the fall of 2026. 99 00:06:58,790 --> 00:07:02,370 So we are headed towards it and I'm very excited for it. 100 00:07:02,370 --> 00:07:05,230 It's going to be awesome what we end up doing over at the library. 101 00:07:06,290 --> 00:07:11,890 So under our new plan, we would demolish four buildings within our footprint. 102 00:07:11,890 --> 00:07:19,020 That would be City Hall, the Annex, Wheeler Auditorium, and Senior Center. 103 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:25,300 And those four buildings would be replaced with a new City Hall, a new multi-generational facility, 104 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,160 a recreational facility with an aquatic center, and a newly created Civic Park. 105 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:37,600 So let's jump into, this is a rendering of what the new master plan would look like. 106 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:42,420 So for reference, at the bottom of the screen, you have Church Street, the top of the screen 107 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:43,580 is Doughty Street. 108 00:07:46,010 --> 00:07:50,030 This building at the top, that is the police station, again that one will remain unchanged, 109 00:07:50,450 --> 00:07:52,750 that is its current location, that is where it will stay. 110 00:07:53,530 --> 00:07:55,390 This is the library, same thing there. 111 00:07:56,210 --> 00:07:59,270 No renovations to it, it will stay exactly where it is unchanged. 112 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:02,410 This would be the location for the new City Hall. 113 00:08:04,130 --> 00:08:06,710 This would be our multi-generational facility. 114 00:08:07,910 --> 00:08:14,490 This would be our Aquatics and Recreation Center, and then finally our new Civic Park. 115 00:08:14,890 --> 00:08:16,770 So let's start with the Civic Park. 116 00:08:17,890 --> 00:08:22,070 Our newly created Civic Park would be approximately the size of a football field. 117 00:08:22,170 --> 00:08:29,270 So about 100 yards in length, about 53 yards wide, which is a very good size public park 118 00:08:29,270 --> 00:08:32,970 in a place where we don't have public park in immediate walking access. 119 00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:36,610 I think the closest is down by Brown L. 120 00:08:37,390 --> 00:08:39,830 That's several blocks away. That's a long walk from here. 121 00:08:39,970 --> 00:08:43,170 So this new civic park would create a new downtown area 122 00:08:43,170 --> 00:08:47,190 that's in an immediate walking distance to Gourmet Alley 123 00:08:47,190 --> 00:08:50,390 and the downtown area, which we are actively working to develop. 124 00:08:51,290 --> 00:08:53,850 This would feature a shaded paseo for community events, 125 00:08:54,070 --> 00:08:58,430 farmers markets, Saturday morning outings for groups. 126 00:08:58,990 --> 00:09:00,390 It would have an outdoor walking loop, 127 00:09:00,390 --> 00:09:03,310 an interactive water feature and dedicated bike parking. 128 00:09:03,950 --> 00:09:07,430 We're also expecting it to, we're tracking, excuse me, 129 00:09:07,510 --> 00:09:09,750 towards 425 available parking spots 130 00:09:09,750 --> 00:09:12,750 with the ability to convert part of a surface lot 131 00:09:12,750 --> 00:09:15,190 into a two to three story garage 132 00:09:15,570 --> 00:09:17,770 that would match the aesthetic of the buildings 133 00:09:17,770 --> 00:09:19,630 and the height of the buildings around it 134 00:09:19,630 --> 00:09:21,150 and it would allow us to add up 135 00:09:21,150 --> 00:09:23,290 to 180 additional parking spots, 136 00:09:23,650 --> 00:09:25,170 which I'm not great at math, 137 00:09:25,370 --> 00:09:27,010 but that's right around 600 spots. 138 00:09:27,010 --> 00:09:31,130 So that would be a sizable increase compared to what we currently have. 139 00:09:31,810 --> 00:09:37,950 So this is an illustrative site plan for the Paseo and the outdoor park. 140 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:44,070 So this is a reference just to show you the size of the football field park that we have. 141 00:09:44,770 --> 00:09:48,730 It's a pretty good size green space in a downtown strip. 142 00:09:49,310 --> 00:09:54,210 This would be your shaded Paseo, so it would serve as the walking connector path 143 00:09:54,210 --> 00:09:59,290 from the police station to City Hall, City Hall to the library, City Hall to the 144 00:09:59,290 --> 00:10:04,130 Aquatic Center. And it would create a nice outdoor shaded space for people to 145 00:10:04,130 --> 00:10:08,550 come and enjoy the park and everything within our footprint. This is the 146 00:10:08,550 --> 00:10:12,730 outdoor walking track that you can see here. It would be, I think they said 147 00:10:12,730 --> 00:10:16,530 it's almost a half mile loop, so a couple of loops gets your steps in, 148 00:10:16,670 --> 00:10:19,970 which would be nice. You have an interactive water feature here. This 149 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:23,330 would be something that would be like water spouts out of the ground, 150 00:10:23,330 --> 00:10:26,070 on something for kids to play in on a hot day out 151 00:10:26,070 --> 00:10:27,530 without having to actually jump in a pool. 152 00:10:28,630 --> 00:10:30,730 And this is a example of the parking. 153 00:10:30,950 --> 00:10:33,410 So does everybody see the number 224 right there? 154 00:10:34,130 --> 00:10:36,930 That section of the parking lot directly beneath it, 155 00:10:37,010 --> 00:10:38,690 those two sections would be the areas converted 156 00:10:38,690 --> 00:10:40,710 into a garage if we go that route 157 00:10:40,710 --> 00:10:42,530 to add the extra 180 stalls. 158 00:10:42,650 --> 00:10:44,710 So that is where a parking garage would go. 159 00:10:45,090 --> 00:10:47,550 All the rest would be surface level lots 160 00:10:47,550 --> 00:10:49,550 and we would be adding street parking 161 00:10:49,550 --> 00:10:51,470 pretty much to the entire perimeter 162 00:10:51,990 --> 00:10:57,810 all the way from the corner at 6th and Doughty, all the way down 6th, all the way down church, 163 00:10:58,270 --> 00:11:00,010 and all the way up 7th back to Doughty. 164 00:11:00,070 --> 00:11:02,790 We would not be adding street parking on Doughty, though. 165 00:11:02,930 --> 00:11:04,950 It would stay between 6th, 7th, and Church. 166 00:11:07,510 --> 00:11:11,190 For our multi-generational facility, this would be the new home for the senior center. 167 00:11:11,830 --> 00:11:16,570 It would also serve for a newly created auditorium and theater for the performing 168 00:11:16,570 --> 00:11:17,670 arts with balcony seating. 169 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:23,030 We would have an updated dining facility with indoor-outdoor seating, a dedicated 170 00:11:23,030 --> 00:11:25,990 They had half gymnasiums for activities, events, and parties. 171 00:11:26,730 --> 00:11:29,390 Parks and Rec would receive new office space within this building. 172 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:34,970 It would also serve for a newly created teen center, as well as an art studio and an art 173 00:11:34,970 --> 00:11:35,850 multi-purpose room. 174 00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:39,750 We expect this building to be just over 41,600 square feet. 175 00:11:39,850 --> 00:11:41,970 That's the estimation for right now. 176 00:11:42,470 --> 00:11:45,090 So this is what that floor plan would look like. 177 00:11:46,270 --> 00:11:47,510 This is an overlay of it. 178 00:11:47,510 --> 00:11:54,010 But this would be our senior center with the lounge and dedicated activity room. 179 00:11:56,210 --> 00:12:01,430 Down in the bottom left corner is our auditorium with auditorium style seating and an elevated 180 00:12:01,430 --> 00:12:01,930 stage. 181 00:12:02,970 --> 00:12:08,930 You have your indoor-outdoor multi-purpose dining room with a new commercial kitchen. 182 00:12:10,050 --> 00:12:17,250 You have your dedicated half gym as well as the office space for the first floor. 183 00:12:18,550 --> 00:12:23,050 On the second floor of the building, you would see the youth lounge and the youth activity 184 00:12:23,050 --> 00:12:27,070 center as well as the art studio and the art multi-purpose room. 185 00:12:27,590 --> 00:12:31,790 And then you have the balcony seating and your control booth control panel for the 186 00:12:31,790 --> 00:12:33,070 performing arts center. 187 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:37,020 And this is a breakdown of the square footage. 188 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:38,240 I understand that it's hard to read. 189 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,160 If you want to look at it in a little more detail, just check out the PowerPoint when we 190 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,340 post it on the website so you can see that and look at it a little bit closer. 191 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:50,960 This is a rendering of what we would expect the exterior of the building to look like. 192 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:57,140 So a lot of glass, the aesthetic of it would match the existing aesthetic of the police 193 00:12:57,140 --> 00:12:58,560 station and the library. 194 00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:02,740 So if you're trying to think in your head of what it would look like, just picture 195 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:07,720 the library and then this layout, maybe a little bit bigger, that's what our multi 196 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,280 a generational facility would look like. 197 00:13:11,730 --> 00:13:13,490 For our Recreations and Aquatic Center, 198 00:13:13,830 --> 00:13:16,070 it would feature a dedicated lap and activity pool, 199 00:13:16,730 --> 00:13:18,370 dedicated pool locker rooms. 200 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:21,270 You would have a full-size indoor basketball court 201 00:13:21,270 --> 00:13:24,450 with the ability to host two full court games simultaneously. 202 00:13:25,530 --> 00:13:27,690 You would have three multi-purpose rooms, 203 00:13:28,150 --> 00:13:29,930 more parks and recreation office space, 204 00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:33,530 a indoor weight room with dedicated fitness classrooms, 205 00:13:34,370 --> 00:13:35,930 dedicated gym locker rooms, 206 00:13:36,030 --> 00:13:38,110 and an indoor elevated walking track 207 00:13:38,110 --> 00:13:40,890 that goes above the basketball court. 208 00:13:41,630 --> 00:13:45,030 And this building would be 42,600 square feet. 209 00:13:45,130 --> 00:13:46,130 That's our estimation there. 210 00:13:46,710 --> 00:13:48,850 So this is what the floor plan would look like. 211 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:53,460 As you can see, that is where the lap pool 212 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:55,300 and all of the pool equipment would go. 213 00:13:56,300 --> 00:13:57,260 And for reference, 214 00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:00,200 if you keep going left of the pool, 215 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:01,780 you would run right into the library. 216 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,440 So where the pool is, 217 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,580 is where the parking lot currently exists 218 00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:07,980 between Wheeler and the library. 219 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:10,700 That's a good reference point for you. 220 00:14:11,260 --> 00:14:15,440 These would be the dedicated pool locker rooms, men's and women's locker rooms. 221 00:14:17,020 --> 00:14:21,240 This is the first floor, so this is the gymnasium in the basketball court. 222 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,060 As you can see, you'd have full court options both north and south and east and west 223 00:14:26,060 --> 00:14:27,400 if you needed multiple games going. 224 00:14:28,140 --> 00:14:32,880 You would have dedicated multi-purpose rooms, staff office space. 225 00:14:33,460 --> 00:14:39,080 And then on the second floor, you would have more staff off the space, another multi-purpose 226 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,800 room, so three total, two on the first floor, one on the second floor. 227 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,760 A dedicated fitness space, has anybody been to the Morgan Hill CRC before? 228 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,800 This gym would be almost the exact same square footage and layout of the Morgan Hill CRC, 229 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:53,940 so that's a good reference point if you've ever been over there. 230 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:58,400 A dedicated fitness classroom for spin classes and workout classes. 231 00:14:59,260 --> 00:14:59,980 And then, then again, 232 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,800 Located gym locker rooms for men and women. This would be upstairs right next to where the 233 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:09,700 gymnasium or where the weight room would be located. And then your elevated indoor walking 234 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:13,020 track for the days where you need to get your steps in but it's raining and you can't like 235 00:15:13,020 --> 00:15:17,660 last week. You can come here and walk on the elevated track. Or if you want to watch 236 00:15:17,660 --> 00:15:21,040 a kid's basketball game but you can't sit still because you're a pacer like me, this 237 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:25,560 is a perfect spot to do that. And again, another breakout of the square footage. 238 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:28,220 This 239 00:15:28,220 --> 00:15:30,620 This is what the exterior would look like. 240 00:15:31,940 --> 00:15:39,820 The middle picture, item number three to the right here, that big black box with windows 241 00:15:39,820 --> 00:15:44,460 looking out of it, that would be the weight room that looks over the pool and the Aquatic 242 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:44,800 Center. 243 00:15:48,770 --> 00:15:52,990 And then for City Hall, we would have a new council chambers with the view of Civic 244 00:15:52,990 --> 00:15:58,390 Park, an improved lobby with public counters for services, and dedicated office space 245 00:15:58,390 --> 00:15:59,150 for city staff. 246 00:15:59,150 --> 00:16:03,030 And we expect this to be about 47,500 square feet. 247 00:16:04,270 --> 00:16:07,230 I have gotten this asked to me a couple of times. 248 00:16:07,870 --> 00:16:12,150 If the staff number is not changing, why is the square footage of City Hall going up? 249 00:16:12,790 --> 00:16:17,570 The reason behind that is we have staff that works for the city that doesn't work in City Hall. 250 00:16:18,090 --> 00:16:21,970 In this new plan, almost all of our employees would be under City Hall. 251 00:16:21,970 --> 00:16:26,930 So it helps bring our organization under one roof 252 00:16:26,930 --> 00:16:31,030 without having to have multiple places that people are located throughout. 253 00:16:32,290 --> 00:16:35,210 So this is what the layout of the new city hall would look like. 254 00:16:35,770 --> 00:16:39,850 As you can see, this is where the council chambers and the lobby area would be. 255 00:16:40,330 --> 00:16:43,750 The council chambers would have a view into the civic park from this angle. 256 00:16:45,230 --> 00:16:50,830 These would be your public counter spaces to do your permits or ask questions, 257 00:16:50,830 --> 00:16:55,870 pay your water bills, whatever it may be. We'd have dedicated public counters, as well 258 00:16:55,870 --> 00:17:00,950 as private office staff area. Second floor is going to be the same thing. You have your 259 00:17:00,950 --> 00:17:08,810 public counters and receptions area, and then more office. And that is a breakout of how 260 00:17:08,810 --> 00:17:10,070 the square footage works out. 261 00:17:16,310 --> 00:17:20,470 So what is an environmental impact report? The EIR is 262 00:17:20,470 --> 00:17:24,750 a public document that is required under CEQA, which is the California Environmental 263 00:17:24,750 --> 00:17:31,510 Mental Qualities Act, it's required to review your project and identify any potential items 264 00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:37,010 that could create an impact on the surrounding environments, right? 265 00:17:37,750 --> 00:17:42,990 So it tells you what it could cause and how can you reduce it. 266 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:49,100 ELS has partnered with EMC Planning Group to help produce our draft EIR. 267 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:54,580 So we worked with ELS to create the master plan and then EMC is reviewing it and creating 268 00:17:54,580 --> 00:17:56,120 creating the impact report off of that. 269 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,180 So they highlighted items that could be impacted by the development of our master plan. 270 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:04,020 There's four topics that an item can fall into. 271 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:10,260 It's either no impact, less than significant impact, potentially significant impact, or 272 00:18:10,260 --> 00:18:12,760 significant and unavoidable impact. 273 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:15,640 So those are the four areas that you could qualify for. 274 00:18:16,380 --> 00:18:21,740 We had six that were no impact, ten that were less than significant, and one that 275 00:18:21,740 --> 00:18:23,300 was significant and unavoidable. 276 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:27,760 Quick Jeopardy question, can anyone guess what the one significant and unavoidable item was? 277 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:30,420 No, it was Wheeler. 278 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:33,820 Yeah. Bingo. 279 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,660 So just an example of some of the things they identify. 280 00:18:40,540 --> 00:18:43,660 Construction would create odors that adversely affect people. 281 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,220 Yes, that's what happens when you knock down buildings or building things, right? 282 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,900 There'd be no effect on wetlands or native fish or wildlife, things like that. 283 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:56,540 So they just go through the entire document and highlight anything they think could be 284 00:18:56,540 --> 00:18:56,940 an issue. 285 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,660 So some of the less than significant impact items. 286 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,160 I'm not going to read all of these. 287 00:19:02,340 --> 00:19:05,360 If you guys want to read them, I'll leave the slide up for a moment and you can read 288 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:05,680 through them. 289 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:11,380 But almost all of them are things such as potential adverse effect on special status 290 00:19:11,380 --> 00:19:15,200 wildlife species because we're knocking down trees that would be within the footprint. 291 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:20,620 We can't clearly identify what specific birds live in, what specific trees. 292 00:19:20,620 --> 00:19:23,880 So, there is a chance we could do something, but it would be minimal. 293 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,820 So those are some of the things that they've identified here. 294 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,000 They had 10 of those minimal items. 295 00:19:29,820 --> 00:19:35,140 Really the main point of the EIR that we took from it was the significant and unavoidable 296 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:37,880 impact item, which would be the loss of Wheeler Auditorium. 297 00:19:38,420 --> 00:19:43,900 And they have given us a clear path to going that route if we need to. 298 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,760 And that would be the proposed mitigation steps, which indicate that prior to issuing 299 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:56,380 any demolition permits. We would have a historian architecture. They would document Wheeler in 300 00:19:56,380 --> 00:19:59,700 accordance with guidelines that have been established already by the Historic American 301 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:04,180 Building Survey. That's going to cover a couple of different items, but the main things would 302 00:20:04,180 --> 00:20:12,440 be the drawing and floor plan sketches, photographs, extensive photographs. Like 303 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,820 you think it's a lot of photographs? Like double that. They're going to take pictures 304 00:20:15,820 --> 00:20:20,780 of everything within that building and then all of the written data associated with Wheeler 305 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:24,500 from those 80 plus years that we've operated on it. 306 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:29,040 And then a historian would submit all those documents to the California Historical Resources 307 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,540 Information System, which is managed by the state, and they would log that along 308 00:20:33,540 --> 00:20:36,040 with all the other buildings that existed in there. 309 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,180 So what do the next steps look like? 310 00:20:40,180 --> 00:20:45,260 Our current focus right now is on developing and finalizing the master plan. 311 00:20:46,060 --> 00:20:50,880 Once that gets finalized, we will take it in front of City Council, present it, 312 00:20:51,260 --> 00:20:56,360 and they will vote to either reject it or formally adopt it as the plan that we will use 313 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,720 to manage the Civic Plaza moving forward. 314 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:04,040 So, when I said earlier that there's lots of phases to this, that is phase one, 315 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,500 have this plan get adopted. 316 00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:12,780 Once that plan gets adopted, we will shift our focus into phase two, which is financing and phasing. 317 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:17,040 We don't have a solid idea of what it's going to cost. 318 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:24,100 We have rough order magnitude pricing, but we do not have detail because there's a lot of variables that go into it, 319 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:27,880 and we have not spent our time and energy trying to figure out that puzzle yet. 320 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,360 We want to get this passed, we want to get it approved, 321 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:36,780 And then we will shift all of our focus from getting the master plan passed to figuring out how we're going to pay for it. 322 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:46,440 And our goal is to have a ballot initiative in 2028 in that election cycle with a plan in place for how we do that, okay? 323 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:55,740 All right, we're at the Q&A part, and I finished seven minutes before I thought I would, so that was solid. 324 00:21:55,740 --> 00:21:59,260 Does anyone have any questions? 325 00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:08,990 Clearly, my name is Bill O'Connor. 326 00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:11,930 My question is that, 327 00:22:12,830 --> 00:22:16,130 why is Wheeler historical? Just because it's old? 328 00:22:17,050 --> 00:22:20,350 Looking at it, it doesn't seem to have any 329 00:22:20,990 --> 00:22:24,250 unique design that I can see, nor 330 00:22:24,650 --> 00:22:29,150 do I know of any activity of a historical nature of something happening there 331 00:22:29,150 --> 00:22:31,270 as to why you wouldn't maintain it. 332 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:34,990 I mean, so it strikes me, it's just because it's old. 333 00:22:41,290 --> 00:22:46,670 Lee Blatler, Wheeler Auditorium used to be, 334 00:22:46,830 --> 00:22:56,090 was built by a local individual, Mr. Wheeler. 335 00:22:56,770 --> 00:23:00,190 I think it was used for the purposes of military 336 00:23:00,730 --> 00:23:03,710 during World War II area. 337 00:23:06,270 --> 00:23:13,510 I think it was its primary purpose, so there's the historic military function. 338 00:23:14,290 --> 00:23:16,590 Just to answer that, I'm not defending it, I'm just saying that. 339 00:23:17,250 --> 00:23:19,250 I think originally what it was for. 340 00:23:20,190 --> 00:23:21,370 Does anybody have any other? 341 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:24,070 Would it agree or disagree? 342 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,740 Sorry, can you say that into the mic? 343 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:34,680 So I'm sorry, my name is Dan Donovan and I'm with the Gilroy Historical Society. 344 00:23:35,540 --> 00:23:41,400 So we do study these things and that's where a lot of the resistance is coming to taking that building down. 345 00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:49,720 Mr. Wheeler was a pretty major influence in the history of Gilroy. 346 00:23:49,860 --> 00:23:53,420 He was a, I guess he was an agricultural person. 347 00:23:53,420 --> 00:23:59,620 he had a seed facility that supplied a lot of places throughout the state. 348 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:02,580 And he was 349 00:24:02,580 --> 00:24:10,980 involved with a lot of the, say, more powerful people in Gilroy from, say, 1915 through the 350 00:24:10,980 --> 00:24:12,160 late 1940s. 351 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:20,500 Beyond that, it was used as an armory during World War II. Yep, by the 352 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:21,080 National Guard. 353 00:24:25,950 --> 00:24:29,330 Thank you all. Any other questions? 354 00:24:32,930 --> 00:24:34,290 State your name first and then 355 00:24:34,290 --> 00:24:40,230 ask away. Jessica Wilson. So the multi-generational building that you're 356 00:24:40,230 --> 00:24:44,470 talking about and the services that will be available, will those be free to 357 00:24:44,470 --> 00:24:49,790 the public or will people have to pay like it's the YMCA? So the current plan 358 00:24:49,790 --> 00:24:53,910 that we are operating under would be a free model. That is our that is what 359 00:24:53,910 --> 00:24:56,770 we entered into the Civic Center master plan development with the 360 00:24:56,770 --> 00:25:00,590 thinking in mind that it would not be a CRC style, 361 00:25:00,850 --> 00:25:03,350 like the Morgan Hill CRC is partnered with the YMCA. 362 00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:06,630 We would be, my understanding as of now 363 00:25:06,630 --> 00:25:08,410 is that we would be managing that moving forward. 364 00:25:08,890 --> 00:25:11,490 I do wanna say things do change and models change 365 00:25:11,490 --> 00:25:13,830 so I'm not, I can't say with 100% certainty 366 00:25:13,830 --> 00:25:14,830 it will stay that way, 367 00:25:15,090 --> 00:25:16,890 but that is the plan we are operating under now. 368 00:25:17,530 --> 00:25:18,050 Okay. 369 00:25:18,670 --> 00:25:21,850 The incorporation of the senior center into there 370 00:25:21,850 --> 00:25:24,510 with that also the kitchen area 371 00:25:24,510 --> 00:25:26,230 that's involved with the senior center 372 00:25:26,230 --> 00:25:30,850 would that then be expanded? Would that be available to other citizens to use for 373 00:25:30,850 --> 00:25:35,610 events? Or like rent out the kitchen to use for private events? Not rent out the 374 00:25:35,610 --> 00:25:39,910 kitchen but let's say we had events for the whole public and not just seniors. 375 00:25:41,370 --> 00:25:44,990 What happens with the kitchen? Is the kitchen available to others? I'm sure it 376 00:25:44,990 --> 00:25:48,130 would be. We haven't gotten to that point in finding things out but I'm 377 00:25:48,130 --> 00:25:51,070 sure it would operate under the same parameters that our current kitchen 378 00:25:51,070 --> 00:25:54,750 does. And then the maintenance of such things as the pool which the 379 00:25:54,750 --> 00:25:57,150 the city doesn't currently maintain any pools, right? 380 00:25:57,770 --> 00:25:59,910 Would that be managed under the Parks and Rec Department? 381 00:26:08,780 --> 00:26:14,740 We operate the Christopher pool and maintain that one. 382 00:26:14,980 --> 00:26:15,480 And 383 00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:25,650 we contract for the services that are run there. 384 00:26:25,770 --> 00:26:27,890 I'm repeating so that the recording picks it up. 385 00:26:37,350 --> 00:26:38,830 Who would maintain and operate the pool? 386 00:26:39,230 --> 00:26:41,370 Who would be responsible for maintaining the pool? 387 00:26:42,530 --> 00:26:44,730 Again, this would be a city-owned facility 388 00:26:46,870 --> 00:26:47,530 there. 389 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:56,240 Got it. 390 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:03,160 Okay, and then one last thing. Is there already somebody in a position of the 391 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:08,100 city council who would be overseeing programming of what would be going on at 392 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:12,740 the theater? Who would be doing that? We haven't gotten to that point. Okay, so 393 00:27:12,740 --> 00:27:17,660 the some of the positions don't exist yet. It's potentially or it would be an 394 00:27:17,660 --> 00:27:22,680 expansion of responsibilities. Got it. So it doesn't necessarily mean that there 395 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:23,680 or would be additional hiring? 396 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,040 No, it does not mean that at all. 397 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,300 Okay, one last question. 398 00:27:29,220 --> 00:27:33,900 So if the city halls expanded to that size 399 00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:35,840 because there are people working outside, 400 00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:38,080 would those employees then be required 401 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,200 to come into the office 402 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,640 or can they continue to work from outside? 403 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,740 Because some don't even live here. 404 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,860 So the employees I was referencing, 405 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,060 currently we have staff that operates 406 00:27:49,060 --> 00:27:50,440 out of the senior center. 407 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:55,860 We have staff that is in the annex, we have staff that is at fire stations, and we have 408 00:27:55,860 --> 00:27:57,420 staff that is at our corp yard. 409 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:03,080 So not all, like the guys and gals that operate out of the corp yard, some of them would stay, 410 00:28:03,540 --> 00:28:05,800 but some people would end up moving into here. 411 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:12,180 So we would be bringing in employees from other facilities that work for the city 412 00:28:12,180 --> 00:28:12,880 under one roof. 413 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,340 Does that make sense? 414 00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:14,700 Yep. 415 00:28:15,060 --> 00:28:15,140 Great. 416 00:28:22,380 --> 00:28:24,080 My name's Wells Wadley. 417 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:32,680 And I'm here thinking of this as a patron of the library but you said there's still money available. 418 00:28:33,260 --> 00:28:38,660 But when I look at the plan, what I see first of all is there's a swimming pool on parking 419 00:28:38,660 --> 00:28:41,660 which is very close to the entrance to the library. 420 00:28:42,260 --> 00:28:49,100 So my question is are you planning to shift the entrance of the library to the other side of the building? 421 00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:56,760 because that pool is taking away parking places which are very close to the main 422 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:05,320 entrance to a library. And also, and related to that, is there will be 423 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:11,020 competition between pool users and library users for those parking spaces, 424 00:29:11,580 --> 00:29:16,880 and I suspect that people will stay in the pool longer than people will stay 425 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:24,380 in the library. So that's my question about, I mean, a solution might be to shift the entrance 426 00:29:24,380 --> 00:29:32,120 to the, what would that be, the west side of the library. But it's now... 427 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:37,640 So there are two entrances to the library currently. There is one right about at the 428 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,560 T on street at 6, if you take it right up to the building, that's where one entrance 429 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,260 is. The second one is on the plaza side, the exact same entrance is up. 430 00:29:45,260 --> 00:29:46,280 And they're opposite each other. 431 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:58,860 Yes, right. So we would not change their main entrance. The only thing that would change is rather than having, because currently, this is, this will give you a good view of what the current is. Let me back up and find it. 432 00:29:58,860 --> 00:30:00,000 So current... 433 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:07,800 Finally, parking is along 6th Street in front of the library. That's the primary library parking. 434 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:13,640 The parking lot between Wheeler and the library is used both for the library and for Wheeler. 435 00:30:14,060 --> 00:30:17,640 And then you have the parking strip in Hannah right up along the back of the library. 436 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,720 What we would be doing is expanding the parking on Hannah. 437 00:30:21,980 --> 00:30:25,180 So we would take the parking that's between Wheeler and the library, 438 00:30:25,180 --> 00:30:30,580 and move it to the other side of Hanna and then double or triple it. It would be 439 00:30:30,580 --> 00:30:36,480 significantly bigger in this setup. Sorry, I have a lot of slides to click 440 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:44,440 through. So it might be a tiny bit like it might be like 15 more steps to get to 441 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:49,040 the library coming from the Hanna side versus the Wheeler side. It's a slight 442 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:54,180 alteration to the plan but the expanded parking that you would get on the 443 00:30:54,180 --> 00:30:59,300 would increase the number of parking stalls available, and we're not touching the parking stalls 444 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:01,980 that are currently by the main entrance of the library. 445 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:06,360 But where are the pool users parking in your imagination? 446 00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:08,120 Somewhere in the parking lot. 447 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,800 Right by the library, I think. 448 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,500 I'm sure everybody that comes would try to do that. 449 00:31:12,860 --> 00:31:17,000 But I think there is room to find dedicated library parking 450 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,860 or reserve for library user parking within that area. 451 00:31:20,860 --> 00:31:23,700 But again, that's one of those things that we haven't finalized yet. 452 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,340 Sorry, I saw a hand in the back, so I'm going to go to her first. 453 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:36,720 I'm Margaret Aaron, and I live pretty much right across the street from the library. 454 00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:39,820 I have used the CRC up in Morgan Hill. 455 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:41,660 Love it, it's a wonderful thing. 456 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,220 My main concern at this point is actually traffic in the area. 457 00:31:45,420 --> 00:31:46,940 We have two lane roads. 458 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:48,960 They're pretty stuffed already. 459 00:31:49,980 --> 00:31:51,740 The CRC has four lanes. 460 00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:53,360 They have Monterey and that's dedicated. 461 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,480 and they're not surrounded by residential. 462 00:31:59,020 --> 00:32:04,180 So I've not really seen anything in this plan that addresses increased traffic, 463 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:09,520 which 6th Street, since they opened the overpass, is pretty packed already. 464 00:32:09,860 --> 00:32:12,020 So is there anything that in the ER? 465 00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:15,340 So we have initiated a traffic impact study. 466 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:17,880 ELS is overseeing that. 467 00:32:18,060 --> 00:32:21,760 And the return on that was that the change in traffic patterns would be minimal, 468 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,860 given what the current footprint already is and the current usage. 469 00:32:25,620 --> 00:32:26,580 You ever 470 00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:30,690 mentioned the on-street parking? 471 00:32:31,030 --> 00:32:31,290 I did. 472 00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:32,130 And 473 00:32:36,990 --> 00:32:38,410 to John's point, 474 00:32:39,990 --> 00:32:41,090 but did I already pass it? 475 00:32:41,190 --> 00:32:42,930 You just passed it. You had it on. 476 00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:44,370 It's so many slides. 477 00:32:45,790 --> 00:32:46,650 That's my fault. 478 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:48,270 Oh no, I went the wrong way again. 479 00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:53,980 See what happens when I get to clicking? 480 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,240 So can you guys see these orange dots 481 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,000 kind of that run along here? 482 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,060 Those would be the dedicated street parking that John is referencing. 483 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,280 Your question, ma'am? 484 00:33:23,370 --> 00:33:26,890 I believe you had referenced Lee. 485 00:33:28,690 --> 00:33:33,190 You had mentioned earlier in your presentation about the increased number of parking space, 486 00:33:33,390 --> 00:33:34,310 what the total would be. 487 00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:36,870 So what is it now and what would it would be? 488 00:33:37,310 --> 00:33:44,230 Secondly, I think some of you visited Wheeler Auditorium this morning 489 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:46,050 and saw some pickleball being played. 490 00:33:46,050 --> 00:33:53,210 So I don't know if that pickleball pickleballers will be able to play at the new basketball courts 491 00:33:53,210 --> 00:33:55,330 That's parts of park and rec 492 00:33:56,410 --> 00:34:00,770 Third I remember when the police station was built it was supposed to park 493 00:34:00,770 --> 00:34:05,350 It was supposed to be underground and then you know there wasn't the moneys and now it's elevated 494 00:34:06,430 --> 00:34:12,510 So that's just you know, and you don't financing isn't available yet. So, you know, what's gonna? 495 00:34:12,930 --> 00:34:15,090 I don't know that just putting that out there and 496 00:34:16,050 --> 00:34:17,650 And for right now, that's all that comes to mind. 497 00:34:28,260 --> 00:34:32,060 Just because you were showing this square footage 498 00:34:32,060 --> 00:34:35,280 for the buildings being just over 40,000, 499 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,860 my quick math says that's 200 by 200. 500 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,480 So is that floor space, or is that 501 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,880 the footprint of the building? 502 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,000 That is the footprint of the total building. 503 00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:49,580 So if I, yeah, total square footage. 504 00:34:56,790 --> 00:35:00,530 So if you look at this when we post it online, 505 00:35:00,990 --> 00:35:03,410 I'll try and zoom in here so you can see it a little bit better. 506 00:35:03,950 --> 00:35:09,870 But it would show within the lower levels how many dedicated square foot is to each section 507 00:35:09,870 --> 00:35:11,330 that we talk about. 508 00:35:13,810 --> 00:35:18,710 So it gives you that breakout of how we get to a total building area of square foot 509 00:35:18,710 --> 00:35:19,810 of 41,600. 510 00:35:20,390 --> 00:35:20,570 The 511 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,320 question was, what is the foot 512 00:35:31,610 --> 00:35:32,450 40,000? 513 00:35:32,570 --> 00:35:33,970 And that's 200 by 200. 514 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:39,810 And if you have two floors, then I'm thinking, OK, well, I got 200 by 100. 515 00:35:42,620 --> 00:35:46,200 It's not equal 20,000 to 20,000, but it's roughly that. 516 00:35:48,660 --> 00:35:49,120 So 517 00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:53,960 your hand, then, will come to you, sir. 518 00:35:55,540 --> 00:35:56,460 Ruben Mediovia. 519 00:35:56,460 --> 00:35:56,620 Yeah. 520 00:35:57,380 --> 00:36:01,660 I was a president in some of the conversations earlier last year, 521 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,380 and I remember there was a lot of talk 522 00:36:03,380 --> 00:36:07,060 about in the Civic Center Park area 523 00:36:07,060 --> 00:36:12,640 having had a kind of like a built-in stage or space 524 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,180 for like performances and that kind of thing was that. 525 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:21,560 Did that, does that still exist? 526 00:36:21,740 --> 00:36:23,140 And if so, where would it be? 527 00:36:23,140 --> 00:36:28,160 or is it mostly gonna be up to people who program those events 528 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,640 to produce stages for each of those events? 529 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,980 We decided to eliminate the permanent stage 530 00:36:32,980 --> 00:36:35,840 from the park space, and the reason for that was 531 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,460 there was just no real good area to put it 532 00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:40,020 that worked within the footprint. 533 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:43,120 Either you're sending sound directly to houses 534 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:44,360 which we didn't wanna do, 535 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:47,360 or you're sending it directly into one of the new 536 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,520 buildings where it's gonna reverberate and bounce back, 537 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,120 which makes for bad audio. 538 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:55,820 So, our determination was if we're going to have events with concerts, we can do stage 539 00:36:55,820 --> 00:37:00,160 rentals to help create a better environment. 540 00:37:00,660 --> 00:37:01,320 That makes sense. 541 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:09,080 And then, I think I also asked this question before, but there, I know there's, it has, 542 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,040 you mentioned the ability to add a parking garage. 543 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:12,260 much, 544 00:37:14,340 --> 00:37:23,100 is that included currently in the plan already as a structure and if not then why 545 00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:28,160 not already include it if we're going to go after all this money might as well. 546 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,140 It is not currently included in the plan. 547 00:37:30,260 --> 00:37:32,520 The plan currently only calls for a surface lot. 548 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:37,740 But we wanted to keep that option there in the event that we build it and then we 549 00:37:37,740 --> 00:37:41,200 find out this isn't functional, it's not working properly. 550 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:45,820 we need to have an ability to add more so it's one of those things where we could 551 00:37:45,820 --> 00:37:52,420 build it in now and it raised the cost of the total project or it's one that we 552 00:37:52,420 --> 00:37:56,920 keep in our back pocket as a contingency so that if it's something we feel is 553 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:04,620 needed we know what the plan of action is to to pursue it okay all right if you 554 00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:10,770 wouldn't actually mind passing them thank you I'm Greg Felios we have these 555 00:38:10,770 --> 00:38:15,830 all these different projects going on, how did you determine which is the priority? 556 00:38:16,110 --> 00:38:18,230 Because you're not going to be doing all those things all at once. 557 00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:22,150 You're going to take them pretty much one at a time, aren't you? 558 00:38:22,590 --> 00:38:24,930 And it's going to be spread out. They're not going to be doing all those projects. 559 00:38:25,110 --> 00:38:28,090 They're not going to be turning something down and building it up. 560 00:38:28,230 --> 00:38:30,410 It's a great question. We haven't figured it out yet. 561 00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:34,830 It's a part of the financing and phasing plan, which we'll shift all of our focus to 562 00:38:34,830 --> 00:38:36,570 once we get the master plan adopted. 563 00:38:36,570 --> 00:38:40,630 decide which is the priority. What do we need first? What do we need now? 564 00:38:41,030 --> 00:38:45,710 This is going to take a while. It's a lot of math and a lot of hoops 565 00:38:45,710 --> 00:38:48,650 to jump through and a lot of strategic planning 566 00:38:48,650 --> 00:38:51,810 and conversations that have to take place to figure out what's the priority, 567 00:38:52,050 --> 00:38:55,370 what can we do, what's the best way to not disrupt city hall, 568 00:38:55,870 --> 00:38:59,870 not disrupt the senior center, not disrupt the activities at Wheeler. 569 00:39:00,710 --> 00:39:03,690 There's a lot of balls you've got to juggle to figure out what that plan is 570 00:39:03,690 --> 00:39:05,350 and we haven't shifted our focus to it yet. 571 00:39:05,630 --> 00:39:06,030 Okay, thank you. 572 00:39:06,610 --> 00:39:06,950 I'm curious. 573 00:39:07,650 --> 00:39:12,090 I'm sure you've done studies with the growing population. 574 00:39:12,370 --> 00:39:13,990 Again, this is going to take years and years. 575 00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:15,970 This is going to take years and years. 576 00:39:16,910 --> 00:39:20,750 And hopefully we'll all still be here in Gilroy to appreciate it. 577 00:39:20,990 --> 00:39:21,050 Right. 578 00:39:21,550 --> 00:39:26,350 And a lot of this is for future for people coming in. 579 00:39:26,550 --> 00:39:32,050 This is going to be a selling point, an attraction point. 580 00:39:34,050 --> 00:39:41,770 And hopefully, for all that we're putting into it, hopefully it'll get the use and hopefully 581 00:39:41,770 --> 00:39:45,010 you've projected how much use each one of these things is going to get. 582 00:39:45,330 --> 00:39:45,590 Yeah. 583 00:39:45,930 --> 00:39:46,830 I certainly hope so. 584 00:39:47,190 --> 00:39:47,230 Okay. 585 00:39:47,670 --> 00:39:48,050 Thank you. 586 00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:51,980 Any other questions or comments? 587 00:39:54,970 --> 00:39:55,230 Nothing? 588 00:39:55,510 --> 00:39:55,710 Okay. 589 00:39:56,090 --> 00:39:57,970 Well, thank you all again very much for being here. 590 00:39:59,910 --> 00:40:03,490 Like I said, this will be posted online by the end of the week. 591 00:40:03,490 --> 00:40:16,010 So if you want to check it out, go to cityofgilroy.org, backslash, ccmp, and if you have any questions 592 00:40:16,010 --> 00:40:21,930 that you didn't feel comfortable asking today, you can email me, ryan.austenton, at cityofgilroy.org, 593 00:40:22,330 --> 00:40:27,110 and I will add all of your questions into what we submit to ELS and EMC. 594 00:40:27,650 --> 00:40:29,250 So that's it for tonight. 595 00:40:29,530 --> 00:40:31,990 Thank you all again for being here, and have a great evening. 596 00:40:33,190 --> 00:40:33,910 Survivors on at 8.