Interested persons may obtain applications from the Salinas City Clerk's Office, 200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, 93901, 758-7381 or you can click here to download a copy online. Completed applications should be received in the City Clerk's Office by March 17, 2011.

Click here to download the application or contact the City Clerk’s Office, 200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, 93901, (831) 758-7381. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible and by no later than March 17, 2011.

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Huckleberry is the second half to the best feline duo in the world. He would love to spend his days with his brother Finnegan, playing, romping, cuddling and following you around. They are brothers that were surrendered together because their previous owner lost their home. Their combined adoption fees is only $87! Such a great price for love that will last forever. If you're not smitten yet, check out this video taken by one of our volunteers.

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The City will consider funding requests from non-profit and for-profit organizations for qualifying activities. The RFP is available on-line at www.citydataservices.net (login and password SAL2011). Further information is available by calling Armando Barragan: (831) 758-7334 or email: . TDD users may contact the California Relay Service at 711. Information may also be obtained from the Housing Division office in City Hall - 200 Lincoln Ave., Salinas, 93901 - this office is accessible to those with mobility impairments. Hablamos español. The deadline for submitting proposals is 5:00 p.m., Thursday, January 27, 2011.

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A workshop will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, from 8:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at the City Hall Rotunda to assist applicants with the RFP and on-line application process. Please call: (831) 758-7334 or email: esmerala@ci.salinas.ca.us to RSVP by Monday, January 10, 2011. For accommodation for persons with disabilities and language interpreter request, please contact our office by January 3, 2011.

• District 1 Neighborhood Clean Up Flyer English | Spanish

To enter our Coloring Contest for the 10-year Anniversary, please download and print the Pets Coloring page and bring to the Anniversary Party or send it to 222 Lincoln Ave., Salinas, CA 93901 before August 14^th. The winner to be selected on day of the event and you do not need to be present to win. Good luck!

• Salinas Animal Shelter Anniversary Flyer
• Pets Coloring Page

In keeping with the no-safe seat provision of City Charter Section 6.1, the office of City Councilmember for District 1, District 4, and/or District 6 would be filled for a two-year term in the event the incumbent were to file as a candidate for the Office of Mayor.

The polls will be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The Nomination filing period opens on July 12, 2010. The regular nomination filing period closes AT 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 6, 2010. If the incumbent Councilmember does not file during the regular filing period, the filing period for other candidates for that office will be extended to 5:30 P.M. on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Nomination filing forms must be obtained from the Salinas City Clerk’s Office, 200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, CA 93901, (831)758-7381.

Please click here to view the City Council candidates’ handbook.

The Board is charged with identifying, protecting, preserving, and restoring Salinas’ historic sites and cultural heritage assets and transform them into future attractions for visitors and tourists. Applicants for the positions should have a demonstrated interest, competence, or knowledge in historic preservation, heritage preservation, or heritage tourism. To stimulate the local economy through heritage tourism, participation by members of the local business community will be needed for their business expertise, entrepreneurial spirit and vision in preserving and then marketing Salinas’ historic sites and heritage assets. The application deadline is June 30, 2010 at which time the City Council will make appointments to the Board from among the applications received.

At least two members of the Board must have professional qualifications in historic preservation fields because once formed, the Salinas Historic Resources Board must establish formal standards and procedures to designate additional historic resources and maintain an inventory of Salinas’ Historic Resources and Historic Resource Districts. Additional resources may be submitted by an owner as a local "Historic Resource" or by owners or as part of a larger Historic District. The Board will then recommend actions to the City Council on designation, alteration, construction, demolition and/or removal of "Historic Resources."

If you are interested in serving on the Salinas Historic Resources Board please submit the application form below to: Frank Brunings, Redevelopment Project Manager, 65 West Alisal Street, Salinas, CA, 93901, or submit the application by email to: frankbr@ci.salinas.ca.us.

• Salinas Historic Resources Board Application Form

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CaliforniaFIRST Property Owner Information
The CaliforniaFIRST Program allows property owners to defer payment of weatherization and solar projects over time. It provides financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on homes and businesses. For participating property owners, the cost of the project is repaid on your property tax bill over up to 20-years. Financing eligibility is based on the value of your property and the current status of property tax payments, not on personal credit.

CaliforniaFIRST Launch: Summer 2010
The CaliforniaFIRST Program is scheduled to roll out in Salinas, and elsewhere in Monterey County beginning in summer 2010. Sonoma County, the Cities of Berkeley, Palm Desert and other communities all have successful similar programs. Click here for more information.

California Redevelopment Law (CRL section 33490) requires redevelopment agencies to prepare and adopt their implementation plan ("IP") every five years for all project areas. The Implementation Plan provides general guidance for the implementation of the Agency’s redevelopment Goals and Objectives. This is the third Implementation Plan created for the Central City and the Sunset Avenue Redevelopment Project Areas since the requirement initiated in December 1994. 

The Implementation Plan Redevelopment Goals and Objectives cover the period from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014, (Fiscal Years 2009/10 to 2014/15). The Agency intends to interpret them flexibly so that the Agency may adjust to changes in circumstances, resource availabilities, potential projects and new opportunities. The Agency will provide a status and update report on the Plan at least once during this five-year period. A sub-component of this Implementation Plan is referred to in State Law as the "Affordable Housing Implementation Plan." It describes the use of the 20% housing fund set-aside during the ten-year period that ends on December 31, 2009, and starts anew with this plan.

• Salinas Redevelopment Agency Draft Implementation Plan

Service reductions identified in the FY 2010-11 budget reduction plan are the following:

Facilities to be closed

• Community Center/Sherwood Hall
• El Dorado Park Recreation Center / Central Park Recreation Center
• Firehouse Recreation Center / Hebbron Heights Family Recreation Center

Public Safety Services to be Reduced or Eliminated

• Eliminate seven Police Department civilian positions
• Eliminate eleven Firefighters
• Eliminate Paramedic Program
• Reduce Fire Prevention Program
• Reduce Code Enforcement
• Reduce Legal Support

 Gang Prevention Programs and Other Services to be Reduced or Eliminated

• Eliminate Afterschool Program Funding to Schools
• Reduce Graffiti Abatement
• Reduce Recreation Programs
• Eliminate Neighborhood Services Program
• Eliminate Adult Sports
• Reduce Park and Facilities Maintenance

Detailed information about the elimination and/or reduction of these programs and services is contained in the FY 2010-11 General Fund Budget Balancing Plan  report to the City Council dated July 21, 2009. Other reports to the City Council dated July 21, 2009 include Salinas Police Department 90-day Report to the Community  and Call for an Election on November 3, 2009 to ask Voters to Approve the Salinas Safe Neighborhoods/Essential Services Measure  . These reports are available in City Hall and in all City libraries.

• Census 2010 Brochure

The City of Salinas has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Salinas Ag-Industrial Center Project, a 257-acre project located to the south of the City’s current limits and bordered by Abbott Street, Harris Road, and U.S. Highway 101.  The project proponents, The UniKool Partners, have proposed development of a range of agricultural industrial related uses including agriculture processing, agricultural processing related uses, and uses that produce products, equipment, or services that support agricultural related industries. The environmental impacts of this project have been analyzed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. The EIR identifies several potentially significant project impacts for which implementation of mitigation measures is required. Potentially significant impacts have been identified in the areas of Agriculture, Air Quality, Climate Change, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Hydrology and Water Quality, Transportation and Circulation, and Cumulative Impacts (Transportation and Circulation). Other impacts have been identified that will be mitigated through implementation of site design and development standards contained in the Specific Plan and/or through implementation of standard conditions of approval required by the City.  Copies of the EIR, technical appendices to the EIR, and the Specific Plan are available for inspection at the John Steinbeck Library, 350 Lincoln Avenue (831) 758-7311 and at the Community Development Department, 65 West Alisal Street, Salinas (831) 758-7206. These documents can also be viewed on the City’s web site at: http://www.ci.salinas.ca.us/services/commdev/commdev.cfm

The City is soliciting comments on the content of the EIR from interested persons and organizations concerned with the project, in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines Section 15087. Your comments must be sent during the 45-day public review period, which begins Friday, July 17, 2009 and ends Monday, August 31, 2009.

All written public and agency comments should be directed to the City of Salinas Community Development Department, c/o Courtney Grossman, 65 West Alisal Street, Salinas, California 93901. Please include the name of a contact person for your agency, if applicable.

• Salinas Ag-Industrial Center Draft EIR
• Salinas Ag-Industrial Center Draft EIR Technical Appendices
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E
• Appendix F
• Appendix G
• Appendix H
• Appendix I
• Appendix J
• Appendix K
• Appendix L
• Appendix M
• Draft Salinas Ag-Industrial Specific Plan - July 2009
• Draft Salinas Ag-Industrial Specific Plan Appendices - July 2009

Salinas’ regional "fair share of housing units is 4,076 dwelling units. Inclusive in the "fair share" are defined categories to address the affordable housing needs of Very low-income, Low-income, Moderate and Above-moderate households. The affordability range depends on a household’s income in relation to the median income of the jurisdiction. The estimated median income in Salinas is $46,4191 for a four person household.

Salinas’ fair share" of housing needs is based on figures received from the state Departments of Finance and Housing and Community Development. The regional council of governments: the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) is responsible to facilitate a process to distribute the required number of housing units within each jurisdiction in the region and adopt the RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation). Following adoption of the RHNA each city in Monterey County and Santa Cruz County, as well as the unincorporated portions of each county is responsible for the updating of its General Plan Housing Element.

¹ American Community Survey 2006 estimated median family income averaged for Salinas.

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Fridays: Closed

Your crime tip by text is guaranteed to be anonymous, as your cell phone number is coded and scrambled once received at Citizen Observer, with the crime tip forwarded to the Salinas Police Department utilizing a combination of numbers and letters. The Citizen One Company and the Salinas Police Department will not be able to find out who you are.

Anyone with a cell phone can send an anonymous tip to the Salinas Police Department with the code "SPD831" to "847411" followed by a text message. Please note that Text message charges may apply to your account, depending on the terms of service.

Cell phone set up is easy: 
1) Under Contacts on your cell phone, establish a new group titled "847411" and save.
2) Now go to your text messaging as you would to send a text message to someone
3) In the "To" block (who your going to send it to), type in "847411".
4) Drop to your text box - once in text box type in "SPD831" followed by a space. Letters do not need to be case sensitive.
5) Then type in your crime tip and push send once your crime tip is complete.

An example tip would look like this:

SPD831 I know who shot the house at 123 Main Street. His name is Joe. 

Once crime tip is sent, you will receive a message from Citizen Observer indicating the message is received by Citizen One and forwarded to the Salinas Police Department.

The Salinas Police Department can respond to the sender to ask for additional information.  If the sender does not want any further contact, the sender only needs to push the "stop" or "end" button on their phone and the contact between the citizen, Citizen Observer and the Salinas Police Department is broken. 

Crime tips received will be monitored by the SPD Community Services Unit and forwarded to the appropriate investigating unit.

For anyone calling in an emergency they should always use 911. Using the Citizen One Observer - Tip 411 does not replace any other crime reporting hotline such as We-Tip or any of the crime reporting numbers established by the Salinas Police Department.

Questions should be directed to Sergeant Jay Malispina at 758-7247.

Of course, if you are reporting any in-progress crime you should always call 911.  In addition, you may also call in a non-emergency crime tip on the following numbers:  758-7321, 775-4222 or 758-7400 (Monterey County Joint Gang Task Force).  These phone numbers are available to those that do not wish to speak to a live operator but desire to leave a crime tip. 

If you have any questions feel free to contact Sergeant Jay Malispina at 758-7247 or CSO Jenny Bryant at 758-7044.