City of Seaside Government News Digest

A ribbon cutting ceremony on April 24 celebrated the opening of the 106-unit Seagrove apartment complex near downtown Seaside.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 11 to celebrate the beginning of the Campus Town development project on 122 acres of land in Seaside.

Read on for more information about the latest progress in the ongoing Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway project in Del Rey Oaks and Seaside.

With the acceptance of sealed bids by the City of Seaside for the demolition and disposal of structures and parking lots remaining from Fort Ord, work on the Campus Town Development is advancing. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn more about the Campus Town subdivision moving through the City of Seaside planning and development process.

An introduction to the candidates running for Mayor and seats on the Seaside City Council in the November election.

An explainer about Measures BB and CC which are going before City of Seaside voters on the November ballot.

The City of Seaside has appointed former City Manager Craig Malin in the interim while the recruitment process for a permanent replacement is underway.

On June 17, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County applied for a state grant to connect existing trails and bike lanes in the area of Fremont Boulevard and Highway 218 near Seaside.

The Seaside City Council appointed Police Chief Nick Borges as acting City Manager.

In its April 18 meeting, the Seaside City Council voted to put a measure to ban fireworks on the November ballot.

In “a really big win for Seaside,” the city was awarded a $1.6 million recreational trails grant from the Federal Highway Administration's Recreation Trails grant program through California State Parks.

The Seaside City Council will consider implementing new signs and additional lighting to better welcome, inform and enlighten folks.

The Seaside City Council adopted a resolution at its meeting approving an agreement with Whitson Engineers to perform services during the San Pablo pedestrian bridge demolition and reconstruction project for an amount not to exceed $556,000.

The Seaside City Council is scheduled to receive a presentation of the project and construction schedule for the Grand Hyatt Seaside Resort Hotel, the four-star property proposed for the Bayonet and Blackhorse Golf Course in Seaside.

The Seaside City Council at its meeting last week approved the Laguna Grande Regional Park Trail and Vegetation Strategy Project.

In a report titled “City of Seaside: The Real Cost of Fireworks,” grand jurors found city officials were aware of illegal fireworks use causing problems and efforts to reduce illegal fireworks use “appear to have minimal effect.”

"We all deserve to live in comfort and without fear," said Valerie Castile.

Damon said the purchase and sale agreement is finished and approved, but the city has not yet closed escrow.

The Seaside Police Department will be the first law enforcement agency in Northern and Central California to launch the “Lights On!” program, which provides officers with vouchers to issue to motorists for light-related violations instead of tickets.

Last year, the Seaside City Council considered banning the sale of State Fire Marshal-approved, Safe and Sane Fireworks, or to place a measure before the voters on the ballot that would cost the city about $150,000.

The Grand Hyatt of Seaside at Monterey Bay project will be a seven-level building with 330 guest rooms, conference center with meeting rooms, restaurant, and lobby bar.

The Grand Hyatt project will be a seven-level, 337,668-square-foot single hotel building with 330 guest rooms. Amenities include a conference center, restaurant, lobby bar, service kitchen, administrative offices, and a spa.

Seaside is seeking a qualified consultant to develop a plan for city parks. “A lot has changed since 2005, when the city last did a Parks and Recreation Master Plan,” said Seaside Recreation Director Dan Meewis. Creating the plan would involve city staff, advisory bodies, and members of the community.

Recycled water will soon be irrigating the Bayonet and Black Horse golf courses, both owned by the city of Seaside. The change will result in less water being pumped out of the over-taxed Seaside Groundwater Basin.

The Seaside City Council will meet Aug. 25 to cancel its November municipal election, saving the city about $150,000 in the process. The decision stems from the fact that three city races are going uncontested and there are no city measures up for a vote.

The Seaside City Council has approved the first phase of the Broadway Avenue Corridor Complete Street Improvement Project, which will transform a four-lane roadway to two lanes with curb extensions, bike lanes, roundabouts and features to improve pedestrian safety.

The Seaside City Council is set to appoint Jaime Fontes, current city manager for East Palo Alto, as its next city manager. If the City Council approves his employment contract on June 16, Fontes can start July 1.

KDG Capital is bringing a Grand Hyatt hotel to the Seaside Resort Project at Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Course, submitting a design review application and prompting the city of Seaside to hire EMC Planning Group to perform a California Environmental Quality Act compliance review.

The city of Seaside, now in its second round of interviews for a city manager, is approaching a deadline for new applicants next week. The city hopes to have a new administrator hired by the end of May.