Carmel-by-the-Sea officials update public-works projects, hiring and parking enforcement

Marissa Bermudez, Carmel-by-the-Sea’s human resources manager, and Ken, the city’s new public works director, gave a city-update vlog on Friday, June 13 covering ongoing public-works work, upcoming hires, and parking-enforcement staffing.

The most immediate item: crews working on the Devendorf Park rail-and-fence replacement are expected to finish the project “by Tuesday,” Bermudez said. She said Sixth Avenue work is complete “just in time for the farmers market,” and that crews will add a decorative cap and finish remaining pieces before reopening pedestrian access. "We're looking to have that project completed up by Tuesday. We're just about done," Ken said.

Why it matters: the work affects pedestrian safety and weekend access in a high-foot-traffic area of the city and follows capital projects funded by the city council’s capital improvement program. Bermudez said the council approved the city’s CIP and budget, which she described as “roughly about $8,000,000” in…