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Salinas HRB votes to post Oakland 'RehabRight' guide on city website, forms subcommittee to adapt guidance
Summary
The board approved adding Oakland's RehabRight homeowner guide to the City of Salinas website as an immediate resource and formed a subcommittee to review other guides for local adaptation.
The Salinas Historic Resources Board voted July 7 to add the City of Oakland’s RehabRight homeowner guide to the City of Salinas website as a publicly available resource and to form a subcommittee to evaluate additional guidance for local use.
"But certainly happy to discuss Oakland's guide and then how we can either include it on our city website or include the other resources," said Grant Leonard, planning manager, describing materials included in the meeting packet. After discussion, the board voted to request that the planning department post the Oakland guide as an additional resource and to convene a subcommittee to consider other guides that could be adapted for Salinas.
Why this matters: Board members said Salinas currently lacks readily available, homeowner-focused guidance about rehabbing historic properties. Posting RehabRight would give residents immediate, practical information about identifying styles and appropriate rehabilitation approaches while the board works on a more comprehensive, locally tailored guide.
Discussion highlights included staff confirmation that Oakland is willing to allow the City of Salinas to link to or paraphrase sections of RehabRight with credit; board members recommended also reviewing guides from Spreckels, Carmel and Monterey County for complementary material. Board member "Sal" agreed to head the subcommittee; another volunteer was Board member Michael Masgay. The board described the subcommittee as led by two local architects to advise homeowners and builders before construction begins.
A roll-call vote to post RehabRight on the city website carried unanimously among members present.
Next steps: Planning staff will post the provided RehabRight PDF as a resource and the subcommittee will meet to identify additional materials to recommend at a future board meeting.
