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Council advances downtown land-disposition agreement with Taylor Fresh Foods; parking, inclusionary housing flagged
Summary
The Salinas City Council introduced for first reading a land-disposition and development agreement with Taylor Fresh Foods to sell two city-owned downtown parking lots for mixed-use development. Council members and public commenters raised questions about employee parking, inclusionary units and how sale proceeds will be used.
The Salinas City Council on Nov. 18 voted to introduce an ordinance authorizing a negotiated land disposition and development agreement with Taylor Fresh Foods for two city-owned parking lots downtown (Lots 8 and 12), advancing the project to the next review steps and appraisal negotiations.
Under the agreement presented by Community Development staff, Lot 12 would be developed first as a mixed-use parcel including about 66 residential units with retail on the ground floor and administrative site-plan review for design approval; because the project proposes more than 10 units, it will be subject to the city's inclusionary housing ordinance for rental projects (the requirement equates to roughly 12% set-aside: approximately eight inclusionary…
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