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Residents press NCIP committee for library, Colton Hall preservation and public-safety projects as committee runs neighborhood rankings
Summary
During a long public-comment period, library advocates, historians, firefighters and neighborhood representatives urged the Monterey NCIP committee to prioritize library archival and accessibility upgrades, Colton Hall drainage and historic repairs, fire station renovations, and fuel-reduction programs; the committee then conducted neighborhood-by-neighborhood ranked voting via online forms, encountering technical problems during the roll call.
Monterey community members and organizational representatives pressed the Neighborhood Capital Improvement Program committee to prioritize funding for libraries, historic preservation, public-safety facility upgrades and forest fuel-reduction as staff presented 54 nominated projects for the coming NCIP cycle.
Multiple speakers urged the committee to support Monterey Public Library upgrades, including archival storage, generator backup and accessibility work. Shannon Connor, president of the Monterey Public Library Friends and Foundation, said the library needed upgrades to serve as a reliable community resource and emergency resilience center and asked the committee for support for the proposal’s accessibility and archival elements.
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