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Council adopts 7-year plan for improvement
Projects include Heritage Theatre, parking garage and street maintenance
By Genevieve Roja
The Campbell community may see several changes in upcoming years, following the City Council's decision on May 2 to adopt the city's seven-year Capital Improvement Plan. Every year, the council revisits some of the CIP items, adding or subtracting from the list. Over the next seven years, several projects will be launched and completed by 2006-2007.
For 2000-2001, the grand total comes to $9,210,430; it is estimated that $28,226,830 will be spent on projects by the end of the seven-year period. The items included in the 2000-2001 CIP budget range from the downtown parking structure to the renovation of the Heritage Theatre, located at the Campbell Community Center.
Money set aside for the downtown parking structure, to be located along the south side of Civic Center Drive between Second and Third streets, is $3.6 million. The parking structure, about 25 feet high, will have 290 to 300 spaces and occupy about 37,000 square feet of land.
At its April 18 meeting, the council adopted a resolution to designate approximately 63,000 square feet of land between the aforementioned streets, including Campbell Avenue, as a master developer site. The designation allows the city's redevelopment agency to acquire one developer who can construct cohesive, congruent properties. An estimated $1.65 million is budgeted for the changes that coincide with that designation.
The Heritage Theatre, which has been dormant since it staged its last production in 1982, is chugging its way toward a complete restoration. The theater, on the former Campbell High School campus, will be completely modernized, including the installation of new wooden seats, a new electrical system and handicapped access.
The San Francisco firm C. David Robinson will tackle the second phase of architectural work on the theater. An estimated $171,430 has been allotted for that phase.
Funding has been set aside for 44 projects in the next seven years, including the following for 2000-2001:
* The Deferred Street Maintenance Project, which is a road maintenance plan to overlay and seal several streets in Campbell, such as Burrows Road: $700,000;
* Remodel of Campbell Police Department, as part of the Civic Center improvements to bring a second-floor shell to the existing building and to allow more workable office space: $500,000;
* A police/museum storage garage: $80,000;
* Cosmetic renovations to Orchard City Hall at the community center, including permanent round tables, chairs, new paint and floor, which will be done in two phases: $80,000;
* A new handicap ramp for the swimming pool at the community center: $85,000;
* Money set aside for the Redevelopment Agency to assist in the construction of future housing projects in the South of Campbell (SoCA) area, if the opportunity presents itself: $500,000.
In other business outlined for Tuesday, the council was to vote on an extension of a previously approved moratorium. Under state law, city councils may extend the moratorium for up to 10 months and 15 days, although they may also rescind the moratorium sooner. The council would need a four-fifths majority to allow for the extension.
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Campbell, California
