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City Plaza Revitalization Project
Historic Overview
- 1860 – Don Sebastian Rodriguez donates City Plaza land
- 1880 – Fountain was installed
- 1893 – Drinking fountain installed
- 1899 – Cannon was added
- 1906 – Bandstand was constructed
- 1924 – Second field artillery cannon was added
- 1916 – Canopy was added to the bandstand
- 1965 – Canopy on the bandstand was replaced
- 1983 – Added to the National Registry of Historic Places (Gazebo, cannons, drinking fountain, water fountain, pathway layout)
Revitalization Efforts
- 2019 - Administrative Use Permit w/ Environmental Review Completed
- 2020 - Parks Master Plan finalized
- 2023 - State of California (Prop 68) Awards $3.3M Grant
- 2023 - SSA Landscape Architects Contract Executed for Designs
- 2024 - 60% Design Drawings Presented to Parks & Rec Commission
- 90% - Design Drawings Completed
- 2025 - 100% Design Plans Completed
- 2025 - January | Permit Application Submitted
- 2025 - May | Revenue Bond Approved
- 2025 - July | Redesign Pathway to Adress Stormwater Requirements
- 2025 - September | Plan Check Comments Addressed & Resubmitted
- 2025 - December | Permission to Bid for Restoration of Gazebo & Fountain (Phase 1)
Project Funding
- Prop 68 State Parks Bond Act - $3.35M
- Measure R Revenue Bond - $3.5M
- Total - $6.85M
- Administrative Use Permit w/ Design Review
- Staff Report for Administrative Use Permit with Design Review and Environmental Review (PP2019-448)
- Initial Study – Mitigated Negative Declaration Final Draft
- Cultural Resources Technical Report
- Watsonville City Plaza – Secretary of the Interior’s Standards Compliance Analysis (100% CD Submittal)