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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Monterey County Grand Jury • 2020-2021

revision should include: (1) development of a city supervisory responsibility system that will create a “demand pull”

Published: June 30, 2022 38 pages
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Findings 7 findings

F1 Page 68
The City of Salinas is to be commended for taking the step of having a “Preservation Needs Assessment of the Local History Collection in the Salinas Public Library” report completed by Barclay Ogden of the California Preservation Program which contains Findings and Recommendations specific to the preservation needs of the City.
F2 Page 68
The City of Salinas is to also be commended for their continuing efforts to complete the assessment of their historical records with a completion goal of August 2022. 52
F3 Page 58
The documents stored and maintained in these repositories vary. The most modern and up to date methods are those maintained in a temperature and humidity-controlled vault at the Monterey County Historical Society.
F4 Page 58
The volumes of records in the vestibule of the office of the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, although preserved, may be damaged by public use. These documents are neither temperature nor humidity controlled. Additionally, access to the title transfer records is uncontrolled. 2017 Report - Relevant Recommendations:
F5 Page 69
The City of Monterey commissioned Group 4 Architecture to create the “Monterey Public Library Feasibility Study” which sets the direction for library expansion and renovation in the future. That study did not include a Preservation Needs Assessment, of the type recommended by the CPP, to address the requirements for the California History Room’s permanent location in the new Library which could lead to a design that is sub-optimal.
F6 Page 69
California Preservation Program states that a needs assessment is often a required step for preservation grant funding. A Preservation Needs Assessment for the City of Monterey Library’s history collections, like the one commissioned by the Salinas Public Library, could help the City of Monterey obtain grant funding for the Library renovation. Monterey County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder:
F7 Page 69
The Monterey County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder is to be commended for having all but thirty-one books preserved by Kofile along with their continuing efforts to have the remaining thirty-one books sent to Kofile for preservation by FY 2021- 2022. 53

Recommendations 30