City Infrastructure Projects

Downtown Gourmet Parking Lot: October Update

Progress is continuing right on time with the Downtown Gourmet Parking Lot. Crews recently completed the bioswale retention infrastructure, irrigation infrastructure, and most of the electrical undergrounding. Crews have also poured the concrete sidewalk between the parking lot and Monterey Street.

Due to cure times for the new concrete, the temporary alley closure from the Gilroy Center for the Arts to the northern edge of the adjacent lawn area has been extended.

Downtown Gourmet Parking Lot Project Overview

The City is bringing a new parking lot to Gilroy's Historic Downtown on an existing lot at Eigleberry and 7th Street.  When complete, the parking lot will provide 140 parking spaces with a mix of standard, compact, accessible, clean air, motorcycle, and EV charging spaces. The project will also provide new landscaping, lighting, bicycle lockers, and a pathway connecting to the downtown. The new parking lot is anticipated to open for public parking in early 2023 with construction taking place Monday through Friday from 7 AM - 5 PM.  

During construction, some street parking adjacent to the lot will be impacted. Minimal lane closures and traffic impacts are anticipated. While all reasonable efforts will be made to minimize the effects of the construction, neighboring residents and businesses should expect noise and dust as typical with this type of construction.

Thank you for your patience.

Construction Live CAM

Watch the parking lot take shape in real time!

Parking Lot Design

Parking Lot Design

On May 6, 2019 the City of Gilroy entered a one-year exclusivity period with Sharks Sports & Entertainment LLC. Since that time, the City has been working diligently to assess whether or not an indoor recreational facility, built by the City and operated by the Sharks organization, would be beneficial to the community of Gilroy.

The City has been undertaking this process as part of an overall effort to develop the Sports Park in accordance with the Sports Park Master Plan, adopted in 1999.  

The conceptual facility would likely include opportunities for a variety of sporting programs and events to include ice hockey and would be located off Monterey Road, as part of the Gilroy Sports Park. Neither the San Jose Sharks nor the San Jose Barracuda teams would re-locate to Gilroy as part of this project.

Once under the one-year exclusivity agreement, the City of Gilroy began an environmental review of the proposed project to identify possible environmental impacts of the project and recommended measures to alleviate these possible impacts.

In January 2020, the DRAFT Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) was released for review and public comment including possible impacts and solutions to the impacts. The public review and comment period ends at close of business on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. To view the full document and technical reports, visit CityofGilroy.org (http://www.cityofgilroy.org/298/Development-Activity-Projects). Included in the DRAFT SEIR is a preliminary description of the conceptual indoor sporting facility including a 70,000 square foot building imprint, two National Hockey League sized ice rinks, and a second level mezzanine. This preliminary description is included in the DRAFT SEIR to provide parameters for the environmental review process and does not represent adopted plans for the conceptual facility. Actual details of any future proposed facility on the site have yet to be determined and must go through the full review development process, as with any other project, including Planning approval for architectural and site review and Building permits for construction plans.

Upon completion of the public comment period of the DRAFT SEIR, responses to the comments will be addressed and consolidated into a FINAL SEIR. The FINAL SEIR will be presented to Planning Commission for recommendation, then the City Council for consideration and adoption. Next steps in the process will be determined based upon the continued feasibility of the project.

Existing Master Plan Phasing Plan

Conceptual Master Plan Phase III Site Plan

Gilroy Sports Park Master Plan Phase III Amendment

1. Appendix A NOP and Responses
2. Appendix B Certified EIR
3. Appendix C Master Plan Udates
4. Appendix D AQ GHG Energy Report
5. Appendix E Community Risk Assessment
6. Appendix F Floodplain Impact Analysis
7. Appendix G Environmental Noise Assessment
8. Appendix H Traffic
9. Gilroy Sports Park Master Plan Phase III Amendments_Draft SEIR
10. Sports Park NOA
11. Sports Park Phase III Amendment - Notice of Determination
12. Sports Park Notice of Determination
13. Gilroy Sports Park Master Plan - Final Supplement EIR

Virtual Community Meeting: Gourmet & Railroad Alleys

Join us and provide your input on how we re-think and re-vision the alleyways in downtown Gilroy.

• What: Gourmet & Railroad Alleys Virtual Community Meeting
• When: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 from 6:00 - 7:00 PM
• Zoom Link: gilroy.city/Gourmet
• Webinar ID: 834 9391 7328
• Passcode: 043077
• Or call in to Zoom by phone: 1 669-900-6833

To request Spanish language interpretation services for this meeting, please contact communications@cityofgilroy.org a minimum of 72 hours prior to the meeting.

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The City of Gilroy was awarded a $3.9 million grant through the California Department of Transportation Clean California Grant Program for infrastructure and aesthetic improvements of Gourmet Alley and Railroad Alley to create pedestrian and bicycle-friendly pathways.

Many of the project details are dictated by the terms of the grant. However, there are some areas that have some flexibility for input, such as the aesthetic feel or theme of the alleys. Please join us and provide your feedback as we discuss the project, present exhibits, and answer questions.

For more information or questions about this meeting, please contact Rachelle Bedell at Rachelle.Bedell@cityofgilroy.org or call 408-846-0443.

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3.9 Million Clean California Grant

The City of Gilroy was awarded a $3.9 million grant through the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Clean California Local Grant Program for improvements within Gilroy’s Historic Downtown. The Clean California Local Grant Program prioritizes grant funding towards projects that enhance communities and improve spaces for walking and recreation. Gilroy’s project includes the renovation and beautification of Gourmet Alley and Railroad Alley within the downtown area, renovating these spaces into pedestrian and bicycle-friendly pathways through infrastructure and aesthetic improvements. Also included in the project is a “Keep Gilroy Clean” anti-littering campaign.

The grant money was awarded based on the projects included in the grant application documents. A summarized list is included below.

Project Construction/Infrastructure Improvements Award is $3,738,465 and includes:

 Gourmet Alley between 4^th and 7^th

• Repaving of alley in decorative stamped asphalt 
• Pedestrian and bicycle-friendly markings along each block   
• Improvements to the stormwater drainage system 
• New trash enclosures and trash receptacles
• New signage
• Additional lighting
• New benches 
• New trees

 Railroad Alley between 4^th and 7^th

• Repaving
• Pedestrian and bicycle-friendly markings along each block
• New trash receptacles for pedestrians 
• New signage
• Additional lighting
• New benches 
• New fencing

Clean Up and Media Campaign Award for $210,300 to include: 

• Cleanup days for the alleys
• An anti-littering campaign

 The project must be completed by June 30, 2024.

Grant Application Documents

Project Narrative

Aerial Map

Infrastructure Projects

Non-Infrastructure Projects

Local Grant Program Application