The purpose of this project is to help the City of Seaside reduce the amount of paper files on easements, and to create a single map through ArcGIS for future ease of use. According to the EPA, about 69 million tons of paper are used in the U.S. each year. The Sustainable City of Seaside […]
Lead Local Gov / Community Partner Org Name: City of Seaside
A spatial analysis of fire hydrants in Seaside, CA
The purpose of our project was to geocode a given number of fire hydrants in Seaside, CA for the local fire department. It is necessary for them to have their hydrant locations geocoded in order for the department to receive accreditation for funding. Our study area will be focused in the city of Seaside, CA […]
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Seaside Pipe Flush Project
The purpose of our project was to see if we can create a cohesive map of the pipe systems under Seaside, to see which pipes are simultaneously being flushed. We want to illustrate when we flush a pipe at point A, what other pipes will be flushed at the same time. Read the final student […]
Super Green Roof for Monterey Bay Charter School (MBCS)
The possibility and the costs associated with implementation of a green roof on the Monterey Bay Charter School, intended to be located at CSUMB, are considered. This development would noy only serve as a sustainable aspect of the school from the perspective of infrastructure, but it would also enhance thei environmental education opportunities that the […]
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Tracking Sewage Spill Overflows in Seaside
The objective of this study was to assess the spatial and temporal resolution of Sewer Spills and Overflows (SSO’s) in order to determine possible causes of these events in the City of Seaside. The two major categories of SSO’s in Seaside include those associated with either solidified waste water containing high concentrations of fat, oil, […]
Fort Ord Assimilation
The Fort Ord Army base was decommissioned in 1994. The base was 28,000 acres large, roughly the same size as San Francisco. The Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan was developed to find new uses for the vacated land; 21,000 acres were designated for conservation while 7,000 acres were designated for development. The CSU Monterey Bay […]
Street Sign geocoding on Noche Buena Avenue, Seaside
The City of Seaside only has shapefiles of stop sign locations but no other traffic signs. We need students to take on our major streets, Broadway, Del Monte, Fremont, Buena Noche, ect and take GPS points of all signs. We will be replacing all City of Seaside signs with reflective sign as per traffic laws […]
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Facilitating University Feedback on the Seaside Campustown Development
The City of Seaside, California agreed with KB Bakewell to develop 85 acres of the former U.S. Army Base Fort Ord into Campus Town, to provide entertainment, retail, housing, and other opportunity to the region. Students at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) work with Seaside on Read the final student report delivered to the […]
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Bus Stop Locations and Income
The bus system is often a vital mode of transport for many who lack the funds or the ability to possess a car. In this project, we compare bus stops with high boarding rates with average income by area in order to identify any correlation or pattern between the two. We hypothesized we will see […]
Seaside Tactical Urbanism
Tactical Urbanism is process of making low-cost and temporary changes to the built environment in order to experiment with and catalyze changes in a city. Seaside Tactical Urbanism (STU) was created by a group of six environmental studies students to explore street interventions on Echo Avenue, a large and underdeveloped street in Seaside. The project […]