The Monterey City Council will vote on whether to use $210,000 from the Neighborhood and Community Improvement Program balance on the El Estero Park playground equipment upgrade on Tuesday.

During the last council meeting on Nov. 5, the council unanimously voted to table the discussion until the next meeting to allow more people to be able to participate in public comment, since the meeting was held on Election Night.

During public comment earlier this month, people brought up concerns that there was not input from the NCIP Committee before this was brought up to the council.

The council will also continue discussions about the recommended candidates for the Neighborhood and Community Improvement Program, after they voted to wait during the last council meeting.

Tuesday’s meeting is expected to address whether a “technical issue” during one of the candidates interview process will qualify for a redo, and give more time for public comment and council discussion.

They will also address appointing Evens Lanot to the committee, after concerns were brought up that there has never been military representation on the committee before.

“The NCIP manual was updated on Sept. 7, 2021, including a neighborhood map that shows the military neighborhoods, so they are entitled to representation on the NCIP Committee and all of the committee was notified in 2021 when it was approved,” Uslar said during the last council meeting. “We always have challenges, like when Downtown wanted to be a neighborhood.”

The Monterey City Council will meet at 4 p.m. Nov. 19 at Monterey City Hall, 580 Pacific Street. The meeting will also be streamed online and via Zoom at https://monterey-org.zoomgov.com/j/1607729333.