The Miracle Mile will be getting a $3.1 million safety and maintenance makeover after the Stockton City Council unanimously approved a grant award to fund the project.
Chad Reed, director of Public Works for the city of Stockton, presented the resolution asking the council to approve the money for the Miracle Mile Public Safety, Maintenance Substation and Parking Improvement Development Project at its Dec. 3 meeting.
The $3.1 million is set to go toward “increased public safety improvements, acquisition of a maintenance substation, and enhanced parking improvements.” In his presentation, Reed said some of the public safety improvements will include pedestrian safety, security cameras and lighting.
The powerpoint also highlighted how some of the money will be used. Around $1.6 million will go to public safety improvements and parking improvements/maintenance.
About $1 million of the grant will be used to acquire property near Dorris Place and Bedford for a maintenance substation, of which $500,000 will go to renovations. Reed told the council the substation can be used to house offices and the needed equipment to maintain the district.
The Miracle Mile project is slated for completion in about mid-2026.
“This is very exciting for the Miracle Mile,” Councilwoman Susan Lenz said about the project.
The Miracle Mile Community Improvement District, a California nonprofit part of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, proposed the resolution. Along with approving the grant award, the City Council also gave power to the city manager to create a grant agreement between the city and the improvement district.
According to the proposed grant agreement, the project’s funding comes from the state’s general fund, which appropriated $3.1 million in 2023 to Caltrans to be allocated to the city for redevelopment redevelopment for the popular Stockton food and entertainment district “to allow for increased public safety improvements, acquisition of a maintenance substation, and enhanced parking improvements.”
The City Council approved transfer of the funds from Caltrans in July. Public Works then issued a notice of funding for the money in September, with the Miracle Mile Community Improvement District requesting the funds a month later for the improvement project.