Note:  What is shown below is a copy of the original letter, made for this website.  It is included here only so that the contents of the original letter can be searchable.  (The PDF received from the City is in the form of an image, and so is not a searchable document.)

What is below is not the letter sent by the letter-writer. It will contain typographical errors and other departures from the original.  The PDF displayed above is accurate.  The text below is not accurate.  It is printed here for indexing purposes, so that each word can be indexed and included in the search.

 Regarding high‐rise housing in Arcata, I think problems presented by going up to five, six, seven, or eight stories deserve to be addressed with creative solutions AND can be addressed in ways that recognize the values of aesthetics, practicality, comfort, safety, sunlight on public sidewalks, and whatever other issues may present as we consider radical
changes in our cityscape. That the changes are radical, or that they look unfamiliar on Planet Arcata, are not reasons to be automatically rejected.
Indeed, our planet requires us to devise and implement far‐reaching and consequential changes to significantly curb our energy consumption and our dependence on private vehicles.
Thank you for persisting in pursuit of these goals.
Sincerely,
Chip Sharpe