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To: Planning Commission Chair Vaissade-Elcock, Vice-Chair Davies, Commissioners Mayer, Tangney,
Figueroa, Lehman, Simmons
Community Development Department Director Loya, CDD staff Dart, Freitas
From: Fred Weis
Re: February 11 Form-Based Code study session recording is on-line

 The Planning Commission study session of February 11 is on Arcata1.com here. This was the first
in-person meeting with our Form-Based Code consultant, Ben Noble. Because the
Councilmembers were requested to not be present, and for members of the public who were not
able to be there for four hours on a Saturday morning — also so that you could see it and review it —
a couple of members of the community and I hired the videographer Eric Black to record video of the
event, and I recorded audio. The video is a bit crude (Eric supplied just the raw footage), but very
useful. All the slides and course materials from the workshop are included in the articles.
 There will be two more Planning Commission 4-hour study sessions with Ben Noble. These meetings
are scheduled for March 18 and April 22.
I would like to provide recordings of these meetings as well.
 The cost of hiring Eric Black was $175. I’ve requested reimbursement for this expense and allocation of
$350 for the two future meetings. I feel it’s an important part of public engagement. Asking people
with jobs and families to sit for four hours on a Saturday morning, and not providing a
recorded alternative, is not right, in my view.
 The Form-Based Code presentation page on Arcata1.com is here. Other Form-Based Code material can
be found here.
David Loya’s Building and Massing presentation videos from August 12, 2022 with commentary are
there, and Ben Noble’s June 29 and August 12 workshops are there. The June 29 article has a full
transcription of the talk and a complete table of contents, so you can read or skim it.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions, or if there are any maps, recordings, transcriptions, or
other data that would be useful to you.
Thank you.
‐‐ Fred Weis