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A plan that is not feasible is no plan at all.

If the Gateway Plan is not going to provide truly affordable housing for the people who need it, then what’s the point? If working people can’t buy a home and can’t afford the rent, then we need to think this through more.

Want to better understand the basis for a person’s decision?
Check out the Four Decision-Making Styles.


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City Council & Planning Commission – March 2024

The General Plan draft Environmental Impact Report and the Gateway Code are both inadequate and sub-standard. The deadline for submitting written comments on the draft EIR was March 18. Comments from Andrea Tuttle and Fred Weis are now on Arcata1.com. I’ll be posting comments from other people also.

City Council & Planning Commission – February 2024

The General Plan draft Environmental Impact Report is out, and the newest version of the Gateway Code (the Form-Based Code) is available also. Over these next weeks there will be a variety of articles on these two very important documents.

3D images of buildings in the Gateway districts

As a heads-up on what’s to come:  The General Plan draft Environmental Impact Report and the Gateway Code are both inadequate and sub-standard. I’ll be getting into this more in future articles. For now we have:

“I’ve seen a lot of tough eras, a lot of downturns in my life.
And times when we didn’t understand each other.
It seems like we’ve lost our heart at times.
When the fog of division, discord, and blame made it hard to see what lies ahead.

But after those trials, we all rallied around what was right, and acted as one.”

Also on Arcata1.com:  Paul Simon: American Tune


City Council & Planning Commission – January 2024

 

City Council & Planning Commission – December 2023

Topical articles for you to read

   The Brown Act State law in California — Selected Articles  

The Brown Act presentation to the City Council — December 6, 2023
Video and slides. 1 hour 10 minutes.

Inclusionary Zoning

The California Inclusionary Housing Programs searchable database

A list of Inclusionary Housing Programs in California

Arcata’s Housing Element calls for 20% affordable housing for the Gateway Plan. What happened?

The costs to the people of Arcata of Cal Poly Humboldt’s expansion

Colleges must pay for increased traffic, firefighting and other costs caused by campus expansions

UC Berkeley lawsuit decisions may affect Arcata too

A clash over housing pits UC Berkeley against its neighbors
“Additional students will put more pressure on the local housing market and increase rents for everybody, hitting low-income students and low-income nonstudent families the hardest.”
We don’t want students to have to live in cars, campers, and hotel rooms.”

What’s going on with the Gateway Area Plan?

500 or 3,500 apartments in Gateway? Please clarify

The Myth of “Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible” Open Spaces
The Community Benefits Program in the Gateway Area Plan is a noble concept. Unfortunately, in its current conception, it will not work.
Over 500 views. Estimated reading time 14 minutes but can be skimmed by reading the topic headings. Includes suggestions for solutions.

When will the General Plan and the Gateway Plan be completed?
In 2022, it was projected that the General Plan and Gateway Area Plan would be completed in December 2022.
In 2023, it was projected that the General Plan and Gateway Area Plan would be completed in December 2023.
The projected completion date is now sometime after September 2024 — but that has not yet been formally announced.


 

City Council & Planning Commission – November 2023

City Council – Planning Commission joint study session

Taking place October 24, 2023

October, 2023

 

For the September 26, 2023, Study Session      

 General concerns

Housing issues

Affordable Housing and Home Ownership

Solar Shadowing – 3D images, videos, and more 

September, 2023 Estimated reading times shown

For the August 22, 2023 joint City Council / Planning Commission study session

 

August, 2023

Currently of interest:

The State Density Bonus laws and the Gateway Community Benefits program

What’s popular and of interest right now

Gateway Density & Feasibility Study

Will upper floor step-backs vanish?

Parking issues and questions

Should the K/L Street couplet be an option or a recommendation?

(A review of the Planning Commissioners’ straw poll vote)

Latest Form-Based Code articles

New Articles

Topical

Inclusionary Zoning

Form-Based Code

Older articles that are topical right now

General Interest

Transportation Safety Committee 

Creamery meetings – Maps and Business information

Current topics – for the Planning Commission 

Rezoning articles and issues

The Planning Commission wants to decrease public input, and continues to violate the Brown Act “transparence” laws.

The L Street Pathway and Linear Park

Sea Level Rise

 

City Council articles

Visualizing Housing Density

Form-Based Code

Fire Protection

Parking and Economic Development

Westwood Garden Apartments

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This website exists to provide information for you. The Gateway Plan — in its implications and consequences — is an extremely complex matter. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Only by being informed can the public and our elected and appointed officials make the needed determinations that will create a new Arcata.

The images, maps, information, viewpoints, and policies provided by the City planners and consultants are simply inadequate. People making decisions need information.

If there is information that you’d like, or you have questions or observations about the Gateway Plan, please write.


Here are some ideas and articles for recommended reading.
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Looking for something in particular, or a name or a topic or something that someone said?  You can use the search box at the upper right corner of every page.

Overview and Maps

Gateway Advisory Committee

General 

And more !  Check back regularly.

If there is information that you’d like, or you have questions or observations about the Gateway Plan, please write.