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I wanted to reach and and thank all of you for your efforts and time spent with Arcata’s future
planning. I have enclosed an analysis review of the January 2022 2-day open house created by
the Responsible Growth Arcata (RGA) group. As you have probably seen, Arcata City Staff
has created a Draft Summary of the 2-day event but have yet to finalize the report with
statistics, numbers and a proper evaluation final report. RGA has taken the time to go through
all the Poster Boards, sticky notes, comments and such from the Community event and our
report shows an reasonably accurate depiction of the attending Community members
responses, opinions as well as future vision ideology. Note- It is understandable why staff has
not had the time to create a similar evaluation as the process was very tedious.
Also, we are fully in support for the City to hire an outside company that specializes in City
Vison Surveys. As we are nearing the timeline where more details for the zoning and codes
are going to be created we believe that firming up the Community’s Vision is crucial. The
RGA group members have varied personal opinions on the details of the Gateway Area Draft
but as a Community based group we work really hard to glean and follow the overall vision of
the Community.
Please consider the community’s vision and reflections shown in this report as you move
forward with the development of the Gateway Area Plan draft. Feel free to reach out if you
have any questions or want to share your thought about the future planning process.
Kind RegardsChris Richards
Responsible Growth Arcata (RGA)