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May 9 2023 PUBLIC COMMENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
I read the Staff Report for today’s meeting to try to determine the exact items on tonight’s agenda, and
concluded as follows:
1) As noted under “Recommendation,” the meeting tonight will focus on the Historical
Preservation Element and topics in the Gateway Area Plan Concerns and Solutions List. Does
that include all topics in the Concerns & Solutions list, or only those related to affordable
housing, gentrification and homeownership as implied in the Introduction? This lack of clarity
is a problem for the public if you want to avoid our wanting to address the other topics such as
sea level rise in our comments.
2) It would have been very helpful to both PlanCo and the public if the Concerns and Solutions list
had been provided as an attachment, rather than having to search for it.
3) Note that in the recommendation, “as time allows the Commission should return to the
Circulation Element and Land Use Element “Bike Rack” items.” It would have been useful to
have an attachment with those “Bike Rack” elements.
4) In the Introduction, it says “as time allows, the Commission will return to policy
recommendations held over from previous meeting.” Same problem. Those policy
recommendations need to be attached.
If you want to save the time and energy of the Commissioners and the public, it’s quite important to
make it easy for them to access the actual items that will or may be on the agenda, even if there may
not be time to discuss them. Please fix this.
Thank you for your attention,
Jane Woodward, Arcata resident
The pertinent Staff Report items for tonight’s meeting are quoted below.

RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Planning Commission use its updated meeting framework to provide a
recommendation on the General Plan Updates, including the Gateway Area Plan, and the Form-Based Code
for the Gateway Area by July. Staff recommends the Commission use the framework to discuss
amendments to the Historic Preservation Element and topics included in the Gateway Area Plan
Concerns and Solutions list. As time allows, the Commission should return to the Circulation Element
and Land Use Element “Bike Rack” items.
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INTRODUCTION:
This meeting will focus on reviewing the Historic Preservation Element, as well as the impacts related
to affordable housing, gentrification, and homeownership included in the “Concerns and Solutions”
list finalized by the PC on November 8, 2022. The Commission will use the April 27, 2023, amended
Framework (Attachment A) to make changes to the draft Elements. As time allows, the Commission
will return to policy recommendations held over from previous meetings.