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Hello! I am a resident of Arcata and live in the Westwood area. My greatest concerns about this project are:
1) Parking
2) Housing
3) Building heights
1) Parking. I agree that we need to distance ourselves from cars but even those who bike to work every day, usually own a car to go visit grandma, or go shopping for larger items, or out of town. They will need a place to park that car. It might be feasible to have a car for several families to be shared but even that can create problems given maintenance
and insurance. Cars are part of the reality in this area where the public transportation options are still limited. And the
need to be parked when not in use. And they are a source of housing for those without other options. Anyone biking to
work these past few days?
2). Housing. There is a lot of talk about this plan creating housing but without incentives for folks to adopt section 8 options for the development or other ways to provide housing to the low income residents, this housing boon will be a boon to the developers pocketbooks and not to the housing market for the less wealthy. I live near 2575 Alliance, a large low income apartment complex, that  houses MANY people and while it is not perfect, it is pretty darn great! It is well
run, clean, well maintained, with open parks and playgrounds, adequate parking and reasonable rents for those
residents. It should be a model for future growth of housing for low income citizens.
3) Building Heights. It seems counterintuitive that the planners would disregard the recommendations by the Fire
Department to limit the building heights given the potential for disaster. It strikes me that the height should be predominantly 3 story with a possible setback 4th floor that had easy access from the 3rd floor and a space up there for gardens and community use (ie: barbecues, gatherings). That is if the access to the top floor was easily constructed to
allow for safe access by emergency personnel. Thank you for listening to my concerns.
Joan Edwards