[Editor’s note: The letter below from Lisa Brown was posted to the City’s website on April 14, 2023. However it did not contain the necessary attachment of the map that is referred to in the letter. Arcata1.com obtained that map, and it is posted below the “official” City letter.]

Note:  What is shown below is a copy of the original letter, made for this website.  It is included here only so that the contents of the original letter can be searchable.  (The PDF received from the City is in the form of an image, and so is not a searchable document.)

What is below is not the letter sent by the letter-writer. It will contain typographical errors and other departures from the original.  The PDF displayed above is accurate.  The text below is not accurate.  It is printed here for indexing purposes, so that each word can be indexed and included in the search.

Dear Commissioners.
Please find attached a map of the Cannabis Zone that I have modified to show the acreages of the parcels/groups of parcels in the southwestern portion of the zone. I feel that the Commission should consider the question as to whether to rezone these areas to RH to accommodate and plan for Cal Poly’s need to provide student-type housing.

It has been 2 years and 8 months since your Planning Commission has reviewed and approved a cannabis related business for the entire zone.
My reason/goals for requesting this change: *Proximity to the school, easy walking distance. *Remove the Coastal Zone portion of the Gateway Plan which is risky business given sea level and water table rise. *Remove the need to rezone agricultural resource land for high density housing. *Remove the need to rezone residential neighborhoods to RH. *Address and plan for the continual need for student housing in Arcata in a location that makes sense due to proximity to school.
Please consider the figures found in the chart below.
Thank you for your attention and diligence.

Lisa A. Brown
Arcata