Sherri Starr – February 10, 2023

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    The best attended public engagement event regarding the Draft Gateway Area Plan was
    the open house held in January, 2022. Community members gave a great amount of
    feedback on a number of topical posters that were placed around the room. The City did
    not document the feedback given at this event in sufficient detail. A very limited summary
    is included in the Draft Engagement Report.
    Community members took it upon themselves to review photos of the engagement
    posters and prepared reports for each poster, documenting all feedback that was visible in
    those photos. A small amount of responses were hidden by overlapping sticky notes or
    was illegible.
    Open House feedback was not included for consideration at the August, 2022 Planning
    Commission and City Council study session and it is not mentioned in the packet for
    tomorrow’s FBC workshop. Why not? Everyone who took the time to attend and provide
    feedback should be heard. Their feedback is relevant to tomorrow’s topics of discussion.
    Considering this, I have attached the most relevant of the engagement poster reports for
    your review:
    What Have We Heard So Far?
    Arcata is Growing…Planning for Growth Helps Manage It
    Arcata’s future multi-family housing developments should look…More like this
    Gateway Area Amenities
    Final Thoughts/Feedback
    The table “Building height maximum – per January 2022 Open House engagement”
    documents the following:
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     written feedback from all posters
     opinions regarding a specific number of building stories
     vague references not included
     visible written comments

    JANUARY
    Thank you for considering the community’s voice in your decision making process.