No formal action was taken, but several councilors and commissioners took the opportunity to express their opinions regarding several of the plan’s elements, such as land use policy, where mixed residential and commercial sites are appropriate and the future of parking in Arcata.
The proposal, part of the Gateway Area Plan – a strategy to create dense, mixed-use infill development within Arcata’s 138-acre creamery district – would have extended L Street from Alliance Road to Samoa Boulevard and attempted to make the area safer for pedestrians by narrowing the streets. However, the three Arcata City Councilmembers who can be present for gateway discussions because they lack conflicts disagreed and directed staff to remove that section of the plan.
The Arcata Planning Commission set building heights for several districts in the Gateway Area Plan, the city’s attempt to rezone the 138-acre Creamery District to facilitate mixed-use commercial and residential infill development.
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