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From YouTube: Arcata City Council Meeting - 8/16/2023
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City of Arcata Live Stream
A
Okay
good
evening
and
thank
you
for
attending
and
viewing
the
August
16th
meeting
of
the
Arcata
city
council,
the
city
council
meeting
is
being
held
as
a
hybrid
meeting,
with
both
in-person
attendance
and
teleconference
access
via
Zoom.
Our
first
signing
this
item
this
evening
is
a
land
acknowledgment.
The
city
of
Arcata
acknowledges
that
the
lands
we
are
located
on
are
the
unseated
ancestor
lands
of
the
Wyatt
tribe.
A
The
land
that
Arcata
rests
on
is
known
in
the
wiat
language
as
Houdini,
meaning
over
in
the
woods
or
among
the
Redwoods
past
action
by
local
state
and
federal
governments
remove
the
we
ought
and
other
indigenous
peoples
from
their
land
and
threaten
to
destroy
their
cultural
practices.
The
city
of
Arcata
acknowledges
the
weak
Community
their
Elders,
both
past
and
present,
as
well
as
future
Generations.
This
acknowledgment
seeks
to
Aid
in
dismantling
the
Legacy
narratives
of
settler
colonialism.
If
you
would
like
to
please
join
for
the
flag
salute.
A
Okay,
anyway,
we
could
have
a
history
lesson
on
on
that,
but
will
the
city
clerk
please
call
the
roll.
A
If
you're
logged
on
to
zoom
click
raise
your
hand
when
it
is
time
for
public
comment
on
the
item
you
wish
to
speak
on
or
if
you're
on
the
phone
press
star
nine,
to
raise
your
hand
when
it's
your
turn,
you'll
be
prompted
to
dial
star
six
to
unmute
your
phone
for
each
item.
We
will
take
in-person
public
comment
first
and
then
move
to
online
comments.
We
will
not
be
going
back
and
forth.
So
if
you
want
to
make
comment,
please
raise
your
hand
online
or
line
up
at
the
podium.
A
Our
next
item
is
ceremonial
matters,
and
this
evening
we
have
a
proclamation
recognizing
September
10th
through
16th
2023
as
suicide
prevention
week,
and
this
Proclamation
will
be
read
by
council
member
Atkins
Salazar.
Thank
you.
C
Whereas
suicide
is
a
national
and
Statewide
Public,
Health
problem
and
suicide
prevention
is
a
national
and
Statewide
responsibility
and
whereas
suicide
is
the
11th
leading
cause
of
death
in
the
United
States.
The
second
leading
cause
of
death
among
children,
ages,
10
to
14,
the
third
leading
cause
of
death
among
children,
ages,
15
to
24
and
the
second
leading
cause
of
death
among
individuals
between
the
ages
of
25
and
34.,
and
whereas
it
is
estimated
that
in
2021
there
were
1.7
suicide
attempts
over
48
has
not.
It
has
to
be
wrong.
C
Although
often
that
condition
was
not
recognized
or
treated,
and
whereas
organizations
such
as
the
American,
Foundation,
For,
Suicide
Prevention
are
dedicated
to
saving
lives
and
bringing
hope
to
those
affected
by
Suicide
through
research,
education,
advocacy
and
resources
for
those
who
have
lost
someone
to
Suicide
or
who
struggle,
and
we
urge
that
we
number
one
recognize
suicide
as
a
preventive,
preventable,
National
and
state
public
health
problem
and
declare
Suicide
Prevention
to
be
a
priority.
Acknowledge
that
no
single
suicide
prevention
program
or
effort
will
be
appropriate
for
all
populations
or
communities
address.
C
Therefore,
be
it
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
Arcata
that
hereby
recognizes
September
10th
through
16th
2023
as
suicide
prevention
week
and
recognizes
September
10th
as
World
Suicide,
Prevention,
Day
and
I
do
think
there
might
be
a
typo
in
here.
So
if
there
is,
we
can
redo
that
and
and
get
it
back
to
you
and
we
do
have
Heather
Freitas
is
here
to
accept
and
she
is
the
walk
chair
for
out
of
the
darkness.
It's
the
Arcata
walk
from
the
American
foundation
for
suicide
prevention.
C
D
D
Thank
you,
everyone
for
being
here,
although
everyone's
here
for
different
reasons,
I,
do
want
to
invite
everybody
to
the
upcoming
Arcata
out
of
the
darkness.
Community
walk
we've
been
hosting
this
in
Arcata
since
2015.
D
it's
going
to
be
on
Sunday
September
10th
on
the
Arcata
Plaza.
It
begins.
Registration
opens
at
9
00
a.m,
and
our
program
begins
at
10.
It's
actually
on
world
Suicide
Prevention
Day
this
year,
which
is
also
the
beginning
of
suicide
prevention
week.
So
I
have
some
flyers
if
anybody
would
like
some,
including
for
the
city
council.
D
A
Right,
thank
you.
Okay.
Our
next
item
this
evening
is
going
to
be
early
oral
Communications.
The
city
council
values
your
comments,
and
this
is
a
15-minute
time
period
to
allow
people
to
address
the
Council
on
matters
not
on
the
agenda.
Know
that,
pursuant
to
the
brown
act,
the
council
cannot
discuss
or
take
action
on
items
that
are
not
listed
on
the
posted
agenda
and
at
the
end
of
all
oral
Communications.
The
council
May
respond
to
statements
and
supported
requests
that
require
Council
action
will
be
set
for
a
future
agenda
or
referred
to
staff.
A
E
Just
to
keep
things
moving
along
greetings,
everyone,
my
name
is
Joanne
McGarry,
as
many
people
will
know,
I
come
here
all
the
time
and
I
sometimes
like
to
talk
about
three
things.
E
We
also
have
other
issues
that
could
crop
up,
that
we
need
to
be
prepared
about
and
I
just
in
walking
around
town
am
concerned
about
how
prepared
our
community
really
is
when
something
serious
happens
in
our
community
that
we
all
need
to
respond
to.
So
that
was
the
second
thing,
and
the
third
thing
was
well.
I
was
just
going
to
show
you
I
always
carry
my
go
bag
wherever
I
can
possibly
it's
really
heavy
today,
because
it
has
a
lot
of
books
about
climate
change,
and
so
that
was
the
other
issue.
E
F
F
This
is
my
first
time
talking
before
anybody
like
this.
Besides,
where
I
tell
everybody
I'm
an
alcoholic,
so
besides
that
I
have
11
years
without
drinking
and
nothing
has
gotten
easier
everywhere,
I
go,
it
is
equally
harder.
F
Have
you
ever
seen,
birds
that
get
dirty?
They
get
pecked
to
death
by
the
other
birds.
If
you
don't
have
a
place
to
get
clean,
people
can
tell
it
and
they
will
take
it
out
on
you
and
I
think
that
you
could
care
more
and
there's
also
an
organization
that
could
work
more
closely
with
you.
That
I
already
know
exists
here
called
aha
and
they
really
want
to
do
something
about
that,
and
I
would
like
to
see
it
too.
Thank
you.
G
Yeah
good
evening,
I'm
Fred
wise
with
arcader1.com
what
I've?
Given
you
there
is
a
budget
for
the
expenditures
on
the
Gateway
project
and
what
I've
circled
there
is
the
expenditures
for
the
3D
modeling.
As
we
all
know,
3D
modeling
is
crucially
important,
especially
at
a
time
when
we're
evaluating
form-based
code.
Without
it
it's
very
difficult
to
establish
a
view
of
building
and
massing
with
it.
It's
very
easy.
There's
articles
on
decaturone.com
about
this
you'll
see
that
the
total
budget
there
is
34
600.
G
G
Second,
we
have
three
study
sessions
approaching
us
which
I
look
forward
to
August
22nd
and
September
26th
October
24th
in
the
agenda
packet.
It
says
the
purpose
is,
as
a
draft
excuse
me
for
your
consideration.
It
says
the
purpose
is
to
develop
a
final
draft
of
each
of
the
general
plan
elements,
the
Gateway
area
plan
and
The
form-based
Code
by
November
17th.
G
That
is
one
session
of
the
Planning
Commission
after
your
last
study
session.
It
does
not
seem
adequate.
Lastly,
it
says
it's
provided
a
recommendation
for
Council
for
adoption.
It
is
not
it's
a
recommendation.
They
supplied
the
Planning
Commission
supplied
a
recommendation
for
your
consideration,
not
for
your
adoption.
It's
a
crucial
thing.
It's
actually
a
legal
element
also
thanks
very
much.
H
Look
at
Stefan,
Council
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
term
L
Street
interface
Corridor.
The
term
was
coined
in
the
interim
period
during
2010
to
2015
the
Rails
to
Trails
to
Define
pathway
interface
with
shared
use
roads.
It
starts
with
begin
L,
Street,
Irvine
interface
Corridor,
his
node
at
11th,
Street
and
L
Street
pathway
and
urban
Interfaith
Corridor
at
7th
and
L
Street.
The
pathway
presently
only
lacks
a
segment
between
11th
and
10th
and
is
still
a
shared
use.
H
Road
I
believe
the
term
Urban
interface
Corridor
is
still
applicable
today,
because
Greenways
exist
north
of
11th,
Street
and
south
of
7th.
These
Greenways
offer
the
greatest
contribution
to
the
L
Street
lunar
Park
and
represent
the
greatest
loss
community
members
of
Arcata
in
the
future.
Greatwood
Trail
Travelers.
H
I
just
like
to
say,
No
Hands
enhancements
will
be
achieved
by
trading
these
unspoiled
spaces
for
more
asphalt
director
Laura
recently
in
a
video
Gateway
area
plan
for
Post
circulation,
Network
changes
and
evaluated
alternatives
claimed
attempts
to
timestamp
323
Gateway
policy,
GA
7i
and
no
net
loss
will
prevent
trails
from
being
moved,
no
net
loss
of
mitigation
term
that
allows,
in
this
case,
to
trade,
the
L
Street
class,
one
Trail
for
another
class,
one
Trail
in
another
area.
So
it's
it's
all
kind
of
bogs,
my
Minds.
H
It's
completely
backwards
and
I'll
just
kind
of
end.
On
that
note,
thanks.
A
I
Comment,
we
do
our
first.
One
is
Nicholas,
go
ahead,
Nicholas.
I
J
Can,
oh
great
hey?
My
name
is
Nicholas
Tom
yanovich.
Thank
you
for
having
me
I'm
new
to
the
community
here.
I
got
stuck
here
for
some
medical
care.
I
was
injured
up
in
Crescent
City
by
a
water
machine,
a
Primo,
glacier
water
machine
in
front
of
a
Safeway
I,
sustained
some
serious
injuries.
I
fell.
I
broke.
My
back
my
hand
needed
a
couple
surgeries.
J
So
basically,
what
I'm
here
today
for
is
a
public
safety
concern
regarding
you
know
a
pattern
of
gross
negligence.
I've
seen
with
this
company
in
your
community.
J
It's
outside
of
Safeway
in
Arcata
right
there
by
the
square
I
found
a
machine
in
similar,
neglected,
rusted
rotted
condition
to
the
one
that
electrocuted
me
since
I've,
been
electrocuted,
I've,
contacted
them
I'm
in
litigation
and
all
that
and
I've
even
found
out
they've
electrocuted
other
people
who
ended
up
they're
dead.
Now,
as
a
result,
they're
not
really
taking
me
seriously
the
companies,
the
corporations,
the
managers
I've
tried
contacting
everyone.
B
J
J
The
Department
of
Environmental
Health
goes
inside
Safeway,
not
outside
Safeway,
so
I
went
as
far
as
calling
to
the
police
and
said:
hey
I'd,
like
to
disable
the
machine
that
electrocuted
me
and
they
told
me
that
I
would
go
to
jail
for
disabling
a
machine
that
had
just
electrocuted
me
and
no
one
could
turn
it
off.
Well
now,
I've
found
a
similar
machine
in
front
of
Safeway
and
I've
contacted
them.
J
It's
been
two
years
since
my
injury
and
I'm
still
in
litigation
and
they're
still
denying
that
this
occurred,
allegedly
as
they
say
and
they're,
not
I'm,
finding
Rusty
machines
and
Brookings
and
Fortuna
I
found.
A
Okay,
so
Nicholas,
thank
you.
That
is
your
two
minutes,
but
thank
you
for
sharing
this.
This,
your
experience
with
us.
K
Hear
me
we
can
oh
good
okay.
This
is
Lisa
pellich
here
I'm
calling
in
to
well
basically
to
apologize
to
Mayor,
Schaefer
and
councilmember
Matthews
for
well
actually
a
headline
that
was
written.
I
wrote
a
letter
last
week
to
the
Mad
River
Union
and
there
was
a
headline
that
said:
vote
Schaefer
and
Matthew's
out
of
office,
and
that
was
not
my
intention.
My
intention
was
to
let
people
know
that
they
have
options.
If
the
council
is
is
repeatedly
not
responsive
to
the
community
that
we
have
options,
and
that
was
my
only
intention.
K
I
did
not
specify
anybody
to
be
voted
out
of
office.
In
fact,
I
admire
the
mayor
and
I
know
councilman
member
Matthews
a
little
less,
but
I
admire
her
for
her
commitment
to
people
in
our
community
who
don't
have
a
voice,
and
so
you
know
I
may
even
vote
for
them
again
so
to
to
have
people
specified
when
I
did
not
specify
people
in
that
manner
really
was
disturbing,
but
it's
I.
Guess
it's
it's
my
responsibility,
because
I
did
kind
of
say
that
we
can
vote
these
people
out.
K
If
they're
not
listening
to
us,
we
can
vote
them
out
so,
but
I
just
meant
to
put
that
forward
as
an
option,
and
it's
not
any
shade
on
the
people
who
are
representing
us
right
now.
I,
don't
know
how
they're
going
to
vote.
I,
don't
judge
people
on
just
one
vote,
I'm,
judging
them
on.
You
know
a
pattern
of
whether
they
listen
to
the
community
or
not
so
I
I
apologize
with
all
my
heart
unreservedly
and
I
just
wanted
to
let
the
community
know
that
they
do
have
more
power.
K
I
have
felt
powerless
in
the
past
and
I
just
wanted
people
to
feel
they
have
more
power
than
they
think.
So.
That's
all.
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
your
service
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say
thank
you.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you,
Lisa.
Do
we
have
any
more
online
comments
this
evening?
No
further
comments,
all
right
without
we
will
move
on
from
our
first
early
oral
Communications
period
and
that
takes
us
into
the
consent
calendar
all
matters
on
the
consent.
Calendar
are
considered
to
be
routine
by
the
city
council
and
are
enacted
in
one
motion.
There
is
no
separate
discussion
of
any
of
these
items
and
if
discussion
is
required,
that
item
is
removed
from
the
consent,
calendar
and
considered
separately.
A
The
city
manager
to
execute
all
applicable
documents,
approve
an
agreement,
an
election
for
the
city
of
Arcata
to
establish
a
California
employers's
pension,
pre-funding,
trust
funds,
ceppt
to
pre-fund,
employee
or
employer
contributions
to
a
defined
benefit,
pension
plan
and
authorize
the
mayor
or
vice
mayor,
to
execute
all
applicable
documents.
Item
e,
adopt
resolution
number
234-04,
establishing
and
improving
an
unclaimed
funds
policy
and
procedure
and
item
F,
adopt
resolution
number
234-03,
establishing
and
approving
a
pension
funding
policy.
So
are
there
any
members
of
Staff
or
council
members
that
would
like
to
remove
an
item
from
consent?
A
Yeah
item
D,
yeah,
okay
and
then
yeah.
So
if
we
have
any
members
of
the
public
that
want
to
remove
consent,
items
come
up
to
the
microphones,
so
people
at
home
can
hear
you
okay,
and
so
we
are
removing
item
D
and
item
F
and
then
just
hang
by
when
we'll
take
comment
on
those.
So
any
other
items
besides
dnf
that
want
to
be
removed
is
there's
a
different
item.
Jim,
okay,
yeah
com.
Well,
which
item?
Do
you
want
to
remove
me.
H
A
Okay,
so
do
we
have
a
motion
then
to
approve
items
b,
c
and
e
all.
A
M
H
I
have
pretty
brief.
My
comments
were
left
out
from
the
minutes,
and
it
was
just
to
give
briefly.
Let
you
know
is
that
60
Minutes
on
the
time
stamp
and
it
was
just
drawing
the
parallels
between
the
great
Redwood
Trail
in
Ukiah,
linear
Park
and
some
of
the
trajectory
of
the
trying
to
get
our
Trail
designated
in
their
open
spaces,
and
that's
that's
pretty
much
it,
and
so
just
taking
note
that
that
was
action
from
there
and
I.
Consider
it
something
important.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
Jim
Bridget.
Did
you
get
that
okay?
So
if
folksun
would
like
to
approve
them
and
it's
as
as
amended
to
include
Jim's
comments
about
the
great
robot
Trail
and
the
connectivity.
A
N
So
my
name
is
Pat
Carr
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
council
for
removing
this
item
from
the
consent,
calendar,
and
especially
council
members,
white
and
Stillman,
for
their
attention
to
this
issue.
I
I
think
I'm
just
going
to
make
a
comment,
and
that
was
my
main
interest
in
having
it
removed.
I'm
a
myself,
a
retired
Public
Employee
I
receive
a
purse
pension
myself
and
I'm
absolutely
in
support
of
the
city,
ensuring
that
your
vested
employees
receive
a
decent
pension
council.
N
That
endorsement
then
write
a
letter
to
the
assembly
Committee
on
Public
Employees
in
retirement,
where
the
bill
will
next
be
heard
and
letting
them
know
that
so
please,
I
I,
hope
that
you
will
agendaize
this,
get
it
on
for
your
next
city
council
meeting
and
make
that
endorsement.
This
is
a
bill
that
gets
potentially
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
of
Investments
out
of
fossil
fuels
could
have
a
huge
Rippling
effect
across
financial
markets,
reducing
the
incentives
and
certainly
the
the
positive
look
for
fossil
fuels
as
an
investment
route.
Thank
you.
E
Hi
I
didn't
know,
Pat
was
going
to
be
here,
but
I
did
know
everything
he
says
and
Arcata
needs
to
show
the
way
of
responsible
investing
for
the
future
of
our
humanity
and
the
planet.
So
please,
please
endorse
the
divestment
of
your
Calpers
Investments
for
the
retirement
fund
and
for
the
special
fund.
We
need
to
just
start
talking
out
loud
about
the
fossil
fuel
folly.
A
Okay,
do
any
council
members
have
any
follow-up
questions
or
comments
or
Tabitha?
Do
you
have
anything
to
add
on
the
topic
you
don't
have
to,
but.
O
Obviously,
if
you
take
action
on
taking
a
stand
on
SB
252,
that
is
separate
from
where
what
we're
asking
you
to
do
tonight,
and-
and
certainly
that
is
your
prerogative
I.
If
I
was
going
to
make
a
personal
decision,
I
probably
would
I
would
I,
it
would
probably
be
in
favor
of
it.
O
I
do
have
some
concerns
because
it
does
impact
the
financial
health
of
the
city,
and
we,
you
know
you
have
to
remember
that
we
are
now
at
a
31
million
dollar
unfunded
liability
for
our
pension
and
the
biggest
factor
in
that
is
the
investment
earnings
that
that
are
made
at
Calpers
and
so
every
dollar
that
they
missed
their
target
of
6.8
percent
earnings
comes
back
and
comes
back
to
the
city
of
Arcata
and
ultimately
that
ends
up
being
our
taxpayers
and
and
the
revenues
that
support
us
and
it
takes
away
from
other
programs,
and
so
I
just
want
to
be
really
cautious
about
making
sure
that
we
we
provide
Calpers
with
all
of
the
tools
that
they
have
to
try
to
maximize
those
Investments
and
I.
O
Don't
disagree
with
the
position
or
anything
else,
but
I
just
want
us
to
be
really
cautious
and
thoughtful
of
about
how
we,
how
you
take
that
stand
and
and
what
the
implications
could
possibly
be.
Just
as
a
a
side
note
I,
our
actuary
Actuarial
reports
that
we
get
about
this
time
of
year
in
Late
July
early
August
provide
the
most
up-to-date
information
on
our
liabilities
and
our
position,
and
they
they
actually
do
a
stress
test
where
they
show
you
what
your
liability
would
be.
O
If
you
they
calculated
on
a
6.8
earning,
then
they
calculated
on
what
would
be
5.8
percent,
which
is
actually
what
we
received
for
the
the
fiscal
year
22-23
and
then,
if
you
do
better
at
7.8
and
just
the
difference
between
that
one
percent,
if
it's
5.8
over
the
life
or
6.8,
adds
12
million
dollars
to
our
unfunded
liability.
So
even
a
small
fraction
change
in
their
earnings
could
mean
Millions
to
us,
and
so
I'd
like
I,
said.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
well
aware
of
sort
of
all
sides
of
that
equation.
L
I
did
have
something
yeah,
so
I
hear
what
talitha
is
saying
and
I
guess
divesting
from
fossil
fuels
was
part
of
my
platform
and
I
would
hope
that
we
could
at
least
have
a
discussion
put
it
on
a
future
agenda
item
in
light
that
we
declared
a
climate
emergency
in
September
of
2019.
L
If
I
got
that
acronym
correct,
you
know
what
I
would
like
to
know
who
we
are
investing
in
and
yeah
I'd
like
to
know
more.
A
Well
and
I'll
just
add,
because
I
think
this
is
something
that
I've
talked
about
with
the
city
manager
too.
That
I
would
you
know
yeah
I'm,
supportive
of
having
a
conversation
about
SB,
252
and
and
looking
at
how
we
could
support
that.
If
that's
something
this
Council
does
want
to
support
and
have
that
you
know
discussion
in
session
so
yeah.
Thank
you.
M
A
A
A
A
Approval
of
f,
okay
yeah.
So
if
no
other
questions,
we
have
a
motion
for
approval
of
f,
I'll,
second,
okay
and
a
second
from
vice
mayor
Matthews,
all
in
favor,
okay
and
now
that
takes
us
into
the
meat
of
our
meeting
here
this
evening.
A
So
we
are
going
to
be
receiving
a
presentation
from
Dr
Wendy
ring
of
the
humble
Coalition
for
clean
energy
regarding
biomass
in
a
possible,
not
this
meeting,
because
it
didn't
make
it
in
the
packet
but
a
resolution
that
they
brought
forward
that
we
can
also
take
a
look
at
in
the
future.
So
thank
you,
Dr
ring
for
being
here.
P
This
is
an
issue
that
I
feel
really
strongly
about
and
I
think
most
folks
in
Arcata
will
too,
because
this
is
the
lowest
hanging
fruit
for
climate
action
in
our
County,
we've
been
having
a
really
hard
time
coming
up
with
a
with
a
climate
action
plan
that
will
deliver
the
emissions
reductions
that
we
need
by
2030,
and
this
is
something
that
would
make
a
huge
dent
in
that
so
I'm
speaking
for
17
organizations.
P
So,
and-
and
so
we're
talking
about
biomass
I'm,
going
to
give
you
kind
of
a
whirlwind
tour
of
the
emissions
and
regulations
and
enforcement-
and
it's
it's
a
little
complicated
and
anyone
can
have
these
slides
after
if
you
want,
but
we're
just
going
to
kind
of
respect
your
time
and
go
through
it.
So
biomass
is
40
of
rcea's
renewable
portfolio.
We
spend
15
million
dollars
a
year
on
on
electricity.
That's
generated
down
in
Scotia
at
the
Humboldt
Sawmill
company.
Can
you
can
you
change
slide
for
me?
P
P
So
that's
the
general
picture.
Let's
look
at
our
our
plant,
in
particular,
as
as
power
plants
get
older,
particularly
biomass
plants
and
coal
plants,
they
become
less
efficient,
just
like
oh
and
and
so
the
Scotia
biomass
plan
is
37
years
old.
P
It
is
a
third
as
much
so
actually
go
back
there
for
just
a
second
the
plant
in
there's
another
biomass
plant
in
Anderson
and
what
people
often
say
if
we
say
oh
shut,
that
down
the
biomass
plan
is
oh
they'll,
just
Struck
it
to
Anderson,
and
that
would
be
more
emissions,
but
that
plant
is
actually
younger
and
more
efficient
and
I've
calculated.
What
the
emissions
would
be
to
put
it
in
big
trucks
and
drive
it
down
there,
and
even
if
you
do
that,
you
still
come
out
ahead.
P
So
you
get
so
you
get
40
Years
of
warming
and
when
that's
reabsorbed
that
doesn't
reverse
the
warming,
we
can't
take
the
heat
out
of
the
oceans.
We
can't
stop
the
permafrost
from
melting.
We
can't
stop
the
sea
level
from
rising,
so
it's
not
just
a
simple.
Oh,
it's
it
zeros
out
in
terms
of
carbon.
Eventually
we
have
to
look
at
what's
going
on
right
now,
which
is
pretty
clear
to
everybody.
We
just
passed
the
hottest
month
in
recorded
history,
go
ahead
and-
and
we
are
approaching
in
the
next
decade-
six
serious
Global
tipping
points.
P
P
So,
let's
talk
about
pollution,
there's
two
kinds
to
my
way
of
thinking:
there's
the
legal
pollution
and
then
there's
the
illegal
pollution,
because
the
law
emit
allows
biomass
to
emit
as
much
pollution
as
coal.
P
P
1570
tons
that
particulates
are
are
some
very,
very
small
and
the
ones
that
come
out
of
biomass,
particularly
they're,
like
Nano
sized,
and
they
go
from
the
from
your
lungs
into
your
bloodstream
and
carry
all
the
way
through
your
to
all
of
your
organs
and
and
some
of
the
toxins
that
we'll
talk
about
later
ride
piggyback
on
those
particles.
So
they
also
get
distributed.
P
So
that's
the
primary
particulates
at
top
in
red
and
then
the
next
four
items
come
out
of
the
smokestack
as
sulfur
dioxide,
nitrogen
oxide
Etc.
But
then
they
also
form
particulates.
So
those
are
the
secondary
particulates
and
and
I
I
used
a
model.
It's
an
online
model
that
the
EPA
has
to
help
policy
members
like
policy
makers
like
you
make
decisions
about
that
are
going
to
change
emissions
and
and
it
monetizes
the
health
impacts.
P
So
I
saw
that
the
EPA
was
tightening
their
standards
for
power
plants
and
I
wanted
to
see.
If
our
37
year
old
plant
could
meet
those
standards,
so
I
had
to
do
a
little
research
and
that
required
me
to
actually
read
the
regulations
and
and
read
all
the
documents
from
the
air
district
and
what
I
discovered
was
that
a
lot
of
the
state
and
federal
laws
for
preventing
pollution
from
power
plants
were
not
being
enforced
down
in
Scotia.
P
So
who
does
the
enforcing?
Is
the
our
our
regional
Air
Quality
Management
District?
The
EPA
doesn't
come
here
and
and
carb
the
Resource
Board
doesn't
come
here.
All
of
the
things
are
delegated
to
our
local
Air
District.
So
the
district
issues
the
permits
they
monitor
the
emissions
they
do,
the
inspections,
ensure
compliance,
and
when
that
compliance
doesn't
happen,
they
issue
notices
of
violation.
P
P
But
you
know
a
lot
could
go
wrong
in
between
you
know.
Over
a
three
year
period,
so
the
other
thing
that
they
have
is
our
continuous
emission
monitors
and
the
one
that
you're
looking
at
is
a
diagram
of
a
particulate,
monitor
called
an
opacity
monitor
where
they
just
shoot
some
light
through
it.
And
if
there's
a
lot
of
particles,
it
scatters
the
light,
and
so
they
get
an
approximation.
P
So
this
is
the
most
important
thing
for
protecting
the
community.
Will
breger,
who
is
a
was
a
former
attorney
for
the
EPA
and
for
carb,
is
someone
that
I
called
when
I
realized
that
so
things
were
going
wrong
and
I'd
like
what
do
I
do
and-
and
he
said
anybody
can
pass
the
stack
test-
the
first
test,
because
it's
scheduled
they
take
their
cleanest,
driest
fuel,
their
most
experienced
Personnel.
You
know,
I
mean
it's,
it's
a
it's
easy
to
do
that.
P
P
So,
when
rcea
put
out
a
request
for
bids
when
they
started
Our
Community
Choice
aggregation
back
in
2017,
The,
Humble,
Redwood
Company
put
in
a
bid
and
they
our
cea,
wanted
to
use
environmental
criteria
and
Humboldt
Redwood
company
said
that
they
only
had
one
air
quality
violation,
but
it
turns
out
that
they
were
withholding
12
months
of
monitoring
data
that
was
supposed
to
be
reported
to
the
air
District
every
month
and
they
they
were
not
hadn't,
given
it
to
them
and
when
the
air
District
finally
got
a
hold
of
it,
you
can
switch
the
slide
there
were.
P
Actually.
This
is
just
from
one
boiler:
407.
There
were
over
700
violations
of
pollution
limits
so
and
I.
Don't
think.
Looking
back
at
the
minutes
that
the
rcea
board
members
knew
that
when
they,
the
the
violations
had
been
issued,
but
I
don't
think
that
anybody
told
the
rcea
board
members
that
that's
what
they
were
doing
back
one
minute.
P
The
other
thing
that
I
found
out
was
that
those
opacity
monitors
are,
you
know,
they're
only
so
good
as
they're
accurate
and
the
people
who
are
reading
them
know
how
to
interpret
them,
and
it
turns
out
that
the
accuracy
tests
that
the
federal
government
says
that
they
were
supposed
to
be
doing
had
not
been
done
for
at
least
the
six
years
that
I
went
back
and
and
when
the
and
even
the
results
that
were
coming
out,
the
staff
at
the
air
District
were
allowing
twice
as
much
they're,
applying
an
old,
outdated
standard
that
allowed
twice
as
much
opacity
and
particulates
as
the
EPA
did.
P
So
what
does
that
mean?
Well
back
in
September
last
September?
They
did
that
test
where
they
pulled
the
smoke
out
of
the
smokestack,
and
they
found
that
two
out
of
those
three
boilers
had
emissions
that
were
nearly
double
when
one
was
more
than
double
and
the
other
was
less
than
double
of
what
the
EPA
limit
is.
But
those
opacity
monitors
were
running
and
they
should
have
shown
that
there
was
something
wrong
and
nothing
so.
P
The
previous
test
had
been
two
years
earlier,
so
this
this
plant
could
have
been
putting
out
all
of
that
extra
pollution
for
two
years
and
no
one
would
know
so.
There's
another
kind
of
pollution
other
than
particulates
that
comes
out
of
biomass
plants.
These
are
the
air
toxics
things
like
Benzene,
which
is
a
carcinogen
and
an
endocrine,
disruptor
formaldehyde,
which
is
an
irritant
to
the
airway
acroleum,
which
is
possible
carcinogen
and
also
is
thought
to
be
responsible
for
all
of
the
lung
damage
from
cigarette
smoking,
except
for
cancer.
P
Dioxin
is
tremendously
potent
and
polycyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbons,
which
which
even
pass
like
through
the
placenta
and
cause
brain
damage
in
developing
fetuses,
lowering
their
IQ
serious
stuff.
So
California
has
a
program
called
the
toxic
hotspot
program,
which
is
health-based,
unlike
the
federal
one,
and
it
has
four
steps
in
it.
One
is
that
the
plants
have
to
have
to
provide
the
air
District
within
toxic
emissions
inventory.
P
How
much
did
they
emit
of
each
toxic
and
then
the
air
District
puts
out
into
a
computer
model
that
the
state
has
and
outcomes
this
prioritization
score,
which
is
sort
of
the
urgency
for
seeing?
If
that's
causing
a
health
problem
and
then
if
the
score
is
high,
then
they
do
they.
They
use
another
part
of
that
model
and
and
assess
the
health
risk
to
the
community.
And
if
it's
high,
then
then
they
make
the
plant
lower
their
emissions
and
they
tell
the
community
and
if
it's
intermediate,
then
they
just
re.
P
P
We've
been
stuck
at
step,
one
for
the
last
20
years,
so
they
did
one
of
these
as
health
assessments
back
in
the
year
2000
and
and
then
they
never
did
it
again
and
the
prioritization
score
went
up
and
up
and
up
because
because
the
oiha,
the
office
of
environmental
health,
hazard
assessment
added,
37,
more
toxics
that
come
out
of
biomass
plants
that
needed
to
be
considered
they
that
the
emissions
themselves
increased,
which
I
can
show
you
in
the
next
slide.
P
This
is
just
Benzene
and
formaldehyde
emissions
increasing
and
and
then
they
also
have
changed.
The
state
also
changed
the
sensitivity
of
the
health
hazard
assessment
because
they
realized
that
children
were
much
more
vulnerable.
So
the
scorer
in
2000
was
79
and
in
2020
the
last
time
we
have
one
is
5999.
P
Finally,
after
a
lot
of
pressure
from
me,
are
going
to
do
a
health
reassessment,
but
instead
of
taking
the
emissions
inventory
that
they
had
and
just
sticking
it
in
the
computer
and
doing
it,
the
air
District
went
to
the
plant
and
said
well
we'll
let
you
come
up
with
your
own
method
for
measuring
your
air
toxics
and
then
maybe
it
won't
be
so
high
and
then
maybe
we
won't
have
to
do
anything,
and
so
the
plant
submitted
a
plan
that
even
the
air
District
couldn't
accept
and-
and
that
was
this
all
that
started
in
January
and
we're
at
August,
and
we
don't
even
have
a
plan
for
measuring
the
stuff.
P
So
this
is
really
unjust.
These
emissions
do
not
just
stay
in
Scotia
by
the
way
they
travel
multi-state
I
mean
you
know
what
happens
when
there's
a
wildfire.
You
know
how
far
these
things
go
right
so,
but
but
this
is
an
elementary
school
three
blocks
from
the
plant
and
you
can
see
you
know
in
between
the
slide
and
the
basketball
hoop,
there's
a
little
puff
of
white
smoke.
That's
the
that's
the
biomass
plant
there,
it's
pretty
close,
so
32
percent
non-white,
74,
economically
disadvantaged,
and
then
we've
got.
P
You
know
the
population
of
Humboldt
County,
the
American
Lung
Association
puts
out
something
called
the
state
of
the
air
every
year
and
they
give
us
a
report
card
and-
and
they
also
calculate
who
are
the
vulnerable
people
and
how
many
are
of
them
are
and
are
there
in
every
County.
And
so
this
is
just
a
look
at
the
vulnerable
folks
in
Humboldt,
County
and
they're.
P
You
know
the
the
groups
overlap,
so
you
can't
add
them
up,
but
you
can
see
that
it's
a
fair
number
of
people,
so
this
is
really
completely
unnecessary
from
the
point
of
view
of
the
public,
the
PG
e
plan
could
provide
all
of
our
electricity
all
of
our
electrons.
We
do
not
need
the
biomass
plant
when
the
biomass
plant
was
shut
down
in
2015,
the
lights
did
not
go
off
and
and
it
emits
far
less
pollution.
P
P
There
are
plenty
of
other
things
that
we
can
do
with
Mill
waste.
The
very
best
from
a
climate
perspective
would
be
composting
because
compost
is
net
carbon
negative.
If
you
include
applying
it
to
agricultural
land,
which
we
have
lots
of
around
here,
it's
proven
at
scale.
There
are
facilities
that
compost
as
many
tons
as
that
plant
is
burning
and
it's
the
lowest
cost
per
per
ton
of
carbon
dioxide
removal
that
you
can
see.
P
So
in
Humboldt,
it's
about
four
tons
of
of
a
CO2
equivalent
per
acre
per
year,
and
it
also
because
of
the
increased
moisture
holding
and
the
better
soil
structure
it.
It
prevents
protects
against
drought
and
heavy
rain,
so
it
would
be
good
for
our
farmers
and
our
Ranchers
gasification
is
not
is
different
than
combustion.
It's
done
with
less
oxygen
and
and
instead
of
just
burning
for
energy,
you
get
hydrogen,
you
get
biochar,
you
get
bio
biofuels
and
this
this
emits
much
less
pollution.
P
P
So
there
are
six
of
these
plants,
the
Woody
biomass
to
hydrogen
plants
under
development
in
California.
This
is
a
happening
thing.
There
are
plants
in
other
states
that
are
making
jet
fuel
gasoline
and
and
chemicals
that
are
going
to
be
replacements
for
petrochemicals
there's,
a
huge
need
for
biomass
mulch
for
restoration
after
wildfires
again,
you
know
there
is
a
market
for
for
exporting
the
chips.
There
are
other
things
that
we
could
do
or
that
the
plant
could
do
with
their
waste.
They
don't
have
to
burn
it.
P
So
this
is.
These
are
the
things
that
we
hear.
A
lot
oh,
it
would
just
emit
more
to
truck
it
to
Anderson.
Well,
no,
it
wouldn't
because
I
ran
those
numbers,
oh
it's
better
than
if
the,
if
the
Sawmill
Burns
it
or
puts
it
in
the
landfill.
Well,
they're
not
allowed
to
do
either.
Those
are
both
against
the
law
and
then,
lastly,
oh,
we
have
to
have
it
because
it's
protecting
us
from
Wildfire.
Well,
it's
burning
Mill
waste.
P
It's
not
burning
the
results
of
fuel
reduction
from
forests.
It's
burning,
Mill
waste,
so
in
2019,
after
Arcata
passed
its
resolution
and
Eureka
and
other
jurisdictions
Redwood
Coast
Energy
Authority
did
also
pass
a
resolution
that
we
would
have
100
clean
energy
by
2025,
and
then
they
went
back
on
that
promise
and
extended
the
biomass
contract
to
2031..
P
Now
I've
read
the
contract
and
it
has
things
in
it
that
would
allow
our
cea
to
terminate
that
early
first
of
all,
because
they
misrepresented
themselves
when
they
said
that
they
were
right
with
the
law
at
the
beginning
and
then
they've
had
12
violations
of
the
Clean
Air
accents
then
and
I
think
37
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
so
and
that
and
that's
enough
to
qualify
as
a
reason
to
get
out
of
the
contract.
So
that's
what
we
would
like
from
the
city
council.
P
I
know
you
have
a
representative
who
sits
on
the
rcea
board,
but
we
think
it's
important
for
the
city
council
to
take
action,
because
you
know
during
the
years
that
I've
been
following
this:
those
folks,
people,
change
and
and
I
think
it's
also
hard
when
you
get
in
there
and
the
staff
is
saying,
do
one
thing
and
the
board
members
are
reluctant
to
do
something
to
to
go
against
it.
So
I
think
we
were
like.
You
know
when
a
representative
from
from
Arcata
goes
in
to
take
a
vote
on
this
at
rcea.
P
P
A
You
so
much
Wendy,
yeah
and
I'll
just
add,
maybe
to
partially
defend
some
decisions.
Our
CA
has
made,
though,
but
just
you
know
about
that
idea
of
going.
You
know
having
that
clean
energy
by
2025,
that
a
big
issue
that
rceas
faced
is
the
continued
delay
of
the
Santorini
solar
project
which,
due
to
you
know
not
being
able
to
get
solar
panels
that
they
could
prove
were
not
made
with
uyghur
child
labor
wow
yeah.
A
We
obviously
want
that,
but
it's
obviously
delayed
this
project
continually,
and
you
know
you
keep
saying:
okay,
it's
gonna
be
online
in
2023,
2024
20,
you
know,
and
so
I
I
see
that
as
a
big
reason,
you
know
that
that
contract
was
extended
because
we're
not
able
to
get
clean
energy
from
another
source
that
we
were
slated
to.
A
But
you
know
again
thank
you
for
bringing
this
up
and
and
at
our
last
rcea
meeting
we
did
kind
of
receive
that
preliminary
report.
That
was
supposed
to
be.
You
know
as
part
of
terms
of
the
contract
that
yearly
we
would
see
an
update
from
Humboldt
Sawmill
about.
A
You
know
how
it's
going
basically
and
what
air
quality
violations
exist
or
what's
being
produced
Etc
and
so
between
the
community
advisory
committee
on
rcea
and
the
a
subset
of
that
with
that
biomass,
technical
Advisory,
Group
too,
they
are
taking
a
little
bit
closer
look
and,
starting
to
you,
know,
pull
some
of
these
air
quality
reports
and
work,
hopefully
because
I
feel
like
that's
the
direction
we
gave
at
the
last
meeting
to
have
that
group
dig
into
it
a
little
bit
more
and
look
at
these
violations,
and
you
know
make
a
recommendation.
A
Is
this
something
that
our
cea
can
keep
doing?
Or
do
you
know
we
need
to
re-look
at
that
contract
and
or
getting
out
of
that
contract?
So
it
was
a
a
briefish
discussion
discussion
because
it
wasn't
an
action
item
at
our
last
meeting.
It
was
just
an
update,
but
it's
it's
being
talked
about
right
now,
and
so
this
is
an
app
time,
I
think
for
us
as
a
council
to
see
this
presentation.
So
thanks
Wendy.
P
P
A
M
M
P
L
So
first
I
wanted
to
thank
you.
Dr
ring
I
had
the
Good
Fortune
to
hear
this
presentation
twice
and
It's
really
informative
and
educational.
L
Where
do
I
sign
one
of
the
most
striking
things
that
I
guess
stood
out
to
me
was
that
this
is
the
largest
stationary
source
of
air
pollution
and,
of
course,
Health
damage,
but
that
this
plant,
let's
see
says
it,
emits
nearly
300
tons
of
CO2
annually
300
000
tons.
Thank
you,
sorry,
glasses,
again,
I'm
going
to
blame
it
on
the
glasses,
but
with
that
75
percent
of
Humboldt's
passenger
vehicles.
L
What
hits
me
personally
is
the
Injustice
of
how
pollution
global
warming
affects
the
bipok,
those
who
are
associate
socially
economically
disadvantaged,
and
while
my
daughter
isn't
one
of
those
students
that
live
near
three
blocks
from
the
plant.
I
live
on
the
freeway
for
20
years
and
my
daughter
was
recently
diagnosed
with
supposedly
exercise
induced
asthma,
but
I'm
convinced
it's
because
we
live
by
the
freeway
and
to
add
to
that
mix.
L
Of
course,
Caltrans
is
doing
some
work,
they've
removed,
30
years
of
green
screen,
and
so
now
our
window
screens
and
door
screens
are
black
from
the
soot
from
there
so
I.
Definitely
this
is
essential
that
we
do
something
about
it
now,
not
in
2031
and
it's
yeah,
it's
unnecessary
and
so
yeah.
Thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
this
to
everyone's
attention.
C
Do
and
I'm
not
going
to
be
able
to
phrase
it
very
well,
but
hopefully
you'll
get
to
understand
what
I'm
asking
and
can
answer
it,
but
we
keep
hearing
about
PG
e
being
at
capacity
for
for
transmission,
and
you
know
moratoriums,
on
on
building
in
certain
parts
of
the
county.
So
does
would
this
affect?
Would
this
affect
that
negatively
or
does
it
is
it
too?
Are
we
talking
about
two
different
things?
I.
P
Don't
think
so,
because
my
understanding
is
is
that
it
has
to
do
with
transmission
and
substations
in
the
South
part
of
the
county,
so
I
don't
but
I'm,
not
an
expert
on
that.
A
M
M
A
E
I,
thank
you
personally
very
much
for
this
presentation,
because
you
know
the
specifics.
I
just
know
how
I
feel
about
biomass
and
the
semantics
that
were
talked
about
at
a
meeting.
I
listened
into
at
our
cea
on
his
on
a
phone
type
of
thing
during
the
pandemic
was
the
difference
between
renewable
and
clean
and
I
also
want
to
share
that
in
cocktail
conversation
with
Matthew
Marshall
who's,
the
head
of
our
cea.
E
He
reiterated
to
me
when
I
asked
the
question.
Yes,
conservation,
energy
conservation
is
number
one.
So
when
we're
looking
at
Transitions
and
the
timelines
there's
a
lot,
we
can
do
to
not
use
so
much
energy,
and
this
all
gets.
You
know
back
to
climate
justice
issues.
E
One
of
the
books
in
my
backpack
is
by
Jane
Fonda
who's.
A
very
much
a
climate,
Justice,
Advocate
and
I
was
watching
some
of
her
webcasts
on
fire
drill,
Fridays,
and
she
has
people
representing
the
underserved
and
the
people
living
close
to
these
power
plants
and
these
industries
that
are
the
first
line
of
being
impacted
by
things.
E
So
I
think
this
is
one
of
the
most
important
issues
that
we
need
to
look
at
for
our
future
and
it
goes
back
to
what
I'm
talking
about
for
the
high
school
kids
and
the
school
drop-offs
I
mean
it's
all
about
the
pollution
that
our
children
are
exposed
to,
and
it's
about
the
children
not
so
much
about
us
older
people,
it's
about
what
are
we
doing
for
our
children,
and
so
this
is
a
really
important
issue
and
I
hope
you
look
thoroughly
at
that
resolution
and
discuss
it
at
the
next
meeting
and
hopefully
we'll
get
biomass
off
the
table
in
terms
of
our
energy
portfolio.
Q
My
name
is
Martha
Walden
I'm,
a
member
of
350,
Humboldt
and
I've,
been
working
on
biomass
issues
for
about
four
years
now
and
I've
learned
a
whole
lot
from
Wendy
and
I'd
like
to
emphasize
one
of
the
points
she
made,
which
is
that
the
problem
goes
well
beyond
Scotia.
The
problem
is
the
idea
itself
that
burning
wood
to
make
electricity
can
be
good
for
the
environment
and
even
carbon
neutral.
Q
Q
So
this
business
model,
unfortunately,
is
really
catching
on
and
climate
scientists
all
over
the
world
are
very
alarmed
and
climate
activists
are
trying
to
overturn
it.
But
it's
an
uphill
battle,
because
now
they're
vested
interest,
that
are,
you
know,
protecting
their
bottom
line.
So
it's
it's
a
very
it's
a
very
crucial
problem
for
the
climate
and
it's
also
a
dangerous
situation
right
now
here
in
the
Western
United
States,
because
this
supply
of
biomass
is
increasing
as
we
focus
on
reducing
fuel
loads
into
Forest.
So
it's
a
problem.
Q
What
to
do
with
this
stuff
and
the
easiest
answer
is
to
burn
it
and
get
a
little
electricity
out
of
it.
But
in
2023
that's
a
recipe
for
disaster.
We
don't
have
time
to
reabsorb
all
that
carbon
hitting
the
atmosphere
like
a
bomb,
so
it
is
so
critical
that
we
promote
other
uses
for
Woody
debris
such
as
windy
suggested
that
includes
composting
and
new
and
old
Technologies
for
manufacturing
lumber
products.
Liquid
fuels,
hydrogen
there's
all
these
great
ideas
out
there.
Q
But
if
you
already
have
an
old
biomass
plant,
that's
functioning
you're,
not
very
you
know,
you're
not
very
motivated
to
pursue
it.
So
we
have
to
really
talk
to
our
cea
Redwood
Coast
Energy
Authority
is
trying
to
decarbonize
the
grid,
and
so
they
should
use
ratepayer
dollars
for
more
solar,
wind
and
geothermal
instead
of
supporting
an
obsolete,
polluting
biomass
plant
and
calling
it
clean
energy.
So
whatever
their
intentions
may
be
and
I'm
sure
they're
good,
but
that
kind
of
green
washing
helps
to
perpetuate
a
dangerous
status
quo
right.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
all
right.
Do
we
have
anybody
in
else
in
person
who
would
like
to
comment
all
right,
we'll
move
to
online
any
comments
online,
no
online
comments.
All
right!
Well,
it'll,
take
us
back
to
us.
Then
we
don't
have
an
action
item
on
this
this
evening,
but
we
do
have
a
proposed
resolution
that
we
can
push
to
another
meeting
or
I
might
I
have
a
suggestion
that
maybe
we
refer
this
resolution
to
our
energy
committee.
A
If
anybody
is
interested
in
that
idea,
just
to
kind
of
get
some
feedback
from
a
few
more
of
our
our
in-house
experts
and
then
we
can
take
their
recommendation
or
discuss
their
recommendation
further.
If
folks
are
interested
in
doing
that,
I.
M
A
Okay,
well
is
that
then
direction
that
staff
needs?
We
don't
need
to
vote
on
that.
You
see
some
nods.
We've
got
good
consensus.
Okay!
Well,
thank
you
again,
Dr
ring
for
bringing
this
to
us
this
evening
and
yes,
as
RCA,
we
got
air
quality
board
up
here.
So
a
lot
of
people
have
heard
this
information
are
hopefully
going
to
act
on
it.
So
thank
you,
okay
at
this
point
that
takes
us
back
to
oral
and
written
Communications.
This
will
be
our
three
minute
time
for
comment
this
evening.
A
E
My
name
is
Joanna
Gary
and
one
of
the
books
I
had
in
my
go.
Bag
was
ecotopia,
which
was
a
very
inspiring
book.
E
I
read
back
in
my
college
days
at
UC
Davis
in
the
70s,
but
in
re
reading
it
part
or
parts
of
it-
and
you
know
thinking
about
the
future
and
talking
about
the
children
and
the
next
Generations
and
my
particular
interest
in
the
children
of
today
and
what
they
are
thinking
in
terms
of
our
town
and
the
town
that
they
are
growing
up
in
I
would
just
like
to
suggest.
E
If
there
is
some
means
for
you
know,
when
school
starts
back
oftentimes,
it's
you
know
the
time
to
say
what
you
did
on
your
summer.
E
Vacation
kind
of
concept
to
start
things
off
I
would
like
the
city
to
consider
asking
especially
the
high
school
students,
but
even
the
younger
students,
to
write
a
little
something
about
what
they
want
to
see
for
their
future
in
our
town,
somehow
as
some
sort
of
input
of
the
students,
because
they're
not
going
to
come
to
this
meeting
and
talk
about
a
lot
of
things
generally
speaking
and
I,
think
we
really
need
to
hear
from
them
as
we're
making
a
lot
of
decisions
about
the
future
that
will
affect
them.
E
So
I,
don't
know
how
it
would
come
about,
or
maybe
it
could
be
worked
through.
Some
local
newspaper,
competition
or
contest
or
or
program.
But
I
just
do
think
that
now
is
the
time
for
us
to
broaden
the
discussion
to
the
Next
Generation
so
that
as
we're
making
decisions
on
the
dice
or
in
our
own
personal
lives,
we're
remembering
and
thinking
about
the
children,
because
I
think
a
lot
of
them.
That
I've
heard
from
are
very
upset
with,
what's
been
happening
to
get
us
to
where
we
are
today
and
so
anyway.
E
I
just
think
it
would
be
nice
to
reach
out
to
them
to
have
hear
back
from
them
of
what
they're
thinking
about
their
lives.
So
there
you
go.
G
Yes,
good
evening,
I'm
Fred
wise
when
you
have
your
study
session
on
Tuesday.
One
of
the
first
items
is
to
talk
about
the
framework
for
the
meeting.
The
suggestion
is
to
use
the
framework,
that's
similar
to
what
has
been
used
by
the
Planning
Commission
over
this
last
three
or
four
months
as
part
of
their
accelerated
program
of
going
through
the
general
plan
and
the
Gateway
plan.
G
I,
don't
feel
that
the
framework
is
best
suited
for
the
study
session
best
suited
for
the
council's
purposes.
It's
set
for
details,
in
fact,
as
as
you
know,
from
your
packet
there's
a
suggestion
that
you
send
in
changes
to
the
existing
plan.
My
feeling
is
that
what
you're,
therefore,
is
a
discussion
with
the
planning
Commissioners,
not
so
much
about
the
facts,
but
about
larger
issues.
The
larger
overall
issues,
the
so
as
as
examples
of
larger
overages.
G
We
mentioned
that
there's
a
issue
with
the
state
density
bonus
laws
versus
the
Gateway
plans.
Inclusionary
zoning
and
Community
benefits
program.
That
quote
the
design,
standards
and
Community
benefits.
Programs
are
unlikely
to
be
implemented
in
favor,
rather
that
the
developers
will
use
a
state
density
bonus
laws.
This
is
a
big
issue,
essentially,
would
negate
the
last
year
and
a
half
of
work.
G
Another
issue
where
we're
going
to
have
another
Community
open
house,
similar
to
what
we
had
a
year
and
a
half
ago
in
January
22..
Are
we
going
to
have
any
more
conversations
with
the
community
about
the
form-based
code,
as
we
talked
about
in
November
when
we
had
the
accelerated
118
000
funding
there,
and
the
number
of
units
that
are
planned
for
the
Gateway
plan
has
been
revised
downward
from
3
500
to
500.?
That's
a
major
change.
G
If
there's
only
going
to
be
500
new
residential
units
over
the
next
20
years
that
changes
the
overall
picture
also
so
again,
these
are
not
things
that
are
changes
to
the
existing
General
plan
or
or
Gateway
plan,
but
are
large
conceptual
issues
which
I
don't
feel
that
the
framework
is
well
suited
for
earlier
I
mentioned
that
it,
the
the
it's
stated
as
we
did
not,
is
that
the
this
is
provided
as
a
recommendation
to
the
council
for
adoption.
G
The
Planning
Commission
went
through
this
at
the
further
minutes
for
the
July
11th
meeting.
There
was
a
similar
mistake
and
they
corrected
it.
I'll
bring
this
up
in
writing.
So
it's
more
understandable
but
I
I
advise
you
to
change
it
also
as
a
very
small
item.
As
you
know,
the
transportation
Safety
Committee
is
the
only
committee
that
has
a
strong
recommendation.
That's
not
in
the
draft
plan.
Now
the
link
on
your
packet
to
their
recommendations
is
not
operative.
It
should
be
needs
to
be
fixed
by
coincidence,
thanks.
A
Right
well,
then,
that
will
take
us
to
our
Council
and
staff
reports.
Do
we
have
any
staff
Updates
this
evening.
A
C
No,
it's
fine!
Thank
you.
So
a
couple
of
things
You
probably
have
noticed
that
were
the
beginning
of
the
Indianola
under
Crossing,
has
started,
and
so
that's
the
construction
that
you're
seeing
on
in
the
101
safety
corridor
there.
So
that
will
help
to
bring
our
that
portion
of
road
to
be
much
safer
and
the
other
thing
was
I
wanted
to
do
like
send
a
thank
you
publicly
to
Walland
construction.
C
Some
of
some
of
their
workers,
I've,
been
I,
walked
down
there
at
the
marsh
with
a
friend
and
we've
been
down
there
a
couple
times
and
there's
places
that
you
can't
go
places
you
can
and
then
there's
some
shared
space
and
we've
come
across
some
workers,
Vehicles
situations
in
that
shared
space
and
we're
both
really
impressed
how
they
handled
that.
Moving
aside
very
polite,
giving
us
the
right-of-way,
it
was
just
a
good
experience
and
that
doesn't
always
happen.
C
C
Ambassador
programs
and
it's
pretty
pretty
cool,
so
I
wanted
to
read
a
few
things,
so
some
statistics
that
have
been
updated
since
the
last
time
they
were
presenting
they
have
checked
in
with
local
businesses
1780
times
and
had
872
conversations
with
business
owners
also
thanked
948
Times
by
that
Community
they
performed
425
Wellness
checks
on
our
cater
residents
and
did
some
general
check-ins
with
unhoused
residents.
4
345
times
had
1954
conversations
with
those
folks
and
were
thanked
by
that
population
over
a
thousand
times.
C
They
also
checked
in
with
house
residents
1665
times
had
1103
conversations
and
were
thanked
1954
times
and
so
also
picking
up
trash
I
know.
We've
all
noticed
the
cleaner
downtown
picked
up
3455
five
gallon
buckets
of
trash,
including
thousands
of
cigarette
butts
and
I,
know
as
I've
kind
of
spoken
with
some
of
them
as
they're
out
and
about
they
have
had
people
from
other
communities
that
have
come
to
visit
and
really
have
been
pointed
out.
How
beautiful
the
downtown
is
so
I
just
wanted
to
update
everyone
and
thank
those
ambassadors.
C
Sorry,
one
more
thing:
the
Arcata
chamber
is
having
a
block
party
at
the
four
workers
building
on
the
foodworks
building
on
Erickson
court
and
they
will
have
over
20
vendors,
a
Dutch,
raffle,
beer,
wine
and
a
DJ
and
could
I
get
the
day
and
time
for
that.
Do
you
know?
Is
it
this
Sunday,
okay,
this
Sunday,
okay,
this
Sunday
from
11
to
4,
so
that
actually
sounds
like
a
pretty
cool
event.
So
thank
you.
R
R
They
are
a
commission
that
advises
the
state
and
they
have
advised
the
state
to
pause,
SB
1383
in
some
of
our
rural
areas,
whether
or
not
that's
something
that
the
state
is
going
to
listen
to
is
not
known,
but
they
definitely
made
some
really
good
points
about
the
difficulties
that
rural
areas
have
been
having
about
getting
in
line
with
SB
1383.
So
the
Ed
Eric
Keller,
Heckman,
myself,
being
the
chair
of
the
board,
are
going
to
draft
a
letter
to
send
to
the
state.
R
A
Right
on
I
got
to
attend
a
wonderful
Zoom
meeting,
it's
that
is
the
power
of
Zoom
for
the
sister
city
committee,
where
we
were
able
to
zoom
in
folks
from
Nicaragua
and
hear
updates
from
both
of
the
organizations
that
the
sister
city
committee
partners
with
for
the
iblock
party,
so
where
those
funds
go
and
so
yeah.
A
We
heard
a
presentation
from
her
name
was
Jenna
from
El
provenir,
which
is
mostly,
and
they
do
a
lot
of
work
with
the
engineers
Without
Borders
group
too,
and
so
they
focus
on
water
and
sanitation
projects
and
habitat
restoration
and
just
clean
water
projects
in
general,
and
she
presented
about
the
latrine
projects
that
they've
been
doing
kind
of
in
the
rural
outskirts,
part
of
kimwapa
and
some
of
the
hygiene
education
programs
that
they've
been
doing.
And
so
that
was
really
cool.
A
To
hear
about
that,
and
then
also
luceros
was
the
other
group
which
they've
been
around
since
like
2000
and
have
been
partnering
with
us
for
a
long
time
and
since
he
gave
the
dates
up
since
2015
now
to
2023
they've
grown
to
start
serving,
they
serve
345
children
in
the
town
with
nutrition
and
family
supports,
and
just
health
education,
and
also
just
focusing
generally
on
classes
and
opportunities
for
Youth
and
they've,
also
recently
started
a
program
for
helping
teenage
pregnant,
Youth
and
young
women,
and
so
that
has
been
like
a
really
successful
program
of
theirs
that
they're
trying
to
expand
and
they
also
operate
a
completely
organic
sustainable
farm
that
produces
all
the
food
that
they
use
for
their
different
children's
programs
and
so
they're
going
to
have
a
whole
many
boards
and
pictures
and
presentations
about
that
at
the
iblock
party,
and
so
also
the
man
that
presented.
A
He
was
just
super
excited
because
Arcata
is
one
of
the
longest
standing
partners
that
they've
had
supporting
that
organization.
So
it
was
really
exciting
to
hear
from
them.
I
also
had
to
practice
my
Spanish
a
little
bit
and
it
was
just
a
really
fun
meeting
to
be
a
part
of
and
and
then
also
just
a
reminder
to
support
those
projects
and
support
the
iblock
party.
A
That's
coming
up
on
Labor
Day,
Monday
September
4th
from
12
to
6
I
want
to
say:
oh,
my
gosh
I
should
know
because
I
am
seeing
and
I'll
have
to
know
what
time
to
be
there,
but
so,
if
you
want
to
just
come
out
and
enjoy
some
drinks
and
food
and
bid
on
the
silent
auction
items
or
they
are
also
looking
for
volunteers.
So
if
you
are
interested
in
volunteering,
you
could
let
me
know
and
I'll
tell
you
I'm
trying
to
Wrangle
up
some
volunteers.
So
yeah,
that's
my
update.
L
The
ambassador
program
I
got
an
opportunity
to
witness
a
wonderful
moment
of
compassion
with
an
unhoused
individual
one
of
our
newer
Community
ambassadors,
I
think
she's
new,
because
I
haven't
seen
her
before
so
yeah.
It
made
my
heart
fill.
L
Let's
see,
I
had
a
great
time
at
the
Cal
Poly
humble
move-on
Day
on
Sunday.
That.
A
L
And
it
was,
it
brought
a
lot
of
fond
memories
for
me,
because
I
was
at
the
jelly
giant
complex
and
that's
where
I
worked
at
the
housing
and
dining
services
when
I
was
an
undergrad.
Sunday
kuna
had
a
wonderful
turnout
at
the
clean,
the
sidewalk
event,
and
it
came
out
in
numbers
from
Arcata
house
partnership,
the
two
home
key
Supportive
Housing
projects,
The
Grove
and
West
Village
Studios
were
present
and
they
got
a
little
competitive.
So
this
is
going
to
be
fun.
L
Also,
I
was
able
to
attend
the
homeless
housing
working
group
that
was
today,
and
we
got
an
update
on
safe
parking,
we're
waiting
on
some
status
of
some
grants.
For
them
the
open
door.
Medical
van
will
no
longer
be
in
the
downtown
area,
and
services
will
now
be
in
Valley
West.
We
discussed
about
the
influx
of
senior
housing.
Insecurity
back
onto
the
cleanups
will
be
hosting
on
September
3rd.
Another
community
cleanup.
L
So
if
you're
not
doing
anything,
come
on
out
to
Valley
West
Park
at
1304,
Holland
Drive
from
9
to
11,
and
if
you
really
want
something
else
to
do,
we
need
some
volunteers
out
there
we're
going
to
be
doing
a
welcome
to
Valley
West,
Cal,
Poly
humbled
and
also
to
honor
the
two
new
home
key
residents
at
both
the
West
Village
and
Grove.
We'll
have
another
our
second
annual
free
community,
barbecue
and
so
that'll
be
following
and
I
think.
That's
all
I've
got.
M
Okay,
thank
you.
I
just
want
you
to
announce
that
the
friends
of
the
Arcata
Marsh
they
have
two
openings
for
their
board
and
they're.
Looking
for
volunteers
for
that
position,
and
today,
when
I
was
cleaning
out
my
washing
my
milk
bottle,
it
made
me
start
to
think
about
how
we
are
into
third
generation
recycling.
M
So
back
in
the
70s
it
was
like
the
beginning.
Everybody
took
the
recycling
to
the
recycling
center.
You
made
sure
it
was
clean.
It
was
perfect,
it
was
everything
you're
supposed
to
do
crushed
whatever
and
it
was
sort
of
a
you
know.
Everybody
you
run
into
your
friends
and
you
do
it,
then,
from
that
it
became
a
pickup
at
your
house,
and
you
had
three
bins
or
four
bins
and
you
separated
and
then
that
went
away
and
it
became
to
a
bin
that
was
separated
in
half.
M
You
put
your
cardboard
on
your
other
recyclings
and
that
that
got
dumped
into
one
truck.
Somehow,
and
now
we
just
put
it
all
together.
So
I
was
thinking
about
how
things
are,
how
education
we
may
need
to
really
do
some
more
education
around
recycling,
because
I
know
that
people
put
things
that
are
dirty
into
the
recycling.
They
don't
wash
their
cans,
they
don't
wash
their
bottles
out.
They
don't
realize
that
they
really
need
to
do
that.
M
So
that's
why
I'm
saying
third
generation
I'm
thinking
about
myself
I,
consider
myself
with
the
recycling
center
first
generation
because
it
started
as
an
alternative
for
Wesley
chesborough,
so
he
didn't
have
to
go
to
the
Vietnam
War
and
the,
and
because
he
did
several
projects
like
that
that
were
alternative
service
and
the,
and
so
then
my
children
grew
up
recycling
but
now
I'm
down
to
grandchildren.
So
that's
how
I
think
about
third
generation
and
they
know
what
to
do.
But
does
everyone
know
what
to
do
and
I
really
think
that's
something.
M
I
would
like
to
suggest
that
we
somehow
or
rather
start
thinking
about
how
you
actually
recycle,
because
we
know,
if
you
put
have
any
grease
on
your
cardboard-
it's
not
recyclable
and
so
I'm
just
I
anyway.
That's
my
thing
about
through
generation
recycling
also
the
on
the
Plaza.
We
continue
to
have
music
until
September
10th
and
that's
on
Sunday
and
there's
an
art
Market.
That's
there
also
and
I
did
set
up
for
volunteering
for
the
I
Street
block
party
from
10
to
12
for
setup.
M
A
Now
that
Alex
has
her
Just
Desserts.
We
can
move
on
okay.
That
takes
us
to
dates
of
future
meeting.
So
we
are
going
to
confirm
a
study
session.
This
upcoming
next
Tuesday
August
22nd
2023
at
6
PM
in
the
council
chambers
for
at
least
Us
Gateway
folks
are
we
confirmed,
we
feel
good.
Do
you
need
us
to?
We
don't
vote
on
that?
A
We
just
say
yes,
we're
confirmed,
okay
and
then
also
confirming
and
setting
two
dates
for
your
study
session
with
the
Planning
Commission
Tuesday
September
26th
and
Tuesday
October
24th,
both
at
6
pm
here
in
the
council
chambers.
So
are
those
on
the
calendars
for
folks,
okay,
confirm.
A
L
A
Wonderful,
okay,
so
we're
all
gonna
learn
how
to
recycle
and
we're
gonna
set
our
Planning
Commission
study
session
dates
and
we
feel
good
about
those
and
with
that
we
will
adjourn
into
closed
session
for
yes,
Public
Employee
appointment
pursuant
to
government
code,
section
54957b1,
City
attorney.
Excuse
me.