City Council - Regular Meeting - November 19, 2025
1. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
2. FLAG SALUTE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
a.
Proclamation in Recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, November 16–22, 2025.
1. Hunger Homelessness Awareness Week Proclamation 2025.pdf
b.
Proclamation Designating November 16–December 31, 2025, as the Season of Wonder and Light in Arcata.
1. Season of Wonder and Light Proclamation 2025.pdf
5. REPORT BY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
a.
Annual Report from the Forest Management Committee.
1. Annual Report from the Forest Management Committee PDF.pdf
b.
Annual Report from the Transactions and Use Tax Oversight Committee.
1. FY 2024-25 Annual TUTOC Report to City Council.pdf
6. STAFF REPORTS
All reports shall be specifically limited to City business and shall not request or lead to action by the Council at this meeting.
a.
Receive an Update on the Arcata Strategic Arts Plan and Preview of the 2025-26 Call for Art from Emily Benvie, Environmental Services Deputy Director, and Jaqueline Dandeneau, Executive Artistic Director of Playhouse Arts.
7. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS [EARLY - TIME LIMITED] The City Council values your comments. The public comment period allows people to address the Council on matters not on the agenda. This early section of public comment is limited to 15-minutes and speakers are limited to 2 minutes each. If you prefer to have a full 3 minutes of time for your public comment, this item is continued at the end of the meeting under item 12 where speakers are granted 3 minutes. Please know that pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot discuss or take action on items not listed on the agenda. The Council may respond to statements. There will also be a time to provide public comment specific to each item when that item is being reviewed by the Council.
8. N/A
9. 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. If discussion is required, that item is removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately. At the end of the reading of the Consent Calendar, Council members can request that an item be removed for separate discussion. Members of the public may comment on any items remaining on the consent calendar in the comment period before the vote.
a.
Approval to Waive Reading of the Text and Consent to Read by Title Only for Any Ordinance on this Agenda.
b.
Approve the Minutes of the City Council Special Meeting of November 5, 2025.
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CMSM_Nov05_2025 - English.pdf
c.
Approve the Minutes of the City Council Meeting of November 5, 2025.
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CCM_Nov05_2025 - English.pdf
d.
Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
1. Staff Report – Report on Cash Distributions 10.25.2025-11.08.2025.pdf
2. Attachment A – Cash Disbursements 10.25.25 to 11.8.25.pdf
10. OLD BUSINESS
11. NEW BUSINESS
a.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-20 Supporting Humboldt County Association of Governments Regional Housing Needs Allocation Methodology.
1. Staff Report – Support the Humboldt County Association of Governments draft Regional Housing Needs Allocation Methodology.pdf
2. Attachment A. Resolution No. 256-20.pdf
3. Attachment B. HCAOG RHNA Methodology Staff Report .pdf
b.
Conduct a Public Hearing to Receive Input Regarding Unmet Transit Needs; and Direct Staff to Forward All Comments to the Humboldt County Association of Governments.
1. Staff Report - Public Hearing to Receive Input Regarding Unmet Transit Needs.pdf
2. Attachment A - Unmet Transit Needs Synopsis.pdf
3. Attachment B - Unmet Transit Needs Flyer.pdf
c.
Public Hearing on Updates to the Master Fee Schedule; and Adopt Resolution No. 256-21, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Adopting Changes to the City’s Master Fee Schedule.
1. Staff Report – Public Hearing on Select Updates to the Master Fee Schedule Resolution No. 256-21 .pdf
2. Attachment A – Resolution No. 256-21 Adopting Changes to the City’s Master Fee Schedule.pdf
3. Attachment B – Attachment A to Resolution No. 256-21.pdf
d.
Find Ordinance No. 1583 to be Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and Introduce Ordinance No. 1583, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcata Amending Title VIII of the Arcata Municipal Code and Adopting by Reference the
1. Staff Report - Introduce Ordinance No. 1583, Amending Arcata Municipal Code Pertaining to CA Building Code Updates.pdf
2. Attachment A - Ordinance No. 1583 AMC TITLE VIII_Final.pdf 2025 California Building Standards Code, the Uniform Housing Code, the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, and the Property Maintenance Code.
12. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS [CONTINUED]
The City Council values your comments. The public comment period allows people to address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Speakers will be limited to 3 minutes each. Please know that pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot discuss or take action on items not listed on the agenda. The Council may respond to statements.
13. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
14. COUNCIL REPORTS
All reports shall be specifically limited to items relating to City business and shall not request or lead to action by the Council at this meeting.
15. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
a.
Cancel the Regular Meeting of December 3, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
b.
Schedule the Special Meeting to Elect a Mayor and Vice Mayor for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2025, in the Council Chamber.
16. CLOSED SESSION
17. CLOSED SESSION REPORTS
18. ADJOURNMENT
Other than items continued or tabled to a date certain, the Council may, by majority vote, continue all matters not completed by 10:30 p.m.