City Council - Regular Meeting - December 17, 2025
1. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
2. FLAG SALUTE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
a.
Certificate of Appreciation for Joseph Mateer for His 26 1/2 Years of Service to the City of Arcata.
1. Mateer Joe Retirement Certificate.pdf
b.
Proclamation in Recognition of Human Rights Awareness Month, December 2025.
1. Human Rights Awareness Month 2025.pdf
5. REPORT BY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
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 from Cal Poly Humboldt Staff on the University's Foster Campus Connectivity Project.
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 Meeting of November 19, 2025.
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CCM_Nov19_2025 - English.pdf
c.
Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
1. Staff Report - Cash Distributions 11.22.25-12.5.25.pdf
2. Attachment A - Cash Disbursements 11-22-2025 to 12-05-2025.pdf
d.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-03 to Authorize Establishing a Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) 115 Trust to Prefund City Pension Obligations; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Resolution No. 256-03 to Authorize Establishing a PARS 115 Trust.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution No. 256-03 .pdf
3. Attachment B - Draft Contract for Services with PARS.pdf
e.
Approve the Plans for Parking Along Mad River Parkway for Carlson Park.
1. Staff Report - Approve Plans for Parking along Mad River Parkway for Carlson Park.pdf
2. Exhibit A.pdf
f.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-26 Declaring Approximately Eight Acres of the City Owned Property at Happy Valley (Assessor’s Parcel No. 507-081-038) Surplus Land – Not a Project Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.
1. Staff Report - Happy Valley SLA Declaration 1.pdf
2. A. Res 256-26_Happy Valley_Surplus Lands.pdf
g.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-19, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Adopting the Primary Loan Program Guidelines to Work in Conjunction with the CalHome Mobilehome Ownership Program Guidelines.
1. Staff Report - CalHome Primary Loan Guidelines.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution No. 256-19.pdf
h.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-24, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Approving the City of Arcata New Employee Onboarding Administrative Policy; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Reso 256-24.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution 256-24 Approving City of Arcata New Employee Onboarding Administrative Policy.pdf
i.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-22 Adopting the Amended Permanent Local Housing Program (PLHA) Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program Guidelines – California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exempt Per the Commonsense Exemption.
1. Staff Report - Amended PLHA Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program Guidelines .pdf
2. Attachment A- Resolution No. 256-22.pdf
j.
Approve Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with AP Triton, LLC for Providing a Community Risk Assessment and Standards of Cover Study Analysis for the Arcata Fire Protection District, Increasing the Contract Price by $1,300.
1. Staff Report - AP Triton Contract Amendment.pdf
2. Attachment A - AP Triton Amendment No. 3.pdf
k.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-23, Authorizing the Adoption of the Humboldt Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025 Update; and Approve Necessary and Associated Related Actions. Not a Project Per CEQA.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Resolution No. 256-23 Adopting the Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2025.pdf
2. Attachment A - Reso No. 256-23 Adopting 2025 HMP Update.pdf
3. Arcata Annex_Humboldt_County_HMP_Volume 2_2025-10-08.pdf
10. OLD BUSINESS
a.
Hold a Public Hearing to Adopt 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 2025 California Building Standards Code, the Uniform Housing Code,
1. Staff Report - Adopt Ordinance No. 1583, Amending Arcata Municipal Code Pertaining to CA Building Code Updates.pdf
2. Attachment A - DRAFT 1583 AMC TITLE VIII_Final.pdf
the Uniform Code
for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, and the Property Maintenance Code.
11. NEW BUSINESS
a.
Receive a Presentation; and Adopt the Valley West Neighborhood Center Assessment Report.
1. Staff Report - Receive Presentation and Adopt Valley West Neighborhood Center Assessment Report.pdf
2. Attachment A - Valley West Neighborhood Center Assessment Report.pdf
b.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-15, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcata Amending Resolution No. 201-08 Designating Streets Subject to Preferential Parking.
1. Staff Report - Preferential Parking Zone Update.pdf
2. Attachment A - 256-15 Preferential Parking.pdf
3. Attachment B - Preferential Parking Petition 11122025_Redacted.pdf
4. Attachment C - Parking_Map-12-8-25.pdf
c.
Adopt Resolution No. 256-25 Designating Off-Street Parking Lots Subject to Four (4) Hour Time Limits.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Resolution 256-25 Designating Off-Street Parking Lots Subject to Four (4) Hour Time Limits.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution No. 256-25.pdf
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
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.