City Council - Regular Meeting - September 16, 2026
1. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
2. FLAG SALUTE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
a.
Proclamation Recognizing September 21, 2026, as the International Day of Peace.
1. International Day of Peace 2026 Proclamation.pdf
b.
Proclamation in Recognition of National PACE Month, September 2026.
1. National PACE Proclamation 2026.pdf
5. REPORT BY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
a.
Annual Report from the Forest Management Committee.
1. Annual Report from the Forest Management Committee PDF.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.
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 September 2, 2026.
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CMSM_Sep02_2026 - English.pdf
c.
Approve the Minutes of the City Council Meeting of September 2, 2026.
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CCRMSA_Sep02_2026 - English.pdf
d.
Bi-Weekly Report on Disbursements.
1. Staff Report - Report on Cash Distributions 8.22.2026-9.4.2026.pdf
2. Attachment A - Cash Disbursements 8.22.2026-9.4.2026.pdf
e.
Adopt Resolution No. 267-17 Making Determination that Public Convenience or Necessity Would be Served by the Issuance of an Alcoholic Beverage Control Licenses for Alchemy Distillery LLC; and Authorize City Manager to Execute Applicable Documents.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Resolution No. 267-17 Finding Public Convenience or Necessity for Alchemy Distillery, OOC.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution No. 267-17.pdf
3. Attachment B - Alcoholic Beverage Control Form 245 for Alchemy Distillery.pdf
f.
Adopt Resolution No. 267-19 Making Determination that Public Convenience or Necessity Would be Served by the Issuance of an Alcoholic Beverage Control License for Bhupinder Singh LLC; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Applicable Documents.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Resolution No. 267-19 Finding Public Convenience or Necessity for Bupindher Singh, LLC.pdf
2. Attachment A - ABC Form 245 for Bhupinder Singh LLC.pdf
3. Attachment B - Resolution No. 267-19 Bhupinder Singh LLC .pdf
g.
Adopt Resolution No. 267-06 Adopting a Citywide Records Retention Schedule, Authorizing Destruction of Certain City Records; and Repealing Resolution No. 201-13.
1. Staff Report - Adopt Resolution No. 267-06 Adopting a Records Retention Schedule.pdf
2. Attachment A - 267-06 Reso Adopt Citywide Retention.pdf
3. Attachment B - Exhibit A_ALL Records Retention Schedules.pdf
h.
Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Humboldt Weed Management Area; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
1. Staff Report - Approve Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Humboldt Weed Management Area .pdf
2. Attachment A - MOU - Humboldt Weed Management Area.pdf
3. Attachment B - MOU - Humboldt Weed Management Area - Signatory Page.pdf
i.
Reappoint William Rich to the Historic Landmarks Committee for a Three-Year Term Expiring September 30, 2029.
1. Staff Report - HLC Reappointment 2026.pdf
j.
Reappoint Robin Hashem to the Transactions and Use Tax Oversight Committee (TUTOC) for a Term Expiring September 30, 2030.
1. Staff Report - Reappoint Robin Hashem to Transactions and Use Tax Oversight Committee for Term Expiring September 30, 2030.pdf
k.
Reappoint Andrea Alstone, Patrick Buckwalter, and Dan Stockwell to the Energy Committee for Three-Year Terms Ending September 30, 2029.
1. Staff Report- Reappoint Energy Committee members Alstone, Buckwalter, and Stockwell for Another Three-Year Term Ending 2029.pdf
l.
Approve a Sponsorship in an Amount Equivalent to $1,128 for the Plaza Use Fee for the Same Old People's 52nd Annual North Country Fair to be Held on the Arcata Plaza on September 19 and 20, 2026.
1. Staff Report - Sponsorship for North Country Fair .pdf
2. Attachment A. Request for Event Fee Support for 52nd Annual North Country Fair.pdf
m.
Approve the Purchase of Three 2027 Chevy Silverado EV Trucks and Award Contract to Northwood Auto Plaza in the Amount of $200,964.45, Including Tax; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Applicable Documents.
1. Staff Report-Award Contract to Northwood Auto Plaza for Purchase of 2027 Chevy Silverado EV Trucks in Amount of $200,964.45.pdf
2. Attachment A - Chevy Silverado EV Northwood Auto Plaza Quote (PDF).pdf
3. Attachment B - Chevy Silverado Sourcewell Quote.pdf
n.
Designate Vice Mayor Stacy Atkins-Salazar as Voting Delegate to the Cal Cities 2026 Annual Conference and Expo, September 23–25, 2026.
1. Staff Report - Designate Vice Mayor Atkins-Salazar as Voting Delegate to the Cal Cities 2026 Annual Conference.pdf
10. OLD BUSINESS
a.
Adopt Project Action and Introduce Two Associated Ordinances for the Whaley House Proposed Rehabilitation and Lot Split at 1395 H Street, Arcata.
1. Staff Report - Whaley House Rehabilitation and Lot Split at 1395 H Street, Arcata; File No. 256-016-PM-PDP.pdf
2. A. Project Action Draft.pdf
3. B. Historic Resource Report .pdf
4. C. Ordinance No. 950 LHP-80-31_.pdf
5. D. National Register Application 1979.pdf
6. E. Draft Ordinance 1590.pdf
7. F. Draft Ordinance 1591.pdf
b.
Consider Adopting the 2026-2031 City of Arcata Economic Strategic Plan.
1. Staff Report - Adopt The City of Arcata Economic Strategic Plan.pdf
2. Attachment A - City of Arcata Economic Strategic Plan 2026-2031.pdf
c.
Discussion and Possible Action on Ordinance No. 1594, An Interim Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcata Imposing a 45-Day Temporary Moratorium on the Processing and Approval of New Land Use Applications for Data Centers to Allow for
1. Staff Report - Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 1594 Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on Process and Approval of Data Centers.pdf
2. A. Urgency Ordinance No. 1594.pdf
the Evaluation of Potential Public Health Impacts and Additional Land Use Regulations; Waive Reading of the Text and Consent to Read by Title Only.
11. NEW BUSINESS
a.
Public Hearing to Consider the City of Arcata’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Grant Number 22-CDBG-ED-30042 Business Assistance and Microenterprise Accomplishments for Final Closeout; and Adopt Resolution No. 267-13 for Submission of
1. Staff Report - Business Assistance and Microenterprise CDBG Closeout - 22-CDBG-ED-30042.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution No. 267-13.pdf
Closeout Documentation.
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.
Schedule a Joint Study Session with the Planning Commission for October 28, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. at the D Street Neighborhood Center for the Purpose of Discussing the Housing Element Update and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.
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.