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Arcata council backs $300,000 planning contract to keep Reconnect Arcata project moving
Summary
The Arcata City Council authorized up to $300,000 to retain SmithGroup Inc. for planning, community outreach and preliminary design work for the Reconnect Arcata project, accepting staff advice to use limited local funds now to position the city for future grants and to prioritize Valley West connections.
The Arcata City Council on Oct. 1 authorized up to $300,000 to retain SmithGroup Inc. for planning, community outreach and preliminary concept design work for the Reconnect Arcata project, a multi-zone effort to reconnect neighborhoods divided by state highways.
Council and staff said the smaller local investment aims to preserve momentum on a project that originally sought much larger state funding, and to position the city to compete for future grants.
Staff told the council Reconnect Arcata grew out of the state Reconnecting Communities Highway-to-Boulevard program. The program originally contemplated a large grant for a cap over the highway in front of Cal Poly Humboldt and downtown Arcata; staff said available state funding was cut repeatedly and the city’s internal…
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