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Planning commission approves acceptance of donated easement for Annie & Mary Trail segment

5843183 · August 13, 2025
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Summary

The Arcata Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 12 to accept a donated public‑access easement for a 3.5‑mile segment of the Annie & Mary Trail, formalizing right‑of‑way the city will use to build and maintain a paved rail‑trail corridor.

The Arcata Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 12 to adopt Resolution PC 25-05, finding the donation of a public-access easement over portions of APNs 50420110 and 50420111 is in conformance with the city general plan and the Sequence Negative Declaration adopted Dec. 9, 2022.

City staff told commissioners the Annie & Mary Trail project is a roughly 3.5-mile paved, non‑motorized trail that would follow the former rail corridor from the Bay Trail North northern terminus near the skate park north through city and county limits to the Mad River and the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District’s Park 1 pump station. Staff said construction bids are out, construction funding has been allocated, and the city expects construction to begin this fall with the bulk of…

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