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Arcadia council delays $500,000 match for Reconnect Arcata planning after fiscal questions
Summary
Councilors heard a staff presentation on the Reconnect Arcata planning contract with SmithGroup, debated using $500,000 in general-fund reserves as local match, and agreed to return the item to a future meeting for more financial detail.
The Arcadia City Council on Sept. 17 heard a staff presentation on the Reconnect Arcata planning project and declined to commit $500,000 from the city—und as a match tonight, instead asking staff to return with options and financial detail at the council's next meeting.
City staff described Reconnect Arcata as a long-term plan to ddress historic community impacts of U.S. 101, including concepts such as pedestrian crossings and a potential five-acre "cap" between 14th and 17th streets that could reclaim right-of-way for parks or housing. Staff said the state initially identified larger funding for the program but that available dollars were scaled down; the city would be…
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