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Calistoga residents push for a public, master‑plan process for fairgrounds
Summary
Residents urged the Calistoga City Council to commission a citywide survey or hire a public‑space consultant to build a master plan for the newly acquired fairgrounds, emphasizing emergency uses, recreation, and transparent fiscal analysis before major contracts or construction.
Dozens of residents told the Calistoga City Council on Oct. 22 that the recently acquired fairgrounds should be reshaped only after a publicly vetted master plan and broad community engagement. Doug Allen asked the council to commission a city‑wide survey or hire a consulting firm so “the majority of city residents get” the outcome, and several speakers cited past reserve and grand‑jury reports to caution against reverting to prior practices.
The comments came during oral communications and centered on three themes:…
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