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Council approves focused EIR contract for Rogers Garage amid community calls for fuller review
Summary
After extensive public comment citing contamination, wetlands and school‑impact concerns, the council voted to award a $115,190 contract (plus 10% contingency) to Helix Environmental Planning to prepare an EIR for the Rogers Garage site; residents urged a comprehensive study while staff said scoping could expand focus areas.
The Arcata City Council voted to contract an environmental consultant for the Rogers Garage redevelopment project after hours of public comment urging broader review of site conditions.
City staff explained that the former Rogers Garage site appears on the Cortese contaminated‑sites list and that site‑specific concerns—contamination, a newly identified wetland and a 60‑year drainage line running under Jacoby Creek School—required an Environmental Impact Report rather than the previously considered categorical exemption. "We issued an RFP…
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