Rio Dell City Council has formally joined a regional push to keep draft Opportunity Zones 2.0 census tract recommendations moving forward.
At its Aug. 18 meeting, the council approved a joint letter asking the California Department of Finance to carry forward draft recommendations that include census tracts in Rio Dell, Fortuna and Arcata, according to the meeting summary and agenda. Staff told the council the state had issued draft recommendations for the program and that the cities would send the letter as part of the nomination process.
The council action makes Rio Dell’s participation in the nomination effort a recorded decision, rather than just a pending agenda item. The agenda identified the Opportunity Zones 2.0 letter as one of the meeting’s substantive action items, alongside other business including wastewater and budget matters.
The summary said the state’s public comment period on the draft recommendation ends on the 28th. The record reviewed for this story does not show any final state action on the nominations, and it does not spell out which local projects or parcels would benefit most if the tracts are ultimately selected.
