Humboldt County
What your local boards and councils decided, from their own agendas and minutes.
The Aug. 11 agenda includes a public hearing to rewrite coastal density-bonus rules and a separate directive to tighten lower Redway tree-protection language while studying a broader old-growth tree ordinance.
Planning commissioners settled on a drafting direction that keeps offshore wind in the Humboldt Bay Area Plan’s background sections but removes wind-specific wording from the operative policy text for a future heavy-lift terminal.
The Aug. 5 agenda includes a $1.5 million construction amendment and a separate $240,135 Carollo Engineers amendment tied to the city’s wastewater treatment facilities upgrade project.
The Aug. 6 agenda stacks tentative labor agreements, a pay package for unrepresented staff, a handbook revision and an Amplify curriculum pilot on the same night as a superintendent evaluation.
The district’s Aug. 11 agenda includes a proposed county-wide interdistrict attendance agreement for 2026-27, running from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
The Aug. 5 agenda includes a new version of the city’s artificial intelligence policy after council tabled an earlier draft in July.
The school board’s Aug. 6 agenda includes tentative agreements with CSEA and FETA, a compensation package for unrepresented employees, a revised handbook, a new text-messaging privacy policy and a CKLA/ELA pilot.
The Planning Commission voted 7-0 to reject a special permit to remove an old-growth redwood in Lower Redway, leaving the tree standing for now.
The Aug. 4 council agenda asks members to authorize a GHD Inc. amendment that would raise the sewer evaluation study contract to $1.09 million and extend it to Dec. 1, 2027.
Council approved the sewer delinquency resolution 4-1, but agreed to revisit Al Petrovich’s parcel on July 21 after he asked for more time.
The Aug. 3 special-meeting agenda names the school district, chamber of commerce and state/CAL FIRE representatives in property negotiations over the River Lodge Conference Center.
Council backed a wastewater equipment replacement after staff said the current setup was causing recurring liner damage.
The Humboldt Bay Harbor District’s Aug. 13 agenda asks commissioners to authorize expanded planning, permitting and design work for the Humboldt Heavy Lift Marine Terminal.
At a July 16 workshop, commissioners moved the Humboldt Bay Area Plan update forward while signaling that any future port overlay for Samoa will face separate review and later hearings.
At the June 11 meeting, commissioners heard a technical update on the heavy lift marine terminal and public concerns about noise, vibration and shellfish impacts, while staff outlined a revised three-phase buildout plan.
Council backed Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s fiscal 2026-27 budget and rate recommendation after staff said PCIA-related costs and a projected deficit require the increase.
Trustees unanimously signed off on the district’s annual planning and spending items at the June 12 meeting.
A July 21 public hearing on Recology Humboldt County’s proposed solid-waste rate hike ended in a tie, and the council continued the matter to its next meeting.
The July 23 packet asks Redwood Coast Energy Authority directors to consider a rate strategy that would keep generation prices 6% above PG&E’s and preserve at least $26 million in reserves.
The July 23 board packet puts Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s 2026 integrated resource plan filing ahead of the Aug. 10 CPUC deadline, with staff citing a higher modeled portfolio cost than last month.
The July 21 consent calendar includes a $157,060 CHP cannabis-tax grant for the Eureka Police Department, a sole-source TASER purchase and an annual maintenance commitment.
The board is scheduled to consider a Paradigm Energy LLC contract that would repower a Tehachapi Wind Resource Area site and mark RCEA’s first wind PPA.
Council is scheduled to hold public hearings on a proposed 8.52% solid-waste rate increase and updated FY2026-27 city fees.
Cub Scout families say the city’s new Rec Hall charge reverses years of fee relief, while staff point to last year’s fee schedule changes and say a gradual transition is possible.
