Humboldt County
What your local boards and councils decided, from their own agendas and minutes.
At the July 16 HCOG meeting, Caltrans said the long-running Highway 101 project reached project approval and finished the environmental phase.
The county’s board approved using program income to expand its HOME Investment Partnership award for first-time homebuyer and rental assistance.
At its July 9 meeting, the Humboldt Bay Harbor District said it is the CEQA lead agency for the offshore wind terminal and that NEPA is not currently triggered for the district’s project, while also detailing a marina dredging funding shortfall.
County staff and an advisory committee outlined three-year Measure Z spending options for fiscal 2027-28 through 2029-30, but the meeting transcript cuts off before any final board action on the item.
The council also asked the city attorney for an impartial analysis and set up the ballot-argument process for the tax measure.
The July 23 board packet asks Redwood Coast Energy Authority to approve a 15-year agreement with Paradigm Energy LLC for a Tehachapi wind repower project expected online in 2027.
A July 23 staff proposal would keep Redwood Coast Energy Authority retail rates at a 6% premium over PG&E generation rates while maintaining at least $26 million in cash reserves.
Council also approved a placeholder for a future climate manager line item as it weighed reserves, staffing and election policy.
The July 9 meeting moved the offshore wind terminal review ahead while detailing community-outreach funding and the lack of a near-term Woodley Island Marina dredging plan.
Trustees said they would not sign a proposed 2026-27 transportation agreement with Northern Humboldt Unified School District yet, as the district considers whether to sell its electric bus.
At the June 15 budget hearing, supervisors directed staff to plan workshops on the county’s structural deficit and to look for spay-and-neuter funding through the Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Division.
The June 16 meeting also cleared a substantial increase to the Painter Street sewer consulting agreement, both as consent items.
The council pulled the wastewater project off the consent calendar before approving Wahlund Construction Inc. for the First Street Lift Station Improvement Project and adopting a categorical CEQA exemption.
Trustees also approved closed-session stipends and heard that a full-time teaching position for 2026-27 has been accepted.
The board adopted a housing-element implementation ordinance that changes zoning standards in designated housing opportunity areas along Highway 101.
The July 20 agenda puts three notable policy items before the council: Opportunity Zone nominations, a building code overhaul and an $83,690 water master plan budget request.
The July 15 council packet says weekly residential curbside service would rise to $47.44 a month and a 1-yard commercial bin to $261.30, pending council action.
Commissioners adopted the permit, CEQA findings and mitigation monitoring program at their June 11 meeting after public comment.
The July 14 agenda bundles grant acceptances, contract awards and Nuclear-Free Ordinance waivers for ACV, Murray Field and Rohnerville Airport.
The donation is tied to a plan to buy and convert the downtown property for shelter and interim housing, with a 50-year use restriction proposed for the site.
The measure heads to the Nov. 3 ballot after hotel operators and lodging representatives argued it could hurt tourism and business competitiveness.
The council unanimously backed an AeroMod replacement for the wastewater plant’s cake conveyance system and adopted a budget amendment tied to the purchase.
The council unanimously approved accepting the California Highway Patrol grant after being told it had to be accepted within 10 days of the July 3 notice.
The July 7 council agenda includes a proposed transient occupancy tax ballot measure, a $2,875,355 Balay Ko Foundation donation and a $370,000 downtown property acquisition tied to affordable or interim housing.
