The council – which voted 4-1 with Councilmember Renee Contreras-DeLoach dissenting – approved $40,000 for an outside consultant to help create an overlay zone: which can direct certain aspects of development within specific neighborhoods, such as increasing or decreasing residential density, though the council noted they lean toward using it for the former purpose.
Eureka is holding a meeting on the former Jacobs middle school site following a surprise sale last month to a mystery developer, AMG Communities Jacobs, LLC. Councilmember Kati Moulton, who represents the neighborhood, is organizing the meeting along with the city's Development Services.