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The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, after a voluminous Q&A period with Humboldt County Planning and Building Director John Ford and planner Cade McNamara, booted the ordinance out to their March 5 meeting. The separate ordinances for the Humboldt Bay region and inland parts of the county can be read in full at https://bit.ly/47WTYX4
The board voted four to one – with 5th District Supervisor Steve Madrone dissenting – to lift the hiring freeze for 25 positions, mostly consisting of correctional deputy positions, but including a lateral deputy sheriff hire and a dispatcher.
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office was given a hiring freeze exemption by county supervisors to fill 25 positions, although the agency had asked to fill 35 openings.
After private deliberations between the applicant, appellants – a neighborhood group called the Coalition for Responsible Housing – the board approved a version of the development on a 2.47 acre parcel with 17 lots and 56 units, down from the initial proposal of 19 lots and 62 units. Additionally, developer Dane Valadao agreed to reduce the four two-story residences to just two single-family, single-story homes and commit funds to road maintenance.
There are a series of forums coming up in February that will air on KEET-TV.