I had two NCRA sub committee meetings this past week and
varied topics. Just thought I would update.
The first item of the week concerning Property Committee
business was a licensing agreement with the Loleta Community Chamber to build a
Loleta Park Project on NCRA property in the Rail Corridor. The NCRA property
committee unanimously agreed to endorse the project to the NCRA board as a
whole. Emily Sinkhorn from the Redwood Community Action Agency and Loleta
Community Service District Marcus Drumm gave details to the exciting project
for Loleta.
The second item was concerning a billboard on NCRA property.
The sign itself is owned by Geoff Wills and he respectfully requested
reconsideration or at least a “trade” of sign placement somewhere else along
the rail corridor, even to maybe another county. He agreed to remove the sign and 2 others
close by at the request of the other signs owners.
The third item was a licensing agreement with the City of
Arcata for the Rails With Trails Project. Doby Class and Netra Khatri from Arcata Public
Works updated the project and the Properties committee unanimously voted to
move this licensing agreement forward to the NCRA Directors . This project will
start in April! Only a few months away!
On Thursday I chaired the Trial Ad Hoc Committee and two
items were before us. The first was a City of Eureka Abatement notice sent to
CUE, VI LLC (Security National) to remove all locomotive engines on their
property. The City said they would remove and dispose and charge the land
owners. Security National representative Dane Grytness was present to explain
his research and his willingness to entertain all resolutions to the issue.
North Western Pacific Co. (NWPco.) President John Williams had three different
solutions to the issue. 1. Hide them somewhere else. 2. Move them. 3. Put a
decorative fence around them. The City of Arcata volunteered to dismantle as
scrap. The board will discuss this item at a later date.
The last item was to allow NWPco. to do the inspections for
the “Speeder” train excursions. We voted unanimously to endorse this item to
the full board.
The next NCRA meeting will be February 11th at
10:30pm in Healdsburg, California.
That's too bad, those are part of our history right there and some very interesting things to see.
ReplyDeleteThat some people have to remove history is their problem they insist on inflicting on the rest of us in some definition of 'clean'. It's a cheap petty way of looking accomplished.
We should embrace and feature our interesting history, not bulldoze it and scrap it. Move to LA if one doesn't like NW history.
Same could be said for the homeless camps at the foot of Del Norte.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Richard.
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