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02.23.2011
'Is it always this beautiful in Humboldt County?'

'Is it always this beautiful in Humboldt County?'

Fred J Moore III/For the Times-Standard
Posted: 02/23/2011 01:30:31 AM PST

My great nephew woke up last Saturday morning and these were the first words out of his mouth. He drove up from the Sacramento area the prior night to chaperone a middle school dance for my two daughters. The weather forecast for this particular morning was 60 degrees, sunny, with no wind.

As we all know, the weather in our neck of the woods is typically not as nice as the run we've had this early February. But certain elements of Humboldt County are consistently beautiful. The majesty of the redwoods, the marvel of an ocean sunset and the soothing sounds of a scenic river are all things we sometimes take for granted, but shouldn't.

Another positive element of our rural lifestyle is often overlooked as well. It is the strong sense of being connected to our community and all of us within it. While the population density up here is comparatively low, the density of meaningful relationships is very high. Working in downtown Eureka, I'll often encounter an old high school acquaintance, former coworker or family friend and spend a moment reconnecting. I frequently chat with my neighbors, visit with our elected officials, have lunch with my minister or join friends for a beer at the local brewery. We know and relate to each other in a variety of settings and roles -- this is our strength. The whole of our community is greater than the sum of its parts.

The sense of connection within our communities is a genuine resource. In many ways, it's more important than our jobs, our educational level or our individual political views. My wife and I were both born and raised in Humboldt County, as were our parents. Our children are now being raised in the same setting. Our strong sense of civic and community pride and responsibility is being passed on through them. The willingness to volunteer, interact and cooperate in supporting community projects is not important simply to us; rather, it's important to everyone who lives here. Doing something good for our community creates good feelings. More importantly, it reinforces constructive behavior. Leaving a legacy requires us to live the legacy today. Our rich, vibrant and diverse Humboldt County history didn't occur without people working and sacrificing before us. Now it's our turn.

The North Coast is full of organizations that would appreciate your involvement. You may choose to coach a youth sports team or volunteer at a church, local school or community nonprofit organization. Whatever your desire, there are many opportunities to make your day by making someone else's. And, while you're at it, take a drive through the Avenue of the Giants, have a picnic beside one of our beautiful local rivers and take in a sunset at Moonstone Beach. Don't take any of these wonderful things for granted. Yes, it's always this beautiful in Humboldt County -- not only because of our natural resources, but because of our people as well.

 Fred J Moore III is a fourth-generation Humboldt County resident who lives in Cutten with his wife and two daughters.

  

02.15.2011
Eureka Named 'Most Distinctive' Destinations

Eureka named one of nation's 'Dozen Distinctive' destinations

The Times-Standard
Posted: 02/15/2011 12:15:11 PM PST

The National Trust for Historic Preservation today named Eureka one of its 2011 Dozen Distinctive Destinations and placed the North Coast city in the running for a public online voting contest to select the 2011 Dozen Distinctive Destinations Fan Favorite.

For 12 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has selected communities across America that, in the words of its press release, “offer cultural and recreational experiences different from those found at the typical vacation destination. From dynamic downtown's and stunning architecture to cultural diversity and a commitment to historic preservation, sustainability and revitalization, the selected destinations boast a richness of character and exude an authentic sense of place.”

Stephanie Meeks, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, said Eureka's commitment to its unique past gives visitors an opportunity to step back in time.

”This Victorian-era town offers the complete package for visitors -- the beautiful bay, an active arts culture and an unrivaled array of historic sites, all of which paint a fascinating portrait of our 19th century American West,” she said.

Listed among Eureka's highlights were the Samoa Cookhouse, the Blue Ox Millworks, the Carter House Inns and Eureka's “more than 50 festivals, including an Intertribal gathering of Native American tribes, a mushroom fair and the Kinetic Sculpture Race, which is the original triathlon of the art world.

Other highlights mentioned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation included the Madaket, the last surviving original ferry that transported mill workers and families to the bay, kayak trips across the bay, a wide array of bird species, the ability to paddle around Indian Island or along the water trails of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge and the Native American wing of the Clarke Historical Museum's displays of Northern California Native American basketry, stoneware and regalia.

See the full story in Wednesday's 2.16.11edition of the Times-Standard.

 

02.15.2011
Adopt A Block Program

'Adopt a block' program will aim to spruce up city streets

Allison White/The Times-Standard
Posted: 02/02/2011 01:14:52 AM PST

 

Eureka may no longer have street sweepers combing the city's roads, but businesses and residents plan to take up some of the responsibility to make their blocks cleaner.

A number of local agencies and businesses are beginning to organize an “Adopt a Block” program that will encourage business owners and others to pick a block in Eureka to keep clean. The Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce is encouraging its members to participate by helping form the program and then pick a block to remove litter, graffiti, weeds and other nuisances, said chamber executive director J Warren Hockaday. Organizers are working to have the kickoff date be the city's May Day cleanup event.

Hockaday said the chamber and other partners in the budding program would like to work with the city, which is why they plan to coordinate with the annual cleanup on May 1. Right now, the chamber is informally calling businesses to garner interest and bring people together to improve the visual appearance of the city. So far, business owners have been enthusiastic.

”We all have such pride in the city to begin with -- it was an easy sell,” Hockaday said.

One of the agencies partnering with the chamber for the program is Eureka Main Street, a program that serves the 49 blocks between A and I streets and is a public-private partnership between the Eureka Redevelopment Agency and downtown and Old Town merchants. Main Street Executive Director Charlotte McDonald said other groups have been working toward the same goal in different ways, including the Eureka Rescue Mission volunteers cleaning up some areas and maintaining streetscapes. The adopt a block program can coordinate these efforts and others to get more people involved toward the “common goal that is to encourage taking pride in our community,” she said.

”It's just one more way members of this community can spruce up our area,” McDonald said.

While the program is still being developed and partnerships are still being forged, the plan is to have a map of Eureka online that would allow people to pick a block and “adopt” the responsibility to maintain its appearance. Redwood Capital Bank President and CEO John Dalby said the bank has offered to sponsor the website, along with adopting two city blocks.

”We're all in,” Dalby said.

The lack of street sweeping from last year's budget cuts was part of the reason the adopt a block program has been started, but Hockaday said it also comes from a desire to improve the look of the city in other ways, such as removing graffiti. Local government can't afford to handle the responsibility as much as it could in prior years, and every time the partners in the project sit down to meet, new ideas are presented to improve Eureka.

”It's starting to take on some monumental dimensions,” Hockaday said.

 

Staff writer Allison White can be reached at 441-0506 or awhite [at] times-standard [dot] com.

 

11.10.2010
C Street Market Square Set to Open In Eureka

C Street Market set to open in Eureka with food, music

 **NEW GROWTH** PUBLIC ART ~ SIERRA PAHL ~  ARTIST

The C Street Market Square is opening today and will feature sculptures from local artists as well as live music and food. The market is a project of the Eureka Redevelopment Agency and is located at the foot of C Street along Eureka's waterfront. Activities will be held from noon until 2 p.m. Sculptors Marilyn Andrews, Elizabeth Berrien, John King, Rick Kistler, Sierra Pahl and Jack Sewell will be in attendance. The Pan Dulce Steel Drum Band will play from noon until 1 p.m. when a dedication ceremony is scheduled to begin, followed by entertainment by Humboldt Light Opera Company and The Ink People Center for the Arts MARZ drummers. The project represents a significant step forward in the redevelopment of Eureka's waterfront.

 

11.08.2010
State Approves Eureka Housing Element

State approves Eureka housing element
The Times-Standard
Posted: 10/28/2010 01:08:57 AM PDT

Eureka's housing element received the stamp of approval at the state level, the city announced Wednesday.

In a letter dated Oct. 19, the California Department of Housing and Community Development stated that it had reviewed Eureka's housing element and found it to be in full compliance with state law. The city adopted the element on Sept. 21 and submitted it for review on Sept. 29.

”The Department commends Eureka's commitment to promote higher-density, mixed-use, infill development affordable to lower-income households in the Old Town and Downtown areas,” the department wrote in the approval letter.

The approval means that Eureka now meets specific requirements for several state funding programs designed to reward local governments for compliance with state housing element law, according to the city.

11.08.2010
PG&E $250,000 contribution moves waterfront trail forward

PG&E contribution moves waterfront trail forward
Jessie Faulkner/The Times-Standard
Posted: 04/01/2009 01:17:09 AM PDT

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. representatives handed a $250,000 check to Eureka City Councilman Jeff Leonard Tuesday, taking the city one step closer to finishing the 6.5-mile Eureka Waterfront and Promenade Trail.

The utility company's donation is earmarked for surfacing the 1.5-mile southern end of the trail from Truesdale Avenue to Pound Road. A permeable, crushed shale material will be used that will make a surface appropriate for wheelchairs, bicycles, strollers and pedestrians, according to city of Eureka Special Projects Manager Gary Bird.

When complete, trail users will be able to take a 6.5-mile trek from behind Target to Pound Road.

The existing trail at the southern end also will be widened from its existing 4 feet to 12 feet, Bird said.

The trail project has been in the works since 2003 but was stuck for a few years, he said, while staff attempted to locate grant money to pay for wetland and biological studies. Ultimately, the City Council budgeted the necessary $50,000. The project's environmental documents are in the process of being drafted, Bird said, with the project still having to go before the state Coastal Commission.

Leonard, who also serves as the chairman of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority, said the possibility of a donation from PG&E was first discussed two years ago.

”This is really just the result of a great relationship,” Leonard said.

PG&E Vice President of Power Generation Randy Livingston said the company was looking for an opportunity to donate funds that would improve outdoor access.
The council approved the trail in 2005 and a number of sections -- but not all -- are in place. Work is being planned to finish the links through the Balloon Track and from the east side of the Samoa Bridge to Target and the east side of Samoa bridge north to Target. An additional elevated section is planned from U.S. Highway 101 across a wetland area to connect with Myrtle Avenue.

11.08.2010
Waterfront gets $2.4 Million in Stimulus dollars

Waterfront gets $2.4 million in stimulus dollars Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard Posted: 09/23/2009 01:30:20 AM PDT 

The city of Eureka just netted a big catch, and one that it's spent years reeling in. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has announced that the city will receive $2.4 million in stimulus funds through a Economic Development Administration grant to help with the completion of the city's long-planned Fisherman's Terminal Building, the last of 11 city-approved projects aimed at turning a dilapidated waterfront into a thriving fishing port. ”It's just super exciting,” said Eureka City Councilman Jeff Leonard. “This should allow us to go out to bid and really get moving.”

After more than 15 years of planning, it now appears the city has cleared the final hurdle in securing the funding necessary to erect the $3.2 million terminal building, which will include space for smaller niche seafood processors, a cafe, loading docks and a market space. Fishermen's Marketing Association President Aaron Newman said the new facility will be a great marketing tool for the industry, but will provide an immediate infrastructure improvement. ”It's something we need. It's an improvement to the infrastructure that's kind of been going the way of dilapidation,” Newman said, adding that he's very grateful to North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, for supporting the project and advocating for EDA grant funding. Thompson said the project is an important one. ”It will create jobs and reinvigorate Eureka as the historic commercial fishing center for northern California,” he said in a press release.

Eureka City Manager David Tyson said he remembers meeting with Thompson when the congressman was elected about a decade ago, and talking about the terminal project and its role in revitalizing the city's waterfront. And, Tyson said Thompson has been a huge advocate over the last three years in helping the city work with the EDA, and in writing letters of support to accompany the city's grant applications. ”The congressman has been extremely helpful in this all the way through,” Tyson said, adding that Thompson's field representative Liz Murguia has also been a great asset in the process. “They've certainly been instrumental in getting these funds.” But, the funding would not have been available without the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which was passed back in February and allocated about $800 billion in tax cuts, expanded unemployment benefits and domestic education and infrastructure spending. ”The announcement of this funding shows that the stimulus package is working for Eureka,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein said in a press release. “This $2.4 million grant will provide a much needed economic boost to the city of Eureka by creating jobs, upgrading the Eureka Waterfront and helping to attract more private investment to the city.” Sen. Barbara Boxer had a similar take, saying she was pleased to hear of the grant, which she thinks will create jobs and support the region's fishing industry.

Leonard said one of the things he's most proud of about the project is the city's plan to make the terminal a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building, complete with such eco-friendly features as solar panels, compact florescent lighting and non-fiberglass reinforced panels made of recycled plastic, wood and steel. ”We are pretty excited about the fact that the city of Eureka is working on a green building,” Leonard said. “This is an opportunity for the city to walk the walk.”

Tyson was also quick to point out that this is far from the city's first EDA-assisted project, and said the EDA's fingerprints are, in fact, all over the city's waterfront. The EDA provided $500,000 in assistance for the fisherman's work dock project, a $3.8 million grant to help renovate and rebuild the boat basin and Wharfinger building and funds for a fish processing plant. But the new grant funding comes with a few complications that can be attributed to the state of California's taking local funds to help bridge a $26 billion budget gap. As a part of its budget plan, the state is taking more than $1 billion from cities' redevelopment funds, including more than $1.6 million from Eureka's redevelopment agency. Tyson said the $2.4 million grant from EDA is contingent on the city's coming up with $800,000 in matching funds, which he said will come out of the city's redevelopment fund. Eureka will still be able to find the matching funds, Tyson said, but will have to do some planning. ”We have some options, we just need to finalize those options and make a recommendation to the city council,” Tyson said, adding that the council will likely hear the matter at its Oct. 20 meeting.

Calling the grant a “win-win” because it will put local construction crews to work on something that is expected to ultimately have a positive impact on the local economy, Leonard said he's hopeful the terminal building will also spur some more private investment on the city's waterfront. ”I think the whole key is to try to move beyond plans to actual projects, and it will be fantastic to have a project in place to kind of sew up both ends of the boardwalk development,” Leonard said. “Hopefully, this will attract other projects in to fill the empty spaces between.”

Thadeus Greenson can be reached at 441-0509 or tgreenson [at] times-standard [dot] com

11.08.2010
Eureka Arts Recognition Award

Douglas Moorehead to receive arts award The Times-Standard Posted: 10/03/2010 01:22:25 AM PDT The Eureka Art and Culture Commission will award Douglas Moorehead the “Eureka Arts Recognition Award” at the Eureka City Council meeting on Tuesday. This award is presented each year to an individual who has contributed to the betterment of life in Eureka through creative endeavors.

Moorehead was chosen for his role in bringing great music literature for the pipe organ to the community through the Christ Church Concert Series. Because of his efforts, the public has the opportunity to enjoy a music experience normally available only in major metropolitan areas. The Christ Church Concert Series is designed to promote and celebrate great music literature for the pipe organ and associated voice and instrumental ensembles, adding to the vibrant artistic culture of the North Coast Community. The concert series consists of: * Two organ concerts each year: a winter concert with an internationally or nationally known organist and a fall concert with a regionally known (West Coast) organist. * The Rhododendron Festival Concert for organ and other instruments and voices with local musicians. * Three “Sundays at 4” free concerts during the summer months which include the organ. * The “Monster Mash” concert at Halloween for children. * The Messiah Community Singalong with organ.

The church's Kegg Pipe Organ, installed in 2008, is central to the church's community outreach program. With its 31 ranks, it is an instrument of remarkable color and versatility. The outreach program embraces the vision that the culture of the surrounding community, and not just that of the church, should be enriched by an instrument of this quality. The organ is meant to be heard and enjoyed by many and to be considered a community instrument for the North Coast.

Moorehead was of key importance in selecting the organ builder, choosing the design of the organ to obtain the finest organ possible within the budget, and suggesting the extensive acoustical retrofitting of the church interior to accommodate the organ. According to Moorehead, he loves music himself, but he is particularly interested in how music reaches and affects others. His personal art relates to performance with keyboard instruments. He is an accomplished organist and has an understanding of the great works of organ music and how they should be played. Moorehead holds a doctor of musical arts degree from Stanford University. He was on the music faculty at the University of La Verne for eight years before coming to Eureka. He has been the organist at Christ Episcopal Church, 15th and H streets, since 1982, and his responsibilities were subsequently enlarged to include director of music. For many years he has been an active member (and frequent chapter dean) of the local Sequoia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. It is through his contacts in the national organization that he is able to contract with organists to perform here.

The City of Eureka is joining art leaders and supporters across the country in celebrating October as National Arts and Humanities Month. It is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the positive impact the arts bring to local schools and communities. The Eureka Art and Culture Commission acts in an advisory capacity to the city council and the city manager for all matters pertaining to art, literature, music and other cultural activities. Its current focus is to promote art in public places and create a registry of artists interested in public art commissions. More information can be found at www.eureka-art-culture.com .

05.28.2010
New Rendering of the "C" Street Fisherman's Plaza

FishermensTerminal Site and Building 2.pdf

04.30.2010
Eureka Named One of Top Ten Travel Hotspots

The city of Eureka, a historic Victorian seaport in Northern California, is among the top ten emerging U.S. travel destinations for 2007, according to one of the world’s most popular travel websites.

Read the rest of the article here:

Eureka Named One of Top Ten Travel Hotspots

03.05.2010
Port o' Gold

Port ‘O Gold, An article written by Heidi Walters for the North Coast Journal, still holds true today. Major Wall Street players still angling for a piece of Humboldt Bay.  Read the full article at the North Coast Journal:

www.northcoastjournal.com/issues/2008/07/24/port-o-gold

03.03.2010
What is Happening at the Foot of C Street?

I’m sure you’ve noticed…but…. The Redevelopment Agency is currently in the process of redeveloping waterfront property at the foot of C Street, north of First Street, for use by the commercial fishing industry, public access to Humboldt Bay, and retail/residential developments proposed by others.  This long-planned development of these sites includes construction of the new Fisherman’s Terminal building, a new public parking area, enhancement of C Street, and a public market square.

Fishermen’s Terminal ($3.2 million with a $2.4 million EDA Grant). The goal of the Fishermen’s Terminal project is to support economic development in the City of Eureka, the County of Humboldt and beyond through waterfront development of long term infrastructure in support of base industry cluster Fishing, Processing & Aquaculture. The Fishermen’s Terminal Building will provide the fish processing industry with the space and opportunity to develop additional specialty products.

Wild Planet (2 jobs saved, 6 created), Coast Seafoods (32 jobs saved, 19 created), and Humboldt Seafood Unloaders (2 jobs saved) will be tenants in the building and have the opportunity to expand their businesses.  Wild Planet and Humboldt Seafood Unloaders have historically been fish buying stations located on the partially burned Dock B in Eureka. With the closure of Dock B due to earthquake damage, these two businesses have temporarily moved to the work area adjacent to the building site.  Coast Seafoods needs additional processing space for kumomoto oyster processing. Additional space and improved dock conditions will allow all of these businesses to diversify and add employees.

In addition, the Fishermen’s Terminal Building will include a retail seafood counter and café and the City will also construct an adjacent market square for farmer’s markets and other community events. The square will include a stage, a ticket booth for the historic vessel Madaket’s bay tours and ample space for the market vendors.

This space will present an opportunity for local fisherman to sell more of their catch for local consumption. Currently the farmer’s market held in Old Town Eureka during the summer months includes fresh produce and canned goods like olives and honey. The new market square will allow the fishing industry to participate because it will be built right across “C” street from the Terminal Building and the docks. Its location will also allow tourists to see local and visiting fishing boats unloading their catch at the docks.

The “C” Street Market Square project includes the following three components: 

  1. Public Parking Lot. Construction of 41 public parking spaces, including 2 handicap accessible spaces, immediately south of the Fisherman’s Terminal Building.  Access to the Terminal Building loading docks will be provided through the parking lot to Waterfront Drive.  The parking lot will be landscaped and include the installation of amenities consistent in number, scale, and style as those on the existing Boardwalk and “F” Street pedestrian plaza. 

  2. C Street Improvements. Construction of a 60-foot wide plaza along the 240-foot long portion (14,400 square feet) of “C” Street between the Boardwalk and First Street.  This pedestrian oriented plaza area will include the installation of street furniture consistent in number, scale, and style as those on the existing Boardwalk and “F” Street pedestrian plaza.  Emergency access to the public parking lot and the Market Square would be provided, although daily vehicular access will be barred by bollards.

  3. “Fishermen’s Market Square”. Construction of a plaza area at the southeastern corner of C Street and the Boardwalk up to 17,000 square feet in size.  The square will include the installation of street furniture that would be consistent in number, scale, and style as those on the existing boardwalk and “F” Street pedestrian plaza.  The Square will also consist of permanent, semi-permanent, and removable facilities for public gatherings including: a permanent covered stage wired for amplified sound, a ticket booth and/or information kiosk, outdoor dining areas, umbrella stands for market events and an approximately 60-foot by 120-foot removable tent along with imbedded anchoring stanchions and brackets.

Total Infrastructure Costs:

Fishermen’s Work Area      $0.5 million (done)
Fishermen’s Building          $3.2 million (under contract; construction to start any day)
Fishermen’s Dock                $5.0 million (done)
“C” Street and Square          $2.8 million (under construction)

Total                                     $11.5 million*

*$7.6 million from outside sources; and $3.9 million local sources.

10.06.2009
Eureka Launches Business Support Initiatives

Eureka launches business support initiatives

Donna Tam/The Times-Standard Posted: 09/08/2009 01:15:17 AM PDT

 In an attempt to help grow the local economy, the city of Eureka is hoping to improve its communications with area business owners. The city has launched the Business Support Program, an effort consisting of four initiatives to help the city gather more information and increase business awareness of ways the city can help. The four initiatives are a business assessment survey, an enterprise zone educational workshop, an e-mail newsletter campaign, and an update of the city's redevelopment Web site.

Judy Harrison, a consultant to the city who specializes in business growth, said it is a cooperative effort for the city, and the first step is encouraging business owners to take the assessment survey. ”We've had a pretty good turnout so far but really want to blow the socks off of this and have a huge response,” she said, adding that the survey will provide the city information to better help it develop programs and provide assistance. ”We just want businesses to know that the city cares,” Harrison said.

“We want to know what they need and we want to keep them here.” Redevelopment Director Cindy Trobitz-Thomas said the information helps the city direct its limited resources toward programs and services that can help the most. Although local businesses, especially those in Old Town and downtown, seem fairly stable considering the economy, Trobitz-Thomas said, there is still room for growth. Advertisement Quantcast ”There's not a whole lot of transition here, but we have some industry that might be on the edge because of the recession,” she said. “We want to be able to tell them about things they can tap into.”

Beverly Sousa, owner of Bev's Real Kids and secretary for the Henderson Center Merchants Association, said the city has had a good discussion with the association regarding its initiates. She said she found it helpful and would welcome the city's efforts, especially the enterprise zone workshop and the e-mail newsletter. ”An e-mail would be great,” she said. “You would get the information and you could kind of go over the information at your leisure.”

Harrison said making it easier for business owners to communicate with the city is what the city wants to achieve because it wants to be a catalyst for growth. ”The businesses are the core of a good economy, so the healthier the businesses the healthier our economy,” she said.

10.06.2009
Builder for Fisherman's Terminal

Eureka finds builder for long-awaited Fisherman's Terminal

Donna Tam/The Times-Standard

Posted: 12/14/2009 01:24:13 AM PST

The Eureka City Council may approve a construction company for the Fisherman's Terminal Building Tuesday, bringing the long-awaited waterfront revitalization anchor one step closer to becoming a reality.

The council will vote to declare Randy Hill Construction, Inc., the lowest bidder out of eight for the project, at $2.8 million.

The Fisherman's Terminal Building will include space for smaller niche seafood processors -- Humboldt Seafood Unloaders, Wild Planet, Coast Seafoods and Humboldt Bay Oysters are currently committed as tenants -- as well as a restaurant, loading docks and a market space. It is intended to help revitalize Eureka's waterfront area, which is currently made up of mostly empty lots.

The city has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration's Recovery Program for the building's construction. A cash match of $800,000 is required from the city, plus $200,000 to complete the project.

The council will also be discussing the approval of plans for the C Street and market square project, which would also be located at the waterfront. The project will consist of a 41-space public parking lot, a 60-foot-wide plaza along C Street between the boardwalk and First Street, and a market square.

In other matters, the council will look at approving a wastewater outfall stabilization project -- from the city's capital improvement projects -- and the addition of an ethanol gas pipeline to the existing

The council will also review its contract with the Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce. According to a staff report, the city pays 8.25 percent of its transient occupancy tax, or hotel tax, to the chamber. This percentage represents roughly $125,000 per year.

The council will have the option to renew the contract for an additional year starting in January, and could opt to end its contract after Dec. 31, 2010.

Chamber of Commerce Executive Director J Hockaday said the review is something done every year and he has faith that the city will continue its relationship with the chamber since the chamber adds to the city's economic well-being, as well as that of the entire county.

If You Go:

What: Eureka City Council meeting

Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 531 K St.

When: 6 p.m., Tuesday

 

Donna Tam can be reached at 441-0532 or dtam [at] times-standard [dot] com.

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