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Good news for people who fear the City of Eureka values people over parking! What if the city built you a building for parking?

Eureka City Manager Miles Slattery says the city is working with the Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) and the Humboldt Transit Authority (HTA) to track down funding sources and determine the feasibility of building a parking garage somewhere in Old Town Eureka.

“We are looking at different locations,” Slattery told the Outpost in a phone interview this morning. “To build these things there has to be a certain ingress and egress, stuff like that. Ideally, it would be located at the Third and G parking lot – where the old City Hall used to be – because it would be right next to the EaRTH Center, the city’s [future] multimodal transit center. If that doesn’t work there are a few other locations, like the lot at Second and H [Streets].”

The size and capacity of the parking garage have yet to be determined, Slattery said. Ideally, the garage would be able to accommodate the number of parking spaces that will be lost when the city moves ahead with its plans to develop several city-owned lots in Old Town and downtown, which adds up to around 200 spots. The height of the structure would be determined by the size of the lot, but Slattery said the structure would probably be two or three stories tall.

“It’s all very preliminary but it’s something we’re looking into,” Slattery said. “We should have some more information around the beginning of the year.”

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• Local Group Announces Intent to Stop the City of Eureka’s Conversion of Downtown Parking Lots Into Housing With New Ballot Measure
• Group Circulating Eureka Housing Petition Says the Wiyot Tribe’s Projects Are OK, Clarifies That Parking Lot Conversions Will Be Allowed So Long as Developers Build Even More Parking Than Before
• Open Letter Urging Eureka Voters Not to Sign the ‘Housing For All’ Petition Endorsed by 100+ Humboldt County Residents, Including Local Leaders in Politics, Business and Culture
• GUEST OPINION: Like Eureka, McKinleyville Also Has an Excess of Parking Spaces That Could Be Housing
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• Eureka Council Requests Informational Report on ‘Housing for All’ Initiative to Clear Up Confusion for Voters, Discusses Guidelines for ADUs, and More
• Backers of Eureka’s Pro-Parking ‘Housing for All’ Initiative Say They’ve Gathered and Submitted Enough Signatures to Get It On the Ballot
• (UPDATE) Eureka Gets $30 Million Grant for Housing Projects That the ‘Housing For All’ Initiative Hopes to Block
• New Coalition — ‘I Like Eureka Housing!’ — Formed to Oppose Arkley-Backed Pro-Parking Lot Initiative
• (UPDATE) Arkley-Affiliated ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ Files Two More Lawsuits Against the City, Aiming to Block Linc Housing Developments
• Backers of Pro-Parking Lot ‘Housing for All’ Initiative Say They’ve Filed a Lawsuit Against the City of Eureka Because They Believe They Should be on the Spring Ballot Rather Than the Fall Ballot
• Eureka Council Sends Pro-Parking ‘Housing for All’ Initiative to November 2024 Election Ballots