The above parcel is one of two that will be up for discussion. The other is presumably adjacent, but its lines do not appear in the Outpost’s database for some reason.

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The City of Arcata just added an item to its closed session meeting tomorrow night, and moved the start time of that meeting up until 5:15 p.m. to accommodate that item.

What is the item? It’s the potential purchase of private property adjoining the Arcata Community Forest and Redwood Park, which happens to contain a few holes of the historic disc golf course behind Cal Poly Humboldt — according to many, one of the first in the state.

Previous landowners have tolerated the existence of the disc golf course on the vacant, forested land for decades. That changed a year or two ago, when the current landowner cut off access. But now the land is up for sale, and city government is set to take a look at whether it makes sense to acquire the property, which consists of two separate parcels, in order to preserve the course.

“It’s an opportunity for the city to look at the property, to continue the fact that we have a lot of active sports within Arcata,” said Arcata Mayor Alex Stillman, reached this afternoon shortly after the change in tomorrow night’s agenda was announced. “Our disc golf course is the second in California, so it’s just sort of a cool thing.”

City Manager Merritt Perry told the Outpost that the possible purchase was in its very preliminary stages. The point of tomorrow night’s meeting would be to gauge whether there is council interest in pursuing a purchase of the property, as well as the potential costs of doing so.

The special, closed session section of Wednesday’s Arcata City Council meeting will now begin at 5:15 in Arcata City Hall. An agenda can be found here. The council’s regular meeting, which will include discussion of the upcoming Arcata Friday Night Market series, follows at 6 p.m.