Opinion: Finalizing the Redwood Valley Community Plan

The following is a letter-to-the-editor from Wick Boyd of the Redwood Valley Municipal Advisory Council. We could not send a reporter to their latest community town hall, but Boyd has been kind enough to recap the events of that night for residents of Redwood Valley who might be interested. We publish here recap here as correspondence from a reader, and have accordingly not fact-check it, nor substantially copy-edited it. Here is her account:

Over 80 Redwood Valley residents, plus children, attended the third Town Hall meeting to update the Redwood Valley Community Action Plan. Held on the evening of May 14, at the [Redwood Valley] Grange, the meeting began with a complimentary light scommupper at 5:30 p.m., and continued with a presentation and lively discussions until 8 p.m. The most controversial part of the draft update to the 2004 plan was the new section, “Design Guidelines for Redwood Valley.”  The purpose of the Design Guidelines, which are intended for eventual incorporation into the County General Plan and Zoning Ordinance, is to establish more specific standards for commercial and industrial buildings in Redwood Valley. Currently, County codes enable issuance of permits by rule in areas zoned Commercial or Industrial, meaning there are few restrictions on the look and feel of new structures and no requirements that they fit into the community character or vision that Redwood Valley residents have for its future growth.