Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – Back in 2013, the McKinleyville Community Services District unveiled a slogan, “A New Frontier in Government.” It was apt at the time, as the once-insular MCSD was embarking on a new strategy to improve facilities and services in the unincorporated community. The district was reaching out to lawmakers,…
McKMAC reconsiders its rules and regs
According to its rules, the McKMAC “is tasked with gathering input from the community and commenting on matters of concern which relate to County services provided to McKinleyville including but not limited to public works, health, safety, welfare and public financing.”
McKMAC completing crucial Town Center wetlands policies
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) is nearing completion of one of its most important tasks – establishing wetland policies for the McKinleyville Town Center. The policies will help determine how much and where development can take place in the largest undeveloped portion of the Town Center behind…
McKinleyville Town Center at ‘turning point’
The McKinleyville Town Center extends from Railroad Drive to Heartwood Drive and from McKinleyville Avenue to the east side of Pierson Park. Portions of the Town Center are fully developed. The largest undeveloped area is behind the McKinleyville Shopping Center and south of Hiller Road.
McKMAC sees new Town Center images
The conceptual drawings will be discussed at the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee meeting tonight, Dec. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. The meeting will be held on Zoom. The meeting ID is 977 9152 0112. The password is 746219. The meeting can be accessed on a computer or on a phone by calling 1(669) 900-6833.
Understanding McK Town Center’s wetland assets
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) will take a deep dive into the topic of wetlands at its meeting Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the meeting will be held on Zoom. The meeting ID is 976 6824 1826. The password…
McKMAC could be ‘glue’ in triarchy with MCSD, county
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – In the short term, the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) plans to formalize its relationship with the local services district and will ask for a small amount of funding. In the long term, the McKMAC may look at the district’s latent powers, study incorporation and debate the possibility…
‘The Center at McKinleyville’ soon to open
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – A new social services hub will open in the McKinleyville Town Center in the coming year. Called The Center at McKinleyville, the building is located at 1615 Heartwood Dr. behind Starbucks. Hillarie Beyer, the executive director of the McKinleyville Family Resource Center, gave an update on the center’s…
McKMAC stays the course with reappointments
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The membership of the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) will stay the same with the Board of Supervisors’ approval of three reappointments. Maya Conrad, a Realtor who is the McKMAC’s chair, and Kevin Jenkins, owner of McKinleyville Ace Home and Garden Center, and realtor Kevin Dreyer were reappointed…
McKinleyville Community Forest in works
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – McKinleyville may be one step closer to getting its own community forest. At the Aug. 26 Zoom meeting of the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee, member Patrick Kaspari said that the a grant application has made it through the first round of review by the State of California Natural…