City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2014-06-09T13:30:00
End: 2014-06-09T15:30:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · June 9, 2014

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Minutes 06/09/2014, 1:30 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Jack Weiss, Gene Knutson, Cathy www.cob.org/council Lehman, Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Michael Lilliquist All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at and Roxanne Murphy 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 20451 1. National Child Abuse Prevention Month & Internet Crimes Against Children Presentation INFORMATION ONLY 20452 2. Presentation by Communitywise Bellingham on Rail Traffic Through Bellingham Terry Bornemann/Jack Weiss moved to recommend that staff draft a letter to the County in coordination with Council Member Lilliquist detailing the Council's ongoing concerns about the railroad issue in Bellingham. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Abstained: Michael Lilliquist 20453 3. Presentation on 2013 Community and City Performance Measures Michael Lilliquist/Jack Weiss moved to recommend approval to get two Council Members involved in the review process in a work session to be selected in January. MOTION FAILED 3-4. Opposed: Cathy Lehman, Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Roxanne Murphy 20454 4. Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Bellingham and Public Development Authority Jack Weiss/Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 1 20455 5. Public Access Television Update Terry Bornemann/Pinky Vargas moved to direct staff to work with members of the PEG working group to bring back to Council a plan for implementation to designate BTV10 as a limited P channel on a trial basis and to prepare a budget ordinance amending the 2014 budget to fund the proposed community-based television programs and services. MOTION CARRIED 6-1. Opposed: Michael Lilliquist 20388 6. Work Session on repealing the B&O tax exemption for nonprofit religious health care providers Terry Bornemann/Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of Option A in packet amended to take effect January 1, 2015. MOTION CARRIED 4-3. Opposed: Cathy Lehman, Gene Knutson, Roxanne Murphy 7. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Gene Knutson/Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval. Motion Carried 7-0. 8. Old/New Business Council Member Michael Lilliquist brought up the invitation from the Chamber of Commerce to have two Council Members on their board. Council Member Cathy Lehman said to wait on this until she saw an official invitation from the Chamber director. Council Member Michael Lilliquist presented a document that summarized his series of meetings with Janice Keller regarding improving communications to the public about key City issues. He asked for support indicated by a nod of heads, which was given. The word "propaganda" will be removed. More details to be fleshed out soon. Council Member Gene Knutson asked about Fireworks education. Mayor Linville confirmed that education took place last year and will again this year. Council Member Roxanne Murphy joined the Leadership Alliance Against Coal. The Mayor said that she has been invited and is interested in pursuing this. 2 Council Member Lehman reported that she met with Peter Ruffatto regarding Council procedures in addition to protocol related to public comment during Council Regular Meetings. She will be bringing this draft resolution forward on June 23rd. Council Member Lehman also reported that she wants Council Members to start writing out their motions. Adjournment to Executive Session at 4:40. President Lehman returned at 4:54 to adjourn the meeting. 3

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 06/09/2014, 1:30 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Jack Weiss, Gene Knutson, Cathy www.cob.org/council Lehman, Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Michael Lilliquist All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at and Roxanne Murphy 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call Council Standing Committee Meetings: Open to the public to attend. Note: there is generally no public comment period for Committee sessions. Standing Committee Members receive reports and information, ask questions and, when appropriate, vote on a recommended action for consideration by the full Council at the Regular meeting. Committee Chairs give a report of the Committee Meeting at the Regular Meeting in the evening prior to deliberation and formal vote in the order shown below: Committee Of The Whole Cathy Lehman, Chair Jack Weiss; Gene Knutson; Pinky Vargas; Terry Bomemann; Michael Lilliquist; Roxanne Murphy 20451 1. National Child Abuse Prevention Month & Internet Crimes p. 1 Against Children Presentation 20452 2. Presentation by Communitywise Bellingham on Rail Traffic p. 2 Through Bellingham 20453 3. Presentation on 2013 Community and City Performance p. 7 Measures 20454 4. Memorandum of Understanding between the City of p. 25 Bellingham and Public Development Authority 20455 5. Public Access Television Update p. 31 20388 6. Work Session on repealing the B&O tax exemption for p. 32 nonprofit religious health care providers 1 7. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 8. Old/New Business Adjournment ** INDICATES THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION Agenda Information: Council Committee and Regular meeting agendas and agendas packets, which contain the supporting documentation for agenda items, are available to the public Thursday afternoon prior to the meeting. They are posted at www.cob.org/meetings on the Bellingham web site. A hard copy of the agenda packet is available for review from the reference desk at the Central Library or can be purchased in the Finance office at City Hall for $4.00. Accessibility: FOR OUR CITIZENS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, the Council Chambers is fully accessible. Elevator access to the second floor is available at City Hall’s west entrance. Hearing assistance is available and a receiver may be checked out through the clerk prior to the evening session. For additional accommodations, persons are asked to contact the Legislative Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you. Next City Council Meeting 06/23/2014 Deadline to submit material for the public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda packet is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting. 2

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