City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Minutes 06/23/2014, 2:35 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 20473 1. Resolution Adopting City Council Rules of Procedure Michael Lilliquist/Terry Bornemann moved to recommend approval with revisions to section 4A to go back to the annual election cycle for Council and chairperson positions. [It was noted that Council may revisit the topic of election cycles at its reorganization meeting in January.] MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Gene Knutson excused. The Committee requested clarification that while a second is not required in three- person committees, it will be required in the Committee of the Whole. Council President Lehman asked Peter Ruffatto to add this language to the Resolution that is to be presented this evening. Terry Bornemann/Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of the City Council Rules of Procedure with the changes. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Gene Knutson excused. 20474 2. Consideration of a contract for a pro tem Hearing Examiner Cathy Lehman/Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval to authorize the Mayor to enter into a contract for a Pro Tem Hearing Examiner. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Gene Knutson excused. 20475 3. An Ordinance related to the extension of emergency interim zoning related to the cultivation of medical marijuana for personal use and in collective gardens 1  Jack Weiss/Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of the emergency Ordinance. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Gene Knutson excused. 20476 4. Waterfront District Implementation Status Report INFORMATION ONLY 20440 5. Resolution to adopt the 2015-2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Michael Lilliquist/Jack Weiss moved to recommend referral to the Public Works Committee for additional discussion regarding the overlay policy. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. Gene Knutson excused; Cathy Lehman abstained Terry Bornemann/Pinky Vargas moved to recommend approval of the TIP. MOTION CARRIED 5-1. Gene Knutson excused; Opposed: Michael Lilliquist 6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Jack Weiss offered two corrections to the June 9th committee meeting minutes. These will be made and a vote for approval will be taken at the next Committee of the Whole meeting on July 7th. 7. Old/New Business Roxanne: --Scott Stockburger is resigning from the School Board and she encourages citizens to apply. --There is a bike tire prowler downtown. Lock at least one of your wheels of your bike; please call 911 regarding this behavior. Michael: Attended the AWC Conference in Spokane. Of special interest were the sessions on freight rail traffic. The problem is state-wide. The Mayor is a member of the ad hoc committee on the same subject. Mayor Kelli remarked that she is waiting for feedback from the Council on the letter that was discussed on June 9, 2014. 2 Jack: The PDA has three vacancies on its board and Jack prefers that the Mayor fill those slots as soon as possible. The Mayor has candidates to fill those roles, but would like to wait until there is further information on the future of the PDA, which should be known around September. Cathy: Asked for head nods for flying the Pride Flag during Pride Week. All agreed. Adjournment to Executive Session at 4:45 p.m. Reconvened from Executive Session and adjourned meeting at 4:55 p.m. Adjournment 3