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City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · July 7, 2014

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City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Minutes 07/07/2014, 3:20 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 20488 1. Bellingham Public Development Authority - Army Street Project Informational Briefing INFORMATION ONLY 20489 2. Withdrawal of Thornberg Trust from the Non-binding Army Street Property Owners Memorandum of Agreement Jack Weiss/Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend providing direction to the administration to come back on July 21st with the necessary documents to extend our MOA with the other parties and without the Thornberg Trust. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Cathy Lehman excused 20382 3. A Work Session Regarding a Rental Registration Program Michael Lilliquist/Jack Weiss moved to recommend approval of moving Options 2 and 3 (from the packet) forward to be considered at a Public Hearing. MOTION FAILED 3-3. Opposed: Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Roxanne Murphy; Cathy Lehman excused Gene Knutson/Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of moving only Option 2 forward to be considered at a Public Hearing. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Cathy Lehman excused 1 4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes (Approval occurred earlier in the day at the Public Works Committee Meeting.) Jack Weiss/Michael Lilliquist moved to approve June 9, 2014, minutes. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Cathy Lehman excused Jack Weiss/Pinky Vargas moved to approve June 23, 2014, minutes. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. Gene Knutson abstained; Cathy Lehman excused 5. Old/New Business Gene: He and Jack have a meeting with the Mayor and staff regarding PEG on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Roxanne: Urges the citizens to be cognizant that traffic may increase in the neighborhoods where the Marijuana retailers are opening their stores. Mayor: The police chief will send a brief report via email today with statistics on the July 4th fireworks ban and he is happy to make a presentation at Council's next meeting. Adjournment to Executive Session at 4:50 Reconvened meeting and adjourned at 5:05 2

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City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 07/07/2014, 3:20 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 20488 1. Bellingham Public Development Authority - Army Street p. 1 Project Informational Briefing 20489 2. Withdrawal of Thornberg Trust from the Non-binding Army p. 10 Street Property Owners Memorandum of Agreement 20382 3. A Work Session Regarding a Rental Registration Program p. 30 4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 5. Old/New Business Adjournment ** INDICATES THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION 1 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 07/21/2014 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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