City Council - Committee Of The Whole
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · September 8, 2014
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes
09/08/2014, 1:10 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
20545 1. Public Access TV Update
INFORMATION ONLY
20546 2. Energy Initiatives: The Georgetown University Energy Prize
Presented by Senior Policy Analyst Mark Gardner. Council gave direction to staff to
continue the investment of time and effort in pursuit of the Prize.
20547 3. Army Street Project Informational Briefing
INFORMATION ONLY
4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes
Gene Knutson/Terry Bornemann moved approval of the August 11th Committee
Meeting minutes as submitted.
MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Abstained: Jack Weiss
5. Old/New Business
Terry Bornemann/Gene Knutson moved to remove Agenda Bill 20464 from 3rd and
Final tonight to consider a revision to the zoning table as requested by Bill Geyer and
the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
Terry Bornemann/Gene Knutson moved to direct Peter Ruffatto to bring forward a
proposed framework and timeline in the form of a resolution pertinent to Cathy
Lehman's departure from the Council. Terry will be leading this transition and hopes
that a new person will be identified by the end of the year so that s/he will
participate in the reorganization meeting in January.
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The Council agreed that Cathy Lehman will not participate in the process of finding
her replacement.
MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Abstained: Cathy Lehman
Roxanne Murphy proposed that, before October 13th, the Committee of the Whole and
the Council consider replacing Columbus Day with Coast Salish Day. Cathy Lehman
requested that Roxanne Murphy bring a written proposal to the Council.
Adjournment at approximately 2:25 PM
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda
09/08/2014, 1:10 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:
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
20545 1. Public Access TV Update p. 1
20546 2. Energy Initiatives: The Georgetown University Energy Prize p. 2
20547 3. Army Street Project Informational Briefing p. 5
4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting
Minutes
5. Old/New Business
Adjournment
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.
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A hard copy of the agenda packet is available for review from the reference desk at
the Central Library or in the Finance office at City Hall.
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
09/22/2014
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.
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