City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2014-09-22T13:30:00
End: 2014-09-22T15:30:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · September 22, 2014

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Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole MINUTES 09/22/2014, 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 20560 1. Capital Facility Discussion INFORMATION ONLY. Presented by Eric Johnston 20561 2. Bellingham Public Library: Connecting with our schools INFORMATION ONLY. Presented by Pam Kiesner and Bethany Hoglund 20562 3. A Resolution Establishing the Appointment Process To Fill The Vacancy In The Third Ward Councilmember Position Knutson/Murphy moved to recommend approval of the resolution as amended to set the special meeting date of December 17th during which candidates will present their qualifications, Council will adjourn to executive session to evaluate candidates, and Council will return to open session to make nominations and to vote. Cathy Lehman's resignation will take effect after the last meeting of the year. No City Council Member shall endorse any candidate ahead of time; however, meeting with candidates one-on-one is acceptable. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. Abstained: Cathy Lehman; Pinky Vargas Excused 20563 4. Presentation on the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) INFORMATION ONLY. Presented by Sue Sharpe 20547 5. Army Street Project Informational Briefing 1 INFORMATION ONLY. Presented by Jim Long 6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Gene Knutson/Jack Weiss moved approval of the September 8th committee meeting minutes as amended to remove Jack Weiss's memo as part of the minutes. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. Abstained: Gene Knutson; Pinky Vargas Excused 7. Old/New Business Roxanne Murphy is drafting a proposal for the Committee of the Whole to consider at its next meeting to institute and celebrate a Coast Salish Day on October 13th in the future if not this year. Michael Lilliquist asked the Council to approve signing onto an Op-Ed entitled "Rethinking Coal Power," which he had sent out to the Council on September 3rd. Terry Bornemann requested time to re-read the letter. Michael Lilliquist/Jack Weiss moved to recommend postponing the vote. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. Abstained: Cathy Lehman; Pinky Vargas Absent Terry attended a presentation at the EMS Oversight Board that was given by Elya Moore, Deputy Director of Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement (WAHA). The presentation introduced an idea for our community about an intensive case management program to engage the 5% of people who use 50% of our healthcare so that need and cost are reduced. He would like to invite WAHA to give a presentation to the Council. He would also like to invite the Fire Chief to give an update on EMS. Jack inquired about the budget schedule and requested official notification from the Mayor. Brian Heinrich said that the schedule will be presented at the evening meeting. Adjournment to Executive Session at approximately 3:45 Return to session and adjournment at 4:12 PM 2

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 09/22/2014, 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: 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 Bornemann; Michael Lilliquist; Roxanne Murphy 20560 1. Capital Facility Discussion p. 1 20561 2. Bellingham Public Library: connecting with our schools p. 2 20562 3. **A Resolution Establishing the Appointment Process To Fill p. 5 The Vacancy In The Third Ward Councilmember Position A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO FILL THE VACANCY DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED RESIGNATION OF THIRD WARD CITY COUNCILMEMBER CATHY LEHMAN 20563 4. Presentation on the Community Health Improvement Plan p. 10 (CHIP) 20547 5. Army Street Project Informational Briefing p. 14 6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 1 7. 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 10/13/2014 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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