City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 10/27/2014, 1:20 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: 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 20603 1. A Resolution declaring that the acquisition of property known p. 1 as the Aloha Motel Property is necessary to eliminate neighborhood blight A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, DECLARING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 301 AND 315 NORTH SAMISH WAY, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ALOHA MOTEL, TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD BLIGHT REQUIRING ACQUISITION BY THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH RCW 35.80A.010. 20604 2. An Ordinance providing for the City of Bellingham to acquire p. 105 by eminent domain certain real property known as the Aloha Motel for the purpose of eliminating neighborhood blight AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 301 AND 315 NORTH SAMISH WAY, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ALOHA MOTEL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELIMINATING NEIGHBORHOOD BLIGHT 1  20605 3. License for an Interim Public Trail Between Bellwether Way p. 110 and the ASB/Marina Trail 20606 4. 2014 Third Quarter Financial Review p. 116 20607 5. A Resolution in support of the Bellingham Energy Efficiency p. 117 Program Plan and endorsing the City of Bellingham's participation in the Georgetown University Energy Prize competition A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BELLINGHAM ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM PLAN AND ENDORSING BELLINGHAM'S PARTICIPATION IN THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ENERGY PRIZE COMPETITION 20608 6. Waterfront District Implementation Status Report p. 120 20609 7. Work Session on the 2015-2016 Biennial Budget p. 121 8. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 9. 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. 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. 2 Accessibility: 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 11/10/2014 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. 3