City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2014-12-08T13:30:00
End: 2014-12-08T15:30:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · December 8, 2014

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City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 12/08/2014, 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 20668 1. Adoption of the City of Bellingham's 2015-2016 Budget AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2015-2016 BIENNIAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF SUCH BUDGET PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF RCW 35.34.120, AND SETTING THE EFFECTIVE DATE Michael Lilliquist/Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of 2015-2016 budget. Terry Bornemann/Michael Lilliquist moved to amend the motion to add the Downtown Ambassador Pilot Program for $24,500 a year for two years and to take the money out of reserves. MOTION CARRIED 6-0; Cathy Lehman excused. MAIN MOTION CARRIED 6-0; Cathy Lehman excused. 2. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Michael Lilliquist/Roxanne Murphy moved to approve November 24, 2014, Committee Meeting Minutes MOTION CARRIED 6-0; Cathy Lehman excused. Michael Lilliquist/Roxanne Murphy moved to approve November 24, 2014, Special Meeting Minutes 1 MOTION CARRIED 5-0-1; Cathy Lehman excused, Pinky Vargas abstained. Gene Knutson/Roxanne Murphy moved to approve December 1, Special Budget Meeting Minutes MOTION CARRIED 4-0-2; Cathy Lehman excused, Pinky Vargas and Gene Knutson abstained. 3. Old/New Business Roxanne Murphy is going to start a campaign in 2015 to market Bellingham as a pro- leash pet community by working with the Human Society, arranging for outreach on BTV10, and handing out material at parks during high use times. Jack Weiss announced that the Birchwood Neighborhood sign is up at Birchwood and Northwest near 7-11 and that it looks great. Michael Lilliquist requested that Agenda Bill 20667 be moved from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration tonight. The Council concurred. The Mayor reported that she has directed staff to draft a letter to the Federal Railway Authority to establish a quiet zone in Bellingham. This is the first official step. She will bring forward the letter and a Resolution to the Council on December 15th. Adjournment to Executive Session at 2:11 PM Adjournment at 2:16 PM 2

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 12/08/2014, 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 20668 1. Adoption of the City of Bellingham's 2015-2016 Budget p. 1 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2015-2016 BIENNIAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF SUCH BUDGET PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF RCW 35.34.120, AND SETTING THE EFFECTIVE DATE 2. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 3. 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 Wednesday afternoon prior to the meeting. They are posted at www.cob.org/meetings. 1 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 12/15/2014 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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