City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2015-01-26T14:55:00
End: 2015-01-26T16:55:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · January 26, 2015

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Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 01/26/2015, 2:55 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Jack Weiss, Gene Knutson, Daniel www.cob.org/council Hammill, 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 Gene Knutson, Chair Jack Weiss, Daniel Hammill, Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Roxanne Murphy Excused: Michael Lilliquist Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 20710 1. Appointment of Hearing Examiner Jack Weiss/Terry Bornemann moved to recommend confirmation of Mayor's appointment for a two year contract. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. 2. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Roxanne Murphy/Jack Weiss moved approval of the January 12th committee meeting minutes as submitted. MOTION CARRIED 6-0. 3. Old/New Business Gene Knutson:  Tonight we will schedule the annual City Council retreat.  He will adjourn the Committee of the Whole in the Mayor's Boardroom since there is an event in Chambers at 4:00 1 Jack Weiss:  Would like to come up with a clear protocol for how Council Members respond to written citizen correspondence. Suggested that Gene, as President, triage the citizen mail by assigning to Council Members. Will be discussed at the retreat.  Noted that over 100 people were using the playground at Squalicum Creek Park on this beautiful day. The rest of the park is scheduled to open in a few months. Terry Bornemann:  Thanked Marie Marchand for her role in helping organize the City of Bellingham's 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.  There is no mountain biking allowed in the Sehome Arboretum, contrary to what a Bellingham magazine recently published. Roxanne Murphy:  Thanked the Mount Baker Bicycle Club for their input into the Bicycle Master Plan.  Encouraged people to give money to www.makeshiftproject.com to get a community radio station started. Adjournment to Executive Session at approximately 3:00 Adjournment at 3:35 PM 2

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 01/26/2015, 2:55 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Jack Weiss, Gene Knutson, Daniel www.cob.org/council Hammill, 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 Gene Knutson, Chair Jack Weiss; Daniel Hammill; Pinky Vargas; Terry Bornemann; Michael Lilliquist; Roxanne Murphy 20710 1. Appointment of Hearing Examiner p. 1 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 Thursday afternoon prior to the meeting. They are posted at www.cob.org/meetings and streamed live on the internet as they occur. 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 02/09/2015 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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