City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2015-07-06T13:40:00
End: 2015-07-06T15:40:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · July 6, 2015

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City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 07/06/2015, 1:40 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 Michael Lilliquist Daniel Hammill Pinky Vargas Roxanne Murphy Terry Bornemann Jack Weiss Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 20883 1. Presentation on the Findings of the Lake Whatcom Monitoring Project 2013/2014 Report Presentation by Dr. Robin Matthews INFORMATION ONLY 20884 2. Adding a Conflict of Interest Clause to the City Council Rules of Procedure RESOLUTION ADDING A CODE OF CONDUCT - CONFLICT OF INTEREST SECTION TO THE BELLINGHAM CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE Item postponed until July 27, 2015 20885 3. Establishing a "Running List" System for Minor Code Amendments Presented by Rick Sepler, Planning Director INFORMATION ONLY 1 20886 4. Bellingham Paid Sick and Safe Leave Discussion Presented by Roxanne Murphy Item will be assigned to the Community and Economic Development Committee 20887 5. County Jail Proposal Update Presented by Mayor Kelli Linville, Peter Ruffatto, and Brian Henshaw 6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Michael Lilliquist/Pinky Vargas moved approval of the June 15th minutes as submitted. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Roxanne Murphy/Terry Bornemann moved approval of the June 8th minutes as submitted. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 7. Old/New Business Daniel Hammill: Volunteered to serve on the County's Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force. Michael Lilliquist/Pinky Vargas moved approval of Council Member Hammill serving on the Task Force. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Daniel Hammill/Terry Bornemann moved approval of Legislative Analyst Mark Gardner providing staff support to Council Member Hammill as relates to the Task Force. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Terry Bornemann/Michael Lilliquist moved approval of Legislative Analyst Mark Gardner providing staff support to Council Member Bornemann as relates to the EMS Levy. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 2 Jack Weiss: At the Council retreat, the Council discussed the Greenways Levy. Council Member Weiss is asking for the Council's concurrence that it have a report on July 27, 2015, from the citizen group that is working on Greenways to provide information on the best timing for a Greenways Levy and to provide appropriate documentation in case Council decides to move forward quickly. It was agreed that this matter will be assigned to the Parks and Recreation Committee on July 27th. Michael Lilliquist: Council Member Lilliquist attended the annual conference of the Association of Washington Cities. He explained some key topics that were discussed: engaging young people, using benchmarks as community indicators, and creating public spaces. Adjournment at 3:32 PM 3

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 07/06/2015, 1:40 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 20883 1. Presentation on the Findings of the Lake Whatcom p. 1 Monitoring Project 2013/2014 Report 20884 2. Adding a Conflict of Interest Clause to the City Council Rules p. 5 of Procedure RESOLUTION ADDING A CODE OF CONDUCT - CONFLICT OF INTEREST SECTION TO THE BELLINGHAM CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE 20885 3. Establishing a "Running List" System for Minor Code p. 8 Amendments 20886 4. Bellingham Paid Sick and Safe Leave Discussion p. 12 20887 5. County Jail Proposal Update p. 27 1 6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 7. 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. Meetings are streamed live on the internet as they occur. 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 07/27/2015 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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