City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 05/02/2016, 2:35 PM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members April Barker, 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. The notice of Committee Meetings identified below also serves as notice of Special Meetings of the City Council at the times identified as Council Members who are not members of the committee routinely attend and participate in the Committee Meetings. 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 Pinky Vargas, Chair April Barker; Gene Knutson; Daniel Hammill; Terry Bornemann; Michael Lilliquist; Roxanne Murphy 21229 1. The Northwest Clean Air Agency will Present its New Website p. 1 21230 2. Preliminary Findings Regarding the City's Commercial Zoning p. 2 Code 21195 3. Resolution in Support of the Proposed Emergency Medical p. 4 Services Levy 21231 4. Brief from the 2016 Legislative Session p. 11 21232 5. Discussion of Draft Comment Letters Regarding Oil Transport p. 16 by Rail 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, contact the Legislative Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you. Next City Council Meeting 05/16/2016 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