City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2016-06-27T13:00:00
End: 2016-06-27T15:00:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · June 27, 2016

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 06/27/2016, 1:00 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 Pinky Vargas, Chair Roxanne Murphy Michael Lilliquist Terry Bornemann Dan Hammill April Barker Gene Knutson Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole PLEASE NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, the first portion of this meeting was not recorded. The recording begins approximately 30 minutes into the meeting. 21247 1. Review of the Draft 2016 Comprehensive Plan, Specifically the Transportation Chapter and Capital Facilities and Utilities Chapter Roxanne Murphy/April Barker moved to direct the Administration and Planning Department to deliver ideas and processes related to T3, T11, T12, and T15 on creating flexibility in the transportation element of the Comprehensive Plan MOTION CARRIED 7-0. April Barker/Terry Bornemann moved to direct the Administration to develop a sixth goal named T-6 related to policies on transportation and environmental justice MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 1 Roxanne Murphy moved to direct staff to assess how we use the word "sustainability" throughout the Comprehensive Plan MOTION CARRIED 6-1. Opposed: April Barker Gene Knutson/Roxanne Murphy moved to add the amendment requested by the Washington State Department of Transportation as follows: "Sunset Drive (SR 542) and Old Fairhaven Parkway - Chuckanut Drive (SR 11) are designated as "State Highways of Regional Significance" and also play a significant role in the movement of people and goods. All of these State highways, which are also locally classified as arterial streets, are accounted for in Bellingham's annual assessment as to whether the transportation system has adequate capacity to serve the level of growth that is planned for. This is reported each year in the publication of the Transportation Report on Annual Mobility (TRAM)." MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Roxanne Murphy/Gene Knutson moved to direct staff to draft an ordinance for complete networks MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Michael Lilliquist/Terry Bornemann moved to direct staff to draft a new policy to support the community policing model by providing adequate patrol staffing so that officers are spending equal time on both proactive and reactive activities MOTION CARRIED 7-0. April Barker/Terry Bornemann moved to direct staff to insert language in the introduction that relates to equity and inclusion so that it more broadly impacts all the goals MOTION CARRIED 7-0. April Barker/Michael Lilliquist moved to have staff bring back possible policy language, for inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan where appropriate, on enforcement and removal of homeless camps in critical and riparian areas MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 2 April Barker/Michael Lilliquist moved to add "contributing to community well-being" in the library section of the Comprehensive Plan MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Terry Bornemann absent. Adjournment 3

Agenda

City of Bellingham Special Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 06/27/2016, 1:00 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 21247 1. Review of the Draft 2016 Comprehensive Plan, Specifically p. 1 the Transportation Chapter and Capital Facilities and Utilities Chapter Adjournment Agenda Information: Council Committee and Regular Meeting agendas and agenda 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. 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, contact the Legislative Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you. Next City Council Meeting 07/11/2016 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

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