City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2016-08-01T13:00:00
End: 2016-08-01T15:00:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · August 1, 2016

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 08/01/2016, 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 Gene Knutson Dan Hammill April Barker Michael Lilliquist Excused: Terry Bornemann Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21247 1. Continued Discussion of the Update to the Bellingham Comprehensive Plan April Barker / Dan Hammill moved to recommend approval of the new policy and changes to policies T-11 and T-12 as outlined in Item 1 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Bornemann excused. Dan Hammill / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of new language in Item 6(a) MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Michael Lilliquist / Dan Hammill moved to recommend approval of changes in T3 second bullet (e) in Item 6 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. 1 Gene Knutson / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of changes in Item 7 as relates to the State Highway section MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of changes in Item 8 and to add a new policy CF- MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of updated language in Item 10 CF-43 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Roxanne Murphy / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of changes to policy CF-43 in Item 11 to include the word "co-location" MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of language changes in Item 13 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of language changes in Item 14 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Roxanne Murphy / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of language changes in Item 15 and direct staff to talk to Police Chief Cook MOTION CARRIED 6-0. 2 April Barker / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of changes in Item 17 to add the proposed language indicated MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Roxanne Murphy / Gene Knutson moved to recommend removal of language in Item 22 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of a new policy proposed by Rick Sepler as follows: "When possible, savings should be directed to increase energy efficiency and support future renewable energy options" to be added to policy CF-11 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Michael Lilliquist / April Barker moved to recommend approval of adding the word "inclusive" to CF-1 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of adding "school districts" to CF-14 to make it less specific MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Dan Hammill / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of changed language for Item 23 to read that 43 languages are spoken in the Bellingham School District MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Michael Lilliquist / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of proposed language in Item 24 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. 3 Dan Hammill / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of language replacement in Item 24 as amended to include all of the language that reflects the causes of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Roxanne Murphy / April Barker moved to recommend approval of language added by staff in Item 26 to be added to the Housing Chapter MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Roxanne Murphy / April Barker moved to recommend approval of language added by staff in Item 27 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Roxanne Murphy / April Barker moved to recommend approval of language added by staff in Item 28 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of language added by staff in Item 29 in reference to mixed housing types MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Roxanne Murphy / Dan Hammill moved to recommend removing "CHAT" and replacing with "City's Community Solutions Workgroup on Affordable Housing" in Item 35 MOTION CARRIED 6-0. April Barker / Pinky Vargas moved to recommend removing the verbiage: "requiring owner-occupancy in single family zones" in Item 34 MOTION CARRIED 4-2. Opposed: Gene Knutson, Michael Lilliquist 4 15 Minute Public Comment Period Linda Twitchell spoke about some procedural issues: the numbers are not visible on the overhead screens and speakers are not identifying themselves. And she wondered if there will be discussion of the comments from the public's comment tracker. Adjournment 5

Agenda

City of Bellingham Special Meeting of the Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 08/01/2016, 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. Continued Discussion of the Update to the Bellingham p. 1 Comprehensive Plan 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 08/08/2016 Deadline to submit material for a 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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