City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 12/05/2016, 1:25 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 Gene Knutson Terry Bornemann Michael Lilliquist Roxanne Murphy April Barker Dan Hammill Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21444 1. Puget Sound Energy Update on Current Activities Presented by Lynn Murphy and Nick Hartrich INFORMATION ONLY 21445 2. Update on 2016 Bellingham Energy Prize Campaign Presented by Mark Gardner INFORMATION ONLY 21446 3. Illegal Residential Units - Enforcement Strategies Update Presented by Rick Sepler INFORMATION ONLY 21432 4. An Ordinance of the City of Bellingham, Washington, Regarding Planning Commission Membership, Amending Section 2.42.020 of the Bellingham Municipal Code Terry Bornemann / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of the changes made as suggested by Councilmember Hammill and Mr. Alan Marriner MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 1  Michael Lilliquist / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend adding the word "contractors" to Section E in the list of occupations, and in Section D to remove "who contract directly with" and replace with "for whom a majority of clients" MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Terry Bornemann / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend a delayed effective date of April 1, 2017, to be added to Section 2 MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Terry Bornemann / Michael Lilliquist moved to recommend approval of the ordinance with amendments MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21328 5. Options for Adopting a Bellingham Flag Terry Bornemann / Michael Lilliquist moved to direct staff to compose a draft resolution designating Bradley Lockhart's flag as the unofficial flag of Bellingham with the caveat that the Council will ensure that the designer has permission from the tribes MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21386 6. Adoption of the City of Bellingham's 2017-18 Budget Roxanne Murphy / April Barker moved to close the public comment period MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Roxanne Murphy / April Barker moved to recommend the ordinance adopting the 2017-2018 biennial budget MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 2  7. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Gene Knutson / Roxanne Murphy moved approval of the November 14th minutes as amended MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 8. Old/New Business Councilmember Terry Bornemann: Put forth a draft of a resolution denouncing racial intolerance and bigotry to reassure concerned citizens who have reached out to him. Dan Hammill volunteered to work on it with Terry, in collaboration with Mayor Linville, also being sensitive to the work that Mark Gardner has already invested in the issue. Terry announced that Joe Yeager recently passed away and asked that a moment of silence be held in memory of him. Council President Vargas will do so at the opening of the evening meeting. Councilmember April Barker: Is hoping that the Parks & Recreation Board and the Greenways Committee will bring forward a plan to address the underserved communities in the north end of Bellingham. Parks Director Leslie Bryson said that there is nothing to bring forward at this time. Mayor Linville added that they must wait until the Parks & Recreation Board meets with the Greenways Committee. Adjournment 3