City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2017-02-13T14:20:00
End: 2017-02-13T16:20:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · February 13, 2017

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Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 02/13/2017, 2:20 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 Michael Lilliquist, Chair Roxanne Murphy April Barker Gene Knutson Terry Bornemann Dan Hammill Pinky Vargas Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21502 1. Presentation of 2017 "State of the Court" INFORMATION ONLY 21503 2. Review of the Planning and Community Development Department's 2017-2018 Key Initiatives INFORMATION ONLY 21504 3. A Resolution Affirming the Safety of All People Residing in Bellingham Councilmember Terry Bornemann introduced the resolution for Council consideration. In the revised draft that had been handed out to Councilmembers, Mayor Linville, and City Attorney Peter Ruffatto at the start of the day's meeting, the following clause had been added by Mr. Bornemann: "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City respects the rights of working men and women to organize and to collective bargaining" 1 April Barker / Roxanne Murphy moved to strike "Black Lives Matter" from the fourth BE IT RESOLVED recital, and to make "Black Lives Matter" its own separate recital MOTION CARRIED 7-0. April Barker / Roxanne Murphy moved to add "+" after LGBTQ and change "men and women" to "people" MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Mayor Linville requested that the words "continue to" be added to the clauses regarding: gender, LGBTQ+, hate speech, and poverty April Barker / Roxanne Murphy moved to add the words "continue to" to the clauses regarding: gender, LGBTQ+, hate speech, and poverty MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Gene Knutson / Dan Hammill moved to recommend passage of the resolution MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21505 4. January 30th Statement on Executive Orders on Immigration There was no discussion on this matter. 21506 5. Consideration of an Ordinance Relating to City Policy with Respect to Immigration Enforcement, Equal Protection, and Equal Provision of City Services Regardless of Immigration Status Terry Bornemann / Pinky Vargas moved to recommend striking the title "Keeping Bellingham Families Working" MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 2 April Barker / Roxanne Murphy moved to add the following language as a second Whereas clause: "Whereas immigrants, both authorized and unauthorized, contribute significantly to economic growth and vitality in Washington State and locally" MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Terry Bornemann / Gene Knutson moved to recommend the ordinance as amended MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Gene Knutson / Pinky Vargas moved approval of the January 23rd minutes as submitted MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 7. Old/New Business April Barker / Terry Bornemann moved to direct the Administration to outline options, including process options, aimed towards ensuring people have their concerns heard and that they have a voice and platform to engage their concerns, especially those groups outlined in the resolution MOTION CARRIED 7-0. April Barker / Terry Bornemann moved to refer the matter of the salary commission to the Finance Committee MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Adjournment 3

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 02/13/2017, 2:20 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 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 Michael Lilliquist, Chair April Barker; Gene Knutson; Daniel Hammill; Pinky Vargas; Terry Bornemann; Roxanne Murphy 21502 1. Presentation of 2017 "State of the Court" p. 1 21503 2. Review of the Planning and Community Development p. 2 Department's 2017-2018 Key Initiatives 21504 3. A Resolution Affirming the Safety of All People Residing in p. 20 Bellingham 21505 4. January 30th Statement on Executive Orders on Immigration p. 23 21506 5. Consideration of an Ordinance Relating to City Policy with p. 26 Respect to Immigration Enforcement, Equal Protection, and Equal Provision of City Services Regardless of Immigration Status 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 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. 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 02/27/2017 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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