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City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · February 27, 2017

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City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 02/27/2017, 2:00 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 Michael Lilliquist, Chair Roxanne Murphy Pinky Vargas Terry Bornemann Gene Knutson Dan Hammill April Barker Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21523 1. Bellingham Neighbors Together Presentation INFORMATION ONLY 21524 2. Surplus Lands Assessment: Establishing a Replicable Methodology - 2017 Report and Action Plan INFORMATION ONLY 21525 3. Update on City Center Implementation Strategy INFORMATION ONLY 21526 4. Review of the Planning and Community Development Department's Long Range Planning Division Work Program INFORMATION ONLY 5. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Knutson / Murphy moved approval of the February 13th committee meeting minutes 1 6. Old/New Business Councilmember Vargas attended the AWC Legislative Conference and reported that the state budget is tight. She believes that this will affect the City's Liquor and Marijuana tax revenue. Councilmember Bornemann encouraged people to attend the Art Beyond Conflict: Crossing Borders sculpture exhibit running March 3-April 22 endorsed by the Bellingham Arts Commission. www.sculpturenorthwest.org. Marie will post it to the City Council Facebook page. Councilmember Barker asked that the fee schedule for permit fees, including the Hearing Examiner, be discussed. Greg Aucutt acknowledged her request. Council President Lilliquist announced that the annual City Council Retreat will take place on Saturday, March 25th at the Woodstock Farms Gates House, 9:00-12:00. Council President Lilliquist would like to work with Human Resources to develop a job description for the Council President position as relates to the duties of supervision of Council staff. The Council gave heads nods for him to move forward. Adjournment 2

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City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 02/27/2017, 2:00 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 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 21523 1. Bellingham Neighbors Together Presentation p. 1 21524 2. Surplus Lands Assessment: Establishing a Replicable p. 2 Methodology - 2017 Report and Action Plan 21525 3. Update on City Center Implementation Strategy p. 41 21526 4. Review of the Planning and Community Development p. 51 Department's Long Range Planning Division Work Program 5. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 6. Old/New Business Adjournment 1 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 03/13/2017 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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