City Council - Committee Of The Whole

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 03/27/2017, 1:45 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 Gene Knutson Terry Bornemann Dan Hammill April Barker Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21559 1. A Resolution Authorizing a Second PEG Channel for the Purpose of Transmitting Bellingham TV (BTV) in Both Standard Definition and High Definition to Comcast Subscribers Roxanne Murphy / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of the resolution MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21560 2. Update on City Owned Fiber Network INFORMATION ONLY 21561 3. Review of Public Works Director's Decision Denying Request for Retail Water and Sewer Service at 1323 Mt. Baker Highway Pinky Vargas / Roxanne Murphy recommended postponing this decision until the Mayor's Office reviews the Code to see if there is an opportunity for policy change to the BMC to be equitable, including an annexation review MOTION CARRIED 6-1. Opposed: Terry Bornemann 1 21518 4. Work Session to Revise Municipal Code to Make Low Impact Development the Preferred and Commonly-used Approach to Site Development as Required by the City's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit A short discussion with no action taken as the Ordinance is on the evening's agenda as third and final. 21562 5. Public Opinion Survey of Bellingham Residents INFORMATION ONLY 21563 6. An Overview of the Letter of Intent Between the City of Bellingham and Lighthouse Mission Ministries INFORMATION ONLY 21564 7. Proposed Lease of City Property at 801 and 807 Roeder Avenue Roxanne Murphy / Gene Knutson moved to authorize a lease agreement of 14 months for the current tenants of the property at a reduced rate MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21565 8. Authorization to Negotiate a Lease of City Property at 801 and 807 Roeder Avenue to the Lighthouse Mission Ministries Bornemann / Knutson moved to table this discussion to this evening's meeting Barker / Vargas moved to amend the motion to read "postpone" instead of "table" MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED 7-0. The main motion to postpone this discussion to this evening's meeting MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21566 9. Presentation of the Work Program of the Development Services Division of the Planning and Community Development Department Postponed to a future meeting due to time constraints. 2  10. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Gene Knutson / Roxanne Murphy approved minutes from March 13, 2017 MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 11. Old/New Business Councilmember Bornemann: Provided an update on the Sikh community's Arch of Reconciliation and Healing. This memorial has been expanded to include the Chinese and Japanese communities in Whatcom County that also experienced historic expulsion. He has been in touch with the Parks Department and the Arts Commission. Gene Knutson / Pinky Vargas moved to direct Mark Gardner to research a 'no feeding wildlife' ordinance and to work with Administration and refer to Public Works/Public Safety Committee for further consideration MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Councilmember Vargas: Is concerned about litter on the freeway entrances and exits. That is the Department of Transportation's responsibility; however, it is not their priority. She is looking into alternatives for clean-up. Mayor Linville: Regarding the federal budget, she said that housing grants may be negatively impacted. She is going to draft a letter to the federal delegation and invited the Council President to sign on behalf of the Council Adjournment 3