City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2017-04-10T13:45:00
End: 2017-04-10T15:45:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · April 10, 2017

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 04/10/2017, 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 Terry Bornemann Dan Hammill April Barker Gene Knutson Pinky Vargas Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21575 1. Pedestrian Awareness Campaign INFORMATION ONLY 21397 2. Post Point Treatment Plant Biosolids Project Update INFORMATION ONLY 21576 3. Letter of Concern Regarding the Federal Budget Roxanne Murphy / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of letter as written MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Roxanne Murphy / Gene Knutson moved approval of the 3/27 minutes as submitted MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 1 5. Old/New Business Roxanne Murphy recently saw a show at the Mount Baker Theatre and noticed that many of the attendees then went out to local establishments afterwards. This points out that the Mount Baker Theatre supports local businesses. Pinky Vargas / Terry Bornemann moved to recommend to direct staff to draft a resolution in regards to the City of Bellingham officially adopting the Bellingham Flag and to have it raised on June 14, 2017 MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Michael Lilliquist gave an update on the Rules of Procedure for Council. The resolution was originally passed in 2014. The updated resolution will be presented at the next meeting. Michael Lilliquist opened up a discussion on possible topics for the May 15th Town Hall at the Encore Room at Mount Baker Theatre. He proposed a discussion on homelessness and the current proposed homeless shelter. Councilmembers weighed in on this discussion and offered suggestions such as making the topic something more broad such as housing affordability and just touch on homelessness (i.e. Housing First Model). Dan Hammill suggested the idea of having some expert providers present in a panel format. A few members, along with Brian Heinrich, would like it to include a presentation on what the City is already doing. It was brought up that homelessness is a symptom of a greater problem (i.e. housing shortage). Rick Sepler encouraged the Council to exercise caution because talking about a topic currently before Council would be a de facto public hearing. Gene Knutson said that Councilmembers should be prepared for members of the public to speak off-topic. April Barker suggested that the second Town Hall be focused on the Library. The President will work with Brian Heinrich and Rick Sepler and report back to the Council next meeting. Dan Hammill announced that on April 11th there will be a meeting of providers to unveil the GRACE Program for Whatcom County to help address the needs of high utilizers of public systems. Adjournment 2

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 04/10/2017, 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 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 21575 1. Pedestrian Awareness Campaign p. 1 21397 2. Post Point Treatment Plant Biosolids Project Update p. 2 21576 3. Letter of Concern Regarding the Federal Budget p. 9 4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes 5. 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 04/24/2017 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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