City Council - Committee Of The Whole
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · June 5, 2017
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes
06/05/2017, 1:35 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
Terry Bornemann
Roxanne Murphy
Pinky Vargas
Gene Knutson
April Barker
Dan Hammill
Council Standing Committee Meetings:
Committee Of The Whole
21640 1. Site Selection Criteria for Potential Locations for the Low-Barrier
Homeless Shelter and Day Center to be Operated by Lighthouse
Mission Ministries (LMM)
INFORMATION ONLY
21266 2. Interlocal Jail Facility Financing and Use Agreement
Terry Bornemann / Michael Lilliquist moved to table the decision until the June 19th
Bellingham City Council meeting
MOTION CARRIED 4-3. Opposed: Gene Knutson, Pinky Vargas, Roxanne Murphy
21641 3. Options for Inquiries, Reports and Complaints
INFORMATION ONLY
21620 4. Public Works Presentation Regarding the Draft 2018-2023
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Roxanne Murphy / Pinky Vargas moved to recommend approval of the resolution
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
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5. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes
Gene Knutson / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of Minutes for May
22, 2017.
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
6. Old/New Business
Michael Lilliquist: The Town Hall on housing will be on Tuesday, June 13th 6:30-8:30
p.m. at Bellingham High School Auditorium. The Flag Raising Ceremony will be at Noon
on Wednesday, June 14th in front of City Hall, followed by an Open House in the City
Council and Hearing Examiner offices.
Pinky Vargas / Roxanne Murphy moved to sign onto the open letter ‘We are Still In’
written by Bloomberg Philanthropies to affirm COB's climate commitment to action
goals and uphold the Paris Climate Agreement
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
Gene Knutson: He spent time with the Sister Cities Ski to Sea participants. They placed
227th in the race. Gene went to dinner with them and gave them a tour of City Hall.
The Mayor of our Sister City in South Korea would like a representative of Bellingham
to travel to their city this year.
Roxanne Murphy: At the next City Council meeting on June 19th at 7:00 p.m. there will
be a Public Hearing on the ‘decline to sign’ effort regarding Initiative 1552.
Terry Bornemann: He requested that the Council hold a moment of silence at its
evening meeting for Bill Distler who passed away this morning. Bill was a Vietnam
Veteran who spent his life working for peace and justice. The Council agreed.
April Barker: As a follow-up to the Town Hall, she asked if there could be 20-30 minutes
reserved in the June 19th Committee of the Whole to discuss what happened at the
event. The Council agreed. The Westside Airport Trail was open for three hours and 200
people came to walk the trail. This event was sponsored by the Port and the Whatcom
Parks & Recreation Foundation. She encouraged members of the public to express to
the Port how important this trail is to pursue.
Adjournment
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda
06/05/2017, 1:35 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
21640 1. Site Selection Criteria for Potential Locations for the Low- p. 1
Barrier Homeless Shelter and Day Center to be Operated by
Lighthouse Mission Ministries (LMM)
21266 2. Interlocal Jail Facility Financing and Use Agreement p. 6
21641 3. Options for Inquiries, Reports and Complaints p. 44
21620 4. Public Works Presentation Regarding the Draft 2018-2023 p. 45
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
5. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting
Minutes
6. Old/New Business
Adjournment
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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
06/19/2017
Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published
agenda packet is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.
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