City Council - Committee Of The Whole
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · June 19, 2017
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes
06/19/2017, 1:00 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
Gene Knutson
Dan Hammill
April Barker
Terry Bornemann
Pinky Vargas
Council Standing Committee Meetings:
Committee Of The Whole
21648 1.
Town & Gown Implementation Strategy – Overview of the
Partnership Between Western Washington University (WWU) and the
City to Reduce Conflicts Between Students and Neighborhoods
Through Education and Increased Coordination
INFORMATION ONLY
21649 2. 2009 Annexation Phasing Plan Update
INFORMATION ONLY
21561 3.Second Review of the Public Work's Director Decision Denying a
Request for Retail Water and Sewer Service at 1323 Mt. Baker
Highway
Agreement from Council for staff to move forward with its proposal
21372 4. Waterfront District Implementation Status Report
INFORMATION ONLY
21266 5. Interlocal Jail Facility Financing and Use Agreement
Council agreed to the Mayor’s proposal for Council to bring this issue back at its July
10th meeting. Data will be collected in the interim. Council articulated its main
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questions, which the Mayor will take to County Executive Louws to pass along to the
Whatcom County Council. Additionally, the Administration will gather more data on
the cost of the City of Bellingham building and operating its own jail.
Council’s requests were as follows:
1. Please provide a more clear understanding of a greater plan for mental health,
poverty, and substance programs outside of the criminal justice system.
2. Please provide an estimate of the cost of the sally port. Will it be a booking facility?
Provide timelines for building completion, as well.
3. Please provide more information on booking facilities.
4. What instrument did the County Council use to determine its proposed size?
21646 6. Council Discussion on June 13th Town Hall
April Barker / Pinky Vargas moved to recommend referring the Affordable Housing
component to the Planning Committee
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
7. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes
Roxanne Murphy / Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of June 5th minutes
as amended
The amendment is to add the title of the letter to, ‘We are Still In,’ to Councilmember
Vargas’s motion regarding the Paris Accord made in Old/New Business.
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
8. Old/New Business
There was no business to discuss.
Adjournment
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda
06/19/2017, 1:00 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
21648 1. Town & Gown Implementation Strategy – Overview of the p. 1
Partnership Between Western Washington University (WWU)
and the City to Reduce Conflicts Between Students and
Neighborhoods Through Education and Increased
Coordination
21649 2. 2009 Annexation Phasing Plan Update p. 17
21561 3. Second Review of the Public Work's Director Decision p. 20
Denying a Request for Retail Water and Sewer Service at
1323 Mt. Baker Highway
21372 4. Waterfront District Implementation Status Report p. 23
21266 5. Interlocal Jail Facility Financing and Use Agreement p. 29
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21646 6. Council Discussion on June 13th Town Hall p. 67
7. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting
Minutes
8. 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
07/10/2017
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.
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