City Council - Committee Of The Whole
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · July 24, 2017
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes
07/24/2017, 1:50 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
April Barker
Gene Knutson
Terry Bornemann
Pinky Vargas
Dan Hammill
Council Standing Committee Meetings:
Committee Of The Whole
21671 1.
Overview of CenturyLink's Application for a Cable Television
Franchise
INFORMATION ONLY: A Public Hearing will be held in the evening.
21677 2.
Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Behavioral Health
Subcommittee Phase III Recommendation
INFORMATION ONLY
21678 3. Discussion of Draft City Council Communications Plan
Murphy / Vargas moved to recommend approval of the Council Communications Plan
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
21679 4. Criminal Justice Committee
Barker / Hammill moved to recommend approval April Barker as committee chair
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
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Barker / Hammill moved to recommend approval of Pinky Vargas and Dan Hammill as
committee members
Bornemann nominated himself as a committee member
Dan Hammill withdrew his nomination and by voice vote Terry Bornemann and Pinky
Vargas were appointed as members
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
21680 5. Update on Pilot Project for Inquiries, Reports, and Complaints
INFORMATION ONLY
6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes
Gene Knutson / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval
MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
7. Old/New Business
Councilmember Lilliquist: The Council Office will be closed for a short vacation
July 27-31. Community members are still welcome to contact individual
Councilmembers.
Councilmember Hammill: He thanked Mayor Linville and Councilmembers Barker and
Vargas for volunteering with him at Project Homeless Connect that served 515 people
who are living unsheltered. A variety of services were provided.
Councilmember Barker: She requested an extension of the 15-minute limit for
presentations to invite speakers to present on the Master Leasing Program in the
evening in the near future. She asked for 20-25 minutes, and the Council assented.
Councilmember Vargas: She thanked Dan Hammill for his leadership in Project
Homeless Connect. She announced the Tourism Grant cycle and encouraged people to
submit proposals. There are two grants available: one for $5,000 and one for $25,000.
The City Council will post the information on its webpage.
Adjournment
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda
07/24/2017, 1:50 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
21671 1. Overview of CenturyLink's Application for a Cable Television p. 1
Franchise
21677 2. Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Behavioral Health p. 64
Subcommittee Phase III Recommendation
21678 3. Discussion of Draft City Council Communications Plan p. 69
21679 4. Criminal Justice Committee p. 78
21680 5. Update on Pilot Project for Inquiries, Reports, and Complaints p. 79
6. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting
Minutes
7. 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
08/07/2017
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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