City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Name: City Council - Committee Of The Whole — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2017-09-11T14:50:00
End: 2017-09-11T16:50:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · September 11, 2017

Agenda Minutes Packet Video Recording

Minutes

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Minutes 09/11/2017, 2:50 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 Terry Bornemann Dan Hammill Pinky Vargas April Barker Gene Knutson Council Standing Committee Meetings: Committee Of The Whole 21714 1. Discussion on the Pickett Bridge April Barker / Gene Knutson moved to approve tasking the Historic Preservation Commission with: 1) engaging the community to better understand their concerns; 2) researching the history of the bridge; and 3) presenting their findings and recommendations to the Mayor and City Council MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21715 2. Review of Options to Prohibit Feeding of Wild Mammals in Bellingham Terry Bornemann / Gene Knutson moved to direct staff to draft an ordinance MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 21716 3. Resolution Affirming Bellingham City Council Support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Immigrant Program 1 Dan Hammill / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of the resolution MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 4. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes Gene Knutson / Roxanne Murphy moved to approve the August 14th minutes MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Abstained: Pinky Vargas 5. Old/New Business Roxanne Murphy / Terry Bornemann moved to appoint Michael Lilliquist as the Council Representative to the WTA Board Composition Review Committee that will meet on October 18, 2017 MOTION CARRIED 7-0. April Barker: Attended the ceremony for the Arch of Healing & Reconciliation and asked that the City take this opportunity to build an ADA accessible ramp. The Mayor responded that she believes this is already in the plan. Councilmember Barker also relayed that the Library Board of Trustees would like to remove the fountain. The Mayor will look into this issue. While she is not against the idea of removing the fountain, Mayor Linville stated that there is a family plaque that would need to be considered. Terry Bornemann: Thanked everyone who attended the ceremony for the Arch of Healing & Reconciliation. He said that it is important to acknowledge the past injustices done to immigrant populations in the past. He affirmed that Bellingham is now a welcoming community. Dan Hammill / Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of the resolution recognizing September 21st as International Day of Peace in Bellingham MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Pinky Vargas / Gene Knutson recommended that Pinky Vargas be the Council Representative to the jail financing oversight committee should the ballot measure be passed by voters 2 MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Adjournment 3

Agenda

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda 09/11/2017, 2:50 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 21714 1. Discussion on the Pickett Bridge p. 1 21715 2. Review of Options to Prohibit Feeding of Wild Mammals in p. 2 Bellingham 21716 3. Resolution Affirming Bellingham City Council Support for p. 18 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Immigrant Program 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 09/25/2017 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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