City Council - Community and Economic Development Committee

Name: City Council - Community and Economic Development Committee — Bellingham, WA
Start: 2021-10-25T13:00:00
End: 2021-10-25T15:00:00
Location: Bellingham, WA

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · October 25, 2021

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Minutes

City of Bellingham Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes October 25, 2021, 1:00 PM Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members, Hollie Huthman, Chair www.cob.org/council Pinky Vargas, Michael Lilliquist All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call 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: Community and Economic Development Hollie Huthman, Chair Pinky Vargas, Michael Lilliquist 23142 1. Economic Development Partner Agencies will Provide an Overview of p. 3 Local COVID Recovery Response and Trends Lisa Anderson sat in for Michael Lilliquist Staff from the Port of Bellingham's Regional Economic Partnership, Sustainable Connections and Western Washington University's Small Business Development Center provided an overview of actions taken to-date to assist our community in responding and adapting to the pandemic. In addition, they will provide the City Council with an overview of how the pandemic is changing/or may change the way certain sectors do business. Speakers included: Don Goldberg, Director of Economic Development at Port of Bellingham and CJ Seitz. They discussed the response at the Small Business Development Center, monthly newsletters, and weekly newsletters. Council Members asked questions. Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes Page 1 October 25, 2021 23143 2. Human Services Contracts for 1) Contracting with Northwest Youth p. 4 Services for Operating a Young Adult Winter Shelter, and 2) Expanding Support of the Homeless Outreach Team Tara Sundin asked for direction for operating a young adult winter shelter (Northwest Youth Services, a qualified local partner agency, to operate an overnight shelter for young adults at the Civic Stadium locker room during the winter months). Samya Lutz explained the homeless outreach team. Council supports the expanded outreach for the Homeless Outreach Team Michael Lilliquist moved to move forward with a nw youth services. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Pinky Vargas moved to support Homeless Outreach Team with an additional $196,000. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:26 PM Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes Page 2 October 25, 2021

Agenda

City of Bellingham Community and Economic Development Committee Agenda October 25, 2021, 1:00 PM Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members, Hollie Huthman, Chair www.cob.org/council Pinky Vargas, Michael Lilliquist All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Council members will participate in this meeting remotely through an online web-based meeting platform. Per Washington State Proclamation 20-28, in-person attendance at meetings is not required at this time. Council meetings are streamed live via the City’s website at meetings.cob.org and on the City’s YouTube channel. Meetings are broadcast in high definition on BTV on Comcast channel 321, and in standard definition on Comcast channel 10. Members of the public who do not have cable or Internet access may contact the City Council office to receive phone numbers in order to listen to the meeting via telephone. Those who would like to listen in by phone can do so using any of the following phone numbers:  (253) 215-8782  (346) 248-7799  (669) 900-6833  (301) 715-8592  (312) 626-6799  (929) 205-6099 Meeting ID: 982 0492 7724 Password: 9 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: Community and Economic Development Hollie Huthman, Chair Pinky Vargas, Michael Lilliquist 23142 1. Economic Development Partner Agencies will Provide an Overview of p. 3 Local COVID Recovery Response and Trends 23143 2. Human Services Contracts for 1) Contracting with Northwest Youth p. 4 Services for Operating a Young Adult Winter Shelter, and 2) Expanding Support of the Homeless Outreach Team 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 https://meetings.cob.org/. 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 Deputy City 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 Committee Meetings Monday, November 8, 2021 Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda packet is 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.

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