City Council - Community and Economic Development Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · February 24, 2025
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes
February 24, 2025, 11:15 AM
Mayor: Kimberley Lund Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org
Council Members: Jace Cotton, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams https://cob.org/council
Call to Order
Committee Chair Cotton called the meeting to order at 11:15am.
Roll Call
Present:
Committee Chair Jace Cotton, At-Large
Committee Member Daniel Hammill, Third Ward (Attended remotely)
Committee Member Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Fourth Ward
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24447 1. Consideration of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Grant Recommendations p. 3
Blake Lyon, Planning & Community Development Director, and Tara Sundin, Community &
Economic Development Manager, presented the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's (LTAC) grant
recommendations for $100,000 to Artist Home to produce a music festival and a $50,000 grant to
the Bellingham Bells for a softball tournament called All Night Ball In Bellingham. Council Members
discussed the grants and asked questions.
Edwin H. "Skip" Williams moved to recommend approval of LTAC grant funding for $100,000 to
Artist Home for a music festival and $50,000 to the Bellingham Bells for a softball tournament.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:18am.
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February 24, 2025
Agenda
City of Bellingham
Community and Economic Development Committee Agenda
February 24, 2025, 11:15 AM
Mayor: Kimberley Lund Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org
Council Members: Jace Cotton, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams https://cob.org/council
Legislative Office Manager: Jackie Weller
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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
Jace Cotton, Chair
Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams
24447 1. Consideration of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Grant Recommendations p. 3
24448 2. Presentation by the Port of Bellingham's Regional Economic Partnership Staff ITEM p. 4
REMOVED 2/21/25
Adjournment
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Next City Council Committee Meetings: Monday, March 10, 2025
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