City Council - Parks and Recreation Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · October 26, 2020
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Parks and Recreation Committee Minutes
October 26, 2020, 1:30 PM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Lisa Anderson, Chair www.cob.org/council
Hannah Stone, 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
Present:
Committee Chair Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward
Committee Member Hannah Stone, First Ward
Committee Member Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward
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:
Parks and Recreation
Lisa Anderson, Chair
Hannah Stone, Michael Lilliquist
22788 1. Public Community Garden License p. 3
Nicole Oliver, Parks and Recreation Department Director, explained that a
license agreement with the landowners of the Park operated space currently
known as Happy Valley Community Garden, is required to continue leasing. The
City had a lease on the property a few years ago and has now negotiated a new
lease of the garden property. The family that owns the property have requested
that the City add signage that honors their brother, Sven Hoyt, who started the
garden. The garden is located 1116 32nd Street.
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Hannah Stone moved to recommend approval of the City to enter into a lease
agreement with the owners of the garden property known as the Happy Valley
Community Garden.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:27 PM.
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Parks and Recreation Committee Agenda
October 26, 2020, 1:30 PM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Lisa Anderson, Chair www.cob.org/council
Hannah Stone, 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 prohibited 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
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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:
Parks and Recreation
Lisa Anderson, Chair
Hannah Stone, Michael Lilliquist
22788 1. Public Community Garden License p. 3
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
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Next City Council Committee Meetings
Monday, November 9, 2020
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