City Council - Parks and Recreation Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · November 7, 2022
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Parks and Recreation Committee Minutes
November 7, 2022, 10:45 AM
Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org
Council Members: Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Hollie Huthman, Lisa Anderson https://cob.org/council
All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order
President Stone called the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting to order at 10:45am.
Roll Call
Present:
Committee Chair Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Fourth Ward
Committee Member Hollie Huthman, Second Ward
Committee Member Lisa Anderson, Fifth 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.
23487 1. 2022 Recreation Needs Assessment Report p. 3
Melissa Bianconi, Recreation Manager, provided an update on the Bellingham Parks
and Recreation Department Recreation Needs Assessment. The assessment was
conducted during the spring of 2022 to evaluate how the community currently uses
recreational facilities and programs, levels of satisfaction, and knowledge of existing
services to inform future planning efforts and budget priorities. A 30-question
community survey was conducted over three months with 1,236 people responding.
Key findings include requests for more indoor community recreation centers, covered
outdoor spaces, more aquatic, ice and pickleball facilities, nature and adventure play
and outdoor classrooms. Read more at https://engagebellingham.org/recreation-
needs-assessment.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:15am.
Parks and Recreation Committee Minutes Page 1
November 7, 2022
Agenda
City of Bellingham
Parks and Recreation Committee Agenda
November 7, 2022, 10:45 AM
Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org
Council Members: Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Hollie Huthman, Lisa Anderson https://cob.org/council
Legislative Assistant: Nalini Margaitis All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
This meeting will be conducted in a hybrid setting: both in-person and remote access will be
available.
Council meetings are streamed live via the City’s website at https://cob.org/meetings and on
the City’s YouTube channel at https://cob.org/btv. Meetings are also broadcast in high
definition on BTV on Comcast channel 321, and in standard definition on Comcast channel 10.
Members of the public may listen to the meeting via telephone. Members of the public who
would like to listen by phone can do so using any of the following phone numbers:
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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
Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Chair
Hollie Huthman, Lisa Anderson
23487 1. 2022 Recreation Needs Assessment Report p. 3
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
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supporting documentation for agenda items, are available to the public Wednesday afternoon
prior to the meeting. They are posted at https://cob.org/meetings. Meetings are streamed live
at https://cob.org/btv on the internet as they occur.
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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 21, 2022
Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda
packet is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.
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