City Council - Parks and Recreation Committee

City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation Committee Minutes December 12, 2022, 2:30 PM 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 & Recreation Committee to order at 2:30pm. Roll Call Present: Committee Chair Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Fourth Ward Committee Member Hollie Huthman, Second Ward Committee Member Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward Excused: 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 to deliberation and formal vote. 23573 1. Braman Property Donation p. 3 Nicole Oliver, Parks and Recreation Director, and Laine Potter, Park Design and Development Manager, presented on the property donation by Susan Braman. The land parcel is undeveloped and forested, located in the South Neighborhood, adjacent to the City’s Interurban Greenway and trail. Ms. Braman would like to donate the parcel to the City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department via transfer on death deed with a permanent deed restriction that it remains undeveloped and used solely for park purposes. In accordance with BMC 4.90.020, City Council must adopt an ordinance accepting the property donation. Both the Greenways Advisory Committee and Parks and Recreation Board reviewed the proposed donation and recommended approval. Parks and Recreation Committee Minutes Page 1 December 12, 2022  Hollie Huthman moved to recommend approval of the ordinance to accept the donation of real property from Susan Braman. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 23574 2. Maplewood McLeod Park Name and Introduction of Master Plan p. 11 Nicole Oliver, Parks and Recreation Director, and Jonathan Schilk, Parks and Recreation Landscape Architect, presented on the Maplewood McLeod Park Master Plan. The Parks & Recreation Department requested approval of a permanent name for the 7-acre park in the Birchwood Neighborhood currently referred to as Maplewood McLeod Park. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board at their November 9, 2022 meeting recommended that the park be named Storybrook Park. The committee postponed a formal vote on the naming until after the Public Hearing tonight. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:52pm. Parks and Recreation Committee Minutes Page 2 December 12, 2022