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City Council - Planning Committee

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · August 4, 2014

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City of Bellingham Planning Committee Minutes 08/04/2014, 10:30 AM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Jack Weiss, Gene Knutson, Cathy www.cob.org/council Lehman, Pinky Vargas, Terry Bornemann, Michael Lilliquist All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at and Roxanne Murphy 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Council Standing Committee Meetings: Planning 20496 1. A Work Session to consider a Comprehensive Plan Amendment from the Sunnyland Neighborhood Association to rezone approximately 4 acres of land in Areas 1, 1A and 8 of the Sunnyland Neighborhood Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of the staff's proposal. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 20497 2. Discussion regarding a resolution to docket three proposed comprehensive plan amendments for review in the upcoming year Roxanne Murphy moved to recommend approval of first two proposals for docket and the third to hold for more neighborhood meetings and staff review. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. These are three things Roxanne Murphy would like staff and administration to explore about the Rental Safety Registration Program: 1. Exploring the option of voluntary rental inspections, and if a property owner was to do so, what benefit it would net them, for example, not having to pay a registration fee or no inspections for a certain number of years. 2. Stepping up the fee for those who do not comply with our code enforcement or building inspection findings. 3. Taking a good look at the City's code enforcement laws, and exploring what other cities do, to add more teeth to our code enforcement and create better public safety. Adjournment 1 2

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City of Bellingham Planning Committee Meeting Agenda 08/04/2014, 10:30 AM Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Jack Weiss, Chair www.cob.org/council Michael Lilliquist, Gene Knutson All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA unless otherwise noted. 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. 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: Planning Jack Weiss, Chair Roxanne Murphy; Gene Knutson 20496 1. A Work Session to consider a Comprehensive Plan p. 1 Amendment from the Sunnyland Neighborhood Association to rezone approximately 4 acres of land in Areas 1, 1A and 8 of the Sunnyland Neighborhood 20497 2. **Discussion regarding a resolution to docket three proposed p. 32 comprehensive plan amendments for review in the upcoming year Adjournment ** INDICATES THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION Agenda Information: Council Committee and Regular meeting agendas and agendas packets, which contain the supporting documentation for agenda items, are available to the public Thursday afternoon prior to the meeting. They are posted at www.cob.org/meetings on the Bellingham web site. 1 A hard copy of the agenda packet is available for review from the reference desk at the Central Library or can be purchased in the Finance office at City Hall for $4.00. Accessibility: FOR OUR CITIZENS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, 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 clerk prior to the evening session. For additional accommodations, persons are asked to contact the Legislative Assistant at 778-8200 in advance of the meeting. Thank you. Next City Council Meeting 08/11/2014 Deadline to submit material for the public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda packet is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting. 2

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