City Council - Planning Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · July 24, 2017
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Planning Committee Meeting Minutes
07/24/2017, 9:45 AM
Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members Gene Knutson, Chair www.cob.org/council
April Barker, Dan Hammill All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order
Roll Call
Gene Knutson, Chair
April Barker
Dan Hammill
Council Standing Committee Meetings:
Planning
21672 1. Council Planning Committee Work Session on Affordable Housing
INFORMATION ONLY
The Planning Committee was joined by Steve Clarke, Assistant Superintendent of
Teaching and Learning for Bellingham Public Schools, who gave an update on the School
District’s efforts to redraw school attendance boundaries. Mr. Clarke expressed the
importance of ensuring schools have a diverse student body in terms of income and
ethnicity. Additionally, different housing within more/less diverse communities may
contribute to this goal.
Chris Behee, Senior GIS Analyst at the City of Bellingham, gave a presentation on
population projections that have a direct impact on schools.
The Committee identified as a next step looking at what land is full and already built-out
in the City.
Adjournment
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Planning Committee Meeting Agenda
07/24/2017, 9:45 AM
Mayor Kelli Linville Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members Gene Knutson, Chair www.cob.org/council
April Barker, Dan Hammill 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. 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:
Planning
Gene Knutson, Chair
April Barker; Daniel Hammill
21672 1. Council Planning Committee Work Session on Affordable p. 1
Housing
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
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the supporting documentation for agenda items, are available to the public
Wednesday afternoon prior to the meeting. They are posted at
www.cob.org/meetings. Meetings are streamed live on the internet as they occur.
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meeting. Thank you.
Next City Council Meeting
08/07/2017
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.
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