City Council - Planning Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · October 9, 2017
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Planning Committee Meeting Minutes
10/09/2017, 10:30 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
21621 1. Follow Up to Discussion of Rental Barrier Issues
Dan Hammill moved Source of Income Discrimination out of the Planning
Committee to the full Council and directed staff to develop an ordinance
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
April Barker moved to include in the ordinance an exemption for people who are
renting a portion of a single family dwelling when the owner or person entitled to
possession maintains a permanent residence in the dwelling
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
April Barker moved 60 days’ notice of eviction if there is no good cause
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
21672 2.
Committee Discussion of Potential Approaches and Techniques to
Provide Additional Housing Choice in Bellingham
INFORMATION ONLY
Adjournment
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Planning Committee Meeting Agenda
10/09/2017, 10:30 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
21621 1. Follow Up to Discussion of Rental Barrier Issues p. 1
21672 2. Committee Discussion of Potential Approaches and p. 5
Techniques to Provide Additional Housing Choice in
Bellingham
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
Council Committee and Regular Meeting agendas and agenda packets, which contain
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
10/23/2017
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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