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City Council - Planning Committee

Regular Meeting

Bellingham, WA · November 21, 2022

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City of Bellingham Planning Committee Minutes November 21, 2022, 1:45 PM Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org Council Members: Lisa Anderson, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams 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 Planning Committee to order at 1:45pm. Roll Call Present: Committee Chair Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward Committee Member Daniel Hammill, Third Ward Committee Member Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Fourth 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. 23532 1. Exempt a Temporary Shelter from Compliance from State Building p. 3 Code Requirements Blake Lyon, Planning and Community Development Director provided a summary of the resolution. The YWCA of Bellingham is proposing to operate a temporary shelter at the existing First Presbyterian Church Building located at 1031 North Garden Street in Bellingham, Washington. The use of the subject facility for a temporary shelter is permitted and exempt from temporary shelter regulations per BMC 20.15.100.A.2 but the shelter is not in full compliance with all of the requirements of the building code for this use. However, RCW 19.27.042 authorizes the City to adopt a resolution to exempt state building code requirements for a building whose character of use or occupancy has been changed to provide housing for indigent persons. Planning Committee Minutes Page 1 November 21, 2022 Daniel Hammill / Edwin H. "Skip" Williams recommend approval of the resolution exempting the shelter at 1031 North Garden Street from compliance with State Building Code Requirements until May 1, 2027. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:53pm. Planning Committee Minutes Page 2 November 21, 2022

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City of Bellingham Planning Committee Agenda November 21, 2022, 1:45 PM Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org Council Members: Lisa Anderson, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams 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. Council members will participate in this meeting remotely through an online web-based meeting platform. Per Washington State Proclamation 20-28, in-person attendance at meetings is not required at this time. 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 who do not have cable or Internet access 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:  (253) 215-8782  (346) 248-7799  (669) 900-6833  (301) 715-8592  (312) 626-6799  (929) 205-6099 Meeting ID: 933 2687 3296 Password: 9 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 Lisa Anderson, Chair Daniel Hammill, Edwin H. "Skip" Williams 23532 1. Exempt a Temporary Shelter from Compliance from State Building p. 3 Code Requirements 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 https://cob.org/meetings. Meetings are streamed live at https://cob.org/btv on the internet as they occur. Accessibility: 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, December 5, 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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