City Council - Planning Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · September 25, 2023
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Planning Committee Minutes
September 25, 2023, 1:00 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
Call to Order
Council President Lilliquist called the meeting to order at 1pm.
Roll Call
Present:
Committee Chair Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward
Committee Member Daniel Hammill, Third Ward
Committee Member Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Fourth Ward
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23862 1. A Resolution of the City of Bellingham Endorsing the Buildable Lands Report p. 3
Blake Lyon, Planning and Community Development Director, and Chris Behee, Long Range
Planning Manager, presented on the draft resolution for the Buildable Lands Report. The Buildable
Lands Report evaluates growth accommodated by Whatcom County and each city therein from
2016 to 2021, which is the first five years of the 20-year timeframe covered by the 2016
Comprehensive Plan. The results of this report will inform the next periodic update to the
Comprehensive Plan in 2025, planning for growth through 2045. The Buildable Lands Report was
adopted by the Whatcom County Council on March 21, 2023.
Edwin H. "Skip" Williams moved to recommend approval of the resolution endorsing the Buildable
Lands Report as adopted by Whatcom County and acknowledging that the report satisfies the
requirements of RCW 36.70A.215.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:31pm.
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Planning Committee Agenda
September 25, 2023, 1:00 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: Jackie Lassiter
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Call to Order
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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
23862 1. A Resolution of the City of Bellingham Endorsing the Buildable Lands Report p. 3
Adjournment
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