City Council - Public Health, Safety, Justice, and Equity Committee

City of Bellingham Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee Minutes March 22, 2021, 10:45 AM Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members, Daniel Hammill, Chair www.cob.org/council Gene Knutson, Hollie Huthman All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call Present: Committee Chair Daniel Hammill, Third Ward Committee Member Gene Knutson, Second Ward Committee Member Hollie Huthman, At-Large 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: Public Health, Safety, and Justice 10:45 AM Daniel Hammill, Chair Gene Knutson, Hollie Huthman 22940 1. Interlocal Agreement with Whatcom County Fire District 4 for p. 3 Training Facility Use Bill Hewett, Fire Chief, explained that the Fire Department has negotiated an agreement for the ongoing use of Fire District 4’s Britton Loop Road Facility for fire and emergency medical services training. The facility was designed for classrooms and fire fighting training. There is a large area referred to as the Drill Grounds for practice and training. Over the years, the City has had an agreement to use the facility, but last Fall, Fire District 4, indicated they would like to renegotiate the interlocal agreement. The new agreement brought forth for approval, includes an office and storage space for the captain of the paramedic training. The paramedic class will be based out of the classroom at Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee Minutes Page 1 March 22, 2021  the facility and is large enough to implement social distancing and pandemic regulations. Recruit academy staff and participants will be holding class in a portable located there. The agreement ensures that this will be a permanent use for academy participants where in the past, it had been for a temporary use. There will be no additional charges, the total being $40,000. Gene Knutson moved to recommend approval of the interlocal. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 22941 2. Update of the Whatcom County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan p. 9 Liz Coogan, Emergency Manager, indicated that the Whatcom County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan must be updated every five years. To be eligible for federal funding by FEMA, the plan must be updated. The City's portion of the plan must include measures to mitigate natural disasters such as tsunami, flooding, earthquake, and severe storms. The County has contracted with Dr. Rebekah Paci-Green, a consultant with the Resilience Institute at Western Washington University. Currently she is working with her students to review and update affected area maps in the Plan. Liz explained that she is working with Public Works, Fire, Planning, and Parks and Recreation departments to review the 2016 Plan and update any mitigation measures since the last Plan update. The updates are due to FEMA by June 2021. Council Members asked questions. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:01 a.m. Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee Minutes Page 2 March 22, 2021