City Council - Public Works and Natural Resources Committee
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · August 24, 2020
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Minutes
August 24, 2020, 10:00 AM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Michael Lilliquist, Chair www.cob.org/council
Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order
Roll Call
Council Standing Committee Meeting
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 Works and Natural Resources
Michael Lilliquist, Chair
Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson
22702 1. Bid Award for Northwest/Bakerview Intersection Improvements, BID p. 3
#41B-2020
Public Works Director Eric Johnston introduced the bid. Chad Shulhauser
provided more information. Committee members asked questions and had a
discussion following the presentation.
Pinky Vargas moved to recommend aproval of the bid award.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
22713 2. Bid Award for Harrison Street Slope Stabilization, EW-0237, Bid #49B- p. 8
2020
City Engineer Chad Schulhauser presented the bid award.
Pinky Vargas moved to recommend approval of the bid award.
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MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
22714 3. Bid Award for Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) On-Call p. 13
Multiple Hearth Incinerator Repair, BID #13B-2020
Public Works Director Eric Johnston presented the bid award. Committee
members asked questions following the presentation.
Pinky Vargas moved to recommend approval of the bid award.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
22007 4. Bellingham Municipal Broadband: Access, Equity and Affordability p. 17
Mayor Seth Fleetwood introduced the discussion. Public Works Director Eric
Johnston presented more information. Committee members asked questions
and had a discussion following the presentation.
Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of the resolution with the
amendment of striking the last three sentences that start with "Work shall
include..." from subsection E of section 3.
MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
Adjournment
Committee adjourned at 11:02 AM
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Agenda
August 24, 2020, 10:00 AM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Michael Lilliquist, Chair www.cob.org/council
Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson 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 prohibited at this time.
Council meetings are streamed live via the City’s website at meetings.cob.org and on the City’s
YouTube channel. Meetings are 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 contact the City Council office to receive phone numbers in order
to listen to the meeting via telephone.
Those who would like to listen in by phone can do so using any of the following phone
numbers:
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Call to Order
Council Standing Committee Meeting
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 Works and Natural Resources
Michael Lilliquist, Chair
Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson
22702 1. Bid Award for Northwest/Bakerview Intersection Improvements, BID p. 3
#41B-2020
22713 2. Bid Award for Harrison Street Slope Stabilization, EW-0237, Bid #49B- p. 8
2020
22714 3. Bid Award for Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) On-Call p. 13
Multiple Hearth Incinerator Repair, BID #13B-2020
22007 4. Bellingham Municipal Broadband: Access, Equity and Affordability p. 17
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://meetings.cob.org/. Meetings are streamed live
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 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, August 31, 2020
Deadline to submit material for any public hearing for inclusion in the published agenda
packet is 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday prior to the meeting.
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