City Council - Public Works and Natural Resources Committee

City of Bellingham Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Minutes July 11, 2022, 1:00 PM Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org Council Members: Michael Lilliquist, Chair Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Lisa Anderson, Kristina Michele Martens 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 The Public Works and Natural Resources Committee meeting was called to order by Council President Stone at 1:00pm. Roll Call Present: Committee Chair Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward Committee Member Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward Committee Member Kristina Michele Martens, At Large 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: 23393 1. Noise Variance - Potelco/Puget Sound Energy Permit #PBW2022-0339 p. 3 Potelco, Inc. on behalf of Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is requesting a one-night variance from the requirements of the City's Noise Ordinance (BMC 10.24.120) for work in the Roosevelt Neighborhood. Potelco will be performing work at the intersection of Alabama and Woburn Streets to repair a sanitary sewer service line damaged by previous utility pole installation. There is no power outage scheduled with this work. Due to the amount of vehicle traffic at the intersection of Alabama and Woburn, this project is proposed to be performed at night to minimize impacts and maximize safety at the site. It is unknown what evening the work will be taking place; however, it will be no sooner than July 26th and is expected to occur by the first week of August. Neighbors will be notified two weeks in advance and neighbors within 300 or 500 ft will be notified of the work. Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Minutes Page 1 July 11, 2022  Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of the noise variance. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 23394 2. Post Point Resource Recovery Project - Facilities Plan p. 8 Eric Johnston, Director of Public Works, and Mike Thorstenson, Cameron Clark, Donnie Stallman, and Shelby Smith, from Brown and Caldwell, presented the Facility Plan for the Post Point Resource Recovery (PPRR) Project. The project will replace the aging and failing incinerators with a thermophilic anaerobic digester process to manage the organic biosolids produced at Post Point. The Facility Plan outlines the goals of the project and provides a layout of the plant facilities and project implementation. This Facility Plan will be submitted to the Department of Ecology in July 2022 and the Ecology review and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) comment period is up to 90 days. If necessary, an updated Facility Plan can be submitted in October. Final Ecology acceptance is anticipated in November 2022. Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of the Post Point Recovery Project Facilities Plan. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:32pm. Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Minutes Page 2 July 11, 2022