City Council - Public Works and Natural Resources Committee

City of Bellingham Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Minutes February 27, 2023, 10:30 AM Mayor: Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8100, mayorsoffice@cob.org Council Members: Hannah Stone, 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 President Lilliquist called the Public Works and Natural Resources Committee meeting to order at 10:30am. Roll Call Present: Committee Chair Hannah Stone, First 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. 23631 1. Report from the February 8, 2023 Lake Whatcom Policy Group Meeting Council Member Stone provided an update from the Lake Whatcom Policy Group meeting held on February 8, 2023. The Annual Joint Councils and Commission Meeting is set for March 29, 2023. 23632 2. Bid Award for Woburn Sanitary Sewer Replacement, EU190, BID #5B- 2023 Chad Schulhauser, Assistant Public Works Director Engineering, introduced the Woburn Sanitary Sewer Replacement project. The project will upsize and replace existing sanitary sewer main in a number of locations throughout Bellingham, including Woburn Street from Barkley to Texas and the 1600 block of Woburn, the Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Minutes Page 1 February 27, 2023  2200 block of Fraser, Barkley Boulevard from Newmarket to Woburn, the 2300 block of Yew Street, and in front of the Oak Street pump station. The City received four bids which were publicly opened on February 2, 2023. Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of the bid award to Faber Construction for Bid #5B-2023. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 23645 3. Proposed Resolution Regarding Single Stream Recycling and Organic Materials Collection The City of Bellingham contracts for collection and hauling of solid waste and recyclables with Sanitary Service Company (SSC). Based upon a recent pilot program, changes in the recycle commodity market, labor increases, and aging infrastructure, a revision to the contract is necessary. Mike Olinger, Assistant Public Works Director, Brandon Brubaker, Superintendent of Maintenance in Public Works Utilities, and Ted Carlson, General Manager at SSC, presented the draft resolution to propose modifying the contract to require all residential customers be provided organics collection (Food Plus!) and change the recycling hauling to single stream. Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval of the Resolution to authorize the Mayor to approve Public Works staff to modify existing contract and work with SSC to make Food Plus mandatory in basic level of service and adjust frequency and means of collection of recyclables. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:32am. Public Works and Natural Resources Committee Minutes Page 2 February 27, 2023