City Council - Regular Meeting

City of Bellingham City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 25, 2021, 7:00 PM Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members Hannah Stone, Gene Knutson, Daniel Hammill, www.cob.org/council Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist and All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at Hollie Huthman 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Legislative Assistant Nalini Margaitis Please note the doors to City Hall unlock at 6:30 PM. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Council President Stone at 7:00 p.m. Announcements & Upcoming Meetings: Bellingham City Council meets all requirements of the State of Washington Open Public Meetings Act. 1. On November 8, 2021 at 7:00 PM there will be a Public Hearing to consider the City of Bellingham’s 2021-2022 Mid-Biennium Budget Adjustment 2. On November 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM there will be a Public Hearing to consider the City of Bellingham’s 2021-2022 Mid-Biennium Budget Adjustment 3. The next three City Council public comment sessions will be held at 7:00 PM on November 1, November 15, and November 29. Public comment sessions may be accessed via Zoom at: https://cob.org/commentzoom (Meeting ID: 923 0705 9297 Password: 018602) Roll Call Present: Council President Hannah Stone, First Ward Council Member Gene Knutson, Second Ward Council Member Daniel Hammill, Third Ward Council Member Pinky Vargas, Fourth Ward Council Member Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward Council Member Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward Council Member Hollie Huthman, At-Large Public Hearing 23137 1. Public Hearing on a Resolution and an Ordinance Amending Bellingham Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 11: Parking Modifications City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 1 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  Eric Johnston, Public Works Director, provided a brief history on actions taken for our parking policy. Back in 2005, the City introduced plans to raise parking from 25 cents an hour to 50 cents an hour with the plan to raise to a dollar an hour by 2010. However, the increase to raise the rate to a dollar an hour was paused for a number of reasons. After consulting with workgroups and considering stakeholder's recommendations, the City will now revisit the topic of rate implementation with the areas of downtown and Fairhaven at the same parking rate. Eric introduced Carol Rofkar, Superintendent with the Traffic Division of Public Works. Carol discussed the new parking plans with consideration of convenience for the public offered new solutions that will utilize the existing meters that accept both credit cards and coin. The City aims to charge the right price and enforce at the right time to manage demand. The study recommends meters to be in effect from Mon - Sat between 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM with incremental management. A proposed timeline includes the implementation of the parking plan. In September 2021, presentations were made to the Transportation Commission, Bellingham Downtown Partnership, and the Fairhaven Parking Task Force. This month code revisions are being brought to City Council for review and consideration. Pay to Park meter installations are planned starting December 2021 - Spring 2022. Beginning in Spring 2022, Fairhaven parking metering and enforcement begins. By Summer 2022, the RPZ (Residential Parking Zones) and enforcement code revisions are planned to be reviewed and recommended. December 2022 should bring a progressive rate metering schedule ready for implementation. Council President Hannah Stone opened the Public Hearing. Public Comment was taken. Elaine Woods, resident of Fairhaven, was wondering about the financial impacts with the paid parking meter so far. One reason to have metered parking is to cut down on vehicular traffic – she wants to cut down on traffic, cars and help the environment. She wants to know the data for how many people are taking public transit or biking. Another reason would be for shoppers to be allowed to stay and park. Woods conducted a survey and people were much less likely to stay for dinner, if they had to pay for dinner. Woods invited people to come downtown during a time like Halloween to see how many families there are. She also mentioned that there are 104 tenants in a senior home that offer offsite parking spaces for them. She wishes to know if the meters will benefit the environment, shoppers, business, or the current vibrant and alive community? Rhys Fahler, a resident of the Columbia neighborhood is in favor of the proposed parking modifications because they are a step in the right direction to address City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 2 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  reduction in GHG emissions. Rhys stated that the enforcement should not be a financial drain. At minimum, it should be revenue neutral for the City. For businesses, the higher turnover would increase business, and in turn, revenue. Laura Tams, a downtown employee, and is not in favor of parking for the employees because it will disproportionately affect downtown employees (she stated that it is basically a tax on the poor). Public transit is not an option for those who work before 7AM or after 7PM. She does not feel safe walking around solo at 3AM after work. She believes the local workforce will suffer from this. She is not sure why it jumped from $15-$41. She understands rising costs, but she believes this is too high a jump. She said this will affect the minimum wage downtown employees and fears she will continue to be priced out. Dennis Hainer, resident of Fairhaven (owns a condo and lives there), sees a number of advantages for the business community, but none for the residents. He feels that parking meters would adversely affect the character of the neighborhood. He feels it would be an inconvenience for family visitors – does not feel it is appropriate to ask them to pay to visit him. He hopes that this proposal will be turned down. Brittany Scholten, does not support the proposed parking fee for many reasons. The first is due to the price increase in hours ($0.75-$1.50 is a 100% increase in cost) – frustrating that there is no incremental increase - the jump is significant because right now parking is free in Fairhaven. Her concern is that in the meeting, they discussed, “wanting to attract tourists, and meet the demand and that this is the right price for that demand. Her question is, the right price for who? She feels the concern is on tourists visiting and not the impact this will have on Bellingham residents. She stated that she will personally be deterred from visiting, parking downtown, and supporting local businesses with this steep increase. She works in homeless housing, and she knows that this type of increase will directly impact low-income folks, and will deter them from visiting and support downtown, which is essential. She is also concerned that the increase is going from zero to costly parking, without an incremental increase. Her other concern is that Bellingham is quickly approaching Seattle’s cost of living, housing prices, and other challenges, and this feels like a heartbreaking way that Bellingham is once again feeling less like a small City and losing that small town feel. She understands that as Bellingham grows, some of these things are unavoidable, parking feels like something to have control over and prevent Bellingham from becoming Seattle. Bellingham remains a place that people consider small and homey and without all of the negatives of a big City. She believes that increasing parking cost and fees to Fairhaven, this small-town feel will be lost. A resident of Bellingham for over 22 years, growing up in Bellingham, Scholten believes this is saddening and discouraging. She believes the City needs to prevent creating a big-City feel and this is one area where this can take place. She loves Bellingham and realizes this is supposedly being proposed with good intention, but she strongly urges everyone to pause and consider what these actions would mean. She wants the city to keep some City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 3 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  of the small-town charm residents are familiar with, but that means the community needs to avoid making well-intended big decisions that could greatly impact the community of Bellingham. Not always are the outcomes of those most affected considered. She believes low-income folks and those struggling with Covid and job loss will be most impacted by this. Even with a stable income, Scholten feels she will be discouraged from coming downtown. Preston Schiller (transportation researcher), lives in Fairhaven, a neighborhood that has struggled and succeeded to maintain walkability on its narrow streets, to slow cars. In fact, he believes it is such a pleasant neighborhood that people drive from all around town to walk their dogs/exercise in Fairhaven/generally enjoy it and its access to trails. His biggest concern is that he believes the City is about this backwards. He believes that, if you want to enact the significant changes being talked about, you need to put the RPZ (resident parking zones) into effect first. Then, a discussion should be made – and then you may find that there will be much less resistance to metering/pricing, etc. He is sympathetic with those who have addressed the issue of unaffordability, but he believes there are other possible arrangements. Secondly, WTA (Whatcom Transportation Authority) has been reduced without any significant input or objection from the City of Bellingham or its Whatcom County representatives, reduced the bus service from Fairhaven to downtown from four times (a few years ago), to now two times. This undercuts any efforts to get people out of their cars. He also recommends that the City does not oversupply parking and urges the City to stop cutting down trees in favor of parking space. Caleb Savage, downtown resident, and he strongly disagrees with the proposed parking fee. He believes that hiking the price up to $1.25/hour will not have a positive impact on tourism (they won’t want to pay for multiple hours to stay in downtown). People who work from home, or want to support a local restaurant, will be less inclined to do so due to cost. The cost-of-living downtown is high enough. The price jump seems unreasonable and unfair for local citizens who reside downtown. If the price is reasonable, then people will want to stay in downtown much longer. Savage enjoys the City because of its small town feel and he believes that raising the prices will be unattractive to his family, who wants to visit. He also wants to know why the change in hours will include Saturdays and not have the weekend free parking downtown. He strongly disapproves of this measure. Kit Hughes, a resident of Chuckanut Square public housing building since 2011, has concerns about how the City will implement paid parking in the Fairhaven Neighborhood. She attended several of the parking taskforce meetings at the Fairhaven library in 2019 and recently attended the Oct 6 Fairhaven neighbors meeting where both Michael Olinger and Carol Rofkar provided an update on the process on where the City is in making changing. Two follow-up questions: how many parking spaces will there be in the future parking zone that you described on both sides of McKenzie between 11th and 10th avenues? She is in agreement with two members of City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 4 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  the Fairhaven neighbors’ group who expressed concern that this area is too small to provide spaces for the already broad and large groups. She believes this may make it seem that the City of Bellingham prioritizes businesses over residents. The current implementation plan does not make sense and agrees with Preston that it does seem a bit backwards. She also stated that she does not believe this is a good fiscal idea for the City, nor is it serving the current needs of various parking users in Fairhaven. The proposed plan implementation that would commence in December of this year, then after 1.5 years, evaluate the process and consider changing some of the areas to permit parking/residential zones. She believes 2-hour parking will make it extremely difficult for those who are elderly or disabled and the City will have to install expensive parking reader machinery. What will the cost of these permits be? Will there be varying rates for different users? Could the elderly/disabled/low-income residents of Chuckanut Square, receive a deeper discount than other users? Misty Flowers, opposes the resolution and ordinance. She opposes this because it will increase the burden of employees downtown and for those that live downtown. It will also increase the likelihood that people will avoid spending their money downtown. Parking downtown was already a challenge before Covid. The way it is set up during the holidays where parking is free, you see a huge increase in people coming and spending money downtown. This shows that people are not going to be willing to spend more money to park downtown but will likely scare people away from bringing their money downtown. Since Covid, because of the increase in outdoor seating, this has created more of a parking nightmare downtown. By increasing the parking cost, is only going to exacerbate the issues. She urges the City to think carefully about this decision. Paul Moore, employee of Bellingham, working with the residents of Chuckanut Square Senior and Disabled apartments regarding this parking issue. The residents are very upset over this, and they are frightened that they are going to have to make choices between necessities (food and medicine) and the cost of a parking permit (right now, the discounted price is set to be $32.50/month). When you’re living on less than $1,000/month, having to pay for food and medicines, that is a huge burden. A lot of people do not understand and believe that the low-income people should not own a car – they do not understand the circumstances (and he invites those people to come down and talk to these people and find out why they have one – quite often, not a luxury, but a necessity). People are told that handicapped parking is free all the time and overrides the meters, but then there is the issue of moving the vehicle every 24 hours (or 72?). After that, it could be ticketed regardless of the handicapped placard. The residents of these apartments feel like they shouldn’t have to be punished because that high-rise was built there and they’re living there and unfortunately the location happens to be close to the Fairhaven tourist zone. Many residents and the Bellingham housing authority have sent letters, please listen to them. He is opposed to paying a parking fee. City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 5 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  There being no further comments, the Public Hearing was closed. Pinky Vargas requested Public Works to provide an overview of what it costs to run the program and what the parking fees go towards. Director Johnston responded that revenues are lagging expenditures. He explained that the goal is not to make money for the City. Instead, the goal is to charge the right price so that people are using the system and then moving on. Enforcement and maintenance of structures associated with parking (e.g., operation of the garage), does not support revenue gain. Those activities are offset by the revenue from the meters. One of the expenses includes a contract to support the Downtown Business Partnership. Known (but not funded since 2015), are significant renovations rehabilitations to ensure that the parking garage can continue to operate. One of the new expenses that will need to occur is the cost to renovate the parking garage. The City had a debt service to pay off the garage (and was paid off in 2013). From this, money was generated to pay for the Downtown Partnership ($200,000). All of the revenue from the parking system is kept in the parking system (this revenue is not used to offset other expenses with the City – enterprise fund). Hollie Huthman, would like to hear from other comparable cities similar to Bellingham and what their rates, fees, and hours are. She was surprised by the number of permitted parking lots that the City has. She would like more information on the availability of those lots, where they are, how you get a permit for one of those lots, how does a charge for one of those permits compares to someone parking downtown every day and what that cost is? Lisa Anderson would like to know, for the low-income housing in Fairhaven, since they have 104 units and fewer parking spots – how many additional residents have vehicles that are parking on the street? She is requesting to work with the BHA (Bellingham Housing Authority) for this information. She also mentioned that she received an email stating that the hourly parking in the garage downtown is only on the bottom floor and is not accessible by an elevator. She would like to know if this is true and would like more information on the accessibility of that parking in the downtown area. Furthermore, she stated that the City has allowed the density without parking for a lot of the housing structures downtown. She is concerned about the timing going until 7PM, because of the turnover impact. She is requesting more justification for moving the time from 5PM to 7PM – what the expected opportunity for turnover is. She would like to know how many paid parking spots have been lost in the downtown core area to outdoor dining and seating? For Fairhaven, how many metered parking spots will be installed? Is there a plan to be able to work with residential parking? How many long- term rental parking spots are available in Fairhaven (where are they located and how many spots are available?) City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 6 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  Michael Lilliquist stated that this is the best solution for the complaints received. This is parking management. The single best way to manage people’s parking behavior is with progressive rates. The ordinance allows for progressive rates, but does not institute them right away – why not go to them sooner rather than later? With progressive rates, you pay very little (to nothing) for short stays (e.g. less than 15 minutes). Short stays would cost a little more. However, the longer you stay, the more you are monopolizing a public resource and preventing other people from using it. The longer the use, the higher the rate goes. Progressive parking is the best way to manage this behavior. Lilliquist wants to know why the City is not instituting progressive parking right away, why the hourly rate? He believes this structure is outdate and progress parking would answer most people’s complaints. Hannah Stone inquired about the permitted lots. Specifically, she is requesting additional information regarding permit parking, specifically related to the parking garage that is on Commercial and its utilization. She would also like clarification on handicapped placards and how those placards are treated with regard to parking. She would like to address the needs and find out what the demand is of transit-disabled community members. Gene Knutson / Daniel Hammill moved to refer the item to the Public Works and Natural Resources Committee. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Mayor's Report Standing time for briefings, updates and reports to Council by the Mayor, if needed. Information only. The Mayor announced that last week was Whatcom Housing Week within the City of Bellingham The event helped to bring awareness and support for innovative housing solutions that create safe, equitable and affordable homes for all. The event was sponsored by Sustainable Connections. 23138 1. Mayor's Appointments to the Transportation Commission (Approval) Michael Lilliquist / Gene Knutson moved the Mayor's appointments of Tim Wilder, Jacki Quinn and Addie Candib, to their first terms on the Transportation Commission, which will expire on October 25, 2024, at which time they may be reappointed. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Council Standing Committee Meetings: City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 7 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes Public Works and Natural Resources 10:00 AM Michael Lilliquist, Chair Gene Knutson, Lisa Anderson 23087 1. Whatcom Creek Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Presentation during Committee. Information only. 23130 2. Public Street Right-of-Way Fundamentals Part 2 of 3 Presentation during Committee. Information only. Parks and Recreation 11:00 AM Gene Knutson, Chair Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson 23139 1. License for Entry and Use of City Property (Memorial Park) by Bellingham School District Presentation during Committee. Gene Knutson / Lisa Anderson moved to recommend approval. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 23140 2. Annual Report on Greenways Program Presentation during Committee. Information only. Climate Action 11:30 AM Pinky Vargas, Chair Daniel Hammill, Michael Lilliquist 23141 1. Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Interlocal Agreement Between City of Bellingham and Public Utility District #1 for Carbon Reduction Initiatives Presentation during Committee. Pinky Vargas / Daniel Hammill moved to authorize the Mayor to enter into an interlocal agreement between the City of Bellingham and the Public Utility District #1 for Carbon Reduction Initiatives. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 8 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes Community and Economic Development 1:00 PM Hollie Huthman, Chair Pinky Vargas, Michael Lilliquist 23142 1. Economic Development Partner Agencies will Provide an Overview of Local COVID Recovery Response and Trends Presentation during Committee. Information only. 23143 2. Human Services Contracts for 1) Contracting with Northwest Youth Services for Operating a Young Adult Winter Shelter, and 2) Expanding Support of the Homeless Outreach Team Presentation during Committee. Hollie Huthman / Michael Lilliquist moved to support a staff recommendation to contract with Northwest Youth Services for operating a Young Adult Winter Shelter. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Hollie Huthman / Lisa Anderson moved to support expanding of the Homeless Outreach Team with an additional $196,000 in funds to support the expansion. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Committee Of The Whole 2:00 PM Hannah Stone, Chair Gene Knutson, Daniel Hammill, Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist, Hollie Huthman Please be advised that if the City Council is ahead of schedule, they may start with old/new business before the official Committee of the Whole meeting time. 23026 1. Ordinance Renewing the Olympic Pipe Line Franchise Agreement Presentation during Committee. Hannah Stone / Daniel Hammill moved for first and second reading. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23144 2. An Ordinance Amending the 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Transferring Funds from the General Fund to the Sportsplex Debt Fund City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 9 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  Hannah Stone / Gene Knutson moved for first and second reading. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23125 3. An Ordinance Establishing the Property Tax Levy for 2022 Hannah Stone / Hollie Huthman moved for first and second reading. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23146 4. Extension and Renewal of an Ordinance Establishing a Moratorium on Development Applications and Permits Relating to the Redevelopment of the Manufactured Home Parks in Bellingham Hannah Stone / Lisa Anderson moved for first and second reading. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23147 5. A Proposal to Amend BMC 20.29, Incentive Program for Innovative Affordable Homeownership Projects, to Increase the Maximum Density Allowed for Qualifying Projects Hannah Stone / Daniel Hammill moved to direct staff to add the item to their Work Plan in the Planning Department. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23148 6. Hearing Examiner Annual Report to Council Presentation during Committee. Information only. 23149 7. LEAD Program Update Presentation during Committee. Information only. 23150 8. Budget Work Session Work session during Committee. 9. Approval of Minutes Daniel Hammill / Hollie Huthman moved approval of the October 11, 2021 minutes of the regular City Council meeting as submitted. MOTION CARRIED 6-0-1, Abstained: Lisa Anderson City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 10 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  10. Old/New Business Lisa Anderson shared that Seafeast will be hosted at Squalicum Harbor from 11 - 4PM this Saturday. Council President Stone reported that at the last Public Comment Session, held on October 18, 2021, she was joined by Council Members Anderson and Lilliquist where approximately 25 attendees attended. 15 people spoke to COVID-19 vaccinations and the related mandates, six people spoke to homelessness in regard to winter shelter options, as well as two spoke to the Peoples' First initiatives, one spoke to parking and one to increased crime during the pandemic and enforcement response time. The minutes can be found at https://www.cob.org/meetings Executive Session 3:30 PM Closed to the public. Report in the Regular Meeting only: 1. Potential Property Acquisition (Marriner, aprrox. 5 min) Staff provided information on a potential property acquisition. For information and discussion. No action taken. 2. Potential Property Acquisition (Nabbefeld, approx. 15 min) Staff provided information on a potential property acquisition. For information and discussion. No action taken. 3. Potential Litigation (Erb, approx. 30 min) Staff provided information on a potential litigation matter. For information and discussion. No action taken. Consent Agenda All matters listed on the Consent Agenda are considered routine and/or non-controversial items and may be approved in a single motion. A member of the Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately. 23151 1. Authorization of A/P Transactions Issued October 01, 2021 through October 07, 2021 23152 2. Authorization of A/P Transactions Issued October 08, 2021 through October 14, 2021 23153 3. Authorization of Payroll Labor Cost Payments Dated September 16, 2021 to September 30, 2021 City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 11 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes 23154 4. Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Inter-Agency Agreement with the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office for ESRP and ALEA Grant Funding for the Little Squalicum Estuary Project 23155 5. Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Inter-Agency Agreement with the Department of Ecology for One Time Grant Program Funding for the Little Squalicum Estuary Project 23156 6. Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Inter-Agency Agreement with the Department of Ecology for Centennial Clean Water Program Grant Funding for the Little Squalicum Estuary Project Gene Knutson / Hollie Huthman moved approval of the Consent Agenda in its entirety. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Final Consideration of Ordinances 23079 1. An Ordinance of the City of Bellingham Amending the 2016 Bellingham Comprehensive Plan and the Alabama Hill, Birchwood, Lettered Streets, Samish, and Sunnyland Neighborhood Plans to Rezone Six Neighborhood Parks from a Residential Designation to a Public Zoning Designation Daniel Hammill / Gene Knutson moved approval for third and final reading. Upon motion, said bill was placed on final passage and approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Stone, Knutson, Hammill, Vargas, Anderson, Lilliquist, Huthman NAYS: (None) EXCUSED: (None) MOTION CARRIED and was thereafter named Ordinance 2021-10-040. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23080 2. An Ordinance of the City of Bellingham Amending the Capital Facilities and Utilities Chapter of the 2016 Bellingham Comprehensive Plan to Incorporate Bellingham’s Surface and Stormwater Comprehensive Plan (SSCP) by Reference Hollie Huthman / Michael Lilliquist moved approval for third and final reading. Upon motion, said bill was placed on final passage and approved by the following roll call vote: City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 12 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes  AYES: Stone, Knutson, Hammill, Vargas, Anderson, Lilliquist, Huthman NAYS: (None) EXCUSED: (None) MOTION CARRIED and was thereafter named Ordinance 2021-10-041. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23123 3. An Ordinance of the City of Bellingham, Washington Amending Bellingham Municipal Code Chapter 7.12 Regarding Setback and Distance Standards Associated with the Keeping of Bees Lisa Anderson / Hollie Huthman moved approval for third and final reading. Upon motion, said bill was placed on final passage and approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Stone, Knutson, Hammill, Vargas, Anderson, Lilliquist, Huthman NAYS: (None) EXCUSED: (None) MOTION CARRIED and was thereafter named Ordinance 2021-10-042. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 23124 4. An Ordinance of the City of Bellingham Amending the Capital Facilities and Utilities Chapter of the 2016 Bellingham Comprehensive Plan to Incorporate by Reference the Bellingham School District’s 2021-2026 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) and Updating Bellingham’s School Impact Fee Ordinance in Bellingham Municipal Code (BMC) 19.08 to be Consistent with the District’s Updated CFP Lisa Anderson / Michael Lilliquist moved approval for third and final reading. Upon motion, said bill was placed on final passage and approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Stone, Knutson, Vargas, Anderson, Lilliquist, Huthman NAYS: (None) EXCUSED: (None) MOTION CARRIED and was thereafter named Ordinance 2021-10-043. MOTION CARRIED 6-0-1, Daniel Hammill abstained. City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 13 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes 23111 5. An Ordinance of the City of Bellingham Amending Several Chapters of the Bellingham Municipal Code, Titles 20 and 23, and Several Neighborhood Plans for the Purposes of Ensuring Intended Densities in Residential Multi (RM) Zones Daniel Hammill / Lisa Anderson moved approval for third and final reading. Upon motion, said bill was placed on final passage and approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Stone, Hammill, Vargas, Anderson, Lilliquist, Huthman NAYS: Knutson EXCUSED: (None) MOTION CARRIED and was thereafter named Ordinance 2021-10-044. MOTION CARRIED 6-1, Gene Knutson opposed. Adjournment Council Member Knutson honored Liz Coogan, Emergency Operations Manager, as he extended his well wishes for her speedy recovery. Council President Stone announced that the next Regular Council Meeting is scheduled for November 8, 2021. The next Public Comment Session will be held on November 1, 2021. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:51 PM. Hannah Stone, Council President ATTEST: Nalini Margaitis, Legislative Assistant APPROVED: 11/8/2021 City of Bellingham Regular City Council Meeting Page 14 of 14 10/25/2021 Minutes