Historical - Climate Action Committee - 2020-2023
Regular MeetingBellingham, WA · June 21, 2021
Minutes
City of Bellingham
Climate Action Committee Minutes
June 21, 2021, 11:15 AM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Pinky Vargas, Chair www.cob.org/council
Daniel Hammill, Michael Lilliquist 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 Pinky Vargas, Fourth Ward
Committee Member Daniel Hammill, Third Ward
Committee Member Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward
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:
Climate Action
Pinky Vargas, Chair
Daniel Hammill, Michael Lilliquist
23030 1. Progress Report on 2021 Implementation Plan for Climate Action Plan p. 3
Seth Vidana, Climate Energy Manager, provided an update on the progress on
the 2021 implementation plan for climate action.
In regard to Renewable Energy, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will issue a request
for information to potential renewable energy developers and hopes to be done
with the process by the end of 2021. Regarding Energy Efficiency and
Conservation, a program to help existing buildings reduce their carbon
emissions through hot water heat pumps that use electricity as fuel. Currently
the City is working with the Opportunity Council, Sustainable Connections, and
PSE to reduce the costs of these water heat pumps by providing incentives.
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Information only.
Adjournment
There being no further comments, the meeting adjourned at 12:06 PM.
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Agenda
City of Bellingham
Climate Action Committee Agenda
June 21, 2021, 11:15 AM
Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org
Council Members, Pinky Vargas, Chair www.cob.org/council
Daniel Hammill, Michael Lilliquist 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:
(253) 215-8782
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(301) 715-8592
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Call to Order
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:
Climate Action
Pinky Vargas, Chair
Daniel Hammill, Michael Lilliquist
23030 1. Progress Report on 2021 Implementation Plan for Climate Action Plan p. 3
Adjournment
Agenda Information:
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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.
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Hall’s west entrance. Hearing assistance is available, and a receiver may be checked out
through the Deputy City 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, July 12, 2021
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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