HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1995-051WWRATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
NO. 95 -356
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Setting a Date for Public Hearing to Consider Donating the passenger launch `Plover' to the Whatcom Maritime
Historical Society
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution to Set a Date for Public Hearing
Memorandum from the Parks and Recreation .Director
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item below.
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Since Alaska Packers donated the `Plover' to the County in 1980, the boat has been stored at Semaihmoo Park. The
Maritime Historical Society wants to repair the boat and put it into service as a tourist attraction passenger ferry on
Drayton Harbor. The County has no use for it in the foreseeable future, and because of its state of disrepair, its value
is likely less than the cost of disposal. The Parks Department recommends that the County donate the boat to the
Maritime Historical Society.
Should Clerk schedule a hearing? NO /_/ YES /XX/ Requested date: 9 -19 -95
$ 1 Is it (or will it be) within budget? YES /_/ NO /_/ (Please explain below)
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approval of a resolution to set a date for public
nearing to consider donating the "Plover" to the Whatcom Maritime Historical Society,
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN:
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
9/5%95: Approved 6 -0. Hearing set for September 19
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
Res. 95 -05:
SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Administrative Services
DATE INTRODUCED: Sent. 5. 1995
RESOLUTION NO. 95 7051
A RESOLUTION IN THE MATTER OF THE DONATION
OF WHATCOM COUNTY SURPLUS PROPERTY
AND THE SETTING OF A DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING THEREON
PURSUANT TO WCC 1.10
WHEREAS, the passenger launch `Plover is the property of Whatcom County; and
WHEREAS, the County government has stored the boat at Semiahmoo Park since 1980, but has no use
for it in the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, the boat is in such disrepair that its value is likely less than the cost of disposal; and
WHEREAS, the Whatcom Maritime Historical Society wants to repair the boat and put it back in service
at the Historical Society's expense as a tourist attraction passenger ferry in Drayton Harbor; and
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Parks Department recommends donating the boat to the Historical
Society;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that a public hearing on the
matter of the donation of the passenger launch `Plover to the Whatcom Maritime Historical Society be held
on the 19 day of September , 1995, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter
as is possible, in the Council Chambers of the Whatcom County Courthouse at 311 Grand Avenue,
Bellingham, Washington, for the purpose of admitting testimony for and against the propriety of donating
such property; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County Council is directed to give notice of such hearing
in the manner prescribed by law.
APPROVED this 5 day of September , 1995.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, V,�IASHINGTON
bert Imhoff Chair
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`Ban r n- Davis, Counc_
APPR ED AS TO FORM-
ivil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney