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INTRODUCED BY: Emily Jackson
PROPOSED BY: Emily Jackson
DATE: July 6. 1989
1 RESOLUTION NO. 89 -63
2 ENDORSING THE CONTINUED STUDY OF EXTENDED AREA
3 SERVICE FOR WHATCOM COUNTY PHONE CUSTOMERS
4 WHEREAS, Whatcom County residents are served by three separate phone
5 companies, which creates increased costs for phone service and inconvenience
6 to residents who must make phone contacts between Point Roberts, Bellingham,
7 and the remainder of Whatcom County; and
8 WHEREAS, the needs and convenience of Whatcom County citizens should be
9 the first priority in area phone service; and
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WHEREAS, the Courthouse
is located within
Bellingham, so that in order
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for about half the citizens of
the County to access
government agencies by
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phone a toll call must be made
or the citizens
must attempt to gain access to
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one of a few toll —free county
lines, which are
not available for all
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departments; and
15 WHEREAS, Point Roberts residents must pay for a toil call even to access
16 the county lines, yet calls are free to Whidbey Island, a location in which
17 Point Roberts has no community interest; and
.; WHEREAS, the current service arrangement causes considerable expense for
19 businesses, both large and small, that often pay to have both city and county
20 lines, and must advertise in several yellow pages in order to ensure full
21 coverage in the county;
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23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that the
24 state Utilities and Transportation Commission is asked to adopt the extended
25 area service system as a method of determining the service needs of the
26 community; and
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council encourages the UTC to pursue
28 extended area servlce as an option for Whatcom County residents, who would
29 benefit greatly from a more equitable division of services.
30 APPROVED this 6th day of July, 1989.
31 C;j HATCOM COUNTY NCIL
32 ATTEST: C OM COUN , HIN %
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