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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Planning and Development Committee
March 15, 2011
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Bill Knutzen called the meeting to order at 3:19 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL (3 :19 :45 PM)
Present: Ken Mann, Bill Knutzen and Barbara Brenner.
Absent: None.
Also Present: Tony Larson, Kathy Kershner and Sam Crawford
1. RESOLUTION INITIATING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING AMENDMENTS
(AB2011 -104)
Matt Aamot, Planning and Development Services Department, gave a staff report
and described new applications.
Mann moved to docket PLN2011- 00012.
Brenner stated single parcel owners should be allowed a reduced or eliminated fee if
they achieve reduced or zero stormwater runoff.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mann, Knutzen and Brenner (3)
Nays: None (0)
Aamot described and the Committee discussed application PLN2011- 00014.
Brenner moved to docket PLN2011- 00014.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mann, Knutzen and Brenner (3)
Nays: None (0)
Aamot described and the Committee discussed application PLN2011- 00015.
Brenner moved to docket PLN2011- 00015.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mann, Knutzen and Brenner (3)
Nays: None (0)
Application PLN2011 -0009, Mineral Resource Lands (MRL) Expansion - Lummi Island
The Committee discussed the application. (3 :35 :19 PM)
Planning and Development Committee, 3/15/2011, Page 1
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Crawford asked and there was discussion of:
• issues with the Department of Ecology
• the type of material at the site
Brenner asked and there was discussion of:
• the location of the material on the site
• reclamation
• whether citizen concerns will be addressed if docketed
The following people spoke and answered questions:
• Doug Goldthorp, Planning and Development Services Department
• Lesa Starkenburg, Attorney and Aggregates West Representative, submitted a
handout (on file). This is a docketing issue, not a permitting issue. The
resource exists at the site.
• Janice Holmes, 2722 West Shore Drive, Lummi Island, submitted a handout
(on file). The application is deficient and should not be docketed. She
described the application deficiencies.
• Kent C. Nielsen, citizen, submitted and read from a handout (on file) and
stated he agrees with the previous speaker. He is opposed to docketing.
• Elizabeth Kilinowski, Lummi Island, stated the MRL will create more noise, not
less, due to the geography of the area.
Mann asked and there was discussion of:
• the history of the quarry and the Scenic Estates development
Knutzen moved to docket PLN2011- 00009.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mann and Brenner (2)
Nays: Knutzen (1)
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 4:01 p.m.
Please contact the Council Office to obtain an
official, signed copy:
360- 676 -6690 or council &o.w hatcom .wa.us
Dana Brown - Davis, Council Clerk Bill Knutzen, Committee Chair
Planning and Development Committee, 3/15/2011, Page 2