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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Works October 7 20031 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Public Works and Capital Projects Committee October 7, 2003 The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m. by Committee Chair Barbara Brenner in the Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington. Present: Absent: L. Ward Nelson None Sam Crawford Also Present: None COMMITTEE DISCUSSION 1. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF FERNDALE'S CONCERN THAT RADIO STATION LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED WHATCOM COUNTY IS INTERFERING WITH FERNDALE'S ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES AND RESIDENCES (AB2003 -330) Dave Grant, Senior Civil Deputy Prosecutor, stated Whatcom County is unfortunately not in a position to assist the City of Ferndale directly in terms of an enforcement or regulatory action. The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Act of 1934 and the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals made it clear that the statute gives the exclusive authority to the FCC to regulate radio stations such as this one in regard to their interference with other electronic devices and radios. The courts have consistently held that the Act preempts State and local governments from regulating commercial broadcast stations such as this. He does not know if any vehicle the Council could use to directly assist the City of Ferndale. The FCC has a complaint process. The City of Ferndale has communicated with the FCC. The FCC has regional offices with specific people appointed to oversee FCC operations within Whatcom County's region. Follow the FCC protocols. The City of Ferndale should make certain it is contacting the correct people at the FCC. If they want to obtain relief, the City needs to build a factual case to present to the FCC. The FCC website suggests the information it looks for to initiate an enforcement action. The FCC has the authority to modify this station's license as need be. In order to do that, it must offer the station an opportunity to be heard on the matter. There may be a hearing prior to any license modification. Brenner stated she sent a letter to the radio station, but it was returned. Apparently there's not even anyone there who is able to receive mail. She asked what would happen if the County wanted to assist the City of Ferndale. There are complaints from people outside the City of Ferndale, also. Grant stated one of the allegations by the City of Ferndale is interference with their police communications. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Whatcom County should take a look at that issue with the Sheriff's Office and the Division of Emergency Management to see if that's an issue for Whatcom County also. That would give the County more reason to join the City of Ferndale. There are no impediments to doing that type of activity, if the County's own system is adversely impacted. Brenner stated she contacted the Division of Emergency Management. Staff there said there is no interference with County emergency management services that they know of. That doesn't mean there's not interference with Ferndale's services. Staff was going to talk to Ferndale's Police Department. Grant stated it's also evident from the federal statutory scheme that the federal government has placed considerable responsibility on the consumer to have consumer devices that are shielded against radio interference. There's some obligation put on the person operating a television or radio in the home to have devices that are not susceptible to radio interference. Brenner asked if those products are common. Grant stated the FCC has different standards of protection that are denoted by different levels of protection. In response to the City of Ferndale, the FCC might say that they are not buying the correct equipment. Brenner stated she understood that this hasn't always been the case. People are using the same equipment as they used before, but the interference has been only in the last few years. Susan Cole, Ferndale City Council Member and Planning and Judicial Committee Chair, stated that is correct. Private equipment functions in one location, but not in another location. When the City Hall was moved to it's new building in 1997, phones and computers were also moved, and the interference was terrible. The City had to spend $10,000 to $20,000 of taxpayer money shielding that equipment, which it shouldn't have had to spend. Grant asked if there were instances in the past when the equipment was not moved. Cole stated there are instances now where one computer that works fine will be interfered with one day. The computer was sitting in the same location and was working fine, and then didn't. Grant stated there might be some facts indicating that the station increased the output of its transmission during that time. That might be a significant fact. The FCC has some suggestions on how to build a case and the facts it needs. Crawford stated he's sympathetic that there's a problem. When he drives on Axton Road going west into Ferndale, the radio station he listens to, KGMI, turns into this radio station, which he doesn't want to listen to. He thought the FCC Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. provides safeguards to prevent that from happening, aside from the issue of the public sector having to safeguard its equipment. He didn't think this is in the County's jurisdiction to do anything. Writing a letter is a good idea. This affects him personally when he drives into Ferndale. Grant stated that part of the FCC's obligation is to allocate the bandwidth of the radio spectrum so the stations don't interfere with each other. KGMI may be another body to enlist in this endeavor to seek assistance from the FCC. 1550. Crawford asked the designated frequency of this radio station. James Kaufmann, 5873 Madrona Drive, Ferndale stated it is radio station Crawford stated that bandwidth is not even near KGMI's bandwidth of 790. Nelson stated he'd heard in the past that this station's audience and direction was north to Lynden and into Canada. He asked if that's correct. Cole stated that is correct. Nelson stated the station may need a pretty high power to reach to Canada. That may be why Ferndale is getting interference. He asked if the FCC has responded back to complaints. Cole stated Mr. Kaufman has been working on this issue for several years as a citizen directly impacted by the interference. He has an extensive file of information. He's written numerous letters to the FCC trying to track down licenses. Brenner asked if they've ever received a letter from the FCC. Kaufman stated he has received a response. He lives one mile from the radio site. He's worked on this issue since 1998. A neighbor has also worked on it since 1992, when the power was increased. The station is up to 50,000 watts. That is the maximum amount of power the station can go up to as a class B station. The station used a tube transmitter from 1992 to 1998, when it was sold to Pearl Broadcasting in Anaheim, California. A new, solid state transmitter went on the air mid - summer 1998. From that point on, everything degraded. The transmitter is putting out all kinds of trash. Nelson asked the FCC response. Kaufman stated the response has been that most of the problems that are happening in Ferndale are due to a lot of unshielded phone lines and other equipment that are unshielded and that can be addressed locally. The FCC doesn't feel it has any bearing on the problem. Every year, the station has hired a consultant from Portland to check out the station and who determines that the station is living up to the license structure. The location of the station at Imhof Road fires the signal through town and up to Malloy Drive. When the FCC issued the license to the station, the station was located on the Loomis Trail Road near where the FCC used to have an operating FCC station. The FCC told Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. the station that it would have to protect the FCC operating station, so the station had to null the signal. The FCC was aware from the beginning that there was a problem. The signal is just as strong as the main carrier. That should not be. It should be filtered. The signal saturates the entire area. It interferes with local cellular phone towers in the area. He's been to the station several times. One person works there three or four days a week during the day. The owners are three lawyers across the street, Carpenter, Hardesty, and Britain, under the name BBC Corporation. He asked to see the inspection file recently. There's nothing posted on the wall that shows the call sign of the station. It diverts back to KNTR, which is what it used to be. It went to KCCF, and is now KRPI. The City of Ferndale was never contacted when the call signs were issues. They're supposed to let the City know and broadcast the new license. They're supposed to allow the City to comment. They're not doing that. Because the station is located in the county, he thought he'd get some help from the County. Brenner moved to recommend to the full Council that a letter be written to the FCC and lay out a case for supporting the City of Ferndale and the unincorporated residents who are being affected. Nelson stated he'd like to have a response back from the FCC so he better understands what's going on. Brenner stated that's what the letter is for. The letter would get a response. Nelson stated the letter should ask what the FCC intends to do. Cole stated she did not bring everything from her file, just a few key pieces. This is a concern to the City of Ferndale. It interferes with critical services. They are contemplating the purchase of a couple of mobile terminals for their police cars, but are concerned about whether they will even function. At -risk are court recordings and council public meeting recordings. It's a major impact to the City and taxpayers of the community. Taxpayers' dollars are being wasted to protect themselves from something that should not be allowed to happen. They've communicated many times with the FCC. Most of the time the City is told that the station is operating within its license. That's the only type of response the City has received. There must be a way to protect the citizens from this invasion of their privacy, invasion of critical services for the community, and waste of taxpayers' dollars. Ferndale's budget is zero. Spending $40,000 to protect the electrical equipment in the new police station, should they find the money to build it, is ludicrous. If they have to meet with FCC representatives in person, she'd do that. Crawford stated the letter should be copied to U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray and U.S. Representative Rick Larson. Cole stated they've done that also. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Kaufman stated he recently wrote to the senators and representative. Senator Cantwell returned a letter saying she would forward the issue to the FCC Commission. Brenner stated the FCC Commission will write a form letter saying that the station is operating within its license. Cole stated that's the frustration they've been dealing with for years. Brenner stated it sounds like the FCC has the authority to make changes and modifications to licenses. They may need to be a squeakier wheel. Nelson asked if someone can file an injunction. Grant stated he didn't believe so. They would have to put together a decent case and get the FCC to act. When they fail to act, then they'd have to see what the options are. There may be a mechanism to appeal the FCC. That would be likelier than seeking an injunction. Brenner stated the motion will give her the authority to work with Mr. Grant on this issue. Kaufman stated the station reduces its power from 50,000 to 10,000 watts at night because of interference to another station on the same channel in Vancouver, Washington. When they do that, the interference drops tremendously. Dropping their power on a full -time basis would reduce the problem tremendously. Motion carried unanimous /y. Crawford stated there is probably a congressional committee that oversees the FCC. It may be a good idea to copy the letter to the congressional members who sit on that committee. Brenner stated Congress just overturned the FCC on the issue that would have allowed 40 percent of the media to be bought up by individual companies. Congress doesn't always do what the FCC wants. COMMITTEE DISCUSSION — COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE WHATCOM COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES (AB2003 -075B) (TODAY'S TOPICS - STATE EDUCATION, CORRECTION FACILITIES, AND TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS) Matt Aamot, Senior Planner, stated he started this discussion with the committee two weeks ago. This week he will talk about state education facilities, corrections facilities, and telecommunications towers. There will be two more sessions after today to talk about the remaining items. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. State Education Facilities Aamot read from his PowerPoint handout (on file). Aamot stated the Growth Management Act says that state educational facilities are supposed to be in a ten -year capital plan. The only three state facilities are Western Washington University, the community college, and the vocational- technical college. He continued to read from his presentation. Brenner asked what happens if another college or specialized school decides to locate in the area. She asked if they should allow for it. Aamot stated the Growth Management Act says State facilities have to be in a ten -year capital plan. If another facility were to locate here, it would have to be on the State's ten -year capital plan. He included in the definition any facility in the ten -year capital plan. He continued to read from his presentation. Brenner asked why state facilities are not outright permitted in General Manufacturing zones. Aamot stated the concern of the committee was maintaining the industrial land base. There was a discussion of how many non - industrial land uses they should allow in an industrial zone. Heavy industrial areas could have noxious impacts. Crawford asked why they don't just say it's a conditional use everywhere. A state education facility is a use that will have impacts. Going through the conditional use process requires a few extra steps, is not that onerous, and allows the neighbors a chance to discuss it. Aamot stated it is permitted currently. The committee is recommending no change. Brenner stated that in a neighborhood commercial center or small town commercial center, residential zoning could be close. There will be major traffic impacts from a state educational facility. If it's required for light industrial, urban residential, and general manufacturing, it seems like they'd require it for other zones, except for airport operation zones. Aamot stated there are potential land use compatibility issues. Nelson asked how they plan for future sites if everything is a conditional use. Aamot stated there is a little uncertainty. There is more certainty from a permitted use. Nelson stated that if the use is permitted, someone would know that the land is available. Brenner stated there is not a lot of difference between small town or neighborhood commercial and light impact industrial or manufacturing. Treat similar areas similarly. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Crawford stated some university or state educational facilities may not have a big use. There are other uses that would have small impacts, such as an office or storage site. Brenner stated something like that would fly right through the conditional use process. (Clerk's Note: End of tape one, side A.) Nelson stated there is no predictability if everything is a conditional use. Brenner stated there would be predictability. A conditional use just means that something would be allowed given certain conditions. Nelson asked how something is allowed if there are conditions. Brenner stated the conditions are making sure the offsite impacts are mitigated. Nelson stated there is no assurance that can be done. Brenner asked the percentage of the conditional use permits that are approved. Aamot stated it is a high percentage. Aamot stated Western Washington University asked if every additional recreational facility at the Lakewood property has to go through the conditional use process. Western was going to develop language in the Lake Whatcom rezone process to bring forward the idea that minor improvements would be permitted, and major improvements would be conditioned. Brenner asked if the Council can consider office space as minor improvements and classrooms as a major improvement. Aamot stated they can. It would be nice to have a square footage threshold. Brenner stated she'd rather do it by impact rather than by size. Nelson asked if they have to consider traffic before they zone something General Commercial. Aamot stated General Commercial allows a variety of things. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint traffic impacts when they are dealing with a broad range of uses. Generally, the zones look at those impacts. Nelson asked if the County, when it creates zones, has to consider the traffic impacts when there is a permitted use. Aamot stated they do in a general sense. They're not doing a traffic study for a particular use on that site. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Brenner moved that all State Educational Facilities require conditional use permits in all zones where it is currently recommended as either a permitted or conditional use. Brenner asked if there is somewhere in the state where a State educational facility is in an agricultural zone because it is related to agricultural issues. Aamot stated the County Council tightened up the allowable uses in the agricultural zone. It deleted a lot of uses that weren't related to agriculture. The existing code doesn't allow it. They could make State educational facilities allowable with the stipulation that the facility is related to agriculture. Motion carried 2 -1 with Nelson opposed, Brenner moved to allow State educational facilities in the agricultural zone as a conditional use when related to agricultural operation training only. Motion carried unanimously. Crawford asked if they could have an exclusion from the conditional use permit for clerical use, storage, and other typical uses that do not involve classrooms, research, and other uses that would have larger impacts. If something is zoned to allow commercial office space, he would hate to require a conditional use process just because it is Western or the community college when the use doesn't involve students. He asked Mr. Aamot to work on language regarding that scenario. Aamot stated the definition could exclude those items. Correctional Facilities Aamot stated Chief of Corrections Wendy Jones was on the Essential Public Facilities Advisory Committee. He read from his Power Point presentation (on file). Brenner stated she doesn't want correction facilities located in a residential zone. She feels very strongly about that. She referenced Policy 2XX -7(c). King County just went through this and located its sex offender facility in a heavy industry area. It's not anywhere near residential areas. There will never be a need to locate a correctional facility in a residential zone. Don't leave it open as a possibility. They will always be able to find a place in an industrial zone or other zoning not in a residential area. Aamot stated the sex offender and mental health facilities are technically not considered correctional facilities. He continued to read from his presentation. Brenner asked what they mean by "convenient" access. It seems like any location outside of the core where the courts are would be inconvenient. Aamot stated the master planning process has site selection criteria. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Brenner stated she would like to see the rating system. Aamot stated the County administration's consultant, HDR, is working on it. Wendy Jones, Chief of Corrections, stated the rating system is one that HDR and other law and justice consultants use all over the country. Brenner asked if the numbers are getting tinkered with to accommodate local facilities. Jones stated the standards, including the numbers, are nationwide standards. Aamot continued to read from his presentation. Brenner moved to add in the Comprehensive Plan policies that correction facilities should be located one mile from public and private schools. Aamot stated the HDR system listed three - quarters of a mile from a school as satisfactory and one mile or more as excellent. Motion carried 2 -1 with Crawford abstaining. Crawford stated he hasn't given thought to whether that is an arbitrary distance or if it has been analyzed based on statistical information. Brenner stated the range of an elementary school child is about a mile. They don't range much further than that. The distance is a natural fit. They should go with the excellent rating. Aamot continued to read from the presentation. If there is a very large use that requires an environmental impact statement and costs millions of dollars, it may be kicked into the major development category. Brenner stated correctional facilities should not be allowed in the Residential Rural zone. It is small acreage zoning. Houses could be fairly close together. She's also concerned about having something as big as a jail in the Small Town Commercial zone and the Point Roberts Transitional Zone. Jones stated the Point Roberts Transitional zone was included because there is a small holding facility there. It's not being used to hold offenders right now. However, there needs to be some place to hold offenders for a small time. Brenner agreed. She's concerned that they are allowing correctional facilities, which can be interpreted broadly. It should be listed as a minor correctional facilities. Jones stated a correctional facility would not be allowed as a conditional use permit. It wouldn't fit with the other uses in the area. It would be impractical for the County to develop there. The protection would be through the conditional use process. Aamot asked if a holding facility be a transitional correctional facility. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Brenner stated it would be a minor correctional facility. Aamot suggested a bed limit. Brenner stated they should treat Point Roberts the same as the residential zones. Brenner stated she did not want to not allow correctional facilities in a Residential Rural zone. Nelson asked the committee's reasoning for allowing the facilities in the Residential Rural zones. Aamot stated didn't recall. Nelson moved to amend the Comprehensive Plan to prohibit correctional facilities in the Residential Rural zones. It would be a prohibited use. The only reason it could be allowed is because there would be sewer and water capability that wouldn't be available in other areas. Brenner stated this is for small facilities that could have their own septic system and drain field. Aamot stated the State Department of Corrections wanted to allow work release and transitional facilities in residential areas so the people coming out of jail could be reacquainted with that environment before being released. Brenner stated that's not what this language says. This language says correctional facilities. Jones stated the State work release program is for offenders coming out of the Department of Corrections with six months or less left on their sentence. One issue is that if the County doesn't allow offenders from this area the opportunity to reintegrate into the community, it creates more problems in the long run. A lot of the DOC work release is 25 to 30 beds. Brenner stated Whatcom County has the right to make limitations on where it will site sex offender and other facilities. They should not be sited in residential areas. The protection of the public is more important than these people having a taste of a neighborhood. Nelson asked what the City allows. Jones stated the City already has a 25- bed work release facility. The people who generally come to this area into the work release facility are from this area. They have family who are residents in the county and cities. The Department of Corrections (DOC) is trying to integrate them back into society. The DOC has concerns with totally isolating these people from contact, which increases the chance of re- offense. Brenner stated she disagreed that the offenders will be isolated if they're not located in residential areas. There are plenty of people they will see during and after work. There will be more re- offense of crime in a residential area. Jones Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. stated if they check with the City of Bellingham, they'll find that's not true. They are closely supervised, and the rules they have to live up to are higher than most of the folks in the community. Nelson asked the conditional use process. Aamot stated there is an application. People within 300 feet in an urban growth area or 1,000 outside of the urban growth area are notified. It goes to the Hearing Examiner who considers neighborhood comments and comes up with criteria. Nelson asked if the Hearing Examiner can deny the request. Brenner stated the Hearing Examiner cannot deny the request. Aamot stated conditional use permits can be denied if they don't meet the conditions. Nelson asked what the conditions are. Aamot stated there are eight conditions in the code that talk about compatibility with the neighborhood, traffic, and things like that. Brenner offered a friendly amendment to include the Rural zones. Nelson did not accept the friendly amendment. Motion failed 1 -2 with Brenner in favor. Crawford stated he wants this to be a conditional use in every zone. He moved that all correctional facilities are allowed as a conditional use in the zones currently proposed to allow the facilities as a permitted use. He can't imagine not having a conditional use process, which allows a hearing and public input, with conditions. The Hearing Examiner would put conditions on the operation of the facility. If the proposal comes from the Sheriff's Office, it could be appealed to the County Council. That's an appropriate amount of public process that should occur when they talk about such facilities. Jones stated that for a large County jail, there is another permitting process that they'll have to go through that is much more public, will involve multiple hearings, and will have certain criteria. The conditional use process won't demand as much public participation for a large jail. For a smaller facility and transitional housing, they could make it conditional use. Part of the requirement may be to create at least one zone where each of these things are permitted out right. She would have to look into it. Aamot stated the Growth Management Act just says the County can't preclude such facilities from development. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Crawford asked if Ms. Jones has any strong opposition to making correctional facilities a conditional use. He asked if they allow residential uses currently in light impact industrial zones. Aamot stated the General Commercial zone allows housing, but not the Light Impact Industrial zone. Motion carried 2 -1 with Nelson opposed. Brenner stated the rest of the presentation would be held to the next meeting. OTHER BUSINESS There was no other business. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. Jill Nixon, Minutes Transcription ATTEST: Dana Brown - Davis, Council Clerk WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Barbara Brenner, Committee Chair Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 10/7/2003, Page 12