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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil June 26 20011 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 48 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Regular County Council June 26, 2001 The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Council Vice -Chair Sam Crawford in the Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington. Also Present: Dan McShane Marlene Dawson Connie Hoag Barbara Brenner Robert Imhof ANNOUNCEMENTS Absent: L. Ward Nelson Crawford announced there was consideration of an appeal of the Hearing Examiner's decision on VAR2001- 00003, filed by Deborra Garrett for John and Dorie Michaelson, regarding a request for a zoning variance (AB2001 -166) in executive session during the Committee of the Whole meeting. Dawson moved to overturn the Hearing Examiner's decision and grant the variance. Motion carried 5 -1 with McShane opposed. Crawford also announced there was discussion regarding Lake Whatcom land preservation criteria (AB2001 -216) during Committee of the Whole. That item has been carried over for two more weeks. Staff is to provide additional information. SPECIAL PRESENTATION STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS BY COUNTY EXECUTIVE PETE KREMEN (AB2001 -017) This item was withdrawn and will be rescheduled at a later date. APPROVAL OF MINUTES REGULAR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR JUNE 12, 2001 Dawson moved approval. Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 1 1 2 Motion carried unanimously. 3 4 5 OPEN SESSION 6 7 No one spoke. 8 9 10 CONSENT AGENDA 11 12 Imhof reported for the Finance and Administrative Services Committee and 13 moved approval of Consent Agenda items one through three and five. He so 14 moved. 15 16 Motion to approve items one through three and five carried unanimously. 17 18 1. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A 19 CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY HEALTH 20 AND HUMAN SERVICES AND WA TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION TO 21 PROVIDE FUNDING TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES OF THE WHATCOM 22 COUNTY TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 23 (AB2001 -209) 24 25 2. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A 26 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY 27 AND FISHPRO, INC. TO REPLACE TWO CULVERTS BLOCKING FISH 28 PASSAGE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,000 (AB2001 -210) 29 30 3. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A 31 CONTRACT AMENDMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND 32 NORTHWEST CARE ADVOCATES TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH 33 SERVICES FOR YOUTH DETAINED IN THE JUVENILE DETENTION 34 CENTER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,000 FOR A TOTAL AMENDED 35 CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $37,000 (AB2001 -211) 36 37 4. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A 38 CONTRACT BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY AND RIDDELL- WILLIAMS, 39 FOR THE FILING AND PURSUIT OF A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT IN 40 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT 41 OF WASHINGTON TO DETERMINE THE CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY 42 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2001 -011, IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 43 (AB2001 -212) 44 45 Imhof stated the motion in committee to approve the request was defeated 46 unanimously. 47 Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 2 1 Brenner moved to approve the authorization for the Executive to enter into 2 the agreement. This was the direction the Council gave. It is the recommendation 3 of the County Executive and administrative staff. They deserve to get the answer 4 to their question. 5 6 Imhof stated this is throwing good money after bad. That is why there is no 7 recommendation from the committee. 8 9 Hoag stated this is necessary to implement the initiative passed by the 10 public. This is what the Council agreed to when it had the discussion regarding the 11 details of the contract. She supports the motion. 12 13 Crawford stated he did not attend the April 17 meeting when the majority of 14 the Council approved moving forward on this. In opposing the motion, he is not 15 taking a position on whether or not to pursue this contract. His concern is that, 16 since that approval, the Council has had discussion with its attorneys regarding the 17 cost. He misunderstood the amount it would cost. Since his discussion today, he 18 found a letter from the attorney's that specified $50,000 plus $20,000. He will take 19 responsibility for his misunderstanding. However he is concerned about moving 20 forward at this dollar level with this commitment. He would like to reconsider the 21 options in terms of how they are going to pursue this from a legal perspective. 22 23 Brenner stated that Councilmember Crawford attended the discussion and 24 chose to leave. The Council had all of its questions answered. The Council was 25 unified in its decision. 26 27 Motion carried 4 -2 with Crawford and Imhof opposed. 28 29 Brenner stated she spoke to Councilmember Nelson, who is supportive of 30 this. 31 32 S. REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO AN 33 INTER - COUNTY OMNIBUS AGREEMENT BETWEEN WHATCOM, KING, 34 AND PIERCE COUNTY, AND OTHER COUNTIES THAT MAY JOIN IN 35 THIS ALLIANCE, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACROSS 36 COUNTY BOUNDARIES TO THOSE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS MUTUAL 37 AID AGREEMENT (AB2001 -213) 38 39 40 OTHER ITEMS 41 42 1. ANNUAL REVIEW OF FERRY RATES AS SET FORTH IN WHATCOM 43 COUNTY ORDINANCES NO. 89 -103, 91 -046 AND 93 -040, WITH A 44 RECOMMENDATION OF NO RATE INCREASE FOR 2001 (AB2001 -195) 45 46 Imhof reported for the Finance and Administrative Services Committee and 47 stated that this item was withdrawn. 48 Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 3 1 2. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 BUDGET, REQUEST NO. 5 (AB2001- 2 200) 3 4 Imhof reported for the Finance and Administrative Services Committee and 5 moved approval with the amendment to reduce the amount allocated for medical 6 waste legal expenses from $76,000 to $26,000. 7 8 Brenner stated the Council already authorized the contract at $75,000 in the 9 consent agenda. This was the amount everyone agreed on. The administration 10 would not move forward with only $26,000. She moved to reinstate the $76,000 11 that was recommended by the administration and Executive Kremen. 12 13 Motion to amend carried 4 -2 with Crawford and Imhof opposed. 14 15 Motion to adopt the ordinance as it was originally presented in the Council 16 packet carried 4 -2 with Imhof and Crawford opposed. 17 18 3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CITY OF 19 BELLINGHAM REQUEST FOR FUNDING A BELLINGHAM FLOOD 20 HAZARD REDUCTION IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT (AB2001 -207) 21 22 Imhof reported for the Finance and Administrative Services Committee and 23 moved approval of the resolution submitted by the administration. The discussion 24 centered on whether land acquisition should be a part of the agreement. 25 26 Crawford questioned whether the document that Mr. Monsen handed out 27 during the committee was the same as in the packet. 28 29 Dewey Desler, Deputy Administrator, stated the document handed out during 30 committee is different from what is in the Council's packet. 31 32 Crawford stated the committee worked off the resolution distributed by staff 33 at the committee meeting. The purchase includes land acquisition. The County's 34 cost is not to exceed 75 percent of the total project cost or $800,000, whichever is 35 less. He asked for an explanation of how the costs are possibly going down at this 36 point. 37 38 Jeff Monsen, Public Works Director, stated the City of Bellingham continues 39 to work toward the land acquisition, and are being successful in reducing that cost. 40 The original total cost discussed during the water resources work session was $1.2 41 million. That was the work case scenario. The more likely total cost is $1 million. 42 Therefore, 75 percent of the project cost and $800,000 is about the same amount 43 of money. He is hopeful that they will find other cost reductions. 44 45 Imhof stated the Council is acting now as the Flood Control Zone District 46 Board of Supervisors. 47 Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 4 1 Dawson questioned whether the city has gotten any appraisals of the 2 property. Monsen stated the city has. They received two appraisals that were 3 approximately the same value. The city was reluctant, because of ongoing 4 negotiations, to release those actual appraisal amounts. 5 6 Hoag stated she did not support this because it is not the best use of the 7 County flood monies. The City of Bellingham is in a better position to address this 8 than the County. The County should support 75 percent of the project, but not the 9 land acquisition cost. 10 11 Dawson stated the city pays into the flood tax. When the government builds 12 a structure that floods an individual's parcel, then the government owes it to the 13 party to buy them out. 14 15 McShane stated many people in the City of Bellingham pay into the flood tax. 16 In looking at the cost benefit of the properties being protected, there is high real 17 estate value and there are significant jobs. It would be a significant part in their 18 economy to protect Bellingham Cold Storage, which generates jobs that go beyond 19 just that company, including the agriculture and fishing industries. 20 21 Brenner stated she agreed with Dawson and McShane. She shares the 22 concern of the city, which has more revenues than the County. However, everyone 23 from the city pays into the flood tax. It has been a long time since the County has 24 funded any projects for the city. 25 26 Hoag stated it is appropriate that the property is purchased, but it should be 27 purchased with the city's money. 28 29 Motion to approve the resolution carried 5 -1 with Hoag opposed. 30 31 Brenner stated Councilmember McShane pointed out that the city is in the 32 county. 33 34 4. DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL FOR PROCEEDING 35 WITH FURTHER ASSESSMENTS OF THE '"Y" ROAD LANDFILL (AB2001- 36 208) 37 38 Imhof reported for the Finance and Administrative Services Committee and 39 stated the recommendation is to look at the four areas of phase II to see what the 40 Health Department really wants to study. This will be held in committee for two 41 weeks. 42 43 Crawford questioned whether the Council is comfortable holding this item in 44 committee. 45 46 The Council concurred to hold this item in committee. 47 Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 5 1 5. REPORT ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN 2 NORTHWEST AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY (NWAPA) AND WHATCOM, 3 SKAGIT, AND ISLAND COUNTIES FOR AN OUTDOOR FIRE PERMIT 4 WARDEN (AB2001 -164A) 5 6 Brenner reported for the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee and 7 stated the committee wants to have Whatcom County provide this service, and not 8 be a part of the three - county agreement. The agreement came forward without a 9 recommendation from the committee because they wanted to give Mr. Desler the 10 opportunity to look over the agreement. 11 12 Dewey Desler, Deputy Administrator, stated the administration recommends 13 moving forward with the agreement. 14 15 Brenner stated the recommendation is to move forward with Whatcom 16 County being in charge of its own fire warden program, and to approve the 17 memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Council packet page 117. She moved to 18 approve the MOA beginning on Council packet page 117. 19 20 Crawford asked if the MOA says that Whatcom County is moving forward with 21 its own program. 22 23 Hoag stated the MCA fits with that concept, but it doesn't say that. 24 25 Hoag stated the Council adopted an MOA previously. When that MOA went 26 to NWAPA, the other two counties decided to separate the agreements so Whatcom 27 County has an agreement and Skagit and Island have an agreement together with 28 NWAPA. Now, NWAPA has brought forward this new agreement for just Whatcom 29 County. She questioned whether the Council needs to rescind the previous MOA. 30 31 Dana Brown - Davis, Clerk of the Council, stated they do not need to rescind 32 the action to approve the previous agreement because all three parties never 33 signed the agreement. 34 35 Hoag stated an amendment was approved in committee because NWAPA 36 agreed to provide $19,000 for a vehicle. Include that agreement in section 3(d) of 37 the agreement. The recommendation from the committee included this 38 amendment. 39 40 Imhof questioned whether the fire warden position is full -time. 41 42 Hoag stated the position is half time. 43 44 Imhof questioned why a half -time employee would need a car. 45 46 Brenner stated the fire warden will have to drive around to get to the places 47 where there are problems and complaints. 48 Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 6 1 Crawford stated the motion is to approve the MOA with the amendment. 2 3 Motion carried 5 -1 with Imhof opposed. 4 5 Brenner moved to approve the estimate for the burn permit program 6 proposed staff, which was submitted during the committee meeting. 7 8 Crawford questioned whether that is an estimated expense. 9 10 Desler stated it is the cost for two 12 -month periods. Administration will 11 bring forward a supplemental budget request at the end of July for the costs 12 needed for the remainder of 2001. The administration intends to make the 13 permitting process apparent to the public with existing staff resources for the next 14 month, in the interim until the position is approved. 15 16 Hoag stated she preferred to approve the cost estimate for the 17 administration. 18 19 Crawford restated the motion to approve the .5 FTE as proposed by the 20 administration, in concept. 21 22 Motion carried unanimously. 23 24 6. REPORT ON DISCUSSION AND FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATION 25 REGARDING JUNK YARDS (AB2001 -119) 26 27 Brenner reported for the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee and 28 stated they've been getting complaints about non - commercial junkyards in the 29 county. She spoke with staff out of concern. Staff also has concerns, but wants 30 direction from the Council. Before the Council begins to draft anything, the 31 committee wants to hear from the departments, including Planning and 32 Development Services, Health and Human Services, and the Sheriff's Office, and 33 the fire chiefs about their frustrations with non - commercial junkyards. 34 35 She moved to request the Executive to obtain any concerns and frustrations 36 from the departments regarding junkyard complaints and the ability to do 37 enforcement. 38 39 Crawford stated he was not comfortable with the term 'junkyard.' 40 41 Brenner stated that is part of the problem. There is no definition and there 42 are no thresholds for what is considered a junkyard. People are bringing massive 43 amounts of vehicles and shopping carts full of trash to their property. The County 44 needs to come up with a definition of what a non - commercial junkyard is and a 45 threshold on the amounts of non - running vehicles and other types of public health 46 and nuisance problems. The administration has some concept of a junkyard. She 47 wanted to work with staff to make it easier to deal with complaints. Unless the 48 property owner is selling items from the property or charging people to bring items Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 7 1 onto the property, the County has no control. If the Health Department sees 2 something that could be a public health issue, it is referred to the state Department 3 of Ecology, which can take years to resolve. The Health Department likes to work 4 with property owners rather than the Department of Ecology. The County needs to 5 have a handle on the problem, especially if there is a public health concern. She 6 wanted to hear from staff about their concerns about their ability or inability to deal 7 with complaints about junkyards. 8 9 Hoag stated she wanted to hear from staff what the problem is and what the 10 solution could be. The County has to be able to prove that a junkyard owner is 11 selling parts before it can enforce compliance. The county needs to get the 12 problem resolved. 13 14 Crawford stated he still is struggling with the term 'junkyard.' He asked how 15 this got on the agenda. 16 17 Brenner stated a staff person with concerns contacted her a long time ago. 18 She then got two complaints about junkyards, and she contacted staff. The staff 19 person felt that the Council needs to make a recommendation through the chain of 20 command. 21 22 Crawford stated there are many things that people do with their property. 23 Unless something is obviously harming someone, the County should not tell him or 24 her what to do with his or her property. Once the property owner starts selling 25 something, then that is the different issue of what type of business can be in a 26 particular location. 27 28 Brenner stated she agreed that she didn't want to infringe on someone's 29 property rights. A health issue is referred to the Department of Ecology and can 30 take years to resolve. They should not have to wait years for the Department of 31 Ecology to resolve an issue. Also, there are nuisance laws now. Staff felt it would 32 be helpful to have a threshold. This falls within the current health and safety 33 ordinances. These are very large amounts of junk. 34 35 Hoag stated that when staff testified today, they said they have a problem 36 with what is going on. They have a concern for neighbors and also for the property 37 owners. Just defining what a junkyard is would be an improvement. It is now 38 ambiguous, and one person could be discriminated against. The committee is 39 looking for feedback from staff, the problem as they see it, and possible solutions. 40 41 Dave Grant, Senior Civil Deputy Prosecutor, stated he ran into this issue a 42 year ago. There are problems with the definition in the code. Rectifying that 43 problem would be wonderful. 44 45 Motion carried 5 -1 with Crawford opposed. 46 47 7. CONSIDERATION OF AN APPEAL OF THE HEARING EXAMINER'S 48 DECISION ON VAR2001- 00003, FILED BY DEBORRA GARRETT FOR Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 8 1 JOHN AND DORIE MICHAELSON, REGARDING A REQUEST FOR A 2 ZONING VARIANCE (AB2001 -166) 3 4 See "Announcements." 5 6 8. APPOINTMENTS TO THE WATER CONSERVANCY BOARD (AB2001- 7 204) 8 9 Crawford stated he had a request to postpone for a couple of weeks. The 10 deadline for applications was June 1. The first application was received on June 4, 11 and they received a numbers of applications today. Also, the Council originally 12 advertised for three positions. However, when the councilmembers received their 13 packets, the paperwork says there are two vacancies. Last, one member of the 14 board must be a water right holder that diverts water in the county. The Council 15 did not get that information on the applications. For those reasons, he suggested 16 postponing a decision tonight. Re- advertise the vacancies, and make a new 17 deadline for applications for Friday, July 6. 18 19 Hoag moved to re- advertise the positions and make the deadline on Friday, 20 July 6 to seek additional applications. Council staff is to inquire whether any 21 applicant is a water right holder. 22 23 Motion carried unanimously. 24 25 9. APPOINTMENTS TO THE SURFACE MINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE 26 (AB2001 -205) 27 28 Hoag stated the positions available are for civil engineer, a citizen living in 29 close proximity to active mining or mineral overlay areas, a member of the 30 industry, and forestry. There is also a vacancy for an environmental consultant. 31 32 (Clerk's Note: End of tape one, side A.) 33 34 Hoag continued to state that one applicant, M. Dean Webb, does not exactly 35 fit into any position. His application says that he is a mining and exploration 36 geologist with 45 years of employment in and as a consultant to the mining 37 industry. He doesn't fit in for any of the positions. He needs to specify on his 38 application what position he is applying for. Matzinger, Van Boven, and 39 Westergreen qualify for the positions they are applying for. 40 41 McShane nominated Matzinger for the geo- technical engineer representative 42 position. He is the incumbent. He also nominated Westergreen, who is the 43 incumbent for the forestry position. Last, he nominated Webb for the industry 44 position. 45 46 Motion to approve Matzinger for engineer carried 5 -1 with Imhof opposed. 47 48 Motion to approve Westergreen for the forestry position carried unanimously. Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 9 1 2 Imhof nominated Van Boven for the industry position. 3 4 Brenner stated she was impressed by Mr. Webb's resume. She would 5 support Van Boven because he has been very involved, and he does represent the 6 industry. He works very hard for the industry. 7 8 McShane stated he didn't know Mr. Webb. Mr. Van Boven does a great job, 9 and he always knows how Mr. Van Boven is going to vote. It would be great to 10 have someone with surface mining experience from other places to come in with a 11 fresh perspective. 12 13 Hoag stated Mr. Webb has worked in many places. 14 15 Brenner voted for Van Boven. 16 17 Crawford voted for Van Boven. 18 19 Dawson voted for Van Boven. 20 21 Hoag voted for Webb. 22 23 Imhof voted for Van Boven. 24 25 McShane voted for Webb. 26 27 Van Boven was appointed to the position. 28 29 30 INTRODUCTION ITEMS 31 32 Brenner moved to accept the Introduction Items. 33 34 Motion carried unanimously. 35 36 1. ORDINANCE AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 3.25, 37 CONSERVATION FUTURES PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND FUND (AB2001- 38 217) 39 40 2. ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE DURATION OF WHATCOM COUNTY LAKE 41 MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1, A LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR 42 LAKE SAMISH (AB2001 -214) 43 44 45 OTHER BUSINESS 46 47 McShane stated the Natural Resources Committee had a presentation by 48 Bill Lingley, Department of Natural Resources, regarding a recent sand, Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 10 gravel, and bedrock study (AB2001 -215). He asked councilmembers to take a look at the map and the report. In the Finance Committee, there was a discussion about approval of $15,000 for the Mt. Baker quadrangle study. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will not be able to match the County, as it previously agreed to do. The County will need to rethink how it wants to handle that study. They may want to kick the issue back to the Surface Mining Advisory Committee. They will look into it some more. Brenner stated they spoke about it in the Finance Committee. There was a request for the County to contact the Commissioner of Public Lands to request that the DNR honor the agreement. Councilmember Imhof stated he would contact Commissioner Sutherlund. Imhof stated the administration is going to write that letter. He will follow KU Dewey Desler, Deputy Administrator, suggested that the Council approve a motion asking the Executive to send the letter to the Commissioner of Public Lands asking the commissioner to continue funding this work as was agreed. Brenner so moved. Motion carried unanimously. Crawford stated this year, and for the next two years, Whatcom County is receiving $33,000 annually for drug abuse and substance abuse prevention. The Substance Abuse Advisory Board was chagrined that that is all the money that comes into Whatcom County for drug use prevention. The Big Brothers /Big Sisters organization asked if there was anything they could do to help. They have a full - time grant writer. Since substance abuse prevention is part of what their organization is about, they offered to co- mingle services to get more money into the county. The Substance Abuse Advisory Board has scheduled a roundtable meeting this Friday at 3:30 p.m. at the Forest Street Annex that will include the Health and Human Services Department, the Executive's Office, and representatives from the Big Brothers /Big Sisters organization. Dawson stated she volunteered to participate in a two -day physician shadowing internship, and spent the day with an internist watching open heart surgery. It was fascinating. The anesthesiologists literally keep the patients alive. Hoag stated the Council got a letter from the Mental Health Advisory Board, which voted to communicate its dismay and concern that lobbyists for the Association of Washington Counties (WSAC) and the Regional Support Network (RSN) spoke against actions to redress the jail ARC identified inequity and funding distributions between the RSN's. The RSN addresses its opposition in part in the name of Whatcom County. She asked how someone could speak on behalf of Whatcom County without the Council taking up the issue. Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, 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 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Brenner stated the Mental Health Advisory Board can make positions to the state. Hoag stated it was WSAC that was making a position on behalf of the County. The Advisory Board objected that lobbyists for WSAC were speaking on behalf of Whatcom County. The Council never took a position on this. Crawford stated there may have been a misunderstanding on someone's part. They will have to ask Councilmember Nelson when he returns. Hoag stated that at the previous Council meeting, the Council endorsed the resolution to the National Association for Counties (NaCO) regarding a request to set thresholds for power costs. After that meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) met and set some thresholds. The thresholds are not what the Council asked for, and there are some strange loopholes; however, there is movement in the right direction. She thanked the Council for its work on that resolution. Hoag also stated that Bellingham Herald reported that the electricity supply was held down, and that three workers for a power producer in California testified that they were told to throw away new parts, operate more expensive turbines unnecessarily, and not complete necessary maintenance. This is one of the many articles about what has really been going on down there. Brenner stated she went on a garden tour with the master gardeners. She recommended that anyone take a garden tour. She thanked the owner of the tour property. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Jill Nixon, Minutes Transcription These minutes were approved by Council on July 10_, 2001. ATTEST: Dana Brown - Davis, Council Clerk WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Sam Crawford, Council Vice -Chair Regular County Council, 6/26/2001, Page 12