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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 22, 2002
The meeting was called to order at 1:50 p.m. by Committee Chair Barbara
Brenner in the Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
Present: Absent:
Laurie Caskey- Schreiber None
Sam Crawford
Also Present:
None
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL
1. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SIX -YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM, CAPITAL FACILITIES CHAPTER AND TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
(AB2002 -084V)
Crawford stated this was held in committee at the previous committee
meeting, when the committee discussed the potential for a consolidated services
building. There is no location, so they removed references to a location of a
consolidated services building. The ferry level of service is not being changed. It
will come forward after the plans are done that the Public Works Department is
working on now.
Brenner moved to amend Council packet page 115, Consolidated Services
Building. Put the same wording here that is in the section about new roads. "One
of the proposed projects in the Six -Year Capital Improvement Project is a
consolidated services building which may be built in a location yet to be
determined...."
Motion carried unanimously.
Brenner moved to amend Council packet page 126, Financing for Office
Space Improvement Projects Serving Countywide Population, "The overall cost of
the a proposed consolidated services building...."
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DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee
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are not the final approved minutes.
Motion carried unanimously.
Brenner moved to amend language on page 128,
• In section entitled Proposed Office Space Improvement Projects
Serving Unincorporated Areas: "Grve An improvement project...."
• In section entitled Financing for Office Space Improvement Projects
Serving Unincorporated Areas: The total cost of t#e a Consolidated
Services Building..."
• In the footnote to the table: "The overall size of t#e a Consolidated
Services Building..."
Motion carried unanimously.
Brenner moved to amend Council packet page 129, Proposed Sheriff's Office
Improvement Projects, "At the current time, one sheriff's office improvement
project is proposed to locate new satellite facilities in unincorporated...."
Dewey Desler, Deputy Administrator, stated there are different ideas of what
a satellite station is. At some point in the future, the County may want to move the
Sheriff's Office and other associated facilities, such as a minimum security jail, into
the county where they can serve the population of the unincorporated area.
Brenner stated that has not been proposed. This item is about what is being
proposed currently. People have talked about ideas, but there has never been a
proposal. Desler stated this is just an update to the previous document.
Brenner stated that this is how things incrementally get a life of their own.
Desler stated it was in the previous document, which is something that the Council
approved.
Brenner asked Mr. Desler to find information on when the Council voted to
propose building a minimum - security jail in unincorporated Whatcom County. The
only thing the Council has voted to propose was the satellite stations.
Crawford proposed a friendly amendment, "At the current time, one sheriff's
office improvement project is proposed to locate new facilities in unincorporated...
The purpose of this project would be to achieve reduced response times and
otherwise upgrade service to the public in a manner of design and function yet to
be determined the faeu"toeS."
Brenner stated the second sentence defines exactly what the Council had
talked about regarding reduced response times. Reduced response times are not
about jail facilities. The Council proposed satellite stations, but it is not included in
the document anywhere.
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Crawford stated the current Sheriff has not been an advocate of satellite
stations or substations because he believes establishing a separate office structure
is not efficient. The Sheriff will leave office within the next year or two, and the
new sheriff may have a different opinion. Leave the options open. This is a plan
that can be changed anyway. It's wise to have a plan that is as adaptive as
possible to the County's needs.
Brenner accepted Councilmember Crawford's proposed friendly amendment.
Motion carried unanimously.
Brenner moved to amend Council packet page 130:
• In the first paragraph, "The total cost of the a Consolidated Services
Building..."
• In the table footnote, "The overall size of t-19e a Consolidated Services
Building..."
Motion carried unanimously.
Brenner moved to amend Council packet page 132:
• In the first paragraph, "The total cost of the a Consolidated Services
Building..."
• In the table footnote, "The overall size of th-e a Consolidated Services
Building..."
Motion carried unanimously.
Brenner moved to amend the table on Council packet page 141, "Proposed
New Structures."
Motion carried unanimously.
Matt Aamot, Senior Planner, stated the square footage for Cooperative
Extension should be amended on Council packet page 125.
Brenner moved to amend the square footage listed for Cooperative Extension
"7,042 3,610" on Council packet page 125. Add the amount that of office space in
site 3 that is vacant "Vacant 3,432."
Motion carried unanimously.
Crawford moved to recommend approval of the amended ordinance to the
full Council.
Motion carried unanimously.
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OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 2:15 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, 10/22/2002, Page 4