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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Committee Of The Whole
October 12, 1999
The meeting was called to order at 5:50 p.m. by Council Chair Marlene
Dawson in the Council Committee Room, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham,
Washington.
Also Present: Absent:
Kathy Sutter None
L. Ward Nelson
Connie Hoag
Barbara Brenner
Tom Brown
Robert Imhof
1. DISCUSSION WITH HUMAN RESOURCES REGARDING VARIOUS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS (AB99 -018)
Nelson moved to go into executive session to discuss this item.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. DISCUSSION WITH WHATCOM COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
JEFF MONSEN AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGER BRUCE ROLL
REGARDING THE WRIA 1 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT
(AB99 -391)
Dawson stated they would hold the vote on the resolution until the next
meeting because they didn't receive it in a timely manner. They continued with the
discussion.
Bruce Roll, Water Resources Manager, stated that one of the major pieces of
the process that perpetuated the issue was a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the Initiating Governments. The Initiating Governments felt that
the budgeting decisions being made ran counter to the MOU. In response to their
concerns, they tried to come up with a solution that would meet everyone's needs.
They are not proposing a change in the process, but rather a sequence change for
addressing things. They are proposing that the County Council have a conversation
with the County Executive, so he can speak to the Initiating Governments with the
County Council's wishes in mind. The decision - makers would feel there was a
process in place that allowed a decision to be made that is backed by the Council.
He proposed a monthly discussion to answer questions and guide a response to the
decision - makers.
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Brenner stated she hadn't felt like the Council had received the specifics in
time to do anything. She didn't want to keep belaboring it. Roll stated they hope
to give the Council an opportunity to ask the staff any questions prior to when the
decision - makers get together.
Dawson questioned whether the Council's role would be to provide the
decision - makers the parameters. As long as they stay within the parameters, they
don't need to come back again.
Hoag stated the Council was told that the staff of the Initiating Governments
would negotiate at the table, then bring proposals to their respective councils. The
councils would then send back any changes. The final agreement would still come
back for final approval before the councils.
Sutter stated she understood they are talking specifically about legislative
matters and policies that have not been adopted by the councils, not budgetary
items. She questioned whether they were talking about policy items or budgetary
items. Monsen stated they are talking about both.
Sutter stated they have two different processes. Monsen stated he hoped
that during these meetings they could engage in more deliberate discussion about
an activity that is proposed. An administrative financial decision is made by the
County Executive, and then comes back into the County approval process because
of the County Code.
Sutter stated that if the County is going to do that, then every other
jurisdiction would do it to.
Hoag stated that is what is supposed to happen.
Nelson stated they won't have a process if it happens that way, they will
have chaos.
Dawson stated the budget sets policy. The two go together.
Nelson questioned why they would have a MOU then. They might as well
throw it out.
Monsen stated each of the Initiating Governments have their own protocols
regarding how they represent themselves at the table. The County needs to make
sure everyone understands what the issue is. That would create some certainty at
the table regarding what the County's position is. If something is clearly going to
change during the discussion at that table, then it will come back for more
discussion. Doing that is not intended to replace the County Code procedural
matters.
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Hoag stated the last two paragraphs of her version of the resolution is what
the County Council agreed to. She asked Roll to read those paragraphs into the
record, which he did.
Nelson stated he would not support that language.
Imhof agreed with Nelson.
Sutter agreed with Nelson and Imhof.
Hoag stated that is what they agreed to in the MOU.
Sutter stated that was not correct.
Hoag stated it was correct. She had the minutes of the meeting to prove it.
Imhof stated they would change their minds.
Dawson stated Hoag was out - numbered. There was no sense in continuing.
Brenner stated the Council needs to vote to change it in public, if they want it
to change.
Nelson stated that language was not his understanding.
Brown stated he understood the problem; they agreed to something, and
then several months later it came up for approval and he's forgotten the details.
They need to understand what is going on and then take a vote. Once that is done,
it is set aside. The Council should be held responsible not to rehash it again and
again.
Brenner stated they could discuss it again if there are changes.
Nelson stated that is how that process is set up.
Dawson stated, when the County negotiates with the unions, the Council
gives the administration the parameters within which to work. The administration
goes to the table for negotiation and brings back the proposal to the Council again.
It is like voting twice on the same issues, which may not be necessary. That is
what the administration is talking about.
Hoag stated that is what is in her resolution. The Executive would come back
before the Council only if there is a change.
Sutter stated that during the budget process, the Initiating Governments and
Planning Unit bring forward the plan for the following year. The Council approves
that plan, and the departments come forward with their budgets. That annual
budgeting process should be done with the other councils of the Initiating
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Governments. The County Council doesn't have any business having absolute
control over that funding.
Monsen stated that, short of an amendment to the County Code, there are
two issues. One issue is the budget and policy matter, for the purpose of
representing the County at the table with the Initiating Governments. Because the
County is the lead entity, the administration is obligated to bring back contractual
approvals to the County Council, regardless of the decision they did or didn't make
previously.
Sutter stated they could do that once per year. Monsen stated they couldn't
do that without a change to the Whatcom County Code.
Brown stated they could set the budget up annually, but not authorize them
to spend it.
Brown stated that, if they went through the budgeting process, then the
Initiating Governments all have to work together and plan ahead in an organized
manner. He liked the concept of creating a plan so that authorizing the spending
requests should be automatic and without question.
Hoag stated the County Council is the only one who represents the farmers.
It is very important that any policy and budgetary decisions has had input from the
elected officials. She agreed with Brown. Once they have given approval to an
item, they should not rehash it if it has not changed. Sutter and Brown's concept of
an annual approval makes the process less flexible. If the administration is sitting
at the table with the Initiating Governments, then they would be able to take
advantage of any financial opportunity that comes up. No one came to the Council
ahead of time for approval of the U.S. Geological Service (USGS) study. Regular
monthly meetings that include budget requests would be more efficient. The
Council should initially be consulted, and then informed if things change.
Monsen stated their proposal does just that.
Hoag disagreed. She stated her proposal does that. She questioned whether
Monsen agreed with what she said. Monsen stated her comments follow their
suggestion of the process.
Dawson stated Hoag meant that administration would come back only if
anything has changed. Monsen stated the discussion in this manner is meant to
give the Executive the direction to go to the Initiating Governments and make a
decision. They likewise have a responsibility to represent their own constituents
and other officials.
Brenner stated the County Council is the only body that doesn't represent a
certain faction of the county. She believed the County was the lead agency
because the County represents all the citizens in the County, including the other
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entities. Once they okay the budget, the only things that come back are changes.
This should not be any different.
Nelson stated that saying the County is the only one who represents the
farmers is like saying the Tribal Council is the only one representing the tribal
fisherman. It is inane. Pete Kremen is elected by the people of this county and
represents all the citizens of the county when he goes to the table.
Hoag stated he is elected to administer. The County Council is elected to set
budget and policy.
Nelson stated Pete Kremen represents Whatcom County in an elected
capacity. He is accountable by the people, for the people. This is the reason the
process was set up. It would create an efficient process to get the water problems
solved and move forward. If each individual council is going to review these after
the governing body, the ones that are representing their constituents, have made
their decision, then they are going to have chaos and anarchy. Nothing will be
accomplished. The County Council has the obligation to provide direction to the
administration in its negotiation. They have an obligation as lead agency to ensure
those funds are expended in the fashion that is agreed upon under state law and by
federal government. That does not mean they can ride roughshod over the other
governments that are legal entities. They County does not have that right. He
disagreed with the discourse that the County has the power over everyone.
Hoag stated no one said that.
Nelson stated that was the implication. The County Council represents the
constituencies of Whatcom County, and they represent their constituencies in
Whatcom County. It is important to separate that. If they start second - guessing
what the representatives of those constituencies are doing, then all they are doing
is creating chaos. They need to trust people and their decisions.
Brenner stated an item should come back if something changes outside of
the parameters.
Nelson stated it is fine if it comes back. That is the decision made by that
body, in which they have placed their trust. They have taken care of their
responsibility.
Dawson questioned what happens if the parameters change within the group.
Nelson stated that is why the MOU is decided on.
Brenner disagreed.
Sutter stated it bothers her most that regular monthly meetings will be held
in which the County Council will review and approve policy and budget matters.
They should not be reviewing and approving policy and budget matters on a
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monthly basis. She liked Hoag's language that negotiated changes will be brought
back to the County Council and the respective councils of the Initiating
Governments. In order to do that, the other Initiating Governments need to be
involved in approving the budget.
Robin Dexter, citizen, stated they should keep in mind that they will
eventually be faced with decisions being made by the Planning Unit when talking
about ESHB 2514 and watershed planning. They need to recognize the fact that,
under the statutes that govern this process, the County does not represent
everyone. The County has its own responsibilities. Under no circumstances do the
County Council and County Executive represent him. He chose in the process to be
represented by a caucus of environmentalists, just as land developers have chosen
to be represented by their caucus. If they open the door to this continuous revision
by the Council, then they also open the door to eleventh hour appeals from
caucuses in this process that are negotiating in good faith to get what they need. If
the County Council is the appeal of last resort, then he questioned how he could be
expected to negotiate in good faith with the citizen caucuses. The County has
certain water interests that it must protect. The County is not entitled to give him
what he needs, under state law. He may be working against the County.
Monsen stated the intention of the County Council review and approval of
policy and budget matters in this context is to provide direction to the Executive as
he goes to the table.
Sutter stated the language says "approve," not "provide direction." That is
what bothers her, especially about the budget part. Monsen stated that if it was an
issue of semantics, that is not a problem. The intention was to create a way the
County could take a position at the table, with a single voice. It should be clearly
understood that any changes deserve a second look.
Hoag asked if the reason the word "approve" was chosen was so that it
wouldn't come back for approval again. Monsen stated that was not the reason.
Hoag asked if the purpose was so that the administration would get the
approval, and then would know that these items were okay. Monsen stated that is
the intention, however procedurally they must bring a contract before the Council,
unless they change the County Code. They hope that discussion prior to formal
decision by the Governments will not create a new discussion when it comes back
to the Council in a contract. That is the intention of that language.
Hoag suggested amending the language, "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED ... to
review and appreve provide input on policy and budget matters..." so they wouldn't
be approving the budget at that point.
Sutter stated it is the word "approve" that bothers her. Monsen stated that
they need the strongest indication the County Council can give that they will
support the Executive's negotiating position. That is the intention of the language.
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1 He questioned whether the Council would commit to any contract that follows
2 direction given by the Council.
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4 Sutter questioned whether the other Governments were doing something like
5 this. The County Council should not be the only ones approving every nickel and
6 dime.
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8 Hoag stated there have been a number of things said in this meeting that
9 don't match the diagrams they've been given and the things they have been told.
10 What they are talking about is watershed planning. When they are talking about
11 representing their constituents, if the farmers don't have water, then they have a
12 real problem. The Councilmembers have a responsibility to represent their
13 constituents. They cannot expect the tribes to represent the farmers and they can't
14 expect the City of Bellingham or the Public Utility District to represent the farmers.
15 They have to make sure the policy decisions made at the table represent their
16 constituents. The diagram that Jeff Monsen gave them, which was very rough,
17 talked about how all this would work. The Planning Unit would provide input to the
18 administrative decision - makers. They would make all decisions within the
19 administrative box. Anything that was policy was outside the box and would come
20 to the various councils. That is the process that was set up and the Council agreed
21 to. Pete Kremen was elected to administer Council policy. The County Council was
22 elected to represent their constituents on policy and budget, which is what is being
23 determined at this table. When they initially talked about the MOA, they talked
24 about having two County councilmembers sit at the table, along with two City
25 councilmembers, and two Tribal Councilmembers. They were told the staffs work
26 well together and could work out the details, and get back to their respective
27 councils for approval. That is all they are asking for. They should bring any policy
28 item to the Council. They are free to administer within the administrative details.
29 Those five Initiating Governments only have the authority to make administrative
30 decisions without checking back with their respective councils. When the County
31 Council asks the administration to come back and inform them of what is going on,
32 and get approval for policy and budget matters, then they are asking for what the
33 administration said they would have in the first place.
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35 Nelson stated that is not what they did.
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37 Hoag stated it is. She has minutes to show it.
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39 Monsen stated that description is accurate. However it must be expanded.
40 The dialogue with the County Council is that decisions can be made with the
41 administrative decision - makers, within the authority that the Executive and /or what
42 the Council has granted the Executive to do. This type of discussion is intended to
43 give him a way to get authority to make a decision without it coming back to the
44 Council, unless it is different than what everyone says.
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46 Hoag stated the point is that each of those decisions has to come to the
47 Council first, before they give him the authority. The Council doesn't give him carte
48 blanche to go in and negotiate for the Council. He has to come to the Council and
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present the policy that the Initiating Governments are considering. The policy the
Council approves is the policy he is authorized to approve. If it is different than
that, it is not carte blanche from the beginning to represent the Council. Monsen
stated there is no intention to do anything different than that. The authority the
Executive has at the table should not be presumed as being the same as anyone
else around that table. Because something occurs amongst the five decision -
makers, it doesn't mean all items must go back to all five councils.
Hoag stated that was between the decision - makers and their councils. When
the County signed the MOU, that is what they were told and that is what the
Bellingham City Council was told. They are being cut out of the process as well.
Dawson asked if there was something besides the resolution they needed to
address. Roll stated this is one of the best processes for addressing water issues.
There are twelve caucuses, Initiating Governments, and a dedicated staff who is
working very efficiently. The Initiating Governments have brought up this issue. A
letter has been sent to all the Councilmembers. They are at a critical juncture in
this ESHB 2514 process. They are getting close to seeing people pull out of the
process. He is committed to the process. They need to work as much as possible
to resolve the process of ESHB 2514. One of the things that has transpired during
this latest series of events is that the Lummi and Nooksack Tribes have pulled their
staff out of the process. They have not formally said they are going to leave the
process yet. By having them in the position they are in, there will be deterioration.
Dawson asked Roll and Monsen if they saw Hoag's proposed change as being
a modification or being satisfactory. Roll stated he would need to read through it
and think about it some more. If there is some resolution that clearly shows the
Council is being informed and has the ability to give their input, then when the
Executive goes to the decision - makers, he has the backing of the councilmembers.
Brenner stated that is an internal thing that the County has to work out. She
questioned what else has happened, besides the USGS study, to cause them to be
on the brink of ending the process. They are going to have to vote, as a Council,
on how broad or narrow the parameters will be. Some of the Councilmembers will
agree and some won't agree. Then they will move on. At some point, they need to
take a vote. It is moving differently than what they initially heard, but they need to
take a vote.
Sutter stated they need to find out how the other councils feel about this
resolution. If they object to it, then the Council is not solving the problem. They
are not just setting up a County process. In Hoag's version, she is involving the
other councils. They are setting up a County process, but if the other Initiating
Governments don't like it, then they haven't gotten where they want to go.
Dawson stated they are clarifying the process.
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Nelson asked why the other governments would care how the County does
its procedure.
Sutter stated it is because the County is still controlling the money.
Nelson disagreed. He believed the intent is that the Council would look at
anything that is being proposed. The Council would give direction to Executive
Kremen on the policy. He would take that to the Initiating Governments, who have
gotten their policy direction. The decision - makers make a decision by consensus.
Then, they get the contract. When that contract comes back to the County Council,
he is not going to change anything on that, as long as there was the consensus. If
the policy was changed, then there will be problems all the way around.
Dawson asked Roll if there was something else besides the resolution they
would be discussing. Roll stated there was not. It is very important that he inform
the Council on his opinion of the direction the new water resources group is taking
in the future. There are many issues on his plate that will need the Council's input.
He wants to keep the Council informed so they can ask him the questions and they
can stay on the same wavelength. That is another reason for the proposal to meet
with some frequency. There may not be something happening every month. It will
depend on what needs attention.
Hoag stated the outcome of this process is critical for Whatcom County. She
didn't want to see one member of the Initiating Governments subvert the process
and intimidate others into changing the process to suit their needs. There were
members of the Planning Unit that said they feel as if the process was a sham. If
the Initiating Governments, who are administrative decision - makers sitting at the
table, ignore what comes from the Planning Unit and don't have to get approval
from the councils, then the Planning Unit is just a sham. All the County Council is
doing is rubber - stamping funding requisitions. It is very important that the process
work as it was laid out to do, that there is full public input, and full input on policy
from the various councils of the Initiating Governments. While she shared the
desire to make sure the process works, it should work as it was intended to work,
without someone coming along to subvert it.
Dexter stated they should make a distinction between the Council's role as
lead entity and the Council's need to represent its policy as an individual caucus.
They should remember that, as much as they care about farmers, developers, or
fishery people, under state law, they are unto themselves. They are charged by
the statute with representing their own interest.
Hoag didn't agree.
Dexter stated it is in the law.
Hoag stated it says they will have caucuses. It doesn't say that will be the
limit of their representation.
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Dexter stated the law is framed the way it is because, in the 1971 statute,
the beneficial uses of water are specified and defined, but they are not prioritized.
The only legal way to do water resources policy negotiating is to empower a caucus
that represents each of those beneficial uses. She may be devoted to the
agriculture caucus, but it is subversive to the process...
(Clerk's Note: End of tape one, side A.)
Dexter continued to state that they represent their own interests. An
eleventh hour appeal to the County Council is subversive of the process that was
intended by ESHB 2514. He wished they could invite Representatives Linville or
Chandler to a work session and get a sense of the legislature on this.
Nelson asked Roll if he was working on Lake Whatcom. Roll stated he is.
Nelson asked about Roll's position on the 303(d) listing. Roll stated he is in
the process of reviewing it. He is looking at the data that the State Department of
Ecology (DOE) sent to him. The question is how they change toward the future if
the 303(d) listing goes forward. That hasn't been defined. That has been a part of
his conversation with DOE.
Nelson stated he was concerned about the data, and questioned whether Roll
had evaluated that data. Roll stated he had. The data is preliminary in terms of
the scope. There wasn't a lot of data collected. At the same time, they can
assume that the data is valid. It comes down to the fact that, as a scientist, one
tries to weigh most data and gather as much data as possible to make an informed
decision. At this point, there isn't enough data to make a good informed decision.
Sutter stated this kind of inter - governmental functioning is a new process.
They really have to take the box off their head and think differently about how they
can do the process to accomplish the end goals without getting hung up on the
process.
Brown stated he has some concerns regarding the DOE listing of the
Nooksack River. There are some major flaws. Other county governments agreed.
That location is where they have listed water temperature, for example. There is
no way that can be anything but natural because it comes off a glacier. He asked
how they could go by a flawed document. They need to check the facts. In the
location they are listing, the Nooksack River for sedimentation and temperature, it
is totally natural. The sedimentation comes off Mt. Baker. Roll stated that is a key
point. The fact is that piece of data, the temperature, was collected. There were
two ways of interpreting that. DOE interpreted it one way and everyone else
interpreted it another way. Regarding their listing, he hasn't read through their
data yet. These are the types of conversations they need to have with some
frequency.
Brenner stated she didn't want to get so bogged down by efficiency that they
don't do right by the process. There should be a balance.
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Hoag stated DOE has asked to do a presentation on the Lake Whatcom
report in the Natural Resources Committee. Regarding the resolution, she included
the other councils because she wanted to make it clear it wasn't just coming back
to the County Council for review. What they agreed on was that the people at the
table would be bringing it back to their respective councils. She didn't have a
problem with that language being removed. She was trying to let people know the
County Council wasn't trying to get another opportunity to review and approve, but
it was just the policy- making process.
Roll asked what he needed to do to push this forward.
Sutter stated she would like to have some comments from the Planning Unit
and the other Initiating Governments about how they feel about the process that is
being proposed. They are involved.
Roll stated he could try to incorporate everyone's thoughts.
Brenner stated this is internal.
Sutter stated they have to think differently about this process.
Hoag stated they are one of the Initiating Governments. They don't stop
being a government or stop representing the people.
Monsen stated they he and Roll need to understand what to prepare for the
Council's next agenda.
Hoag stated they should put all three proposed resolutions in the packet.
Monsen stated it was unclear about whether or not to have a discussion with
the Planning Unit and the other governments prior to or following the next Council
meeting.
Sutter stated she was the only one who cares about that.
Roll stated that first and foremost, the County Council has to come to
consensus. It is a process about how they allocate funds as the lead agency.
Dawson asked if there was consensus to approve the language in Hoag's
resolution referring to any negotiated changes being brought back before the
Council.
The Council concurred.
Brown stated the Council has to give them general direction. The Executive
has to have the latitude to go one way or another.
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Nelson stated they all need to be informed of what the changes are. The
intention isn't to keep the Council uninformed of any changes. He wanted to know
the reasons behind the changes. He objected to the Council second - guessing and
didn't want to get the Council into the role of being lobbied. Once the decision -
making body makes the decision, the Council has to abide by that. If the Council
disagrees with the decision, then they always have the media process. There would
be a process.
Hoag stated the Council would then have nothing. This is the watershed
planning process that was set up by state law. The County is supposed to be
negotiating at that table to represent its constituency.
table.
Nelson stated no one said the Council was supposed to be negotiating at that
Hoag stated the County is one of the Initiating Governments.
Nelson stated that was the MOU, and it is the Executive's job to be there.
Hoag stated that is not what the MOU said.
Brenner asked if Nelson meant that the Council should accept any changes
that are outside of the negotiated parameters.
Nelson stated the agreement was for the Initiating Governments to agree by
consensus, within the parameters brought forward from their individual
jurisdictions. He questioned whether that agreement then goes to the contract.
Monsen stated the majority of the activity would likely be contracted out.
Nelson stated that what comes back to the Council will be the contract.
Under the County's Charter, the Council has to approve the funding. He is not
going to change the contract after the Initiating Governments have gone through
that effort.
Brenner stated the County Council will make a decision when it sets the
parameters.
Nelson stated they are giving parameter directions on behalf of the county,
under the scope of the County's responsibility under ESHB 2514. As the lead
agency and in the County's role, they are releasing the funding based on the
decision they have made.
Brenner asked why the County Council should bother making parameters at
all if the Initiating Governments are going to go outside of the parameters, and the
County Council is not going to do anything about it.
Nelson stated it was because each of the jurisdictions are going to include
their parameters. That is why they have to agree by consensus.
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Sutter stated the Initiating Governments could decide, for example, the
amount of studying to do on Lake Whatcom. They take that decision to the
Planning Unit, because a recommendation from the Planning Unit is needed. The
County Council had already said it wants a recommendation from the Planning Unit
on any proposal. Then, the County Council could give policy direction to enter into
a contract. Next, the contract approval would come forward. The County Council
has already given its blessing. It should just be a matter of releasing the funds.
She didn't see they have to do that for each individual piece of the puzzle, except
for the contract approval. The County Council could approve a list of things that
need to be done, a plan for several months at a time, and approve that list as
policy direction. As the contracts come up individually, they come forward with a
recommendation from the Planning Unit and the Initiating Governments with their
concerns.
Nelson stated Hoag was objecting to anything established outside of the
parameters.
Sutter stated they couldn't do anything outside of the Council's parameters.
Nelson stated is would be up to the Executive. To get a consensus, there will
be disagreements.
Sutter stated they would set the parameters broadly.
Hoag provided another example. The County Council could set a broad
parameter to look at exempt wells. Then, the Initiating Governments could limit
exempt wells to 1,000 gallons instead of 5,000 gallons. In this example, the
Executive was given broad, general parameters and that is what he did.
Sutter stated that was a legislative policy decision, not a budget decision.
Hoag stated that is what they are talking about. The point of this is that the
County is one of the five Initiating Governments.
Nelson stated that, if the exempt well is necessary to maintain in- stream
flows, and they have the evidence to support that, then he questioned why the
County Council wouldn't go along with that.
Hoag stated, in getting consensus, that issue affects all jurisdictions very
differently, especially when it comes to in- stream flows. It is very important the
County Council has input on that policy. If that policy is changed while trying to
negotiate a settlement, then it should come back to the County Council for
approval.
Roll stated that the Planning Unit is going to ask him exactly what has
transpired. He hoped to explain the process to them. Maybe they'll provide some
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insight. They want to know that he is making enough progress to keep this thing
going.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:00 p.m.
Jill Nixon, Minutes Transcription
These minutes were approved by Council on November 9 , 1999.
ATTEST:
Dana Brown - Davis, Council Clerk
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Marlene Dawson, Council Chair
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