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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Planning and Development Committee
November 25, 1997
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by Committee Chair Alvin Starkenburg in the
Council Committee Room, 311 Grand Avenue.
Also Present:
Marlene Dawson
Kathy Sutter
Ctaff PrPePnt
Absent:
None
Sylvia Goodwin, Planning and Development Services Manager
Ward Nelson, Council member
Tom Brown, Council member
Michael Knapp, Planning and Development Services Director
Jeff Monsen, Public Works Director
Dan Gibson, Prosecuting Attorney =s Office
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
1. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM
AND WHATCOM COUNTY CONCERNING ANNEXATION AND
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM URBAN GROWTH
AREA (AB97 -400)
Michael Knapp, Planning and Development Services Director, gave a staff report
regarding this issue. The Lynden Interlocal Agreement has not been pursued in recent weeks.
He stated Dave Wareing, Executive =s Office, has taken the lead in these meetings, which also
included Pete Kremen, County Executive, Sylvia Goodwin, Planning and Development Services
Manager, and Dan Gibson, Prosecuting Attorney =s Office, Public Works Department staff, and
Knapp. Officials from the city of Bellingham were also present in these meetings. Handouts
were distributed (on file).
Sylvia Goodwin, Planning and Development Services Manager, pointed out the city of
Bellingham had an executive meeting yesterday, but the outcome is not yet known. Knapp
pointed out one issue with the city was the grant funding for road projects.
Starkenburg stated this item should remain in committee until all issues are settled.
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I However, Knapp pointed out there is a timeline of December 4 (this goes before the Boundary
2 Review Board [BRB]). The Board could be requested to keep the record open until December
3 16, which would give all those involved sufficient time to resolve these unsettled issues. It was
4 decided to request Council input at tonight =s meeting regarding the unsettled issues.
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6 Brown stated for the record he felt the need for long -term funding from the annexed areas
7 and was in favor of the five -year document.
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9 Knapp stated the initial model was from Lacey, Thurston County. Research was done on
10 Clark and Snohomish County. He commented briefly.
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12 Dan Gibson, Prosecuting Attorney =s Office, commented on Dawson---s question
13 regarding annexation and the sales tax.
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15 Sutter--s list was then discussed (see handout on file). Topics discussed included how to
16 maintain a balance of commercial, industrial and residential properties inside the city within
17 successive annexation plans and proposals (page 4, Section 2, Annexation); special districts
18 being a future ally of the County; language meaning on page 5 regarding residential properties;
19 comparable densities (page 5, Section G)- -staff to work on language; language clean ups in
20 Section 3.A. regarding Building Permits, page 6, paragraph 1, and page 6, Section B,
21 Discretionary Permits; page 7, Section 5, Road, Section A suggested language clean up;
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23 (Clerk's Note: Tape 1, side B)
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25 and page 11, Section C, Transfer of Densities, language clean up.
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27 Grant funding was then discussed. The West Bakerview /Bennett airport signalization
28 and the Hannegan/Bakerview signalization were the issues not settled. Based on the latest draft
29 of the document, Gibson pointed out the possibility of an executive session with full Council.
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31 Starkenburg inquired of Jeff Monsen, Public Works Director, if he anticipated work in
32 the city's urban growth area (UGA) to be eligible for grant funds. Monsen responded that some
33 of the unresolved capacity issues are in the growth areas; the County is not programming to deal
34 with capacity issues because they are in the growth areas. If his department participates in these
35 joint projects, the County's position would be to attempt to maximize the use of grant funds
36 elsewhere and use the local resources for those inside the growth areas. However, he noted that
37 if that project in the growth area is the only one eligible for that grant fund, the County should
38 not be forced to repay those monies since it did not have access to them anywhere else.
39 Starkenburg stated that the language in the grant funding is okay provided the County examines
40 the issue of what was done in the past and what needs to be clearned up before this issue comes
41 to bear. Discussion followed regarding grant monies and revenue sharing.
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43 Starkenburg requested consensus from committee regarding grant funding by stating that
44 based on this discussion, there is no real issue left on the table to insist on grant funding for the
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future, but there is an issue regarding grant funding from what has already been spent. There
was further discussion on this. Committee was in agreement with Starkeburg's above statement.
Next discussed with the color -coded document (pages 10 -11) regarding revenue sharing.
Starkenburg called attention to page 3 regarding the annexation and inquired about notice
from the Auditor =s Office regarding ballots. Procedure was discussed, as well as the application
of development standards. Public notice must be in place to allow public hearing. Starkenburg
noted there is a potential for a Council meeting on December 16.
Gibson pointed out in order for the annexation to take place, the BRB needs to make its
decision by December 16, 1997; in order for the city to collect the taxes on the annexation, the
deadline would be March 1, 1998. Gibson stated the hearing can be limited to those with future
legislative action. The notice for the public hearing was discussed.
ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 4:28 p.m.
Elizabeth Bennett, Recording Secretary
ATTEST:
Dana Brown - Davis, Council Clerk
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Alvin Starkenburg, Council Member
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