HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Services March 26 1991WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
PUBLIC SERVICES AND SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE
March 26, 1991
The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. by Committee Chairman Bob Imhof.
Present Absent
Mary Vanderpol None
Dennis Vander Yacht
1. REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONCURRENCE TO CLOSE ROBERTS
ROAD BETWEEN MARTIN ROAD AND CENTRAL ROAD (AB91-
121)
Van Zanten said there was a great deal of illegal dumping in this area and it is
proposed this area of the road be closed. Many people including the Nooksack Tribe have
been concerned about the degradation of the streams in that area. The Council may need
to only endorse the concept. Henken told Van Zanten he did not think all the property
owners in the area had been alerted. Henken had indicated it may be necessary to schedule
a public hearing to make it more legally correct; it could not be enforced without an
ordinance. John Tyler said the garbage dumping is horrible and continues to be a problem.
Vanderpol said he felt this should be sent to the legal council before it is brought to
the Council. The committee concurred.
2. RESOLUTION STATING THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO ADOPT AN
ORDINANCE FORMING A COUNTY -WIDE FLOOD CONTROL ZONE
DISTRICT AND REQUESTING AND AUTHORIZING COUNTY
OFFICIALS TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN RELATED ACTIONS (AB91-
071) (EXECUTIVE WAS ASKED TO STUDY THIS ISSUE AND REPORT
WITH TIME LINE AT THIS MEETING)
Imhof said Van Zanten will be giving a presentation to Council on this issue so the
committee will not ask her to give it twice.
3. RESOLUTION (OR LETTER) ENDORSING SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
1569, THE COMMUNITY -BASED LONG -TERM CARE ACT (AB91-
116)
Vanderpol said this is a bill Dennis Braddock is endorsing. He said he thinks this
will be an astronomical amount of tax for employers and employees to pay in a few years.
He said he is nervous about this and is not ready to vote for it. Imhof said this will be an
expensive program but there seems to a lack of monetary estimates attached. A large
amount of documentation just arrived and Imhof has not had time to study it. The Deputy
Secretary for Programs of the Department of Social and Health Services has listed five
problems they have with this bill. Vanderpol individual members can send letters of
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endorsement if they wish.
VANDERPOL MOVED TO TABLE UNTIL THERE IS MORE INFORMATION.
The motion was carried unanimously.
4. RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SB 5411, MAKING CHANGES TO STATE
POLICIES REGARDING FLOODING AND FLOOD DAMAGE PREVEN-
TION (AB91 -117)
Hansey said this is the most comprehensive bill to date and is broadly endorsed by
Democrats and Republicans alike. This has no fiscal information or impact with it.
VANDERPOL MOVED TO RECOMMEND SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLU-
TION TO THE COUNCIL.
The motion carried unanimously.
5. OTHER BUSINESS
Litering on Slater Road: Imhof said he had written letters to three haulers asking
them to try to reduce the amount of litter flying off trucks on Slater Road on the way to
RECOMP.
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