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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
Minutes -- November 8, 1984
The Special Council Meeting was called to order on Thursday,
November 8, 1984, at 7:05 p.m. by Chairperson Cole with all members
Present except Hawley.
HEARING -- COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSED 1985 BUDGET.AND PROPOSED
1985 FEDERAL SHARED REVENUE BUDGET
Chairperson Cole explained the background of the budget
process and turned the meeting over to Becker, Chairperson of the
Finance Committee. Becker explained the Finance Committee's
budget process and announced that the next public hearing on
the Finance Committee's proposed 1985 budget would be held on
Tuesday, November 27, 1984 at 7:00 p.m.
Ed Ross
District Court Judge
Bob Tull
Chairman of the Park Board
David Rhea
District Court Judge
Dick Skeers
Homebuilders Association
Ruth Eklund, Director
Retired Senior Volunteer
Program
Kathy Heppell
R.S.V.P. Program
Lynn Dayton, President
Mountain Rescue Council
Spoke in support of the County
Executive's proposed 1985
budget; also spoke about the
lack of jury rooms and inade-
quate recording in courts.
Encouraged the Council to try
and stretch the money that is
available; outlined Park Depart-
ment cuts of previous years.
Spoke in support of the County
Executive's proposed 1985
budget; also spoke on the impact
of DWI cases on the court system.
Spoke in support of the County
Executive's proposed 1985
budget for the Bureau of Buildings
and Codes budget, as outlined
in his letter dated 11 -8 -84.
Distributed a statistical data
sheet on R.S.V.P. data; spoke
in appreciation of past County
support and requested $20,000
for R.S.V.P. instead of $14,000.
Spoke on the cost - effectiveness
of R.S.V.P. volunteers for the
County.
Requested $1,200 of Federal
Shared Revenue funds for further
equipemnt purchases.
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Walt Sickles
Vic Battson
County Assessor
Dr. Kronenberg, Psychiatrist
1000 McKenzie Ave. Bldg.
Bob Watkins
Spoke in support of the proposed
1985 budget for the County
Assessor's office.
Spoke in support of the County
Executive's proposed budget.
Spoke in support of mental
health programs and the need
for them in Whatcom County.
Spoke in support of County -
funded mental health services.
Bob DeVries Spoke in support of $15,000
Catholic Community Services more from County, which would
bring their waiting list down
from 85 kids to 35 kids.
David Koch, Psychiatrist
1000 McKenzie Ave. Bldg.
Whatcom Psych. Clinic
Hank Levine
Private Psychiatrist
Spoke on the 1985 request for
$40,000..for the Whatcom Psych-
iatric Clinic.
Spoke on the expense of not
providing for mental health
needs in the community; stated
that the State and Federal
government cannot be solely
responsible.for funding.
Doug Demm Spoke regarding the homeless
Emergency Housing Task that he works with and the
Force incidence of mental health
problems among the homeless.
Michael Savatgy
Mary Po ntarolo
Womencare Shelter
Linda Speakman
Public Health Nurse
T.J. Matthews
Bellingham Food Bank
Spoke in support of County
funds providing for a roadside
vegetation management plan and
the possibility of hiring a
consultant to identify trouble
spots in the County.
Spoke regarding their request
for County funds.
Spoke on the importance of
Womencare Shelter; she refers
women there.
Requested $11,000 to purchase a
cargo van in order to transport
food from Seattle area.
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Jean Hall
Ferndale Food Bank
Esther Vanderhage
Whatcom County Food Bank
Bill Trimm
Whatcom County Planner
Doug Venn, V.P.
Bellingham Food Bank
Jim Lowden
Coordinator, Food Bank
Joyce Seine
2607 Michigan
Spoke in support of funding
for a cargo van.
Spoke in support of Federal
Shared Revenue funds for a
cargo van.
Spoke in support of the County
Executive's proposed budget for
the Planning Department.
Stated that the truck to be
purchased would be for all of
Whatcom County and not just for
Bellingham.
Stated that between August, ' 82
and January, 183, approximately
50 tons of produce was moved
by the Food Bank network. The
City of Bellingham has provided
some funding.
Spoke in support of financing
a new juvenile facility.
Being that no further testimony was received, the hearing
was closed at 8:50 p.m. The meeting was recessed for five minutes.
The meeting reconvened at 9:00 p.m.
PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION - SEACLIFFE ESTATES, FILED BY
WELSH DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Chairperson Cole turned the meeting over to Roehl, Chairman
of the Planning and Development Committee, at this time.
Roehl stated that the final draft of the findings of fact and
conclusions of law had been drafted by the Prosecuting Attorney's
office, in conjunction with the Bureau of Buildings and Codes and
Mr. Serka's office.
Jerry Mixon, Building and Codes Department, stated that he
had nothing to add.
Phil Serka, attorney for the applicant, stated that he had
reviewed the conditions and has no further suggestions to add.
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Randy Watts, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, spoke on the
changes that had been made to the final draft of the findings of
fact and conclusions of law.
HANSEY MOVED FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OF WELSH
DEVELOPMENT, INC. FOR A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, PRELIMINARY
PLAT APPROVAL, AND SUBDIVISION VARIANCES TO CREATE A RESIDENTIAL
SUBDIVISION ATvT RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS "SEACLIFFE PARK
Cole spoke in favor of the motion.
COLE MOVED TO AMEND THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS
OF LAW WITH THE FOLLOWING:
page 24, line 15 -- Insert "at all times of the day or
night" after the word "access ".
page 9, line 15 -- Insert "shall be made" after the word
"provisions ".
The motion to amend carried.
COLE MOVED TO AMEND THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF
LAW WITH THE FOLLOWING:
Condition 58. An R.I.D. agreement shall be included in the
final plat committing the developer, its successors and
interests and all future property owners in the plat to
support the formation of an R.I.D. for future road improve-
ments on APA and Boundary Road (according to an equitable
assessment formula based on level of use upon full project
development.) However, the applicant does not waive the
right to protest the allocation of assessment.
Motion to amend carried.
Motion to adopt the findings of fact and conclusions of law,
as amended, carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 p.m.
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