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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Planning and Development Committee
February 7, 2017
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Carl Weimer called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Carl Weimer, Barbara Brenner, and Rud Browne
Absent: None
Also Present: Todd Donovan, Barry Buchanan, Barry Buchanan, and Ken
Mann
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
1. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
RELATING TO THE CHERRY POINT URBAN GROWTH AREA (AB2017 -063)
Matt Aamot, Planning and Development Services Department, submitted and read
from a presentation (on file) and answered questions.
The following staff also answered questions:
• Royce Buckingham, Prosecutor's Office
• Forrest Longman, Council Policy Analyst
Councilmembers discussed whether the Council needs to have a public hearing, a
challenge of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) determination, making sure all the
language references unrefined fossil fuels, whether the Council should make changes before
a public hearing, whether they should reference the Magnuson Amendment, the limit on the
number of industrial piers, whether a fourth pier would discourage clean and low carbon
emitting technology industries at Cherry Point, allowing exports only to other North
American destinations, the proposal for an ongoing study by the end of 2017 or 2018 of
legal ways to limit fossil fuel exports from Cherry Point, safety versus job creation from
allowing fossil fuel exports, not creating regulations that discourage clean industry from
locating at Cherry Point, the reason for removing language about additional hardening of
the shoreline, not putting regulations in the Comprehensive Plan, and the process going
forward.
This item is held in Committee until March 7, 2017.
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
1. REQUEST APPOINTMENT OF ONE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE
TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS MULTI - STAKEHOLDER WORK GROUP (AB2017 -064)
Planning and Development Committee, 2/7/2017, Page 1
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Browne moved to recommend that the Council appoint himself.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Weimer, Brenner, and Browne (3)
Nays: None (0)
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURN
The rneei_ing adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
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Jill Nixon, Minutes Transcription
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Carl Weimer, Committee Chair
Planning and Development Committee, 2/7/2017, Page 2