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Whatcom County Council
Surface Water Work Session
July 18, 2017
CALL TO ORDER
Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. in the Civic
Center Garden Level Conference Room, 322 Commercial Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Barbara Brenner, Satpal Sidhu, Barry Buchanan, Todd Donovan and
Carl Weimer
Absent: Ken Mann and Rud Browne
SURFACE WATER WORK SESSION AB2017 °024
1. WATER PLANNING UPDATE
Gary Stoyka, Public Works Department, updated the Council on the Planning Unit
meeting regarding the Hirst Decision, water funding, Geneva Consulting contract
deliverables, and the next meeting. The Planning Unit will ask Council to take a more active
role in implementation of the watershed management plan.
Stoyka updated the Council on the Watershed Management Board meeting regarding
the role of the Board.
The following people answered questions:
• Linda Twitchell, Planning Unit member
• Steve Jilk, Watershed Management Team member
• Jon Hutchings, Public Works Department
Councilmembers discussed the ultimate goal of water planning; establishing funding
to focus on accomplishments; collaborating on water issues with Canadian officials, with
whom they share a watershed; and getting input from the water stakeholders on funding
and level of service.
2. FLOOD CODE UPDATE
Paula Harris, Public Works Department, submitted and read from a presentation.
She answered questions on creating a glossary of acronyms and definitions of various
technical terms; crawlspace requirements; the process for adopting the changes; and
regulations and federal flood insurance.
The following people answered questions:
• Travis Bouma, Public Works Department
• David Radabaugh, Department of Ecology
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3. LAKE WHATCOM COMPREHENSIVE STORMWATER PLAN UPDATE
Kirk Christensen, Public Works Department, gave a staff report on the plan update.
The update will come to the Council for approval in a couple of months.
John Lenth, Herrera Environmental Consultants Project Manager, submitted and read
from a presentation (on file).
Colleen Mitchell, Herrera Environmental Consultants Senior Engineer, continued the
presentation.
Councilmembers, staff, and the consultants discussed who pays for the damage
being done to the lake, subsidizing homeowner programs versus telling homeowners to
clean up their phosphorous, contribution to lake phosphorous based on a model versus a
measurement, evolving materials and technology, and whether they will separate projects
by impacts from private property.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 12:02 p.m.
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