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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Special Committee of the Whole
January 30, 2018
CALL TO ORDER
Council Chair Rud Browne called the meeting to order at 1:32 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Tim Ballew, Barbara Brenner, Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler
Byrd, Todd Donovan, and Satpal Sidhu.
Absent: None.
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
1. DISCUSSION OF AN APPEAL OF THE HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION ON
FILE NO. CUP2015 -0003, FILED BY JERRY PATE, REGARDING A PROPOSED
NEW WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY WHICH INCLUDES A 150 FOOT
TALL STEEL MONOPOLE, WITH AN INITIAL ANTENNA ARRAY CONSISTING
OF TWELVE PANEL ANTENNAS AND ONE SIX FOOT WIDE MICROWAVE DISH
ANTENNA (AB2017 -355)
Browne stated that discussion of agenda item one may take place in executive
session pursuant to RCW42.30.110 (1)(i). Executive session will conclude no later than
2:00 p.m. If the executive session ends beyond the stated conclusion time, he will step out
of the meeting to make a public announcement.
Buchanan moved to go into executive session until no later than 2:00 p.m. to
discuss the agenda items pursuant to RCW citations as announced by the Council Chair.
The motion was seconded.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Ballew, Brenner, Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, and Sidhu (7)
Nays: None (0)
(Clerk's Note: The committee came out of executive session at 1:50 p.m.)
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
1. DISCUSSION OF ESSB 6091 (HIRST AGREEMENT) AND A PROPOSED
EMERGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE USE OF PERMIT
EXEMPT WATER WITHDRAWALS FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES
(ORDINANCE SCHEDULED FOR COUNCIL ACTION THIS EVENING) (AB2018-
057)
Special Committee of the Whole (PM), 1/30/2018, Page 1
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Karen Frakes, Prosecutor's Office, gave a staff report and answered questions on the
emergency interim ordinance process.
Mark Personius, Planning and Development Services Department, gave a staff report
on the differences between the effect of the emergency interim ordinance scheduled for
adoption at the evening meeting and the interim ordinance scheduled for introduction at the
evening meeting. He answered questions on the definition of "legal availability," the
requirements from Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 6091, whether applicants will
continue to be required to hire hydrogeologists to prove legal availability, whether anyone
on the County Council was involved in writing the ordinance, and the process for updating
the watershed management plan by February 2019.
The following staff answered questions:
• Gary Stoyka, Public Works Department
• Jack Louws, County Executive
• Amy Keenan, Planning and Development Services Department
Councilmembers and staff discussed how they have to come up with a watershed
management plan update by February 2019, permit applicants versus the State paying for
mitigation, input from State legislators, deadlines, State law's precedence, whether the
Whereas statements are legally binding and how they serve as findings of fact to support
the ordinance for coming forward as an emergency interim ordinance, State Environmental
Policy Act (SEPA) requirements and determination of non - significance (DNS), and cluster
language in the code.
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:13 p.m.
The Council approved these minutes on March 13, 2018.
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Special Committee of the Whole (PM), 1/30/2018, Page 2