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TITLE OF DOCUME :
Resolution to add East Whatcom Regional Resource Center (EWRRC) Expansion Project to
the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).
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Resolution
List of Additional Projects to be added to the 2018 CEDS List
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( X ) Yes ( ) NO
SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
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Requesting Council approval of the updated CEDS project list which includes the addition of three projects:
1. EWRRC expansion project
2. BBWARM Outfalls drainage project
3. Rural County Broadband Feasibility Study (Port request- required if using State Economic
Development Administration funds)
COMMITTEE ACTION.
COUNCIL ACTION.•
8/8/2018: Committee recommended approval
8/8/2018: Approved 6 -0, Ballew absent, Res. 2018 -029
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PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: August 8, 2018
RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -029
A RESOLUTION OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL UPDATING THE
APPENDIX OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY (CEDS)
WHEREAS, the Economic Development Reform Act of 1998 identifies a
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) as a requirement to apply for
assistance under the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) economic
adjustment and public works program; and
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2018 the County Council adopted Resolution 2018 -024
the 2018 CEDS project list update through Resolution 2018 -024; and
WHEREAS, the project list did not include three identified economic
development capital projects which include a) the County's East Whatcom Regional
Resource Center (EWRRC) construction expansion project, b) the County's Birch Bay
Watershed and Aquatic Resource Management ( BBWARM) Outfalls project and c) the
Port's rural Broadband County Broadband project; and
WHEREAS, these projects are more clearly defined in the project descriptions
included on the attached revised 2018 CEDS Project Project List update; and
WHEREAS, RCW 82.14.370 requires that projects utilizing rural sales tax
revenue must be contained in the County's overall economic development plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council
hereby accepts the inclusion of three projects to the updated appendix as submitted by the
Whatcom Council of Governments and approved through Resolution 2018 -024. The three
additional projects are listed here:
1. Whatcom Regional Resource Center Expansion project Whatcom County
2. BBWARM Outfalls Drainage project Whatcom County
3. Rural County Broadband feasibility study Port of Bellingham
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council officially
adopts the revised 2018 update to the 2015 Whatcom County Economic Development
Strategy Appendix.
APPROVED this 8th day of
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