HomeMy WebLinkAboutNatural Resources December 4 20181
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Natural Resources Committee
December 4, 2018
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Todd Donovan called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. in the
Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Todd Donovan, Carol Frazey, Satpal Sidhu
Absent: None
Also Present: Barbara Brenner, Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, and Tyler Byrd
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
1. OVERVIEW OF UPDATE OF THE 2005 WRIA 1 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
PLAN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESSB 6091 (RCW 90.94) (AB2018-
290)
Gary Stoyka, Public Works Department, submitted and read from a presentation and
handouts (on file). He gave a staff report and answered questions. Three caucuses have
put forward an alternate plan that the Planning Unit will discuss at its next meeting. The
State Department of Eco►ogy will make the final determination on the net ecological benefit,
based on information in the plan.
Tyler Schroeder, Executive's Office, answered questions.
Councilmembers and staff discussed the appropriate order in which the Planning
Unit, Watershed Management Board, and Council approve the plan; Planning Unit
representation of the well users; metering costs; ranking projects; the timeline for
gathering the Council's input on policy decisions; initiating governments sharing the cost of
projects; impacts to instream flows; consumptive water use; western water law; fees for
service and the actual cost of mitigation; and the possibility of creating tiered fees, with all
tiers requiring metering; and estimating consumptive use for offsets.
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
1. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY
CODE 16.20, WHATCOM COUNTY SHELLFISH PROTECTION DISTRICT
(ORDINANCE SCHEDULED FOR INTRODUCTION THIS EVENING) (AB2018-
353)
Erika Douglas, Public Works Department, gave a staff report and answered questions
about the Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee.
Natural Resources Committee, 12/4/2018, Page 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURN
The me�.tipq,p ,djourned at 11:03 a.m.
s.
y
ATTE�,Tsa .o<•, � ;
Dana Rj:own` DavaNNC'ouncil filer'
Jill Nixon, Minutes Transcription
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Aa �
s
Todd Donovan, Committee Chair
Natural Resources Committee, 12/4/2018, Page 2