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Council Planning and Development Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360)778-5010
Committee Minutes - Final
ESTIMATED TIME - MEETING MAY BEGIN EARLIER/LATER THAN 3:30 P.M.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
3:30 PM
Council Chambers
COUNCILMEMBERS
Barbara Brenner
Tyler Byrd
Todd Donovan
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Planning and Development Committee Minutes - Final October 22, 2019
Committee
Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Tyler called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
Present: 3 - Barbara Brenner, Tyler Byrd and Todd Donovan
Absent: None
Also present: Barry Buchanan, Carol Frazey, and Rud Browne
Special Presentation
1. AB2019-519 Report from Planning and Development Services
Mark Personius, Planning and Development Services Department Director, submitted
and read from a handout (on file) and reported on permitting statistics, customer
service improvements including a new electronic permit tracking system and two new
Natural Resource Division guidance manuals, major planning project and permit
center highlights, legislative docket initiatives, and upcoming Planning issues
addressing 5G technology and repetitive building permit renewals and occupancy
approvals.
He answered questions about tracking staff resoponses to customer phone calls in the
permitting process, information about the Green Apple Renewable Fuels Project and
the Governors Point Long Plant/Development Agreement applications, a P66
Refinery International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Fuel Storage Tanks
SEPA appeal, the process and advisory groups for the Point Roberts Special District
Code amendments, whether there will be code changes about gravel mining in the
river, the process of appealing the Critical Areas Ordinance, recent Planning
Commission discussions to delete the proposed greenhouse gas mitigation
requirements for renewable fuel facilites that reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas
emissions as it relates to Cherry Point Fossil Fuel amendments, what tension exists
between the counties and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
concerning 5G technology, and whether allowing park models and tiny homes within
mobile home parks will be factored into the Whatcom County Code.
This agenda item was REPORTED.
Committee Discussion
1. AB2019-479 Discussion of proposed ordinance amending Whatcom County Code Chapters 11.16
and 11.20 to protect Lake Samish shoreline properties and Lake Samish water
recreation
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Other Business
Adjournment
October 22, 2019
The following staff answered questions:
Ryan Ericson, Planning Department, submitted a handout on a 2015 report (on file)
Michael King, Sheriffs Office
Tyler Schroeder, Executive's Office
Mike McFarlane, Parks Department
Councilmembers and staff discussed getting exact coordinates to be listed in the
ordinance, a 2015 report about wave erosion and how it is affected by distance of
boats from the shore, newer types of boats and the size of the wakes they create,
natural erosion vs boat -induced erosion and determining what percent is caused by
boats, putting up "wake -responsibly" signs to provide public education, and whether
the Sheriffs Office can enforce rules about distance and specific activities.
This agenda item was HELD IN COMMITTEE.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
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