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Council Special Committee of the Whole
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste 9105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Committee Minutes - Final
ESTIMATED TIME - MEETING MAY BEGIN EARLIER/LATER THAN 2:30 P.M.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
2:30 PM
Council Chambers
COUNCILMEMBERS
Rud Browne
Barry Buchanan
Tyler Byrd
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Carol Frazey
Kathy Kershner
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Special Committee of the Whole Committee Minutes - Final February 11, 2020
Call To Order
Roll Call
Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 2:40 p.m. in
the Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
Present: 7 - Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Carol Frazey, Ben
Elenbaas and Kathy Kershner
Absent: None
Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council
1. AB2020-055 Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between
Whatcom County and Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK) to develop a
Whatcom County Public Health, Safety, and Justice Facility Needs Assessment, in
the amount of $629,694
Buchanan gave a brief history of the initiatives to build a new corrections
facilitiy.
The following people spoke and answered questions:
Jeff Bradley and Jeff Goodale, both of Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum
(HOK), submitted and gave a presentation (on file).
Tyler Schroeder, Executive's Office
They and Councilmembers discussed different types of possible facility
layouts and answered questions about whether the medical health and the
jail components would be in the same building or separate facilities, a
typical maximum duration of incarceration in the San Mateo facility which
was shown as an example, the smallest jurisdictions that they've worked
with that might be more similar to Whatcom County than very large
jurisdictions in the examples, not addressing location at this point without
community input, how HOK plans to bring the community together to
support a model in a short time frame and what marketing abilities they
have, addressing hard data in the communities in which HOK has done
projects, what deliverables would be included in the authorized dollar
amount, how the costs of the contract would be phased throughout the
project, different modes of community outreach, and the estimated
timeframe of a typical project.
Tyler Schroeder, Executive's Office, answered a question about how they
would work with the different stakeholder advisory committees and elected
officials.
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Buchanan opened the floor for comments and the following people spoke
and asked questions of the presenters:
Joy Gilfllan
Irene Morgan
Carole Perry
Andronetta Douglass
Bill Elfo, County Sheriff
Browne moved and Donovan seconded that the Contract be
RECOMMENDED FOR AUTHORIZATION. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye: 5 - Browne, Buchanan, Donovan, Frazey and Kershner
Nay: 1 - Elenbaas
Absent: 0
Abstain: 1 - Byrd
Special Order of Business
1. AB2020-057 Assignment of staffing responsibilities for the Public Health, Safety, and Justice Facility
Needs Assessment, including the project website and the Stakeholder Advisory
Committee (SAC)
Cathy Halka, Council Office, clarified the process and answered questions
about which staff members would be involved.
Donovan moved to approve the work assignment as disucssed.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Frazey, and Kershner
Nay: 0
The Special Order of Business was DISCUSSED and a motion was approved.
2. AB2020-083 Resolution amending the membership of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC)
for the Public Health, Safety, and Justice Facility Needs Assessment
Buchanan briefed the Councilmembers on the Resolution. Councilmembers
discussed the membership of the Advisory Committee.
Browne moved that the proposed Resolution be approved. The motion was
seconded.
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Kernsher moved to recommend an amendment to the membership to
increase #12 (Citizen -Behavioral Health) to two members, to increase #13
(Citizen -Criminal Justice Advocate) to five members, and increase #14
(Individual with lived experience in the criminal justice system) to five
members. This would increase the member by nine members. The motion
was seconded.
Councilmembers discussed possible scenarios and the benefits of having a
larger committee membership.
The motion to amend the proposed Resolution carried by the following
vote:
Aye: 5 - Browne, Buchanan, Elenbaas, Frazey, and Kershner
Nay: 1 - Donovan
Abstain: 1 - Browne
Browne's motion that the Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR
APPROVAL WITH PROPOSED AMENDMENT carried by the following
vote:
Aye: 7 - Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Frazey, Elenbaas and Kershner
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
Committee Discussion
1. AB2020-038 Discuss proposed Interlocal Agreement between Whatcom County and cities relating
to interim procedures for amending the Countywide Planning Policies
Matt Aamot, Planning and Development Services Department, briefed the
Council on the past discussions on this item and changes recommended by
the City/County Planning Group including two possible methods of
approval incorporated into procedures and separated with an "or" instead of
an "and," and an expiration date for the interlocal. He answered questions
about which Cities have seen and agreed to the plan up to this point
Donovan moved to recommend approval of the proposal as presented. The
motion was seconded.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Frazey, and Kershner
Nay: 0
This agenda item was DISCUSSED and A MOTION WAS APPROVED.
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Other Business
Adjournment
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
The County Council approved these minutes on February 25, 2020.
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