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Council Natural Resources Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste 4105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Committee Minutes - Final
VIRTUAL MEETING - ENDS NO LATER THAN 9:45 A.M.
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
9:30 AM
Virtual Meeting
COUNCILMEMBERS
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Carol Franey
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Natural Resources Committee Committee Minutes - Final June 16, 2020
Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Todd Donovan called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m. in
a virtual meeting.
Present: 3 - Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas and Carol Frazey
Absent: None
Also present: Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd and Kathy Kershner
Announcements
Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council
1. AB2020-091 Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 16.20, Whatcom County Shellfish
Protection Districts
Erika Douglas, Public Works Department, briefed the Committee members
and answered questions about whether waiving the term limits would need
to be done on a case by case basis or whether it would happen automatically.
Elenbaas stated he would like to amend proposed section D of Exhibit A of
the ordinance to add "on a case by case basis" as follows:
D. Member terms will be four years, unless otherwise required by the
Revised Code of Washington (RCW). Council may waive on a case by case
basis the term limit requirements of WCC 2.03 as it applies to this Chapter.
Elenbaas mover[ that the ordinance be recommended for adoption. The
motion was seconded by Frazey.
Elenbaas moved that the ordinance be amended as noted above.
The motion to amend carried by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Donovan, Elenbaas, and Frazey
Nay: 0
Frazey moved that the Ordinance be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION
WITH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Aye: 3 - Donovan, Elenbaas and Frazey
Nay: 0
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Absent: 0
Other Business
Adjournment
Committee members continued to discuss the item with Douglas and how
to better reach out to find potential applicants.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 a.m.
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Kristi Felbinger, Minutes Trans Ription
SIGNED COPY ON FILE
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