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Council (Special)
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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Minutes - Final
VIRTUAL MEETING - VIEW ONLINE (CHERRY POINT)
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
1PM
Virtual Meeting
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) Minutes - Final November 17, 2020
Call To Order
Roll Call
Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 1 p.m. in a
virtual meeting.
Present: 7 - Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Carol Frazey, Ben
Elenbaas and Kathy Kershner
Absent: None
Discussion and Possible Approval of Motions
1. AB2020-345 Discussion of proposed Cherry Point amendments
Eddy Ury, Re Sources, stated the presentation today is a draft -revisions
proposal that the Stakeholder group is working on. Since they have not
reached final agreement on it the compromise they came to is that they
would present it to the Councilmembers on screen but not send them a
document yet. He asked the following stakeholder members present to
introduce themselves:
• Alex Ramel, Stand.earth
• Anna Doty, Washington Environmental Council (WEC)/Washington
Conservation Voters (WCV)
• Pam Brady, BP
• Jim Verburg, BP
• Jeff Chalfant, BP
• Gavin Carscallen, Petrogas
• Andrew Gamble, Petrogas
• Brad Brown, Philips 66
• Tim Johnson, Phillips 66
• Holli Johnson, Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA)
• Trevor Smith, Laborers Local 292
Approximate Timestamp: 00:05:21
Ury shared a document "Cherry Point Amendments Joint Stakeholder
Revisions Transshipment" on the screen and updated the Councilmembers
on what the Stakeholder group has worked on.
Approximate Timestamp: 00:31:00
The following people discussed the document with Councilmembers and
answered questions:
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• Brad Brown
• Eddy Ury
• Gavin Carscallen
• Jeff Chalfant
• Mark Personius, Planning and Development Services Department
Director
Approximate Timestamp: 01:23:51
Ury and Councilmembers spoke about next steps and when a document with
proposed changes might be available for Councilmembers.
Dana Brown -Davis, Clerk of the Council, answered a question about a next
possible meeting time and the Councilmembers and participants agreed to
meet on November 24, 2020 which is a regular Council meeting day.
Approximate Timestamp: 1:30:07
Elenbaas moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by
Byrd.
The motion to adjourn failed by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Browne, Byrd, and Elenbaas
Nay: 4- Buchanan, Donovan, Frazey, and Kershner
Approximate Timestamp: 1:31:39
The following people discussed with Councilmembers about time needed
for the Stakeholder group to work on proposed revisions and a plan moving
forward.
• Alex Ramel
• Eddy Ury
• Pam Brady
• Trevor Smith
This agenda item was DISCUSSED.
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adjournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 2:41 p.m.
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The County Council approved these minutes on December 8, 2020.
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