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Council (Special)
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Minutes - Final
VIRTUAL MEETING - VIEW ONLINE
Thursday, December 17, 2020
11 AM
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 December 17, 2020
Call To Order
Roll Call
Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. in a
virtual meeting.
Present: 7 - Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Carol Frazey, Ben
Absent: None
Elenbaas and Kathy Kershner
Council Consideration and Action
1. AB2020-605 Resolution approving the development agreement between Whatcom County and
Governors Point Land, LP
Amy Keenan, Planning and Development Services Department, briefed the
Councilmembers on the proposed Resolution and stated that it gives
authority to the Executive to sign the development agreement.
Royce Buckingham, Prosecuting Attorney's Office, addressed concerns
about whether the pubic could participate again in this meeting, the open
record hearing process, and receiving personal notice about hearings and
Hearing Examiner decisions. He and Keenan answered questions about the
code that addresses requirements for personal notice of hearings, how
public comments allowed by Council figure in to the open record hearing
law, whether the Council could be made aware in the future when an agenda
item is a closed hearing, why these types of items come to the Council, how
Council can access the full record for this item, how much of the
agreement could possibly change since it is a draft agreement, whether they
can approve everything but the dates, whether the highlighted dates in the
agreement are substantive, whether the agreement would come back to the
Council if a change were to occur, why this Resolution has to be done now,
and whether there is anything different that was sent to Councilmembers for
today than what was in the Council's packet for December 8, 2020.
Byrd moved that the Resolution be approved. The motion was seconded by
Frazey.
Councilmembers discussed with staff where public comments can be found
online and how the information can be better presented to the Council in the
future.
Byrd's motion that the Resolution be APPROVED carried by the following
vote:
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Aye: 6 - Browne, :Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Frazey and Elenbaas
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: I - Kershner
Other Business
Adjournment
Enactment No: RES 2020-056
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 11:25 am.
The County Council approved these minutes on January 12, 2021.
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA
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Barry Buchanan, Council Chair
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