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Council Water Work Session
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Minutes - Final
VIRTUAL MEETING - VIEW ONLINE
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
10:30 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 Water Work Session Minutes - Final January 19, 2021
Call To Order
Roll Call
Council Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. in a
virtual meeting.
Present: 7 - Rud Browne, Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas,
Carol Frazey and Kathy Kershner
Absent: None
Water Resources Update
Gary Stoyka, Public Works Department, updated the Councilmembers on
the following and answered questions:
• The adjudication and water settlement process: It was discussed at
the December 17, 2020 Watershed Management Board meeting but
a decision was not made to proceed with developing a framework for
settlement. It will be discussed again at the February 18, 2021
meeting. The County Executive made a request to the Governor for
$400,000 to help with settlement -related talks and the Governor put
$250,000 in his budget to go along with $1 million requested by the
Department of Ecology. The Executive has been talking to water
attorneys to possibly help with water settlement discussions and
pre -settlement -discussion work.
• Projects currently underway, including the work on the regional
water supply planning process, the Drainage Base Management
project, the peer review of the groundwater model, and the Whatcom
Conservation District's domestic water use efficiency program for
which a contract will be coming to the Council.
• Upcoming meetings of the Watershed Management Board, Planning
Unit, and Lake Whatcom Policy Group
Lake Whatcom Monitoring and Modeling Update
Cathy Craver, Public Works Department, gave a presentation and answered
questions.
Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) Farm Incentives and Cost Share
Program
The following people briefed the Councilmembers, presented on the
Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) Program, and answered
questions:
• Erika Douglas, Public Works Department
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Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adjournment
• Corina Cheever, Whatcom Conservation District
• Aneka Sweeney, Whatcom Conservation District
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 11:50 a.m.
The County Council approved these minutes on February 9, 2021.
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