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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Works Apr 6 2021Whatcom County Council Public Works & Health Committee COUNTY COURTHOUSE 311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105 Bellingham, WA 98225-4038 (360) 778-5010 Committee Minutes - Final VIRTUAL MEETING - ENDS NO LATER THAN 2:30 P.M. (TO PARTICIPATE, SEE INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil OR CALL 360.778.5010) Tuesday, April 6, 2021 1:30 PM Virtual Meeting COUNCILMEMBERS Rud Browne Todd Donovan Carol Frazey CLERK OF THE COUNCIL Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C. Council Public Works & Health Committee Minutes - Final April 6, 2021 Committee Call To Order Roll Call Committee Chair Carol Frazey called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m. in a virtual meeting. Present: 3 - Carol Frazey, Todd Donovan and Rud Browne Absent: None Also Present: Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Ben Elenbaas, and Kathy Kershner Special Presentation 1. AB2021-179 Report by the Whatcom County Food System Committee on protecting the food system and discussion of committee recommendations Riley Sweeney, Whatcom County Food System Committee Chair, gave a report and answered questions about whether addressing refrigeration storage capacity at food banks is included in the recommendations and getting specific requests from the food banks in that regard so the Council knows where money should go, how the new facilities at the East Whatcom Regional Resource Center are doing, prioritizing which recommendations are most important right now, and what else the committee might need from the Council. Satpal Sidhu, County Executive, spoke about maybe having a joint facility and collaborating with Skagit County, and he requested that the Food System Committee reconcile what dollars have already gone toward the food system since the publishing of the committee's report. This agenda item was REPORTED. Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council 1. AB2021-204 Consideration of citizen appeals of road name change due to correction of address number sequence. The following people briefed the Councilmembers: • Jim Karcher, Public Works Department • Jon Hutchings, Public Works Department Director Councilmembers and staff discussed the item. Browne moved that the appeal be RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. whatcom County Page Council Public Works & Health Committee Minutes - Final April 6, 2021 Committee Councilmembers and staff continued to discuss the item and whether the residents would have a say in the road naming process. Browne's motion that the appeal be RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL carried by the following vote: Aye: 3 - Frazey, Donovan and Browne Nay: 0 Absent: 0 Items Added by Revision Other Business Adjournment There were no agenda items added by revision. There was no other business. The meeting adjourned at 2:06 p.m. ATTEST.YV . h o r , bana Browp I)avig, Council Clerk d ry Kristi Felbinger, Minutes Transcription WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WA Carol Frazey-via email 4/9/2021 Carol Frazey, Committee Chair Whatcom County Page 2