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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Works January 27 2004DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Public Works and Capital Projects Committee January 27, 2004 Committee Chair Barbara Brenner called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington. 9 10 11 12 Present: Absent: L. Ward Nelson None Sam Crawford 13 14 15 16 Also Present: None 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. ELECTION OF COMMITTEE CHAIR (AB2004-023) Nelson nominated Brenner. Motion carried 2-0 with Crawford out of the room. COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL – COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 1. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE WHATCOM COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES (AB2003-075B) Matt Aamot, Senior Planner, stated he would address opium substitute clinics. The Council should approve one zoning district where the clinics can be approved. He would also address the January 12, 2004 language regarding airport siting. Finally, he would address secure community transition facilities. Jackie Mitchell, Substance Abuse Coordinator, stated she was asked to help answer questions about methadone clinics. The Substance Abuse Advisory Board has been involved with this issue. It developed a task force that merged with the Public Health Advisory Board and developed the needle exchange program. More recently, it conducted a number of community forums on the issue. Eventually, it discussed the change in the law with the Board of Health. Her office receives an increasing number of calls from addicts and their family members asking why the opiate substitution clinic alternative is not Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 1 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 available in Whatcom County. Many addicts have found some assistance with becoming productive members of society through this method of treatment. Dick Jones, Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) Regional Administrator, stated the Council should be complimented for starting this process now. Before giving out a clinic’s license, the State won’t site a facility. The County has to determine where the facility will go. When that’s in place, the State will issue the license. Crawford asked if DASA has a projection or speculation on whether this service would come to Whatcom County. Jones stated there is interest in Whatcom County. They haven’t yet done a formal needs assessment for Whatcom County. Norman Johnson, Therapeutic Health Services Executive Director, Seattle, stated he has four clinics under his administration. There are nine people they know of that drive every day from Bellingham to Seattle to the clinic. He’s worked with Snohomish County for 7.5 years to get services there. There are 250 clients that come from areas north of King County to the Shoreline clinic. As of tomorrow, 100 clients will be transferred into the new Everett facility. From a treatment perspective, it’s reasonable to have the services in an area closer to these people. He met with Lummi Nation representatives recently about assisting them with getting services. The ideal thing for a community would be to use physicians. Physicians can treat up to 30 clients. Crawford stated the Lummi Nation has said it has a zero tolerance policy, and would banish anyone from tribal areas who violates the policy. He’s confused about how an opiate substitution service would fit in with that zero tolerance policy. Johnson stated the tribe was considering a clinic a month ago when he discussed it with the tribe. Crawford asked the other county’s role with working with the Stillaguamish Tribe. Johnson stated his agency provides medical services for the Stillaguamish Tribe’s clinic. It’s an opiate substitution clinic in Arlington. Crawford asked if that county played a role in permitting the clinic because it was on the reservation. Johnson stated it did play a role. The monies from the federal government went to the State, then to the County, and then to the tribe. Crawford asked if the Lummi Nation could operate exclusively. Johnson stated the siting issue is a major issue for the County. Brenner stated they should ask the Lummis those questions. Johnson stated that siting is complex, but it can be done to meet the needs of the community. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 2 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 David Kurtz, Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Certification Section Supervisor, stated DASA consulted with Snohomish County on the Arlington facility, but the clinic does operate independently because it is on tribal grounds. The clinic still had to meet the standards of the State and federal government. Crawford asked if all the clients served are tribal. Kurtz stated they are not. They can serve other people. His determination of need for Snohomish County was that the county needs three programs. If a fourth program ever applies, the question would be whether the tribal program is considered in the county. The County would have to convince him that there’s need for a fourth program, not the other way around. Brenner asked if the State would not challenge the County’s siting policies. Kurtz stated the rule has always been that the clinic needs the business license from the community, which means the clinic needs to comply with siting regulations. Brenner stated that if Whatcom County doesn’t have locational criteria in place, the clinic could go anywhere. Kurtz stated it would have to fit in some category for a business. Crawford stated it would be helpful for the Council to know the difference between methadone treatment and other substance abuse treatment centers. Kurtz stated they have to meet the same standards. The only difference is that methadone treatment clinics give out a prescription drug, prescribed by a physician. Also, people have fears about that population. However, the fears are unsubstantiated. Brenner asked if there have ever been any problems from substance abuse treatment centers. Kurtz stated he’s never had a single complaint about any methadone treatment program by a business or neighbor. He’s had complaints from clients or staff, but not neighbors. He’s heard of discussions about it, but they were never issues that the State had to resolve. They’ve been resolved by the local business. Johnson stated there have been complaints, in his experience. One example is a group of people on public assistance who come to the clinic in the morning, have children, and don’t rush back to a job. They may go to McDonald’s or Starbucks for a cup of coffee, and linger for 90 minutes or more. He’s gotten calls from businesses as far away as three and a half miles. Whenever his agency goes into a community, he meets with the local business people. Parking is also a concern. There is one complaint he will look at about keeping people quiet because they open at 6:00 a.m. Complaints are usually handled quickly, and don’t get to the State. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 3 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Crawford stated they may want to consider accessibility when siting a facility. Johnson stated there is a concern that there needs to be access, as any business would need. There needs to be parking places. A lot of the siting problem is due to the clinic’s image. They can control the comings and goings of the clients by timing. Studies show there is no increase in crime, no major loitering, and in some cases it made the issues better because there was treatment. The most important action the State has done was to require local hearings on siting a facility. The community needs to be educated. Brenner asked Mr. Johnson for ideas of areas that work better than other areas. Johnson stated there is a federal discrimination law about locating these clinics. Whenever there’s been a lawsuit against a community, the clinics have one. They don’t want to get into that. There are things they can look at. They want to allow easy access. Brenner asked why the County is doing this if clinics win all lawsuits about siting. Kurtz stated the issues are regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility. The clinics are first a certified treatment program, regulated by Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, State Department of Social and Health Services, State Board of Pharmacy, and the nationally recognized opiate treatment accreditation body. The State of Washington was the first State to be approved as the first accreditation body. It is an alternative to the national accreditation body. Treatment is a medically supervised out-patient program. Treatment provides medical examinations, monitoring, medication management, counseling, urinalysis, and referrals to other social services. Staff includes physicians, nurses, administrative personnel, and chemical dependency professionals. Dispensaries are usually open as early as 5:30 a.m., so people can go to work. Other types of counseling is scheduled at other times of the day. In 2003, 51 percent of the patients in Washington State were publicly funded. The rest were paid privately. The median age of the clients is 43. The median age of first-time use is 21. Half were male. Thirteen percent were employed. Thirty four percent had been arrested the previous year. Twenty- two percent had children at home. Seventeen percent were homeless. From 2002 data, they know property crimes were reduced by 64 percent. Emergency room visits decreased by 51 percent. Overall arrest rates declined by 63 percent. Drug offense arrests dropped by 81 percent. There is no evidence that crime increases in the community. It decreases. Patients receiving treatment show a marked reduction in criminal activity. Brenner asked for the data that shows crime rates actually go down. That’s hard to believe. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 4 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Jones stated that he would provide the data that is used to do the needs assessment. Brenner asked for parameters on the locational criteria that might make it more palatable. Kurtz stated there’s no special need for a treatment center to be located near emergency medical or hospital services. Public transportation is essential. Most of the clients are low income. Brenner asked about the level of bus service. Local bus service from outlying areas runs once every hour or two. Kurtz stated the clinic needs bus service to arrive there early in the morning. Brenner asked for information on available bus services at existing facilities. Kurtz stated loitering can be an issue. Businesses have dealt with the issue business-to-business. Some programs have firm policies about not loitering. Lynnwood agreed to hire their own security personnel to discourage loitering. In 2003, the total patient count for Whatcom County is about 292 that are currently in treatment. Crawford asked if there is a possibility that a facility in Whatcom County would attract local users who are not currently in treatment. If they locate the service here, some of the folks currently on the street have more accessibility to the service. He asked if the statistics would go up because of that. Mitchell stated the needle exchange program services people who live here locally. It had 400 visitors last year. Of that, 75 percent are heroin users. There are a number of people in Whatcom County who are not in treatment. Kurtz stated the challenge for Whatcom County would be to sustain a program. There is a small population base. The Washington Administrative Code (WAC) requires the business to work with the jurisdiction to come up with an appropriate site before submitting a permit application. (Clerk’s Note: End of tape one, side A.) Dac Jamison, Bellingham Police Department and Substance Abuse Advisory Board Member, stated the City is working on siting. One question is how treatment prevents crime. When someone is addicted, they plan a crime to get their drug. While in the program, the client is seeking treatment. It does reduce crime because a person being treated isn’t needing the heroin until they get to lower doses. Nelson asked a person’s responsibility once accepted into the treatment program. Jamison stated that person has to follow the rules of the treatment Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 5 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 program. That person knows that taking other opiates at the same time is extremely dangerous. They’ve had quite a few people use them together, with fatal results. Brenner stated she didn’t know that methadone was an opiate. She thought it is something that keeps a patient from craving heroin. Jamison stated when someone is on a high-enough dosage, they don’t have the need for heroin. That doesn’t mean the patient won’t try to use something to enhance the treatment when the dose becomes low enough in the system. The purpose of the program is not to get someone high. Johnson stated that the treatment doesn’t take the craving away. It’s a blocking agent. If they use an opiate, the patient won’t feel it. Jamison stated there’s no reason to take an opiate drug because they won’t get the high unless they have a lower dose of methadone. The methadone is a blocker. Crawford asked if the County could determine that the best location is in the city. Aamot stated most counties and cities have to plan for essential public facilities. The County has to allow a location, even if it won’t ever be used. Brenner asked if there would be County involvement through the Health Department. Jamison stated the money comes the same way through DASA. The Health Department would be involved. Johnson stated that if the location is in the county, the clinic has to meet County standards. If in the city, it has to meet City standards, and the County isn’t involved. Crawford stated he has felt like the County hasn’t taken a proactive position in the County. The State representative has told the County that it needs to have siting criteria, or it may have problems. He asked what the County Council should do next. Jamison stated the County Council and City Council should each identify an area where they have to allow a clinic. Approve an ordinance that isn’t restrictive, and that can deal with the current and future aspects of the situation. Clinics aren’t the focal point of crime, which is a large misconception about them. Brenner asked about creating the clinic at the hospital. Jamison stated the hospital has been moving away from health maintenance programs and focusing on immediate care. Brenner stated there might be fewer concerns by neighbors if the site is located in areas where there are already medical facilities. She asked if that’s been discussed. Jamison stated it hasn’t. The hospital benefits greatly from a methadone clinic. Emergency room use goes down. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 6 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Nelson stated most siting criteria for mental health crisis facilities is a conditional use. Aamot stated it can be allowed as a conditional use. Brenner asked about the change in appendix C on Council packet page 317. For the category of substance abuse and mental health group homes, the County doesn’t require conditional use permits anyway. They are either allowed or not allowed. She asked why the County doesn’t make them a conditional use. Aamot stated it is a function of the federal Fair Housing Act. If it’s similar in size to a residential use permitted in the zone, they have to allow it. If it is larger than a residential use, the County can require a conditional use. Crawford stated the County plans for certain categories listed in appendix C on packet page 317. He asked if it means that the State will look at other categories if the County is silent on the opiate substitution treatment facilities. Kurtz stated the treatment center needs to obtain a business license from the County first. It needs to meet local ordinances first. The State wouldn’t site something that doesn’t meet local ordinances. A provider would have already negotiated a site with the jurisdiction before going to the permit stage at the State. Jones stated that to make it clean, put the word “opiate” in the category heading. The State isn’t doing anything until the County gives an okay. Brenner stated this would be held in committee for two weeks. 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 OTHER BUSINESS ORDINANCE AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 2.02.150, REGARDING WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES (AB2004-028) Brenner stated she’s okay with the name change to this committee, but is happier with “Capital Projects, Public Works, and Public Safety Committee” Nelson stated public works is the same as capital projects. Brenner stated she’s fine with the name change. Nelson stated there has been lots of discussions regarding criminal justice and jails. It uses over 50 percent of the County’s budget. There is no committee to discuss it specifically. It falls into the category of public works. Brenner moved to recommend approval to the full Council. Crawford asked if it includes anything to do with courts, sheriff, prosecutor, and jail. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 7 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 Nelson stated it does. Motion carried unanimously. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL 1. COMMITTEE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POSSIBLE DRAFTING OF A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURES FOR SCHEDULING AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE 2004 JOINT LAKE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS (AB2004-064) Brenner stated she’s in favor of making changes. She asked who would draft the change. Bruce Roll, Water Resources Division Manager, stated he would draft changes, but he needs guidance. Nelson stated they waste a lot of time in these meetings. They want the ability for the legislative bodies to meet together without a broad range of administrative input. Administrations can provide staff to answer questions. The last few meetings have been taken up by administrative talk. Roll stated the interlocal agreement specifies the contents of the meetings. Staff has attempted to cover those items. Brenner stated what’s been happening at the meetings is that councilmembers received information the day before the meeting about boating on the lake. A lot of people come to the meeting because they are concerned about that issue. Then at the meeting, staff tells them that item won’t be discussed. Part of the problem is the lack of ability to have an efficient meeting. Crawford stated the first three bulleted items of the agreement have been done well. The staffs of the City and County do good jobs. The concern is with the last two bulleted items. Legislators are at a loss about making formal recommendations and making plans for the lake. They did have issues that each of the three elected bodies took votes on. The meetings have defaulted to the first two or three bulleted items. Nelson stated there is no dialogue among the legislative bodies at those meetings. They get input from staff, but there is no discussion among the legislators. Brenner agreed. That’s the number one problem. There’s no time for a dialogue. It would be helpful for each individual council to meet with its staff a week or two before the meetings. Roll stated staff can work on providing information ahead of the meetings. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 8 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Brenner stated it’s not appropriate for Mayor Asmundson to decide from whom they do and do not take input. Crawford stated it’s a good opportunity to be informed about a lot of stuff. The main things that really happen during the meetings are bullet points one and two in the agreement. He asked what they could do to change the problem. They’re getting an informational session where all three legislative bodies hear the same information. Brenner stated she wants to know at least a week ahead of time what’s really on the agenda. Stick to an agenda. They need predictability about what they’re going to discuss. It would be helpful for each body to have individual meetings to hash out a lot of this stuff ahead of time. Roll stated the last bullet point item in the agreement is the five-year plan, which is to be redone this year. That’s why they don’t see that item on the agenda at every meeting. Staff just tries to report on its program plans for that year. Nelson stated the problem may be just with how the meetings are run. At the most recent meeting, the legislators had to fight to allow the public to provide input. That’s one of the reasons for the councils to meet. Make sure the public has time to address the councils. Steve Martini, resident, stated there’s a growing sense of concern from people living on the lake and in the watershed. This is one of the issues of concern. The public has no idea about what’s on the agenda of these meetings. The boat issue has people up in arms. There is serious discussion about forming a countywide citizen committee to work on this and other issues. Some of them who were unaffected by the downzone reviewed the process. The Council’s decision to not allow density credits was wrong. These kinds of issues and procedures do affect people. If people don’t know what’s going on, it’s hard to get involved. People show up at a meeting angry because they don’t know what’s going on. Brenner stated this is an issue that they have to do something about. Nelson stated the procedures of the interlocal agreement should be followed. He was very frustrated because it was a waste of his and the public’s time. Roll stated he’s hearing that they need a more structured format for the public and that they should give the legislators information ahead of time. Brenner stated don’t change the agenda at the last minute. Roll stated the boating issue was on the agenda as an update. Brenner stated that if something is on the agenda, they need time to respond. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 9 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING WHATCOM COUNTY SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S REQUEST FOR DIRECTION REGARDING THE DRAFTING OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE MANDATORY COLLECTION ORDINANCE (AB2004-085) Brenner stated they have to fix the exemption process. Don’t get rid of the exemption process. She sees the garbage on the road on the garbage pickup days. That’s unfortunate. There are people who live in the county, have an exemption and who handle their garbage responsibility. If people aren’t being responsible, deal with those people. They need to be responsible. She asked the legal recourse if someone isn’t dumping their garbage responsibly. Nelson stated he filed for exemption many years ago. It was the only time he ever filed. Hauling waste material is an option for people in the rural areas. If they do away with exemptions, they will eliminate some recycling, also. Brenner agreed that recycling will be reduced. Crawford asked the process of exemption. Jeff Monsen, Public Works Director, stated that when mandatory collection was put into place, there was the assumption of revenue generation to finance these kinds of administrative activities, through tipping fee surcharges. That’s been eliminated as an option. They now finance administrative activities through an excise tax only if a person has a collection service. There is motivation for mandatory collection for revenue reasons. There has always been substantial support of creating an exemption process rather than strong-arming everyone into having a collection service. Brenner stated she doesn’t have a problem being charged the cost of being tracked. Monsen stated he doesn’t know how much that would be. The agreement between the County and cities regarding mandatory collection was an equity issue between rural and incorporated populations. The real challenge in the shift from a surcharge to an excise task was to create the database of who in the un- incorporated area can have collection service and an exemption. It would require one to one and a half full-time equivalent (FTE) employees just to manage the database. If there are 17,000 self-haulers, it would cost about $100,000 to simply manage the database. It’s an ongoing operation because they’re talking about managing a database of who lives where. Cities already have that database management because they’re in the utility business. The County tracks property owners, not residences. Brenner stated that if they manage the database by property instead of by who is currently living at the residence, the liability is still with the property owner rather than the resident. Monsen stated that concept has never been proposed. The decision of past discussions has been to not finance such a program. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 10 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Brenner asked if it would be simpler to track it by property owner. McShane stated the Solid Waste Advisory Committee is asking if the Council wants the Solid Waste Advisory Committee to work on that problem. There is no discussion of solutions yet. The committee wants to keep checking in as it continues to work on the problem to make sure it’s going in the direction the Council wants it to go. The committee doesn’t know the solution yet. It wants to keep contact with the Council. Monsen stated the department supports revisiting this issue. Brenner stated she would like the committee to come up with three or four alternatives, including allowing exemptions. McShane stated the committee would explore three or four alternatives generally, but not in much detail. It would keep coming back to the Council to stay on track. Crawford asked the characterization of this as a problem. He asked if there is a disparity that’s growing between folks who have collection and those who don’t. He asked if fiscal needs are not being met. Monsen stated one issue the advisory committee raised was that aggressive activity curbside improves recycling rates. That’s part of the motivation for bringing this item forward. He wants to make sure the Council is aware of operational issues to deal with this. His motivation is that the County Code says they’re going to do this, and they’re not. It’s a budgeting process decision to not finance the effort. Nelson asked where the estimate of 17,000 un-exempted self-haulers comes from. Monsen stated the estimate has been around for awhile. It was re- introduced through the recycling potential assessment. Brenner moved to request that the SWAC come up with alternatives that include continuing some type of exemption for solid waste collection. Crawford stated he’d like to see the existing ordinance to see specifically what the County is not doing. Until then he would vote against the motion. Brenner withdrew her motion. She asked to schedule this item again in two weeks to discuss the existing ordinance. 43 44 45 46 47 ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 3:04 p.m. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 11 DISCLAIMER: This document contains the Whatcom County Council or Committee minutes, as approved. However, unless an attested signature page is attached, they are not the final approved minutes. Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, 1/27/2004, Page 12 ______________________________ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Jill Nixon, Minutes Transcription ATTEST: WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON ______________________________ ___________________________ Dana Brown-Davis, Council Clerk Barbara Brenner, Committee Chair