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Council Public Works & Health Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
12:45 PM
Virtual Meeting
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Rud Browne
Todd Donovan
Carol Frazey
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Public Works & Health Committee Minutes - Final August 10, 2021
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Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Carol Frazey called the meeting to order at 12:46 p.m. in
a virtual meeting.
Present: 3 - Carol Frazey, Todd Donovan, and Rud Browne
Absent: None
Also Present: Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, and Ben Elenbaas
Announcements
Committee Discussion
1. AB2021-460 Discussion regarding proposed resolution in the matter of the Whatcom County
Six -Year Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for the years of 2022 through
2027
The following staff gave a presentation and answered questions:
• Jim Karcher, Public Works Department
• Jon Hutchings, Public Works Department Director
Karcher gave a presentation (documents on file) and he and Hutchings
answered questions about whether the project numbers on the draft plan
represent a priority ranking, the R28 Lakeway Drive Corridor
Improvements project, whether Marine Drive/Little Squalicum Bridge No.I
IS Outside of the city limits, whether traffic counters seen along Lakeway
Dr. are pertaining to this plan, how many of the roads the County is working
on, whether the County is doing anything in response to a recent accident
involving County employees to make it safer, how the injured employees
are doing, how to make the call whether to keep investing in areas that will
be annexed, whether Urban Area Boundary (UAB) is the same as Urban
Growth Area (UGA), and when the STIP will be brought to the Council.
This agenda item was DISCUSSED.
Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council
1. AP20211- ;! 64 Resolution in the matter of considering vacating a portion of Wynn Road
Andrew Hester, Public Works Department, briefed the Councilmembers
and answered why there is a map for this first item but not the other three
related resolutions on the agenda, and how these resolutions fit into the
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whole road vacation process.
Donovan moved that the Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR
APPROVAL. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Frazey, Donovan, and Browne
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
2. A B202 1465. Resolution in the matter of considering vacating a portion of Thomas Road
Donovan moved that the Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR
APPROVAL. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Frazey, Donovan, and Browne
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
3. AB 07_i -466' Resolution in the matter of considering vacating a portion of Horton Road
Donovan moved that the Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR
APPROVAL. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Frazey, Donovan, and Browne
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
4. AB202 l 46 7 Resolution in the matter of considering vacating a portion of Boxwood Road
Donovan moved that the Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR
APPROVAL. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Frazey, Donovan, and Browne
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
Items Added by Revision
There were no agenda items added by revision.
Other Business
There was no other business.
Adiournment
The meeting adjourned at 1:22 p.m.
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA
Carol Frazey-via email 8/12/2021
Carol Frazey, Committee Chair
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