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Council Climate Action and Natural Resources Committee
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
10:20 AM
Hybrid Meeting
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Kaylee Galloway
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Climate Action and Natural Committee Minutes - Final April 12, 2022
Resources Committee
Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Kaylee Galloway called the meeting to order at 10:21
a.m. in a hybrid meeting.
Present: 3 - Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas, and Kaylee Galloway
Absent: None
Also Present: Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, and Carol Frazey
Announcements
Special Presentation
1. AB2022_.-200 Report from the Parks and Recreation Department
Mike McFarlane, Parks and Recreation Department Director, reported and
answered whether lead mitigation (associated with the Plantation Rifle
Ranges) is in the Parks and Recreation budget or whether it would come
from the stormwater fund, whether the Department of Ecology (DOE) told
the County there was a problem after an inspection in 2017, whether the
standards for lead in the water changed between 2017 and 2020, whether the
County is obligated to clean up that area periodically along the way, how
expensive this is going to be since this is in the Lake Samish watershed, and
whether those costs would be recouped from the fees the County is getting
from the rifle range.
Tyler Schroeder, Executive's Office, spoke about communication with the
DOE on the issue, and making sure there is a timeline in which the County
could do background work and understand the costs for the remediation and
stormwater work. He also gave a background on the timing that the County
was made aware that the DOE was interested in following up and asked the
County to go into this agreed order.
McFarlane continued his report and answered whether Silver Lake Park is
booked up for the season, and whether there is a timeline for the Point
Whitehorn stairs repair.
Frazey thanked McFarlane for getting the parks ready for the Memorial .Day
celebrations for Ski to Sea and for veterans.
This agenda item was REPORTED.
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Committee Discussion
1. : � B20.22-212113 Discussion on the transfer of regulatory jurisdiction of certain forest practices from the
State Department of Natural Resources to Whatcom County
Joshua Fleischmann, Planning and Development Services Department,
presented and answered whether the clause for opting out will create any
problems in terms of administering things if some people are under
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) jurisdiction and some people are
under County jurisdiction and maybe even right next door to each other,
whether there is any incentive for landowners to want to opt out, whether
the Planning Commission approved the proposed code language as it came
from the Forest Advisory Committee or whether they amended it as well,
what would happen if the County did not do anything with this, and why the
County is doing this now since the requirements for transfer have been in
place since 2009.
Donovan moved that the Committee recommend to the full Council that
they approve the Ordinance on the transfer of regulatory jurisdiction
involving forestry but Councilmembers and staff discussed that the
Ordinance is on the Council agenda tonight for introduction so no motion is
needed.
This agenda item was DISCUSSED.
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adiournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
Councilmembers and staff discussed the starting time for the next
committee meeting today.
The meeting adjourned at 11:08 a.m.
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA
Kaylee Galloway -via email 4/14/2022
Kaylee Galloway, Committee Chair
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