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Council Public Works & Health Committee
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Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
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Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
2:40 PM
Hybrid Meeting
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Barry Buchanan
Kaylee Galloway
Kathy Kershner
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Public Works & Health Committee Minutes - Final April 12, 2022
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Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Kathy Kershner called the meeting to order at 2:40 p.m.
in a hybrid meeting.
Present: 3 - Barry Buchanan, Kaylee Galloway, and Kathy Kershner
Absent: None
Also Present: Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas, and Carol Frazey
Announcements
Special Presentation
1. AB2022-20 7 Presentation by the Whatcom County Food System Committee regarding the annual
report and Food System Plan Kickoff
Riley Sweeney, Whatcom County Food System Committee Chair,
presented and answered what this plan looping back to the Comprehensive
Plan would look like and whether it would mean a new chapter on food
systems in the Comprehensive Plan, how the food planning effort in the east
foothills fits into this, and whether the Whatcom County Food System
Committee will look at global issues such as the inflation we are seeing and
potential food shortages to make sure the policies and procedures that
Whatcom County puts in place do the best for the most people here.
This agenda item was PRESENTED.
2. AB2022-227 Presentation of the Child and Family Well -Being Task Force Phase Il Report
The following people presented and answered questions:
• Keith Montoya, Child and Family Well -Being Task Force
• Jennifer Wright, Child and Family Well -Being Task Force
• Alicia Harming, Child and Family Well -Being Task Force
• Sterling Chick, Child and Family Well -Being Task Force
• Allison Williams, Health Department
They answered how many phases there are going to be and where we are in
the work of the task force.
Councilmembers thanked the task force for their work.
This agenda item was REPORTED.
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Committee Discussion
1. AB 2022-122 Resolution vacating a portion of Boxwood Road
Andrew Hester, Public Works Department, briefed the Councilmembers
and answered whether the requests for changes from the City of Bellingham
at the last Council meeting have been sorted out, whether there is
precedence from the past for waiving of compensation and why
compensation would be waived in this situation and not others.
Karen Frakes, Prosecuting Attorney's Office, stated the Whatcom County
Code states you can consider waiving the appraised value or a portion of it
if you find that the vacation somehow benefits Whatcom County.
Scott Havill, City of Bellingham Mitigation Coordinator, stated the City is
requesting waiving the compensation because the mitigation site is for
public benefit.
Hester answered how much money would be waived, what the County would
normally spend those funds on, and whether the Public Works Department
does not have a recommendation one way or another on the matter of
waiving the compensation.
Buchanan moved to waive the utility reservation. The motion was seconded
by Galloway.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 3 - Buchanan, Galloway, and Kershner
Nay: 0
Galloway asked whether waiving the compensation would preclude the City
of Bellingham from moving forward with this.
Havill stated it would not prevent them from moving forward.
Analiese Burns, City of Bellingham Natural Resources, spoke about the
compensation request and answered whether it would mean the County has
$26,000 worth of credit in the credit bank there when we want to use the
mitigation area if we have a project that qualifies, what the mitigation might
look like and how it will benefit the public, and who might be purchasing the
credits or leasing them.
Galloway stated she would be interested in learning more about the
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specifics of the mitigation bank.
This agenda item was DISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED.
2. AB2022--121_ Resolution vacating a portion of Horton Road
Andrew Hester, Public Works Department, stated the information for this
item would be the same as what he gave for A132022-122.
Councilmembers and staff discussed whether the same motion as the
previous agenda item is needed, that the motion should ultimately be made
after the public hearing tonight, and discussing these types of Resolutions
before they get introduced in the future.
This agenda item was DISCUSSED.
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adiournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
The meeting adpurned at 3:29 p.m.
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