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Council (Special)
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Minutes - Final
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
1PM
Hybrid Meeting
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Barry Buchanan
Tyler Byrd
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Carol Frazey
Kaylee Galloway
Kathy Kershner
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council (Special) Minutes - Final August 2, 2022
Call To Order
Roll Call
Council Chair Todd Donovan called the meeting to order at 1:01 p.m. in a
hybrid meeting.
Present: 4 - Tyler Byrd, Todd Donovan, Carol Frazey, and Kaylee Galloway
Absent: 3 - Barry Buchanan, Ben Elenbaas, and Kathy Kershner
Announcements
Committee Discussion
Y. AB2022422 Resolution establishing priorities for Whatcom County's 2025 Comprehensive Plan
update
Galloway gave background on the Resolution and the decision to schedule
this meeting and answered whether she has received input yet from
Councilmember Elenbaas.
Councilmembers discussed whether the Comprehensive Plan has to be
finished by 2025 or started by that date and why this Resolution needs to
be considered for approval by August 9th since many community partners
have not been able to get in their input.
Frazey and Galloway spoke about the request for input and work on this
Resolution since April, the timeline of the plan, how this Resolution sets a
vision, and the hope that it will empower intergovernmental work with both
the tribes and the State Legislature.
Donovan asked if the substitute Resolution (on file as "Substitute
Discussion for 8.2.2022) Exhibit A took out language about heat pumps or
whether it was just moved.
Galloway stated it was moved (to page six and seven of Exhibit A) and
answered why the words, "where feasible" were added.
Byrd asked if they would be open to working on the Resolution in smaller
chunks by maybe addressing two items on the Resolution at each meeting.
Frazey stated this Exhibit A is like a buffet and they cannot give direct
orders to the Planning and Development Department to do them. It is the
vision from a lot of the community of what they would like to see happen.
The step that Byrd is speaking about would come after this Resolution is
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passed.
Galloway stated she views resolutions as setting a vision and opening the
door to continued collaboration with the Administration as they work
toward the implementation of that vision. This is shifting the paradigm of
Council and saying we want to be pro -active as opposed to being reactive to
the Administration's policies or vision. Her hope is that this Resolution is
more empowering to Council.
Donovan stated his hope is that she will get something from
Councilmember Elenbaas in the next few days. There will still be
opportunities to get some more thoughts on this before the 9th. This will be
on the agenda on August 9th and can be amended without having to be
re -introduced. He thanked Frazey and Galloway for keeping the door open
for this long.
This agenda item was DISCUSSED.
Enactment No: RES 2022-036
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adiournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.
The County Council approved these minutes on September 13, 2022.
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