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Council Planning and Development Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
10:15 AM
Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Jon Scanlon
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Cathy Halka, AICP, CMC
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Committee
Call To Order
RoII Call
Committee Chair Ben Elenbaas called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. in
a hybrid meeting.
Present: 3 - Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas, and Jon Scanlon
Also Present: Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, Kaylee Galloway, and Mark Stremler
Announcements
Committee Discussion and Recommendation to Council
1. AB2025-579 Resolution approving a revision to the corporate boundaries of the City of Lynden to
include a portion of Flynn Road right-of-way
Lucas Clark, Planning and Development Services Department, read from the
staff memo (on file).
Donovan asked how big the right of way is and Clark displayed a map to
show the proposal.
Clark and Bridget Bryck, Attorney for the City of Lynden, answered
questions about the map attached to the file and the one displayed by Clark,
and discussed with councilmembers that the land labeled "Whatcom
County" is just land in unincorporated Whatcom County and not property
belonging to the County.
Bryck stated that the portion of the Flynn Road right of way that goes
through land labeled as "Whatcom County" is the portion that was included
in the prior annexation in August. It came to light that the portion that abuts
Bay Lyn Road was not included in the Suit annexation in 2018. She
answered questions about what section of Flynn Road it is and the map's
legend.
Clark answered what the implication of maintenance of the road would be
and whether there is any infrastructure there. He stated he believes it would
be the city that is responsible for maintaining that portion of road if this
goes through and stated County Public Works had no problem with the
annexation.
Donovan moved that the Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR
APPROVAL. The motion carried by the following vote:
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Aye: 3 - Donovan, Elenbaas, and Scanlon
Nay: 0
Items Added by Revision
Other Business
Adjournment
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
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Ben Elenbaas, Committee Chair
Meeting Minutes prepared by Kristi Felbinger
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