Council Special Committee of the Whole
Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers
Agenda — 18 items
- 1 Call To Order
- 2 Roll Call
- 3 Announcements
- 4 Public Comment (Comprehensive Plan)
- 1. Public comments on the draft Preface to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan
- 6 Committee Discussion (Comprehensive Plan)
- 1. Discussion and preliminary Council direction on the Preface to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan
- 2. Discussion regarding schedule for Council review of the comprehensive plan update
- 8 MOTION 1: Motion approved to amend the first sentence of the land acknowledgement statement (Item 1 in the Revised Chart of Proposed Council Changes for 5.5.2026) to read as follows: Whatcom County Government acknowledges that present day Whatcom County is located on the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe, as well as other Coast Salish peoples who have lived in and stewarded this land since time immemorial.
- 9 Committee Discussion (Other)
- 9 MOTION 2: Motion approved to include the land acknowledgement statement as amended.
- 3. Council Operational Planning with the Health and Community Services Department
- 10 MOTION 3: Motion approved to amend the labor acknowledgement (Item 2 in the Revised Chart of Proposed Council Changes for 5.5.2026) so that it includes the following: We recognize immigrant communities with their wisdom and skills to develop agriculture lands which remains a vital part of Whatcom County's economy.
- 4. Facilitated discussion regarding 2026 Council strategic planning
- 11 MOTION 4: Motion approved to hold until May 19 (Special Committee of the Whole).
- 12 Items Added by Revision
- 13 Other Business
- 14 Adjournment
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