Council Committee of the Whole

Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers

Agenda — 18 items

1. 1 Call To Order
2. 2 Roll Call
3. 3 Announcements
4. 4 Special Presentation
5. 1. Presentation by Health and Community Services Department and VillageReach on Permanent Supportive Housing Assessment AB2025-534 PRESENTED
6. 6 Committee Discussion
7. 1. 2025-2026 Mid-Biennium Budget Review AB2025-509 DISCUSSED
8. 2. Discussion regarding Council meeting procedures requiring committee discussion during the day for all evening introduction items AB2025-554 DISCUSSED
9. 3. Discussion with County Executive’s Office and Columbia Policy Advisors on 2026 State Legislative Session AB2025-656 DISCUSSED
10. 4. Discussion of an ordinance amending Countywide Planning Policies, which reside in Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Appendix C AB2025-700 DISCUSSED
11. 5. Discussion of proposed amendments to the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update AB2025-701 DISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED
12. 6. Discussion regarding efforts to address blighted properties and related health impacts in Columbia Valley AB2025-702 DISCUSSED
13. 12 Motion approved that all of the changes that Councilmember Galloway noted as scrivener in nature be accepted as amendments. On the attached table of amendments, they are (by chapter-item number): 6-#1, 6-#4, 7-#1, 7-#2, 7-#4, 7-#5, 9-#3, 12-#1, 12-#3, 12-#16, and 12-#25.
14. 13 Items Added by Revision
15. 13 Motion approved to adopt Galloway’s proposed change #18 for chapter 6 (policy 6L-3) which is returning the impact fee language to what was originally there (staff-recommended language) so that it reads: Adopt a transportation impact fee ordinance requiring new development to fund a proportionate share of the costs of multimodal transportation system improvements that benefit and are reasonably related to new development.
16. 14 Other Business
17. 14 Motion approved to approve amendment #4 for chapter 4 which amends Goal 4G to add tribes and fire districts so that the first sentence reads: Coordinate with non-county facility providers such as cities, tribes, school districts, fire districts, and other special purpose districts…
18. 15 Adjournment

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