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March 5, 2024 ·6:00 PM Final ·HYBRID MEETING - PLEASE NOTE: COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING ITS PUBLIC COMMENT RULES AND HAS SUSPENDED REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA ZOOM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE SEE AGENDA NOTES UNDER “OPEN SESSION” FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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Agenda — 62 items

  1. 1 COUNTY COUNCIL ▶ jump to 0:01
  2. 2 CALL TO ORDER ▶ jump to 0:03
  3. 3 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 0:15
  4. 4 FLAG SALUTE ▶ jump to 0:38
  5. 5 ANNOUNCEMENTS ▶ jump to 1:05
  6. 6 COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S REPORT ▶ jump to 1:06
  7. 7 MINUTES CONSENT ▶ jump to 1:12
  8. 1. Committee of the Whole Executive Session for February 20, 2024 MIN2024-009 APPROVED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 1:12
  9. 9 OPEN SESSION ▶ jump to 1:45
  10. 10 CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 14:04
  11. 11 (From Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee) ▶ jump to 14:06
  12. 1. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Julota to track and monitor services and care provided to individuals frequently seen by Health and Community Services’ Response Systems Division Programs in the amount of $110,008 for a total amended contract amount of $278,426 AB2024-147 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  13. 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Everson for reimbursement of expenses for road gates installation in the amount of $47,534.22 AB2024-149 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  14. 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Kittelson & Associates to implement an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Study, in the amount of $99,994.00 AB2024-150 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  15. 4. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Saturna Watershed Sciences LLC to implement a second phase of investigation into the extrapolation of initial recommended extrapolated instream flow information to unmeasured sites in support of watershed and salmon recovery planning, in the amount of $81,585.00 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2024-162 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  16. 5. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Whatcom County and PROTEC17 for the period January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025 AB2024-171 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  17. 6. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission for Recreation Boating Safety Grant, in the amount of $17,523.25 AB2024-174 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  18. 7. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Meridian School District for Sheriff’s Office Substation lease, in the amount of $69,528 AB2024-175 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  19. 8. Request approval for the County Executive to enter into an Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Snohomish County which will allow reciprocal utilization of competitively bid contracts, pursuant to RCW Chapter 39.34 Interlocal Cooperation Act AB2024-182 AUTHORIZED BY CONSENT Pass ▶ jump to 14:05
  20. 20 OTHER ITEMS ▶ jump to 14:53
  21. 21 (From Council Climate Action and Natural Resources Committee) ▶ jump to 14:55
  22. 1. Request approval for the County Executive to act as the authorized representative for the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) Community Forest Program Grant #22-1301 AB2024-161 AUTHORIZED Pass ▶ jump to 15:15
  23. 23 (From Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee) ▶ jump to 16:50
  24. 2. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Whatcom Law Group / Rajeev Majumdar for hearing examiner services in the amount of $5,500 for a total amended contract amount of $225,820 for the 2-year contract AB2024-151 AUTHORIZED Pass ▶ jump to 17:00
  25. 3. Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Commerce to fund homelessness crisis response systems in the amount of $1,801,736 for a total amended agreement amount of $12,345,115 AB2024-158 AUTHORIZED Pass ▶ jump to 17:57
  26. 26 (From Council Public Works and Health Committee) ▶ jump to 23:52
  27. 4. Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.145 to clarify member requirements on the Whatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee AB2024-145 ADOPTED Pass ▶ jump to 24:21
  28. 28 COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES ▶ jump to 24:44
  29. 1. Request to change representation on the Surface Mining Advisory Committee from Committee Member Kathleen Greenbaum AB2024-154 DISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED ▶ jump to 24:47
  30. 2. Appointment to a special district vacancy on the Drainage Improvement District #15 Board of Supervisors, Position 3, Applicant: John Vreugdenhil AB2024-165 APPOINTED Pass ▶ jump to 26:47
  31. 30 Motion approved 7-0 to approve the request.
  32. 3. Appointment to a special district vacancy on the Butler Diking Drainage District Board of Supervisors, Position 2, Applicant: Mark Westhoff AB2024-167 APPOINTED Pass ▶ jump to 29:34
  33. 4. Appointments to vacancies on the Justice Project Oversight and Planning Committee, Applicants: Richard Gleason, Corbett Hanson, Hannah Sloan, Robert Sullivan AB2024-177 APPOINTED Pass ▶ jump to 30:54
  34. 33 CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES ▶ jump to 33:48
  35. 1. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Holly Robinson to the Northwest Senior Services Board AB2024-164 CONFIRMED Pass ▶ jump to 34:11
  36. 34 Appointed Hannah Sloan to the Reentry Specialist position, Corbett Hanson to the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider position, Robert Sullivan to the Recovery subject matter expert position, and Richard Gleason and Tawsha Thompson to the criminal legal system users, including those formerly incarcerated position.
  37. 2. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointments of Richard Conoboy, Lynne Graham, and Brent Waggonner to the Veteran’s Advisory Board AB2024-169 CONFIRMED Pass ▶ jump to 36:24
  38. 3. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointment of Clay Pehl to the Agricultural Advisory Committee AB2024-170 CONFIRMED Pass ▶ jump to 37:10
  39. 4. Request confirmation of the County Executive’s appointments of Jared Oberhaus and Elisabeth Mason to the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee AB2024-181 CONFIRMED Pass ▶ jump to 38:51
  40. 38 ITEMS ADDED BY REVISION ▶ jump to 43:34
  41. 39 INTRODUCTION ITEMS ▶ jump to 43:36
  42. 1. Resolution vacating a portion of County Road and an unnamed alley within the Amended Plat of South Wickersham AB2024-155 INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass ▶ jump to 43:35
  43. 2. Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 12.24, Franchise Requirements, to update procedures for processing applications AB2024-157 ▶ jump to 43:35
  44. 3. Ordinance establishing a temporary closure of Truck Road AB2024-160 INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass ▶ jump to 43:35
  45. 4. Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 8.10, Solid Waste and Residential Recycling Collection AB2024-166 INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Pass ▶ jump to 43:35
  46. 5. Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 15, Buildings & Construction, to adopt by reference the 2021 Editions of the International Building, Residential, Mechanical, Fuel gas, existing building, fire codes, and the national fuel gas, Washington State Energy, uniform plumbing, & liquified petroleum gas codes, and the 1997 uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings, as amended as set forth herein, as required by RCW Chapter 19.27 AB2024-173 ▶ jump to 43:35
  47. 44 This item was considered separately below.
  48. 6. Resolution amending the Flood Control Zone District & Subzones 2024 budget, request no. 2, in the amount of $564,477 (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors) AB2024-178 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 43:35
  49. 7. Ordinance establishing a project-based budget for the Unity Street Acquisition Project Fund AB2024-179 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 43:35
  50. 8. Ordinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5 in the amount of $9,827,008 AB2024-180 INTRODUCED Pass ▶ jump to 43:35
  51. 48 COMMITTEE REPORTS, OTHER ITEMS, AND COUNCILMEMBER UPDATES ▶ jump to 69:15
  52. 48 This item was considered separately below.
  53. 49 ADJOURN ▶ jump to 110:21
  54. 52 This item was voted on here but further discussed below.
  55. 53 INTRODUCTION ITEMS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
  56. 2. Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 12.24, Franchise Requirements, to update procedures for processing applications AB2024-157 DISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED ▶ jump to 47:21
  57. 55 Motion Approved 5-2, with Elenbaas and Stremler opposed, to hold (on introducing) until the first April meeting. See more discussion on this item in AB2024-173 below.
  58. 5. Ordinance adopting amendments to Whatcom County Code Title 15, Buildings & Construction, to adopt by reference the 2021 Editions of the International Building, Residential, Mechanical, Fuel gas, existing building, fire codes, and the national fuel gas, Washington State Energy, uniform plumbing, & liquified petroleum gas codes, and the 1997 uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings, as amended as set forth herein, as required by RCW Chapter 19.27 AB2024-173 DISCUSSED AND MOTION(S) APPROVED ▶ jump to 52:44
  59. 57 Motion approved 7-0 to (not introduce and) hold the discussion (see item AB2024-172) until the next meeting of the Planning and Development Committee meeting.
  60. 8. Ordinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5 in the amount of $9,827,008 AB2024-180 ▶ jump to 56:46
  61. 60 MOTION SUMMARY: From Committee of the Whole Executive Session: Motion approved 6-0, with Stremler recusing himself, to approve defense and indemnification of James Endersby and Jane Doe Endersby, named as defendants in Estate of Aaron B. Cooper, deceased, by and through Private Client Representatives, Personal Representative, Plaintiff, vs. Whatcom County, a local government entity and municipal corporation within the state of Washington, James Endersby and Jane Doe Endersby, individually and the marital community comprised of, Defendants, Snohomish County Superior Court, Case No. 24-2-01059-31. Based on the following findings: A. James Endersby was acting in a matter in which the county had an interest; B. James Endersby was acting in the discharge of a duty imposed or authorized by law; C. James Endersby acted in good faith
  62. 61 Motion approved 7-0 to appoint Buchanan to the Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance Committee