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Meeting Name: Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/22/2022 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual Meeting
VIRTUAL MEETING (TO PARTICIPATE, SEE INSTRUCTIONS AT www.whatcomcounty.us/joinvirtualcouncil OR CALL 360.778.5010); AGENDA REVISED 2.22.2022
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes Action Summary: Action Summary Action Summary  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Combined Packet, AGENDA REVISION NOITCE 2.22.2022
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsAudio/Video
MIN2022-012 11.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole Executive Session for February 8, 2022APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2022-013 12.Minutes ConsentCommittee of the Whole for February 8, 2022APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2022-014 13.Minutes ConsentRegular County Council for February 8, 2022APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
MIN2022-015 14.Minutes ConsentWater Work Session for February 15, 2022APPROVED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-082 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting various minor amendments to Whatcom County Code Titles 20 (Zoning), 21 (Land Division Regulations) and 22 (Land Use and Development)ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2021-606 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance adopting amendments to the Whatcom County Code Title 20, Zoning, to provide additional affordable housing options, including allowing and regulating tiny homes and allowing duplexes in planned unit developmentsSUBSTITUTE ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2021-420 11.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance amending the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Map and zoning code for the Nooksack Falls Exclave within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-036 12.Ordinance Requiring a Public HearingOrdinance repealing the Cherry Point Ferndale Subarea Plan and deleting a reference to the Subarea Plan in the Whatcom County Comprehensive PlanADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-037 11.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Flex Financial, a division of Stryker Sales Corporation, for two additional gurneys not included in the original agreement, increasing the agreement by $116,700.03AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-074 12.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Cascadia Law Group, PLLC for legal advice, in the amount of $60,000 for a total amended amount of $100,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-081 13.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and the City of Lynden for alterations to Fire Station 75 in the amount of $150,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-101 14.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between Whatcom County and Bellingham Technical College for accreditation services for the paramedic training program, in the amount of $42,200AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-107 15.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Lifeline Connections for psychiatric services in the amount of $187,200.00AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-112 16.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Whatcom Community College to provide Adult Basic Education and GED classes to people residing in the county jail in the amount of $60,524.00AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-116 17.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to operate the Whatcom Homeless Service Center in the amount of $574,760 for a total amended contract amount of $2,225,008AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-117 18.InterlocalRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement amendment between Whatcom County and Washington State Department of Commerce to provide resources to obtain and maintain housing stability to people who are experiencing homelessness, in the amount of $282,878 for a total amended agreement amount of $7,824,102AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-126 19.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract amendment between Whatcom County and Bird’s Eye Medical to provide COVID-19 vaccine administration services at community vaccine clinics, in the amount of $275,000 for a total amended contract amount of $315,000AUTHORIZED BY CONSENTPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-130 110.ContractRequest authorization for the County Executive to enter into a contract between Whatcom County and Opportunity Council to build a health, resource, and service navigation system that will provide timely connection of parents and children, pre-natal to five years, to a range of protective and supportive services, in the amount of $77,797WITHDRAWN  Action details Media Media
AB2022-086 11.OrdinanceOrdinance amending the 2022 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 5, in the amount of $7,750,231ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-088 12.OrdinanceOrdinance closing the State Street Building Acquistion and Improvement Fund 348ADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-089 13.OrdinanceOrdinance establishing the Way Station Project Fund and establishing a project based budget for the Way Station ProjectADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-111 14.ResolutionResolution establishing a Respectful Workplace StandardAPPROVEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-083 15.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 2021-064 (Review of Response to COVID-19 Pandemic) to change project timelineADOPTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-073 11.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to the Stakeholder Advisory Committee for the Justice Project, applicants: Debra David, Peter Frazier, RB Tewksbury (added 2/9/2022), Jeff Hindman (added 2/9/2022) (application deadline for any other applicants to this vacancy is 10 a.m. on February 15, 2022)APPOINTED  Action details Media Media
AB2022-110 12.Council AppointmentAppointment to the Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee, alternate position, applicant(s) Shawna DeKriek (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)APPOINTEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-128 11.Executive AppointmentRequest confirmation of the County Executive’s reappointment of Arlene Feld to the North Sound Administrative Services Organization’s Behavioral Health Advisory BoardCONFIRMEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-142 11.Request for MotionDiscussion and possible motion to recommend rescinding a previous action of the Council that temporarily closed Gulf Road to motorized vehicular trafficDISCUSSED  Action details Media Media
AB2022-087 11.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.02.075, Standing Committees, to rename Natural Resources CommitteeINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-131 12.OrdinanceOrdinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.126 (Whatcom County Climate Impact Advisory Committee)INTRODUCEDPass Action details -
AB2022-109 13.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to a vacancy on the Business and Commerce Advisory Committee, Manufacturing position, applicant(s): Chris TroutINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-113 14.Council Appointment Requiring IntroductionAppointment to a vacancy on the Climate Impact Advisory Committee, applicants Ray Kamada, Ted Clifton, and Charles BaileyINTRODUCEDPass Action details Media Media
AB2022-121 15.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution vacating a portion of Horton RoadINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details -
AB2022-122 16.Resolution Requiring a Public HearingResolution vacating a portion of Boxwood RoadINTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGPass Action details -



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