Planning and Development Commission, City of Bellingham, Washington

CITY OF BELLINGHAM
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING
AGENDA
March 12, 2009
7:00 PM

COMMITTEE:Planning Commission

LOCATION: Council Chambers

CALL TO ORDER (This meeting will be audio-recorded and video-taped)

ROLL CALL Tom Barrett, Jim Bishop, Chris Sahlin, Judy Hoover, Sharon Robinson, Kurt
Baumgarten, and Edie Norton

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
During this period, citizens may speak informally to the Planning Commissioners on subjects not scheduled for the public hearing. EACH SPEAKER IS ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES. Any written comments shall be provided to the recording secretary.

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING’S MINUTES

PUBLIC HEARING(S):
Anyone wishing to comment on either agenda item is invited to attend the hearing or submit written comments prior to the hearing date. Information on both topics will be available at City Hall in the Planning and Community Development Department ; as well as, on the web site at http://www.cob.org/web/commsnl.nsf at least one week prior to the hearing.

1. Amend the Multimodal Transportation Concurrency Service Area (CSA) map in BMC 13.70 to incorporate two new annexation areas to the City of Bellingham. The King Mountain Neighborhood is proposed as a new CSA and the San Juan annexation area will be incorporated into CSA # 7. You may contact the following staff member for information:
Chris Comeau, AICP
Transportation Planner
Public Works Engineering Department
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 778-7900 or ccomeau@cob.org

2. A public hearing to consider text amendments to both the Lake Whatcom Reservoir Regulatory Chapter (BMC16.80), also known as the Silver Beach Ordinance, and to the Stormwater Management Chapter (BMC15.42); as well as, to consider land use designation changes of Residential zones in the Silver Beach Neighborhood. These changes were initiated by the City Council in conjunction with the adoption and extension of an interim Emergency Moratorium Ordinance (Ord#2008-09-085) for properties within the City of Bellingham's portion of the Lake Whatcom watershed. You may contact the following staff member for information:
Kurt Nabbefeld, Senior Planner
Planning and Community Development Department
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 778-8351 or knabbefeld@cob.org.

GENERAL BUSINESS

1. Planning Director’s Report

2. Staff Discussion

3. Commissioner Discussion

HEARING ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
The City of Bellingham complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need special accommodation, please call Heather Aven at the Planning Department at 778-8300 (voice), 676-6883 (TTY), or haven@cob.org at least 3 days prior to the meeting. A hearing assistance system is available and a receiver may be checked out prior to the meeting.