GET INVOLVED
Whatcom County Council
6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 311 Grand Ave., Bellingham, or remotely
Council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance amending Whatcom County code on Lummi Island Ferry rates.
Whatcom County Council
6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 311 Grand Ave., Bellingham, or remotely
Council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance updating the county’s procedures for processing franchise applications.
Election Day
By 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, various locations
Tuesday is your last opportunity to submit your primary ballot. In Whatcom County, drop it off at the Ferndale, Lummi or Whatcom County Courthouse ballot boxes, or mail it by Tuesday night.
FULL CALENDAR
Thursday, April 18
Whatcom Transportation Authority Board meeting
8 a.m., 4011 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting
8 a.m., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Whatcom County Incarceration Prevention & Reduction Task Force Crisis Stabilization Facility Committee meeting
9:30 a.m., 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Washington DNR Wildland Fire Advisory Committee meeting
1 p.m., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Bellingham International Airport Advisory Committee meeting
4 p.m., 2005 W. Bakerview Road, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Sehome Hill Arboretum Board of Governors meeting
4 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Ferndale Parks, Recreation and Trails Advisory Board meeting
5:30 p.m., 2095 Main St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Climate Impact Advisory Committee meeting
5:30 p.m., 322 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Commission meeting
6 p.m., 4106 Valley Highway, Deming
Agenda online.
Bellingham Planning Commission meeting
7 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee meeting
7 p.m., 1437 Gulf Road, Point Roberts, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Friday, April 19
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting
8 a.m., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Saturday, April 20
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting
8 a.m., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Monday, April 22
Anacortes City Council meeting
6 p.m., 904 6th St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Blaine City Council meeting
6 p.m., 435 Martin St., Suite 3000, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
TUESDAY, April 23
Whatcom County PUD Commission meeting
8:15 a.m., 1705 Trigg Road, Ferndale, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Council (multiple meetings)
9:45 a.m. – 6 p.m., 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agendas online. Council committees meet at 9:45 a.m. (Committee of the whole); 10:50 a.m. (Public Works and Health Committee); 1:30 p.m. (Finance and Administrative Services Committee); 2:55 p.m. (Planning and Development Committee); 4 p.m. (Committee of the Whole Executive Session); 6 p.m. (Council).
Blaine Civil Service Commission meeting
3:30 p.m., 435 Martin St., Suite 3000, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Bellingham Tourism Commission meeting
3:30 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Port of Bellingham Board of Commissioners meeting
4 p.m., 1801 Roeder Ave., Suite 146, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Food System Committee meeting
4:30 p.m., 509 Girard St., Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
WEDNESDAY, April 24
Washington DNR Community Forestry Council meeting
10:30 a.m., virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Surface Mining Advisory Committee meeting
3 p.m., 5280 Northwest Drive, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Anacortes Planning Commission meeting
6 p.m., 904 6th St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMENT
City of Bellingham Urban Forest Plan. Deadline: May 15, 2024
Your input will help finalize Bellingham’s first-ever Urban Forest Plan, which will guide how the community protects and enhances the trees and forests that make up Bellingham’s urban forest. An urban forest includes everything from street trees, parks and forested open spaces to trees on private property. Survey online.
Water Adjudication Assistance survey. Deadline: Spring 2024
The Washington State Legislature is providing funding to Whatcom County to develop and implement outreach and provide filing assistance to water users. Survey online.
The Bellingham Plan: “Ways the City Could Grow.” Deadline: 2024
Bellingham could grow in a variety of ways. Let the City of Bellingham know the pros and cons of each of the listed approaches on its individual comment boards. Add pros and cons (or up-vote someone else’s comment). Go to this webpage and scroll halfway down to see the comment boards.
Proposed expansion of Bellingham’s transit station. Deadline: 2024
Whatcom Transportation Authority is accepting written comment through its Engage WTA website on a proposal to expand Bellingham Station, to allow room for more buses and additional public uses. Survey online.
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