GET INVOLVED
Whatcom Transportation Authority Board
8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 4011 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham, or online
Board members will discuss and vote on the transit authority’s 2025 budget.
Bellingham City Council
7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 210 Lottie St., or online
City council members will host two work sessions on landlord-tenant relations and unfair or excessive fees in residential rental agreements and mobile home lease agreements.
Bellingham Transportation Commission
6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2221 Pacific St., or online
Commissioners will discuss the ongoing non-motorized pilot project on Eldridge Avenue.
FULL CALENDAR
THURSDAY, Dec. 5
Whatcom County Public Healthy Advisory Board meeting
7 a.m., 509 Girard St., Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Whatcom Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting
8 a.m., 4011 Bakerview Spur, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force Steering Committee meeting
11 a.m., 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Whatcom County Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force Information Needs & Data Exchange Subcommittee meeting
2:30 p.m., 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Bellingham Planning Commission meeting
6 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Anacortes Forest Advisory Board meeting
6 p.m., 1220 10th St., or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Bellingham Greenways Advisory Committee meeting
7 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
FRIDAY, Dec. 6
Whatcom County Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force Pretrial Processes Workgroup meeting
12:30 p.m., 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
MONDAY, Dec. 9
Whatcom County Veterans Advisory Board meeting
10 a.m., 509 Girard St., Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Bellingham City Council (multiple meetings)
10:30 a.m. – 7 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agendas online. Council committees meet at 10:30 a.m. (Public Works and Natural Resources Committee); 10:40 a.m. (Community and Economic Development Committee); 1 p.m. (Public Health, Safety, Justice, and Equity Committee); 1:20 p.m. (Committee of the Whole); 7 p.m. (Council).
Blaine City Council meeting
6 p.m., 435 Martin St., Suite 3000, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Anacortes City Council meeting
6 p.m., 904 6th St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
TUESDAY, Dec. 10
Whatcom County PUD Commission meeting
8:15 a.m., 1705 Trigg Road, Ferndale, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force Joint Behavioral Health and Legal & Justice Systems Committees meeting
11:30 a.m., 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Bellingham Historic Preservation Commission meeting
4 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Ferndale Equity Advisory Committee meeting
5 p.m., 2095 Main St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Bellingham Transportation Commission meeting
6 p.m., 2221 Pacific St., or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11
Bellingham Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting
7:30 a.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Ferndale City Council meeting
8 a.m., 2095 Main St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Bellingham Civil Service Commission meeting
2 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom Council of Governments Board meeting
3:30 p.m., 314 E. Champion St., Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Ferndale Arts Commission meeting
5 p.m., 2095 Main St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Ferndale Planning Commission meeting
6 p.m., 5694 2nd Ave., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Anacortes Planning Commission meeting
6 p.m., 904 6th St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMENT
Ferndale Urban Planning Program survey. Deadline: 2024
The City of Ferndale is partnering with Western Washington University’s Urban Planning Program to conduct a survey to collect the community’s feedback for future growth in Ferndale. This is a quick 10-minute opportunity to share your input on Ferndale’s future development. Survey online.
Water Adjudication Assistance survey. Deadline: Fall 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.
City of Bellingham Downtown Forward Engagement Hub survey. Deadline: Ongoing
Downtown Forward is the city’s plan to prioritize actions and thinking to ensure a thriving future for downtown Bellingham. Have the city’s recent efforts to improve safety and make downtown more welcoming made a difference? Is it on the right track? Share your thoughts. Survey online.
Urban Forest Plan. Deadline: Ongoing
The Urban Forest Plan 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.
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