GET INVOLVED
Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force
9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26, 311 Grand Ave. Suite 105, Bellingham, or via Zoom
This Whatcom County task force, which plays a key role in planning for the new jail, will discuss the spending plan for the jail sales tax and a proposed county council resolution on the fentanyl emergency.
Bellingham City Council
1:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, 210 Lottie St., or via YouTube
Council will hear an update on a plan to convert one of the two remaining tennis courts at Cornwall Memorial Park to pickleball courts.
Bellingham City Council
1:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, 210 Lottie St., or via YouTube
Council will discuss in the afternoon, for potential approval in the evening, a proposal to allow electric bicycles on Galbraith Mountain.
Bellingham City Council
7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, 210 Lottie St., Bellingham, or written testimony
Council will hold a public hearing on a Bellingham Police Department application for a $440,000 grant to purchase a Rapid DNA machine, for DNA identification.
FULL CALENDAR
THURSDAY, Feb. 22
Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel meeting
9:30 a.m., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Bellingham Public Schools Board of Directors meeting
6 p.m., 2015 Franklin St.
Agenda online.
Whatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee meeting
6 p.m., 3913 Legoe Bay Road, Lummi Island, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Whatcom County Planning Commission meeting
6:30 p.m., 5280 Northwest Drive, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Friday, Feb. 23
Whatcom County Conservation Easement Program Oversight Committee meeting
8:30 a.m., 5280 Northwest Drive, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Monday, Feb. 26
Whatcom County Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force meeting
9 a.m., 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Bellingham City Council (multiple meetings)
1 p.m. – 7 p.m., 210 Lottie St., or virtual meeting
Agendas online. Council committees meet at 1 p.m. (Public Works and Natural Resources); 1:45 p.m. (Parks and Recreation); 2:25 p.m. (Committee of the Whole); 7 p.m. (Council).
Whatcom County Child and Family Well-Being Task Force meeting
3:30 p.m., 509 Girard St., Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
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, Feb. 27
Whatcom County PUD Commission meeting
8:15 a.m., 1705 Trigg Road, Ferndale, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research meeting
8:30 a.m., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Bellingham Tourism Commission meeting
3:30 p.m., 210 Lottie St., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Blaine Civil Service Commission meeting
3:30 p.m., 435 Martin St., Suite 3000, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District Board of Commissioners meeting
8 a.m., 1220 Drive, Bellingham
Agenda online.
Ferndale City Council meeting
8 a.m., 2095 Main St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
WDFW European Green Crab Public Update Webinar
1 p.m., 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
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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