Month: March 2012
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100 Acre Woods Clean-up on April 28th
As you all know the City has recently purchased ” the 100 acre woods ” or whatever name you wish to call it, as the parks dept. has yet to officially name it. There are a small group of volunteers that have stepped forward to organize a cleanup effort in our new park. Many of…
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Fairhaven Neighborhood Plan
Planning Commission to Review Fairhaven Neighborhood Plan April 19, 2012, the Bellingham Planning Commission will review and take comments on the proposed Fairhaven Neighborhood and Urban Village Plan. The meeting will be held in Bellingham City Council Chambers at 210 Lottie St. Comments will be heard at the meeting or can be submitted in writing orior…
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QUARRY UPDATE—-Spring, 2012
Here is an update on the Lummi Island Quarry, submitted to us by Kent Neilson of Lummi Island… There have been several developments with regard to the Lummi Island Quarry over the winter. A short summary of the principal developments is provided below, but all readers are encouraged to follow the issues on the website…
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Boundary Line & Zoning Change
March 29 Hearing Regarding Fairhaven/Happy Valley Boundary & Zoning Change The Bellingham Planning Commission will hold a hearing Thursday, March 29th at 7:00 pm in City Council Chambers to discuss moving the current line generally located in the 1400 block of 14th St into the Happy Valley Neighborhood and rezoning that property from Residential, Single to Commercial. The…
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March ENA Meeting Update
The official meeting minutes will be out shortly, but here is an overview of the most recent Edgemoor Neighborhood meeting. John Erickson attended the first Mayor’s Advisory Committee held by our new mayor, Kelli Linville, and was favorably impressed. She will be running the meetings, so there will be more opportunity for direct input from…
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Additional Padden Trails Information
Just received from Bellingham City Council Office: For those of you interested in reviewing the meeting materials for the Public Hearings regarding the Padden Trails project (http://www.cob.org/web/council.nsf/webmaterials), I just want to warn you that the file is extremely large due to the inclusion of both the Planning Commission’s written public comments and the written public…
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Padden Trails Hearing Before City Council
Padden Trails Hearing: Zoning & Toolbox Bellingham City Council will hold a hearing March 12th at 7:00 pm regarding the request by owners of the proposed Padden Trails development for increased density and use of the infill toolbox. The development agreement between the owners and the city will also be discussed. The Bellingham Planning Commission has…
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Environmental Review for Gateway Pacific Terminal
Information Meeting on Environmental Review Process Set This link will take you to a Department of Ecology news release regarding the meeting scheduled March 20th with representatives from Whatcom County, the Department of Ecology and the Army Corps of Engineers. They will be explaining the “road map” to be following through the permitting process. It…
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Edgemoor Neighborhood Plan Delivered!
And The Process Has Begun… Yesterday, after a number of years in the making, we delivered the updated Edgemoor Neighborhood Plan to the Planning Department at the City of Bellingham, with our application for docketing. What a wonderful feeling! Of course, we are just entering into a process we hope will culminate in the adoption…
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Fireworks Initiative to End Noise, Fire Danger
The following article was submitted by Richard Maneval, who has been active on matters of neighborhood safety here in Bellingham for 19 years. If you would like him to speak at an ENA meeting, just let me know and we can arrange it. The noise goes on for weeks. Summer nights punctuated with pops and…