GET INVOLVED
Blaine School Board
7 p.m. Monday, April 29, 770 Mitchell Ave., Blaine
School board directors will be voting on whether to approve a reduced educational program to address the district’s anticipated budget deficit.
Mount Vernon City Council
6 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 1805 Continental Place, Mount Vernon
City council members and public safety officials will convene as the Public Safety Committee.
Whatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee
6 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2215 N Nugent Road, Lummi Island
Committee members will discuss matters related to the Lummi Island Ferry.
FULL CALENDAR
Thursday, April 25
Washington DNR Survey Advisory Board meeting
8 a.m., virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting
5:30 p.m., 322 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Friday, April 26
Whatcom County Conservation Easement Program Oversight Committee meeting
8:30 a.m., 5280 Northwest Drive, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
Monday, April 29
Whatcom Watersheds Information Network Flood Risk and Shoreline Impacts speaker series
5:30 p.m., virtual meeting
Agenda online.
WEDNESDAY, May 1
Ferndale City Council meeting
8 a.m., 2095 Main St., or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Whatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee meeting
6 p.m., 2215 N Nugent Road, Lummi Island, or virtual meeting
Agenda may be posted in advance.
Washington County Planning Commission meeting
6:30 p.m., 5280 Northwest Drive, Bellingham, or virtual meeting
Agenda online.
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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