Amendment to Ferry Rates Ordinance to Be Introduced

At the County Council meeting on Tuesday, June 5, the County Council is being asked to introduce an Ordinance amending  the Ferry Rates Ordinance: Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 10.34, Ferry Rates (AB2012-197) (hearing to be scheduled) By accepting the introduction of this ordinance, Council is agreeing to enter it into their process for scheduling [...]

LI Ferry Advisory Committee Meeting Monday June 4, 2012

WHAT: LUMMI ISLAND FERRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEN: Monday, June 4, 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Lummi Island Fire Hall, 3809 Legoe Bay Road (left off the ferry on N. Nugent, to the corner right turn onto Legoe Bay Rd, 360.758.2411) [Location is a change from the previously-announced site of the Lummi Island Grange.] WHAT: The 7-person Lummi [...]

Gooseberry Security, Dry Dock, Ferry Budget, LIFAC

The PLIC Board updated community members on a range of top-priority ferry issues at the PLIC meeting last Tuesday night.  Major  topics included the fast-approaching deadline  for the 2013 fiscal year ferry budget, the County’s new Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee (LIFAC) activities, security at Gooseberry Point, fares, dry dock concerns (especially many fewer parking [...]

Fewer Ferry Service Hours, Higher Fares?

Could ferry users (Lummi Islanders and non-islanders alike)  be facing less service and higher fares in the near future? At the first meeting of the County Council’s new Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee on May 21, 2012, Mike McKenzie (who was elected chairman of the committee at that meeting) noted that Public Works’ next report [...]

1st Ferry Advisory Committee Meeting: Monday 5/21/2012

From Mike McKenzie, who is one of the members of the newly appointed County Council Ferry Advisory Committee.  The meeting is open to the public. From: Mike McKenzie Sent: May 18, 2012 2:35 PM To: “Newsroom, BLH” , editor@cascadiaweekly.com, news@ferndalerecord.com, kgmi@kgmi.com, thezone@kpug1170.com, grace@krpiradio.com, Editor@lyndentribune.com, editor@thenorthernlight.com Cc: Wynne & Bill Lee , info@plicferry.org, Rhayma Blake, Mary [...]

Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee Appointed

Whatcom County Council appointed the following people to the newly established Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee at their regular meeting yesterday (Tuesday, May 8): Joshua Zender Greg Brown *Stu Clark *Charles Antholt *Robert Busch *Mike McKenzie Crispin Colburn * Indicates members who reside on Lummi Island. Congratulations to the successful applicants!

County Council to Consider Applicants for Ferry Advisory Committee

Whatcom County Council is scheduled to consider making appointments to the Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committe at their next regular meeting on Tuesday, May 8. In the “Other Items” section of the agenda, here’s what it says: Nomination and appointment to fill vacancies on Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee – various applicants (AB2012-044A) If you [...]

ALERT: Ferry Advisory Committee on Council Agenda

Just received notice from Dana Brown-Davis in the County Council office at 11:16am today that the following is being added to the County Council agenda for tonight, 4/24: PLEASE ADD TO COUNCIL, INTRODUCTION: 4. Nomination and appointment to fill vacancies on the Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee – various applicants (AB2012-044A) (applications received to date are [...]

Query to Council on Delay in Ferry Committee Appointments

I just sent an email to the Council asking for clarification about the delay in appointing a new ferry advisory committee (my email is at end of this post).  UPDATES:  Councilor responses (after my email) from Barbara Brenner (4/11), Kathy Kershner (4/12)   I had discovered that the link to the County’s previous link to applications [...]

Appearance of Fairness in Appointing the Committee

One crew member has applied for the new ferry advisory committee, but there’s a real chance that the Council won’t even consider his (Mark Richardson’s) application.  Why? Because some on the County Council are worried about hypothetical issues of ‘appearance of fairness’ or ‘conflict of interest’. It’s true that decision-makers like County Council members or [...]