IMPORTANT: Ferry Advisory Committee Appointments Removed from Agenda

Just received word from Dana Brown-Davis that the appointment of Ferry Advisory Committee members has been removed from tonight’s County Council agenda. The reason given was “to allow additional time for citizens to submit applications.” Here’s a copy of the official document she sent via email: Agenda Change 3/27/12 If you were planning to attend the [...]

Followup on “Queuing Alternatives Analysis”

Today I received a response from Public Works regarding questions I had sent a week ago about the Queuing Alternatives Analysis contract approved last Tuesday by the County Council. Here is a copy of the email: Dear Ms. Ging, My name is Roland Middleton; I am the Whatcom County Public Works project manager for the [...]

Kremen Asks Islanders for “Preferences”

Update:  Click on this POLL to vote for your preference, if you have one. —-Forwarded Message—– >From: Pete Kremen <pkremen@co.whatcom.wa.us> >Sent: Sep 7, 2011 7:33 AM >To: thetome@juno.com >Cc: Council@co.whatcom.wa.us, Daniel Gibson <DGibson@co.whatcom.wa.us>, Frank Abart <FAbart@co.whatcom.wa.us>, wynnelee@earthlink.net, colleen.mccrory@gmail.com, nancy@turtlehome.com >Subject: Fwd: Paid Parking Option > >Paul, > >Please see the attached email from Nancy Ging. [...]

County-Lummi Agreement & Lease, 2011-08-03 Version

Yesterday I received the most current (Aug 3, 2011) draft of the Gooseberry Pt agreement/lease from Marina Engels, County Council clerk (emails here).  Other revisions may be forthcoming before next Tuesday, August 9, when the Council plans on introducing whatever version of the document they happen to have then, which the public and press may [...]

What Do We Value About Our Community?

from Colleen McCrory…. The Citizens’ Task Force for the Lummi Island Ferry will be making recommendations to the Whatcom County Council that most likely will effect every aspect of the ferry operation.  For many of us, attending meetings, keeping up with issues and information, and expressing our opinions to the task force is not in [...]

Ferrying vehicles – another alternative

For the many of us who are suffering from ferry folly fatigue, here’s a youtube video that shows how one other group handles getting vehicles from here to there, across challenging waters.  Courtesy, I understand, of Ken Mann and Bill Fox.

Citizens Ferry Task Force Agenda 2011-03-21

Citizens’ Task Force for the Lummi Island Ferry Meeting Monday, March 21, 2011 Grange on Lummi Island, 6 pm to 8:30 pm Agenda Roll call Approval of Minutes of 3/7 Meeting Questions/Comments from Attendees Updates Please bring your personal calendars so we can establish who will be away during future meetings. Discussion of moving the [...]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

This post duplicates what’s on the home (Announcements) page and will be removed from the site no later than Feb. 5. It was an unsuccessful part of our site revision effort.  Wynne, Feb 4, 2011. ********** FERRY TASK FORCE MEETINGS February 7, 2011, 6-8 PM In Bellingham: click for location. Guests: Abart and Oliver (details) [...]

Fare Cards – no more cutting for shared use

Here’s one more twist in fare card use, courtesy of an email thread via Barbara Brenner about cutting ferry fare cards so that, for example, several people in one family can use a single card. —–Forwarded Message—– From: BBGUN1010@aol.com Sent: Jan 22, 2011 10:43 AM To: BBGUN1010@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Question re: 25 count punchcard FYI [...]

Impressions of the first Ferry Task Force meeting

Along with a dozen or so other islanders, I attended the first Ferry Task Force (FTF)  meeting yesterday.   My notes will be brief, as the task force members are clearly committed to taking and posting minutes in a timely manner (where isn’t quite clear yet; maybe several places). Here’s the FTF team, from left to [...]