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Meeting Notes/Documents Presentations Comments Pilot Study

Click on links below to view or download presentations, maps, and reports relevant to the Birch Bay Watershed Action Plan.

Date

Meetings and Documents
Size
Jan 2012

1/26/2012 Planning Commission Recommended Changes

Summary, showing changes only

Full Code with tracked changes

3 Nov 2011

November/December Public Review Drafts:

Send Comments on the drafts to pgill@co.whatcom.wa.us. Written comments should include:

  • Your name and contact information,
  • The document and section number that you are commenting on,
  • Details of the issue you are raising, and
  • Suggested changes.

Recommended code changes presented to Planning Commission on Dec. 8.

Low Impact Development Handbook 2.3 Mb

LID Code -WCC 20.50

 135 kb
CAO Code - WCC 16.16.900 45 kb
Habitat Mitigaiton Fund 2.5 Mb
Habitat Evaluation Data Form 79 kb
17 Aug 2011 Ad Hoc Stakeholder Group Meeting Summary
33 kb
10 Aug 2011 Ad Hoc Mitigation Subgroup Meeting Summary
28 kb
27 Jul 2011 Ad Hoc LID Subgroup meeting summary
30 kb
20 Jul 2011 Ad Hoc Policy Subgroup meeting summary
30 kb
16 Jun 2011 Ad Hoc Stakeholder Meeting Summary
140 kb
9 May 2011 Habitat Mitigation Fund - Clean
2.0 Mb
9 May 2011 Habitat Mitigation Fund- Tracked Changes
2.1 Mb
9 May 2011 Habitat Mitigation Fund - Appendix (Pilot Study Results Map)
1.7 Mb
18 Apr 2011 Comments-Response to February Draft Manuals
300 kb
15 Apr 2011 Draft Mitigation Code, Title 16.16.900
43 kb
15 Apr 2011 Draft LID Code, Title 20.50
160 kb
17 Feb 2011 Public Meeting Summary_2-17-11
18 kb
4 Feb 2011

Public Review Drafts:

Birch Bay Low Impact Development Manual (Superceeded by April 15 code, to be revised)
4.9 Mb
Stormwater Calculator (MS Excel)
143 kb
Scoring Worksheet and Soils Map (Appx A and B) LID Manual
2.9 Mb
Habitat Mitigation Fund-(Revised draft May 9)
2.4 Mb
Appendix B-Mitigation Fund Draft - (Revised draft May 9)
1.5 Mb
15 Nov 2010 Open House Summary Nov 15, 2010
15 kb
10 Nov 2010 Low Impact Development Manual Summary
942 kb
28 Oct 2010 Planning Commission Summary Oct 28, 2010
19 kb
01 July 2010 Project Overview handout
70 kb
24 Jun 2010 Workshop Results
292 kb
24 Jun 2010 Design Workshop Summary June 24, 2010
237 kb
01 Jun 2010 Open House_Summary June 1, 2010
15 kb
01 Jun 2010 Tool Handout 1 Off-Site Mitigation
119 kb
01 Jun 2010 LID_Manual Handout
139 kb
03 May 2010 Intro Meeting for BIAWC
32 kb
05 Feb 2010 Implementation Tools for Birch Bay Memo
198 kb
21 Nov 2009 Open_House_Summary_11-21-2009
81 kb
27 Aug 2009 Newsletter #1
121 kb

Date

Presentations

 Size
8 Dec 2011 Planning Commission Hearing
1 Mb
21 Nov 2011 Birch Bay Open House
1.2 Mb
25 Oct 2011 Ad-hoc Meeting Slides (Program Changes) 20111025
200 kb
17 Aug 2011 Ad-hoc Meeting 20110817
200 kb
10 Aug 2011 Ad-hoc-Mitigation Meeting 20110810
2.8 Mb
16 Jun 2011 Ad-hoc-Meeting-20110616
2.8 Mb
14 Apr 2011 Building Industry Association of Whatcom County
608 kb
17 Feb 2011 Public Meeting 2-17-2011
1.7 Mb
16 Feb 2011 BBWARM Supervisors Feb 16, 2011
2.1 Mb
11 Feb 2011 Slides from Planning Commission February 10, 2011
2.2 Mb
28 Oct 2010 Planning Commission Work Session Oct. 28
2.8 mb
30 Jun 2010 BIAWC-Gov't Affairs Natural Resource Marketplace
940 kb
24 Jun 2010 Conservation and LID Design (Very Large File)
5 mb
01 Jun 2010 Implementation Tools June01_Public Meeting
2.3 mb
21 Nov 2009 Open House background Presentation
3.2 mb
4 Aug 2009 Natural Resource Ad Hoc Committee Presentation
850 kb
4 Aug 2009 NR Regulatory Review Ad-Hoc Task Group - BIAWC
18 kb
10 Mar 2009 Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel Presentation
1.6 mb
5 Mar 2009 Marine Resource Committee Presentation
1.5 mb

Date

Comments on Program

Size
June 2011
Comment summary and Responses March - June 2011
126 kb
June 2011
APC-letter-20110616
<150 kb
May 2011
2011-5-12-APC-campbell
<150 kb
May 2011
 2011-5-12-bredberg
<150 kb
May 2011
 2011.5.12-Sustainable Connections Letter
<150 kb
May 2011
 2011.5.12-Berg-pln2011-12
<150 kb
May 2011
 2011-5-10-Building Industry Assocation letter
<150 kb
May 2011
 2011.5.10-Harris-habitat-mitigation-buffers
<150 kb
May 2011
 2011.5.2-barton
<150 kb
April 2011
 2011.4.28-NW Ecological Services
<150 kb
April 2011
 2011.4.29-resources
<150 kb
April 2011
 2011.4.29-Harris
<150 kb
April 2011
2011.4.29-Garman
<150 kb
March 2011
2011.03.29-BBWARM letter
<150 kb
Thru Feb 2011
 2010 - 2011 Compiled Comments/Responses - February Draft Manuals
300kb

 

Date

Watershed Portfolios

 Size
21 Nov 2009 Birch Point West portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Birch Point East portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Hillsdale portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Cottonwood portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Hillsdale portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Central North portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Central South portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Terrell Creek Lower Tributaries portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Terrell Creek Estuarine Reach portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Terrell Creek Mainstem portfolio
300 kb
21 Nov 2009 Terrell Creek Upper Mainstem portfolio
300 kb
     
June 2010 Anchor, QEA - Riparian Inventory and Assessment 3.8 Mb
May 2010 Merrill- Prioritization of Aquatic Habitat Restoration Projects 3.5 Mb

 

Birch Bay Watershed Planning and Characterization Pilot Study

Date Document Size
1 Jan 2009 Birch Bay Pilot Study Executive Summary 370 kb
1 Jan 2009 Management_Recommendations Map 2.9 Mb

18 July 2008

Birch Bay pilot study- public comment/response matrix Adobe Acrobat File

 120 kb

18 July 2008

Birch Bay pilot study-final studyAdobe Acrobat File

 6.5 mb

18 July 2008

Appendix a-comparitive document reviewAdobe Acrobat File

 250 kb

18 July 2008

Appendix b-wetland mapping methods Adobe Acrobat File

 188 kb

18 July 2008

Appendix c-birch bay buildout methodology Adobe Acrobat File

 64 kb

18 July 2008

Appendix d-ecological characterization analysisAdobe Acrobat File

 5.6 kb
10 Mar 2008 Planning Commission Presentation 1.9 mb
9 Jan 2008 Bible Church Pilot Study Results Public Meeting 2.2 mb

14 Aug 2007

BBWARM meeting summary-July 18, 2007 Adobe Acrobat File

1.3 mb

18 July 2007

Bible Church July 18 Public Meeting Presentation of the Interagency watershed characterization groupAdobe Acrobat File

13 mb
21 Mar 2007 Bible Church March 21 Public Meeting of Watershed Characterization Approach 4 mb
01 June 2007 Birch Bay Wildlife Assessment Poster - Dept. of Fish and Wildlife 1.5 mb

 

 

 
 

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