2016 Comprehensive Plan Public Comments

The following comments were electronically submitted to either the Planning Commission or the City Council regarding the update to the City of Bellingham Comprehensive Plan, and staff’s responses to all public comment can be viewed on the comment trackers below.

• City Council Comment Tracker (PDF) (all chapters except PRO Plan)
• City Council Comment Tracker (PDF) (PRO Plan only)
• Public Comment Tracker (PDF) – October 20, 2016 
• Planning Commission Comment Tracker (PDF) 

​Date / Author of Comment	Addressed to Planning Commission	Addressed to City Council
​2016 ​ ​
​November 14 – Middaugh	​	​x
​November 14 – Corcoran	​	​x
November 11 – Richardson​	​	​x
​November 9 – Wheeler	​	​x
​November 8 – Mackie	​	​x
​November 6 – Karsunky	​	​x
​November 4 – Hostetler	​	​x
​November 4 – Eskridge	​	​x
​November 2 – Richardson	​	​x
​November 1 – Mackie	​	​x
​November 1 – Dubrow	​	​x
​October 25 – Remsen	​	​x
October 22 – Harris​	​	​x
​October 20 – Sehome Neigh Assoc	​	​x
​October 20 – Whatcom Affordable Housing Group	​	​x
October 20 – Anonymous	​	​x
​October 20 – McDiarmid / Sherman	​	​x
October 20 – Layton​	​	​x
​October 20 – T. Scott	​	​x
​October 20 – Eskridge	​	​x
​October 20 – Forslof	​	​x
​October 20 – Woodward	​	​x
October 20 – Krum​	​	​x
​October 20 – Kimmich	​	​x
​October 20 – Allison	​	​x
​October 20 – Wheeler	​	​x
​October 20 – J. Petree	​	​x
​October 20 – Belcher / Swanson	​	​x
​October 20 – Swanson	​	​x
​October 20 – Camp	​	​x
October 20 – Kvamme​	​	​x
October 20 – Scott​	​	​x
October 20 – BIAWC​	​	​x
​October 20 – Biciunas	​	​x
October 20 – J. Petree​	​	​x
​October 19 – BIAWC	​	​x
​October 19 – Richardson	​	​x
​October 19 – J. Petree	​	​x
​October 19 – Green	​	​x
​October 19 – Nelson	​	​x
​October 18 – Horowitz	​	​x
​October 18 – Laffrado	​	​x
October 18 – Green​	​	​x
​October 17 – Mackie	​	​x
October 17 – BIAWC​	​	​x
​October 17 – Bjornson	​	​x
​October 17 – Bailey	​	​x
​October 17 – Barton	​	​x
​October 17 – York Neighborhood Assoc	​	​x
October 17 – Brown​	​	​x
​October 17 – Gooding	​	​x
​October 16 – Richendrfer	​	​x
​October 14 – Henshaw	​	​x
​October 12 – Sehome Assoc	​	​x
​October 12 – Kehl	​	​x
​October 12 – Green	​	​x
​October 10 – Kvamme	​	​x
​October 10  – Kvamme	​	​x
​October 10 – Richardson	​	x​
​October 10 – Richardson	​	​x
​October 10 – Richardson	​	​x
​September 22 – Abell	​	​x
​September 20 – McCluskey	​	​x
​September 20 – Decker	​	​x
September 19 – Kaiser​	​	​x
September 17 – Sacharoff​	​	​x
​September 16 – BIAWC	​	​x
​September 15 – Henshaw	​	​x
September 12 – Hamilton​	​	​x
​September 12 – J. Petree	​	​x
​​September 11 – Mackie	​	x​
​​September 7 – Councilman Hammill	​	​x
​​September 7 – Lebioda	​	x​
​September 1 – Scott	​	​x
​September 1 – Horowitz	​	​x
​August 31 – Mackie	​	​x
​August 29 – Hayes	​	​x
​August 29 – DeBoard	​	​x
​August 29 – Hall	​	​x
​August 29 – Sutley	​	​x
​August 29 – Nieto	​	​x
​August 29 – Sehome Nhood Assoc.	​	​x
​August 29 -Middaugh	​	​x
​August 26 – Layton	​	​x
​August 26 – Cornwall Park Nhood	​	​x
​August 26 – Scott	​	​x
​August 26 – Thomas	​	​x
​August 26 – Eskridge	​	​x
​August 26 – BIAWC	​	​x
​August 26 – Planning Staff	​	​x
​August 26 – Scott	​	​x
​August 25 – Horowitz	​	​x
​August 25 – Biciunas	​	​x
August 25 – Heck​	​	​x
​August 24 – Kimmich	​	​x
​August 24 – Keenholts	​	​x
​August 24 – Lyons	​	​x
​August 23 – Keller	​	​x
​August 22 – Mackie	​	​x
​August 22 – Hall	​	​x
​August 22 – Birsner	​	​x
​August 22 – WC Association of Realtors	​	​x
August 22 – BIAWC​	​	​x
​August 21 – Jeffers	​	​x
​August 21 – Mackie	​	​x
​August 21 – Carbone	​	​x
​August 21 – Vollendorff	​	​x
​August 21- Moran	​	​x
​August 21 – Dye	​	​x
​August 19 – Richardson	​	​x
​August 19 – Councilman Bornemann	​	​x
August 19 – Carlson​	​	​x
​August 18 – Scott	​	​x
​August 18 – Herlevi	​	​x
​August 17 – Scott	​	​x
​August 16 – Conoboy	​	​x
​August 16 – Jennings	​	​x
​August 15 – Kvamme	​	​x
​August 15 – Councilwoman Vargas	​	​x
​August 14 – Richardson	​	​x
​August 9 – Conoboy	​	​x
​August 9 – Cole	​	​x
​August 5 – Mackie	​	​x
August 3 – Twiford​	​	​x
​July 31 – Luis​	​	​x
July 28 – ​Lake Whatcom Watershed Advisory Board	​	​x
​July 27 – C. Petree	​	​x
​July 25 – BIAWC	​	​x
​July 25 – Long	​	​x
​July 5 – Robinson	​	​x
​July 5 – C. Petree	​	​x
​June 30 – Guy	​	​x
​June 27 – Twitchell	​	​x
​June 21 – Twitchell	​	​x
​June 20 – G. Middaugh	​	​x
​June 20 – Dellecker	​	​x
​June 20 – Nichols	​	​x
​June 20 – Langholz	​	​x
​June 19 – Nieto​	​	x​
​June 18 – D. Middaugh	​	​x
​June 17 – Henshaw	​	​x
​June 17 – Twitchell	​	x​
​June 16 – Staff	​	​x
​June 15 – Dopps	​	​x
​June 15 – Twitchell	​	​x
​June 15 – Ballweg	​	​x
​June 14 – Twitchell	​	​x
​June 12 – J. Petree	​	​x
​June 7 – Kvamme	​	​x
June 6 – C. Petree​	​	​x
​June 6 – J. Petree	​	​x
​June 6 – Guy	​	​x
June 6 – Humes​	​	x​
June 6 – Richendrfer​	​	​x
June 6 – Skeers​	​	​x
​June 6 – Coalition of Bham Neighbors	​	​x
​June 3 – Robbins	​	x​
​June 3 – Pacher	​	​x
​June 1 – Kochman	​	​x
​June 1 – Hoffenbacker	​	​x
​May 31 – Kvamme	​	​x
​May 26 – BIAWC	​	​x
​May 24 – Multi Neighborhood	​	​x
May 24 – League of Women Voters	​	​x
​May 23 – Mackie (PDF)	​	x​
​May 23 – York Neighborhood	​	​x
​May 17 – Skeers (PDF)​	​x​	​x​
​May 17 – Twitchell (PDF)​	​x​	​​x
​​May 16 – Scott	​	x​
​May 16 – Bjornson	​	​x
​May 16 – Coalition of Bham Neighbors	​	​x
​April 29 – Twitchell (PDF)	​	​x
​April 20 – C. Petree (PDF)	​x	​x
​April 11 – Herlevi (PDF)	​x	​
​April 8 – G. Middaugh (PDF)	​x	​
April 8 – Kochman (PDF)	​x	​
​April 8 – D. Middaugh (PDF)	​x	​
​April 8 – G. Middaugh (PDF)	​x	​
​April 7 – BIAWC (PDF)	​x	​
​April 7 – G. Middaugh	​x	​
​April 7 – D. Middaugh	​x	​
​April 7 – Mackie (PDF)	​x	​
​April 7 – Law (PDF)	​x	​
​April 7 – Bjornson (PDF)	​x	​
​April 6 – Johnson (PDF)	​x	​
​April 6 – Scott (PDF)	​x	​
​April 4 – Jones (PDF)	​x	​
​April 3 – Vodopich (PDF)	x​	​
​April 1 – Conoboy (PDF)	​x	​
​April 1 – Henshaw (PDF)	​	​x
​April 1 – Henshaw (PDF)	​	​x
​April 1 – Lebioda (PDF)	x​	​x
​March 31 – BIAWC (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 29 – Kochman (PDF)	​x	​
​March 29 – Richardson (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 29 – Hostetler (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 24 – Staff (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 18 – Jones (PDF)	Comment addressed to Whatcom County Council​	​
​March 17 – Jones (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 15 – Staff (PDF)	​x	​
​March 15 – Grinstad (PDF)	​x	​
​March 14 – McKee (PDF)	​x	​
​March 12 – Dellecker (PDF)	​x	​
​March 10 – Staff (PDF)	​x	​
​March 9 – C. Petree (PDF)	​x	x​
​March 6 – Lilliquist (PDF)	​x	​
​March 3 – Guy (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 3 – C. Petree (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 3 – Henshaw (PDF)	​	​x
​March 3 – BIAWC (PDF)	​x	​x
​March 2 – Aucutt (PDF)	​Comment addressed to Whatcom County Council	​
​March 1 – Guy (PDF)	​x	​
​March 1 – Staff Response to 2/19 Jones (PDF)	​x	​
​February 26 – C. Petree (PDF)	​	​x
​February 26 – Melloh (PDF)	​x	​
​February 24 – C. Petree (PDF)	​x	​
​February 24 – City Legal Department	​x	​
February 23 – C. Petree (PDF​)	​x	​x
February 23 – C. Petree (PDF)​	​	​x
​February 23 – McKee (PDF)	​x	​
February 19 – Jones (PDF)​	x​	​x
​February 19 – Conoboy (PDF)	x​	​
February 19 – Lebioda (PDF) – author requested the comment be removed​ ​	​
February 19 – Jones (Roe) (PDF)​	​x	​x
February 16 – United Way (PDF)​	x​	​
February 8 – Maris (PDF)​	x​	​
​February 5 – Jones (PDF)	​x	​x
February 5 – Twitchell (PDF)​	x​	​
February 4 – Barton (PDF) ​	x​	​x
February 4 – BIAWC (PDF)​	x​	​
​February 3 – C. Petree (PDF)	x​	​
​February 3 – C. Petree (PDF)	​x	​
​January 26 – Carmichael (PDF)	Comment addressed to Whatcom County Council​	​
January 21 – C. Petree (PDF)​	x​	​
​January 21 – Jones (PDF)​	x​	​x
​January 20 – Harris (PDF)	​	​x
January 15 – Whatcom Community Foundation (PDF)​	x​	​
January 8 – Griffith (PDF)​	​x	​
2015​ ​ ​

December 15 – Barton (PDF)​	x​	​x
December 8 – C. Petree (PDF)​	x​	x​
December 5 – Selch​ (PDF)	​	​x
December 2 – Barton (PDF)​	​x	​
November 26 – Barton (PDF)​	​x	​
November 18 – Jones (PDF)​	​	x​
​October 21 – Kochman (PDF)	x​	​
October 2 – Kochman (PDF)​	​x	​
September 21 – J. Petree (PDF)​	​x	​x
September 15 – Harris (PDF)​	x​	​x
August 19 – BIAWC (PDF)​	x​	​
August 19 – Public Health Advisory Board (PDF)	​x	​
​August 17 – Henshaw (PDF)	​x	​x
​August 14 – J. Petree (PDF)	​	​x
​August 14 – McLaughlin (PDF)	​	​x
​August 14 – Carmichael (PDF)	​	​x
​August 14 – Robinson (PDF)	​	​x
​August 14 – Jones (PDF)	​x	​x
August 13 – BIAWC (PDF)​	​	​x
​August 10 – Roe (PDF)	​	​x
August 10 – Harris (PDF)​	​x	​x
​August 8 – Horowitz (PDF)	​	x​
​August 7 – BIAWC (PDF)	​	​x
August 5 – J. Petree (PDF)​	​	​x
August 2 – Harris (PDF)​	​x	​x
July 28 – Conoboy (PDF)​	​	​x
July 27 – Guy (PDF)​	​	x​
July 27 – Eskridge (PDF)​	​	​x
July 25 – Camp (PDF)​	​	x​
​July 24 – J. Petree (PDF)	​	​x
​July 23 – Evans (PDF)	​	​x
​July 22 – Horowitz (PDF)	​	x​
July 22 – Hammell (PDF)​	​	​x
​July 22 – Jones (PDF)	​	​x
​July 21 – Macomber (PDF)	​	​x
July 20 – BIAWC​ (PDF)	​	​x
June 13 – Eisenberg (PDF)	​	​x
June 12 – Bremer (PDF)​	​	​x
June 12 – Macomber (PDF)​	​	​x
June 1 – Hansen​ (PDF)	​	​x
​May 25 – Hansen (PDF)	​	​x

The following comments were received during the Planning Commission process and have been added to the August 6, 2015 Key Issues Summary and placed on the associated comment tracker index for reference.

• July 16 – Guy (PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 17, 2015
• July 14 – Horowitz (PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 15, 2015
• June 20 – Lilliquist (PDF)
• June 18 – Hirst (PDF)
• June 14 – Paskus (PDF)
• June 11 – Henshaw (4,696k PDF)
• June 11 – J. Petree (1,198k PDF)
• June 11 – C. Petree (2,322k PDF)
• June 11 – Almskaar (2,056k PDF)
• June 11 – Macomber (PDF)
• June 11 – BIAWC (PDF)
• June 11 – Carmichael Clark Attorney at Law (1,117k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• June 11 – Lesow (424k PDF)
• June 10 – Macomber (735k PDF)
• June 10 – Petree (337k PDF) – also sent to City Council on June 10, 2015
• June 10 – Olson (705k PDF)
• June 10 – Conoboy (840k PDF) – also sent to City Council on June 10, 2015
• June 9 – Petree (PDF) – also sent to City Council on June 9, 2015
• June 9 – Smith-Clawson (PDF) – also sent to City Council on June 9, 2015
• June 9 – Petree (711k PDF)
• June 8 – McLaughlin (263k PDF) – also sent to City Council on June 8, 2015
• June 8 – BIAWC (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 (459k PDF)
  • Attachment 2 (862k PDF)
• June 8 – Eskridge (793k PDF)
  • Attachment A (617k PDF)
  • Attachment B (4,568k PDF)
  • Attachment C (8,226k PDF)
  • Attachment DEFG (1,591k PDF)
• June 8 – People for Lake Padden (388k PDF)
• June 5 – Skeers Construction (710k PDF)
• June 3 – Fraser (561k PDF)
• June 3 – Petree (1,438k PDF)
• June 3 – Yew Street Property Owners (1,675k PDF)
• June 1 – Hickey (229k PDF)
• June 1 – Macomber (PDF)
• May 29 – Jones (3,571k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• May 28 – Horowitz (731k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• May 26 – Harris (359k PDF)
• May 21 – Petree (335k PDF)
• May 18 – Horowitz (229k PDF)
• May 13 – Petree (294k PDF)
• May 12 – Association of Bellingham Citizens (741k PDF)
• May 11 – Horowitz (1,313k PDF)
  • Urban Growth Area Guidebook (1,757k PDF)
• May 8 – School District (285k PDF)
• May 8 – Henshaw (PDF)
• May 6 – Petree (1,697k PDF)
• May 6 – Horowitz (339k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• May 5 – Macomber (PDF) – also sent to City Council on May 5, 2015
• May 5 – Kochman (PDF)
• May 5 – Horowitz (597k PDF) – also sent (original email) to City Council on July 22, 2015
• May 5 – BIAWC (497k PDF)
• May 1 – Horowitz (774k PDF)
• May 1 – Horowitz (556k PDF)
• May 1 – Petree (1,487k PDF) – also sent to City Council on Apirl 30, 2015
• April 30 – Petree (471k PDF)
• April 30 – Jones (609k PDF)
• April 29 – Hodges (PDF)
• April 29 – Grannis (382k PDF)
• April 29 – Yaver (PDF)
• April 28 – Mackie (261k PDF)
• April 28 – Rostron (PDF)
• April 27 – Ballweg (PDF)
• April 27 – Mclaughlin (PDF)
• April 26 – Abell (216k PDF)
• April 26 – Camp (PDF)
• April 26 – Conoboy (PDF)
• April 26 – Hansen (PDF)
• April 26 – Harris (282k PDF) – also sent to City Council on April 26, 2015
• April 26 – James (PDF)
• April 26 – Walz (PDF)
• April 25 – Horowitz (386k PDF)
• April 25 – Rangel (PDF)
• April 24 – Kochman (289k PDF)
• April 23 – Horowitz (332k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• April 23 – Wolf (202k PDF)
• April 22 – Petree (428k PDF)
• April 22 – Kochman (601k PDF)
• April 21 – Petree (634k PDF) – also sent to City Counil on April 22, 2015
• April 21 – Association of Bellingham Citizens (3,579k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• April 10 – Mclaughlin (2,012k PDF)
• April 10 – Harris (345k PDF)
• April 9 – Horowitz (899k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• April 9 – Collins (PDF)
• April 8 – Grannis (413k PDF)
• April 7 – Rangel (PDF)
• April 7 – Barker (235k PDF)
• April 6 – Kilanowski (PDF)
• April 3 – Lesow (1,416k PDF)
• April 3 – Plummer (193k PDF)
• April 3 – Alfers (681k PDF)
• April 2 – Scott (507k PDF)
• April 2 – Horowitz (205k PDF)
• April 1 – Horowitz (5,977k PDF) – also sent to City Council on July 22, 2015
• March 31 – Shirley (259k PDF)
• March 25 – Quyle (469k PDF)
• ​March 17 – Middaugh (PDF)
• March 17 – Hertz (2,824k PDF)
• March 16 – Collins (PDF)
• March 15 – Henshaw (589k PDF)
• February 23 – Collins (PDF)
• February 23 – Carpenter (PDF)
• February 9 – Harris (669k PDF)
• February 8 – Carter (PDF)
• January 12 – Olson (275k PDF)
• January 12 – Collins (PDF)
• December 15 – Collins (PDF)
• December 4, 2014 Planning Commission Public Hearing Comments  

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