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Commission closes hearing and issues order of conditions for Well 3 replacement

Bellingham Conservation Commission · June 24, 2026
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Summary

The commission closed the continued hearing for the Well 3 replacement, amended draft order language to clarify revegetation applies to disturbed areas, and voted to issue the order of conditions.

The commission closed the continued hearing on a Notice of Intent for the Well 3 replacement and approved an order of conditions on June 24, after staff and commissioners resolved wording clarifications about restoration and stabilization language.

Staff noted that the draft order’s language referring to seeding "all vegetated portions" could be misread to require reseeding of undisturbed forested areas; members agreed to revised wording to require stabilization of disturbed areas and maintenance of sedimentation controls until disturbed areas are stabilized. After that amendment, the commission moved and voted to close the hearing and issue the order of conditions.

The order covers demolition of an existing well, construction of a replacement well and associated required infrastructure within riverfront and bordering vegetated wetland buffer areas, and includes special conditions as amended in the meeting. The commission approved the motion by roll-call and closed the hearing.