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Committee weighs drainage master plan, asks about creating a stormwater utility district
Summary
County staff suggested the committee consider forming a local stormwater utility district and adding drainage concerns to the comprehensive plan; committee members asked for more information and follow-up with county planning staff.
The committee discussed the possibility of advancing a formal drainage master plan and whether Point Roberts should pursue a local stormwater utility district.
Speaker 5 relayed county staff guidance that taking the issue into the comprehensive plan would be a sensible first step and that the committee might then consider a ballot measure to create a local stormwater utility district. “establish the local stormwater utility district,” Speaker 5 said was one of the options county staff raised as part of a fuller drainage planning process.
Members acknowledged the political and procedural complexity of creating a formal utility, and Speaker 5 said they would request additional information from county staff and bring back rate studies and precedent materials used in other communities. No formal motion was taken; the committee agreed to continue the conversation and request written materials from Whatcom County about the planning path and potential ballot timing.
