Thu, Sep 01, 2016, 5:00 am Tip Johnson
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) policy by all accounts is ripening. Meanwhile, other important policies seem unfortunately in decay – like opportunities for public discourse.
Tag Archives: Accessory Dwelling Units
Temper Tantrum Taints City Council / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy and Anne Mackie
After three minutes at city council you are cooked – or else!.[Note: This article was written by NWCitizen regular contributor, Dick Conoboy and by Anne Mackie, a community activist for 50 years. Her first encounter with authoritarianism was in 1966 when a bucket of mop water was thrown out the window of the Federal Court House building on Magnolia St. at a group of anti-war protesters that she was part of.]
Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:13 am // Dick Conoboy
The August 8 evening meeting of the Bellingham City Council must be viewed (video here) if you want to see the direction the city is taking on stifling citizen involvement in planning for our future.
Comprehensive Plan process, City of Bellingham: revised schedule of work sessions / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Dick Conoboy
Click on the graphic to access COB Special Committee Of The Whole Meeting Agenda on the COB website.
For those of you who are following the Comprehensive Plan process for the City of Bellingham, there is a revised schedule of work sessions as the city council moves the sessions to the Committee of the Whole which meets in the afternoon. Continue reading
Singing the Comp Plan Blues / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy
Photo by Dick Conoboy
Mon, May 23, 2016, 5:21 am Dick Conoboy
As the city slides down the razor blade of the comprehensive plan process, the Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission took up the discussion in a lively session on 18 May. Continue reading
Accessory Dwelling Units – There Is No Rush / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy
A Bellingham ADU in the South Hill Neighborhood.
Mon, Nov 16, 2015, 4:30 am Dick Conoboy
Over the past year, various groups (primarily a focus group, the Planning Commission and the Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission) have met in work groups to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and the need to update the current ordinance. Continue reading
