The Whatcom County Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Blaine’s urban growth area (UGA) proposal during its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 4. The commission will also continue discussion on Birch Bay’s proposed UGA.
Alex Wenger, director of the city’s Community and Development Services Department, will present Blaine’s new proposal after the city retracted it in October due to “technical” issues that needed to be sorted with the county. Whatcom County Council, which will ultimately need to approve the plan, signaled in late October that it was against Blaine’s original proposal to expand its UGA near Semiahmoo.
Whatcom County and its cities are reviewing their UGAs as they undergo the state’s mandated decennial review to their comprehensive plans, which guide development in each community for the next 20 years.
The commission meeting will be held both online and at the Planning and Development Services Northwest Annex, 5280 Northwest Drive in Bellingham. For more information on the meeting, including how to stream it, visit the county’s website at bit.ly/4po9u7a.
