I have reviewed the latest information in your blog and would like to offer one correction. In the article titled “Peace Parley on Mitigation Fees,” you identify August 20 as being a “significant date” where the fire district will be submitting the Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) to Whatcom County.That is not entirely correct. The August 20 date is significant only in that it is the date of the second public hearing on the proposed CFP. The Board cannot make any decision on the CFP until after August 26, as that is the close of the official comment period on the DNS issued by the fire district’s Deputy SEPA Official. Oral comments will not be received after August 20. However, written comment can be received until the August 26 deadline.
I would anticipate that the Board will review any and all comments prior to the September 3 Board meeting and would consider making a decision on CFP adoption at that meeting. I believe the actual submittal of the CFP must occur before the end of September.
The CFP has gone through another revision based on comments received from those who attended the various workshops. We received the revised document from our consultants late yesterday afternoon. Having reviewed the document and finding it acceptable, we will be placing the revised version on our web site within the next twenty-four hours.
Thank you so much for being a non-biased communication conduit for those we serve. Hopefully, we are nearing the end of this complicated issue, and that the end result will be a living planning document that will serve the fire district through the planning period.
T. M. Fields
Fire Chief
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue
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