On September 15, 2025, the Bellingham City Council convened a special closed-record hearing at 1:00 PM to consider a street vacation that has been more than two decades in the making. The sole agenda item was an ordinance to vacate Rimland Drive between Woburn Street and Barkley Boulevard — a decision that would transfer ownership of a fully-developed urban street from the city to Talbot Real Estate, LLC, as part of the massive Barkley Urban Village development project.