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City Hall City of Olympia 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Information: 360.753.8447 Meeting Minutes City Council Thursday, October 2, 2014 6:30 PM Council Chambers Special Meeting to Conduct Business of the Community and Economic Revitalization Committee 1. ROLL CALL Councilmembers Mayor Stephen H. Buxbaum Mayor Pro Tem Nathaniel Jones Councilmember Julie Hankins Councilmember Jeannine Roe Councilmember Jim Cooper Staff City Manager Steve Hall CP&D Deputy Director Leonard Bauer CP&D Director Keith Stahley Developers Joe Illig Ray LaForge Mario Lee Han Kim Glenn Wells Pat Rants Ron Thomas Ryan Haddock Suhk Samra Perry Shay Michael VanGelder Michael Reid Stuart Drebick Jim Haley Neil Falkenberg Evan Parker Jim Morris Brian Kolb Greg Bailey Thurston County Economic Development Council (EDC) Executive Director Michael Cade Renee Sundee Annette Roth Planning Commission Carole Richmond Missy Watts Kim Andresen Jerry Parker Roger Horn Max Brown 2. OTHER BUSINESS 2.A 14-0954 Development Roundtable City of Olympia Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes October 2, 2014 Mayor Buxbaum provided welcoming remarks and provided an overview of the purpose of the meeting and the objectives of the City’s Community Renewal Area (CRA) process and touched on the opportunity areas. Following these comments, the Mayor introduced attorney Jay Reich who provided an overview of the Community Renewal Area law in the State of Washington. Mr. Reich stressed the role of the private sector in the community renewal process. He noted he was looking forward to the developers’ specific input in helping to move the community forward. Mr. Cade set the expectations for the evening and introduced Renee Sundee, Annette Roth the other two facilitators for the evening. He said the evening is intended to be a listening session and said he hoped the meeting could proceed in an atmosphere of trust and comfort. He noted the evening would be divided into three sessions and participants would be asked to rotate between tables to ensure there was strong cross fertilization among the participants. See the EDC’s report for further information about table discussions and report-outs. Mr. Cade thanked participants. He let the City know the invitation to facilitate the event was much appreciated and said the EDC will prepare a report of significant themes and outputs of the evening. Mayor Buxbaum thanked the EDC for their work and said he thought this was the start of an important dialogue. He noted we are all in the business of community development and we all care about this community. The discussion was completed. 3. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:23 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2