Design Review Board
Regular MeetingOlympia, WA · July 25, 2019
Minutes
City Hall
Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E
Olympia, WA 98501
Design Review Board Contact: Catherine McCoy
360.570.3776
Thursday, July 25, 2019 6:30 PM Room 207
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Heinricher called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: 5 - Chair Jami Heinricher, Boardmember Duane Edwards,
Boardmember/Architect Robert Findlay, Boardmember Ingrid Gulden
and Boardmember Joseph S LaValle
Excused: 3 - Boardmember Bassim Kreem, Boardmember Angela Rush and
Boardmember Virginia Sorrells
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS - None
4. BUSINESS ITEMS
4.A 19-0673 Case: State and Water, 19-1844
A. Context Plan: Approve as proposed.
B. Preliminary Site and Landscape Design: Approve as proposed.
C. Preliminary Building Design: Approve with the following conditions:
1. At detail design review provide types and cut sheets of all exterior building
lighting; under canopies, at building entries, at the parking garage entry,
pedestrian scale bollards, etc. Consider canopy cover with translucent or
transparent material that allows natural light to reach the sidewalk. OMC
18.110.080.
2. Provide design options for the proposed artwork installation along the north
façade. OMC 18.110.090.
3. Provide design details of the parking structure entrance from State Avenue, and
details of pedestrian access to the building within the parking lot/structure. OMC
18.110.170 and OMC 18.120.110.
4. Provide details of lighting within the parking structure. Avoid fixtures that create
glare for pedestrians and motorists at the street level and surrounding residential
units.
5. Provide design details of the hardy panel and windows on the south elevation.
The level of articulation on the south elevation should be more consistent with that
on the north and west elevations.
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Boardmember LaValle moved, seconded by Boardmember Gulden, to approve
the State and Water Street preliminary design program subject to conditions
listed above. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5 - Chair Heinricher, Boardmember Edwards, Boardmember/Architect
Findlay, Boardmember Gulden and Boardmember LaValle
4.B 19-0739 ADDED AT THE MEETING - Election of Board Members
Boardmember LaValle moved, seconded by Boardmember Edwards, to
re-elect Chair Heinricher as Chair and elect Boardmember Findlay as Vice
Chair. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5 - Chair Heinricher, Boardmember Edwards, Boardmember/Architect
Findlay, Boardmember Gulden and Boardmember LaValle
Excused: 3 - Boardmember Kreem, Boardmember Rush and Boardmember
Sorrells
5. OTHER TOPICS - None
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
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Agenda
Meeting Agenda City Hall
601 4th Avenue E
Olympia, WA 98501
Design Review Board
Contact: Catherine McCoy
360.570.3776
Thursday, July 25, 2019 6:30 PM Room 207
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. BUSINESS ITEMS
4.A 19-0673 Case: State and Water, 19-1844
Attachments: Attachment 1 - Staff Report
Attachment 2 - Design Review Checklists
Attachment 3 - Application Forms
Attachment 4 - Architectural Site Plan
Attachment 5 - Architectural Plan Set
Attachment 6 - Civil Plan Set
Attachment 7 - Views Corridor Analysis
Attachment 8 - Pedestrian District Overlay Chapter OMC 18.16
5. OTHER TOPICS
6. ADJOURNMENT
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