Design Review Board

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Design Review Board Contact: Catherine McCoy 360.570.3776 Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:30 PM Room 207 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Heinricher called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 4 - Chair Jami Heinricher, Boardmember Bassim Kreem, Boardmember Angela Rush, Boardmember, Virginia Sorrells,Boardmember Ingrid Gulden, Boardmember Joseph S LaValle Excused: 1 - Boardmenber Robert Findlay Absent: 1 - Boardmember Duane Edwards 2.A OTHERS PRESENT Associate Planner/Staff Liaison Catherine McCoy 2. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. PROJECT REVIEW The next project review will be the State and Water detail design review. The staff report and checklist templates have been updated; staff asked for feedback on the new templates. The site plan, landscape plan, and building elevations sheets will be provided via mail-out to each Boardmember one week prior to the meeting. Ms.McCoy gave a brief technical demonstration on how to access the agenda and project materials on the City’s agendas and minutes website. 2. ABSENCES Ms. McCoy reminded the Board to let staff know, ahead of time preferably, of any upcoming or potential absences. 3. DRB VOLUNTEER CANDIDATES There will be vacancies for 5 positions. Eight candidates will be interviewed by the General Government Committee (subcommittee of City Council) next week on Feb 18, 7:10-8:30 pm. Chair Heinricher will be present during the interviews. 3. BUSINESS ITEMS City of Olympia Page 1 Design Review Board Meeting Minutes February 13, 2020 3.A 20-0163 Design Review Board Work Session 2 - 2020 Annual Work Plan Ms. McCoy handed out a spreadsheet with work plan items identified by the Board at the previous meeting. Boardmembers discussed each element, the Board’s commitment (in hours) and lead, staff’s commitment, when the item should be addressed during the year, and the extent to which there may be budget implications. Chair Heinricher and Ms. McCoy will review the draft prior to submitting to the Board for a final review. Then it will be forwarded to the Strategic Communications Director Kellie Purce Braseth. The discussion was completed. 4. OTHER TOPICS - None 5. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2