Design Review Board

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Design Review Board Contact: Jackson Ewing 360.570.3776 Thursday, May 25, 2023 5:30 PM Hybrid - Room 207 and Virtual via Zoom 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Sorrells called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Chair Virginia Sorrells, Boardmember Ingrid Gulden, Boardmember Nathaniel Kale, Boardmember Bassim Kreem, Boardmember Joseph S LaValle, and Boardmember Abigail Twombly Absent: 3 - Vice Chair Roussa Cassel, Boardmember Quentin Philips, and Boardmember Katrina Schmitt 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS - None 5. PROJECT REVIEW 5.A 23-0461 Case: Terrace on Columbia, 798 Columbia St SW, 23-1078 Presentations where given by Assistant Planner Casey Shaufler and Thomas Architecture Studio Principal Ron Thomas. Boardmember Gulden moved, seconded by Chair Sorrells, to approve the recommendation for the Context Plan as recommended by staff. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5 - Chair Sorrells, Boardmember Gulden, Boardmember Kale, Boardmember LaValle and Boardmember Twombly Absent: 3 - Vice Chair Cassel, Boardmember Philips and Boardmember Schmitt Recused: 1 - Boardmember Kreem Boardmember LaValle moved, seconded by Boardmember Gulden, to approve the recommendation of the Site Plan Landscape Plan as recommended by staff. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Olympia Page 1 Design Review Board Meeting Minutes May 25, 2023 Aye: 5 - Chair Sorrells, Boardmember Gulden, Boardmember Kale, Boardmember LaValle and Boardmember Twombly Absent: 3 - Vice Chair Cassel, Boardmember Philips and Boardmember Schmitt Recused: 1 - Boardmember Kreem Boardmember LaValle moved, Seconded by Boardmember Gulden, to approve the recommendation of the Building Design Plan as recommended by staff. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5 - Chair Sorrells, Boardmember Gulden, Boardmember Kale, Boardmember LaValle and Boardmember Twombly Absent: 3 - Vice Chair Cassel, Boardmember Philips and Boardmember Schmitt Recused: 1 - Boardmember Kreem 6. OTHER Long range planning staff asked Boardmembers to participate in the 2045 Comprehensive Plan update. There is a survey the Liaison will send out, as well as a webpage with additional information regarding the update. 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 6:37 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2