Heritage Commission

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Heritage Commission Contact: Michelle Sadlier 360.753.8031 Wednesday, September 24, 2014 6:30 PM Room 207 1. CALL TO ORDER Vice Chair Harkness called the meeting to order at 6:41 p.m. 1.A ROLL CALL Present: 5 - Vice Chair Dwayne Harkness, Commissioner Mary Coacher, Commissioner Benjamin Helle, Commissioner Garner Miller, and Commissioner Nicholas Vann Excused: 4 - Chair Holly Davies, Commissioner Luke Howard, Commissioner Patricia McLain, and Commissioner Rachel Newmann Absent: 1 - Commissioner Mark Rentfrow 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved with a change to move the report of Planning Commissioner Bardin during Announcements. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.A 14-0927 Approval of August 27, 2014 Olympia Heritage Commission Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved as amended. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT - None 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS Planning Commission Update: Commissioner Bardin discussed questions posed to her by Heritage Commissioners regarding marijuana regulations. She gave a report on the Planning Commission public hearing meeting about wireless facility code amendments and the Commission discussion regarding the Capital Facilities Plan. Ms. Sadlier passed a signup sheet for the Open Government Meeting online video training. She asked for a volunteer to help consult on the new downtown mural and Commissioner Helle volunteered. City of Olympia Page 1 Heritage Commission Meeting Minutes September 24, 2014 Commissioner Helle announced an exhibit opening at the Legislative Building on November 11, 2014. The Office of the Secretary of State will sponsor the exhibit "Washington 1889: Blaze, Rails & the Year of Statehood". He announced Archives Month October 2014, the 125th anniversary of Washington reaching statehood which highlights the documents, artifacts and photographs that have documented Washington’s history and legacy. Commissioner Vann announced a Greening of Capitol Way project event at The Olympia Center on Monday, September 29, 2014 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 6. BUSINESS ITEMS 6.A 14-0928 Update on Survey of Olympia’s Mid-Century Residential Architecture Ms. Sadlier discussed the upcoming mid-century residential architecture survey of 400 residential properties built in Olympia between 1945 and 1965. She announced the hiring of a consultant who will hold a kick-off meeting in Olympia to help publicize the project and engage with the public. She outlined the discussions over the area which borders Tumwater and whether to include some Tumwater properties in the survey for completeness regardless of boundary . She recommended Commissioners attend the kick-off meeting to be held on October 9, 2014 to meet the consultant and engage with the public on the survey. The report was received. 6.B 14-0929 Update on Proposed Draft Ordinance Change on Olympia Historic Inventory Properties Ms. Sadlier discussed the decision of the Olympia Heritage Commission to recommend the removal of OMC 18.12.100B: Demolition of Property on the Historic Inventory from the Olympia Municipal Code. She discussed the two codes which would be impacted by this decision, Olympia Municipal Code (OMC) 18.02.180 Definitions and OMC 18.12 Historic Preservation. She announced that the public hearing on this recommendation would be held at the October 6, 2014 Planning Commission meeting. Discussion: - Getting validation from neighborhoods regarding the importance of historic registry and values pertaining to preservation. - Defining the role of the survey and Inventory placement protocol. - Other issues with some code references to nonexistent or deleted code references. The discussion was completed. 6.C 14-0934 Determining Whether to Reschedule the November 26, 2014 Heritage City of Olympia Page 2 Heritage Commission Meeting Minutes September 24, 2014 Commission Meeting Ms. Sadlier discussed the regularly scheduled meeting of the Heritage Commission falling on the day before Thanksgiving. She recommended moving the meeting to the following Wednesday on December 3, 2014 and all Commissioners were in agreement. The discussion was completed. 7. REPORTS 7.A Planning Commission Update Report given under Announcements. 7.B Downtown Committee - None 7.C Heritage Review Committee - None 7.D Maintenance Committee Ms. Sadlier reported she has submitted a proposal for a Thurston County Heritage grant. 7.E Outreach Committee There was discussion about the Outreach Committee taking responsibility for updating the second floor wall at City Hall which exhibits historic images of Olympia's heritage places. This would be a good time to replace old pictures and reflect unknown stories in conjunction with the new exhibit by the Secretary of State. 7.F Policy & Ordinance Committee - None 7.G Staff Update Ms. Sadlier discussed a code violation by the Department of Fish and Wildlife at the Georgia-Pacific Building. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m. City of Olympia Page 3