Heritage Commission

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Heritage Commission Heritage Commission Contact: Marygrace Goddu (360) 753-8031 Wednesday, September 21, 2022 6:00 PM Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Davies called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 1.A ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Chair Holly Davies, Vice Chair Garner Miller, Commissioner Audrey Henley, Commissioner Kenneth House, Commissioner Sharon Lumbantobing and Commissioner Andrea Pareigis Excused: 4 - Commissioner Jessica Hull, Commissioner Stephen Scott, Commissioner Sarah Smith and Commissioner Gary Stedman OTHERS PRESENT Preservation Officer/Staff Liaison Marygrace Goddu 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Staff noted the public hearing would not be held and business item 6.A. would be discussion only. Item 6C was added. The agenda was approved as amended. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.A 22-0855 Approval of the July 27 2022 Heritage Commission Meeting Minutes Item 7, Reports, should be amended to include: Heritage Review Committee (HRC) reported on a consultative review and recommended future approval of plans to seek permit for demolition of a garage and replace with a historically compatible ADU of same footprint. A site visit to the KGY Radio Station Building at 1700 Marine Drive NE, relative to a nomination received to place it on the Olympia Heritage Register. The committee will recommend listing to the full Commission. The minutes were approved as amended. City of Olympia Page 1 Heritage Commission Meeting Minutes September 21, 2022 ROLL CALL Vice Chair Miller was excused at 6:12 p.m. after approval of the minutes. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT Lindsay from the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Project shared an invitation with the Commission to attend the October 7 launch of a project recently completed. Working with Evergreen State College students, they created four walking tours called "Hidden Histories" that showcase cultural and environmental themes: Tribal history, Olympia's China Towns, Olympia's Tidelands, and Capitol Lake/5th Avenue Dam. This work can be seen here: artforces.com/hiddenhistories https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/c9a26fc751dc4e8caeb1096ac66b4631> 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS - None 6. BUSINESS ITEMS 6.A 22-0856 Discuss nomination of the KGY Radio Building at 1700 Marine Drive NW to the Olympia Heritage Register (20-4011) Ms. Goddu provided a summary of the nomination and the Heritage Review Committee's recommendation for listing on the Olympia Heritage Register. Ms. Goddu explained the public hearing planned was removed from the agenda at the request of the Port of Olympia, who communicated concerns about the listing on September 16, 2022. The Commissioners discussed how to move forward at a future meeting with a public hearing. The discussion was completed. 6.B 22-0860 October Retreat Planning Ms. Goddu shared a draft agenda for the Commission's annual retreat scheduled for October 26. Commissioners discussed the proposed agenda and made adjustments. The discussion was completed. 6.C 22-0918 ADDED DURING MEETING - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Discussion Commissioner Henley shared an article by Christa Hillstrom from YES! online publication on the subject of Collective and Cooperative Commercial Building Ownership as a means for local populations to collaboratively assemble the resources to activate underutilized commercial properties for collective purposes. It was agreed that this article would fit well with the topics for the October retreat and commissioners will read it in advance for discussion. The discussion was completed. City of Olympia Page 2 Heritage Commission Meeting Minutes September 21, 2022 7. REPORTS 7.B Staff Report Ms. Goddu provided an overview of upcoming commissioner terms and fall events. 7.A Committee Reports Commissioner Pareigis, Marketing & Outreach Committee, reported on the progress of the Indie Music History project. Ms. Goddu shared upcoming grant deadlines and Chair Davies offered to help with the grant writing. 8. OTHER TOPICS - None 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m. City of Olympia Page 3