Land Use & Environment Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Land Use & Environment Committee Information: 360.753.8244 Thursday, March 16, 2017 5:30 PM Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Hankins called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 3 - Chair Julie Hankins, Committee member Clark Gilman and Committee member Nathaniel Jones OTHERS PRESENT City Manager Steve Hall Community Planning and Development staff: Director Keith Stahley Deputy Director Leonard Bauer Associate Line of Business Director Karen Kenneson Senior Planner Joyce Phillips Senior Planner Amy Buckler Office Specialist/Minutes Recorder Stacey Rodell Public Works Line of Business Director Debbie Sullivan 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4.A 17-0221 Approval of February 16, 2017 Land Use and Environment Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. 5. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 5.A 17-0261 Parking Strategy Update Ms. Kenneson provided a Parking Strategy update. She reviewed the following: · Work so far o Build parking inventory o Advisory committee meetings (ongoing) o Existing conditions report and code audit City of Olympia Page 1 Land Use & Environment Meeting Minutes March 16, 2017 Committee o Stakeholder interviews (ongoing) o Postcard distribution o Video o Online survey - 2600 responses o Field data collection o Begin to build Park+ model · What’s next - Spring 2017 o Compile data collection and survey results o Parking garage feasibility analysis o Public open house (late May) o Consultant prepare report and recommendations o Advisory committee meetings o Residential parking counts o Park+ model · Early summer - June 2017 · Draft report Mr. Stahley explained Public Work’s Debbie Sullivan would be joining this project in a project manager capacity. The report was received. 5.B 17-0230 Sign Code Update Briefing Ms. Phillips provided an update on the Sign Code revision progress. She reviewed the following via a PowerPoint presentation: · Public participation plan · Legal analysis - key findings, time, place, manner and emerging themes · Policy focus areas · Temporary signs · Building mounted signs · Next steps in the update process The information was received. 5.C 17-0244 Urban Design Regulation Update Ms. Buckler presented an overview on one of the first actions of the Downtown Strategy which is updating the City’s Downtown Design Guidelines. She reviewed the following via a PowerPoint presentation: · Basic Objectives o Simplify o Avoid vague language o Update illustrations o Address character areas o Integrate with other code provisions o Re-examine “pedestrian oriented streets” City of Olympia Page 2 Land Use & Environment Meeting Minutes March 16, 2017 Committee o Address Historic District review o Incorporate Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles o Update mixed-use standards o Add private open space requirements o Incorporate view protection regulations · Guideline Topics o Site planning o Site design o Building design She also reviewed the next steps in the process and schedule for 2017 including the April 12, 2017 open house. The Committee unanimously agreed to direct staff to proceed with the proposed timeline, technical work group and preliminary scope of work for updating the Downtown Design Guidelines. 6. REPORTS AND UPDATES Mr. Stahley presented a handout to the Committee and discussed the work being done by the Heritage Commission and the consultant team downtown. They have been doing inventory work defining historic character features. The work may result in expanding the historic district, nominating additional properties to be added to the National Historic Register and possibly designating a new historic district. So far the character areas have been identified as: light industrial and automotive, warehouse and light industrial, commercial corridor and residential concentration areas. The consultant team and Ms. Sadlier, Historic Preservation Officer will be coming before the LUEC Committee in May to present the final results of the inventory project. Mr. Bauer briefly discussed the upcoming Boundary Line Adjustment (BLA) code amendments that will be coming before Council in the near future. Mr. Stahley presented information regarding a Downtown Public Restroom Master Plan which was requested at the Council Retreat. Mr. Stahley contacted the consulting firm Young Architecture LLC who provided a fee proposal for the Master Plan. He presented this fee proposal to the Committee to receive direction on further action of this Plan. The Committee was in unanimous support of staff moving forward with this Plan. Mr. Stahley presented a brief update regarding Big Rock Capital and the purchase and sale agreement of the former Griswold’s property. Mr. Stahley provided an update regarding the Water Street Development Area. The next Land Use and Environment Committee meeting will be on April 20, 2017. City of Olympia Page 3 Land Use & Environment Meeting Minutes March 16, 2017 Committee 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m. City of Olympia Page 4