Land Use & Environment Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Land Use & Environment Committee Information: 360.753.8244 Thursday, October 4, 2018 5:30 PM Room 207 Special Meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Gilman called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 3 - Chair Clark Gilman, Committee member Nathaniel Jones and Committee member Lisa Parshley OTHERS PRESENT City of Olympia Community Planning & Development Staff: Deputy Director Leonard Bauer Senior Planner Joyce Phillips 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT The following people spoke: Judy Bardin, Walt Jorgensen, Phyllis Booth, Kathy McCormick, Larry Dzieza and Pat Rasmussen. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - None 6. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 6.A 18-0940 Missing Middle Housing Recommendation Revisions Mr. Bauer presented Missing Middle housing recommendation revisions to clarify the definition of on-street parking and provided a handout. Committee member Jones moved, seconded by Committee member Parshley, to forward a recommendation to Council to define on-street parking. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Bauer presented Missing Middle housing recommendation revisions for removing the limitation of four townhouse units per structure. City of Olympia Page 1 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes October 4, 2018 Committee member Jones moved, seconded by Committee member Parshley, to forward a recommendation to Council to allow more than four townhouses in one structure. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Bauer presented two alternative Missing Middle housing recommendation revisions in which triplex, fourplex and courtyard apartment buildings would be permitted in the R 4-8 zoning district; handouts were provided. Committee member Parshley moved, seconded by Committee member Jones, to forward a recommendation of Alternative 1 with revisions to Council for triplex, fourplex and courtyard apartment buildings to add areas within 600 feet of segments of 18th and 22nd Avenues Southeast that are immediately across the street from R 6-12 zoning districts. The motion passed unanimously. 7. REPORTS AND UPDATES Chair Gilman reported on October 24, 2018 there is a session sponsored by the Ruckelshaus Center to meet with local governments, which is a priority for Committee members to attend. The Committee agreed to cancel the Land Use and Environment Committee meeting previously scheduled for October 24, 2018. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:08 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is for November 15, 2018. City of Olympia Page 2