Land Use & Environment Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Land Use & Environment Committee Information: 360.753.8244 Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:00 PM online or via phone Register to attend: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5892878055157781773 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Gilman called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 3 - Chair Clark Gilman, Committee member Dani Madrone and Committee member Jessica Bateman 2.A OTHERS PRESENT Jay Burney Interim City Manager Community Planning and Development Staff: Leonard Bauer, Interim Director Cary Retlin, Home Fund Manager Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.A 20-0327 Approval of February 13, 2020 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. 5.B 20-0326 Approval of March 5, 2020 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. 6. COMMITTEE BUSINESS City of Olympia Page 1 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes April 16, 2020 6.A 20-0266 Downtown Design Guidelines Update Ms. Phillips gave a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed downtown design guideline update. Committee member Madrone moved, seconded by Committee member Bateman, to review and forward the Planning Commission recommendation to approve the Downtown Design Guidelines and Related Code Amendments to the City Council for consideration. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. Aye: 3 - Chair Gilman, Committee member Madrone and Committee member Bateman 6.B 20-0268 Council Referral to Planning Commission to Implement 2ESHB 1923 Ms. Phillips provided an overview of the current draft recommendations being considered by the Olympia Planning Commission as referred to them by the City Council. The information was received. 6.C 20-0319 Actions on Tenant Issues Mr. Retlin gave a PowerPoint presentation which summarized recent bills approved by the State Legislature that affect renters. He also summarized several other state and federal actions affecting renters to address impacts of the COVID-19 emergency. The report was received. 7. REPORTS AND UPDATES Mr. Bauer reported that LUEC will host a Town Hall April 29, 2020, and shared a draft updated LUEC Work Plan, adjusted due to the cancelled March LUEC meeting and re-prioritization due to the response to COVID-19 emergency. Mr. Retlin will provide a draft agenda to Committee members the week of April 20, 2020. Committee members discussed the Urban Agriculture Update listed as ‘TBD’ as being a joint discussion with the Thurston Conservation District. The next regular meeting is May 21, 2020. Committee members directed staff to focus on providing recommendations on extending eviction notice limits and ‘just cause’ provisions for renters and landlords for the first agenda item at that meeting, as well as a strategy for addressing a healthy homes initiative as a longer-term discussion. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:57p.m. City of Olympia Page 2