Land Use & Environment Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Land Use & Environment Committee Information: 360.753.8244 Thursday, September 17, 2020 5:00 PM Online and via phone Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O_eqivwsRf2irmvHzDdDxA 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 Public Works Staff: Director Rich Hoey Water Resources Director Eric Christensen Engineering and Planning Supervisor Susan Clark Community Planning and Development Staff: Director Leonard Bauer Strategic Project Manager Amy Buckler 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT The following people spoke: Krystafer Brown, Rusty Shekha, Leviathan Davis, Theresa Wall, Sarah DeStasio, Lanessa Inman, Ty Brown, Stevi Kamphaus, Alisha Zierden, Robert Akhtar and Keegan Wulf. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.A 20-0703 Approval of August 20, 2020 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. City of Olympia Page 1 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes September 17, 2020 6. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 6.A 20-0697 Risk and Resiliency Assessment and Water System Plan Update Project Briefing Mr. Christensen and Ms. Clark gave presentations. The discussion was completed. 6.B 20-0698 Thurston Regional Climate Mitigation Plan Project Update Mr. Hoey and Ms. Clark gave presentations. The discussion was completed. 6.C 20-0696 Consideration of an Ordinance Adding a New Chapter to 5.82 to Title 5 of the Olympia Municipal Code regarding a Rental Housing Code Ms. Buckler gave a presentation. Committee member Bateman moved, seconded by Committee member Madrone, to forward the recommendation to City Council with an amendment to section E.2 with language to match the Governor’s order that the repayment plan should be based on the financial situation of a tenant. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 3 - Chair Gilman, Committee member Madrone and Committee member Bateman 7. REPORTS AND UPDATES Mr. Bauer reported on the Thurston Regional Planning Council draft regional housing needs assessment and discussed the upcoming September 23, 2020 Planning Commission meeting. He outlined the agenda for the October Land Use and Environment Committee meeting. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2