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 18, 2021 5:30 PM Online and Via Phone 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Madrone called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 3 - Chair Dani Madrone, Committee member Clark Gilman and Committee member Yến Huỳnh OTHERS PRESENT City Manager Jay Burney Community Planning and Development Staff: Community Planning and Development Director Leonard Bauer Port of Olympia Executive Director Sam Gibboney 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT - None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.A 21-0264 Approval of February 18, 2021 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. 6. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 6.A 21-0247 Port of Olympia Destination Waterfront Development Plan Ms. Gibboney presented the Port's Waterfront Destination Development planning process. The information was received. City of Olympia Page 1 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes March 18, 2021 6.B 21-0233 Downtown Residential Parking Exemption Boundary Briefing The Committee agreed to refer the issue of the Downtown Residential Parking Exemption Boundary to the Olympia Planning Commission for more detailed review and a recommendation to the City Council. The discussion was completed. 7. REPORTS AND UPDATES Director Bauer shared updates to the Land Use and Environment Committee 2021 work program. The Committee agreed to reschedule the next meeting from April 15 to April 22. Committee member Gilman suggested potential work program items: -Inclusion of required number of affordable units in residential development. -Request staff to look at questions of whether Olympia has authority to require all-electric-ready residential construction. Chair Madrone reported on the urban agriculture work group. High-level recommendations will come forward to the Committee in July. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:54 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2