Land Use & Environment Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Land Use & Environment Committee Information: 360.753.8244 Wednesday, February 21, 2024 4:00 PM Room 112, Virtual and via phone Register to Attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Ya42niBRKOaDWp7dCjgow 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Madrone called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 3 - Chair Dani Madrone, Committee member Jim Cooper and Committee member Robert Vanderpool 2.A OTHERS PRESENT City Manager Jay Burney Assistant City Manager Rich Hoey Community Planning and Development Director Leonard Bauer Community Planning and Development Deputy Director Tim Smith Housing Program Specialist Christa Lenssen Housing Program Manager Darian Lightfoot Principal Planner Joyce Phillips Associate Planner Casey Schaufler Co-Executive Director of NW Cooperative Development Practitioners Sam Green Knoxworks Consulting Owner Paul Knox 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT Karen Messmer spoke. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.A 24-0172 Approval of January 25, 2024 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. City of Olympia Page 1 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes February 21, 2024 6. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 6.A 24-0145 Olympia 2045: Comprehensive Plan Update Briefing Ms. Phillips provided an update on the process of updating the Olympia Comprehensive Plan. The discussion was completed. 6.B 24-0155 Drive-Throughs in Mixed Use Developments Along Downtown Entry Corridors Requested Code Amendment Recommendation Mr. Schaufler presented the zoning text application and the Planning Commission recommendation. The Committee discussed tradeoffs of approving recommendation or considering the original staff recommendation. Committee member Cooper moved, seconded by Chair Madrone, to accept the Planning Commission recommendation with the amendment to extend the area from Union to 5th Avenue. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 2 - Chair Madrone and Committee member Cooper Nay: 1 - Committee member Vanderpool 6.C 24-0164 Affordable Homeownership Study Briefing Ms. Lenssen introduced the consultant team, who presented their ten top issues for consideration to include in the final draft of a report on affordable home ownership. Committee members discussed their priorities among the recommendations to guide staff in using this study to move forward. The discussion was completed. 7. REPORTS AND UPDATES Mr. Bauer shared the agenda items scheduled for the March 21 meeting. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:08 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2