Land Use & Environment Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Land Use & Environment Committee Information: 360.753.8244 Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:00 PM Online and Via Phone 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 Community Planning and Development Interim Director Tim Smith Community Planning and Development Associate Planner Casey Schaufler 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT - None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.A 24-0608 Approval of June 20, 20204 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. 6. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 6.A 24-0583 Development Code Updates to Support Urban Agriculture Briefing Mr. Smith provided background and a briefing on the City's urban agriculture development code update. The Committee discussed potential amendments to Title 18 to encourage small-scale growing and harvesting of food. The Committee referred a draft ordinance to the Olympia Planning Commission for discussion and recommendation to the City Council. The discussion was completed. City of Olympia Page 1 Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting Minutes July 18, 2024 7. REPORTS AND UPDATES Committee members discussed the agenda for the upcoming August 15 meeting. An Affordable Housing emergency ordinance was added to the agenda. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2