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2024-01-25 Architectural Design Board MinutesCITY OF EDMONDS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BOARD Minutes of Regular Meeting January 25, 2024 Chair Bayer called the hybrid meeting of the Architectural Design Board to order at 6:02 p.m. in the Brackett Room at Edmonds City Hall, 121— 5th Avenue North, Edmonds, Washington. Board Members Present Kim Bayer, Chair Alexa Brooks, Vice Chair Alex Hutchinson Maurine Jeude Corbitt Loch Steve Schmitz Board Members Absent None Staff Present Mike Clugston, Acting Planning Manager Jeff Levy, Senior Planner New Board Member Hutchinson was welcomed. All board members and staff introduced themselves. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved as presented. AUDIENCE COMMENTS None APPROVAL OF MINUTES December 11, 2023 ADB Special Meeting Minutes MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER JEUDE, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER SCHMITZ, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NEW BUSINESS A. Election of Officers Board Member Jeude nominated Chair Bayer to serve another term as Chair. Architectural Design Board Meeting Minutes of Regular Meeting January25, 2024 Pagel of 3 Chair Bayer was unanimously re-elected Chair. Board Member Jeude nominated Vice Chair Brooks to serve another term as Vice Chair. Vice Chair Brooks nominated Board Member Schmitz to serve as Vice Chair. Alexa Brooks was re-elected Vice Chair. PUBLIC HEARINGS None BOARD REVIEW ITEMS Acting Planning Manager Clugston discussed items that will be coming to the Board in the near future. The main focuses this year will be the Comprehensive Plan update and Design Review codes and processes. BOARD DISCUSSION ITEMS • Vice Chair Brooks wondered if the Board could still meet on months when there is no actual business in order to get updates on previous topics. Chair Bayer acknowledged that a lot of meetings were cancelled when there were no projects to review, but she thought there were still things they could be discussing. Mr. Clugston stated that he thought this year would be very full of Comprehensive Plan and Design Review code and process discussions. It is likely they will need all the meetings just to address those. There was discussion about forming subcommittees to address priority topics such as multifamily design standards. Mr. Clugston explained that staff intended to put together a list of topics in a work plan for them to take a look at in February. Chair Bayer expressed interest in prioritizing the list, potentially beginning to assign subcommittees, and also starting to think about when they might be able to have a joint meeting with the Planning Board. Board Member Loch was not in favor of having meetings when there is no work. He suggested that the Board receive design standards from staff when they are ready to review and mark up with their individual comments. He encouraged staff to take advantage of the ADB members' unique areas of expertise. Board Member Schmitz agreed. There was general discussion about the uncertainty of the process and the timeline at this point. • Mr. Levy indicated he would send out information about HB 1110, the middle housing bill, and HB 1337, regarding accessory dwelling units. • Board Member Schmitz requested that staff include the ADB early in the Comp Plan drafting process, even before they have made decisions about the code, so the ADB can begin to get up to speed on what the possibilities might be and form opinions. • Chair Bayer referred to the elimination of the two-phase public hearing for design review and wanted to know how they will be able to make sure they get public input and are able to do all they need to do with just one design review meeting. Commissioner Schmitz thought it would actually help them get to the point and clarify what they really want to see with the design standards. • Chair Bayer wondered about having a different regular meeting date since the 4th Thursdays are cancelled in November and December. Mr. Clugston said he could look to see when the room is available but noted they could always schedule a special meeting when there is a conflict. • Mr. Levy assured the Board that while it might seem a little slow, things are going to get very busy this year. Architectural Design Board Meeting Minutes of Regular Meeting January 25, 2024 Page 2 of 3 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS No additional comments ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:54 p.m. Architectural Design Board Meeting Minutes of Regular Meeting January 25, 2024 Page 3 of 3