2020-06-11 Citizens Housing Commission MinutesEDMONDS CITIZENS' HOUSING COMMISSION
Meeting Notes —June 11, 2020
Zoom Virtual Meeting
6:30 — 9:00 PM
Virtual meetings are broadcast on government access channels 21 (Comcast) and 39 (Frontier). A
recording of the meeting is available on the City website. Meeting materials can be found on
the Citizens' Housing Commission Webpage.
ATTENDANCE
Commissioners
•
James Ogonowski, District 1
•
Karen Haase Herrick, District 1
•
Weijia (Vicky) Wu, District 2
•
Keith Soltner, District 2
•
George Keefe, District 3
•
Eva -Denise Miller, District 3
•
Nichole Franko, District 4
•
Michael McMurray, District 4
•
Tanya Kataria, District 5
•
Greg Long, District 5
•
Jess Blanch, District 6
•
Alena Nelson Vietmeier, District 6
•
Will Chen, District 7
•
Judi Gladstone, District 6
•
Bob Throndsen, At -large
Alternates
• Leif Warren, District 1
• Kenneth Sund, District 4
• Rick Nishino, District 6
• Jean Salls, District 7
• Tana Axtelle, At -large
City Council Liaison
• Vivian Olson, Position 5
• Luke Distelhorst, Position 2
Project Staff
• Shane Hope, City of Edmonds
• Brad Shipley, City of Edmonds
• Amber Groll, City of Edmonds
• Gretchen Muller, Cascadia Consulting Group
• Kate Graham, Cascadia Consulting Group
• Brent Edgar, Cascadia Consulting Group
AGENDA
1. TECHNOLOIGY OVERVIEW— Gretchen Muller
2. ROLL CALL— AmberGroll
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
I. Public comments for virtual meetings may be emailed to
housing.pub.comments@edmondswa.gov
3. ALTERNATE COMMENTS
I. Two alternates provided comment
4. REVIEW OF AGENDA & MEETING NOTES
I. Commission member read the land acknowledgement
II. Commission approved May 28, 2020 meeting notes
5. POLICY COMMITTEE UPDATES
I. Each Policy Committee presented any updates, clarifications, or new policies explored since
the May 28 meeting.
6. SELECTION OF ROUND 1 POLICY IDEAS FOR PUBLIC INPUT
I. The Commission voted on the following process for selecting policy ideas for public input:
The Commission will use the thumbs up/thumbs down feature to select the policy ideas as
concepts; City staff and consultants will work with the appropriate Committee's to refine
the language of the selected policy ideas for public input.
• In Favor: 14
• Opposed:
• Abstained:I
II. The Commission selected the following conceptual ideas to move forward, with language
refinements as needed, for public input:
• Pursue a coordinated regional effort, and participate in collection of the sales and use
tax credit for affordable and supporting housing at the County level.
(a) Allocate City's current share of tax credit to rental assistance for local tenants
affected by COVID-19.
(b) Coordinate allocation of future revenues from this source with municipalities in
southwestern Snohomish County Districts 3 and 4, the Alliance for Affordable
Housing, and the County.
• Advocate that Snohomish County use its councilmanic authority to adopt the 0.1% sales
and use tax for affordable housing by the deadline of September 30, 2020
• Execute an interlocal agreement with the Housing Authority of Snohomish County
(HASCO), allowing HASCO to operate within Edmonds geographic boundaries.
• All policy ideas in the Accessory Dwelling Units topic category
• The Commission decided to approved these policy ideas as a group and allow
for language refinement between City Staff and Committee members
III. Due to time constraints the Commission decided to continue selection of the remaining
policy ideas topic at a special meeting.
7. SPECIAL MEETING
I. The Commission decided to hold a special meeting to finish reviewing the remaining policy
ideas and selecting which policy ideas to move forward for public input.
• All remaining agenda items will be moved to the special meeting
II. The meeting will be Thursday June 18, 2020 from 6:30 PM — 8:30 PM via Zoom.
9. ADJOURN