2020-11-12 Citizens Housing Commission MinutesEDMONDS CITIZENS' HOUSING COMMISSION
Meeting Notes — November 12, 2020
Zoom Virtual Meeting
6:30 — 8:30 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' Housine Commission Weboaee.
ATTENDANCE
Commissioners
•
Karen Haase Herrick, Zone 1
•
James Ogonowski, Zone 1
•
Keith Soltner, Zone 2
•
Weijia Wu, Zone 2
•
Eva -Denise Miller, Zone 3
•
George Keefe, Zone 3
•
Nichole Franko, Zone 4
•
Michael McMurray, Zone 4
•
Tanya Kataria, Zone 5
•
Greg Long, Zone 5
•
Jess Blanch, Zone 6
•
Alena Nelson-Vietmeier, Zone 6
•
Will Chen, Zone 7
•
Judi Gladstone, Zone 7
•
Bob Throndsen, At -large
*Indicates an alternate participating as a voting member
Alternates
• Leif Warren, Zone 1
• Wendy Wyatt, Zone 2
• Kenneth Sund, Zone 4
• Rick Nishino, Zone 6
• Jean Salls, Zone 7
• Tana Axtelle, At -large
Project Staff
• Shane Hope, City of Edmonds
• Brad Shipley, City of Edmonds
• Gretchen Muller, Cascadia Consulting Group
• Kate Graham, Cascadia Consulting Group
• Jasmine Beverly, Cascadia Consulting Group
AGENDA
1. TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW— Gretchen Muller
2. REVIEW OF AGENDA
I. Commission member read the land acknowledgement
3. ROLL CALL— Brad Shipley
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
I. Public comments for virtual meetings may be emailed to
housing.pub.comments@edmondswa.gov
5. ALTERNATE COMMENTS
I. No alternates provided comment
6. OCTOBER 29 NOTES APPROVAL
Commission decided to approve the meeting notes from the October 29 Commission
Meeting.
7. HOUSING SUPPLY & AFFORDABILITY DISCUSSION
I. Commission member shared data and led discussion related to affordability of housing
types, especially duplexes and two -unit townhomes. Clarification was made about the
equity proposal.
8. POLICY COMMITTEE UPDATES —ROUND 2 POLICY IDEAS
Commission members walked through all Round 2 Policy Ideas and outlined which are
continuing forward, being removed, or being combined. Clarifications were noted for
several proposals.
9. FULL LIST OF PROPOSED DRAFT POLICIES (ROUND 1 AND ROUND 2)
Commission members walked through all Round 1 and 2 Draft Policies to identify next
steps for each policy idea and to discuss any clarifying questions.
Commission member made a motion to create one definition for "single-family zones."
This motion did not receive a second and was not approved.
10. REVIEW OF PROJECT TIMELINE & NEXT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT— Shane Hope and
Jasmine Beverly
Director Hope provided an update on the extended timeline option (pending Council
approval) and associated sequencing of meetings.
Overview of proposed approach for next community engagement efforts, including a
new community engagement timeline based on the updated project timeline.
11. WRAP-UP, NEXT STEPS AND ADJOURN — Gretchen Muller
Committees to provide list of 2-3 resource documents that they used to help inform
their research/conversations at committee level about their policy ideas (for each policy
idea, 2-3 resources)
Committees continue to meet to determine recommended next steps for their round 2
policy ideas. Commission will discuss full list of proposed drafts at the November 12
meeting.