2020-11-19 Citizens Housing Commission MinutesEDMONDS CITIZENS' HOUSING COMMISSION
Meeting Notes — November 19, 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 Weboage.
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
•
Michael McMurray, Zone 4
•
Tanya Kataria, Zone 5
•
Greg Long, Zone 5
•
Jess Blanch, 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
• Amber Groll, 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— Amber Groll
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
I. Public comments for virtual meetings may be emailed to
housing.pub.comments@edmondswa.gov
5. ALTERNATE COMMENTS
I. Alternate Wendy Wyatt saw a house with a DADU within the Edmonds and wanted to
report it. Director Hope explained that some buildings may have DADUs from when they
were under County jurisdiction, but that they would look into it further.
6. NOVEMBER 12 NOTES APPROVAL
Commission decided to approve amended meeting notes from the November 12
Commission Meeting, which will include a list of changes to the policy proposals.
7. TIMELINE UPDATE
Director Hope announced that Council approved the extended timeline, ending 1/31/21.
8. DISCUSSION OF INITIAL DRAFT POLICY PROPOSALS
Commission members walked through eight policy proposals and asked clarifying
questions for discussion.
9. WRAP-UP, NEXT STEPS AND ADJOURN —Gretchen Muller
I. Director Hope will continue to share links to helpful resources.
Commission members to send any additional questions on the draft policy proposals
between now and December 10, the second learning session.