2021-01-14 Citizens Housing Commission MinutesEDMONDS CITIZENS' HOUSING COMMISSION
Meeting Notes —January 14, 2021
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 Webpaee.
ATTENDANCE
Commissioners
•
Karen Haase Herrick, Zone 1
•
James Ogonowski, Zone 1
•
Keith Soltner, Zone 2
•
Weija Wu, Zone 2
•
Eva -Denise Miller, Zone 3
•
George Keefe, Zone 3
•
Michael McMurray, Zone 4
•
Nichole Franko, 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
City Council Liaisons
• Luke Distelhorst, Position 2
• Vivian Olson, Position 5
Project Staff
• Shane Hope, City of Edmonds
• Brad Shipley, City of Edmonds
• Amber Groll, City of Edmonds
• Gretchen Muller, 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 Warren provided a comment thanking the Commission for all of their work to
date on housing policies.
Alternate Wyatt provided comment recommending Brave New Home by Diana Lind,
which takes a look at moving away from single-family homes.
6. DECEMBER 17 NOTES APPROVAL
The December 17 meeting notes were approved.
7. CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS REMAINING FROM DECEMBER
Commissioner Ogonowski presented five draft policy proposals for the Commission's
consideration. Decisions for each proposal are outlined below.
i. Property Tax Exemption for Low Income Households Proposal: Commissioners
approved adding this policy to the draft recommendations list.
ii. Subarea Policy Proposal: Commissioner Ogonowski will work with the Zoning
Standards Committee to include details from this proposal into the
Development of Neighborhood Villages draft policy recommendation.
iii. Covenants and Deeds Policy Proposal: Commissioners approved adding this
policy to the draft recommendations list.
iv. Swedish Hospital Partnership Policy Proposal: Commissioner Ogonowski will
work with Commissioner Throndsen and the Incentives & Requirements
Committee to include details from this proposal into the Develop Community
Housing Partners draft policy recommendation.
• A Commissioner made a motion for details of medical partnerships be
included in the Develop Community Housing Partners draft policy
recommendation, including information on the Verdant Health
Commission. Commissioners approved this motion.
V. HASCO Partnership Proposal: This proposal did not receive a motion.
II. Commissioner made a motion to add the following policy proposal to the draft
recommendation list based on the last round of public engagement: Update
Comprehensive Plan to Include "Parking Solutions" as a Goal in Transportation Element
Section. Commissioners approved this motion.
III. Commissioner made a motion to add the following policy proposal: "Recommend not
allowing SEPA exemption policies to be considered by City Council as they relate to
housing policies." Commissioners did not pass this motion, so the policy proposal will
not be included on the draft recommendations list.
8. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATE —Jasmine Beverly
I. Presentation on the community input heard in the last round of community
engagement including:
i. Response rates for survey and participation at the January 7 webinar
ii. Results and feedback on the ideas presented in Survey #4 — December
2020/January 2021
iii. Trends from the written feedback from the January 7 webinar
9. UPDATE ON LETTER FROM ALLIANCE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING — Councilmember Distelhorst
Councilmember Distelhorst gave an update on a letter from the Alliance for Affordable
Housing. Commissioners discussed this letter and thanked Councilmember Distelhorst
for providing an update.
10. FORMAT/FRAMEWORK FOR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
I. Commissioner Throndsen gave an overview of the transmittal letter that will be included
in the suite of materials sent to City Council with the final policy recommendations.
Commissioners will send edits to Director Hope prior to the January 28 meeting.
Commissioners will vote on the final letter at the January 28 meeting.
Gretchen gave an overview of the framing for voting on final recommendations.
Commissioners clarified the information included in the final recommendations for
Council and discussed which information they want included. Commissioner a motion to
include vote tallies for each policy recommendation. The motion did not receive a
second. Commissioners voted to include the following information in the final
recommendations:
i. Short title (by Commission vote)
ii. Policy statement (by Commission vote)
iii. Additional/optional information (information previously provided by
Committees — not voted on by Commission)
11. WRAP-UP, NEXT STEPS AND ADJOURN — Gretchen Muller
I. The final meeting is on Thursday, January 28. Commissioners will make final policy
recommendations for Council at this meeting.
II. Commissioner made a motion to start the January 28 meeting at 613M. Commissioners
passed this motion, so the January 28 meeting will begin at 613M.