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AGENDA
Edmonds Economic Development Commission
Edmonds City Hall
Brackett Meeting Room, 121 5th Ave N
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
6-8PM
6:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER
Call to Order
Roll
Call
1.
Approval of Agenda
2.
Approval of May 16, 2018 Meeting Summary
3.
Audience Comments (3 minutes per person)
15 min. 4.
Old Business:
• Art — Creative District Designation application progress.
• Civic Facilities — update on memo
70 min. 5.
New Business:
• New sub committees will give overview of proposed priorities for 2018-2019
and update any previous progress on past objectives
Development Feasibility
Arts/Tourism
Affordable Housing
Dayton Street Project
Business Attraction
• Liaison Report Discussion
Discuss how to ensure adequate time for Liaison updates and Commission
discussion
Provide time in the agenda for one Liaison to provide a more in depth report
each month, or as requested
Ask Liaisons to submit written summaries prior to the meeting so Commission
members can be prepared with comments/questions
Limit roundtable comments to 3 minutes ensuring each liaison has an
opportunity to comment
Other
35 min 6.
Roundtable Discussion (Council, Commissioners, City, Liaisons)
7.
Adj ourn
Next regular meeting: July 18, 2018, 6 PM
CITY OF EDMONDS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
May 16, 2018
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT
Jamie Reece, Chair
Kimberly Koenig
Scott Merrick
Matthew Waldron (arrived at 6:12 p.m.)
Darrol Haug
Nicole Hughes
Michael Schindler (left at 7:30 p.m.)
Neil Tibbott, Councilmember, ex officio
Phil Lovell, Planning Board, ex officio
Greg Urban, Edmonds Chamber, ex officio
Bruce Faires, Port Commissioner, ex-officio
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT
Aseem Prakash (excused)
STAFF PRESENT:
Patrick Doherty, Econ. Dev & Comm. Serv. Dir.
Cindi Cruz, Program Coordinator
1. Economic Development Commission meeting called to order by Jamie at 6:02 p.m.
2. Roll call and excuse absences: Aseem is excused for work.
3. Approval of Agenda: Approved.
4. Approval of 04/18/18 EDC Minutes: Mike moved to approve minutes, Darrol seconded;
motion passed.
5. Audience Comments: John Reed had no comment. Judy Salinas from Amazed and Glazed was
there regarding the Dayton Street utility project and the upcoming 2019Dayton Street utility/street
project. She had comments about the Main Street project several years ago and some of the things
the City did to mitigate the disruption to businesses during the closure such as: large reader board
signs regarding closure, a shopping day, needed liaison for City project information concerns about
City contact if they have someone to call at City to respond to concerns some realistic
communication from City, alley access for rerouting customers, parking access elsewhere either
renting and she reiterated it is a definite hit to businesses economically, also concerns that many
businesses do not know about project. Greg Urban thought that funds for project cannot be used
for anything but project costs so City would need to utilize other funds to help situation. Pam
Stuller, Walnut Street Coffee is interested in BD1 first floor ceiling height proposal to City
Council.
6. Membership & Leadership 2018-19 — Jamie asked for nominations for chairs and vice -chairs for
the next year. Chair position requires running meeting, setting agenda, and giving yearly report to
Council. Matt nominated Mary for chair and Jamie seconded, motion passed unanimously. Mike
nominated Nicole for vice -chair and Jamie seconded, Nicole nominated Aseem for vice -chair and
Matt seconded. Nicole was chosen through a ballot.
7. Old Business:
Subgroup Discussion (50 minutes):
Development Feasibility: Memo and discussion at Council of BD 15' first -floor height
issue was tentatively scheduled for 5115 and has been postponed to 5/22, which will entaila
Council decision if the issue will be sent to the Planning Division for future study. Planning
Manager had suggested that inconsistencies and/or other development barriers in
development code be reviewed by this group for future recommendations and review.
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Art — Creative District application process. Patrick updated on meeting to be held Friday,
May 18 at noon to start the process in seeking creative district designation for Edmonds.
Explained the process that City would be undertaking to prepare and submit application.
Community meeting on June 7 following up with another stakeholder's meeting on June
14 to complete process. Explained what this designation will mean to the City. Open up
opportunities for the City to apply for grants, community enhancements, etc. Not a huge
tangible impact immediately but could have more impacts in the future. Edmonds already
meets much of the criteria put forth by the state.
Civic Facilities — Update on memo which has not been sent to Council but waiting until
BD topic has been discussed. Several Commissioners stated they have had some negative
feedback on moving City Hall but potential Police Department movement was viewed
more favorably. Support for facilities movement was important if the goal is to money for
a feasibility study. There was concern in waiting and should the memo be sent to Council
now but it was decided to wait until the BD memo is dealt with by Council. Mary moved
to change the memo and/or send back to sub -group; Matt seconded to use downtown civic
facilities, discussion: — study could be to discuss which facilities would be considered.
Feasibility study to review all City owned buildings in downtown to determine if that is
the best use of those facilities. Looking at City Hall building to determine if this is highest
best use. All in favor: Darrol, Mary & Matt, all against: Mike, Kimberly, Nicole and Scott.
Motion fails. Memo will be finalized as was approved at the April meeting.
Affordable Housing — update on Task Force: Jamie updated open house is Monday, May
21, to introduce draft affordable housing plan. Final meeting of task force will be Friday,
May 25.Open house will introduce plan to public. Task Force will review and plan will go
to Mayor and Council. Plan can be sent to EDC and comments can be given back to Shane
for inclusion in final plan. Encouraged to go to Monday's open house. Patrick will send
out draft report on Monday to all commissioners and reconvene sub -group to comment on
plan.
Priorities for 2018 — Active existing sub -groups: Affordable housing, Art/Culture, Civic
facilities, and Development Feasibility. Groups on standby: Civic Field, Hwy 99, Parking
(Darrol will review with Pam Stuller and provide updated report), Five -Corners. New
ideas: tourism, branding, industry recruitment, entertainment, Dayton Street project.
Darrol's handout. Signs include a -board, pedestrian signage. Port of Edmonds. Creative
District designation. There should be three-four active subgroups. Office Space. Business
recruitment. Most items fall under Tourism or Development. Waterfront connector project.
Development code review. Make Dayton St. project a high priority. Final Sub -groups:
Affordable housing, Arts & Tourism, Development Feasibility, Business Recruitment will
come in to play when Affordable Housing is finished. Dayton St Project will be active for
several months with proposal for budget implementations. Self -driving van concepts for
shuttling visitors. See list for sub -group assignments (attached). At first sub -group
meetings appoint someone for point of contact.
8. New Business: Dayton Street Project could be discussed for potential business owner mitigations.
9. Roundtable Discussion (Council, Commissioners, City, Liaisons): Mary thanked Commission
for electing her as chair. Scott would like to have discussion about branding at EDC. Nicole thanked Jamie
for serving as chair. Bruce stated Port is issuing RFQ for feasibility study for putting parking structure on
property across Admiral from Amie's and Sound Transit has indicated interest in that project. He would
encourage community acknowledge and express gratitude to PSE. Phil briefed on first hearing of urban tree
management plan before Planning Board, more study needed, needs tie between 3 major departments Public
Works, Parks & Rec, and Development Services, plan is merely a plan does not create action. Neil praised
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work that Commission has done in the past based on input etc. It is a great benefit to community and
expressed his encouragement to continue developing ideas. Council retreat will be on June 9 with a focus
on City budget before it goes to Mayor and Directors. Greg — Chamber/Ed! business workshop next
Wednesday, first of four workshops. Jazz Connection next Saturday. Wine fundraising event ("Decant
Edmonds") on 20t''. Kimberly advised she can get a text to ping for City e-mails and can give info to other
Commissioners. Darrol stated the ESD will be moving 6' graders to middle school. Facilities assessment
for schools show that 50+ year old school buildings are in state of disrepair with not enough money for
repair. Patrick reported that he has received calls from businesses to move to Edmonds from Seattle due to
perceived lack of business friendly climate, most recently due to Head Tax vote there. Economic
Development Department is contracting with retail specialists for a workshop end of September. Tourism
summit attended in Everett yesterday was interesting and detailed what County is doing regarding
countywide tourism.
10. Adjourn at 8:11
Next regular meeting: June 20, 2018, 6 PM
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