2020-02-13 Citizens Housing Commission MinutesEDMONDS CITIZENS' HOUSING COMMISSION
Meeting Notes — February 13, 2019
Brackett Room, City Hall - 3rd Floor
121 5th Ave N, Edmonds, WA 98020
6:30 — 8:30 PM
A recording of the meeting is available on the City website. Meeting materials can be found on
the Citizens' Housine Commission Webaaee.
ATTENDANCE
Commissioners
•
James Ogonowski, District 1
•
Karen Haase Herrick, District 1
•
Keith Soltner, District 2
•
Weijia (Vicky) Wu, District 2
•
George Keefe, District 3
•
John Reed, District 3
•
Michael McMurray, District 4
•
Nichole Franko, District 4
•
Tanya Kataria, District 5
•
Greg Long , District 5
•
Jess Blanch, District 6
•
Alena Nelson Vietmeier, District 6
•
Judi Gladstone, District 7
•
Will Chen, District 7
•
Bob Throndsen, At -large
Alternates
• Leif Warren, District 1
• Wendy Wyatt, District 2
• Eva -Denis Miller, District 3
• 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
*Indicates alternatives participating in the meeting on behalf of a Commissioner
AGENDA
1. ROLL CALL— Amber Groll
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
I. Two attendees provided public comment
3. ALTERNATE COMMENTS
I. Three alternates provided comment
4. REVIEW OF AGENDA & MEETING NOTES
I. Commission member read the land acknowledgement
II. Commission approved January 9, 2019 meeting notes
• Amended to correct the spelling of Vivian Olson's name
5. POLICY FRAMEWORK
I. Commission voted to accept the proposed changes in pages 1-3 of the February 4 version of
the policy framework with the following amendments:
• Maintain item "C" in Policy Goals section
• Change the use of "should" to "shall" in the Analysis section
II. Commission tabled further discussion on the policy framework to next meeting
6. POLICY TOPIC OPTIONS
I. Commission members voted via sticky dots on their top priority policy topics. The five topics
selected to be the focus for policy committees were:
• Obtaining or investing City Resources
• Incentives & Requirements for Affordability
• Housing Types
• Zoning Standard Updates
• City Processes or Programs
II.Commission members and alternates were assigned to one of the five policy committees
based on interest.
7. OTHER BUSINESS
I. Commission created an Outreach Committee to advise future public engagement activities
II. Commission created a committee to advise on the March 24 Quarterly Report to Council
8. ADJOURN