2020-06-18 Citizens Housing Commission MinutesEDMONDS CITIZENS' HOUSING COMMISSION
Meeting Notes —June 18, 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 Webaaee.
ATTENDANCE
Commissioners
•
James Ogonowski, District 1
•
Karen Haase Herrick, District 1
•
Weijia (Vicky) Wu, District 2
•
Keith Soltner, District 2
•
George Keefe, District 3
•
Eva -Denise Miller, District 3
•
Nichole Franko, District 4
•
Michael McMurray, District 4
•
Greg Long, District 5
•
Jess Blanch, District 6
•
Alena Nelson-Vietmeier, District 6
•
Will Chen, District 7
•
Judi Gladstone, District 7
•
Bob Throndsen, At -large
Alternates
• Leif Warren, District 1
• Wendy Wyatt, District 2
• 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
• Brent Edgar, Cascadia Consulting Group
AGENDA
1. TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW— Gretchen Muller
2. ROLL CALL— Amber Groll
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
I. Public comments for virtual meetings may be emailed to
housing.Pub.comments@edmondswa.gov
3. ALTERNATE COMMENTS
I. One alternate provided comment
4. REVIEW OF AGENDA & MEETING NOTES
I. Commission member read the land acknowledgement
II. Commission approved May 28, 2020 meeting notes with the following changes:
i. Add the attendance of Chris Collier from the Alliance for Housing Affordability
ii. Change Judi Gladstone's District to 7
iii. Clarify that the topic of ADU's that was selected to move forward, removing the
word 'all'
5. POLICY COMMITTEE UPDATES
I. Updates, clarifications, or new policies explored since the June 11 meeting.
6. SELECTION OF ROUND 1 POLICY IDEAS FOR PUBLIC INPUT
I. The Commission resumed selection of the Policy Ideas, starting with the Transition Areas
category.
I. The Commission selected the following conceptual ideas to move forward, with language
refinements as needed, for public input:
i. Increase low -density multi -family residential housing (such as triplexes, fourplexes,
courtyard apartments, townhomes, and/or mixed use) along transit routes that are
also adjacent to commercial zones.
ii. Designate transition areas that are currently zoned RS-8 AND are adjacent to
multifamily or commercial zones. Encourage small-scale multifamily there—i.e.,
duplexes, triplexes & quadraplexes.
iii. Site Requirements: Require transition areas to have parking and green space.
iv. Provide development guidance or incentives that encourage duplex or two -unit
townhouse buildings in lieu of one large single-family house.
V. Zoning Code Update: Simplify zoning regulations. Use diagrams, pictures, and tables
in place of text where applicable. Use plain language where text is necessary.
vi. Permit Process: Reduce the number of conditional uses to streamline the permit
process.
vii. Require a percentage of larger (3-4 bedroom) units in new multi -family projects.
viii. Develop multi -family design guidelines.
III. Staff and Cascadia will work with policy committees and Community Engagement
Committee to refine policy idea language for public input
7. REFLECTIONS ON PROGRESS
I. Commission members shared reflections on the Commission's progress and format
8. NEXT STEPS
The first set of policy ideas will be included in the upcoming online open house and
survey. Commission members will be contacted about recording policy idea videos.
The quarterly report to Council is on July 7
9. ADJOURN