MEETING AGENDA
- 6:30 – 7:00 Agenda presentation and Report from Neighborhoods
- 7:00 – 7:30 Update from Council member Gilman
- 7:30 – 7:40 Annual Meeting Requirements – Lydia Moorehead
- Lobbyist Impact on South Capitol Neighborhood Summary – Lydia Moorehead
- 7:40 – 7:50 Prior meeting minutes approval (August) – Larry Dzieza
- Update on prior meeting items:
- Harbor Days Brainstorming Session
- CNA Mailbox
- Survey Monkey
- 7:50 – 8:00 Discussion on Neighborhood Surveys
- 8:00 – 8:15 Discuss Cumulative Impact Presentation Concept (Please read attached Concept paper)
- 8:15 – 8:25 Open discussion and Agenda for next month Ideas
- 8:30 Adjourn
- Update on prior meeting items:
Meeting Handouts:
2017 Annual Report
Harbor Days Flyer
Cumulative Impact Concept
Council of Neighborhood Associations (CNA) Minutes
Date: Monday, September 14th 2020 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Location: Zoom virtual meeting
Present: Council of Neighborhood Associations Officers: Larry Dzieza (Nottingham) – Chair, Mark Toy (SWONA) and Jim Rioux (ENA) – Co-Secretaries
Members: Denise Pantelis (CRANA), Judy Bardin (NWONA), Bob Jacobs (GSNA), Darrah Johnson (Wildwood NA), Jenn Wulf (DNA), Bob VanSchoorl (South Capital), Dana McAvoy (Eastbay Drive), Martha Worcester (Redwood Estates), Melissa Allen, Rachael Newmann , Joan Marchioro, Dave Marti (Indian Creek)
City & State Representatives & Presenters: Lydia Moorehead (Community Planning). Clark Gilman (City Council)
6:30 – 7:00 Agenda presentation and Report from Neighborhoods
Bob (GSNA) – Sent flyers out on Sept. 23 hearing Planning Commission small housing options. City ordinances override covenants. Judy – lawyer told her covenants and ordinances run parallel, have to challenge in court of developers violate.
Larry – Cancelled picnic. Really quiet in neighborhood with smoke.
Dana (East Bay Drive) – Also quiet, board meeting coming up on 24th to set up annual meeting and election in October. Starting to see RV campers along East Bay Drive. Participating in Hummingbird project with Children’s Museum.
Clark – Belongs to westside at large (does not live in RNA). Quietest Sunday in 28 years. People car camping noted. Capital Mall considering redeveloping property – mixed use like Northgate in Seattle.
Jim Rioux (Eastside NA) – Smoke drove people indoors. Subarea plan group meeting regularly via Zoom. Board exploring historic neighborhood designation. Stephanie Johnson to speak on Art Crossing project – next project between Eastside and Cain Road NA. Subarea planning group looking into promoting sidewalk construction – small projects, targeting ‘fee-in-lieu’ projects. Working with Madison School on school donation program.
Jenn (DNA) – Quieter last month. New board member (Calvin). Road construction projects downtown rerouting traffic. Crack seals on Jefferson. Not eventful.
Lydia – Puyallup quiet as well.
Darrah (Wildwood) – Also quiet. Annual meeting in October, hoping to elect two new board members. Sending out same notice as Bob.
Judy (NWONA) – Bruce not present, things pretty quiet. Co-op active, seconding Bob’s emphasis on housing ordinance – only 12 days notice for major housing changes.
Rachel – Forwarded notice of small housing options meeting to neighbors. Discussed front porch event, some board members wary of liability for ice cream event. State discussing development adjacent to South Capitol NA (new office buildings for staff on west side of campus to replace Insurance Bldg, maybe Library). Discussion followed with Bob, Jen on housing for lobbyists.
Dave (Indian Creek) – Also quiet, cancelled picnic, annual meeting in October.
Denise (CRANA) – 4500 bags for brown bag pickup for food bank. Hearing last month on Blackberry Hill development. One of biggest concerns townhome development right up to fence line of existing residential community – very abrupt transition.
Mark (SWONA) – Relayed WCAN neighbor question to Clark on eviction moratorium, ‘non-possessionary’ language. Neighborhood recovering from arson on 9th, Art in the Alley event on August 15, Front Yard Sing Along event on August 22 (both well attended), quarterly Zoom meeting scheduled for September 24.
Martha (Redwood Estates) – HOA having problems getting officers for board. 5-6 new homeowners recently. Asked for advice if no volunteers for HOA board (dissolution of HOA?). Lots of construction activity on 18th Street. Many houses going up (5?), concern on new developments, Townhomes to be constructed. Detray LLC Manufactured Home Developer owns lots of property in area, curious about plans (does 55+ housing). Melissa – In response to Martha, stated HOA required to have boards. City trying to increase density. Martha – half of 18th in Lacey. Larry suggested City mapping software, Martha will talk with Lydia offline.
Joan – Nothing to add
7:00 – 7:30 Update from Councilmember Gilman
Clark – Glad people continuing to do what they do with smoke, etc. Responding to Mark’s question, Land Use will consider emergency measure on Covid-related evictions with non-possessory language, payment plans. Next month more involved Land Use discussions on landlord tenant relations. 478 units and mixed use buildings proposed on West Bay Drive (Hardel site). Working on Shoreline Plan with Squaxin Tribe. On Sept. 23rd Missing Middle language coming to hearing. October 6 to discuss Log Cabin extension. Moving to hire Police Auditor – reinstate position cut out during Great Recession. Also exploring Diversity and Equity Commission development. Talked about Listening sessions on racism – common threads with community. Two quotes that stuck with him: “Change is inevitable but growth is not.” and “ Opposite of poverty is not wealth, but justice.”
Jenn– Citizen involvement with eviction discussions? Clark referred to City website for info on meetings and public comment. Rachel – Thoughts about change and growth – thinks growth has been adopted as mantra by City. Clark – Manifest Destiny is not really true. Home ownership is critical for social advancement, growth not helping as currently designed. Grant for brownfield development – questions is this is better for community (trickle down economic theory). Who benefits from development?
Larry – Jack Kemp comparison – Olympia turning from owner city to rental city. Again, emphasis on home ownership as key to income security. (General discussion ensues) Missing Middle discussion – protection of single-family neighborhoods or social mobility? Minority home ownership has taken a dive since 1980’s. Is question will more rental units make rents more affordable or reduce potential for home ownership? Need for co-ops and condos – seems to be rental or single-family homes – nothing in middle. NW Cooperative Development Center located in Olympia, included in stakeholder group to consider development. Judy noted concern with Missing Middle on loss of modest homes with redevelopment. Loss of home ownership is real concern. Housing price inflation due to hot market – how to keep affordable? Not related to size of unit, condition.
7:30 – 7:40 Annual Meeting Requirements – Lydia Moorehead
Lobbyist Impact on South Capitol Neighborhood Summary – Lydia Moorehead
Annual meeting requirement for RNAs – process to use Zoom account with CNA for virtual meetings. Reserve time with Larry. Denise – Is there recognized best practice for holding elections via Zoom? Linda will research. Discussion on voting – Larry says polling option on Zoom. Bob requests any exemptions to City requirements be provided in writing. Lydia will run by Legal department and respond with e-mail to RNAs. Lydia requests RNAs give inputs on their specific situation, Bob requests blanket response to RNAs. Lydia will research.
South Capital issue discussed in several forums. Areas nearest to Capital Campus bought up by lobbyists, only occupied during legislative session, using as business. More since 2010. Result is seasonal dead spots in neighborhood, then really busy with lack of parking during session. Activity in house more code enforcement (parking lot construction, noise, home occupation, unpermitted business activity, etc.) rather than prohibition on lobbyist ownership. Home occupation code says home business must be in principle residence of owner, no more than 25% of home devoted to business. How does City know if business in home? Are businesses registered with City? Are they collecting B&O tax? Lobbyists eating and sleeping are not considered business – where do you draw the line? Are they conducting business out of home, or just using convenient place to conduct business on Capital Campus.
Bob relayed story from 27 years ago – lobbyist issue then – if they lived there six months, they were a resident, cited U.S. constitution but did not give specifics. Enforce current codes on books – lobbyists on not complying with that. Who to contact at City to determine if home business is permitted? Lydia says contact Code Enforcement – give address for them to check. Question – Is home occupation code enforceable? Lydia says Code Enforcement will investigate if concerns. Larry notes similar situation in all capital cities due to money influence in politics.
7:40 – 7:50 Prior meeting minutes approval (August) – Minutes approved.
Update on prior meeting items:
– Harbor Days Brainstorming Session – 4 CNA members attended.
– CNA Mailbox – bought – PO Box 11022 on 400 Cooper Point Road
– Survey Monkey – Additional $61 spent for service. Initial survey results shared. Mission of CNA – main response to share information, consensus building, influence and collaboration with City government. Usually focus on right issues. Meeting frequency (monthly) just right.
7:50 – 8:00 Discussion on Neighborhood Surveys
Discussion of process, 91 messages sent, detail on response rates, completion rates.
8:00 – 8:15 Discuss Cumulative Impact Presentation Concept (Please read attached Concept paper)
How does City keep track of cumulative impacts? Develop up to 3 use cases for City to make presentation on. Melissa says more dynamic presentations good alternative to powerpoints (Judy agrees). Larry – Is there a Vision 2050 document? Lydia – Comp Plan is 20 year plan – big picture document. Also long range plans for infrastructure. Helpful to look at Long Range planning documents, then drill down to case studies. Judy on Planning Commission for last Comp Plan, did not account for Missing Middle, conflicts with other proposals. Density exceeded with Missing Middle, now top down with State bill. Melissa says direction City currently following conflicts with Comp Plan.
8:15 – 8:25 Open discussion and Agenda for next month Ideas
Mark started with explanation of recent liability insurance research (too expensive for blanket policy vs. individual RNA policies) for someone not present for earlier discussion. Suggestions for next month: Continuation of Cumulative Impact discussion, Clark update on eviction ordinance, lobbyists in South Capital neighborhood (more brainstorming on solutions, friction points between lobbyists and neighbors), short term rentals, neighborhood survey results, plain talking and communicating City council actions to neighborhoods. Proposal to have 5 minute intermission in future meetings.
8:30 Adjourn
Council of Neighborhood Associations 