Speaker 0: We will look forward to seeing you two weeks from today. Excellent. Thank you very much. Thank you, colleagues. We're going to move quick for a minute. As I said, we're going to take the Landmarks Commission next item on your agenda, items ten, 11 and 12. I'll turn it over. We have three appointments to the Landmarks Commission to hand over briefly to Ms. Crackles office for a staff report.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Council members. Leah crackles off the council staff materials for this item for the items ten through 12 begin on page 41 of your packet. The items were confirm appointments to the King County Landmarks Commission. For Adam, also Brooke Deen, alias and Candace Parker, Barbara Brooks, Tucker, me, all of whom are here today. Jennifer Meissner, the King County's historic preservation officer, is also with us. The landmark commission was established to ensure the preservation of King County's historic places, material culture and traditions for future, all future generations. It's a nine member commission comprised of volunteers with broad expertize in areas such as architecture, art, land use, historic preservation, archeology, education and history. And staff has not identified any issues with these appointments. But there is an amendment and title amendment for item 12, and I will turn it over to the chair for the interviews of the appointees.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Mr. Buchholz. I'll be with that. I'm going to move to invite Ms.. Brooks Tucker to introduce herself and speak to her background, which would be interested in bringing to the Landmarks Committee. And I want to acknowledge two from my colleagues from the beginning. They know that Ms.. Brooks Tucker has a time constraint. And so if you are brief, we will understand and I acknowledge you will need to leave shortly after you read your introduction.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Chair. I so appreciate the flexibility here. So so all of you know why my youngest has returned to school this week and it has been an emotional rollercoaster and so exciting for all of us here. So thank you for the flexibility because I have to run to pick him up from his shortened adjusted day. It's a new schedule for all of us. So a little bit about me. I am from Southern California. I moved up here to Washington with my husband as he was active in the Navy. Let's see, gosh, that was about 12 years ago and we lived on Whidbey Island. My background in education is in architecture and historical preservation. I grew up in a small town of Redlands, Redlands, California. It's a significantly historical town. And I, I really do feel like I got a lot of my values from that upbringing. And it's made me extremely interested in how architectural systems and how they relate to strong historical relevance and how that really shapes an economy. I think that's really made me obsessive, possibly about how we how we shape our communities through environment. And that's that's completely what's brought me here to the Landmarks Commission, among a few other things. Do you have any questions for me?
Speaker 0: Thank you. I would open with a question if in fact I invite the subsequent appointees to address this, as well as the county works to improve our in continuous improvement around equity and social justice, and particularly around Indigenous peoples being on the traditional lands, the Puget Service peoples. And you speak to how the Land Committee can be mindful of a broad set of landmarks and not to one population.
Speaker 1: My initial response is is advertisement. I don't feel like there's enough knowledge that we exist. And I think that if that putting us more out there to the public, I think is a great start. I think that so I'm also I'm chair of the Planning Commission of Maple Valley. So it's been a fantastic experience watching you work. And first and foremost, what I have learned from that experience is that we are here to listen to the public. We are their voice and their liaison. And I think that that is also a significant step in bringing about equity.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Mindful of time. Any colleagues have further questions.
Speaker 1: Mr. Scheer.
Speaker 0: Council member.
Speaker 1: Belushi Not a question, but since we have the applicant here and you've taken your time to speak to us, I just want to say I really appreciate people bringing their passion, their expertize and their their hours and labor to these volunteer positions. It really helps to make so many good things happen in King County to have people like yourself who are willing to volunteer. So thank you very much for your willingness to serve. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Speaking as the kindergartner who was in a panic, if my grandmother couldn't be seen to pick me up after school from the classroom windows. I want to make sure we look. We let you out in time. Anything else you wish to share with us before stepping out?
Speaker 1: Not as of right now, but I look forward to coming back to all of you and seeing all of your faces again.
Speaker 0: Thank you so much for joining us and making today work.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 0: I'm Mrs. Meisner. I see you've turned your screen and you wanted. Are you just watching? Would you like to make a few introductory comments about the Landmarks Board and the appointees before us today?
Speaker 1: Yes, thank you. Thank you. Councilor McDermott, I just wanted to chime in to say how thrilled we are to welcome these new members to the King County Landmarks Commission. Each and every one of them brings such a passion for our work for preservation, for equity and vast experience. And I did want to note that that our program is in the middle of an equity and inclusion project in which we are doing additional research into some of our properties that were designated as landmarks many, many years ago. And their nominations did not really tell us an inclusive story. So we are getting ready to basically review those nominations and have they come back before the Landmarks Commission and and basically make sure that the full story of our committee members or community members are told. So we're very excited about that and help to spread the word and and encourage more nominations of properties that represent underrepresented groups. So thank you. Thank you for for taking the time to speak with our appointees today.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Mr. Chelios. Councilmember Dunn, did you have a question or comment? Just a quick.
Speaker 2: Comment. Jennifer, good to see you. I hope you're well. I just want to let you know and others know, Dana, in particular. I was just at the Black Diamond Historical Museum there along the old railroad tracks, and they were just a Chris was just yesterday, Dave Forester. They were just incredibly complimentary on the work that your group had done and helping them. They I walked through it and they just keep getting better and better. Lots of fantastic leveraging of local resources and it really is quite a facility that they put together. And they were very, very high praise of you, Jennifer. And folks, your work is wanted to say thank you because it's the kind of place that I'm eager to take my my kids to as soon as it opens back up again. So thank you, Jennifer. Oh.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Councilmember Gunn.
Speaker 0: And Mr. Chair. Councilmember Tomasky. Well, we're adding thanks. I, too, want to join Councilmember John thank Jennifer for her department's assistance in the city shoreline with helping designate with their landmarks commission the new not the new, but the the old Naval Hospital Chapel, which is tucked in there, a beautiful piece of architectural accomplishment that is now protected . And I know that the expertize and the findings from from our department there really help them. And the community's very excited. So we appreciate the contractual work you do for many of our citizens. And I want to call that out today and thank Jennifer Lamberti. Councilmember, we have two more applicants. Are you very popular?
Speaker 1: Is very popular. And so I too want to join in and say thank you. The Aurora coffee shop. I'm sorry. The Aroma Coffee shop has brought new life to both city. It is just amazing and beautiful. So thank you for all your work on that and not giving up when there were issues that had to be overcome . And it's definitely worth it. And then I know that there's another bone that is completing the restoration on the Bone Again program. And every time I drive through the valley, these beautiful bones, I think, yay, Jennifer and her team. And then I have a little prayer that I got. I got to get Jennifer out here to see this one. So thank you for all your hard work in that year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Mr. Chelios. The floor is yours. Good morning. Welcome. If you could offer a few words of introduction and speak to your interest in the Landmarks Board. And now you know what coffee shops bought Barnes and other landmarks with benefit mentioned. Mean if you're trying to secure votes to win confirmation.
Speaker 2: That's right. Well, good morning, council members. Thank you for having me. My name is Dean Priors. I'm currently a principal at Smart Architects where I've been there for 21 years. And our focus is design of affordable housing as well as preservation and adaptive reuse of existing structures. My background, I have an undergraduate degree in archeology and my graduate degree from the University of Washington with a minor and historic preservation. So this is definitely a passion project for me as well. I recently served a six year term on the Pioneer Square Preservation Board, where I served as vice chair and chair, and I was looking for kind of a next opportunity to use my skills and interest in applying it to the community. And, you know, I've just been really amazed at the capacity that buildings and places have to be repositories of a community's history and culture and traditions and how they can really serve to activate communities and, you know, just, you know , spark revitalization and interest among. Among the groups of people and to. Chair McDermott's comment about looking at a variety of different landmarks. I think it is true that, you know, historically landmarks have been kind of viewed through a lens of kind of western your Eurocentric perspective, particularly with regard to the architecture itself and kind of looking more at a high architecture style as well as a that's more Western focused. And I know that for culture and the Landmarks Commission and other organizations are are currently very active in exploring how other communities, interests and and landmarks can be viewed as well. So I'm excited to to begin.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Questions and Mr. Killian's. Thank you. I ask Mr. also, Brooke. Do not offer an introduction and speak to your involvement and interest. You get good points on your background.
Speaker 2: And those of you who have had an opportunity to read some of my credentials are aware of my experience, my very, very deep experience that I've had with the King County Courthouse, which was launched in two phases during the first several decades of the 20th century. But I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Adam also. I'm a registered architect and also architectural historian, and I'm currently working at Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, which is a cultural resource management firm that has offices in Portland and Seattle.
Speaker 0: Adam, if I can interrupt, can you maybe move your microphone a little closer to your scratch in little thing? We can hear you, but we can.
Speaker 2: Can you hear me better now? Yeah. Okay. No, I think that I think there was some noise in the background. I apologize for that. Can you can you hear me better now? Yes, very good. Okay. Thank you. My name is Adam, also Brook. I'm a registered architect and architectural historian, and I'm currently employed by Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, which is a archeology and architectural history cultural resource management firm with offices in both Seattle and Portland, Oregon. And I am a relatively recent transplant to the Puget Sound region. I moved to Seattle in November of 2014 from Texas, and I'm a graduate, 24 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. And I after my graduation, I work, you know, very traditional architecture firms, you know, designing houses. And then I ended up I ended up working for the Texas Street Design Office, which is a part of the Texas Historical Commission, which is the Texas state and actually the state Historic Preservation Office. The Historic Preservation Office for the state of Texas. And I work in the Main Street Design Office for just over a year, and then I transferred to another division within the Texas Historical Commission, where I reviewed federal projects under Section one or six of the National Historic Preservation Act and also rehabilitation tax credit projects, and also administered a state preservation grant program, and then also applied at Texas State Historic Preservation Regulations, which there are several different varieties. So after working for the Texas Historical Commission, I decided to I wanted to work at the city level and ultimately ended up in Seattle after my. Got a job up here. And so I. I followed. But I my first experience with. King County. And Mark's commission was when I was working on the Logical System Replacement Project at the King County Courthouse, where I was employed with part bonds architects, part design group, and a commission was extremely helpful in reviewing the proposed. Changes, too. In this case, it was a historic fabric in a hallway to make way for that much needed infrastructure replacement project. And so I also have previously served on the Pioneer Square Preservation Board with the you know, so Dean and I know each other from from there. We reviewed a lot of already projects after a while while on that board together. And I look forward to bringing my expertize to the.
Speaker 0: Mr. also, Brooke, I think you froze. Oh. There we go. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Questions for Mr. Also Brook. I want to thank all three of the nominees for joining us today and for speaking to the interest and truly passion that you bring to landmarks, historic preservation and the cultural identities of our region. Seen no further discussion. I'd entertain a motion. We will take these separately as there is a motion to correct a spelling error in one of the motions. So the entertainment motion to approve 2020 108.
Speaker 1: Some of.
Speaker 0: You. But 2020 108 is before us. See. See new discussion over Zoom. Madam Croke, if I can ask you to please call the roll.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Council member Baluchi I. Council member dombroski.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Dunn II. Councilmember Coles. I remember I. Council member of the growth. Councilmember Bond right there. Council members online.
Speaker 2: I.
Speaker 1: Mr. Chair.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 1: Mr. Chair, the vote is 7i0 no's. Council members on the ground in Penrith are excused.
Speaker 0: Thank you for your vote. We've given it due to past recommendation two motion 2020 108 and we will send regular schedule to full council in place is not consent. We will do the same if there is a motion for a motion for motion. 2109. More summer. Motion 2109 is before us. No discussion, Madam Clerk.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Councilmember Banducci.
Speaker 0: Councilmember Hi.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Done.
Speaker 2: By.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Coles. Councilmember Lambert. Councilmember up the ground. Councilmember upon my power. I.
Speaker 2: And I. For the previous.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Councilmember. Council members only.
Speaker 2: By.
Speaker 1: Mr. Chair.
Speaker 0: Hi.
Speaker 1: Mr. Chair. The vote is eight zero now. Council member of the group. Excused.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And I'd entertain a motion to give a to pass recommendation to motion 2111. Ms.. Brooks. Tucker.
Speaker 1: Mr. Chair.
Speaker 0: The nomination of Ms.. Brooks Tucker is before us and in the changing motion to adopt Amendment One, correcting the spelling of her name.
Speaker 1: Moved.
Speaker 0: Amendment one is before us. All those in favor please signify by saying I.
Speaker 1: I am.
Speaker 0: Opposed. Nay, the ayes have it might entertain a motion to approve total amendment to one. Then moved to one before us. All this favorite. Please say I.
Speaker 1: I, i.
Speaker 0: I'm opposed. No, the ayes have it. The title amendment is adopted and final passage on motion 2021 11 as amended. Madam Clerk.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before I cover, if I could just clarify on oh nine, was that to go on the consent agenda?
Speaker 0: Yes, please.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Councilmember Belfort, you. I. Councilmember Dombrowski.
Speaker 0: I.
Speaker 1: Council member done.
Speaker 0: By.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Kowalski. I remember. Linda, I. Council member of the girl. Councilmember Bone right there. All right. Councilmembers Ally.
Speaker 0: All right.
Speaker 1: Mr. Chair.
Speaker 0: Hi.
Speaker 1: Mr. Chair. The vote is 18 zero inches council member after Grant excused.
Speaker 0: Thank you. By your vote, we've given a do pass recommendation to Motion 2021 11 as amended, and we'll place that on the consent agenda for Council on regular schedule. Colleagues, you're welcome to give me a call this afternoon and I will share the history of the Smith Tower part of my virtual background right now. We open on July 4th, 1914, just to whet your appetite a little bit. Then we'll go back to item six and today's agenda for this item, we have an ordinance related to the health through housing implementation plan. This past autumn, the Council passed a 1/10 of 1% additional sales tax to fund housing programs and related services known
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Adam Alsobrook, who resides in council district two, to the King County landmarks commission.