Remarks by Dontae Payne
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“Aye. Consent calendar is adopted. So our first item of business on the agenda tonight is item 6A, and it is the approval of the Mars Young Park public park concept design. And we have Stephanie Johnson, who is our arts program manager, who will introduce Andrea Wilbur Sigo here in a moment. Hi, Stephanie.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, thank you. That was a great closing line. With that, we can all go home. Thank you so much.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Are there any questions or comments from the council? Council Member Madron.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you Thank You councilmember Madrona any additional comments I All right, I have no questions. I think these are beautiful. I'm looking forward to walking along the trail and seeing them all, especially if it'll be three-dimensional. Of course, I would be remiss if I did not mention your most recent piece, which is Haqqishqa Bay, or the Mother of Restoration, who is at Isthmus Park, facing where Bud Inlet and the Deschutes Estuary meets. And we thank you for that beautiful carving I see online that so many people throughout the community are visiting it and taking pictures with her. And…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Well, if we have no further discussion, I need a motion and a second to approve. Council Member Gilman.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying aye.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay. Motion passes. Thank you very much. All right. Yeah. It's great to see you. Okay, so that takes us to our next business item on our agenda item 6 be which is the approval of the use of Council goal funds in the economic development reserves for a local food systems plan and we have so on and the house or who is our director of parks arts and recreation presenting tonight. I saw on.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Oh, well, thank you very much, Sylvana. Thank you. And thanks for being here and despite having me. All right, I'm going to turn it over to Council Member Madrone to kick off our discussion. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Madrone. Additional comments? Council Member Barrett.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilmember Barrett. Councilmember Green, followed by Councilmember Gilman.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Council Member Gilman, followed by Council Member Vanderpool. Thank you, Mayor Payne.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you any additional comments. All right, well, I'll just start by first thanking our primary sponsor Councilmember drone for bringing this referral forward along with our colleagues Councilmember Gilman and mayor put him when thank you for joining Councilmember drone and cosponsoring the referral. So what I appreciate the presentation, but more importantly what I really appreciate is the context that you gave with Tom waters who systems plan. And the fact that you said that they spent about $40,000 which is a significant significant difference from what we're seeing here, but you also…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Sure. Thank you, Silvana. Yeah, and I'll just add lastly that this is, in some ways, it's sort of, you know, it's our responsibility to do mitigation planning. And so I do see this as an aspect of that, you know, of sorts. And this is worth the investment in doing this work and seeing, you know, where it could take us. I'm very excited about the thought that's been put into this and all the ways that the plan will touch various aspects of this issue for our community. So thank you to my colleagues again. I will turn it over to Council Member Madrone to make the motion.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? All right, motion passes unanimously. Thank you very much, Silvana. Thank you. And thank you again, Council Member Madron, and congratulations. All right. And congratulations to our residents. More importantly, it's an important issue. Okay, so item 60 on our agenda is our final business item for tonight and it is a discussion on the city's housing incentives to encourage affordable housing projects in Olympia and we have to send us touches was our housing manager and community…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Sure. Councilmember Barrett has a question.”
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“Mm-hmm. Councilmember Vanderpool has a question.”
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“Yes. Sorry. Additional comments or questions? All right, back to you, Jacinda.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Sure. I can't see Council Member Green, so just checking in. Okay. Yes, and I see you, Council Member Barrett. I do have a question about, so we made those revisions to MFTE just a few years ago. And so we know we need the, was it the 14,000 plus units by 2045? And I think you said 6,700 plus of those need to be market rate. So what are the interim goals? So we know we have a goal of that many by 2045, but what are the interim goals to determine, like what are the measures of success for whether or not the MFTE is doing what we want it to do? Because, sure, development is happening, and we…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Madrone followed by Council Member Gilman.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thanks for that reminder. And to do those revisions at a timely part in the year where there's not projects in the queue. I know that was a conversation we had before, too, where it doesn't impact those projects. All right. Council Member Gilman. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilmember Gilman. Councilmember Vanderpool.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, thank you additional comments. Um, thank you just send a, um, I will just, uh, up looks like we have a question or comment from council member green.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Green. Yeah, and I'll just wrap us up by saying I'm not questioning whether or not MFT is leading to successful development. Obviously, we can clearly see that it has. But more specifically, for me, the question is about that development rate, as I mentioned earlier, as a metric, because we need more affordable housing. it appears that the rate with which MFTE is being utilized for affordable development is lagging behind that of market rate development and we need less of those units. So I just want to make sure that as we develop those metrics that we do so in a…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Well, thank you very much, Council Member Madrone. Are there any questions or comments? Yes, Council Member Gilman. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Additional comments? Yes, Mayor Pro Tem Nguyen.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026