Remarks by Raphael Garcia
10 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 1:16:13
“Yeah, I guess, um, Turn it to more like I guess the edit side of adjustments to it, because I know the focus being on outdated language make it much easier from like an entrepreneurial side for them to operate. I guess one thing that came to mind is possibly just removing the proposed remote work definition from Title 18. I know David mentioned finance had already identified that remote work does not map cleanly onto business licensing requirements. And then since some remote activity, I guess, may require a license and some may not, I guess that supports like keeping business licensing in,…”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 1:23:23
“I guess I'm thinking more back, I guess, to the lens of the small businesses, maybe also considering like that um work from home moms or even like with military spouses um not necessarily being here for a long time frame as well um that aspect too um possibly reconsidering uh that whole blanket prohibition on i guess like the non-resident participation so like um Kyle Magyera, Maybe like allowing one or perhaps like a very limited number non resident employees subject to like the parking and impact standards to somewhat provide a better balance there and then I guess. thoughts being like, if…”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 1:25:56
“Gotcha. So essentially, from that perspective to removing that old 500 square foot ceiling already kind of improves flexibility from that sense, I guess, is what you're kind of saying there too.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 1:38:11
“That's kind of where my mindset was drifting to, too, is like if an activity produces almost like no external impact, generally regulation should be lighter there and enable that activity to continue, especially if it's supporting like the economics of the area as well. And then that mindset there becomes more on that measurable impact side. So like concerns of like the traffic, the parking, reoccurring people coming through, deliveries, the noise, structural alterations. I guess the delineation and balance between what's actually measurable. And then if you were to implement that, how would…”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 1:39:39
“And I guess a refresher on this too, has there been any other focus areas? Because I know a lot of public comments have come from South Capitol. Have any other areas been affected in similar parallel to the way South Capitol has been affected?”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 1:40:07
“Gotcha. Yeah, because my concern would be an overarching regulatory factor that is limited to focused on one specific area now affecting broader majority Olympia. So if there's a way to like navigate through that, I know probably not easy to address, but that's just things that come to mind, especially if it's solely focused on South Capitol.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 1:40:47
“I wasn't just I was more so talking about a lot of public comments versus actual amendments. Yeah, because I like most of. public comment to our South Capitol residents versus if there was another area making similar comments about the same issue? No.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 1:55:46
“Yeah, just a quick question. Just to clarify, if we don't recommend, we could still provide comments on areas of focus that need to be really addressed to think about actual amendments, I guess.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 2:04:02
“I think it's important. We kind of include the proportionality and geographics of it. So like that percentage of the numbers of the businesses that are actually impacted and then focus on like the South capital. I think it's important to have that aspect included. And then one other thought that just came to mind is more so like the thought of like the progression aspect of, I guess a low impact startup at home, growing this home business and then commercial location when I guess they're like impacts and scale warranted or say, cause I know there was a talk about Like in the past, we talked…”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
- Play at 2:05:17
“No, but from a sense of for businesses to scale and grow, a lot of startups start at home and for them to become larger businesses and actually grow. be make the income necessary to run a storefront per se. Um, a lot of them tend to start from home from that aspect. And you could be limiting those people that eventually would occupy a storefront in downtown Olympia, if that makes sense.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026