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CITY OF
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
1A,
U COMMITTEE
WASH[NGTON October 14, 2008
MINUTES
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Lynn Norman called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers
located on the first floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, WA.
Committee Members present were: Chair Lynn Norman, Member Sue Singer and
Member Gene Cerino.
Staff present included: Mayor Pete Lewis, Planning, Building & Community Director
Cindy Baker, Assistant Planning Director Kevin Snyder, Public Works Director Dennis
Dowdy, Economic Development Manager Dave Baron, and Permits & Admin Manager
Darcie Hanson.
Audience Members present were: Troy Humphrey and Ronnie Roberts.
II. MINUTES
Member Cerino moved to approve the August 6, 2008, August 12, 2008 and September
3, 2008 minutes as read; Member Singer seconded.
The minutes were approved as submitted unanimously.
III. DISCUSSION
A. Historical Downtown Ideas/Photos
Greg Watson provided a historical presentation, Auburn Comes Together. Mr.
Watson is a teacher at West Auburn High School. The presentation focused on
several points of historical matter and ideas that could be incorporated into Auburn's
downtown development. Mr. Watson is an expert on Auburn's Native American way
of life, Japanese farming culture and the Northern Clay Co. Gladding McBean.
Mr. Watson spoke about the coincidence of the downtown development project being
called Auburn Junction; Ilalqo, which means junction, is what Native Americans called
the Auburn area where the Green and the White Rivers met here at one point. Mr.
Watson pointed out this was a great coincidence of history reinventing itself. Chair
Norman asked staff to send a copy of Mr. Watson's presentation to Spencer Alpert.
B. The Downtown Sidewalk Standards are deferred to the October 28, 2008 meeting.
C. Member Singer suggested that the City try to purchase terracotta/clay removed from
old buildings before demolition.
D. Committee mentioned the circular intersection designs/plazas that are planned for
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Division/Main, 1St/Division, and 2"d/Division. This will be discussed at the next
meeting.
IV. INFORMATION
A. Mayor Lewis attended the recent meeting of the Auburn Downtown Association.
He reported that the ADA and Chamber of Commerce are re-engaging. Fields
and Company should be open in December. Chair Norman distributed a Seattle
Times article on WPA buildings. The old library building qualifies.
B. Downtown Auburn talking points will be discussed at the next meeting.
V. ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting will be on October 28, 2008 in the Council Conference Room. There
being no further business to come before the Downtown Redevelopment Committee,
Chair Norman adjourned the meeting at 4:55 pm.
APPROVED THIS AI~N DAY OF O~~~'
Lm,ALynn Norman, hair Darcie Hanson, Permits &
Admin Manager
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