Title
Discussion of 2024 Work Plan
Recommended Action
Discussion only. No action requested.
Report
Issue:
Begin updating the Commission's work plan for 2024.
Staff Contact:
Holly Borth, Historic Preservation Officer, Community Planning & Development, 360.753.8427, hborth@ci.olympia.wa.us
Presenter(s):
N/A
Background and Analysis:
Each year the Commission updates its work plan for coming year and provides a draft annual work plan to the Community Livability and Safety Committee of the City Council for review in March. The draft work plan is due in late February. The Commission will have January and February meetings to discuss and make revisions for 2024.
Discussion will include consideration of subcommittees, subcommittee roles and tasks, and assignment of commissioners to each of the subcommittees.
Climate Analysis:
The greenest building is the one already built. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) reports that "...all kinds of historic buildings and neighborhoods, archaeological sites, Tribal sites and resources, and culturally important landscapes (both designed and natural) throughout the country (collectively, "historic properties"), as well as associated intangible cultural heritage, are at risk from a broad range of potential climate impacts, including sea level rise; extreme weather events; increased wildfires; drought; melting permafrost and erosion; and temperature changes. These impacts are both direct and cumulative, and threaten not only historic properties but also the terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna associated with historically and culturally important places. The loss of or damage to historic properties from such climate impacts can irrevocably change a community's sense of place and erode people's sense of personal identity and cultural stability...
...About 39 percent of global carbon emissions come from the construction and operation of buildings. This impact can be reduced by reusing existing buildings, thu...
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