Title
Approval of a Resolution Designating the Olympia Armory a Local Heritage Resource and Adding it to the Olympia Heritage Register
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Heritage Commission unanimously favors approval of a resolution designating the Olympia Armory a local heritage resource and adding it to the Olympia Heritage Register.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a resolution designating the Olympia Armory a local heritage resource and adding it to the Olympia Heritage Register.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a resolution designating the Olympia Armory a local heritage resource and adding it to the Armory on the Olympia Heritage Register.
Staff Contact:
Marygrace Goddu, Historic Preservation Officer, Community Planning & Development, 360.480.0923
Presenter(s):
Marygrace Goddu, Historic Preservation Officer
Background and Analysis:
Note: The recent State Capital Budget, passed just before the close of the 2021 Legislative Session on April 25, 2021, included transferring the Olympia Armory to the City of Olympia. The nomination to add the Armory to the Olympia Heritage Register was received in September 2020.
Nomination Process
A proposal to place the Olympia Armory on the Olympia Heritage Register was received in September 2020 from a coalition of community members from the Eastside Neighborhood Association. The building's owner, the Washington State Military Department (WMD), was notified of the nomination and declined to comment, citing an agency policy of neutrality relative to historic designation of properties in WMD ownership.
Per Olympia Municipal Code 18.12.085 - Historic Preservation, if an owner does not consent to placement of their property on the Olympia Heritage Register, the Heritage Commission may recommend that the City Council approve designation without property owner consent.
The Heritage Commission followed the process defined in OMC 18.12.085B to consider the proposed listing, providing due no...
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