City Hall  
601 4th Avenue E  
Olympia, WA 98501  
Meeting Minutes  
Contact: Jackson Ewing  
360.570.3776  
Design Review Board  
Thursday, May 21, 2026  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid - Virtual Via Zoom  
Meeting Link:  
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l4rh56AFRWCjA7IG6r_qkQ  
1.  
2.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Sorrells called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m.  
ROLL CALL  
8 - Chair Virginia Sorrells, Boardmember V Hoy, Boardmember Bassim  
Kreem, Boardmember Michael Miltimore, Boardmember Angela  
Rush, Boardmember Katrina Schmitt, Boardmember Regine  
Varughis, and James Thomas  
Present:  
1 - Boardmember Abigail Twombly  
Excused:  
3.  
4.  
APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
The agenda was approved.  
ANNOUNCEMENTS  
New planning director, previous Planning Manager Nicole Floyd has been promoted  
to the role of Director of Planning. Joyce Phillips, Long Range Planning Manager is  
retiring at the end of this month. City is undergoing hiring process for new planning  
manager to oversee current and long range planning.  
5.  
PROJECT REVIEW  
26-0371  
Case: Capital Pet Urgent Care, 26-1210  
5.A  
Boardmember Thomas moved, seconded by Boardmember Rush, to  
recommend to approve the combined design review with the following  
conditions:  
Context Plan: Approve as proposed  
Site Plan and Landscape Plans: Approve with the following condition:  
Provide the final landscaping plan at time of civil engineering showing  
additional landscape screening materials or planter(s) adjacent to the south  
wall that is over 30 feet in length for compliance with 18.110.090 and  
18.110.200.  
Building Design, including Detail Elements, Lighting, Material and Colors:  
Approve as proposed.  
Additional notes: Suggestions from the Board to add additional landscaping  
materials along the southwest corner of the site as discussed with the  
applicant to soften the parking lot features.  
Chair Sorrells, Boardmember Hoy, Boardmember Miltimore,  
Boardmember Rush, Boardmember Schmitt, Boardmember  
Varughis and Thomas  
7 -  
Aye:  
Boardmember Twombly  
Boardmember Kreem  
1 -  
1 -  
Excused:  
Recused:  
6.  
OTHER  
Design Review Board Chair and Co-Chair Recruitment Discussion  
26-0373  
6.A  
Election of new chair and co-chair will occur at the next meeting on June 21, 2026.  
The discussion was completed.  
7.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 7:13 p.m.  
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