City Hall  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Council  
601 4th Avenue E  
Olympia, WA 98501  
Information: 360.753.8441  
Tuesday, March 17, 2026  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers, Online and Via  
Phone  
Note: City Councilmembers will  
participating via zoom  
Register to Attend:  
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HZM0fBRjT2avmctDdGWAoQ  
1.  
ROLL CALL  
4 - Councilmember Robert Vanderpool, Councilmember Clark Gilman,  
Councilmember Kelly Green and Councilmember Paul Berendt  
Present:  
3 - Mayor Dontae Payne, Mayor Pro Tem Yến Huỳnh and  
Excused:  
Councilmember Dani Madrone  
1.A  
1.B  
ANNOUNCEMENTS - None  
APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
The agenda was approved.  
2.  
3.  
SPECIAL RECOGNITION - None  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
The following people spoke: Christina Janis and Henry Valz.  
COUNCIL RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT (Optional)  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
4.  
26-0217  
Approval of March 3, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes  
4.A  
The minutes were adopted.  
26-0216  
Approval of March 10, 2026 Study Session Meeting Minutes  
4.B  
4.C  
The minutes were adopted.  
26-0167  
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Easement Agreement at 429  
Sherman Street NW  
The resolution was adopted.  
26-0202  
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Amendment to an Agreement  
4.D  
4.E  
with Berger Partnership to Complete Phase 1 Design Services at Yelm  
Highway Community Park  
The resolution was adopted.  
26-0207  
Approval of a Resolution Consenting to DKS Boardwalk LLC’s  
Assignment of Its Interests and Obligations under Certain Real  
Estate-Related Agreements with the City  
The resolution was adopted.  
4.  
SECOND READINGS (Ordinances)  
26-0110  
Approval of an Ordinance Amending Olympia Municipal Code Chapter  
5.80, Unfair Housing Practices Related to Diverse Family Structures  
4.F  
The ordinance was adopted on second reading.  
4.  
FIRST READINGS (Ordinances)  
26-0204  
Approval of an Emergency Ordinance Adding a New Chapter 10.06 to  
the Olympia Municipal Code Relating to Certain Driving Offenses,  
Directly Incorporating by Reference Certain Statutes from the Revised  
Code of Washington, Amending Olympia Municipal Code Section  
10.04.020, Declaring an Emergency, and Establishing an Immediate  
Effective Date - FIRST AND FINAL READING  
4.G  
The ordinance was adopted on first and final reading.  
26-0206  
Approval of an Ordinance Amending Olympia Municipal Code Section  
4.H  
3.50.510 Relating to the Sales and Use Tax for Criminal Justice as  
Adopted Pursuant to City of Olympia Ordinance No. 7439 - FIRST AND  
FINAL READING  
The ordinance was adopted on first and final reading.  
Approval of the Consent Agenda  
Councilmember Berendt moved, seconded by Councilmember Vanderpool, to  
adopt the Consent Calendar. The motion carried by the following vote:  
Councilmember Vanderpool, Councilmember Gilman,  
Councilmember Green and Councilmember Berendt  
4 -  
Aye:  
Mayor Payne, Mayor Pro Tem Huỳnh and Councilmember Madrone  
3 -  
Excused:  
5.  
6.  
PUBLIC HEARING - None  
OTHER BUSINESS - None  
7.  
8.  
CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT  
COUNCIL INTERGOVERNMENTAL/COMMITTEE REPORTS AND REFERRALS  
Councilmembers reported on meetings and events attended.  
9.  
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AND REFERRALS  
Acting City Manager Debbie Sullivan had no reports.  
10.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting adjourned at 6:12 p.m.