City Hall
Meeting Minutes - Final
City Council
601 4th Avenue E
Olympia, WA 98501
Information: 360.753.8441
Monday, April 13, 2026
5:30 PM
Mercato Ristorante Boardroom
111 Market St NE
Special Meeting
Joint meeting with the Port of Olympia Port Commission
1.
ROLL CALL
Present:
6 - Mayor Dontae Payne, Mayor Pro Tem Yến Huỳnh, Councilmember
Dani Madrone, Councilmember Robert Vanderpool, Councilmember
Kelly Green and Councilmember Paul Berendt
1 - Councilmember Clark Gilman
Excused:
OTHERS PRESENT
Port of Olympia
Jasmine Vasavada, Port Commission President
Sarah Montano, Port Commission Vice President
Joel Hansen, Port Commission Treasurer
Jerry Toompas, Port Commissioner
Krag Unsoeld, Port Commissioner
MIke Reid, Director of Community & Economic Development
City of Olympia
Debbie Sullivan, Assistant City Manager
Stacey Ray, Assistant City Manager
Tim Smith, Community Planning & Economic Development Director
Pamela Braff, Director of Climate Programs
Jennica Machado, Economic Development Director
Melissa McKee, Assistant to the City Council
2.
BUSINESS ITEM
Joint Meeting with the Olympia Port Commission
2.A
The City Council met with the Port of Olympia Commissioners to discuss key project
updates, including West Bay Yards, West Bay clean up and the Plum Street Subarea
Plan. They also discussed the Port’s future development priorities, the City's priorities for
Downtown, as well as ongoing collaboration on sea level rise planning and resilience
efforts.
The discussion was completed.