Olympia City Council: Community Renewal Act

By MayaBanker-Tate

  • RCW 35.81: Community Renewal Law established

  • Olympia City Council Initated Direction on a CRA

  • Hugh Spitzer's White Paper Land Assembly and Financing for Community Renewal Projects: A Handbook is presented to the Olympia City Council

  • Steve Buxbaum is elected Mayor of Olympia

    Buxbaum replaces former Mayor Doug Mah. Buxbaum offically starts as Mayor in January 2012.

  • Olympia City Council moves forward on the CRA and to select consultants

  • The Olympia City Council approves the 2013 Requests for Qualifications (RFQs)

  • Olympia works on a feasibility study

    This fesability study was aimed at assessing the technical and political feasibility of community renewal in downtown.

  • Mayor Bauxbuam reviewed the five CRA properties of interest

    The five properties of ineterest include the Reliable Steel, the former Thurston County Housing Authroity Building, Capitol Center, the former health Department building, and Griswold's.

  • CRA design scenarios are submitted to the City Council

  • 2014-2015 CRATimeline Options are submitted to the City Council

  • Downtown CRA plan submitted to the Olympia City Council

  • Olympia City Council decides to have the CAC have recorded meetings for them to listen or view

  • Olympia CRA Public Hearing

  • Requests for qualifications and proposals approved

    Proposed action.

  • Final Proposal Due