Scott Olson
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 11
- Total speaking time
- 53:25
- Avg per meeting
- 4:51
- Segments
- 608
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Top issues during term (20)(Development)
Infill housing on city-owned land
Development agreements to be negotiated; six months allowed for each developer.
Commons on 16th supportive housing rezone
No direct cost to the city from the rezoning itself; the housing is expected to reduce emergency service costs.
Google data center indemnification agreement
Residents claim the city won't see promised tax revenue benefits for 20 years.
Homeless systems update
Jointly funded by the city and county; the bridge housing pilot is a three-year partnership with intent to purchase the building.
Pedcor affordable housing near West Side Library
$1,110,018.52 total, under the $1.5 million estimate.
Single-family subdivision incentives
Up to $1.95 million in tax increment reimbursement for infrastructure.
Federal CDBG/HOME funding plan
Just over $1.37 million in combined federal grant funds for the program year.
NewBo/Czech Village redevelopment (East Bend & 2nd Holdings)
City land is conveyed for private development; no direct city spending approved today.
Parkline housing redevelopment near Ellis Boulevard NW
Estimated $1.23 million in new taxes over the rebate periods, of which about $895,000 would be rebated to the developers.
Kestrel Heights development runoff
Section 8 voucher program reaches seniors and people with disabilities
About $7 million a year in federal rental assistance flows to local landlords.
Redevelopment of vacant I Avenue NW parcels
First Avenue East Corridor Redevelopment Plan
The plan itself costs nothing to adopt, but it sets the stage for future public and private investment along the corridor.
Edgewood Pointe redevelopment of former Transamerica site
About $18 million in new taxes over ten years, with roughly $7 million rebated to the developer — no direct city outlay.
Voluntary annexations near Hiawatha and Fairfax
Adds land to the city tax base once developed to city standards.
Garfield Urban Revitalization Area
$240,000 of an estimated $665,000 in new taxes exempted over ten years.
Downtown housing and adaptive reuse incentives
About $1 million of $2.4 million in new taxes rebated for the Principal Building; $600,000 of $725,000 rebated for the OFB project.
Ginkgo Ridge ROOTs housing status
$3.12 million in CDBG-DR funds, $1.34 million spent to date.
Riverfront alley vacations for flood control and redevelopment
413 5th Avenue SW Habitat for Humanity home
Decisions during term (65)
Recorded while Olson was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.