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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012
Vol. CXXIII, No. 203
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Tacoma City Council OKs $1.4M stormwater upgrades at Cheney Stadium Posted online Weds., Oct. 17 Tacoma City Council Tuesday approved a resolution to formally accept a $1 million grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology to help pay for a stormwater improvement project at Cheney Stadium. According to documents prepared by city staff, the project will retrofit approximately two acres of an existing parking lot with porous asphalt and landscaping improvements. Cheney Stadium is located at the headwaters of Leach Creek and Chambers Creek, and the area has been selected by the city to be a demonstration site for stormwater management and sustainable design. In addition, the city hopes Cheney Stadium will provide an opportunity to spread the water quality message to thousands of baseball fans each year. The nearly $1.5-million project is scheduled to begin before the end of this year and be completed by the end of 2014. The resolution approved by councilmembers also directs the city to contribute $487,000 in matching funds from the its surface water fund. The parking lot at Cheney Stadium has recently undergone major infrastructure improvements. Tacoma's Clay Huntington Way, the north entrance of Cheney Stadium formerly known as Cheyenne Street, was the focus of a low-impact development project that used porous asphalt to reduce the amount of runoff pollution by allowing rainwater to soak into the ground naturally. In addition, a portion of the south parking lot was also upgraded with porous asphalt and landscaping islands. Two rain
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Partnership preserves historic Pierce County farm
gardens, low-maintenance plants and more than 100 new trees also help filter rainwater and keep it from carrying polluted runoff downstream. The project also added 10-foot-wide sidewalk and energy-efficient LED streetlights from 19th Street to the north ticket entrance at the ballpark to increase pedestrian safety, widened the roadway to include shared bicycle lane markings, installed bicycle racks at the north ticket entrance, and installed electric vehicle charging stations in the north parking lot.
Posted online Tues., Oct. 16 Pierce County officials announced Tuesday they have teamed up with PCC Farmland Trust to purchase the 120-acre Reise Farm in the Puyallup River Valley. The purchase is the first under the county's "Transfer of Development Rights" program, which means the development rights from the Reise Farm will be used in Tacoma and other urban areas, thus saving this farm in perpetuity. The county and PCC Farmland Trust partnered to purchase the farm, which includes 80 tillable acres and 40 acres of woods and creek. According to PCC Farmland Trust's Web site, the farm dates back to 1903, when Otto Reise Sr. moved his dairy cattle and hops business from Whatcom County to the Puyallup Valley. In the late 1920s, Otto sold his dairy cattle and planted 20 acres of berries, and expanded his business to include certified seed potatoes. In 1927, the Reise Farm was one of the first in the valley to purchase bulbs from Holland, and by 1935 the entire farm was devoted to bulbs and tulips. By the mid-1950s, the current property was part of a larger 200 acre operation, which again included dairy cattle, as well as bulbs, silage, hay, and grain production. Wilmer Reise eventually took over the family farm business, producing Christmas trees and bulbs for many years. In the early 1990s, Wilmer began leasing the farm to a local farming family, who have been producing corn, pumpkins, beans, and blueberries on the property since. Officials plan to celebrate the purchase and partnership with an event on Thurs., Oct. 18 at 12 p.m. that will include Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy, PCC Farmland Trust Executive Director Rebecca Sadinsky, and a representative of the Reise Family. The event will include light food and beverages, as well as a walking tour of the property's 70-year-old blueberry orchard, future restoration area, and farm fields. The historic Reise Farm is located at the intersection of Military Road and State Highway 162, between the cities of Puyallup and Orting.