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2013 UW Tacoma graduating class sets record
Port of Tacoma Commission, Tacoma City Council to discuss public access plan Photo Courtesy Port of Tacoma Tacoma City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday at the Port of Tacoma's Fabulich Center to discuss shoreline public access projects by the Port of Tacoma and possible public access partnerships with the City of Tacoma through an interlocal agreement. The City of Tacoma's locally adopted Shoreline Master Program requires public agencies, including the Port of Tacoma, to provide public access when new development projects require a City of Tacoma shoreline permit. In the past, the City of Tacoma waived public access requirements for projects with safety and/or security concerns. However, under the new Shoreline Master Program, if safety and/ or security issues prevent public access from being provided on-site, the City of Tacoma requires that public access must be provided at another location. Port of Tacoma staff developed a Public Access Plan in accordance with the City of Tacoma's Shoreline Master Program to ensure a predictable and streamlined shoreline permitting process. Port of Tacoma Commissioners Connie Bacon and Don Meyer attended five meetings with City of Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland and Tacoma City Councilmember Ryan Mello to share visibility and coordinate the Port of Tacoma's draft Public Access
The Port of Tacoma has six public access sites throughout the tide flats area, including Gog-le-hi-te Wetlands, Julia's Gulch, Place of Circling Waters, Rhone Polenc, an observation tower, and Dick Gilmur Shoreline Restoration and Kayak Launch (pictured).
Plan with the City of Tacoma's Shoreline Master Program and Public Access Alternatives Plan. Following more discussions, the City of Tacoma and the Port of Tacoma have drafted an interlocal agreement (ILA) that authorizes a flexible approach to shoreline public access provisions including a feein-lieu option. Tacoma City Council was briefed on the draft ILA during a meeting May 21 at Tacoma City Hall. The Port of Tacoma Commission received a similar briefing on May 30. Tacoma City Councilmembers and Port of Tacoma Commissioners will not take public comment during the study session, which will be held on Tues., June 11 at 12 p.m. in Room 104 of the Fabulich Center, located at 3600 Port of Tacoma Road. Audio from the meeting will be broadcast live on TV Tacoma and online at tvtacoma.com. On-demand audio archives are available on the Web within 24 hours of the meeting online at tvtacoma.com.
Posted online Thurs., June 6 Image Courtesy UW Tacoma A record number of University of Washington Tacoma students will gather next week at the Tacoma Dome to participate in the school's 23rd annual commencement ceremony. According to UW Tacoma officials, 1,386 students will be awarded 1,202 degrees at the baccalaureate level, and 184 degrees will be awarded at the master level. Students this year elected to highlight a student peer as commencement speaker rather than bringing in a dignitary from outside. Dee Ann Sonntag, the student speaker, will be receiving a bachelor's degree in politics, philosophy and economics, magna cum laude, with a minor in human rights. Like 70 per cent of her peers, she transferred to UW Tacoma after receiving her associate's degree from a local community college. In the autumn, she plans to attend law school at the University of Idaho, and hopes to return to Tacoma after receiving her Juris Doctor. The Chancellor's Medal, recognizing the graduating senior who has the most distinguished academic record, will be presented this year to Kylie Lanthorn, a magna cum laude graduate who majored in arts, media and culture, and minored in human rights. She is the first recipient of this honor to have entered UW Tacoma as a freshman, a category of student that appeared on campus in 2006 and that has been growing every year since. Kylie has interned at the Museum of Glass and intends to get a Ph.D. in communication. The 2013 University of Washington Tacoma Commencement ceremony will be held on Fri., June 14 between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Tacoma Dome, located at 2727 East D St. More information is available online at tacoma.uw.edu/ commencement.