Tacoma Daily Index, November 08, 2013

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City Council to discuss charter review, Link light rail expansion Tacoma residents will have plenty of opportunities next week to learn more about what's going on in city government. Tacoma City Council will hold its regular weekly study session and council meeting on Tuesday. In addition, Tacoma City Council's Infrastructure, Planning, and Sustainability Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss streets that could potentially be used for the expansion of Tacoma's Link light rail system, traffic signal timing and synchronization, and the Solid Waste Management Division's voluntary oil collection and recycle program. Here is a look ahead at some other notable meetings and discussions planned for next week at City Hall. -- Todd Matthews, Editor

coma to compete for and obtain State and Federal grant funding. On Tuesday, City of Tacoma Public Works staff will present to councilmembers proposed amendments to the program. A public hearing on the amendments is tentatively scheduled to take place on Tues., Nov. 26. Councilmembers will discuss the issue during a study session, which will be held on Tues., Nov. 12 at 12 p.m. in Room 16 of Tacoma Municipal Building North, 733 Market St. 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. A copy of the agenda is available online at cityoftacoma.org.

CHARTER REVIEW COMFOSS WATERWAY DEVELOPMITTEE MENT AUTHORITY APPOINTTacoma City Council is schedMENTS uled to vote Tuesday on a resoluTacoma City Council is scheduled tion that would create a 15-memto vote Tuesday on a resolution that ber citizens committee to review would appoint four people to serve as the city's charter. The committee members of the Foss Waterway Dewill be tasked with making recvelopment Authority. ommendations for changes to the If the resolution is adopted by TACOMA CITY HALL charter and submitting those reccouncilmembers, William Driscoll ommendations to Tacoma City and John "Jay" Jetter will serve Council by May 6, 2014. If this week's resolution is terms that expire on Dec. 31, 2014. Michael Miller adopted, committee members will be appointed in will be re-appointed to serve a two-year term beginJanuary. Councilmembers were briefed on the plan ning on Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2015. Finally, during a study session in August. Gary Pedersen will be re-appointed to serve a threeAccording to City of Tacoma staff, the existing year term that would expire on Dec. 31, 2016. city charter was adopted in 1953 and comprehenTacoma City Council's Economic Development sive reviews must be conducted at least once every Committee conducted interviews on Oct. 29 and 10 years. The charter was last reviewed in 2004. Nov. 5, and forwarded its recommendations to the Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote on the full council. In total, eight candidates (Victoria Canissue during its regular weekly meeting on Tues., tore, Driscoll, David Graybill, Phillip Hill, Jetter, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. in City Council Chambers on the Miller, Pedersen, and Stan Sidor) applied for the first floor of the Tacoma Municipal Building, located positions. at 747 Market St. The meeting will be broadcast live Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote on the on TV Tacoma and online at tvtacoma.com. Copies issue during its regular weekly meeting on Tues., of the agenda and meeting materials are available Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. in City Council Chambers on the online at cityoftacoma.org. first floor of the Tacoma Municipal Building, located at 747 Market St. The meeting will be broadcast live SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVE- on TV Tacoma and online at tvtacoma.com. Copies MENT PROGRAM of the agenda and meeting materials are available Tacoma City Council will meet Tuesday at City online at cityoftacoma.org. Hall to discuss amendments to the city's Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program. According to City of Tacoma staff, Washington In observance of Veterans Day, the Tacoma State law requires each city and town to annually Daily Index will not be published on Mon., update their comprehensive transportation proNov. 11. Publication will resume on Tues., Nov. gram for the ensuing six calendar years and hold a 12. Have a safe holiday. public hearing. The program allows the City of Ta-

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Bates Tech simulator will highlight dangers of texting while driving Posted online Thurs., Nov. 7 Photo Courtesy UNITE International Washington state drivers may know that texting while driving can impair their ability to react and drive safely on the road. But many do it anyway, regardless of potential consequences. That's why Bates Technical College in Tacoma has teamed up with UNITE International's Arrive Alive Tour to help educate the public about dangers associated with texting and driving. On Thurs., Nov. 14, between 8:30 a.m.and 2:30 p.m., the Arrive Alive Tour will bring a distracted-driving simulator to the college's South Campus auto body program, located at 2201 S. 78th Street, in Tacoma. The simulator will allow users to experience distracted driving first hand without actually being in a dangerous situation. Billed as the most high-tech texting and distracted driving simulator in the nation, it also includes a passenger-eye view, which allows anyone standing around the simulator to experience what the driver experiences. Participants will receive a mock ticket following their simulation so they can better understand the physical and legal dangers of texting and distracted driving. Throughout the day, a facilitator will ask questions and provide statistics about the dangers associated with distracted driving, and a high-impact video presentation will play to serve as an additional educational resource for those in attendance. More information is available online at arrivealivetour.com.


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