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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013
Vol. CXXIII, No. 231
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Tacoma City Council to discuss feather signs, TPU Web site upgrade Tacoma residents will have plenty of opportunities this week to learn more about what's happening in city government. Tacoma City Council's Neighborhoods and Housing Committee will meet Monday afternoon to receive updates on Metro Parks Tacoma's planning efforts, the City of Tacoma's Affordable Housing Policy Advisory Group, and the permitting process for temporary homeless camps. On Tuesday morning, Tacoma City Council will hold a special meeting in executive session to discuss Tacoma City Manager T. C. Broadnax's job performance. Later that day, Tacoma City Council will hold its regular weekly study session and council meeting, as well as its twice-a-month Committee of the Whole meeting. Here is a look ahead at some notable meetings, events, and issues on deck this week at City Hall. -- Todd Matthews, Editor TACOMA PUBLIC UTILITIES: WEB SITE UPGRADE, INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN Tacoma City Council has scheduled a study session Tuesday with the Tacoma Public Utility Board to receive a briefing on "MyAccount," Tacoma Public Utilities' new Web site for customer payments. In addition, Tacoma Public Utilities staff will share information on Tacoma Power's Integrated Resource Plan process and findings. The plan aims to minimize customer costs and risks, while at the same time securing sufficient quantities of electricity to meet customer demand in an uncertain future, according to Tacoma Public Utilities staff. The 2013 Integrated Resource Plan indicates the best approach to reach those goals is to focus on energy conservation. An aggressive conservation effort will slow the growth in customer demand for electricity and, in turn, delay the need to acquire new physical generating assets through the mid-2020's, according to Tacoma Public Utilities staff. Finally, Tacoma Public Utilities staff will provide an annual review of the Mountain Rail Division. Councilmembers will discuss these issues during a study session, which will be held on Tues., Dec. 3, 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. SOUTH DOWNTOWN SUBAREA PLAN:
FEATHER SIGNS, DOWNTOWN FENCING According to Kingsolver, the following circuits STANDARDS are anticipated to be restored by the end of the Also during Tacoma City Council's Tuesday year: East 34th Street Bridge; 818 N. Alder St.; study session, City of Tacoma Planning and DeNorth Cedar Street, between North 16th Street velopment Services staff will provide an update on and North 21st Street; South 11th Street and the South Downtown Subarea Plan and Final EnSouth Cushman Street; 2119 N. Lawrence St.; and vironmental Impact Statement. The South DownSouth 9th Street, between Martin Luther King Jr. town Subarea Plan will become a new element of Way and South Sprague Avenue. the Comprehensive Plan and contain several asAccording to Kingsolver, the following circuits sociated changes to the Tacoma Municipal Code, are anticipated to be restored by the end of Januincluding feather sign regulations and downtown ary: South 39th Street to South 47th and South fencing standards. A public hearing Yakima Avenue (series circuit on the South Downtown Subarea will require significant amount of Plan will be held on Tues., Dec. 3, at trenching); and the Lincoln Ave5:30 p.m. nue Bridge (significant level of efCouncilmembers will discuss this fort and traffic control required) issue during a study session, which According to Kingsolver, the will be held on Tues., Dec. 3, at 12 following circuits are anticipated p.m. in Room 16 of Tacoma Municito be restored by the end of Febpal Building North, 733 Market ruary: Lincoln Avenue Loop Road St. Audio from the meeting will be (approach and loop; significant broadcast live on TV Tacoma and level of effort); 1700 East Bay online at tvtacoma.com. On-demand Street to 2200 East Bay Street; audio archives are available on the and East Bay Street and East Q Web within 24 hours of the meetStreet (underpass; damaged ining online at tvtacoma.com. A copy frastructure) of the agenda is available online at According to Kingsolver, the TACOMA CITY HALL cityoftacoma.org. following circuits are anticipated to be restored by the end of March: WIRE THEFT UPDATE East 45th Court and East Roosevelt Avenue; 2600 Also of interest, City of Tacoma Public Works S. Tyler St.; and 824 S. 28th St. Director Kurtis D. Kingsolver has provided an upFinally, according to Kingsolver, the following date on what appears to be a rise in wire thefts circuits are anticipated to be restored by the end citywide. According to Kingsolver, an increase in of April: South 66th Street and South Lawrence scrap metal prices over the past few years has Street; and East 44th Street and East T Street coincided with an increase in copper wire thefts Kingsolver notes the Washington State Legislanationwide. ture recently passed a bill that will require scrap "While the City routinely addresses wire theft metal buyers to be licensed by the State of Washthroughout the year, there has been a signifiington. The bill goes into effect on Weds., Jan. 1, cant increase in the amount of theft in the last 2014. few weeks," noted Kingsolver in a Nov. 22 memo to Tacoma City Manager T. C. Broadnax. KingTIMBER HARVEST BIDS solver added that security measures employed in Also of interest, the City of Tacoma is acceptthe past are now easily circumvented, creating an ing bids to purchase and harvest approximately enormous inventory of vulnerable infrastructure 94 acres of timber in the Green River Watershed throughout Tacoma. complying with Tacoma Water requirements. The As of Nov. 1, the City of Tacoma had a backlog project budget is estimated at $300,000. A pre-bid of five known circuits that were out due to wire meeting will be held on Tues., Dec. 10, at 8:30 a.m. theft. Between Nov. 1 and Nov. 21, the City of Taat Tacoma Water's Headworks Office, located at coma received additional reports of 26 circuits out 36525 SE Green River Headworks Road, in Raof service due to wire theft. During that time, City vensadle, Wash. The purpose of the pre-bid meetof Tacoma Public Works crews were able to restore ing is to answer questions about the solicitation service to 15 of the 31 circuits damaged due to and for site examination. Bids will be received unwire theft, leaving a current backlog of 16 circuits til 11 a.m. on Tues., Jan. 14, 2014. More informayet to be repaired. tion is available online at cityoftacoma.org.