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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Vol. CXXIV, No. 22
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Bikeways improvement project, Legislative update and Chancellor Friedman Day Posted online Fri., Jan. 31 Tacoma residents will have plenty of opportunities next week to learn more about what's happening in city government. On Monday, Tacoma City Council's Neighborhoods and Housing Committee will meet and is tentatively scheduled to discuss its 2013 annual report. On Tuesday, councilmembers will hold their regular weekly study session and council meeting. Councilmembers will also hold their Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Tacoma Link light rail expansion project. On Wednesday, City Council's Government Performance and Finance Committee will meet to discuss eight proposed amendments to Title 6 TACOMA CITY HALL of the Tacoma Municipal Code in order to correct language and code citations inconsistent with other language in the code, and to correct language as required by Washington State law. Here is a look ahead at some notable meetings, events, and issues on deck next week at Tacoma City Hall. -- Todd Matthews, Editor
on Tues., Jan. 7. Bids were received until 11 a.m. on Tues., Jan. 28.
Posted online Fri., Jan. 31 UPDATE: BIKEWAYS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Three companies — Westwater Construction Company (Auburn, Wash.), Tucci & Sons, Inc. (Tacoma, Wash.), and Stan Palmer Construction (Bremerton, Wash.) — have expressed preliminary interests in a plan to develop the second phase of Tacoma's Top 4 Bikeways Project, an aspect of the city's Mobility Master Plan that aims to improve the city's bicycle network and general pedestrian accessibility by installing new pavement markings, signage, asphalt and concrete pavements, curbs and gutters, and pedestrian flashing beacons. The City of Tacoma issued a request for bids on Tues., Dec. 17. The project budget is estimated at approximately $1.64 million. A pre-bid meeting was held
Posted online Fri., Jan. 31 CHANCELLOR DEBRA FRIEDMAN DAY Councilmembers are poised to declare Sat., Feb. 15, as Chancellor Debra Friedman Day. Friedman, the late chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma, FRIEDMAN died of lung cancer on Sun., Jan. 26, at the age of 58. The university plans to hold a public memorial on Feb. 15 to honor Friedman.
Posted online Fri., Jan. 31 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Councilmembers will receive a legislative update next week from Tacoma Government Relations Manager Randy Lewis. Last month, councilmembers adopted a resolution formally announcing its priorities for the 2014 Legislative Session. Top-of-the-list items include support for a transportation package that completes State Route 167 and other local projects; new local transportation funding tools, including street utility; new economic development tools; and opposition to any efforts that restrict or diminish its authority to tax and license. Lewis last updated councilmembers on the legislative activities currently under way in Olympia during a study session earlier this month. He returns next week for another update during a study session on Tues., Feb. 4, at 12 p.m. in Room 16 of Tacoma Municipal Building North, 733 Market St., in downtown Tacoma. 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. More information is available online cityoftacoma.org. Following the study session, councilmembers will convene to executive session to discuss labor negotiations and Tacoma City Manager T.C. Broadnax's performance review.
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Councilmembers are expected to vote on a proclamation next week to formally recognize Chancellor Debra Friedman Day. Posted online Weds., Jan. 29 CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE SETS MEETING SCHEDULE Tacoma's Charter Review Committee will begin holding regularly scheduled meetings next month at City Hall, according to a legal notice published Wednesday in the Tacoma Daily Index. The 61-year-old charter serves as Tacoma's governing document and is reviewed every 10 years by a citizens committee. Any proposed changes are then reviewed by councilmembers before they are approved or rejected by Tacoma voters. Ten years ago, the committee recommended nearly two-dozen charter changes. Councilmembers pared that list down to 11 proposed changes, and voters approved all the changes. Earlier this month, Tacoma City Council appointed 15 people to serve on the committee, which will review the city's charter and make recommendations for changes this spring. Committee members include Bill Baarsma (Chair), Theresa Baker, Gary Brackett, Mabel Edmonds, Tim Farrell, Eric Hahn, Charles Horne, Justin Leighton, Mark Martinez, James Merritt, John Messina, Kenneth Miller, Patricia Talton, Catherine Ushka, and Justin Van Dyk. The Charter Review Committee's next meeting will be held on Mon., Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in Room 16 of the Tacoma Municipal Building North, located at 733 Market St. The committee has also named Jeanne Harris as its liaison. The committee plans to meet every Monday and Wednesday at the same time and in the same location until it submits its final recommendations to councilmembers by Tues., May 6. More information is available online at cityoftacoma.org/charterreview.