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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Vol. CXXIV, No. 23
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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PSRC seeks nominees for VISION 2040 Awards
Posted online Fri., Jan. 31 The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is now accepting nominations for its annual VISION 2040 Awards program. The awards recognize businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations who do creative work to achieve the region's growth, economic, and transportation strategy — otherwise known as VISION 2040 — such as transportation access and mobility improvements, efforts to enhance the natural environment, projects that bring jobs closer to where people live, efforts to focus high quality housing where the infrastructure needed to support it already exists, and improvements to the quality of life in the central Puget Sound region. The City of Tacoma received a VISION 2040 Award in 2011 for its Mobility Master Plan. Other Tacoma and Pierce County projects awarded VISION 2040 honors include McCarver Special Housing Program (2013); Pierce Transit Tomorrow (2012); Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy (2011); Orting Valley Farms (2010); City of Tacoma's D Street Overpass (2008); Pierce County's Housing Affordability Task Force – Final Report & Recommendations (2008); Pierce County Agriculture Strategic Plan (2007); Salishan HOPE VI Redevelopment Project (2006); Thea Foss Waterway Revitalization Project (2006); Port of Tacoma Road Grade Separation (2002); Upper Tacoma Design Guidelines (2002); Destination Downtown Tacoma (2001); Bridgeport Way Improvement Project (2000); Union Station Renovation (2000); Foothills Trail (1998); Tacoma Dome Area Plan (1997); and Pierce South Community & 72nd St. Transit Center – honorable mention (1996). Award nomination materials are available online at psrc.org/about/awards or by contacting Michele Leslie Potter at (206) 587-4819 or mleslie@psrc.org. Nominations will be accepted until March 31, 2014. The PSRC aims to develop policies and coordinate decisions about regional growth and transportation planning in King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties. The organization is composed of over 80 county, city, port, transit, tribal, and state agencies serving the region. It coordinates the distribution of about $240 million in Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration funds each year. The PSRC sets priorities and evaluates the most efficient ways to target those funds to support state and local transportation and growth management plans.
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Metro Parks Tacoma completes Fort Nisqually Granary Building preservation project
Photos Courtesy Metro Parks Tacoma The next time you visit Fort Nisqually Living History Museum in Point Defiance Park, you might notice a signature structure on the site has been carefully restored. According to Metro Parks Tacoma officials, a project to stabilize and preserve the circa-1850 Granary Building was completed in October. The Granary Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. Although it was restored in 1934 and 1984, structural problems that threatened the build-
City Council vote ahead on $3.4M SAFER grant Posted online Fri., Jan. 31 Tacoma City Council is tentatively scheduled to vote later this month on a resolution that would formally accept a $3.4 million grant awarded to the Tacoma Fire Department from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program to fund up to 20 front-line firefighter positions for two years. The SAFER grant is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Councilmembers are tentatively scheduled to vote on the resolution during their weekly meeting on Tues., Feb. 11.
ing, according to the Fort Nisqually Foundation's Web site. Metro Parks Tacoma officials report the structure has had many moves and repairs over the years, and has been taken apart and re-constructed repeatedly throughout its life time. Even with routine maintenance, the building lost some of its structural stability. Notably, the walls were moving out of alignment due to time and the gradual downward pressure of the roof. Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission was briefed on the project last summer (see "Learn more about Fort Nisqually Granary Building preservation project," Tacoma Daily Index, June 21, 2013). Visitors today will notice a great deal of work has been done to save the building. According to Metro Parks Tacoma, a new roof system comprised of rafters, collar ties, and newly added steel sub-framing allowed structural engineer BCRA and its contractor to remove the non-historic upright timbers which had been installed for safety purposes. Today, the Granary again enjoys wide open room space as it did originally. In addition, a new cedar shake roof was installed and a small amount of skip sheathing was replaced due to rot and damage. To prevent future rot and keep away wood-boring insects, a wood preservative was also sprayed onto the building. Finally, rotted window shutters were replaced with six new shutters, and the hardware was refurbished by removing rust and repainting. The Fort Nisqually Foundation raised $140,000 for the project, according to the organization's Web site, and received grant funds from the Ben B. Cheney Foundation, Dimmer Family Foundation, Forest Foundation, Norcliffe Foundation, Pierce County Historic Preservation Fund, and the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. These monies were matched, in part, by a State Capital Heritage Grant received by Metro Parks Tacoma. More information is available online at metroparkstacoma.org/fort-granary.