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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 156
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6 locals join building, transportation panels By Todd Matthews, Editor Tacoma City Council approved two resolutions Tuesday that appoint six local residents to two citizens committees. First, Laurie Bischof and Kellene Richards have been appointed to two five-year terms on the City of Tacoma's Board of Building Appeals. The sevenmember panel reviews and provides recommendations to Tacoma City Council on new additions, amendments, and proposed changes to the City of Tacoma's Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire, Dangerous Building, Minimum Housing, and Energy codes. The board also holds public hearings and makes decisions on appeals of orders, decisions, or determinations made by the Building Official or Fire Chief relative to the application and interpretation of the Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire, and Energy codes. Finally, the panel hears appeals of orders or decisions made by the Hearing Officer for the Dangerous Building or Minimum Housing codes. In June, the City of Tacoma issued a call for applicants to fill the positions. Three candidates applied: Laurie Bischof, Dan Fishburn, and Kellene Richards. Tacoma City Council's Infrastructure, Planning, and Sustainability (IPS) Committee conducted interviews during a public meeting in July. Bischof's term will expire on April 6, 2016. Richards' term will expire on Aug. 12, 2019. "Appointing and re-appointing individuals to the Board of Building Appeals doesn't sound all that sexy, but it's a very important commission that we have that looks at the building codes and the fire codes," said Tacoma City Councilmember David Boe, who also serves as vice-chair of the IPS Committee. "We are very thrilled to have many qualified applicants. Two of the applicants, especially Laurie Bischof and Kellene Richards — Laurie with her background in fire protection engineering; Kellene in her commercial real estate — really builds out a strong team of many individuals who are on that board for quite some time. It was very great to be on the IPS Committee and recommend them for appointment."
Driver killed in crash on UW Tacoma campus Posted online Mon., Aug. 11 Photos Courtesy Tacoma Fire Department Tacoma firefighters and police officers responded to a fatal car accident on the University of Washington Tacoma campus Monday afternoon. According to Tacoma Police Department spokesperson Loretta Cool, at approximately 1:30 p.m. a motor home traveling down South 19th Street near Jefferson Avenue hit a sidewalk, smashed into a concrete barrier, and barreled down a long set of outdoor steps that cut
through the center of the UW Tacoma campus. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. No pedestrians were seriously injured. "Unfortunately, the driver, as part of the accident, we believe at this point, and I’m not one-hundred percent sure, but she was ejected from the vehicle and the vehicle proceeded to roll over the top of her," said Cool. " I can tell you that she was a 65-year-old female. From what we know at this point, it appears that she was having some difficulty — mechanical difficulties — in her car that possibly caused the brakes to fail."
Second, Yoshi Kumara, Justin Leighton, and Andrew Strobel have been re-appointed to three-year terms on the City of Tacoma's Transportation Commission, while Vance Lelli has been appointed to a three-year term on the commission. The 11-member commission was established last year by Tacoma City Council to advise the City of Tacoma on matters such as short-term and long-range transportation planning; compliance with local, regional, and federal transportation regulations; bike, pedestrian, and mass transit-related planning initiatives; and parking and capital improvement plans. The commission meets at 6 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at Tacoma City Hall. Earlier this year, the City of Tacoma issued a call
for applicants to fill the positions. Seven candidates applied: Kumara; Leighton; Lelli; Strobel; Seth Lundgaard; Tara Newton; and Jana Wennstrom. Tacoma City Council's IPS Committee conducted interviews during a public meeting in July. Each term will expire on July 31, 2017. "Where the Board of [Building] Appeals has been a board with the City for many, many years, [the Transportation Commission] is a relatively new commission," said Councilmember Boe. "We're very excited to have those that were appointed last year, many of them asked for re-appointment, so we have a great slate again. A lot of very qualified candidates. With the number of re-appointments, we were very pleased to be able to put these forward for consideration."