Tacoma City Council Meeting - Aug 4th, 2009

When compared to last weeks four plus hour council meeting, anything seems short. The biggest item on the agenda for most of us was the first reading of the ordinance that removes parking requirements from the NEW International Financial Services Area. Other than that …

C O N S E N T A G E N D A

RESOLUTIONS
Resolution No. 37838 sets Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at approximately 5:30 p.m., as the date for a public hearing by the City Council to consider the acceptance of a Community Development Block Grant Section 108 Guarantee Loan, in the amount of $3.6 million, from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, to assist with the development of Phase I of the Harold E. LeMay Museum.

Resolution No. 37839 authorizes the execution of an interlocal agreement between Tacoma Rail and the Washington State Department of General Administration, in the amount of $15,000, for the installation and maintenance of an Americans with Disabilities Act compliant pedestrian crossing at Heritage Park in Olympia, Washington through 2029; and authorizing the administrative authority of the Director of Utilities to approve term extensions and contract renewals for all items up to $35,000.

R E G U L A R A G E N D A

RESOLUTIONS
Purchase Resolution No. 37840 awards a contract to Northwest Cascade, Inc., on its bid of $402,705.64 for sanitary sewer replacement work in the alley between South 9th Street and South 10th Street from Puget Sound Avenue to Warner Street, and 27 spot repairs of sanitary sewer mains and manholes at various locations throughout the City.

Resolution No. 37841 granting a 4,518-square-foot easement, located north and south of 112th Street East, and a 1,349-square-foot slope easement, located on either side of 112th Street East over Tacoma Water’s Pipeline No. 4, to Pierce County for road widening.

Resolution No. 37842 ratifies the agreement for a 15-year, interest-free loan, in the amount of $250,000, from the Washington State Department of Transportation, to reconfigure and upgrade the locomotive servicing facility, to be repaid by July 1, 2023.

Resolution No. 37843 ratifies the agreement for a 15-year, interest-free loan, in the amount of $26,386, from the Washington State Department of Transportation, for the installation of idle reduction technology on two locomotives, to be repaid by July 1, 2023.

FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 27802 vacates the east 130 feet of North 15th Street between North Fir and North Juniper Streets for the development of a driveway, additional landscaping, and a yard area.

Ordinance No. 27824 amends Chapter 1.46 of the Municipal Code, relating to the Code of Ethics, to allow the Board of Ethics to make recommendations to the City Manager and the City Council for amendments and other legislation affecting this chapter, and deleting references regarding the alternate member.

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 27825 amends Section 13.06A.060 of the Municipal Code, relating to downtown parking, by eliminating off-street parking requirements for new construction in the International Financial Services Area. Commissioner David Boe came up during public comment and provided several examples that he claimed show problems with the ADA component of the ordinance. The general response is that if it doesn’t work, it can be changed. This will be back next week for final reading.

Ordinance No. 27826 amends Chapter 1.06 of the Municipal Code, relating to the Citizen Review Panel, to increase the panel from five to seven members and limiting the number of commissioned law enforcement professionals or retired commissioned law enforcement professionals serving on the panel to no more than three members.

There was also Citizen’s Forum …