Tacoma City Council Meeting for August 17, 2010

Tonight’s City Council meeting was decidedly less dramatic than last week’s. Here’s our recap:

The meeting began tonight with a moment of silence for Charlotte Valbert of Blueberry Park fame.

PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

None today.

PUBLIC COMMENT

None today.

REGULAR AGENDA
The Council approved a motion to adopt the 2010 performance evaluation of the City Manager as prepared and submitted by the City Manager Performance Review Committee. City Manager Eric Anderson received a positive review from the council.

RESOLUTIONS

Purchase Resolution No. 38090 awards contracts to:

1. Right! Systems Inc., in the amount of $277,821.48, including sales tax,
   budgeted from the Information Services Fund, for hardware and software
   maintenance support of the Cisco computer data network through
   August 10, 2011 – Washington State Contract No. T06-MST-001;
2. Braun Northwest, Inc., on its bid of $279,427.00, plus sales tax, budgeted
   from the EMS Special Revenue Fund, for two Type III Ambulance Medic
   transport vehicles – Specification No. FD10-0248F; and
3. Recall Total Information Management, Inc., in the amount of $245,000.00,
   sales tax not applicable, for a cumulative total of $584,000.00, budgeted from
   various General Government and Tacoma Public Utilities departmental funds,
   to increase and extend the contract for off-site storage of inactive records and
   related services through December 19, 2012 – Specification No. CT05-0507F.

Councilmember Ryan Mello commented that $584,000.00 seems like “a lot of money to store files,” but said he assumes the contract was awarded through a competitive bid process.

Resolution No. 38091 adopts the revised Policy on Place Names and Name Changes.

This policy discourages street name changes in most instances.

Resolution No. 38092 designates the Edgecliff Apartments, located at One North Broadway, as a historic landmark and placing said property on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places.

Resolution No. 38093 authorizes the execution of Amendment No. 261 to the Tacoma Community Redevelopment Authority (TCRA) Agreement, authorizing the TCRA to reallocate $100,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Recovery funds from the Hazardous Sidewalk Repair Program to the Affordable Housing Fund Program and to reallocate $100,000 of CDBG funds from the Affordable Housing Fund Program to the Hazardous Sidewalk Repair Program.

Resolution No. 38094 authorizes the execution of a ten-year sublease agreement with the University of Washington Tacoma, for revenue in the amount of $293,640 annually, plus inflation adjustments, with the option to extend for two additional five-year periods, for 6,003 square feet of office and laboratory space at the Center for Urban Waters facility.

Resolution No. 38095 authorizes the execution of a Track Reconfiguration Agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation, and the Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad to reconfigure the railroad junction at Blakeslee Junction in Chehalis, Washington.

Resolution No. 38096 proclaims August 21, 2010 as One Thousand Man and Young Man March Day in Tacoma.

The march will take place Saturday at 9:30 a.m., as people from around Tacoma march to People’s Park for a rally. Find more information here.

FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES

Ordinance No. 27908 amends Chapter 2.01 of the Municipal Code, relating to the Minimum Building and Structures Code, to require notifications for substandard and derelict properties to be sent by first-class mail only and changing all penalty amounts to $250 per day.

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES

Ordinance No. 27914 amends Chapter 1.30 of the Municipal Code, relating to retirement and pensions, to clarify that the Board of Administration of the Tacoma Employees’ Retirement System has contracting and purchasing authority consistent with that of the City Manager or the Director of Utilities.

Ordinance No. 27915 amends Chapter 9.20 of the Municipal Code, relating to trees and shrubs view blockage, to allow for an appeal of the issuance of a Notice of Violation and penalty.