Public Meeting for City of Tacoma Public Works Design Manual Update

The City of Tacoma will be updating the Public Works Design Manual,Tacoma Municipal Code and standard drawings to encourage Low Impact Development (LID).  The Public Works Design Manual(PWDM) was last updated in 2004.  The City will be updating the PWDM to incorporate LID where appropriate but will also review and update all areas of the PWDM as needed.  Topics of discussion for the PWDM include: Street Design, Wastewater and Stormwater Design, Street Lighting, Traffic Signalization, Channelization, Pavement Markings, and Planning and Design elements.

The City would like public input to help guide the updates.  Join us at a public meeting for an overview of proposed changes:

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Center for Urban Waters
Commencement Bay Conference Room
326 East D Street
Tacoma, WA, 98421

Agenda:

• 4:00-4:15 Introductions
• 4:15-4:45 Overview of Proposed Revisions
• 4:45-5:30 Discussion of Document Updates and Public Comments

The City encourages all interested parties to attend this public meeting.  Suggested groups include: citizens and citizen groups, engineers, planners, builders and related professionals that live or work within the City of Tacoma. For additional information, please contact Principal Engineer Merita Trohimovich at 253-502-2103. Please RSVP to swmupdates@cityoftacoma.org.

Information presented at the meeting will be posted online at cityoftacoma.org/swmupdates for review.  Public comments may be submitted in writing to swmupdates@cityoftacoma.org until Feb. 18, 2015.