1 00:00:04,825 --> 00:00:06,825 [RAPS THE GAVEL] 2 00:00:08,295 --> 00:00:10,300 >> Mayor Ibsen: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY 3 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:13,801 COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 25, 2026. CLERK, THESE CALL THE 4 00:00:13,801 --> 00:00:14,168 ROLL. 5 00:00:14,168 --> 00:00:16,170 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: PRESENT. 6 00:00:16,170 --> 00:00:20,400 >> Council Member Diaz: HE HERE BE EIGHT HERE. 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,308 >> Council Member Palmer: HERE. 8 00:00:21,308 --> 00:00:23,708 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: HERE. 9 00:00:23,911 --> 00:00:25,112 >> Council Member Sadalge: HERE. 10 00:00:25,112 --> 00:00:26,460 >> Council Member Scott: HERE. 11 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:27,248 >> Council Member Walker: HERE. 12 00:00:27,248 --> 00:00:27,781 >> Mayor Ibsen: HERE. 13 00:00:27,781 --> 00:00:29,583 >> Mayor Ibsen: PLEASE JOIN ME IN LISTENING TO THE LAND 14 00:00:29,583 --> 00:00:33,254 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND FLAG SALUTE LED BY DEPUTY BUSHELL FOLLOWED 15 00:00:33,254 --> 00:00:34,121 BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 16 00:00:34,121 --> 00:00:37,721 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: [RAPS THE GAVEL] 17 00:01:15,896 --> 00:01:17,364 >> Mayor Ibsen: ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA 18 00:01:17,364 --> 00:01:22,636 THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT 19 00:01:22,636 --> 00:01:25,636 AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? 20 00:01:25,772 --> 00:01:27,475 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 21 00:01:27,475 --> 00:01:29,875 AGENDA INCLUDING RESOLUTION 41999 THROUGH 42003. 22 00:01:31,979 --> 00:01:32,979 >> Council Member: SECOND. 23 00:01:32,979 --> 00:01:34,314 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED ARE THERE ANY 24 00:01:34,314 --> 00:01:38,514 QUESTIONS COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY SEEING NONE 25 00:01:39,653 --> 00:01:41,122 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE 26 00:01:41,122 --> 00:01:47,722 SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS 27 00:01:48,796 --> 00:01:50,464 DECLARED ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE ONE 28 00:01:50,464 --> 00:01:52,233 CEREMONIAL TONIGHT FOR CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION DAY I 29 00:01:52,233 --> 00:01:53,867 WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THOMAS FOUNTAIN PRES. AND REBECCA 30 00:01:53,867 --> 00:01:57,605 FOUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS CONCRETE 31 00:01:57,605 --> 00:01:58,939 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION TO THE PODIUM AS I READ THE 32 00:01:58,939 --> 00:02:01,939 PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 33 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,114 CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING BY 34 00:02:25,114 --> 00:02:29,914 TACOMA NATIVES ARTHUR AND THOMAS ANDERSON, WHO PIONEERED 35 00:02:32,555 --> 00:02:34,190 THE PRETESTED CONCRETE INDUSTRY IN AMERICA AND WHEREAS THEIR 36 00:02:34,190 --> 00:02:36,192 INNOVATIONS IN ADVANCE CONCRETE DESIGN, AND PRETESTING, 37 00:02:36,192 --> 00:02:40,992 PRETESTING AND POST TENSIONING AND IN COST-SAVING CONSTRUCTION 38 00:02:43,660 --> 00:02:44,401 TECHNIQUES HAVE EARNED THEM GLOBAL RESPECT AND RECOGNITION 39 00:02:44,401 --> 00:02:46,603 AND WHEREAS THEY HAVE MANUFACTURED PROJECTS FOR MANY 40 00:02:46,603 --> 00:02:51,508 OF TACOMA'S AND THE PUGET SOUND REGION'S LANDMARK AND 41 00:02:51,508 --> 00:02:54,677 INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING JANIE STADIUM, TACOMA DOME, PEERS AND 42 00:02:54,677 --> 00:02:56,546 TERMINALS IN THE PORT OF TACOMA BUILDINGS AND PARKING GARAGES 43 00:02:56,546 --> 00:03:01,283 ALL AROUND THE CITY AND MUCH OF THE REGION'S HIGHWAYS AND 44 00:03:01,283 --> 00:03:03,286 INTERSECTIONS AND WHEREAS CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 45 00:03:03,286 --> 00:03:04,687 PRIORITIZES ITS ROLE AS A RESPECTED CORPORATION CITIZEN 46 00:03:04,687 --> 00:03:08,824 OF TACOMA SUPPORTING AND PARTNERING WITH MANY LOCAL 47 00:03:08,824 --> 00:03:10,893 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENCOURAGING ITS EMPLOYEES TO DO 48 00:03:10,893 --> 00:03:12,895 THE SAME AND WHEREAS THEY REMAIN A LOCAL FAMILY OWNED AND 49 00:03:12,895 --> 00:03:17,950 OPERATED CORNERSTONE OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY PROVIDING 50 00:03:20,703 --> 00:03:22,305 GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUNDREDS AND 51 00:03:22,305 --> 00:03:23,906 INVESTING IN EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING AND WHEREAS CONCRETE 52 00:03:23,906 --> 00:03:25,708 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION CONTINUES TO CARRY ON THE 53 00:03:25,708 --> 00:03:29,445 VISION OF ITS FOUNDERS TO THE LEAD THE INDUSTRY BY CONSULATE 54 00:03:29,445 --> 00:03:33,450 PUSHING THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, 55 00:03:36,185 --> 00:03:38,588 INCLUDING RECENT PRODUCTION OF THE LONGEST MOST COST-EFFECTIVE 56 00:03:38,588 --> 00:03:41,858 BRIDGE SPANS IN NORTH AMERICA WHICH STANDS THE PUYALLUP RIVER 57 00:03:41,858 --> 00:03:43,726 BRIDGE ALONG INTERSTATE 5. NOW, THEREFORE, I ANDERS IBSEN MAYOR 58 00:03:43,726 --> 00:03:45,461 OF THE CITY OF TACOMA ON HALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY 59 00:03:45,461 --> 00:03:49,661 PROCLAIM SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH 2026 AS CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY 60 00:03:51,668 --> 00:03:54,403 CORPORATION DAY IN THE CITY OF TACOMA AND WE EXTEND OUR 61 00:03:54,403 --> 00:03:56,138 CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AT CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 62 00:03:56,138 --> 00:03:58,741 FOR 75 YEARS OF INNOVATION AND EQUALITY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE 63 00:03:58,741 --> 00:04:02,110 INDUSTRY, AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS 64 00:04:02,110 --> 00:04:06,211 TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, ECONOMY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 65 00:04:06,816 --> 00:04:07,349 SAY A FEW WORDS. 66 00:04:07,349 --> 00:04:11,287 >> Speaker: MAYOR IBSEN KEY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE 67 00:04:11,287 --> 00:04:14,824 HAPPY TO BE AN EXCITED TO BE A PART OF TACOMA. AND REMAIN A 68 00:04:14,824 --> 00:04:20,162 PART OF TACOMA LONG INTO THE FUTURE. AND, CURRENT 69 00:04:20,162 --> 00:04:23,990 GENERATIONS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE HERE WITH US AS 70 00:04:23,990 --> 00:04:29,699 A FAMILY IN THE BUSINESS LOOKING AT THE THIRD AND FOURTH 71 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:32,775 GENERATION. WE ARE EXCITED TO PROLONG THAT IN THE FUTURE AND 72 00:04:32,775 --> 00:04:35,912 BE A VALUABLE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE REALLY 73 00:04:35,912 --> 00:04:38,314 INTERESTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS 74 00:04:38,314 --> 00:04:41,490 WELL AS JOBS FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO PARTNER WITH 75 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:46,449 OUR COMMUNITY TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY INTO STRONG AND 76 00:04:52,862 --> 00:04:58,862 MEANINGFUL AREAS THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BUILD A GREAT 77 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:04,673 COMMUNITY AROUND US. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 78 00:05:04,673 --> 00:05:06,476 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS? 79 00:05:06,476 --> 00:05:11,276 DELTA MEMBER SADALGE FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEINZ. 80 00:05:12,810 --> 00:05:13,616 >> Council Member Sadalge: IT WAS GREAT TO MEET YOU. I'M 81 00:05:13,616 --> 00:05:18,821 SURE THAT THEY WILL CHIME IN ON THE TOUR. I LEARNED SOME 82 00:05:18,821 --> 00:05:22,240 IMPRESSIVE FACTS ABOUT CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION. I 83 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,161 WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALLOW A CHANCE FOR YOU GUYS TO 84 00:05:26,161 --> 00:05:34,370 TOOT YOUR OWN HORN ON SOME OF THE STUFF YOU HAVE DONE. A FEW 85 00:05:34,370 --> 00:05:35,971 OF YOUR MEMBERS? YOU HAVE THE LONGEST SINGLE CONCRETE SPAN, 86 00:05:35,971 --> 00:05:37,306 CORRECT? 87 00:05:37,306 --> 00:05:40,442 >> Speaker: YEAH. WE ARE BUILDING RECORD SETTING GIRDERS 88 00:05:40,442 --> 00:05:43,780 WE WILL SAY FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. GOING OVER ALL OF 89 00:05:43,780 --> 00:05:47,784 INTERSTATE 5 AS YOU SEE OUTSIDE OF TACOMA WAS A PRETTY 90 00:05:47,784 --> 00:05:51,854 IMPRESSIVE FEAT. THE FIRST COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES TO 91 00:05:51,854 --> 00:05:56,540 PROMOTE PRE-STRESSING, FLOATING CONCRETE STRUCTURES WHICH ARE 92 00:05:56,725 --> 00:06:01,630 SUPER UNIQUE TO THE NORTHWEST. SO WE REALLY ARE STILL 75 YEARS 93 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:06,402 LATER LEADING INNOVATION AT A NATIONAL LEVEL WITH WHAT WE DO 94 00:06:06,402 --> 00:06:08,604 RIGHT HERE IN TACOMA. 95 00:06:08,604 --> 00:06:13,809 >> Council Member Sadalge: NOT ONLY HERE IN TACOMA WITH SOUND 96 00:06:13,809 --> 00:06:16,790 TRANSIT AND PROJECTS OVER THERE THE I-5 BRIDGE OVER THE WATER, 97 00:06:16,790 --> 00:06:18,948 ALL ACROSS YOU KNOW THE NATION AND I BELIEVE INTERNATIONALLY 98 00:06:18,948 --> 00:06:25,154 AS WELL. THE LARGE PROJECT UP IN ALASKA. WHAT REALLY DID 99 00:06:25,154 --> 00:06:29,692 WARM MY HEART WAS THE STORY OF HOW BACK WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS 100 00:06:29,692 --> 00:06:35,920 WILLING TO DO IT, CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY BUILT PRODUCTS FOR 101 00:06:35,298 --> 00:06:41,298 THE MONORAIL DOWN IN FLORIDA. AT DISNEY WORLD. CORRECT? I 102 00:06:41,971 --> 00:06:44,107 HAVE BEEN ON THAT SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. 103 00:06:44,107 --> 00:06:45,641 [LAUGHTER] IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THAT WE 104 00:06:45,641 --> 00:06:53,315 HAVE A HOME GROWN COMPANY RIGHT HERE AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL 105 00:06:53,315 --> 00:06:58,721 STILL PART OF IT AND PROVIDE REAL UNION DROPS IN OUR 106 00:06:58,721 --> 00:07:03,926 INDUSTRY IN THE SPORT AND GIVE BACK NOT JUST ECONOMICALLY BUT 107 00:07:03,926 --> 00:07:08,865 IN WHO YOU ARE SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I'M REALLY 108 00:07:08,865 --> 00:07:11,601 HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU GET THIS PROCLAMATION. 109 00:07:11,601 --> 00:07:12,335 >> Speaker: THANK YOU. 110 00:07:12,335 --> 00:07:13,869 >> Mayor Ibsen: COUNCIL MEMBER HEINZ? 111 00:07:13,869 --> 00:07:17,540 >> Council Member Hines: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND LIKE COUNCIL 112 00:07:17,540 --> 00:07:20,342 MEMBER SADALGE I WAS HAPPY TO GO ON THE TOUR. TAKE YOU ALL 113 00:07:20,342 --> 00:07:23,813 FOR BEING HERE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS GROWING UP AS A KID 114 00:07:23,813 --> 00:07:28,840 BEING KIND OF A NERD I WATCHED A LOT OF MODERN MARVELS A SHOW 115 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:35,884 ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL. IT WAS GREAT TO COME IN AND SEE THE 116 00:07:37,126 --> 00:07:38,561 LOCAL MODERN MARVELS WE HAVE. I CAUGHT MYSELF DRIVING DOWN 117 00:07:38,561 --> 00:07:42,432 I-5 MULTIPLE TIMES NOW AND I SAID NO, THOSE ARE PROBABLY 118 00:07:42,432 --> 00:07:46,635 FROM CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY. ALL THOSE HUGE STANDS YOU SEE DOWN 119 00:07:46,635 --> 00:07:52,635 THE CORRIDOR. AND IT REMINDS ME HOPEFULLY AS PEOPLE THINK 120 00:07:53,108 --> 00:07:54,309 ABOUT THESE MODERN MARVELS AND YOU ALL IN THE WORK YOU'RE 121 00:07:54,309 --> 00:08:00,383 DOING BUT ALSO THE CITY OF TACOMA AS YOU ARE A COMPANY 122 00:08:00,383 --> 00:08:02,510 THAT IS DEEPLY TIED TO US AND WE HOPE TO BE TIED TO YOU FOR 123 00:08:02,510 --> 00:08:03,786 THE YEARS AHEAD. I THINK MOSTLY BECAUSE LIKE COUNCIL 124 00:08:03,786 --> 00:08:05,755 MEMBER SADALGE SAID THE GREAT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU 125 00:08:05,755 --> 00:08:11,127 PRIDE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE FACT THAT YOU 126 00:08:11,127 --> 00:08:12,328 ARE EXPORTING VALUE NOT ONLY REGIONALLY BUT ACROSS THE 127 00:08:12,328 --> 00:08:15,832 WESTERN HEMISPHERE IS ALL SORTS OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO 128 00:08:15,832 --> 00:08:17,200 ACROSS THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO SEE YOUR WORK BUT THEN ALSO 129 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,550 THINKING ABOUT BEING A GREAT CORPORATE PARTNER IN WORKING 130 00:08:21,550 --> 00:08:23,886 WITH US IN THE CITY AND HOW WE THRIVE TOGETHER. SO, THANK YOU 131 00:08:23,886 --> 00:08:26,222 SO MUCH FOR THIS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 132 00:08:26,222 --> 00:08:29,426 ANNIVERSARY AND HOPEFULLY MORE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL TAKE YOU 133 00:08:29,426 --> 00:08:35,426 ALL UP ON THE TOUR. IT IS A GREAT ONE. 134 00:08:35,431 --> 00:08:37,330 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU AND I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE WORK 135 00:08:37,330 --> 00:08:39,202 YOU DO AS WELL AS A VERY WELCOMING TO HER THAT YOU WERE 136 00:08:39,202 --> 00:08:40,836 SO KIND TO OFFER. IT WAS WONDERFUL LEARNING MORE ABOUT 137 00:08:40,836 --> 00:08:44,440 THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THE INFRA-STRUCTURE THAT WE TAKE 138 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,909 FOR GRANTED BUT ALSO A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP THAT I 139 00:08:46,909 --> 00:08:51,914 SAW, TOO, IT WAS NICE TO SEE YOUR OPERATIONS. IT WAS NICE 140 00:08:51,914 --> 00:08:59,114 TO BREAK BREAD AND HOTDOGS WITH YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 141 00:08:59,121 --> 00:09:00,856 AND A PROCLAMATION WELL EARNED. WITH THAT PLEASE STEP FORWARD 142 00:09:00,856 --> 00:09:02,925 TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND LET'S GIVE THESE FOLKS A ROUND 143 00:09:02,925 --> 00:09:04,925 OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] 144 00:09:58,314 --> 00:10:00,316 S WONDERFUL LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THE 145 00:10:00,316 --> 00:10:01,918 INFRA-STRUCTURE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED BUT ALSO A GOOD 146 00:10:01,918 --> 00:10:03,519 CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP THAT I SAW, TOO, IT WAS NICE TO SEE 147 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:05,455 YOUR OPERATIONS. IT WAS NICE TO BREAK BREAD AND HOTDOGS WITH 148 00:10:05,455 --> 00:10:06,989 YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND A PROCLAMATION WELL EARNED. 149 00:10:06,989 --> 00:10:09,158 WITH THAT PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND 150 00:10:09,158 --> 00:10:10,727 LET'S GIVE THESE FOLKS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 151 00:10:10,727 --> 00:10:11,127 [APPLAUSE] 152 00:10:11,127 --> 00:10:12,528 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, CLERK, PLEASE 153 00:10:12,528 --> 00:10:13,620 READ. 154 00:10:13,620 --> 00:10:14,864 >> THIS IS THE TIME SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MOTIONS, 155 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:16,265 RESOLUTIONS, AND FIRST AND FINAL 156 00:10:16,265 --> 00:10:17,933 READING OF ORDINANCES. SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO IDENTIFY THE 157 00:10:17,933 --> 00:10:19,602 SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THEY WISH TO ADDRESS. 158 00:10:19,602 --> 00:10:19,935 15. A. 159 00:10:19,935 --> 00:10:21,471 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT THIS IS 160 00:10:21,471 --> 00:10:23,773 YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. 161 00:10:23,773 --> 00:10:24,940 IF YOU ARE SPEAKING TO SOMETHING PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUR 162 00:10:24,940 --> 00:10:26,542 TOPIC, ADDRESS FULL COUNCIL NOT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE 163 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:32,281 COUNCIL OR STAFF . IF YOU ARE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY PLEASE MAKE 164 00:10:32,281 --> 00:10:33,883 SURE TO RAISE YOUR HAND OR รก9. WITH THAT WE HAVE ONE PERSON 165 00:10:33,883 --> 00:10:38,955 WHO IS SIGNED AND TO SPEAK. HERE TONIGHT IS BURRELL 166 00:10:38,955 --> 00:10:40,955 BATTERSBY. 167 00:10:47,897 --> 00:10:49,431 >> Public Speaker: THANK YOU MAYOR IBSEN AND THE COUNCIL. I 168 00:10:49,431 --> 00:10:53,136 AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT RESOLUTION 42013. MY NAME IS 169 00:10:53,136 --> 00:10:59,642 BURRELL BATTERSBY AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE SOUTH END OF 170 00:10:59,642 --> 00:11:01,310 TACOMA FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE 171 00:11:01,310 --> 00:11:04,246 PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE FLAG OF TACOMA. FEW WOULD ARGUE THAT 172 00:11:04,246 --> 00:11:05,981 OUR CURRENT FLAG IS SOMETHING WE CAN REALLY RALLY BEHIND OR 173 00:11:05,981 --> 00:11:12,581 FEEL PROUD OF. THE POINT THAT IS CRITICAL TO THIS DISCUSSION 174 00:11:14,457 --> 00:11:16,325 TONIGHT IS NOT THAT THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WILL START 175 00:11:16,325 --> 00:11:17,727 WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE RESOLUTION. THIS 176 00:11:17,727 --> 00:11:19,629 CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE YEARS. IT WAS A 177 00:11:19,629 --> 00:11:23,166 GRASSROOTS EFFORT THAT LACKED THE CATALYST TO BRING IT TO THE 178 00:11:23,166 --> 00:11:25,134 FRONT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS. COUNCIL MEMBER HINES RESOLUTION 179 00:11:25,134 --> 00:11:31,734 HAS DONE THAT. AND YOU. WHEN CHANDLER PASSED AWAY APRIL 2ND, 180 00:11:32,274 --> 00:11:35,770 2023 SHE WAS ONLY 41 YEARS OLD. HER FAMILY, HER ART HER BOOKS 181 00:11:35,770 --> 00:11:38,140 AND FLAG THESE ARE ALL HER LEGACY. CHANDLER IN HER OWN 182 00:11:38,140 --> 00:11:44,754 CREED OF WAY LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON TACOMA THAT IS STILL A 183 00:11:44,754 --> 00:11:46,255 PART OF THE CITY'S SOUL. THE GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO ADOPT 184 00:11:46,255 --> 00:11:50,626 CHANDLER'S FLAG BEGAN IN AUGUST OF THAT SAME YEAR, 2023. 185 00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:55,364 CHANDLER HAD DESIGNED TO ENHANCE OWED A PROTOTYPE BETSY 186 00:11:55,364 --> 00:12:00,636 ROSS STYLE. IN 2012 FOR AN EXHIBIT THAT ASKED LOCAL 187 00:12:00,636 --> 00:12:02,238 ARTISTS TO PROPOSE A NEW FLAG FOR THE CITY OF TACOMA. 188 00:12:02,238 --> 00:12:04,173 FOLLOWING THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THIS 189 00:12:04,173 --> 00:12:08,711 AGENDA ITEM, CHANDLER WROTE IN HER OWN WORDS, I WANTED TO TELL 190 00:12:08,711 --> 00:12:12,782 THE STORY OF OUR CITY AND ITS PLACE IN THE NORTHWEST BUT TO 191 00:12:12,782 --> 00:12:17,186 DO SO AS MINIMALLY AS POSSIBLE. THE WHITE TRIANGLE REPRESENTS 192 00:12:17,186 --> 00:12:19,186 MOUNT RAINIER. 193 00:12:20,656 --> 00:12:22,592 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU FOR A TIME IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL 194 00:12:22,592 --> 00:12:27,730 COMMENTS YOU ARE WELCOME TO EMAIL THEM TO THE COUNCIL, TOO. 195 00:12:27,730 --> 00:12:28,931 THAT IS A NICE FLAT, TOO. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER 196 00:12:28,931 --> 00:12:32,401 LOGGED IN VIRTUALLY, LYT. CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHICH AGENDA ITEM 197 00:12:32,401 --> 00:12:34,401 YOU'RE SPEAKING TO? 198 00:12:36,506 --> 00:12:41,306 >> Public Speaker: HELLO I AM SPEAKING TO RESOLUTION 420 01 199 00:12:41,810 --> 00:12:47,810 FOR THE 12 YEAR TAX EXEMPTION. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE 200 00:12:48,818 --> 00:12:52,155 COUNCIL RESTRUCTURE THE WAY THEY AGENDA IS HANDLED TO 201 00:12:52,155 --> 00:12:56,492 ENSURE THE PUBLIC COMMENT GOES PRIOR TO CONSENT AGENDA IS. 202 00:12:56,492 --> 00:13:03,692 BECAUSE MAYOR IBSEN DID PROVIDE A VOTE OF AYE ON FOR 2001 WHICH 203 00:13:05,901 --> 00:13:09,705 THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST 204 00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:15,177 FINANCIALLY FOR A POTENTIAL TO FEW TRULY INVOLVED IN THE SALE 205 00:13:15,177 --> 00:13:21,177 OF A RESIDENTIAL UNIT FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND BECAUSE OF 206 00:13:21,850 --> 00:13:24,530 THAT I AM REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REASSESS MAYOR IBSEN'S 207 00:13:24,530 --> 00:13:28,324 ABILITY TO VOTE ON ANY MATTER THAT INVOLVES TAX EXEMPTIONS 208 00:13:28,324 --> 00:13:32,524 FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANYTHING 209 00:13:33,796 --> 00:13:35,331 RESIDENTIAL AND THE SALES OF ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES A REAL 210 00:13:35,331 --> 00:13:38,801 ESTATE AGENT. BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A POTENTIAL 211 00:13:38,801 --> 00:13:42,705 FOR PERSONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS MAYOR IBSEN HIMSELF 212 00:13:42,705 --> 00:13:47,209 HAS ABSTAINED FROM VOTES IN THE PAST REGARDING MATTERS OF THOSE 213 00:13:47,209 --> 00:13:53,209 TOPICS. AND WHEREAS I HAVE WITNESSED MAYOR IBSEN MALLS AYE 214 00:13:54,550 --> 00:13:58,221 EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN ABSTINENCE OF THE VOTE. 215 00:13:58,221 --> 00:14:01,224 BECAUSE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE ON A PLOT OF LAND 216 00:14:01,224 --> 00:14:07,224 THAT HAS ELEVATED LEVELS OF ARSENIC, LEAD AND CADMIUM, THE 217 00:14:09,298 --> 00:14:11,300 DESTRUCTION OF THAT SOIL IS A HEALTH RISK TO EVERYONE IN THAT 218 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:12,168 COMMUNITY. >> Mayor I: THANK YOU 219 00:14:12,168 --> 00:14:16,838 FOR SPEAKING. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS YOU ARE 220 00:14:16,838 --> 00:14:18,374 WELCOME TO EMAIL THE COUNCIL, TOO. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE 221 00:14:18,374 --> 00:14:20,709 MORE SPEAKER ONLINE. TOM LLEWELLYN. CAN YOU IDENTIFY 222 00:14:20,709 --> 00:14:27,309 WHICH TOPIC YOU ARE SPEAKING TO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? ARE YOU 223 00:14:30,198 --> 00:14:31,866 THERE? 224 00:14:31,866 --> 00:14:34,736 >> Public Speaker: OH, SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 225 00:14:34,736 --> 00:14:37,736 >> Mayor Ibsen: GO FOR IT. 226 00:14:39,673 --> 00:14:41,142 >> Public Speaker: I AM SPEAKING TO THE RESOLUTION 227 00:14:41,142 --> 00:14:42,877 ABOUT ADOPTING A NEW FLAG DESIGN AND I JUST WANT TO 228 00:14:42,877 --> 00:14:48,215 REITERATE THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS FORTUNATE 229 00:14:48,215 --> 00:14:54,215 ENOUGH TO CONSIDER CHANDLER O'LEARY A FRIEND AND WHAT AN 230 00:14:54,956 --> 00:14:56,825 HONOR IT WAS TO HAVE HER PART OF OUR ARTISTIC COMMUNITY OR 231 00:14:56,825 --> 00:14:59,930 SHE WAS A CORE MEMBER AND VERY DEDICATED TO CREATING ART AND 232 00:14:59,930 --> 00:15:04,699 THE IMPACT OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY ON THE CITY OF 233 00:15:04,699 --> 00:15:10,572 TACOMA. CHANDLER, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW WAS A GRADUATE 234 00:15:10,572 --> 00:15:14,508 OF THE PRESTIGIOUS ART SCHOOL RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN 235 00:15:14,508 --> 00:15:20,915 AND MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE TACOMA HER HOME AND HER FLAG 236 00:15:20,915 --> 00:15:26,855 DESIGN AS WAS STATED AS IT IS VERY INTENTIONAL AND REFLECTS 237 00:15:26,855 --> 00:15:32,260 THE HISTORY OF TACOMA WITH THE DETERMINISTS OF THE RAILROADS 238 00:15:32,260 --> 00:15:34,262 AS TACOMA'S LOCATION AT THE BASE OF MOUNT RAINIER. AND THE 239 00:15:34,262 --> 00:15:38,462 VERY IMPORTANT DESIGN AESTHETICS THAT ALLOWED THE 240 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,673 FLAG TO BE RECOGNIZABLE FROM A LONG DISTANCE BY PEOPLE OF ANY 241 00:15:44,673 --> 00:15:49,811 ETHNICITY OR LEVEL OF LITERACY AND IT JUST SHOWS A LOVE TO THE 242 00:15:49,811 --> 00:15:54,140 COMMUNITY. IT ALSO REFLECTS THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES 243 00:15:54,140 --> 00:15:58,814 GOOD CREATED CREATIVITY AND GOOD EXECUTION. THANK YOU. 244 00:16:00,221 --> 00:16:01,756 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. LAURA 245 00:16:01,756 --> 00:16:03,756 DUNNINGTON? 246 00:16:16,303 --> 00:16:17,905 >> Public Speaker: HI. I AM LAURA DUNNINGTON AND I LIVE IN 247 00:16:17,905 --> 00:16:19,374 NORTH TACOMA. I HAVE LIVED HERE WITH MY FAMILY FOR THE 248 00:16:19,374 --> 00:16:21,175 LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS. I AM SPEAKING ON RESOLUTION 'S FOR 249 00:16:21,175 --> 00:16:25,975 2013. IT'S THE FLAG. MY FAMILY LOVES TACOMA'S ARTS 250 00:16:27,515 --> 00:16:29,217 COMMUNITY AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF UPDATING THE CITY 251 00:16:29,217 --> 00:16:30,852 FLAG AND WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT CHANDLER O'LEARY'S 252 00:16:30,852 --> 00:16:32,921 FLAG BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE COMPETITION. CHANDLER WAS 253 00:16:32,921 --> 00:16:35,590 JUST A CORE PART OF THE TACOMA ART SCENE AND I THINK ADOPTING 254 00:16:35,590 --> 00:16:39,994 HER FLAG DESIGN WOULD HONOR HER MEMORY AND ALL THAT SHE HAS 255 00:16:39,994 --> 00:16:44,532 GIVEN TO THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 256 00:16:44,532 --> 00:16:49,932 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ALYSSA ELLIOTT? 257 00:16:52,874 --> 00:16:55,900 >> Public Speaker: I AM HERE. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 258 00:16:55,900 --> 00:16:56,811 >> Mayor Ibsen: YES. 259 00:16:56,811 --> 00:16:58,913 >> Public Speaker: MY NAME IS MELISSA ELLIOTT AND I TO HIM 260 00:16:58,913 --> 00:17:04,219 SIGNING IN, IN SUPPORT OF CHANDLER O'LEARY DOES FLAG 261 00:17:04,219 --> 00:17:05,820 DESIGN AS EITHER BEING A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CONTEST OR 262 00:17:05,820 --> 00:17:08,423 ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVING THE MERIT OF BEING THE FLAG OF 263 00:17:08,423 --> 00:17:14,423 TACOMA MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THE WORD SHE DID TO 264 00:17:16,363 --> 00:17:18,166 SUBSTANTIATE THE DESIGN AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE DESIGN ARE NOT 265 00:17:18,166 --> 00:17:20,201 ONLY INCLUSIVE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES BUT HUMAN RESOURCES 266 00:17:20,201 --> 00:17:22,970 IN THIS REGION THEY ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO THE 267 00:17:22,970 --> 00:17:30,170 DESIGN THAT SHE CREATED AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE IMPACT SHE 268 00:17:32,914 --> 00:17:34,782 HAS HAD ON THE TACOMA ARTS COMMUNITY AS KYLE MENTIONED IS 269 00:17:34,782 --> 00:17:36,317 INDELIBLE AND TO FOREVER CHANGE THE FACE OF THE CITY AND 270 00:17:36,317 --> 00:17:37,919 DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH. I HAVE LIVED IN TACOMA 271 00:17:37,919 --> 00:17:43,524 SINCE 1997 AND I AM VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT FOR 2013 WITH 272 00:17:43,524 --> 00:17:45,260 CHANDLER'S FLAG BEING THE FLAG OF THE CITY OF TACOMA. 273 00:17:45,260 --> 00:17:49,263 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. SEEING AS THOUGH THERE ARE NO 274 00:17:49,263 --> 00:17:53,234 FURTHER SPEAKERS LOGGED IN WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC 275 00:17:53,234 --> 00:17:56,700 COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA MOVING ONTO THE 276 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:58,673 REGULAR AGENDA WE HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US FOR CONSIDERATION. 277 00:17:58,673 --> 00:18:03,278 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: A. MOTION MAY BE CONSIDERED TO 278 00:18:03,278 --> 00:18:04,746 AUTHORIZE THE CITYb FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ALL 279 00:18:04,746 --> 00:18:06,748 CLAIMS AND APPEALS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF CLAIMANTb 280 00:18:06,748 --> 00:18:07,749 COMPENSATION CLAIM NO. SY72558 FILED ON OR 281 00:18:07,749 --> 00:18:09,350 ABOUT FEBRUARY 4, 2024, WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE 282 00:18:09,350 --> 00:18:11,218 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES AND THE SURVIVOR 283 00:18:11,218 --> 00:18:12,553 BENEFITb OF THE CLAIMANTb 284 00:18:12,553 --> 00:18:13,955 WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON OR ABOUT JULY 16, 2025, UPON 285 00:18:13,955 --> 00:18:17,625 PAYMENT BY THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,0000 CONTINGENT 286 00:18:17,625 --> 00:18:20,228 UPON DISMISSAL OF THE APPEALS OF THE DENIALS OF THE 287 00:18:20,228 --> 00:18:22,228 WORKERb SURVIVORb 288 00:18:22,363 --> 00:18:25,567 AND EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN A FORM APPROVED BY 289 00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:26,367 THE CITY ATTORNEY. 290 00:18:26,367 --> 00:18:28,367 >> Council Member: SECOND. 291 00:18:28,369 --> 00:18:30,905 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY 292 00:18:30,905 --> 00:18:33,507 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? THIS IS A MAYOR 293 00:18:33,507 --> 00:18:36,911 COMMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS AN EXTRA ZERO ON THE 500,000 294 00:18:36,911 --> 00:18:42,183 WHICH WOULD INDICATE 5 MILLION. I AM GOING TO ASSUME THAT THE 295 00:18:42,183 --> 00:18:45,783 EXTRA ZERO IS A TYPO, CORRECT? 296 00:18:49,323 --> 00:18:50,858 >> City Attorney: YES, CORRECT MAYOR. 297 00:18:50,858 --> 00:18:52,594 >> Mayor Ibsen: WITH THAT NOTED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 298 00:18:52,594 --> 00:18:55,830 ADOPTING THE MOTION WE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. 299 00:18:55,830 --> 00:19:00,802 THE MOTION PASSES MOVING ON TO APPOINTMENTS ITEM 16 THIS WILL 300 00:19:00,802 --> 00:19:02,336 ALSO COVER ITEM 18 CLERK, PLEASE READ. 301 00:19:02,336 --> 00:19:03,805 >> RES42004 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE 302 00:19:03,805 --> 00:19:06,205 CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. 303 00:19:07,809 --> 00:19:09,544 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42004. 304 00:19:09,544 --> 00:19:14,683 >> Council Member: SECOND B1 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCIL 305 00:19:14,683 --> 00:19:15,216 MEMBER WALKER. 306 00:19:15,216 --> 00:19:16,818 >> Council Member Walker: AT THE AUGUST 12TH COMMITTEE 307 00:19:16,818 --> 00:19:21,555 MEETING THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS FOR THE CLIMATE 308 00:19:21,555 --> 00:19:23,557 SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND TRANSFER PATIENT COMMISSION AND 309 00:19:23,557 --> 00:19:25,627 RECOMMENDED THE APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING 310 00:19:25,627 --> 00:19:27,762 INDIVIDUALS. SARAH McCARTY TO THE CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY 311 00:19:27,762 --> 00:19:31,962 COMMISSION AND TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION LUKE 312 00:19:34,169 --> 00:19:35,570 CASSIDY, MARIA BUCHANAN, HERSCHEL WILSON, ANSLEY ZURA 313 00:19:35,570 --> 00:19:37,570 AND MATTHEW STEVENS. 314 00:19:37,905 --> 00:19:39,774 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS 315 00:19:39,774 --> 00:19:43,110 OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM OR ITEM 18? OKAY SEEING NONE ALL 316 00:19:43,110 --> 00:19:47,248 THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42004 WE SIGNIFY BY 317 00:19:47,248 --> 00:19:52,386 SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION IS DECLARED 318 00:19:52,386 --> 00:19:53,854 ADOPTED ITEM NUMBER 17 CLERK, PLEASE READ. 319 00:19:53,854 --> 00:19:56,570 >> RES42005 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING 320 00:19:56,570 --> 00:19:56,924 INDIVIDUALS TO THE TACOMA CREATES 321 00:19:56,924 --> 00:19:58,924 ADVISORY BOARD. 322 00:20:01,195 --> 00:20:05,599 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42005. 323 00:20:05,599 --> 00:20:06,601 >> Council Member: SECOND. 324 00:20:06,601 --> 00:20:08,200 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 325 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,690 ON COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ. 326 00:20:09,690 --> 00:20:14,469 >> Council Member Diaz: THANK YOU AT THE AUGUST 26 MEETING 327 00:20:15,142 --> 00:20:17,770 THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND RECOMMEND AT THE 328 00:20:17,770 --> 00:20:19,130 APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO 329 00:20:19,130 --> 00:20:22,550 THE TACOMA CREATES ADVISORY BOARD DANIEL DIETRICH, GLENN 330 00:20:22,550 --> 00:20:27,154 ADAMS, HOLLY IS SUNNI, THE LEADER GAINS AND MANDY THE 331 00:20:27,154 --> 00:20:29,154 LIST'. 332 00:20:31,358 --> 00:20:36,158 >> Mayor Ibsen: OKAY ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL 333 00:20:39,109 --> 00:20:40,911 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 334 00:20:40,911 --> 00:20:42,513 ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 42005 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING 335 00:20:42,513 --> 00:20:43,981 AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. RESOLUTION IS ACQUIRED ADOPTED 336 00:20:43,981 --> 00:20:45,983 ITEM 18 CLERK, PLEASE READ. 337 00:20:45,983 --> 00:20:48,720 >> RES42006 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING 338 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,922 INDIVIDUALS TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. 339 00:20:50,922 --> 00:20:55,722 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42006. 340 00:21:05,669 --> 00:21:06,737 >> Council Member: SECOND. 341 00:21:06,737 --> 00:21:08,306 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED THIS ITEM WAS 342 00:21:08,306 --> 00:21:10,341 PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE MEETING ARE THERE ADDITIONAL 343 00:21:10,341 --> 00:21:11,809 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 344 00:21:11,809 --> 00:21:13,411 ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42006 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 345 00:21:13,411 --> 00:21:15,313 RESOLUTIONOPPOSED SAY NO. WE INVITED THOSE MEMBERS BEING 346 00:21:15,313 --> 00:21:16,613 APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED TONIGHT VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON. 347 00:21:16,613 --> 00:21:19,750 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING IN YOUR SERVICE TO 348 00:21:19,750 --> 00:21:21,285 THE CITY ON THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, 349 00:21:21,285 --> 00:21:23,354 TACOMA CREATES ADVISORY BOARD AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. 350 00:21:23,354 --> 00:21:25,422 WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. PLEASE 351 00:21:25,422 --> 00:21:26,758 JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 352 00:21:26,758 --> 00:21:30,358 [APPLAUSE] THANKS FOR STEPPING UP. MOVING 353 00:21:33,430 --> 00:21:35,699 ON TO PURCHASE RESOLUTIONS ITEM 19 CLERK, PLEASE READ. 354 00:21:35,699 --> 00:21:37,702 >> RES42007 A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT TO KENTb 355 00:21:37,702 --> 00:21:43,102 OIL SERVICE DBA ALBINA ASPHALT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $731,084, 356 00:21:43,241 --> 00:21:46,177 BUDGETED FROM THE STREET AND STREETS INITIATIVE FUNDS, FOR 357 00:21:46,177 --> 00:21:47,912 HOT APPLIED POLYMER MODIFIED LIQUID 358 00:21:47,912 --> 00:21:50,248 ASPHALT, FOR AN INITIAL CONTRACT TERM OF ONE YEAR, WITH 359 00:21:50,248 --> 00:21:52,450 THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS, 360 00:21:52,450 --> 00:21:54,985 FOR A PROJECTED CONTRACT TOTAL OF $4,386,504, PLUS APPLICABLE 361 00:21:54,985 --> 00:21:57,385 TAXES - WASHINGTON STATE. 362 00:22:00,570 --> 00:22:03,657 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: AMATEUR ADOPT RESOLUTION 42007. 363 00:22:03,928 --> 00:22:05,863 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS 364 00:22:05,863 --> 00:22:10,100 OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING 365 00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:11,936 RESOLUTION 42007 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. 366 00:22:11,936 --> 00:22:17,141 THE RESOLUTION IS A DULY ADOPTED. ITEM NUMBER 20 CLERK, 367 00:22:17,141 --> 00:22:17,608 PLEASE READ. 368 00:22:17,608 --> 00:22:19,210 >> RES42008 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE TO AND 369 00:22:19,210 --> 00:22:21,279 EXTENDING THE CONTRACT WITH KIDDER MATHEWS INC, IN THE 370 00:22:21,279 --> 00:22:22,747 AMOUNT OF $1,800,000.00, BUDGETED FROM THE WASTEWATER 371 00:22:22,747 --> 00:22:24,315 FUND, FOR CONTINUED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF THE 372 00:22:24,315 --> 00:22:26,350 CENTER FOR URBAN WATERS BUILDINGS, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 373 00:22:26,350 --> 00:22:29,219 2027, FOR A PROJECTED CONTRACT TOTAL OF 374 00:22:29,219 --> 00:22:31,219 $8,405,517.02, PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES. 375 00:22:34,558 --> 00:22:38,796 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42008. 376 00:22:38,796 --> 00:22:39,797 >> Council Member: SECOND. 377 00:22:39,797 --> 00:22:44,836 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL 378 00:22:44,836 --> 00:22:47,105 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 379 00:22:47,105 --> 00:22:49,173 ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42008 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 380 00:22:49,173 --> 00:22:53,243 OPPOSED SAY NO. RESOLUTION IS ACQUIRED ADOPTED. ITEM 21. 381 00:22:53,243 --> 00:22:55,245 THIS WILL HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. CLERK, PLEASE 382 00:22:55,245 --> 00:22:56,470 READ. 383 00:22:56,470 --> 00:22:58,182 >> RES42009 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE 384 00:22:58,182 --> 00:22:59,583 PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION NO. 1, SUBMITTED BY PIERCE TRANSIT, AT 385 00:22:59,583 --> 00:23:01,586 THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026, GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH READS AS 386 00:23:01,586 --> 00:23:03,986 FOLLOWS: PIERCE COUNTY PUBLIC 387 00:23:04,589 --> 00:23:06,724 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA PROPOSITION NO. 1 388 00:23:06,724 --> 00:23:11,996 MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING LOCAL TRANSIT SERVICE SALES AND USE 389 00:23:11,996 --> 00:23:13,731 TAX INCREASE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE PIERCE 390 00:23:13,731 --> 00:23:16,601 COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 391 00:23:16,601 --> 00:23:18,469 PIERCE TRANSIT, ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2026-006 392 00:23:18,469 --> 00:23:21,806 CONCERNING A SALES AND USE TAX FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION 393 00:23:21,806 --> 00:23:23,600 SERVICES. THIS PROPOSITION WOULD 394 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,342 AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 395 00:23:25,342 --> 00:23:27,145 THREE-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, OR THREE PENNIES FOR EVERY $10 396 00:23:27,145 --> 00:23:29,813 SPENT, TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE TRANSIT SERVICE, 397 00:23:29,813 --> 00:23:32,216 INCLUDING ADDING BUS ROUTES AND SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE; 398 00:23:32,216 --> 00:23:34,151 EXPANDING DAYTIME, EVENING, AND WEEKEND 399 00:23:34,151 --> 00:23:37,210 SERVICE; REDUCING WAIT TIMES BETWEEN BUSES; IMPROVING 400 00:23:37,210 --> 00:23:39,157 ACCESS TO LIGHT RAIL, HEALTHCARE, SCHOOLS, AND JOBS; 401 00:23:39,157 --> 00:23:41,225 EXPANDING SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WITH 402 00:23:41,225 --> 00:23:43,828 DISABILITIES; AND PROVIDING FARE-FREE BUS SERVICE TO 403 00:23:43,828 --> 00:23:46,828 SENIORS AND YOUTH, EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2027. 404 00:23:47,231 --> 00:23:49,231 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: 405 00:23:53,837 --> 00:23:55,506 >> Mayor Ibsen: SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED OR REJECTED? 406 00:23:55,506 --> 00:23:57,574 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42009. 407 00:23:57,574 --> 00:23:58,442 >> Council Member: SECOND. 408 00:23:58,442 --> 00:24:00,440 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 409 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:05,444 ON MIKE GRIFFIS AND KURT CORE WELL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 410 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:09,120 MANAGER. 411 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:12,457 >> Speaker: GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. MY 412 00:24:12,457 --> 00:24:17,395 NAME IS MIKE GRIFFIS THE CEO OF PIERCE TRANSIT. IN JULY OUR 413 00:24:17,395 --> 00:24:20,865 BOARD UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SEND A BALLOT MEASURE PACKAGE TO 414 00:24:20,865 --> 00:24:24,268 VOTERS ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION. IF APPROVED BY 415 00:24:24,268 --> 00:24:30,868 VOTERS PIERCE TRANSIT WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE, MORE 416 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,344 PLACES, MORE OFTEN FOR 3/10 OF 1% SALES TAX CHANGE. THIS WAS 417 00:24:33,344 --> 00:24:39,344 BUILT ON YEARS AND YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT, DATA AND PLANNING. 418 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,953 IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT REGIONAL PLANS, MUNICIPAL GOALS AND 419 00:24:42,953 --> 00:24:45,890 COMMUNITY INPUT TO ENSURE WE ARE PUTTING TRANSIT WHERE IT 420 00:24:45,890 --> 00:24:51,890 CAN HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THE 421 00:24:53,631 --> 00:24:55,365 PACKAGE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE VOTERS WHO WILL DECIDE THE 422 00:24:55,365 --> 00:24:57,101 FUTURE OF LOCAL TRANSIT ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD JOURNAL ELECTION 423 00:24:57,101 --> 00:25:01,773 BALLOT. PIERCE TRANSIT IS CURRENTLY FUNDED AT HALF THE 424 00:25:01,773 --> 00:25:07,377 RATE OF OUR PIER AGENCIES IN SL HOMELESS, THURSTON AND KITSAP 425 00:25:07,377 --> 00:25:13,251 COUNTY. THIS IS A DISPARITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND MOBILITY FOR 426 00:25:13,251 --> 00:25:15,520 PIERCE COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE ARE FUNDED 80 PERCENT THROUGH 427 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,523 SALES TAX. THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS SENT SALES TAX 428 00:25:19,523 --> 00:25:24,594 AS THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR LOCAL TRANSIT IN WASHINGTON. 429 00:25:24,594 --> 00:25:27,131 OUR SALES TAX RATE HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 2002 NEARLY A 430 00:25:27,131 --> 00:25:31,802 FOURTH CENTURY. WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 431 00:25:31,802 --> 00:25:36,200 PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY DESPITE FUNDING CONSTRAINTS. 432 00:25:38,676 --> 00:25:40,544 THIS HAS TAKEN DELIBERATE EFFORT AND DISCIPLINED APPROACH 433 00:25:40,544 --> 00:25:44,744 TO MANAGING COSTS, STREAMLINING OPERATIONS AND IMPROVING 434 00:25:49,487 --> 00:25:51,210 EFFICIENCIES. IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE COMPLETED 133 435 00:25:51,210 --> 00:25:53,224 PROJECTS, FOCUSED ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL 436 00:25:53,224 --> 00:25:56,960 IMPROVEMENTS. THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK SHOW BASED ON THE 437 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,830 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE, WE 438 00:25:59,830 --> 00:26:05,230 ARE THE MOST EFFICIENT LOCAL TRANSIT AGENCY AND OPERATING 439 00:26:08,572 --> 00:26:10,373 COST PER PASSENGER MILE IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION. OUR 440 00:26:10,373 --> 00:26:12,309 COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND IT NEEDS ARE CHANGING. WE ARE 441 00:26:12,309 --> 00:26:16,780 HITTING THE LIMIT OF HOW MUCH MORE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED DOING 442 00:26:16,780 --> 00:26:22,780 MORE WITH LESS. LARGELY DUE TO INFLATION THE EXPENSES ARE 443 00:26:23,988 --> 00:26:27,458 EXPECTED TO EXCEED REVENUE AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR. WITHOUT 444 00:26:27,458 --> 00:26:30,394 ADDITIONAL FUNDING, PIERCE TRANSIT WILL CONTINUE RUNNING 445 00:26:30,394 --> 00:26:32,463 THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BUT 446 00:26:32,463 --> 00:26:39,630 TRANSIT TRANSIT SERVICE WOULD NEED TO BE REDUCED TO MATCH THE 447 00:26:40,404 --> 00:26:42,473 FUNDING AVAILABLE. SERVICE REDUCTIONS COULD BEGIN AS EARLY 448 00:26:42,473 --> 00:26:47,111 AS 2031. OUR COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR TRANSIT SERVICE MORE 449 00:26:47,111 --> 00:26:51,924 PEOPLE MORE PLACES MORE OFTEN. IN A TRANSIT'S IS THEM THAT 450 00:26:51,924 --> 00:26:55,360 CONNECTS WORK, SCHOOL AND ESSENTIAL PLACES LIKE 451 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:56,829 HEALTHCARE AND GROCERY SHOPPING. 89% OF WRITERS TAKE 452 00:26:56,829 --> 00:27:00,833 TRIPS THAT BENEFIT THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND STUDIES SHOW THAT 453 00:27:00,833 --> 00:27:05,304 ONE DOLLAR INVESTED IN TRANSIT GENERATES 5 DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC 454 00:27:05,304 --> 00:27:10,109 RETURN. TODAY, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE ISSUES. PIERCE COUNTY 455 00:27:10,109 --> 00:27:14,647 IS GROWING AND GROWING RAPIDLY. OUR LOCAL ECONOMY DEPENDS ON 456 00:27:14,647 --> 00:27:21,247 HOW WELL PEOPLE CAN ACCESS JOBS AND HOW RELIABLY EMPLOYERS CAN 457 00:27:25,525 --> 00:27:27,526 ACCESS A WORKFORCE. LOOKING AHEAD PIERCE COUNTY IS EXPECTED 458 00:27:27,526 --> 00:27:29,261 TO ADD A FOURTH OF A MILLION NEW RESIDENT AND 117,000 NEW 459 00:27:29,261 --> 00:27:34,610 JOBS BY 2024. AS THE REGION EVOLVED TRANSPORTATION WILL 460 00:27:36,402 --> 00:27:38,404 CONTINUE TO SHAPE HOW EFFICIENTLY PEOPLE CAN CONNECT 461 00:27:38,404 --> 00:27:42,141 TO OPPORTUNITY. WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TRANSIT MOST OF THAT 462 00:27:42,141 --> 00:27:47,541 GROWTH WILL RELY ON CARS. ADDING CONGESTION TO ALREADY 463 00:27:50,950 --> 00:27:52,818 BUSY ROADS AND MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS JOBS, 464 00:27:52,818 --> 00:27:55,421 SCHOOLS, SAFE PLACES FOR YOUTH, MEDICAL APPOINTMENT AND OTHER 465 00:27:55,421 --> 00:27:59,621 ESSENTIAL SERVICES. ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK CONGESTION. EVEN 466 00:28:01,761 --> 00:28:05,498 IF YOU DON'T USE TRANSIT, SOMEONE YOU RELY ON USES 467 00:28:05,498 --> 00:28:10,898 TRANSIT. WHETHER THAT IS YOUR BARBARA, YOUR NURSE, YOUR 468 00:28:12,638 --> 00:28:14,640 MECHANIC OR YOUR KIDS TEACHER, TRANSIT GETS THEM THERE. THIS 469 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,576 IS WHY YOU OFTEN HEAR US SAY EVEN IF YOU DON'T TAKE PUBLIC 470 00:28:17,576 --> 00:28:19,378 TRANSIT YOU BENEFIT FROM IT. YOU BENEFIT FROM LESS CARS ON 471 00:28:19,378 --> 00:28:21,580 THE ROAD AND MORE PEOPLE KEEPING OUR ECONOMY MOVING. WE 472 00:28:21,580 --> 00:28:28,180 HAVE A PLAN TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE IN MORE PLACES MORE 473 00:28:30,323 --> 00:28:31,991 OFTEN. A PLAN THAT WILL IMPROVE TRANSIT FOR THE 21,000 474 00:28:31,991 --> 00:28:33,926 DAILY TRIPS OUR WRITERS TAKE AND A PLAN TO HELP MAKE TRANSIT 475 00:28:33,926 --> 00:28:38,330 POSSIBLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT REALLY 476 00:28:38,330 --> 00:28:43,870 ACCOMMODATE. A PLAN FOR A 47% INCREASE IN SERVICE THAT SPANS 477 00:28:43,870 --> 00:28:48,740 ACROSS THE 13,000 CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS THAT WE 478 00:28:48,740 --> 00:28:54,740 SERVE. PLEASE NOTE THIS DOES NOT EXPAND TRANSIT INTO NEW 479 00:28:55,815 --> 00:28:56,949 MUNICIPALITIES OR UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE 480 00:28:56,949 --> 00:28:59,152 COUNTY THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY SERVE. THAT IS A SEPARATE 481 00:28:59,152 --> 00:29:04,552 PROCESS DETERMINED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND VOTERS IN THAT 482 00:29:04,557 --> 00:29:08,561 AREA AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PAY FOR AND RECEIVE TRANSIT 483 00:29:08,561 --> 00:29:12,300 SERVICE. WE ALSO PROVIDE MICRO RUNNER TRANSIT SERVICE AND 484 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:14,166 OPERATE THE 12TH LARGEST RIDESHARE PROGRAM IN THE 485 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:21,366 NATION. BUT TODAY I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON BUS AND PARATRANSIT 486 00:29:21,574 --> 00:29:23,309 SERVICE AS THAT IS WHERE THE NEW FUNDING WOULD BE DIRECTED. 487 00:29:23,309 --> 00:29:28,214 I AM NOW GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO TINA LEE, OUR INTERIM CHIEF 488 00:29:28,214 --> 00:29:31,317 PLANNING OFFICER TO SHARE THE PLAN WITH YOU. 489 00:29:31,317 --> 00:29:37,189 >> Speaker: THANK YOU MIKE. IF APPROVED BY VOTERS IT WILL 490 00:29:37,189 --> 00:29:39,258 COST AN ADDITIONAL THREE PENNIES FOR EVERY $10 SPENT ON 491 00:29:39,258 --> 00:29:44,658 FOLLOWING PURCHASES AND PIERCE COUNTY TRANSIT AREA FOR EXAMPLE 492 00:29:46,466 --> 00:29:52,466 A $20 SWEATER WOULD COST SIX ADDITIONAL PENNIES. A PAIR OF 493 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,140 $80 HEADPHONES WOULD COST AN EXTRA $0.24. THIS WOULD FUND 494 00:29:55,140 --> 00:29:58,644 47% INCREASE IN TRANSIT SERVICE. IF APPROVED BY VOTERS 495 00:29:58,644 --> 00:30:01,247 WE WOULD ADD FOR NEW ROUTES. THE PORT OF TACOMA ROUTE WOULD 496 00:30:01,247 --> 00:30:05,840 SERVE THE NEW MARITIME 253 HIGH SCHOOL AND TO HEALTH WORKERS 497 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,954 WOULD GET TO JOBS AT THE PORT. IT WOULD ALSO IMPROVE ACCESS TO 498 00:30:08,954 --> 00:30:12,892 SWAN PARK HOME OF THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PIPELINE 499 00:30:12,892 --> 00:30:17,692 TRAIL. THE CENTRAL TACOMA ROUTE WILL CONNECT LAKEWOOD, 500 00:30:19,499 --> 00:30:21,367 TRIBAL ALONG TYLER TO CHENEY STADIUM AND ELEANOR HOSPITAL 501 00:30:21,367 --> 00:30:26,105 AND CONTINUE TO THE MEDICAL MILE AND DOWNTOWN TACOMA 502 00:30:26,105 --> 00:30:28,641 IMPROVING ACCESS TO JOBS, HEALTHCARE AND SPECIAL EVENTS. 503 00:30:28,641 --> 00:30:31,244 IN THE NORTHEAST TACOMA ROUTE WILL CONNECT RIDERS TO THE NEW 504 00:30:31,244 --> 00:30:38,444 LIGHT RAIL STATION ON FEDERAL WAY AND FIFE. WE WILL ADD A 505 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:42,522 WEEKDAY ROUTE SERVING PUYALLUP AS PUYALLUP CONTINUES TO GROW 506 00:30:42,522 --> 00:30:44,190 AND THIS WILL SERVE NEW HOUSING AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE AGING 507 00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:47,260 IN PLACE. IT WILL ALSO ADJUST ROUTE 11 WHICH OPERATES FROM 508 00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:52,660 DOWNTOWN TACOMA TO THE POINT DEFIANCE FERRY TERMINAL WHICH 509 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,867 WILL PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT IMPROVING 510 00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:58,400 ACCESS TO RECREATION AND CONNECTING EMPLOYEES TO JOBS 511 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,605 AND CONNECTING SHOPPERS TO BUSINESSES. IF APPROVED BY 512 00:30:59,605 --> 00:31:02,740 VOTERS WE WILL ADD SEASONAL WATERFRONT TROLLEY AND SPECIAL 513 00:31:02,740 --> 00:31:05,610 EVENT SERVICES. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO 514 00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:10,549 PROVIDE WATERFRONT TROLLEY SERVICE TO GIG HARBOR AND WORK 515 00:31:10,549 --> 00:31:15,200 WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DELIVER A SEASONAL TROLLEY TO THE TACOMA 516 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:20,893 WATERFRONT AS WELL. THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN A 517 00:31:20,893 --> 00:31:22,561 FLEXIBLE POOL OF FUNDING TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES 518 00:31:22,561 --> 00:31:24,429 AND PARTNERS EACH YEAR TO DESIGN SERVICES TO MEET THAT 519 00:31:24,429 --> 00:31:28,166 COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. OUR SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE HAS HISTORICALLY 520 00:31:28,166 --> 00:31:31,170 HAD SNIFFING AT RIDERSHIP INCLUDING OVER 100,000 521 00:31:31,170 --> 00:31:33,105 BOARDINGS WHEN WE OPERATED SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE TO THE 522 00:31:33,105 --> 00:31:38,344 WASHINGTON STATE FAIR. AND MORE THAN 12,000 WRITERS IN A 523 00:31:38,344 --> 00:31:43,150 SINGLE DAY WHEN WE PROVIDED SERVICE TO MAJOR REGIONAL 524 00:31:43,150 --> 00:31:44,316 EVENTS LIKE THE FREEDOM FAIR. IMAGINE THAT ALMOST 12,000 CARS 525 00:31:44,316 --> 00:31:51,257 GOING TO ONE EVENT ON THE SAME DAY. THIS PACKAGE ALLOWS US TO 526 00:31:51,257 --> 00:31:56,657 PARTNER IN MAKING TACOMA EVENTS MORE VIBRANT AND ACCESSIBLE. 527 00:31:58,464 --> 00:32:00,533 SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE TO REGNIER'S GAMES, THE SOUND OF 528 00:32:00,533 --> 00:32:02,335 NARROWS OR THE DUNE PENINSULA CONCERT SERIES MEANS FAMILIES 529 00:32:02,335 --> 00:32:03,736 DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY LOOKING FOR PARKING. 530 00:32:03,736 --> 00:32:09,736 INSTEAD THEY CAN SPEND THAT TIME ACHING MEMORIES. AND IF 531 00:32:10,910 --> 00:32:12,210 APPROVED BY VOTERS WE HAVE THREE HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT 532 00:32:12,210 --> 00:32:18,210 LINES THAT WILL SERVE PACIFIC AVENUE, 19TH AND BRIDGEPORT TO 533 00:32:21,253 --> 00:32:22,621 RIDLEY LAKE AND SOUTH TO COME AWAY. THIS MEANS BUSES ARRIVE 534 00:32:22,621 --> 00:32:24,557 EVERY 15 MINUTES ON WEEKDAYS AND 20 MINUTES ON WEEKENDS. 535 00:32:24,557 --> 00:32:28,157 STOPS WOULD RECEIVE IMPROVEMENTS. MORE THAN 536 00:32:28,361 --> 00:32:33,320 140,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF THE STOPS. MORE 537 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:37,236 THAN 110,000 JOBS ARE LOCATED WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF THESE 538 00:32:37,236 --> 00:32:42,410 ROUTES. PUT SIMPLY, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK ALONG 539 00:32:42,410 --> 00:32:43,776 THESE CORE DOORS, TRANSIT BECOME SOMETHING THEY DON'T 540 00:32:43,776 --> 00:32:45,311 HAVE TO PLAN AROUND THE SAME WAY WITH BUSES ARRIVING EVERY 541 00:32:45,311 --> 00:32:49,848 FEW MINUTES THERE'S LESS TO CHECK SCHEDULES OR WORRY ABOUT 542 00:32:49,848 --> 00:32:51,917 A SHIFT ALIGNS WITH SCHEDULE BECAUSE THAT NEXT BUS IS ALWAYS 543 00:32:51,917 --> 00:32:55,517 CLOSE BY. HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT UNLOCKS TRANSIT 544 00:33:05,470 --> 00:33:07,500 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTS MORE AFFORDABLE 545 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:09,141 HOUSING IN OUR REGION. RECENTLY IN SPANAWAY NEAR 546 00:33:09,141 --> 00:33:10,643 TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IN THE LINCOLN DISTRICT, HUNDREDS 547 00:33:10,643 --> 00:33:12,411 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT HAVE BEEN BUILT NEAR TRANSIT AND 548 00:33:12,411 --> 00:33:17,811 NEAR TRANSIT STOPS. BUSES RUNNING MORE OFTEN IS OUR 549 00:33:23,555 --> 00:33:25,624 HIGHEST RANKED REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE FROM WRITERS AND UNDER 550 00:33:25,624 --> 00:33:27,225 THIS PLAN 86% OF THE CURRENT ROUTES WILL RUN MORE OFTEN. 551 00:33:27,225 --> 00:33:29,161 SEVEN ROUTES WILL RUN EVERY 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND MOST ROUTES 552 00:33:29,161 --> 00:33:30,695 WILL OPERATE 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON A WEEK DAY. THE SEVEN 553 00:33:30,695 --> 00:33:32,998 ROUTES CARRY NEARLY HALF OF ALL OF OUR WRITERS MEANING THEY 554 00:33:32,998 --> 00:33:35,568 REPRESENT ONE OUT OF EVERY TWO BUS RIGHTS THAT WE PROVIDE. 555 00:33:35,568 --> 00:33:41,373 THEY CONNECT THE SOUTH HILL WOULD LIKE WOOD, FRANKLIN HIGH 556 00:33:41,373 --> 00:33:42,641 SCHOOL TACOMA MALL AND LAKEWOOD TOWN CENTER. THIS MEANS NO 557 00:33:42,641 --> 00:33:48,981 MORE HOURLY WAITS ON A WEEKDAY. NEARLY ONE IN FOUR PIERCE 558 00:33:48,981 --> 00:33:55,581 COUNTY RESIDENTS LIVED WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF A BUS ROUTE 559 00:33:59,725 --> 00:34:01,260 THAT WOULD OPERATE EVERY 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND THIS MAKES 560 00:34:01,260 --> 00:34:03,596 TRANSIT MORE RELIABLE AND PRACTICAL OPTIONS FOR EVERYDAY 561 00:34:03,596 --> 00:34:04,930 TRAVEL. IT MEANS GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION IS FASTER AND 562 00:34:04,930 --> 00:34:08,133 IT HAS LESS WAIT TIME. THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS AND BUSES 563 00:34:08,133 --> 00:34:13,673 ON THIS SLIDE BUT I WOULDN'T REALLY CALL OUT THAT THIS IS 564 00:34:13,673 --> 00:34:15,474 ABOUT WEEKEND IMPROVEMENTS. IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY 565 00:34:15,474 --> 00:34:17,275 GET TO WORK AND TO THEIR DESTINATION AND THEN GET HOME 566 00:34:17,275 --> 00:34:19,277 ON THE WEEKENDS. CURRENTLY THE MAJORITY OF OUR ROUTE RATE ON 567 00:34:19,277 --> 00:34:22,815 THE WEEKENDS. THINK OF WHAT THAT MEANS IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT 568 00:34:22,815 --> 00:34:30,150 AN HOUR ON THE BUS. THE TRIPS YOU DON'T TAKE THE 45 MINUTES 569 00:34:30,422 --> 00:34:31,824 YOU WAIT FOR A TRANSFER. WHAT IT MEANS TO HOLD YOUR GROCERIES 570 00:34:31,824 --> 00:34:38,424 AT THE BUS STOP AS YOUR ARM GETS TIRED. TODAY 15 ROUTES 571 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:42,768 OPERATE EVERY HOUR ON A SATURDAY AND WITH THIS PLAN 23 572 00:34:42,768 --> 00:34:44,570 ROUTES WOULD OPERATE EVERY 30 MINUTES. CURRENTLY 22 ROUTES 573 00:34:44,570 --> 00:34:46,572 OPERATE HOURLY ON SUNDAY THAT WOULD MOVE TO EIGHT. THIS IS 574 00:34:46,572 --> 00:34:48,240 ABOUT SERVICE BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT GETTING TO YOUR NEPHEWS A 575 00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:55,440 SMALL GAME OR GETTING TO A BABY SHOWER ON THE WEEKEND. AND 576 00:34:56,715 --> 00:34:58,984 WITH THIS PLAN, 23 ROUTES NEARLY 80% OF OUR SERVICE WILL 577 00:34:58,984 --> 00:35:00,119 RUN LONGER AND LATER HOURS. MOST OF OUR ROUTES WILL START 578 00:35:00,119 --> 00:35:04,690 BETWEEN FIVE AND 6 A.M. AND WILL AND AFTER 10 P.M. OR 579 00:35:04,690 --> 00:35:07,126 LATER. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND 580 00:35:07,126 --> 00:35:11,630 IMPROVEMENT IN EVENING SERVICE, A LONG-STANDING REQUEST FROM 581 00:35:11,630 --> 00:35:16,602 OUR WRITERS. WE HEAR FROM OUR WRITERS THAT OUR SERVICES DO 582 00:35:16,602 --> 00:35:18,136 NOT OPERATE LATE ENOUGH FOR MANY OF THEM TO GET HOME AFTER 583 00:35:18,136 --> 00:35:21,600 WORK FOR AN EVENING CLASS OR OTHER COMMITMENTS. THESE 584 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,877 CHANGES MAKE TRANSIT A MORE REALISTIC OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO 585 00:35:24,877 --> 00:35:29,248 CAN CURRENTLY NOT RELY ON IT FOR A FULL DAY. STUDENTS 586 00:35:29,248 --> 00:35:35,248 ATTENDING A NIGHT CLASS OR RETAIL OR PEOPLE TRAVELING HOME 587 00:35:36,755 --> 00:35:38,491 AFTER A NIGHT ACTIVITY. THINK ABOUT THE AVERAGE CUBA RIDE 588 00:35:38,491 --> 00:35:44,491 FROM DOWNTOWN,TACOMA TO SEATTLE AND WHAT THAT COSTS. IT'S $84 589 00:35:54,439 --> 00:35:56,308 ON AVERAGE AND THAT SAME TRIP ON PUBLIC TRANSIT IS 3 TO 6 590 00:35:56,308 --> 00:35:57,843 DOLLARS. WE BUILT THIS PLAN TO ALIGN WITH OTHER REGIONAL 591 00:35:57,843 --> 00:35:59,311 PLANS, TRANSIT HUBS AND CONNECTIONS WITH LIGHT RAIL 592 00:35:59,311 --> 00:36:00,846 STATIONS. WE PLAN FOR CHANGES TO PIERCE COUNTY ROUTE TO 593 00:36:00,846 --> 00:36:04,817 BETTER ALIGN WITH REGIONAL LIGHT RAIL CONNECTIONS AS THE 594 00:36:04,817 --> 00:36:06,118 TACOMA DOME LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION COMES ONLINE. EIGHT 595 00:36:06,118 --> 00:36:08,120 ROUTES WILL CONNECT WITH LIGHT RAIL STATIONS AT SOUTH FEDERAL 596 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,724 WAIT, FIFE, PORTLAND AVENUE AND AT THE TACOMA DOME STATION. IT 597 00:36:11,724 --> 00:36:16,261 MEANS EASIER TRANSFER, LESS TIME ON I-5 AND OTHER CONGESTED 598 00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:21,610 ROADS. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE ONE OF THE 599 00:36:24,136 --> 00:36:25,537 FASTEST GROWING GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY MAKING ACCESSIBLE, 600 00:36:25,537 --> 00:36:27,272 RELIABLE TRANSIT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. ALL OF OUR BUSES 601 00:36:27,272 --> 00:36:29,808 ARE ACCESSIBLE IN LAST YEAR WE HAD 37,000 WHEELCHAIR 602 00:36:29,808 --> 00:36:34,608 BOARDINGS. THE SHUTTLES ARE PURE TRANSIT SERVICE FOR 603 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,215 WRITERS THAT LIVE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF A FIXED 604 00:36:37,215 --> 00:36:43,215 ROUTE. THEY CAN'T USE THAT SERVICE DUE TO SOME DISABILITY. 605 00:36:43,689 --> 00:36:45,491 PARATRANSIT OPERATES THE SAME ROUTES AS OUR BUS ROUTES AND 606 00:36:45,491 --> 00:36:47,250 ANYTIME YOU MAKE A CHANGE TO A BUS ROUTE OR A BUS SCHEDULE 607 00:36:47,250 --> 00:36:51,225 THOSE CHANGES IMPACT PARATRANSIT SERVICES AS WELL. 608 00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:56,367 OTHERS UNDER THIS PLAN WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE WITH 609 00:36:56,367 --> 00:36:58,369 DISABILITIES ESPECIALLY IN PUYALLUP NEAR THE PORT AND IN 610 00:36:58,369 --> 00:37:00,639 NORTHEAST TACOMA. WE HEAR FROM OUR PARATRANSIT WRITERS HOW 611 00:37:00,639 --> 00:37:05,439 IMPERATIVE SHUTTLE RIGHTS ARE. SOME LOCATIONS ARE KIDNEY 612 00:37:07,846 --> 00:37:09,848 DIALYSIS TREATMENTS, GROCERY STORES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS 613 00:37:09,848 --> 00:37:12,718 WITH PROGRAMMING FOR ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL 614 00:37:12,718 --> 00:37:16,318 DISABILITIES. EXPANDED PARATRANSIT MEANS PEOPLE HAVE 615 00:37:19,758 --> 00:37:21,860 ACCESS TO SAFE, RELIABLE AND FORMAL TRANSIT THAT MEETS THEIR 616 00:37:21,860 --> 00:37:24,797 NEEDS. FINALLY, UNDER THIS PLAN WE MAKE BUSES AND 617 00:37:24,797 --> 00:37:29,334 PARATRANSIT FREE FOR SENIORS AGE 65 AND OLDER JOINING YOUTH 618 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:31,700 WHO ALREADY RIDE FREE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER ORCA LIFT AND 619 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:37,700 REDUCED OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME AND DISABILITIES AS 620 00:37:37,242 --> 00:37:38,877 WELL. WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. 621 00:37:38,877 --> 00:37:44,877 WE WILL BEGIN WITH WEEKEND SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE CAN 622 00:37:45,483 --> 00:37:47,686 IMPLEMENT THAT WITH OUR FLEET THAT WE HAVE. FOR REFERENCE IT 623 00:37:47,686 --> 00:37:48,821 TAKES TWO YEARS FOR US TO RECEIVE A BUS ONCE WE ORDER IT 624 00:37:48,821 --> 00:37:52,758 AND BE ABLE TO PUT THAT BUS INTO SERVICE. SO AS SOON AS WE 625 00:37:52,758 --> 00:37:58,758 START COLLECTING A POTENTIAL NEW RATE IN APRIL WE BEGAN 626 00:37:59,497 --> 00:38:01,566 ORDERING BUSES AND RECRUITING AND TRAINING NEW OPERATORS. 627 00:38:01,566 --> 00:38:03,501 THEN WE WOULD IMPLEMENT WEEKDAY SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW 628 00:38:03,501 --> 00:38:05,371 ROUTES WOULD START TOWARDS THE END OF THE TIMELINE FOLLOWING 629 00:38:05,371 --> 00:38:10,609 PERMITTING AND DESIGN. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WE WILL WORK 630 00:38:10,609 --> 00:38:12,611 WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE NEW ROUTES AND IMPLEMENTATION 631 00:38:12,611 --> 00:38:13,845 ALIGNS WITH NEW VISION AND NEEDS. WITH THAT I WILL TURN 632 00:38:13,845 --> 00:38:15,981 IT BACK OVER TO MIKE OR HIS CLOSE OUT. 633 00:38:15,981 --> 00:38:21,381 >> Speaker: SO, THIS IS ABOUT WELDING TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT 634 00:38:22,187 --> 00:38:27,587 WORKS FOR THIS REGION. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE, CONNECTING 635 00:38:31,529 --> 00:38:33,899 EMPLOYERS TO A WORKFORCE, CONNECTING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL, 636 00:38:33,899 --> 00:38:35,533 CONNECTING SHOPPERS TO SMALL BUSINESSES. CONNECTING YOUTH, 637 00:38:35,533 --> 00:38:38,470 SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO MOBILITY. AND 638 00:38:38,470 --> 00:38:42,407 CONNECTING FAMILIES TO SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE MEMORIES ARE MADE. 639 00:38:42,407 --> 00:38:46,878 PROP ONE IS ABOUT CONNECTING OUR REGION TO OPPORTUNITY. 640 00:38:46,878 --> 00:38:50,983 THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND I AM READY TO TAKE ANY 641 00:38:50,983 --> 00:38:52,551 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 642 00:38:52,551 --> 00:38:57,351 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU MIKE. ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS? 643 00:38:58,157 --> 00:39:02,161 WE HAVE A FEW STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH. 644 00:39:02,161 --> 00:39:03,695 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MIKE I 645 00:39:03,695 --> 00:39:05,664 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. I WANT TO SAY AYE REALLY APPRECIATE 646 00:39:05,664 --> 00:39:10,374 THAT YOU HEARD THE PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST TACOMA SAID YOU WANT 647 00:39:10,374 --> 00:39:12,308 US TO SUPPORT THIS BUT WERE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFIT FROM IT. 648 00:39:12,308 --> 00:39:15,846 YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD 63 BACK WHICH I HAVE HEARD FROM LOTS OF 649 00:39:15,846 --> 00:39:21,846 MY RESIDENT. THEY ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT. BECAUSE IF YOU 650 00:39:23,353 --> 00:39:24,721 MISSED THE SCHOOL BUS YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL MANY 651 00:39:24,721 --> 00:39:28,592 OF THEM. THEIR PARENTS HAVE LEFT ALREADY AND THEY HAVE TO 652 00:39:28,592 --> 00:39:30,527 GET AN UBER AND IS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO GET FROM NORTHEAST 653 00:39:30,527 --> 00:39:34,931 TO TOWN. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND SEEING 654 00:39:34,931 --> 00:39:40,200 IT AS A POTENTIAL IS REALLY ONE COMMENT TO YOU THAT IT IS GOING 655 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,938 TO BE EASY FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS AND SELL THIS KNOWING THAT 656 00:39:41,938 --> 00:39:43,940 WE ARE BENEFITING FROM WHAT YOU ARE BRINGING FORWARD SO THANK 657 00:39:43,940 --> 00:39:45,408 YOU. 658 00:39:45,408 --> 00:39:47,408 >> Speaker: THANK YOU. 659 00:39:47,611 --> 00:39:51,811 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE? 660 00:39:54,817 --> 00:39:56,486 >> Council Member Sadalge: THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU 661 00:39:56,486 --> 00:39:58,154 FOR BEING HERE. I FEEL LIKE I KEEP RUNNING INTO YOU. 662 00:39:58,154 --> 00:40:03,126 >> Speaker: I KNOW IT'S LIKE THREE TIMES IN A WEEK. 663 00:40:03,126 --> 00:40:04,628 >> Council Member Sadalge: SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND FOR 664 00:40:04,628 --> 00:40:07,164 OTHER REASONS. IN STARTING MY COMMENTS I AM VERY MUCH IN 665 00:40:07,164 --> 00:40:11,234 SUPPORT OF THIS BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS 666 00:40:11,234 --> 00:40:14,104 THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CONSTITUENTS WILL HAVE HEARD 667 00:40:14,104 --> 00:40:16,172 THE RESIDENCE AND THE VOTERS WILL HAVE. THIS IS JUST 668 00:40:16,172 --> 00:40:21,978 ANOTHER TAX AND I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE 669 00:40:21,978 --> 00:40:27,250 LIVE IN A STATE THAT HAS AN AGGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM. RIGHT? 670 00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:30,387 WE TAX POOR PEOPLE TO HELP PEOPLE AND THIS IS 3/10 OF 1% 671 00:40:30,387 --> 00:40:32,188 AND IT ISN'T A SMALL AMOUNT BUT THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT 672 00:40:32,188 --> 00:40:40,588 DO WE GET FROM IT? RIGHT? AND IN MY DISTRICT AS IN MANY OTHER 673 00:40:46,335 --> 00:40:48,337 PLACES INTO, BUT SPECIFICALLY I KNOW A LOT ABOUT MY DISTRICT 674 00:40:48,337 --> 00:40:49,539 ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST SIDE, THERE'S SO MUCH PENT-UP DEMAND 675 00:40:49,539 --> 00:40:53,276 FOR SAFE, UM, ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT. THE TOP 2 THINGS I 676 00:40:53,276 --> 00:40:57,476 HEAR GENERALLY THAT ARE EXACERBATING FACTORS IN 677 00:41:01,317 --> 00:41:03,253 PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE LACK OF HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 678 00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:04,888 AND LACK OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE PLACES YOU NEED TO 679 00:41:04,888 --> 00:41:07,900 GET TO TO DO THINGS. RIGHT? ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. I 680 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:11,695 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION WE TALK ABOUT HOW 681 00:41:11,695 --> 00:41:16,499 WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT. THE FACT THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 682 00:41:16,499 --> 00:41:21,704 FEW RELIABLE METHODS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS. 683 00:41:21,704 --> 00:41:28,578 THAT IS A REAL CHALLENGE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE. 684 00:41:28,578 --> 00:41:31,682 HEY, CAN SHE JUST DRIVE SOMEWHERE? AN ITEM LIKE WELL, 685 00:41:31,682 --> 00:41:33,850 SOMETIMES YOU PHYSICALLY ARE UNABLE TO OR PHYSICALLY AREN'T 686 00:41:33,850 --> 00:41:41,500 ABLE TO DO. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS. THERE ARE 687 00:41:43,860 --> 00:41:45,328 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND AS WE GROW WE NEED TO INVEST IN 688 00:41:45,328 --> 00:41:51,568 TRANSIT. I CAN BOTH BE VERY ANNOYED AND ANGRY THAT THE ONLY 689 00:41:51,568 --> 00:41:56,139 TOOLS I HAVE ARE REGRESSIVE TOOLS TO DO IT BUT THEN 690 00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:58,800 UNDERSTAND THAT THE END GOAL IS ONE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO 691 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,544 BE RESPONSIBLE TO OUR NEIGHBORS, TO THE PEOPLE WE 692 00:42:01,544 --> 00:42:06,820 REPRESENT AND MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY 693 00:42:06,820 --> 00:42:08,818 TOOLS WE HAVE AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT FIGHT ON THE STATE 694 00:42:08,818 --> 00:42:14,490 LEVEL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR LESS AGGRESSIVE TOOLS ON A 695 00:42:14,490 --> 00:42:17,360 LOCAL LEVEL THAT ALLOW US TO STILL MEET THAT GOAL BUT IT 696 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:18,895 DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING TODAY. I THINK YOU 697 00:42:18,895 --> 00:42:24,100 HAVE MADE A REALLY COMPELLING CASE. I FELT IT WHEN YOU 698 00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:30,100 TALKED ABOUT UBER BECAUSE SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO BE 699 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:35,178 COGNIZANT ABOUT IS YOU KNOW, OUR WHETHER EIGHT GREAT FOR A 700 00:42:35,178 --> 00:42:38,782 WHILE AND I'VE TAKEN AN UBER FROM MY HOUSE TO DOWNTOWN JUST 701 00:42:38,782 --> 00:42:40,383 BECAUSE IT'S RAINING AND THERE'S NO OTHER OPTIONS LATE 702 00:42:40,383 --> 00:42:44,320 AT NIGHT AND IT WASN'T EVEN ALL THAT LATE. SO, TO HAVE A VERY 703 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:50,320 WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW WE CAN YOU 704 00:42:51,594 --> 00:42:56,465 KNOW, BENEFIT THOSE THAT RELY ON THIS AND TO ALLOW A NEW 705 00:42:56,465 --> 00:43:02,465 ENTRANCE, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T TAKE THE BUS 706 00:43:05,675 --> 00:43:07,410 BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFTEN ENOUGH. IT DOESN'T GO EARLY ENOUGH OR 707 00:43:07,410 --> 00:43:09,212 LATE ENOUGH OR OFTEN ENOUGH TO FIT IN THEIR WORLD AND YOU 708 00:43:09,212 --> 00:43:15,218 HAPPEN TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY. YOU KNOW, A CAR IS NOT CHEAP, 709 00:43:15,218 --> 00:43:20,220 NOT TO BUY, NOT TODAY. NOT TO FUEL, NOT TO OPERATE, NOT TO 710 00:43:20,220 --> 00:43:24,600 FUEL AND NOT TO FIX SO WE NEED THESE OTHER OPTIONS. AND WITH 711 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:25,895 THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO 712 00:43:25,895 --> 00:43:29,298 GET ANY CHEAPER. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE REASONS THAT 713 00:43:29,298 --> 00:43:34,671 REALLY MAKE ME APPRECIATIVE BUT THE LAST ONE IS THE FACT THAT 714 00:43:34,671 --> 00:43:39,242 YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER DIDN'T DRIVE. AND SURE, WE LIVED IN 715 00:43:39,242 --> 00:43:45,448 NEW YORK CITY THAT HAD REALLY GOOD TRANSIT THEN WHEN SHE 716 00:43:45,448 --> 00:43:47,417 MOVED OUT TO THE SUBURBS IT WAS A LOT HARDER AND SHE WAS MORE 717 00:43:47,417 --> 00:43:50,386 ISOLATED LATER IN LIFE. I THINK ABOUT THE SENIORS IN MY 718 00:43:50,386 --> 00:43:53,123 DISTRICT WHERE WE NEED TRANSPORTATION TO KEEP THEM 719 00:43:53,123 --> 00:43:59,596 SAFE. SO, FOR ALL THOSE REASONS I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE 720 00:43:59,596 --> 00:44:04,734 THOUGHT REALLY HARD AND DEEPLY ABOUT HOW DO YOU USE THAT 721 00:44:04,734 --> 00:44:08,204 MONEY? AND ULTIMATELY THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION THAT 722 00:44:08,204 --> 00:44:11,140 CONSTITUENTS, THE RESIDENCE AND VOTERS WANT. ARE YOU GOING TO 723 00:44:11,140 --> 00:44:15,678 USE IT EFFECTIVELY? ARE YOU GOING TO BE SMART ABOUT IT OR 724 00:44:15,678 --> 00:44:19,348 ARE YOU GOING TO WASTE IT? AND WITH THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE 725 00:44:19,348 --> 00:44:22,485 LAID OUT, I THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THAT IS WHY 726 00:44:22,485 --> 00:44:25,485 I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. 727 00:44:27,356 --> 00:44:28,892 >> Speaker: ONE THING WE USUALLY SAY AT THE AGENCY IS 728 00:44:28,892 --> 00:44:34,292 LIKE A PASSENGER BUT ALSO THINK LIKE A TAXPAYER. 729 00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:38,230 >> Mayor Ibsen: SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT? 730 00:44:45,208 --> 00:44:47,210 >> Council Member Scott: THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE 731 00:44:47,210 --> 00:44:48,445 PRESENTATION. I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIAL 732 00:44:48,445 --> 00:44:50,246 EVENT SERVICE, HOW DO YOU DECIDE IS A SET DEPENDING ON 733 00:44:50,246 --> 00:44:51,648 EVEN, HOW DO YOU DECIDE AND WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT 734 00:44:51,648 --> 00:44:58,248 YOU LOOK AT FOR WHAT SPECIAL EVENTS YOU HAVE THAT ARE 735 00:44:59,388 --> 00:44:59,856 SPECIAL? 736 00:44:59,856 --> 00:45:02,192 >> Speaker: WE WOULD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY THOSE 737 00:45:02,192 --> 00:45:03,460 EVENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THAT HAVE LARGE 738 00:45:03,460 --> 00:45:06,129 AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING. WE WOULD THEN PUT THOSE 739 00:45:06,129 --> 00:45:09,466 SERVICES IN PLACE WITH THE CITIES. 740 00:45:09,466 --> 00:45:16,666 >> Council Member Scott: THANK YOU. SO, I AM NOT A MATH WHIZ. 741 00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:22,480 BUT WE ARE ALSO FACING OUR OWN BUDGET DEFICITS HERE. I DO 742 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:25,350 UNDERSTAND THE MATH OF WE HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY IN THE BANK AND 743 00:45:25,350 --> 00:45:30,189 EGGS COST THIS MUCH. AND SO, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO HELP 744 00:45:30,189 --> 00:45:39,300 A BIT BUT I GUESS I AM LOOKING AT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ADD 47% 745 00:45:39,300 --> 00:45:42,567 MORE SERVICE AND YOU ARE JUST RAISING, YOU ARE DOING A 50% 746 00:45:42,567 --> 00:45:48,840 INCREASE IN THE TAX, I GUESS MY QUESTION, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M 747 00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:52,378 ASKING IT RIGHT HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS OF THE 748 00:45:52,378 --> 00:45:58,500 DEFICIT? BECAUSE I IMAGINE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. I 749 00:45:58,500 --> 00:46:02,988 GUESS THE QUESTION I'M GETTING AT IS AT WHAT POINT WILL THIS 750 00:46:02,988 --> 00:46:05,123 INCREASE SYSTEM, THE ENHANCED SYSTEM EXPANDED IS A BETTER 751 00:46:05,123 --> 00:46:10,929 WORD. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU START WORRYING THAT YOU ARE 752 00:46:10,929 --> 00:46:15,434 GOING TO BE HITTING A LIMIT OF LIKE, YOU CAN ONLY, WITH THE 753 00:46:15,434 --> 00:46:18,270 COSTS GOING UP YOU CAN ONLY MAINTAIN THIS EXPANDED SYSTEM 754 00:46:18,270 --> 00:46:20,270 FOR SO LONG? 755 00:46:20,806 --> 00:46:25,770 >> Speaker: OUR PROJECTIONS SHOW YOU CAN CARRY THIS THING 756 00:46:25,770 --> 00:46:31,770 OUT FOR 16 TO 17 YEARS THIS PLAN WITHOUT ANY NEW FUNDING. 757 00:46:34,419 --> 00:46:36,287 >> Council Member Scott: OKAY. AND THEN, I THINK I HAVE ONE 758 00:46:36,287 --> 00:46:41,687 MORE QUESTION WRITTEN DOWN HERE. SO, THINKING ABOUT MY 759 00:46:46,980 --> 00:46:53,898 MOM ALSO HAS NEVER DRIVEN AND I REALIZE ON TRANSIT SHE WORKS AT 760 00:46:54,390 --> 00:47:02,439 TACOMA GEN., SHE HAS TO AT THIS POINT SHE HAS TO LEAVE A FEW 761 00:47:06,718 --> 00:47:08,320 HOURS EARLY TO GET TO WORK ON TIME AND IT TAKES A FEW HOURS 762 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,255 TO GET BACK FROM WORK AND ON THE WEEKENDS SHE HAS TAKEN OVER 763 00:47:10,255 --> 00:47:11,657 BECAUSE THE BUSES DON'T NECESSARILY AND SHE HAS TO MAKE 764 00:47:11,657 --> 00:47:13,258 MULTIPLE TRANSFERS ON THE WAY THERE. SO I GUESS AS YOU GUYS 765 00:47:13,258 --> 00:47:19,258 ARE FIGURING OUT WHICH ROUTES YOU CAN INCREASE, WHICH ROUTE 766 00:47:20,132 --> 00:47:26,939 YOU ADD, HOW DO YOU DO THAT WORK TO FIGURE OUT? IS IT ALL 767 00:47:26,939 --> 00:47:28,606 BASED ON WHAT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE OR THE TAX AMOUNT YOU 768 00:47:28,606 --> 00:47:34,479 ARE PUTTING IN THEIR? OR IS IT BASED UPON NEED? IS IT A MIX 769 00:47:34,479 --> 00:47:38,616 OF ALL OF IT? AND THEN HOW DO YOU GATHER THAT INFORMATION TO 770 00:47:38,616 --> 00:47:41,860 HELP MAKE THAT DECISION WITH THE MOST AMOUNT OF DISCERNMENT 771 00:47:41,860 --> 00:47:43,486 TO ADDRESS THE NEED? 772 00:47:44,155 --> 00:47:47,920 >> Speaker: WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT WE USE ON THIS AND 773 00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:51,363 ALSO SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE BOARD 774 00:47:51,363 --> 00:47:56,768 AT EACH STOP, WHEN THEY BOARD AND WHEN THEY GET OFF NOT 775 00:47:56,768 --> 00:48:00,772 INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE BUT HOW MANY. SO WHEN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT 776 00:48:00,772 --> 00:48:02,774 PUTS TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE THEY TRIED TO SERVE THE MOST PEOPLE 777 00:48:02,774 --> 00:48:06,178 THAT THEY COULD WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE. AND THAT 778 00:48:06,178 --> 00:48:11,783 IS WHY THE EIGHT ROUTES THAT HAVE THE MOST FREQUENCIES SERVE 779 00:48:11,783 --> 00:48:16,583 MORE THAN HALF OF OUR RIDERSHIP RIGHT NOW. 780 00:48:17,188 --> 00:48:18,456 >> Council Member Scott: THAT IS MY CONCERN. THERE'S THAT. 781 00:48:18,456 --> 00:48:21,593 TO ME THERE MIGHT BE A GAP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE FULL LIKE 782 00:48:21,593 --> 00:48:25,797 THE ROUTES THAT ARE MOST POPULATED, I GET THERE'S A LOT 783 00:48:25,797 --> 00:48:33,205 OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA BUT WHEN THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, 784 00:48:33,205 --> 00:48:35,407 THEY PROBABLY RELIED ON CARS IN THE AREA SO HOW WOULD YOU 785 00:48:35,407 --> 00:48:37,809 ADDRESS IT? THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT 786 00:48:37,809 --> 00:48:40,212 MIGHT RIDE THE BUS A LOT MORE IF THE BUSES WERE THERE AND 787 00:48:40,212 --> 00:48:47,412 RELIABLE AND READY. HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT? DO YOU EVER 788 00:48:48,687 --> 00:48:50,288 SAY WE ARE JUST GOING TO TRY THIS OUT AND SEE THE RIDERSHIP 789 00:48:50,288 --> 00:48:52,690 WE GET OR DO YOU JUST BASE IT ON THE USE THAT YOU ALREADY 790 00:48:52,690 --> 00:48:53,910 HAVE? 791 00:48:53,910 --> 00:48:59,431 >> Speaker: I DON'T THINK IT IS A STATIC PLAN. IT IS A PLAN 792 00:48:59,431 --> 00:49:01,320 THAT WE SEE BASED ON THE STATISTICS THAT WE HAVE NOW AND 793 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:05,737 WHAT WE DO EVERY SERVICE CHANGE WHICH WE DO TWICE A YEAR IS 794 00:49:05,737 --> 00:49:07,105 LOOK AT WHERE THE WRITERS ARE AND MAKE OUR CHANGES BASED ON 795 00:49:07,105 --> 00:49:10,909 THE NEW DATA THAT WE GET IN. 796 00:49:10,909 --> 00:49:15,709 >> Council Member Scott: AND WITH THE INCREASED OBVIOUSLY 797 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,451 TONS OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO THE AREA, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A 798 00:49:19,451 --> 00:49:23,387 PROJECTION OF HOW MUCH RIDERSHIP WILL INCREASE WITH 799 00:49:23,387 --> 00:49:26,791 THE NUMBERS? FOR EVERY 10 PEOPLE WHO MOVE HERE TWO OF 800 00:49:26,791 --> 00:49:27,459 THEM USE TRANSIT? 801 00:49:27,459 --> 00:49:32,297 >> Speaker: WE DON'T HAVE PROJECTIONS ON HOW MANY, BUT I 802 00:49:32,297 --> 00:49:37,335 CAN TELL YOU, WHEN AGENCIES MOVE THEIR SYSTEMS TO MORE 803 00:49:37,335 --> 00:49:40,538 FREQUENCY, THE WRITERS SHOOT UP A LOT TIMES MORE THAN DOUBLE. 804 00:49:40,538 --> 00:49:42,674 >> Council Member Scott: THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU 805 00:49:42,674 --> 00:49:43,408 MAYOR. 806 00:49:43,408 --> 00:49:46,144 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER? 807 00:49:46,144 --> 00:49:51,544 >> Council Member Palmer: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE 808 00:49:51,583 --> 00:49:53,850 PRESENTATION, IT'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. I THINK THE 809 00:49:53,850 --> 00:49:57,355 TIMING MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. RECENTLY A STATE CHANGED OUR 810 00:49:57,355 --> 00:50:01,693 PARKING REQUIREMENT AND A LOT OF OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE 811 00:50:01,693 --> 00:50:05,960 GOING AWAY FOR NEW BUILDERS. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONCERN 812 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:11,302 FROM COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT THAT IS GOING TO DO FOR TRAFFIC 813 00:50:11,302 --> 00:50:16,174 AND HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET AROUND? WE NEED THIS RIGHT 814 00:50:16,174 --> 00:50:19,244 NOW. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. AND ALSO I GUESS I WANTED TO 815 00:50:19,244 --> 00:50:23,648 BRING MY KIDS INTO THE CONVERSATION. MY KIDS, YOUR 816 00:50:23,648 --> 00:50:29,648 KIDS, THEY ARE NOT DRIVING THESE DAYS. THEY ARE NOT 817 00:50:30,589 --> 00:50:35,389 WANTING TO DRIVE. THEY UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF 818 00:50:35,660 --> 00:50:37,195 WRITING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN A VEHICLE. 819 00:50:37,195 --> 00:50:41,399 NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR A VEHICLE, INSURANCE, ALL OF THE 820 00:50:41,399 --> 00:50:44,936 THINGS. AND THE BENEFIT TO OUR CLIMATE, OUR KIDS REALLY CARE 821 00:50:44,936 --> 00:50:48,940 ABOUT THAT. FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS I THINK WE NEED TO DO 822 00:50:48,940 --> 00:50:55,413 SOMETHING TO KIND OF CATCH UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO SERVE 823 00:50:55,413 --> 00:50:58,550 MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT. I AM 824 00:50:58,550 --> 00:51:00,619 LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING ON THE BALLOT AND I HOPE PEOPLE 825 00:51:00,619 --> 00:51:02,619 SUPPORT. 826 00:51:04,823 --> 00:51:06,491 >> Speaker: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY LAST YEAR WE CARRIED 827 00:51:06,491 --> 00:51:10,495 OVER 1 MILLION CHILDREN 18 AND UNDER AND IN THIS PLAN WE ALSO 828 00:51:10,495 --> 00:51:16,495 MADE SURE THAT THE FREE FARES WOULD CONTINUE FOR THEM. 829 00:51:18,537 --> 00:51:22,737 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER? 830 00:51:24,309 --> 00:51:25,910 >> Council Member Walker: THANK YOU MAYOR I WANTED TO 831 00:51:25,910 --> 00:51:27,712 QUICKLY THANK STAFF. I DO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE 832 00:51:27,712 --> 00:51:30,248 PIERCE TRANSIT BOARD ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HINES AND 833 00:51:30,248 --> 00:51:34,607 COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ AS YOUR TACOMA REPRESENTATIVES ON THE 834 00:51:34,607 --> 00:51:36,750 BOARD. SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF AS THEY CREATED THE 835 00:51:36,750 --> 00:51:43,275 PACKAGE AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GREAT THE PROCESS WAS IN 836 00:51:47,486 --> 00:51:48,788 TERMS OF IT BEING ITERATIVE AND BACK AND FORTH AND TINA WOULD 837 00:51:48,788 --> 00:51:50,756 BRING SOMETHING FORWARD AND WE WOULD ASK FOR MORE NUMBERS AND 838 00:51:50,756 --> 00:51:55,940 ASK THE TEAM TO GO BACK. REALLY, REALLY GREAT WORK AND 839 00:51:55,940 --> 00:51:58,230 REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAYBE EVEN HUNDREDS EVENTS, 840 00:51:58,230 --> 00:52:02,634 I'M NOT SURE. YOUR OUTREACH TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB. I 841 00:52:02,634 --> 00:52:08,374 KNOW WE PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE THAT REALLY NEED THE COMMUNITY 842 00:52:08,374 --> 00:52:11,711 ASKS, WANTS AND NEEDS. OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE 843 00:52:11,711 --> 00:52:16,882 BUT I THINK WE REALLY GOT TO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH 844 00:52:16,882 --> 00:52:20,252 WHAT PEOPLE WANT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS WORK. THANK YOU, 845 00:52:20,252 --> 00:52:25,658 ALL THREE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY THE PRESENTATION BUT MOST 846 00:52:25,658 --> 00:52:27,259 IMPORTANTLY ALL THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 847 00:52:27,259 --> 00:52:33,999 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND TO HEAR WHAT 848 00:52:33,999 --> 00:52:35,867 THE VOTERS HAVE TO SAY AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT 849 00:52:35,867 --> 00:52:40,205 MORE AND MORE AND MORE TRANSIT. SO, THANK YOU. 850 00:52:40,205 --> 00:52:42,740 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER ANY OTHER 851 00:52:42,740 --> 00:52:44,900 COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH? 852 00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:47,613 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY 853 00:52:47,613 --> 00:52:50,149 NAME GOT RAISED AS A SPONSOR. I TRIED TO DO IT TODAY BUT IT 854 00:52:50,149 --> 00:52:52,149 DIDN'T HAPPEN. 855 00:52:52,685 --> 00:52:53,886 >> Mayor Ibsen: OF COURSE. MORE THAN HAPPY TO. THE KEY 856 00:52:53,886 --> 00:52:58,240 FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP. AND WHAT I WILL ADD TO MY COLLEAGUES 857 00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:04,240 GREAT COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERT PRESENTATION MY 858 00:53:06,231 --> 00:53:08,133 SUPPORT FOR THIS IS BASED ON A LOT OF FACTORS. A LOT OF IT IS 859 00:53:08,133 --> 00:53:09,835 INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY AND MAKING SURE WE ARE DEALING WITH 860 00:53:09,835 --> 00:53:11,436 FOLKS FOR WHOM TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE A VERY REAL PART OF 861 00:53:11,436 --> 00:53:16,975 THEIR FAMILY BUDGET. BUT ON TOP OF THAT ON TOP OF JUST 862 00:53:16,975 --> 00:53:21,775 RESPONDING SOLELY TO CHALLENGES, THIS TO ME PLAINLY 863 00:53:26,851 --> 00:53:29,188 SPOKEN IS A WAY TO MAKE TACOMA MORE OF A VIBRANT AND ENJOYABLE 864 00:53:29,188 --> 00:53:30,389 PLACE. WHEN I THINK OF TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS I 865 00:53:30,389 --> 00:53:32,257 THINK OF EVENTS LIKE LAST MONTH WHEN WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASING 866 00:53:32,257 --> 00:53:36,861 AMOUNT OF REALLY FUN CONCERTS AT PLACES LIKE DUNE PENINSULA 867 00:53:36,861 --> 00:53:38,330 FOR EXAMPLE WHICH INCREASINGLY IS BECOMING SO MUCH OF A 868 00:53:38,330 --> 00:53:42,467 TOURIST DESTINATION AND DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE IN OUR 869 00:53:42,467 --> 00:53:44,536 REGION. THERE'S EVEN PEOPLE WHO ROUTINELY TALK ABOUT IT ON 870 00:53:44,536 --> 00:53:51,100 SEATTLE SUB READ IT FOR EXAMPLE. THAT IS ALL WELL AND 871 00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:52,678 GOOD BUT TRY TO FIND PARKING ON RESTON WAY IN THE MIDDLE OF 872 00:53:52,678 --> 00:53:54,413 SUMMER IT'S A BIT OF A HARD DATE, RIGHT? BUT IMAGINE THE 873 00:53:54,413 --> 00:54:00,352 RESTORATION OF SOMETHING LIKE THE TROLLEY LINE THAT WE HAD ON 874 00:54:00,352 --> 00:54:02,200 RESTON WAY. IMAGINE GREATER UTILIZATION FOR THESE AMAZING 875 00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:06,958 COMMUNITY BUILDING VIBRANT ACTIVITIES THAT RING THE AREA A 876 00:54:06,958 --> 00:54:10,562 LIFE THAT INCREASES SAFETY THAT IS GOOD FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 877 00:54:10,562 --> 00:54:12,431 AND IMAGINE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY ESPECIALLY NOW WITH 878 00:54:12,431 --> 00:54:17,831 THE PASSAGE OF CONNECT TO TACOMA AND DEDICATED LOCKBOX 879 00:54:17,836 --> 00:54:20,506 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. THIS IS EXCELLENT FOR HELPING PEOPLE 880 00:54:20,506 --> 00:54:24,843 GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND ALSO GREAT FOR OUR CITY TO 881 00:54:24,843 --> 00:54:27,379 ACTIVATE SPACES AND TO DO MORE OF LIKE GET HAVE DONE IN THE 882 00:54:27,379 --> 00:54:32,584 PAST IN PLACES LIKE THE LINCOLN DISTRICT. PLACES THAT WE CAN 883 00:54:32,584 --> 00:54:33,986 REALLY BRING TO LIFE LIKE THE COURT ORDERS THE OPPORTUNITY 884 00:54:33,986 --> 00:54:37,389 FOR TRANSCENDENTAL DEVELOPMENT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 885 00:54:37,389 --> 00:54:39,191 OPPORTUNITIES. THIS COULD BE A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY 886 00:54:39,191 --> 00:54:41,726 AND FOR THAT AND FOR ALL THE OTHER REASONS THAT WERE 887 00:54:41,726 --> 00:54:46,526 ARTICULATED BEFORE I'M DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE 888 00:54:51,136 --> 00:54:52,871 RESOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST PUBLIC CONVERSATION 889 00:54:52,871 --> 00:54:54,873 ABOUT INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY AND MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 890 00:54:54,873 --> 00:54:56,641 EVEN SAFER AND BETTER. WITH THAT VOTE IS BEFORE US ON THE 891 00:54:56,641 --> 00:54:58,760 RESOLUTION ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42009 892 00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:00,779 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION 893 00:55:00,779 --> 00:55:03,779 IS DECLARED ADOPTED. THANK YOU. 894 00:55:05,284 --> 00:55:07,850 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH ITEM 22 CLERK, PLEASE 895 00:55:07,850 --> 00:55:09,210 READ. 896 00:55:09,210 --> 00:55:13,821 >> RES42010 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FLYING OF A 897 00:55:15,761 --> 00:55:17,296 COMMEMORATIVE FLAG TO RECOGNIZE THE TENTH YEAR OF THE 898 00:55:17,296 --> 00:55:19,980 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON BUSINESSb 899 00:55:19,980 --> 00:55:20,899 BUS TOUR, TO BE FLOWN FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, TO OCTOBER 900 00:55:20,899 --> 00:55:21,834 7, 2026. 901 00:55:21,834 --> 00:55:24,350 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42010. 902 00:55:24,350 --> 00:55:25,370 >> Council Member: SECOND. 903 00:55:25,370 --> 00:55:28,307 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 904 00:55:28,307 --> 00:55:29,410 ON COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ. 905 00:55:29,410 --> 00:55:30,642 >> Council Member Diaz: THANK YOU IF PASS THIS RESOLUTION 906 00:55:30,642 --> 00:55:36,642 HELPS US RECOGNIZE THE 10TH YEAR OF MANUFACTURING WEEK BUS 907 00:55:37,490 --> 00:55:41,720 TOUR THROUGH A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG RAISING HERE IN TACOMA. 908 00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:43,989 THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON 909 00:55:43,989 --> 00:55:45,657 BUSINESSES MANUFACTURING WEEK BUS TO HER AS THE TWO ARISE 910 00:55:45,657 --> 00:55:51,657 THROUGH TACOMA BY ALLOWING THE MANUFACTURING WEEK FLAG TO BE 911 00:55:54,833 --> 00:55:56,135 FLOWN PER OUR FLAG POLICY IN TACOMA FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 912 00:55:56,135 --> 00:56:00,935 2026 TO OCTOBER 7, 20 TO SIX. THE COMMEMORATIVE FLAG RAISING 913 00:56:03,676 --> 00:56:05,810 PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF TACOMA TO RECOGNIZE AND 914 00:56:05,810 --> 00:56:09,140 COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANUFACTURING TO OUR BROADER 915 00:56:09,140 --> 00:56:12,251 COMMUNITY. THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR PROVIDES HIGH-PAYING 916 00:56:12,251 --> 00:56:15,220 SKILLED AND FILLING JOBS FOR ENGINEERS, COMPUTER 917 00:56:15,220 --> 00:56:20,200 PROGRAMMERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS THAT ARE 918 00:56:20,892 --> 00:56:22,427 VITAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EQUITABLE 919 00:56:22,427 --> 00:56:25,830 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY. MANUFACTURING IS A MAJOR 920 00:56:25,830 --> 00:56:31,230 EMPLOYER AND JOB CREATOR IN WASHINGTON STATE WITH OVER 921 00:56:31,370 --> 00:56:35,907 275,000 WORKERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 8% OF GROSS STATE 922 00:56:35,907 --> 00:56:39,445 PRODUCT AND OVER 17,000 INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE 923 00:56:39,445 --> 00:56:43,645 MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN PIERCE COUNTY. MANUFACTURING IN 924 00:56:44,249 --> 00:56:47,852 TACOMA PRODUCES SUCH VARIED PRODUCTS AS AIRCRAFT 925 00:56:47,852 --> 00:56:50,622 COMPONENTS, PRECISION ROBOTICS, BATTERIES, COMPONENTS FOR THE 926 00:56:50,622 --> 00:56:54,822 MARITIME INDUSTRY AND CRAFT BEVERAGES. AND LOCAL 927 00:56:57,262 --> 00:56:58,797 MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES LEAD THE WAY IN SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS 928 00:56:58,797 --> 00:57:00,933 TO REDUCE ENERGY AND CARBON EMISSIONS INCLUDING BUSINESSES 929 00:57:00,933 --> 00:57:05,336 LIKE THOSE THAT RESIDE WITHIN THE PORT AND AID IN THE PORT OF 930 00:57:05,336 --> 00:57:10,736 TACOMA'S CLEAN AIR STRATEGY TO REACH ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2040. 931 00:57:13,879 --> 00:57:15,481 FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD 932 00:57:15,481 --> 00:57:22,810 THIS RESOLUTION AND HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE FOR IT 933 00:57:28,961 --> 00:57:30,696 AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN MANUFACTURING WEEK ACTIVITIES 934 00:57:30,696 --> 00:57:31,897 WHEN THAT TIME COMES. THANK YOU. 935 00:57:31,897 --> 00:57:34,233 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR 936 00:57:34,233 --> 00:57:40,233 COMMENTS? OKAY ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 4120 SAY AYE. ITEM 937 00:57:41,992 --> 00:57:43,793 NUMBER 23 CLERK PLEASE READ. 938 00:57:43,793 --> 00:57:45,996 >> RES42011 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT AND 939 00:57:45,996 --> 00:57:47,965 COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO LAUNCH A 940 00:57:47,965 --> 00:57:49,400 UNIFIED REGIONAL APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS AND TO COMMIT TO 941 00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,335 CERTAIN ACTIVITIES TO REGIONALLY ADDRESS 942 00:57:52,335 --> 00:57:54,337 HOMELESSNESS IN PIERCE COUNTY; AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER 943 00:57:54,337 --> 00:57:55,272 TO WORK WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO 944 00:57:55,272 --> 00:57:57,672 DEVELOP AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. 945 00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:04,276 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42001. 946 00:58:05,615 --> 00:58:06,550 >> Council Member: SECOND. 947 00:58:06,550 --> 00:58:07,951 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 948 00:58:07,951 --> 00:58:09,860 ON COUNCIL MEMBER ABOVE. 949 00:58:09,860 --> 00:58:10,620 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR I AM SUPER 950 00:58:10,620 --> 00:58:12,356 PROUD OF TACOMA TONIGHT THIS IS A SYSTEM TO CREATE A REGIONAL 951 00:58:12,356 --> 00:58:18,956 SYSTEM TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING I FEEL 952 00:58:19,430 --> 00:58:21,980 ON OUR OWN FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO GET 953 00:58:21,980 --> 00:58:27,980 HERE AND WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO COUNTY 954 00:58:27,838 --> 00:58:29,773 COUNCIL MEMBER JENNY HITCH AND . SHE'S BEEN A LEADER ON THIS 955 00:58:29,773 --> 00:58:31,775 ISSUE. PIERCE COUNTY HAS DEMONSTRATED REAL LEADERSHIP BY 956 00:58:31,775 --> 00:58:33,177 INVESTING IN A UNIFIED REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADDRESS 957 00:58:33,177 --> 00:58:35,790 HOMELESSNESS AND BRING CITIES TOGETHER AROUND A SHARED 958 00:58:35,790 --> 00:58:36,580 VISION. RATHER THAN ASKING EVERY JURISDICTION TO CHALLENGE 959 00:58:36,580 --> 00:58:43,180 THIS ON HIS OWN THE COUNTY RESOURCES CAN BE PARTNERS FROM 960 00:58:44,540 --> 00:58:45,655 ACROSS PIERCE COUNTY AND CREATE A PROCESS WHERE EVERY CITY HAS 961 00:58:45,655 --> 00:58:47,323 A VOICE IN SHAPING THE PATH FORWARD. I WANT TO ALSO THANK 962 00:58:47,323 --> 00:58:49,259 MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 963 00:58:49,259 --> 00:58:50,727 FORMING A UNIFIED APPROACH AS PART OF THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP 964 00:58:50,727 --> 00:58:55,598 GROUP AND THAT INCLUDES COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE, HINES AND AS 965 00:58:55,598 --> 00:59:01,598 WELL AS MAYOR IBSEN. I ALSO APPRECIATE OUR CITY MANAGER, 966 00:59:03,206 --> 00:59:05,142 HYUN KIM, TO MEET WITH OTHER CITY MANAGERS INVOLVED IN THE 967 00:59:05,142 --> 00:59:07,110 PROCESS AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF THAT HAS PARTICIPATED THUS FAR. 968 00:59:07,110 --> 00:59:14,910 TACOMA IS NOT THE CITY TO SIGN ON FOR THIS WORK FOR THE 969 00:59:18,889 --> 00:59:20,490 SECOND. PIERCE COUNTY, FIFE, GIG HARBOR AND LAKEWOOD HAVE 970 00:59:20,490 --> 00:59:22,920 PASSED SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS TO WHAT IS BEFORE US TONIGHT. 971 00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:23,893 THESE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK. 972 00:59:23,893 --> 00:59:25,940 ALL OF US ARE AT THE TABLE COMMITTED TO THESE DISCUSSIONS 973 00:59:25,940 --> 00:59:28,631 BECAUSE WE EACH KNOW WE WILL GET FURTHER IF WE WORK 974 00:59:28,631 --> 00:59:30,500 TOGETHER. THIS BRINGS TO MIND THE WORDS OF OUR FORMER MAYOR, 975 00:59:30,500 --> 00:59:34,838 VICTORIA WOODARDS. IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST GO ALONE BUT IF YOU 976 00:59:34,838 --> 00:59:37,274 WANT TO GO FARGO TOGETHER. ONE OF THE ISSUES OF ADDRESSING 977 00:59:37,274 --> 00:59:39,709 HOMELESSNESS IN THE REGION IS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE GO 978 00:59:39,709 --> 00:59:41,578 FAR. THAT IS WHY THE COUNTY'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE IS SO 979 00:59:41,578 --> 00:59:45,849 IMPACT WILL. THEY HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER SO MANY DIFFERENT 980 00:59:45,849 --> 00:59:47,517 PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SERVING DIFFERENT 981 00:59:47,517 --> 00:59:52,389 CONSTITUENCIES. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OTHER 982 00:59:52,389 --> 00:59:54,257 CITIES AND LEARN WHERE THEY SAT ON THIS ISSUE AND WHY THEY FEEL 983 00:59:54,257 --> 00:59:56,827 THE SAME WAY WE DO. SOMETIMES THIS IS HARD BECAUSE OUR 984 00:59:56,827 --> 01:00:02,227 CONSTITUENTS IN TACOMA HAVE SUCH HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THE 985 01:00:02,466 --> 01:00:04,670 SERVICES WE PROVIDE OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND WE 986 01:00:04,670 --> 01:00:05,602 CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN OUR REGION HUMANS 987 01:00:05,602 --> 01:00:11,200 SERVICES SUPPORT. HOWEVER, THAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE 988 01:00:15,412 --> 01:00:17,214 MEANINGFUL WHEN WE SEE PROGRESS HAPPEN. OTHER CITIES HAVE 989 01:00:17,214 --> 01:00:18,681 ALREADY STEPPED UP TO WORK TOGETHER TO FORMALLY LAUNCH THE 990 01:00:18,681 --> 01:00:20,517 URA. THEY ARE COMING TO THE TABLE AND COMMITTING TO THIS 991 01:00:20,517 --> 01:00:22,519 WORK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY OF TACOMA JOINING AND BE A 992 01:00:22,519 --> 01:00:23,954 PART OF THE SHARED WORK SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING 993 01:00:23,954 --> 01:00:25,488 HOMELESSNESS SO THAT IT IS RARE, BRIEF AND 994 01:00:25,488 --> 01:00:27,240 NON-REOCCURRING. THANK YOU. 995 01:00:27,240 --> 01:00:31,224 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE? 996 01:00:34,564 --> 01:00:35,699 >> Council Member Sadalge: THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU 997 01:00:35,699 --> 01:00:37,700 COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH FOR SPONSORING THIS I AM MORE THAN 998 01:00:37,700 --> 01:00:42,973 HAPPY TO BE A COSPONSOR. I HAVE BEEN PART OF THE URA 999 01:00:42,973 --> 01:00:44,507 DISCUSSION SINCE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG AGO IT WAS 1000 01:00:44,507 --> 01:00:49,780 ACTUALLY, ALMOST 2 YEARS? AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROCESS 1001 01:00:49,780 --> 01:00:55,385 WHERE QUITE FRANKLY I LEARNED A LOT. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT 1002 01:00:55,385 --> 01:00:57,530 WHAT HOMELESSNESS MEANS TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS, HOW THEY 1003 01:00:57,530 --> 01:01:00,590 SEE IT AND I ALSO THINK OTHER JURISDICTIONS LEARNED A LOT 1004 01:01:00,590 --> 01:01:06,929 ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN TACOMA AND HOW THEY COULD 1005 01:01:06,929 --> 01:01:09,299 BENEFIT FROM SOME OF OUR LEARNINGS. I THINK THROUGHOUT 1006 01:01:09,299 --> 01:01:17,740 THE PROCESS, IT'S PROUD OF WHAT WE HERE IN TACOMA HAVE DONE IN 1007 01:01:17,740 --> 01:01:20,677 THIS SPECTRUM OF WAYS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS 1008 01:01:20,677 --> 01:01:27,877 HOMELESSNESS. BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT WE DO NEED A 1009 01:01:28,218 --> 01:01:34,818 REGIONAL APPROACH. WE CAN'T JUST DO IT ALONE. AND SO, WHAT 1010 01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:40,970 IS REALLY AMAZING ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND AGAIN, I AGREE WITH 1011 01:01:40,970 --> 01:01:44,897 COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH IN THINKING PIERCE COUNTY COUNCIL 1012 01:01:47,437 --> 01:01:49,390 PRESIDENT JENNY HUTCHINS ON REALLY LEADING THROUGH SOME 1013 01:01:49,390 --> 01:01:53,443 REALLY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, A LOT OF DIALOGUE, AT THE END OF 1014 01:01:53,443 --> 01:01:57,948 THE DAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT KING COUNTY DID AND WHAT 1015 01:01:57,948 --> 01:02:03,854 WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO BE A COALITION OF THE WILLING. 1016 01:02:03,854 --> 01:02:08,658 THOSE WHO HAVE COME AND TO HAVE TAUGHT AND WHO UNDERSTOOD. AND 1017 01:02:08,658 --> 01:02:10,927 WE ARE GOING AROUND AND HAVING RESOLUTIONS OF INTENT THAT WE 1018 01:02:10,927 --> 01:02:18,127 ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A 1019 01:02:18,268 --> 01:02:21,604 RESOLUTION OF INTENT. PEOPLE ARE LIKE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN 1020 01:02:21,604 --> 01:02:26,543 UNTIL I MAKE IT GET SIGNED. BUT IN THIS RESOLUTION WE ARE 1021 01:02:26,543 --> 01:02:30,143 AGREEING EVERY SINGLE RESOLUTION DOING SOMETHING 1022 01:02:31,281 --> 01:02:35,481 MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE DOING SOMETHING TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS 1023 01:02:36,953 --> 01:02:38,488 IN THEIR JURISDICTION AND THAT IS A BIG WIN. YOU ALSO TALK 1024 01:02:38,488 --> 01:02:42,688 ABOUT IT WITH SHARED DEFINITIONS, SHARED DATA, 1025 01:02:47,431 --> 01:02:54,631 SHARED INFORMATION, IS GOING TO HELP US ALL OUT. AND I CANNOT 1026 01:02:55,839 --> 01:02:57,474 DESCRIBE YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 1027 01:02:57,474 --> 01:03:00,377 THAT I WAS LIKE EIGHT NO ONE SIGNING THIS THING. BUT WE 1028 01:03:00,377 --> 01:03:05,182 PERSEVERED. WE GO THROUGH IT AND WE TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. WE 1029 01:03:05,182 --> 01:03:11,782 LISTENED AND WE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK FOR 1030 01:03:13,790 --> 01:03:15,525 THE REGION AND WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ON IT. THIS IS A START 1031 01:03:15,525 --> 01:03:17,193 AND WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ON IT. SO, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY 1032 01:03:17,193 --> 01:03:21,664 TO BE HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I AM REALLY 1033 01:03:21,664 --> 01:03:25,602 LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS IN 1034 01:03:25,602 --> 01:03:28,602 THE ENTIRE REGION. THANK YOU. 1035 01:03:29,605 --> 01:03:33,410 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HEINZ? 1036 01:03:33,410 --> 01:03:35,345 >> Council Member Hines: THANK YOU MRS. MARRAH I WILL KEEP IT 1037 01:03:35,345 --> 01:03:40,350 SHORT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HOTRUMBA AND SADALGE DID WELL 1038 01:03:40,350 --> 01:03:43,687 IN OUTLINING THIS. I WAS THERE AT THE FIRST COMMITTEE WE HAD 1039 01:03:43,687 --> 01:03:48,291 AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. I THINK THE THING THAT WE HAVE SAID 1040 01:03:48,291 --> 01:03:49,959 MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IS 1041 01:03:49,959 --> 01:03:54,759 THAT HOMELESSNESS DOES NOT RESPECT ANY BOUNDARIES. THE 1042 01:03:56,248 --> 01:04:01,920 ONLY WAY WE WILL ADDRESS A PROBLEM THAT IS FLUID AND 1043 01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:03,388 COMPLEX AND AS DYNAMIC AS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 1044 01:04:03,388 --> 01:04:04,924 HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS WE HAVE TO SEE IT AS A 1045 01:04:04,924 --> 01:04:11,524 COLLECTIVE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON TOGETHER. AND I 1046 01:04:11,530 --> 01:04:13,132 THINK WHILE WE ARE YET TO SEE WHERE THE URA IS GOING TO GO I 1047 01:04:13,132 --> 01:04:16,100 THINK THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP IN GETTING SOME OF THE CITIES 1048 01:04:16,100 --> 01:04:19,604 AND THE COUNTY ALIGNED ON THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A COLLECTIVE 1049 01:04:19,604 --> 01:04:23,750 EFFORT THAT WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE WORKING ON TOGETHER TO TRY 1050 01:04:23,750 --> 01:04:27,546 TO ADDRESS. I AM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE 1051 01:04:27,546 --> 01:04:30,349 DOING AMAZING WORK. IN THE CITY OF TACOMA. I THINK THE 1052 01:04:30,349 --> 01:04:36,621 PRIDE OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE ON THE COUNCIL CAN BE BOTH 1053 01:04:36,621 --> 01:04:40,692 A I GUESS I WAS A AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY 1054 01:04:40,692 --> 01:04:49,692 IN OUR AREA AND I GET TO BE A WAY TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE 1055 01:04:49,835 --> 01:04:51,236 LEARNED OVER TIME IN BEST PRACTICES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY 1056 01:04:51,236 --> 01:04:52,805 I AM ALSO EAGER TO LEARN FROM OTHERS TO SEE WHAT ELSE THEY 1057 01:04:52,805 --> 01:04:54,840 ARE DOING. I WAS A FOOTBALL COACH FOR A LONG TIME AND WE 1058 01:04:54,840 --> 01:05:03,240 TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT YOU CAN 1059 01:05:07,319 --> 01:05:08,520 CONTRIBUTE YOU ARE PART OF A TEAM AND YOU CONTRIBUTE WHAT 1060 01:05:08,520 --> 01:05:10,550 YOU CAN. AND SO, I THINK AS WE LOOK FORWARD WITH THIS I'M 1061 01:05:10,550 --> 01:05:11,589 EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS ARE GOING TO 1062 01:05:11,589 --> 01:05:13,191 COME TOGETHER AND CONTRIBUTE AS WE TRY TO TAKE ON THINK THE 1063 01:05:13,191 --> 01:05:16,328 NUMBER 1 MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT OF OUR TIME WHICH IS HOW DO WE 1064 01:05:16,328 --> 01:05:21,466 MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU. 1065 01:05:21,466 --> 01:05:23,100 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HINES AND THANK 1066 01:05:23,100 --> 01:05:26,405 YOU TO THE THREE OF YOU WITH YOUR DIRECT INVOLVEMENT WITH 1067 01:05:26,405 --> 01:05:28,273 THIS REGIONAL CONVERSATION AS WELL AS YOUR PARTICIPATION. 1068 01:05:28,273 --> 01:05:31,477 AND ALSO JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO PIERCE COUNTY'S AND OUR 1069 01:05:31,477 --> 01:05:33,479 COLLEAGUES OUR JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS WHO CARE. THIS IS ONE 1070 01:05:33,479 --> 01:05:38,216 OF THE ISSUES IF NOT THE ISSUE ON THE MINDS OF SO MANY 1071 01:05:38,216 --> 01:05:44,816 TACOMANS THAT ALL OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN COMMUNITY AND 1072 01:05:48,894 --> 01:05:50,829 IT CAN FEEL SO FRUSTRATING WHEN IT FEELS LIKE BETWEEN WHAT 1073 01:05:50,829 --> 01:05:52,364 WE'RE SAYING FEDERALLY AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING EVEN CLOSER TO 1074 01:05:52,364 --> 01:05:53,766 HOME WITH THE BUDGETS AND PRIORITIES THAT THE PROBLEM 1075 01:05:53,766 --> 01:05:55,367 DISCONTINUES, WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY DOING TO RESOLVE THIS? 1076 01:05:55,367 --> 01:05:59,304 TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE GET HELP AND NEIGHBORHOODS GET RELIEF? 1077 01:05:59,304 --> 01:06:02,908 THIS IS NOT THE THING BUT IT IS A CRUCIAL THING WITH WHAT WE 1078 01:06:02,908 --> 01:06:06,478 CANNOT DO IT AND THAT IS NOT GOING IT ALONE. THAT IS THE 1079 01:06:06,478 --> 01:06:09,314 SINGLE BIGGEST WENT TO THE UNIFIED APPROACH IS THAT WHAT 1080 01:06:09,314 --> 01:06:13,218 IS POTENTIALLY REALLY GAME CHANGING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE 1081 01:06:13,218 --> 01:06:16,121 NOW, NOT CONCEPTUALLY BUT WE NOW HAVE THE WILLING OF 1082 01:06:16,121 --> 01:06:21,521 VOLITIONAL PARTICIPATION OF OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS NOT 1083 01:06:24,129 --> 01:06:26,331 ALWAYS THE CASE. OF NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, 1084 01:06:26,331 --> 01:06:29,667 NEIGHBORING SUBURBANS, SMALLER JURISDICTIONS WITH IN TANDEM 1085 01:06:29,667 --> 01:06:31,737 WITH US. THIS IS A MODEST START. IT IS NOT GOING TO 1086 01:06:31,737 --> 01:06:33,338 SOLVE THE PROBLEM OVERNIGHT. BUT MAKING SURE, THE ACTUAL 1087 01:06:33,338 --> 01:06:39,338 GAME CHANGING THING IS MAKING SURE WE ACTUALLY HAVE UNIFIED 1088 01:06:48,487 --> 01:06:50,288 DATA SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO RE-CREATE AND RELIVE THEIR 1089 01:06:50,288 --> 01:06:52,900 TRAUMA EVERY TIME THEY SEEK SERVICES OR GO INTO SHELTERS. 1090 01:06:52,900 --> 01:06:53,759 THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING AS MUCH DUPLICATION BETWEEN SERVICE 1091 01:06:53,759 --> 01:06:55,293 PROVIDERS. THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING MONEY AND 1092 01:06:55,293 --> 01:06:57,229 GIVING PEOPLE LONG-TERM HEALTH INSTEAD OF RE-CREATING THE SAME 1093 01:06:57,229 --> 01:06:59,970 PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME SYSTEMS. PROPERLY DONE, THIS IS GOING TO 1094 01:06:59,970 --> 01:07:00,933 BE A REALLY BIG GAME CHANGER AND WE ARE JUST GETTING 1095 01:07:00,933 --> 01:07:05,170 STARTED. BUT THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEBODY WILLING 1096 01:07:05,170 --> 01:07:06,772 SUBURBAN AND COUNTY AND OTHER PARTNERS SIGNING ON TO PROVIDE 1097 01:07:06,772 --> 01:07:11,572 A GREATER AND MORE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICES 1098 01:07:12,177 --> 01:07:15,647 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THAT IS HUGE. THAT IS IMMEDIATE HELP 1099 01:07:15,647 --> 01:07:17,282 PEOPLE IN NEED AND IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR FRANKLY OUR CITY IN 1100 01:07:17,282 --> 01:07:22,221 TERMS OF THE CONCENTRATION OF WHERE AND WHO HAS BEEN PAYING 1101 01:07:22,221 --> 01:07:25,390 FOR THE SERVICES. MUCH MORE TO COME BUT I'M PROFOUNDLY 1102 01:07:25,390 --> 01:07:29,861 GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES WITH YOUR HELP ON THIS FOR OUR 1103 01:07:29,861 --> 01:07:31,530 JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS FOR STEPPING UP AND ACTUALLY 1104 01:07:31,530 --> 01:07:34,667 FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THIS AND HAVING THE LONG, HARD 1105 01:07:34,667 --> 01:07:37,536 CONVERSATIONS BUT ABOVE ALL THE LONG COMMITMENT TO OUR PEOPLE. 1106 01:07:37,536 --> 01:07:44,736 I'M VERY UP THE MYSTIC ABOUT WHERE THIS IS HEADED AND I'M 1107 01:07:47,946 --> 01:07:49,414 DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO CONTINUE THIS WORK IN APPROVING THIS 1108 01:07:49,414 --> 01:07:51,150 MOTION. WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1109 01:07:51,150 --> 01:07:55,254 42011 TWO SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE 1110 01:07:55,254 --> 01:07:57,422 RESOLUTION IS DECLARED ADOPTED. ITEM 24 CLERK, PLEASE READ. 1111 01:07:57,422 --> 01:07:59,758 >> RES42012 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ONE-TIME USE OF 1112 01:07:59,758 --> 01:08:01,960 COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,500, TO 1113 01:08:01,960 --> 01:08:03,762 SUPPORT b HOSTED BY NOURISH PIERCE 1114 01:08:03,762 --> 01:08:05,762 COUNTY. 1115 01:08:08,330 --> 01:08:12,438 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42012. 1116 01:08:12,438 --> 01:08:13,438 >> Council Member: SECOND. 1117 01:08:13,438 --> 01:08:15,400 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 1118 01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:15,908 ON COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER. 1119 01:08:15,908 --> 01:08:17,976 >> Council Member Walker: THANK YOU MAYOR ENDS MEETIN 1120 01:08:17,976 --> 01:08:24,576 BRINGING FORWARD DOUBLE DATE AS MOST OF YOU NOTE NOURISH PIERCE 1121 01:08:24,716 --> 01:08:31,916 COUNTY BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T THEY ARE A VITAL 1122 01:08:36,662 --> 01:08:38,196 ORGANIZATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. A NONPROFIT BASED IN TACOMA 1123 01:08:38,196 --> 01:08:39,664 MISSION IS TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND SUPPORT 1124 01:08:39,664 --> 01:08:41,266 SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED WITH COMPASSION, DIGNITY AND 1125 01:08:41,266 --> 01:08:42,801 RESPECT. THEY OPERATE SIX BRICK-AND-MORTAR FOOD PANTRIES 1126 01:08:42,801 --> 01:08:47,601 AND 16 MOBILE SITES COUNTYWIDE. THREE OF THOSE BRICK-AND-MORTAR 1127 01:08:50,909 --> 01:08:52,100 PANTRIES AND EIGHT OF THE MOBILE SITES ARE HERE IN 1128 01:08:52,100 --> 01:08:54,680 TACOMA. LAST YEAR THEY SERVED NEARLY 29,000 UNDUPLICATED 1129 01:08:54,680 --> 01:08:57,816 TACOMA RESIDENTS WHICH IS JUST A BIT MORE THAN 12% OF OUR 1130 01:08:57,816 --> 01:09:03,216 POPULATION. WE ALREADY KNOW THE NEED FOR ACCESS TO 1131 01:09:04,355 --> 01:09:06,358 NUTRITIOUS FOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HIGH AND NAVY THAT 1132 01:09:06,358 --> 01:09:12,958 IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. IN FACT, IN TWO CENSUS TRACTS IN TACOMA 1133 01:09:19,710 --> 01:09:20,539 THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF 1134 01:09:20,539 --> 01:09:21,840 PARTICIPATION IN SNAP BENEFITS IN PIERCE COUNTY. WE ALSO KNOW 1135 01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:24,760 THE NEED IS GOING WITH THE REDUCTION OF SOME FEDERAL FOOD 1136 01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:25,377 BENEFITS AS WELL AS OUR OWN FOOD DESERTS THAT HAVE BEEN 1137 01:09:25,377 --> 01:09:27,246 AMPLIFIED BY THE RECENT CLOSURE OF A CRITICAL FRED MEYER. WE 1138 01:09:27,246 --> 01:09:30,582 NEED PARTNERS LIKE NOURISH TODAY MORE THAN EVER AND THIS 1139 01:09:30,582 --> 01:09:33,285 OF COURSE IS A VERY SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE GREAT WORK 1140 01:09:33,285 --> 01:09:38,323 THAT THEY DO BUT SMALL BUT MIGHTY TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN 1141 01:09:38,323 --> 01:09:45,523 HAVE A GREAT EVENT AND SUPPORT AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN 1142 01:09:47,866 --> 01:09:49,670 SUPPORT THEM. I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE, 1143 01:09:49,670 --> 01:09:50,602 COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH FOR COSPONSORING THE REQUEST AND 1144 01:09:50,602 --> 01:09:52,471 THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF AT NOURISH WHO HELPED US GET 1145 01:09:52,471 --> 01:09:54,272 ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND MIKE WHO IS HERE 1146 01:09:54,272 --> 01:09:57,750 REPRESENTING NOURISH TODAY. AS YOU WOULD EXPECT PROBABLY BUT I 1147 01:09:57,750 --> 01:10:02,462 WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN REACHING FOR OUR SUPPORT THE CITY OF 1148 01:10:02,462 --> 01:10:03,930 TACOMA LOGO WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM AND PRESENTATION 1149 01:10:03,930 --> 01:10:09,268 AND LISTED AS A PARTNER. AND I HAVE ALREADY SENT YOU AN INVITE 1150 01:10:09,268 --> 01:10:12,205 TO SIT AT MY TABLE AT THE LUNCHEON. HOPE YOU CAN JOIN ME 1151 01:10:12,205 --> 01:10:15,975 TO LISTEN TO ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY ARE DOING AND I'M HAPPY TO 1152 01:10:15,975 --> 01:10:17,975 SUPPORT. 1153 01:10:19,779 --> 01:10:21,381 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER DO WE 1154 01:10:21,381 --> 01:10:23,249 HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH? 1155 01:10:23,249 --> 01:10:24,850 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: I DID NOT HAVE A QUESTION I JUST 1156 01:10:24,850 --> 01:10:26,853 WANTED TO SAY DEFINITELY I WILL SIT AT THE TABLE EVERY YEAR MY 1157 01:10:26,853 --> 01:10:28,854 TEMPLE DOES A FOOD DRIVE FOR NOURISH PIERCE COUNTY. WE 1158 01:10:28,854 --> 01:10:33,860 SUPPORT THE JACKSON STREET FOOD BANK AT ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL 1159 01:10:33,860 --> 01:10:39,860 CHURCH. SO THESE EGGS ARE HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN OUR 1160 01:10:40,132 --> 01:10:42,100 COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NEED IS SO HIGH. I WANT TO 1161 01:10:42,100 --> 01:10:44,570 THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER FOR DOING THIS SMALL BUT IMPORTANT 1162 01:10:44,570 --> 01:10:48,170 COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND ASKED. THANK YOU. 1163 01:10:49,475 --> 01:10:51,770 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS ALL 1164 01:10:51,770 --> 01:10:55,877 THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42012 PLEASE SIGNIFY 1165 01:10:58,150 --> 01:10:59,685 BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION IS DECLARED 1166 01:10:59,685 --> 01:11:01,287 ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO ITEM 25 CLERK PLEASE READ. 1167 01:11:01,287 --> 01:11:03,822 >> RES42013 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ONE-TIME USE OF 1168 01:11:03,822 --> 01:11:06,625 COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,000, TO 1169 01:11:06,625 --> 01:11:09,625 SPONSOR A CITY FLAG COMPETITION. 1170 01:11:09,762 --> 01:11:14,562 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42013. 1171 01:11:15,234 --> 01:11:16,235 >> Council Member: SECOND. 1172 01:11:16,235 --> 01:11:17,503 >> Mayor Ibsen: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCIL #. 1173 01:11:17,503 --> 01:11:21,274 >> Council Member Hines: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON FUNDS TO 1174 01:11:21,274 --> 01:11:26,378 DEFINE A SYMBOL THAT UNITES US. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY REFLECT 1175 01:11:26,378 --> 01:11:30,316 THIS THROUGH A FLAG DESIGNING COMPETITION. I WANT TO 1176 01:11:30,316 --> 01:11:34,387 ACKNOWLEDGE THE DESIGN HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THE IDEA 1177 01:11:34,387 --> 01:11:40,793 IS WHAT ARE THE SYMBOLS OF TACOMA? WHAT IS OUR COLLECTIVE 1178 01:11:40,793 --> 01:11:42,995 HISTORY? WHAT BEST REPRESENTS US? THIS CONVERSATION HAS GONE 1179 01:11:42,995 --> 01:11:44,663 ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT AS MANY OF 1180 01:11:44,663 --> 01:11:46,932 THOSE ON THE DAIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US HAVE THOUGHT 1181 01:11:46,932 --> 01:11:50,103 ABOUT COUNTLESS TIMES. A FLAG DESIGN CREATES A UNIQUE 1182 01:11:50,103 --> 01:11:54,903 OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE QUALITY AND CHARACTERISTIC OF 1183 01:11:55,475 --> 01:11:57,900 OUR COMMUNITY AND CAN OFTEN BECOME AN ICON AND A DEEPLY 1184 01:11:57,900 --> 01:12:02,949 MEANINGFUL IMAGE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT ICONIC FLAGS YOU CAN 1185 01:12:02,949 --> 01:12:07,820 THINK OF THE TRICOLOR IN FRANCE OR THE MAPLE LEAF OR THE 1186 01:12:07,820 --> 01:12:10,689 JAPANESE RISING SUN. YOU CAN THINK OF THE ST. GEORGE'S CROSS 1187 01:12:10,689 --> 01:12:14,360 OF ENGLAND OR THE ST. ANDREW'S CROSS OF SCOTLAND. THESE 1188 01:12:14,360 --> 01:12:18,631 SYMBOLS ARE POWERFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE SIMPLE. THEY ARE 1189 01:12:18,631 --> 01:12:21,801 EASILY RECOGNIZABLE AND THEY CONVEY SOMETHING THAT IS CORE 1190 01:12:21,801 --> 01:12:28,410 TO THE IDENTITY OF A PLACE. AND SO, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1191 01:12:28,410 --> 01:12:34,246 A FLAG IS NOT ABOUT A PRODUCT. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE THING 1192 01:12:34,246 --> 01:12:36,449 ITSELF. BECAUSE FLAGS ARE MORE THAN JUST THINGS THEY ARE A 1193 01:12:36,449 --> 01:12:42,449 SYMBOL. THEY HAVE MEANING. IN MY GOAL BY BRINGING THIS 1194 01:12:43,255 --> 01:12:45,124 FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY GIVING MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IS THIS IDEA 1195 01:12:45,124 --> 01:12:46,392 OF HAVING A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION IN THIS MOMENT 1196 01:12:46,392 --> 01:12:47,993 ABOUT WHAT BEST SYMBOLIZES OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS THE CITY OF 1197 01:12:47,993 --> 01:12:54,593 TACOMA. AND IN A FUN AND EXCITING WAY. YOU KNOW, IN 1198 01:12:55,802 --> 01:12:57,470 TACOMA WE HAVE VALUES AND CHARACTERISTICS AND AS OUR CITY 1199 01:12:57,470 --> 01:13:01,741 IS CHANGING, SOMEONE WHO LIKE I SAID HAS BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS 1200 01:13:01,741 --> 01:13:05,211 GEEZ, MORE THAN THAT HOW OLD AND AM I? MY ENTIRE LIFE. 1201 01:13:05,211 --> 01:13:10,820 TACOMA IS CHANGING AND GROWING. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY I 1202 01:13:10,820 --> 01:13:15,421 WAS BORN INTO AN DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY THAT MY KIDS WILL LIVE 1203 01:13:15,421 --> 01:13:17,890 IN. IT'S A CORE IDENTITY OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE 1204 01:13:17,890 --> 01:13:23,689 REPRESENT THAT A FLAG AS A SYMBOL CAN HELP REPRESENT. WE 1205 01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:26,299 SEE THIS SPREAD OUT AND TAKE OVER PARTS OF THE WORLD. THE 1206 01:13:26,299 --> 01:13:31,699 RADIATORS ARE FOR THE BASEBALL TEAM THE SECOND SELLING 1207 01:13:32,972 --> 01:13:36,309 EVERYWHERE I GO I SEE SOMEWHERE WEARING THE HE HAT 1208 01:13:36,309 --> 01:13:41,709 AND IT SPARKS SPARKS CONVERSATION I THINK ABOUT OUR 1209 01:13:45,318 --> 01:13:49,588 UR SPIRIT ANIMAL JOLLY Y JERRY WHO HAS RESPONDED TO THE SAID 1210 01:13:49,588 --> 01:13:54,388 SEATTLE CALLED TIMOTHY. THIS INSPIRING CREATURE THAT HAS 1211 01:13:55,261 --> 01:13:56,929 REALLY CAPTURED SOMETHING ABOUT OUR CITY THE GRITTY NATURE TO 1212 01:13:56,929 --> 01:14:01,129 OVERCOME EVERYTHING. THE SYMBOLS ARE POWERFUL AND 1213 01:14:02,769 --> 01:14:05,400 REPRESENT SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY TY THAT DRAWS US IN 1214 01:14:05,400 --> 01:14:07,206 AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE FLOOD E FLOOD COMPETITION WILL HELP 1215 01:14:07,206 --> 01:14:12,145 US DO THAT. P US DO THAT. I THINK OUR COMMUNITIES ARE 1216 01:14:12,145 --> 01:14:13,879 TALKING ABOUT A CONVERSATION AND HAVING THEMING THEM REALLY 1217 01:14:13,879 --> 01:14:18,951 THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS SO I AM HAPPY THAT WHILE THE 1218 01:14:18,951 --> 01:14:24,220 CONVERSATION HAS GONE ON FOR SOME TIME THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR 1219 01:14:24,220 --> 01:14:25,958 US REALLY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION NOW. IF YOU LOOK 1220 01:14:25,958 --> 01:14:28,594 AT THE CURRENT FLAG WHICH IS BEHIND ME, IT WAS DEVELOPED AS 1221 01:14:28,594 --> 01:14:34,334 PART OF THE CITY'S CORPORATE IDENTITY PROGRAM. I THINK WE 1222 01:14:34,334 --> 01:14:36,836 CAN ALL AGREE THAT A CORPORATE IDENTITY PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY 1223 01:14:36,836 --> 01:14:40,306 ANTITHETICAL TO OUR CREATIVE JOYFUL CREATIVE DIVERSE 1224 01:14:40,306 --> 01:14:42,400 HARD-WORKING AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY. RIGHT? I THINK WE 1225 01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:43,976 NEED SOMETHING MORE THAN OUR PRAYER IDENTITY REPRESENTING 1226 01:14:43,976 --> 01:14:49,976 US. IT SHOULD REGULATE CAPTURE SOMETHING ABOUT OUR CITY AND 1227 01:14:50,249 --> 01:14:53,186 WOULD ACHIEVE FAR FAR MORE THAN JUST A NEW FLAG. IT WILL 1228 01:14:53,186 --> 01:14:55,788 ACHIEVE A CONVERSATIONSATION THAT WILL REALLY LEAD US INTO 1229 01:14:55,788 --> 01:14:58,590 WHAT WE WHAT WE VALUE WHAT REPRESENTS US AND WHAT BRINGS 1230 01:14:58,590 --> 01:15:05,331 US TOGETHER AS CLICHCAS IT SOUNDS A FLAG CAN BE A THING 1231 01:15:05,331 --> 01:15:11,331 AND REMINDER THAT THINGS THAT BRING US TOGETHER ARE MORE 1232 01:15:14,674 --> 01:15:16,208 POWERFUL THAN THE THINGS THAT DIVIDE US IN SOME CASES. AND I 1233 01:15:16,208 --> 01:15:18,100 HOPE WE CAN GET FURTHER INTO THAT CONVERSATION. A 1234 01:15:18,100 --> 01:15:22,815 BACKGROUND AND NOT JUST WHY THE HOPE AND DREAM OF THE FLAG 1235 01:15:22,815 --> 01:15:27,553 COMPETITION FOR THE E FOLKS TUNING IN THIS WILL BE OPEN TO 1236 01:15:27,553 --> 01:15:29,554 EVERYONE AND INCLUDING WE HAD MEMBERS MEMBERS HERE ABOUT A 1237 01:15:29,554 --> 01:15:36,154 FLAG THAT WAS CREATED IN THE PAST. THAT ARTIST OR SOMEONE 1238 01:15:36,228 --> 01:15:38,163 WHO REPRESENTS THE ARTIST IS WILLING TO SUBMIT THAT FOR THIS 1239 01:15:38,163 --> 01:15:40,766 COMPETITION BUT WHEN I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT FLAG WHEN 1240 01:15:40,766 --> 01:15:42,635 IT WAS DESIGNED AND WE READ THE WORDS OF THE ARTIST ONE OF THE 1241 01:15:42,635 --> 01:15:45,304 THINGS THAT STRUCK ME AS SHE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT JUST 1242 01:15:45,304 --> 01:15:50,509 THINKING ABOUT THAT INCREASING THE FLAG CAUSED HER TO THINK 1243 01:15:50,509 --> 01:15:55,381 ABOUT THINGS THAT REPRESENTED THE CITY OF TACOMA REPRESENTED 1244 01:15:55,381 --> 01:15:56,915 COMMUNITY. I WANT MORE FOLKS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1245 01:15:56,915 --> 01:16:00,453 REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT TRULY SYMBOLIZES AND REPRESENTS US. 1246 01:16:00,453 --> 01:16:07,653 I THINK ONE THING ABOUT FLAGS RIGHT, GOOD FLAGS, THEY ARE A 1247 01:16:08,194 --> 01:16:10,596 SYMBOL. IT'S NOT ABOUT MORE IT'S GETTING CLOSER TO LESS AND 1248 01:16:10,596 --> 01:16:12,543 WHAT TRULY REPRESENTS US. IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE INCLUDING 1249 01:16:12,543 --> 01:16:17,380 FLAGS THAT WERE CREATED IN THE PAST. THAT CAN ALSO BE PART OF 1250 01:16:17,380 --> 01:16:21,151 THIS CONVERSATION, TOO. WE ARE ASKING BUSINESSES TO UPLOAD A 1251 01:16:21,151 --> 01:16:27,900 COPY OF THEIR DESIGN IN A BRIEF STATEMENT TO THE REASON WHY 1252 01:16:27,900 --> 01:16:29,226 THEY THINK THEIR FLAG SHOULD BE THE ONE FOR THE CITY OF TACOMA. 1253 01:16:29,226 --> 01:16:35,226 WE GET CREATIVE ORIGINAL WORK FROM ARTISTS SO WE ARE 1254 01:16:36,566 --> 01:16:38,435 ENCOURAGING PEOPLE NOT TO USE AI AS PART OF THE PROCESS WE 1255 01:16:38,435 --> 01:16:40,337 WANT ORIGINAL WORK AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A DEEP 1256 01:16:40,337 --> 01:16:44,508 CONNECTION TO TACOMA AND THINK ABOUT A FLAG THAT CAN BEST 1257 01:16:44,508 --> 01:16:46,210 REPRESENT OUR CITY. OTHER CITIES AROUND US, THE CITY OF 1258 01:16:46,210 --> 01:16:49,379 VANCOUVER, THE CITY OF SPOKANE HAVE RECENTLY DONE THIS PROCESS 1259 01:16:49,379 --> 01:16:52,382 IN TALKING TO THEIR MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IT REALLY WAS 1260 01:16:52,382 --> 01:16:53,784 AN EMPOWERING PROCESS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A 1261 01:16:53,784 --> 01:16:56,853 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FLAG WHAT REPRESENTS US AND WHAT IS 1262 01:16:56,853 --> 01:17:00,357 THE CORE IDENTITY OF OUR CITY. AS PART OF THIS WE WILL BE 1263 01:17:00,357 --> 01:17:05,528 SELECTING A FLAG COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS WILL NOT 1264 01:17:05,528 --> 01:17:08,732 BE A NORMAL CBC IT WILL BE A LIMITED DURATION GROUP THAT 1265 01:17:08,732 --> 01:17:10,667 WILL COME TOGETHER AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE SUBMISSIONS TURNED 1266 01:17:10,667 --> 01:17:14,938 IN ONLINE. THE CITY OF SPOKANE GOT OVER 50. THE CITY OF 1267 01:17:14,938 --> 01:17:19,738 VANCOUVER GOT OVER 45 SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL OVER THE 1268 01:17:21,311 --> 01:17:22,546 WORLD FOR THE FLAGS OF THEIR CITY. WE WILL HAVE A FLAG 1269 01:17:22,546 --> 01:17:26,683 COMMISSION THAT WILL NARROW THIS DOWN TO 10 FINALISTS. WE 1270 01:17:26,683 --> 01:17:28,685 WILL THEN HAVE A PUBLIC VOTE ON TO GET US TO A FINAL THREE. 1271 01:17:28,685 --> 01:17:30,220 THE FINAL THREE WILL COME TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL 1272 01:17:30,220 --> 01:17:35,893 WILL DECIDE THE WINNER. AS I WOULD IMAGINE IF PEOPLE ARE 1273 01:17:35,893 --> 01:17:38,695 VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FLAG WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE COMING HERE 1274 01:17:38,695 --> 01:17:43,133 AGAIN AND ADVOCATE TO EITHER FLAG SHOULD BE THE ONE TO 1275 01:17:43,133 --> 01:17:45,168 REPRESENT THE CITY AND INFLUENCE COUNCIL AS WE MAKE 1276 01:17:45,168 --> 01:17:49,368 OUR FINAL DECISION. THE COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND 1277 01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:53,110 REQUEST SORRY AND TALKING A LOT ABOUT FLAGS, IT'S SO EXCITING. 1278 01:17:53,110 --> 01:17:59,710 IT IS EXCITING. THE $6000 IS FOR THE BIG WINNER. THE FLAG 1279 01:18:03,120 --> 01:18:04,988 THE PERSON WILL GET THE $2000 AND THE TWO OTHER FINALISTS 1280 01:18:04,988 --> 01:18:10,260 WILL GET $1000 EACH. WE WILL REWARD THE FOLKS, WE WILL 1281 01:18:10,260 --> 01:18:16,266 PROVIDE A MONETARY REWARD FOR THE FLAGS TO GET TO THE FINAL 1282 01:18:16,266 --> 01:18:18,134 THREE AND BASIC IDEAS. COUNCIL MEMBER BUSHNELL DON'T YOU HAVE 1283 01:18:18,134 --> 01:18:20,938 A FLAG SITTING AROUND SOMEWHERE? THERE WE GO. WE 1284 01:18:20,938 --> 01:18:22,939 ARE ALREADY TRYING THIS ON THE COUNCIL. HE CANNOT ENTER THAT 1285 01:18:22,939 --> 01:18:29,479 FLAG FOR THE COMPETITION. WELL I GUESS HE CAN ENTER THAT ONE. 1286 01:18:29,479 --> 01:18:36,679 SO THE STANDARDS WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE NORTH AMERICAN DECKS 1287 01:18:37,855 --> 01:18:39,220 GEOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND ADA HAVE SOME VERY BASIC RULES 1288 01:18:39,220 --> 01:18:41,692 ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK MAKES A GOOD FLAG A GOOD FLAG. THEY 1289 01:18:41,692 --> 01:18:47,692 SHOULD BE SIMPLE AND THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT A CHILD 1290 01:18:51,368 --> 01:18:52,903 COULD DRAW IT LIKE THE CANADIAN FLAG MOST KIDS COULD PROBABLY 1291 01:18:52,903 --> 01:18:54,638 DRAW THAT OR IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMERICAN FLAG MOST KIDS CAN 1292 01:18:54,638 --> 01:18:57,908 PROBABLY DRAW A ROUGH ASSEMBLY OF THAT FLAG. IT SHOULD BE 2 1293 01:18:57,908 --> 01:19:04,114 TO 3 BASIC COLORS, WHITE NOT INCLUDED UP TO FOUR IF YOU 1294 01:19:04,114 --> 01:19:07,851 INCLUDE WHITE. NO LETTERING OR SEALS AND DISTINCTIVE TO 1295 01:19:07,851 --> 01:19:09,519 SIMILAR AREAS THAT SHOW CONNECTIONS. IF YOU THINK 1296 01:19:09,519 --> 01:19:11,321 ABOUT CERTAIN FLAGS THEY RIP OFF OF EACH OTHER TO SHOW 1297 01:19:11,321 --> 01:19:14,457 CONNECTIONS TO OTHER THING. IT IS IMPORTANT. I THINK THE 1298 01:19:14,457 --> 01:19:20,457 EXAMPLES THAT WE SAW THE ASSOCIATION MENTION IF YOU LOOK 1299 01:19:20,998 --> 01:19:28,339 AT THE COUNTRY OF LIBERIA WHICH IS IN AFRICA IT WAS HELD BY 1300 01:19:28,339 --> 01:19:29,939 FORMER SLAVES THAT WENT BACK TO AFRICA AND LIBERIA AND SETTLED 1301 01:19:29,939 --> 01:19:31,208 THERE. THE CAPITAL IS MONROVIA. IT IS A FLAG THAT 1302 01:19:31,208 --> 01:19:33,900 LOOKS ROUGHLY LIKE THE UNITED STATES TO RIP OFF THE FACT THAT 1303 01:19:33,900 --> 01:19:34,878 THEY WERE FOLKS THAT LEFT THE UNITED STATES AND WENT BACK TO 1304 01:19:34,878 --> 01:19:40,216 AFRICA. THAT'S ENOUGH FUN FLAGS FOR ME. GET READY FOR 1305 01:19:40,216 --> 01:19:46,816 THE PODCAST, FUN WITH FLAGS AND COUNCIL MEMBER HINES COMING OUT 1306 01:19:47,491 --> 01:19:51,762 SHORTLY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT'S IDEAS 1307 01:19:51,762 --> 01:19:53,163 FOR COSPONSORING THE REQUEST AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL ENGAGE 1308 01:19:53,163 --> 01:19:57,567 IN THIS CONVERSATION AND VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST AND I 1309 01:19:57,567 --> 01:20:03,567 AM OPEN TO ANY REQUESTS OR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY 1310 01:20:08,378 --> 01:20:08,645 MUCH. 1311 01:20:08,645 --> 01:20:10,380 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HINES COUNCIL 1312 01:20:10,380 --> 01:20:10,914 MEMBER RUMBAUGH? 1313 01:20:10,914 --> 01:20:12,515 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 1314 01:20:12,515 --> 01:20:14,251 FORWARD I FEEL LIKE IF COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMIT ONE THEY SHOULD 1315 01:20:14,251 --> 01:20:15,520 NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE $2500. 1316 01:20:15,520 --> 01:20:17,870 >> Council Member Palmer: THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE FLAG 1317 01:20:17,870 --> 01:20:19,990 COMMISSION TO DETERMINE WHAT MOVES FORWARD. 1318 01:20:19,990 --> 01:20:21,658 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: ARE WE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT ONE, 1319 01:20:21,658 --> 01:20:22,126 IS A QUESTION. 1320 01:20:22,126 --> 01:20:24,928 >> Council Member Palmer: I WOULD SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS 1321 01:20:24,928 --> 01:20:27,798 ARE BUT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ATTORNEY TO WONDER IF YOU 1322 01:20:27,798 --> 01:20:31,869 CAN BEAT REMEMBER AYDA FOR THAT OR NOT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO 1323 01:20:31,869 --> 01:20:33,737 NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TIED TO THE CITY TO NOT ANTICIPATE ISN'T 1324 01:20:33,737 --> 01:20:36,137 THAT RIGHT CITY ATTORNEY? 1325 01:20:37,307 --> 01:20:39,760 >> City Attorney: I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ASSUMPTION 1326 01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:39,877 COUNCIL MEMBER. 1327 01:20:39,877 --> 01:20:42,680 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: OKAY, BUMMER. 1328 01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:45,215 >> Mayor Ibsen: OKAY. ANY OTHER FURTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? 1329 01:20:45,215 --> 01:20:47,215 COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT? 1330 01:20:47,284 --> 01:20:51,221 >> Council Member Scott: JUST TO CLARIFY IT WAS IT NOTE TO 1331 01:20:51,221 --> 01:20:54,624 COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMITTING OR GETTING THE MONEY TO? 1332 01:20:54,624 --> 01:20:56,626 >> Mayor Ibsen: I THINK IT'S GETTING THE MONEY. 1333 01:20:56,626 --> 01:20:59,228 >> Council Member Hines: OF HOPEFUL AND I WOULD SAY IF 1334 01:20:59,228 --> 01:21:05,702 COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A DESIGN OR A VISION MAYBE TALK TO 1335 01:21:05,702 --> 01:21:08,710 SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALIZE THAT 1336 01:21:08,710 --> 01:21:09,306 DESIGN WITH WHAT IS GOING ON. OKAY. 1337 01:21:09,306 --> 01:21:14,644 >> Mayor Ibsen: ALL RIGHT. KILLS MEMBER DIAZ? OKAY. ALL 1338 01:21:14,644 --> 01:21:17,247 RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION FOR 2013 1339 01:21:17,247 --> 01:21:23,247 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION 1340 01:21:23,386 --> 01:21:25,122 IS DECLARED ADOPTED THE FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES ITEM 26 1341 01:21:25,122 --> 01:21:26,322 PART, PLEASE READ. 1342 01:21:26,322 --> 01:21:30,590 >> ORD29116 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1.12 OF THE 1343 01:21:30,590 --> 01:21:32,195 MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN, TO IMPLEMENT 1344 01:21:32,195 --> 01:21:35,198 RATES OF PAY AND COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY 1345 01:21:35,198 --> 01:21:38,134 THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 1346 01:21:38,134 --> 01:21:39,336 483, SUPERVISORSb 1347 01:21:39,336 --> 01:21:42,710 AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE UNIT; THE TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY 1348 01:21:42,710 --> 01:21:43,873 AND PIERCE COUNTY EMPLOYEES LOCAL NUMBER 120 OF THE 1349 01:21:43,873 --> 01:21:45,409 WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEES; AND 1350 01:21:45,409 --> 01:21:47,944 THE SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL, AND TRANSPORTATION - TRANSPORTATION 1351 01:21:47,944 --> 01:21:50,344 DIVISION, CONDUCTOR UNIT. 'S. 1352 01:21:50,680 --> 01:21:56,319 >> Mayor Ibsen: THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK. ARE THERE 1353 01:21:56,319 --> 01:21:57,687 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, CLERK 1354 01:21:57,687 --> 01:21:59,422 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 1355 01:21:59,422 --> 01:22:01,425 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I. 1356 01:22:01,425 --> 01:22:03,293 >> Council Member Diaz: AYE. 1357 01:22:03,293 --> 01:22:04,427 >> Council Member Hines: AYE. 1358 01:22:04,427 --> 01:22:06,827 >> Council Member Palmer: AYE. 1359 01:22:09,299 --> 01:22:10,233 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: AYE. 1360 01:22:10,233 --> 01:22:11,368 >> Council Member Sadalge: AYE. 1361 01:22:11,368 --> 01:22:12,168 >> Council Member Scott: AYE. 1362 01:22:12,168 --> 01:22:13,170 >> Council Member Walker: AYE. 1363 01:22:13,170 --> 01:22:14,504 >> Mayor Ibsen: AYE. 1364 01:22:14,504 --> 01:22:18,708 >> Mayor Ibsen: THE ORDINANCE IS DECLARED PASSED. ITEM 27 1365 01:22:18,708 --> 01:22:19,709 CLERK, PLEASE READ. 1366 01:22:19,709 --> 01:22:21,244 >> ORD29117 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY 1367 01:22:21,244 --> 01:22:22,989 FOR, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN, 1368 01:22:22,989 --> 01:22:25,658 CERTAIN PROPERTY ALONG A VACATED ALLEYWAY LOCATED 1369 01:22:25,658 --> 01:22:27,828 BETWEEN PUYALLUP AVENUE AND EAST 25TH 1370 01:22:27,828 --> 01:22:30,330 STREET, ADJACENT TO THE EAST SIDE OF A STREET, FOR THE 1371 01:22:30,330 --> 01:22:32,799 ACQUISITION OF EASEMENT RIGHTS TO REPAIR, REPLACE, MAINTAIN, 1372 01:22:32,799 --> 01:22:35,680 AND CONSTRUCT THE STORMWATER TRUNK MAIN AND ASSOCIATED 1373 01:22:35,680 --> 01:22:37,680 FACILITIES. 1374 01:22:38,805 --> 01:22:42,409 >> Mayor Ibsen: THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK. ARE THERE 1375 01:22:42,409 --> 01:22:45,545 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, CLERK, 1376 01:22:45,545 --> 01:22:47,945 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 1377 01:22:48,782 --> 01:22:49,483 >> Council Member Diaz: AYE. 1378 01:22:49,483 --> 01:22:50,216 >> Council Member Hines: AYE. 1379 01:22:50,216 --> 01:22:51,485 >> Council Member Palmer: AYE. 1380 01:22:51,485 --> 01:22:52,952 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: AYE. 1381 01:22:52,952 --> 01:22:55,352 >> Council Member Sadalge: AYE . 1382 01:22:55,555 --> 01:22:56,289 >> Council Member Scott: AYE. 1383 01:22:56,289 --> 01:22:57,157 >> Council Member Walker: AYE. 1384 01:22:57,157 --> 01:22:59,157 >> Mayor Ibsen: AYE. 1385 01:23:01,995 --> 01:23:02,829 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: AYE. 1386 01:23:02,829 --> 01:23:05,965 >> Mayor Ibsen: THE ORDINANCE IS DECLARED PASSED. ARE THERE 1387 01:23:05,965 --> 01:23:08,135 ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? SEEING NONE CITY MANAGER DO YOU 1388 01:23:08,135 --> 01:23:10,637 HAVE A REPORT THIS EVENING? 1389 01:23:10,637 --> 01:23:12,105 >> City Manager: THERE IS NO REPORT THIS EVENING. 1390 01:23:12,105 --> 01:23:16,977 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS I WOULD LIKE 1391 01:23:16,977 --> 01:23:18,978 TO CALL ON CHAIR WALKER FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNING 1392 01:23:18,978 --> 01:23:20,978 AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. 1393 01:23:26,986 --> 01:23:28,655 >> Council Member Walker: THANK YOU MAYOR WE HAVE MET 1394 01:23:28,655 --> 01:23:30,657 TWICE SINCE OUR LAST REPORT OUT ON JULY 22ND THE COMMITTEE WAS 1395 01:23:30,657 --> 01:23:32,325 BRIEFED ON AN UPDATE FROM TACOMA WATER ON GROUNDWATER 1396 01:23:32,325 --> 01:23:33,926 SUPPLY AND REGULATIONS PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AND 1397 01:23:33,926 --> 01:23:35,929 MEETING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO PFA'S COMMONLY KNOWN 1398 01:23:35,929 --> 01:23:38,464 AS FOREVER CHEMICALS. ON AUGUST 12TH THE COMMITTEE VOTED 1399 01:23:38,464 --> 01:23:40,000 TO RECOMMEND CANDIDATES TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE 1400 01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:45,500 MISSION AND YOU ALL VOTED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT. 1401 01:23:45,500 --> 01:23:47,730 THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED FOUR MEMORANDUMS FROM PUBLIC 1402 01:23:47,730 --> 01:23:51,100 WORKS PROVIDING UPDATES ON WALLOP AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS, THE 1403 01:23:51,100 --> 01:23:53,413 FISHING MORRIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE 1404 01:23:53,413 --> 01:23:57,613 AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT EXPANSION AS WELL AS BACKGROUND 1405 01:23:59,319 --> 01:24:02,550 INFORMATION ON THE SCHUSTER PARKWAY TRAIL PROJECT. I 1406 01:24:02,550 --> 01:24:03,890 RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE ON COUNCIL LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE 1407 01:24:03,890 --> 01:24:05,492 MEMOS IS A TON OF GOOD INFORMATION AND GREAT WORK DONE 1408 01:24:05,492 --> 01:24:10,229 IN PUBLIC WORKS. SINCE OUR LAST REPORT OUT THE COMMITTEE 1409 01:24:10,229 --> 01:24:13,266 HAS RECEIVED ONE POLICY LETTER AND THAT WAS FROM THE 1410 01:24:13,266 --> 01:24:14,768 TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION SUPPORTING THE ELIMINATION OF 1411 01:24:14,768 --> 01:24:19,568 PARKING MINIMUMS. OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE 1412 01:24:21,308 --> 01:24:25,508 AUGUST 26. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL BE 1413 01:24:27,914 --> 01:24:30,350 PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE TREE AND LANDSCAPING CODE AND DRAFT 1414 01:24:30,350 --> 01:24:32,352 AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS OF A 1415 01:24:32,352 --> 01:24:34,540 CARING PROCESS. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STAFF WILL BE BRIEFING 1416 01:24:34,540 --> 01:24:35,988 THE COMMITTEE ON THE URBAN FORESTRY PRIORITY ACTION PLAN 1417 01:24:35,988 --> 01:24:40,788 ENTRY MINUTES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AS BY RESOLUTION 1418 01:24:42,195 --> 01:24:44,640 41682 WHICH WAS OUR RESOLUTION ON URBAN FORESTRY AND MAYOR 1419 01:24:44,640 --> 01:24:45,131 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 1420 01:24:45,131 --> 01:24:49,931 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER KILLS 1421 01:24:51,738 --> 01:24:52,672 MEMBER SADALGE? 1422 01:24:52,672 --> 01:24:54,141 >> Council Member Sadalge: THANK YOU MAYOR I HAD A COUPLE 1423 01:24:54,141 --> 01:24:56,900 OF LAST THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FIRST I WANTED TO THANK 1424 01:24:56,900 --> 01:24:58,780 COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER PORTS COMMISSIONER SMITH AND EASTSIDE 1425 01:24:58,780 --> 01:25:00,880 NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LYNETTE SHI'ITE VP 1426 01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:05,800 TARA SHI'ITE JENNIFER CAMERAS ALL STREET OPERATIONS 1427 01:25:06,420 --> 01:25:09,890 ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR COMING OUT WITH ME LAST 1428 01:25:09,890 --> 01:25:16,496 WEEK TO DO THE UNVEILING OF THE WAYS FINDING SIGN FOR THE EAST 1429 01:25:16,496 --> 01:25:17,631 SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER AND EARLIER TODAY I BELIEVE OUR 1430 01:25:17,631 --> 01:25:23,631 MEDIA TEAM HAS POSTED SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO TALKING ABOUT THAT. 1431 01:25:24,371 --> 01:25:28,641 I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE STAFF FOR GETTING THIS DONE SO 1432 01:25:28,641 --> 01:25:31,311 QUICKLY. BECAUSE I REALLY WAS HOPING SOMETIME THIS YEAR I 1433 01:25:31,311 --> 01:25:32,779 DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS ALSO GOING TO BE IN THE SAME MONTH 1434 01:25:32,779 --> 01:25:37,584 OR RIGHT IN THE NEXT MONTH SO THAT WAS AMAZING. I HAVE 1435 01:25:37,584 --> 01:25:40,187 ALREADY HEARD OR GOTTEN MESSAGES FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS 1436 01:25:40,187 --> 01:25:41,788 THAT JUST THOUGHT IT WAS DELIGHTFUL TO SEE THAT SIGN 1437 01:25:41,788 --> 01:25:45,458 BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAD TROUBLE EVEN FINDING IT OR 1438 01:25:45,458 --> 01:25:52,132 KNOWING IT WAS THERE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. SECOND, I ALSO WANT 1439 01:25:52,132 --> 01:25:59,606 TO MENTION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HAD THE HONOR OF VISITING 1440 01:25:59,606 --> 01:26:01,140 IN MY DISTRICT AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL A PROGRAM CALLED THE 1441 01:26:01,140 --> 01:26:05,278 NEWCOMERS CAMP. IN THAT PROGRAM IT IS BASICALLY A 1442 01:26:05,278 --> 01:26:10,678 SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REFUGEES OR ASYLUM-SEEKERS. 1443 01:26:14,388 --> 01:26:21,361 THIS IS A PROGRAM PUT ON BY IN PART BETWEEN TACOMA PUBLIC 1444 01:26:21,361 --> 01:26:25,498 SCHOOLS AND ASIA-PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTER. I WANT TO 1445 01:26:25,498 --> 01:26:30,570 THANK MAYOR CHRIS CASTRO AND REHOME WHO HELPS RUN THE AS 1446 01:26:30,570 --> 01:26:33,306 WELL AS ALL OF THE STAFF WHO WAS THERE. I DON'T KNOW 1447 01:26:33,306 --> 01:26:39,906 EVERYBODY'S NAME BUT IT WAS AMAZING. I HAD THE DELIGHT OF 1448 01:26:40,246 --> 01:26:41,847 BEING THERE WITH WASHINGTON STATE SEN. JAVIER VALDES WHO 1449 01:26:41,847 --> 01:26:48,154 CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALSO TALK TO THE KIDS ON THE VERY 1450 01:26:48,154 --> 01:26:49,322 LAST DAY. IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO BE IN THAT ROOM 1451 01:26:49,322 --> 01:26:56,522 TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE ALL HAVE AGREED TO SO MANY 1452 01:26:56,729 --> 01:26:58,798 TIMES IN SO MANY RESOLUTIONS AND BEING A WELCOMING CITY THAT 1453 01:26:58,798 --> 01:27:05,398 WELCOMES EVERYONE, WHEREVER YOU ARE BORN OR COME FROM. IT WAS 1454 01:27:08,608 --> 01:27:12,745 ACTUALLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY TENURE AS A COUNCIL 1455 01:27:12,745 --> 01:27:19,419 MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS GIVEN THE WORLD IN 1456 01:27:19,419 --> 01:27:24,819 WHICH WE LIVE NOW. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1457 01:27:25,291 --> 01:27:28,891 >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR? 1458 01:27:29,295 --> 01:27:30,563 >> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: THANK YOU MAYOR I WANTED TO DO 1459 01:27:30,563 --> 01:27:32,365 AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE HAVE A PLAQUE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION 1460 01:27:32,365 --> 01:27:37,237 IMPROVEMENT BOARD AND I WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO THE FOLKS OVER 1461 01:27:37,237 --> 01:27:41,307 AT PUBLIC WORKS A JOB WELL DONE. WE JUST DID A 1462 01:27:41,307 --> 01:27:42,708 RIBBON-CUTTING THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE SHERIDAN AVENUE 1463 01:27:42,708 --> 01:27:46,513 PHASE I PROJECT. THAT TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN STAFF 1464 01:27:46,513 --> 01:27:49,315 AND PARTNERS INCLUDING PARKS AND OTHERS. JUST IN 1465 01:27:49,315 --> 01:27:54,721 RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THAT YOU WILL HAVE DONE VERY WELL 1466 01:27:54,721 --> 01:27:56,623 DONE AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE YEARS AHEAD IN FAMILIES 1467 01:27:56,623 --> 01:27:58,858 BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THE NEW STREET AND GETTING TO THE PARK 1468 01:27:58,858 --> 01:28:03,463 SAFELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU 1469 01:28:03,463 --> 01:28:04,630 GUYS HAD THIS. 1470 01:28:04,630 --> 01:28:05,799 >> Mayor Ibsen: WONDERFUL COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH? 1471 01:28:05,799 --> 01:28:08,835 >> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU MAYOR I WANTED TO 1472 01:28:08,835 --> 01:28:10,603 THANK THE STAFF IN THE ROOM. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE 1473 01:28:10,603 --> 01:28:16,142 WORK IN OLD TOWN THAT FINALLY THANK GOD GOT FIXED. EVERY 1474 01:28:16,142 --> 01:28:21,881 TIME I WAS AT THIS BAR AND HEARD IT GO OFF WITH MY FRIENDS 1475 01:28:21,881 --> 01:28:23,820 EVERY THREE OR 4 MINUTES APOLOGIZING TO THEM AND I KNOW 1476 01:28:23,820 --> 01:28:26,486 IT'S NOT MY FAULT BUT I FELT SO RESPONSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY 1477 01:28:26,486 --> 01:28:31,958 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE WORK FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND 1478 01:28:31,958 --> 01:28:34,102 JENNIFER CAMERAS ALL AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON IT. 1479 01:28:34,102 --> 01:28:37,905 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US. I HEAR THAT THEY 1480 01:28:37,905 --> 01:28:40,241 MIGHT HAVE A LOBBYIST THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO MORE WORK 1481 01:28:40,241 --> 01:28:44,646 WITH NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU 1482 01:28:44,646 --> 01:28:49,446 COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH. A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. A REMINDER 1483 01:28:50,510 --> 01:28:51,386 SEPTEMBER 4TH AND SEPTEMBER 8TH STUDY SESSIONS AND 1484 01:28:51,386 --> 01:28:56,186 BIDDIESBUSINESS MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HER COUNSEL. WE ARE 1485 01:28:58,193 --> 01:28:59,994 RELOCATING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1486 01:28:59,994 --> 01:29:06,594 30TH AS THE FIRST OF OUR IN DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING IT 1487 01:29:06,668 --> 01:29:08,603 WILL BE HELD AT THE STAR CENTER IN SOUTH TACOMA. DOORS WILL 1488 01:29:08,603 --> 01:29:10,405 OPEN ON THE SEPTEMBER 30TH MEETING AT 5:30 IN THE MEETING 1489 01:29:10,405 --> 01:29:12,206 WILL START AT 6:00. THERE WILL BE FOOD, MUSIC AND CHILDCARE 1490 01:29:12,206 --> 01:29:17,606 PROVIDED. THE MEETING INCLUDED A BRIEF AGENDA AND COMMUNITY 1491 01:29:19,614 --> 01:29:21,282 FORUM AND CITY STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND 1492 01:29:21,282 --> 01:29:23,840 DEAL WITH SERVICE REQUESTS. THE STUDY SESSION ON TUESDAY 1493 01:29:23,840 --> 01:29:27,689 OCTOBER 29TH IS NOT BEING RESCHEDULED. THE STUDY SESSION 1494 01:29:27,689 --> 01:29:29,290 WILL STILL TAKE PL., TUESDAY AT NOON ON THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1495 01:29:29,290 --> 01:29:31,920 AND WITH THAT WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER 1496 01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:32,627 SCOTT. 1497 01:29:32,627 --> 01:29:33,628 >> Council Member Scott: NOT A QUESTION. 1498 01:29:33,628 --> 01:29:36,280 >> Mayor Ibsen: A COMMENT? 1499 01:29:37,232 --> 01:29:39,000 >> Council Member Scott: I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT 1500 01:29:39,000 --> 01:29:40,635 THE HILLTOP STREET FAIR IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY AT 1501 01:29:40,635 --> 01:29:41,102 PEOPLE'S PARK. 1502 01:29:41,102 --> 01:29:44,639 >> Mayor Ibsen: VERY GOOD KILLS MEMBER DIAZ? 1503 01:29:44,639 --> 01:29:49,844 >> Council Member Diaz: I DO QUESTION WHY IS THE MEETING 1504 01:29:49,844 --> 01:29:51,450 MOVING FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY? 1505 01:29:51,450 --> 01:29:52,981 >> Mayor Ibsen: THAT WAS THE AVAILABILITY FOR THE STAR 1506 01:29:52,981 --> 01:29:57,384 CENTER FOR THAT DATE DISTRICT 5. OKAY ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 1507 01:29:57,384 --> 01:29:58,987 SEEING NONE IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? 1508 01:29:58,987 --> 01:30:02,457 >> Council Member Hines: I MOVE TO ADJOURN. 1509 01:30:02,457 --> 01:30:03,858 >> Council Member: SECOND. 1510 01:30:03,858 --> 01:30:04,993 >> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 1511 01:30:04,993 --> 01:30:10,393 SAY AYE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. [RAPS THE GAVEL]