[RAPS THE GAVEL]
>> Mayor Ibsen: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 25, 2026. CLERK, THESE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: PRESENT.
>> Council Member Diaz: HE HERE BE EIGHT HERE.
>> Council Member Palmer: HERE.
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: HERE.
>> Council Member Sadalge: HERE.
>> Council Member Scott: HERE.
>> Council Member Walker: HERE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: HERE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: PLEASE JOIN ME IN LISTENING TO THE LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND FLAG SALUTE LED BY DEPUTY BUSHELL FOLLOWED
BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: [RAPS THE GAVEL]
>> Mayor Ibsen: ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA
THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT
AGENDA INCLUDING RESOLUTION 41999 THROUGH 42003.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY SEEING NONE
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS
DECLARED ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE ONE
CEREMONIAL TONIGHT FOR CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION DAY I
WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THOMAS FOUNTAIN PRES. AND REBECCA
FOUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS CONCRETE
TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION TO THE PODIUM AS I READ THE
PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING BY
TACOMA NATIVES ARTHUR AND THOMAS ANDERSON, WHO PIONEERED
THE PRETESTED CONCRETE INDUSTRY IN AMERICA AND WHEREAS THEIR
INNOVATIONS IN ADVANCE CONCRETE DESIGN, AND PRETESTING,
PRETESTING AND POST TENSIONING AND IN COST-SAVING CONSTRUCTION
TECHNIQUES HAVE EARNED THEM GLOBAL RESPECT AND RECOGNITION
AND WHEREAS THEY HAVE MANUFACTURED PROJECTS FOR MANY
OF TACOMA'S AND THE PUGET SOUND REGION'S LANDMARK AND
INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING JANIE STADIUM, TACOMA DOME, PEERS AND
TERMINALS IN THE PORT OF TACOMA BUILDINGS AND PARKING GARAGES
ALL AROUND THE CITY AND MUCH OF THE REGION'S HIGHWAYS AND
INTERSECTIONS AND WHEREAS CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
PRIORITIZES ITS ROLE AS A RESPECTED CORPORATION CITIZEN
OF TACOMA SUPPORTING AND PARTNERING WITH MANY LOCAL
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENCOURAGING ITS EMPLOYEES TO DO
THE SAME AND WHEREAS THEY REMAIN A LOCAL FAMILY OWNED AND
OPERATED CORNERSTONE OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY PROVIDING
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUNDREDS AND
INVESTING IN EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING AND WHEREAS CONCRETE
TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION CONTINUES TO CARRY ON THE
VISION OF ITS FOUNDERS TO THE LEAD THE INDUSTRY BY CONSULATE
PUSHING THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION,
INCLUDING RECENT PRODUCTION OF THE LONGEST MOST COST-EFFECTIVE
BRIDGE SPANS IN NORTH AMERICA WHICH STANDS THE PUYALLUP RIVER
BRIDGE ALONG INTERSTATE 5. NOW, THEREFORE, I ANDERS IBSEN MAYOR
OF THE CITY OF TACOMA ON HALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH 2026 AS CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY
CORPORATION DAY IN THE CITY OF TACOMA AND WE EXTEND OUR
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AT CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
FOR 75 YEARS OF INNOVATION AND EQUALITY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE
INDUSTRY, AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS
TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, ECONOMY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> Speaker: MAYOR IBSEN KEY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE
HAPPY TO BE AN EXCITED TO BE A PART OF TACOMA. AND REMAIN A
PART OF TACOMA LONG INTO THE FUTURE. AND, CURRENT
GENERATIONS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE HERE WITH US AS
A FAMILY IN THE BUSINESS LOOKING AT THE THIRD AND FOURTH
GENERATION. WE ARE EXCITED TO PROLONG THAT IN THE FUTURE AND
BE A VALUABLE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE REALLY
INTERESTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS JOBS FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO PARTNER WITH
OUR COMMUNITY TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY INTO STRONG AND
MEANINGFUL AREAS THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BUILD A GREAT
COMMUNITY AROUND US. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS?
DELTA MEMBER SADALGE FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEINZ.
>> Council Member Sadalge: IT WAS GREAT TO MEET YOU. I'M
SURE THAT THEY WILL CHIME IN ON THE TOUR. I LEARNED SOME
IMPRESSIVE FACTS ABOUT CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION. I
WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALLOW A CHANCE FOR YOU GUYS TO
TOOT YOUR OWN HORN ON SOME OF THE STUFF YOU HAVE DONE. A FEW
OF YOUR MEMBERS? YOU HAVE THE LONGEST SINGLE CONCRETE SPAN,
CORRECT?
>> Speaker: YEAH. WE ARE BUILDING RECORD SETTING GIRDERS
WE WILL SAY FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. GOING OVER ALL OF
INTERSTATE 5 AS YOU SEE OUTSIDE OF TACOMA WAS A PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE FEAT. THE FIRST COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES TO
PROMOTE PRE-STRESSING, FLOATING CONCRETE STRUCTURES WHICH ARE
SUPER UNIQUE TO THE NORTHWEST. SO WE REALLY ARE STILL 75 YEARS
LATER LEADING INNOVATION AT A NATIONAL LEVEL WITH WHAT WE DO
RIGHT HERE IN TACOMA.
>> Council Member Sadalge: NOT ONLY HERE IN TACOMA WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AND PROJECTS OVER THERE THE I-5 BRIDGE OVER THE WATER,
ALL ACROSS YOU KNOW THE NATION AND I BELIEVE INTERNATIONALLY
AS WELL. THE LARGE PROJECT UP IN ALASKA. WHAT REALLY DID
WARM MY HEART WAS THE STORY OF HOW BACK WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS
WILLING TO DO IT, CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY BUILT PRODUCTS FOR
THE MONORAIL DOWN IN FLORIDA. AT DISNEY WORLD. CORRECT? I
HAVE BEEN ON THAT SO IT WAS REALLY COOL.
[LAUGHTER] IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THAT WE
HAVE A HOME GROWN COMPANY RIGHT HERE AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL
STILL PART OF IT AND PROVIDE REAL UNION DROPS IN OUR
INDUSTRY IN THE SPORT AND GIVE BACK NOT JUST ECONOMICALLY BUT
IN WHO YOU ARE SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I'M REALLY
HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU GET THIS PROCLAMATION.
>> Speaker: THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: COUNCIL MEMBER HEINZ?
>> Council Member Hines: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND LIKE COUNCIL
MEMBER SADALGE I WAS HAPPY TO GO ON THE TOUR. TAKE YOU ALL
FOR BEING HERE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS GROWING UP AS A KID
BEING KIND OF A NERD I WATCHED A LOT OF MODERN MARVELS A SHOW
ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL. IT WAS GREAT TO COME IN AND SEE THE
LOCAL MODERN MARVELS WE HAVE. I CAUGHT MYSELF DRIVING DOWN
I-5 MULTIPLE TIMES NOW AND I SAID NO, THOSE ARE PROBABLY
FROM CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY. ALL THOSE HUGE STANDS YOU SEE DOWN
THE CORRIDOR. AND IT REMINDS ME HOPEFULLY AS PEOPLE THINK
ABOUT THESE MODERN MARVELS AND YOU ALL IN THE WORK YOU'RE
DOING BUT ALSO THE CITY OF TACOMA AS YOU ARE A COMPANY
THAT IS DEEPLY TIED TO US AND WE HOPE TO BE TIED TO YOU FOR
THE YEARS AHEAD. I THINK MOSTLY BECAUSE LIKE COUNCIL
MEMBER SADALGE SAID THE GREAT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU
PRIDE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE FACT THAT YOU
ARE EXPORTING VALUE NOT ONLY REGIONALLY BUT ACROSS THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE IS ALL SORTS OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO
ACROSS THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO SEE YOUR WORK BUT THEN ALSO
THINKING ABOUT BEING A GREAT CORPORATE PARTNER IN WORKING
WITH US IN THE CITY AND HOW WE THRIVE TOGETHER. SO, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THIS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
ANNIVERSARY AND HOPEFULLY MORE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL TAKE YOU
ALL UP ON THE TOUR. IT IS A GREAT ONE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU AND I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU DO AS WELL AS A VERY WELCOMING TO HER THAT YOU WERE
SO KIND TO OFFER. IT WAS WONDERFUL LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THE INFRA-STRUCTURE THAT WE TAKE
FOR GRANTED BUT ALSO A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP THAT I
SAW, TOO, IT WAS NICE TO SEE YOUR OPERATIONS. IT WAS NICE
TO BREAK BREAD AND HOTDOGS WITH YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
AND A PROCLAMATION WELL EARNED. WITH THAT PLEASE STEP FORWARD
TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND LET'S GIVE THESE FOLKS A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE]
S WONDERFUL LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THE
INFRA-STRUCTURE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED BUT ALSO A GOOD
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP THAT I SAW, TOO, IT WAS NICE TO SEE
YOUR OPERATIONS. IT WAS NICE TO BREAK BREAD AND HOTDOGS WITH
YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND A PROCLAMATION WELL EARNED.
WITH THAT PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND
LET'S GIVE THESE FOLKS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, CLERK, PLEASE
READ.
>> THIS IS THE TIME SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MOTIONS,
RESOLUTIONS, AND FIRST AND FINAL
READING OF ORDINANCES. SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO IDENTIFY THE
SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THEY WISH TO ADDRESS.
15. A.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT THIS IS
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
IF YOU ARE SPEAKING TO SOMETHING PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUR
TOPIC, ADDRESS FULL COUNCIL NOT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL OR STAFF . IF YOU ARE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY PLEASE MAKE
SURE TO RAISE YOUR HAND OR á9. WITH THAT WE HAVE ONE PERSON
WHO IS SIGNED AND TO SPEAK. HERE TONIGHT IS BURRELL
BATTERSBY.
>> Public Speaker: THANK YOU MAYOR IBSEN AND THE COUNCIL. I
AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT RESOLUTION 42013. MY NAME IS
BURRELL BATTERSBY AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE SOUTH END OF
TACOMA FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE FLAG OF TACOMA. FEW WOULD ARGUE THAT
OUR CURRENT FLAG IS SOMETHING WE CAN REALLY RALLY BEHIND OR
FEEL PROUD OF. THE POINT THAT IS CRITICAL TO THIS DISCUSSION
TONIGHT IS NOT THAT THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WILL START
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE RESOLUTION. THIS
CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE YEARS. IT WAS A
GRASSROOTS EFFORT THAT LACKED THE CATALYST TO BRING IT TO THE
FRONT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS. COUNCIL MEMBER HINES RESOLUTION
HAS DONE THAT. AND YOU. WHEN CHANDLER PASSED AWAY APRIL 2ND,
2023 SHE WAS ONLY 41 YEARS OLD. HER FAMILY, HER ART HER BOOKS
AND FLAG THESE ARE ALL HER LEGACY. CHANDLER IN HER OWN
CREED OF WAY LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON TACOMA THAT IS STILL A
PART OF THE CITY'S SOUL. THE GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO ADOPT
CHANDLER'S FLAG BEGAN IN AUGUST OF THAT SAME YEAR, 2023.
CHANDLER HAD DESIGNED TO ENHANCE OWED A PROTOTYPE BETSY
ROSS STYLE. IN 2012 FOR AN EXHIBIT THAT ASKED LOCAL
ARTISTS TO PROPOSE A NEW FLAG FOR THE CITY OF TACOMA.
FOLLOWING THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THIS
AGENDA ITEM, CHANDLER WROTE IN HER OWN WORDS, I WANTED TO TELL
THE STORY OF OUR CITY AND ITS PLACE IN THE NORTHWEST BUT TO
DO SO AS MINIMALLY AS POSSIBLE. THE WHITE TRIANGLE REPRESENTS
MOUNT RAINIER.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU FOR A TIME IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS YOU ARE WELCOME TO EMAIL THEM TO THE COUNCIL, TOO.
THAT IS A NICE FLAT, TOO. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER
LOGGED IN VIRTUALLY, LYT. CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHICH AGENDA ITEM
YOU'RE SPEAKING TO?
>> Public Speaker: HELLO I AM SPEAKING TO RESOLUTION 420 01
FOR THE 12 YEAR TAX EXEMPTION. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE
COUNCIL RESTRUCTURE THE WAY THEY AGENDA IS HANDLED TO
ENSURE THE PUBLIC COMMENT GOES PRIOR TO CONSENT AGENDA IS.
BECAUSE MAYOR IBSEN DID PROVIDE A VOTE OF AYE ON FOR 2001 WHICH
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
FINANCIALLY FOR A POTENTIAL TO FEW TRULY INVOLVED IN THE SALE
OF A RESIDENTIAL UNIT FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND BECAUSE OF
THAT I AM REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REASSESS MAYOR IBSEN'S
ABILITY TO VOTE ON ANY MATTER THAT INVOLVES TAX EXEMPTIONS
FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANYTHING
RESIDENTIAL AND THE SALES OF ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES A REAL
ESTATE AGENT. BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR PERSONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS MAYOR IBSEN HIMSELF
HAS ABSTAINED FROM VOTES IN THE PAST REGARDING MATTERS OF THOSE
TOPICS. AND WHEREAS I HAVE WITNESSED MAYOR IBSEN MALLS AYE
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN ABSTINENCE OF THE VOTE.
BECAUSE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE ON A PLOT OF LAND
THAT HAS ELEVATED LEVELS OF ARSENIC, LEAD AND CADMIUM, THE
DESTRUCTION OF THAT SOIL IS A HEALTH RISK TO EVERYONE IN THAT
COMMUNITY. >> Mayor I: THANK YOU
FOR SPEAKING. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS YOU ARE
WELCOME TO EMAIL THE COUNCIL, TOO. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE
MORE SPEAKER ONLINE. TOM LLEWELLYN. CAN YOU IDENTIFY
WHICH TOPIC YOU ARE SPEAKING TO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? ARE YOU
THERE?
>> Public Speaker: OH, SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> Mayor Ibsen: GO FOR IT.
>> Public Speaker: I AM SPEAKING TO THE RESOLUTION
ABOUT ADOPTING A NEW FLAG DESIGN AND I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO CONSIDER CHANDLER O'LEARY A FRIEND AND WHAT AN
HONOR IT WAS TO HAVE HER PART OF OUR ARTISTIC COMMUNITY OR
SHE WAS A CORE MEMBER AND VERY DEDICATED TO CREATING ART AND
THE IMPACT OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY ON THE CITY OF
TACOMA. CHANDLER, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW WAS A GRADUATE
OF THE PRESTIGIOUS ART SCHOOL RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
AND MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE TACOMA HER HOME AND HER FLAG
DESIGN AS WAS STATED AS IT IS VERY INTENTIONAL AND REFLECTS
THE HISTORY OF TACOMA WITH THE DETERMINISTS OF THE RAILROADS
AS TACOMA'S LOCATION AT THE BASE OF MOUNT RAINIER. AND THE
VERY IMPORTANT DESIGN AESTHETICS THAT ALLOWED THE
FLAG TO BE RECOGNIZABLE FROM A LONG DISTANCE BY PEOPLE OF ANY
ETHNICITY OR LEVEL OF LITERACY AND IT JUST SHOWS A LOVE TO THE
COMMUNITY. IT ALSO REFLECTS THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES
GOOD CREATED CREATIVITY AND GOOD EXECUTION. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. LAURA
DUNNINGTON?
>> Public Speaker: HI. I AM LAURA DUNNINGTON AND I LIVE IN
NORTH TACOMA. I HAVE LIVED HERE WITH MY FAMILY FOR THE
LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS. I AM SPEAKING ON RESOLUTION 'S FOR
2013. IT'S THE FLAG. MY FAMILY LOVES TACOMA'S ARTS
COMMUNITY AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF UPDATING THE CITY
FLAG AND WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT CHANDLER O'LEARY'S
FLAG BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE COMPETITION. CHANDLER WAS
JUST A CORE PART OF THE TACOMA ART SCENE AND I THINK ADOPTING
HER FLAG DESIGN WOULD HONOR HER MEMORY AND ALL THAT SHE HAS
GIVEN TO THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ALYSSA ELLIOTT?
>> Public Speaker: I AM HERE. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> Mayor Ibsen: YES.
>> Public Speaker: MY NAME IS MELISSA ELLIOTT AND I TO HIM
SIGNING IN, IN SUPPORT OF CHANDLER O'LEARY DOES FLAG
DESIGN AS EITHER BEING A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CONTEST OR
ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVING THE MERIT OF BEING THE FLAG OF
TACOMA MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THE WORD SHE DID TO
SUBSTANTIATE THE DESIGN AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE DESIGN ARE NOT
ONLY INCLUSIVE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES BUT HUMAN RESOURCES
IN THIS REGION THEY ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO THE
DESIGN THAT SHE CREATED AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE IMPACT SHE
HAS HAD ON THE TACOMA ARTS COMMUNITY AS KYLE MENTIONED IS
INDELIBLE AND TO FOREVER CHANGE THE FACE OF THE CITY AND
DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH. I HAVE LIVED IN TACOMA
SINCE 1997 AND I AM VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT FOR 2013 WITH
CHANDLER'S FLAG BEING THE FLAG OF THE CITY OF TACOMA.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. SEEING AS THOUGH THERE ARE NO
FURTHER SPEAKERS LOGGED IN WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA MOVING ONTO THE
REGULAR AGENDA WE HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US FOR CONSIDERATION.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: A. MOTION MAY BE CONSIDERED TO
AUTHORIZE THE CITYb FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ALL
CLAIMS AND APPEALS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF CLAIMANTb
COMPENSATION CLAIM NO. SY72558 FILED ON OR
ABOUT FEBRUARY 4, 2024, WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES AND THE SURVIVOR
BENEFITb OF THE CLAIMANTb
WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON OR ABOUT JULY 16, 2025, UPON
PAYMENT BY THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,0000 CONTINGENT
UPON DISMISSAL OF THE APPEALS OF THE DENIALS OF THE
WORKERb SURVIVORb
AND EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN A FORM APPROVED BY
THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? THIS IS A MAYOR
COMMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS AN EXTRA ZERO ON THE 500,000
WHICH WOULD INDICATE 5 MILLION. I AM GOING TO ASSUME THAT THE
EXTRA ZERO IS A TYPO, CORRECT?
>> City Attorney: YES, CORRECT MAYOR.
>> Mayor Ibsen: WITH THAT NOTED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ADOPTING THE MOTION WE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO.
THE MOTION PASSES MOVING ON TO APPOINTMENTS ITEM 16 THIS WILL
ALSO COVER ITEM 18 CLERK, PLEASE READ.
>> RES42004 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE
CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42004.
>> Council Member: SECOND B1 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCIL
MEMBER WALKER.
>> Council Member Walker: AT THE AUGUST 12TH COMMITTEE
MEETING THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS FOR THE CLIMATE
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND TRANSFER PATIENT COMMISSION AND
RECOMMENDED THE APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING
INDIVIDUALS. SARAH McCARTY TO THE CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY
COMMISSION AND TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION LUKE
CASSIDY, MARIA BUCHANAN, HERSCHEL WILSON, ANSLEY ZURA
AND MATTHEW STEVENS.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM OR ITEM 18? OKAY SEEING NONE ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42004 WE SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION IS DECLARED
ADOPTED ITEM NUMBER 17 CLERK, PLEASE READ.
>> RES42005 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING
INDIVIDUALS TO THE TACOMA CREATES
ADVISORY BOARD.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42005.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
ON COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ.
>> Council Member Diaz: THANK YOU AT THE AUGUST 26 MEETING
THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND RECOMMEND AT THE
APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO
THE TACOMA CREATES ADVISORY BOARD DANIEL DIETRICH, GLENN
ADAMS, HOLLY IS SUNNI, THE LEADER GAINS AND MANDY THE
LIST'.
>> Mayor Ibsen: OKAY ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 42005 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. RESOLUTION IS ACQUIRED ADOPTED
ITEM 18 CLERK, PLEASE READ.
>> RES42006 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING
INDIVIDUALS TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42006.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED THIS ITEM WAS
PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE MEETING ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42006 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLUTIONOPPOSED SAY NO. WE INVITED THOSE MEMBERS BEING
APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED TONIGHT VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING IN YOUR SERVICE TO
THE CITY ON THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION,
TACOMA CREATES ADVISORY BOARD AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. PLEASE
JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] THANKS FOR STEPPING UP. MOVING
ON TO PURCHASE RESOLUTIONS ITEM 19 CLERK, PLEASE READ.
>> RES42007 A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT TO KENTb
OIL SERVICE DBA ALBINA ASPHALT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $731,084,
BUDGETED FROM THE STREET AND STREETS INITIATIVE FUNDS, FOR
HOT APPLIED POLYMER MODIFIED LIQUID
ASPHALT, FOR AN INITIAL CONTRACT TERM OF ONE YEAR, WITH
THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS,
FOR A PROJECTED CONTRACT TOTAL OF $4,386,504, PLUS APPLICABLE
TAXES - WASHINGTON STATE.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: AMATEUR ADOPT RESOLUTION 42007.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
RESOLUTION 42007 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO.
THE RESOLUTION IS A DULY ADOPTED. ITEM NUMBER 20 CLERK,
PLEASE READ.
>> RES42008 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE TO AND
EXTENDING THE CONTRACT WITH KIDDER MATHEWS INC, IN THE
AMOUNT OF $1,800,000.00, BUDGETED FROM THE WASTEWATER
FUND, FOR CONTINUED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF THE
CENTER FOR URBAN WATERS BUILDINGS, THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
2027, FOR A PROJECTED CONTRACT TOTAL OF
$8,405,517.02, PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42008.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42008 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED SAY NO. RESOLUTION IS ACQUIRED ADOPTED. ITEM 21.
THIS WILL HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. CLERK, PLEASE
READ.
>> RES42009 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE
PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION NO. 1, SUBMITTED BY PIERCE TRANSIT, AT
THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026, GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH READS AS
FOLLOWS: PIERCE COUNTY PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA PROPOSITION NO. 1
MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING LOCAL TRANSIT SERVICE SALES AND USE
TAX INCREASE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE PIERCE
COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
PIERCE TRANSIT, ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2026-006
CONCERNING A SALES AND USE TAX FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES. THIS PROPOSITION WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL SALES AND USE TAX OF
THREE-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT, OR THREE PENNIES FOR EVERY $10
SPENT, TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE TRANSIT SERVICE,
INCLUDING ADDING BUS ROUTES AND SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE;
EXPANDING DAYTIME, EVENING, AND WEEKEND
SERVICE; REDUCING WAIT TIMES BETWEEN BUSES; IMPROVING
ACCESS TO LIGHT RAIL, HEALTHCARE, SCHOOLS, AND JOBS;
EXPANDING SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES; AND PROVIDING FARE-FREE BUS SERVICE TO
SENIORS AND YOUTH, EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2027.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell:
>> Mayor Ibsen: SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED OR REJECTED?
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42009.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
ON MIKE GRIFFIS AND KURT CORE WELL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
MANAGER.
>> Speaker: GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. MY
NAME IS MIKE GRIFFIS THE CEO OF PIERCE TRANSIT. IN JULY OUR
BOARD UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SEND A BALLOT MEASURE PACKAGE TO
VOTERS ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION. IF APPROVED BY
VOTERS PIERCE TRANSIT WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE, MORE
PLACES, MORE OFTEN FOR 3/10 OF 1% SALES TAX CHANGE. THIS WAS
BUILT ON YEARS AND YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT, DATA AND PLANNING.
IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT REGIONAL PLANS, MUNICIPAL GOALS AND
COMMUNITY INPUT TO ENSURE WE ARE PUTTING TRANSIT WHERE IT
CAN HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THE
PACKAGE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE VOTERS WHO WILL DECIDE THE
FUTURE OF LOCAL TRANSIT ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD JOURNAL ELECTION
BALLOT. PIERCE TRANSIT IS CURRENTLY FUNDED AT HALF THE
RATE OF OUR PIER AGENCIES IN SL HOMELESS, THURSTON AND KITSAP
COUNTY. THIS IS A DISPARITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND MOBILITY FOR
PIERCE COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE ARE FUNDED 80 PERCENT THROUGH
SALES TAX. THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS SENT SALES TAX
AS THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR LOCAL TRANSIT IN WASHINGTON.
OUR SALES TAX RATE HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 2002 NEARLY A
FOURTH CENTURY. WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY DESPITE FUNDING CONSTRAINTS.
THIS HAS TAKEN DELIBERATE EFFORT AND DISCIPLINED APPROACH
TO MANAGING COSTS, STREAMLINING OPERATIONS AND IMPROVING
EFFICIENCIES. IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE COMPLETED 133
PROJECTS, FOCUSED ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS. THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK SHOW BASED ON THE
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE, WE
ARE THE MOST EFFICIENT LOCAL TRANSIT AGENCY AND OPERATING
COST PER PASSENGER MILE IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION. OUR
COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND IT NEEDS ARE CHANGING. WE ARE
HITTING THE LIMIT OF HOW MUCH MORE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED DOING
MORE WITH LESS. LARGELY DUE TO INFLATION THE EXPENSES ARE
EXPECTED TO EXCEED REVENUE AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR. WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL FUNDING, PIERCE TRANSIT WILL CONTINUE RUNNING
THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BUT
TRANSIT TRANSIT SERVICE WOULD NEED TO BE REDUCED TO MATCH THE
FUNDING AVAILABLE. SERVICE REDUCTIONS COULD BEGIN AS EARLY
AS 2031. OUR COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR TRANSIT SERVICE MORE
PEOPLE MORE PLACES MORE OFTEN. IN A TRANSIT'S IS THEM THAT
CONNECTS WORK, SCHOOL AND ESSENTIAL PLACES LIKE
HEALTHCARE AND GROCERY SHOPPING. 89% OF WRITERS TAKE
TRIPS THAT BENEFIT THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND STUDIES SHOW THAT
ONE DOLLAR INVESTED IN TRANSIT GENERATES 5 DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC
RETURN. TODAY, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE ISSUES. PIERCE COUNTY
IS GROWING AND GROWING RAPIDLY. OUR LOCAL ECONOMY DEPENDS ON
HOW WELL PEOPLE CAN ACCESS JOBS AND HOW RELIABLY EMPLOYERS CAN
ACCESS A WORKFORCE. LOOKING AHEAD PIERCE COUNTY IS EXPECTED
TO ADD A FOURTH OF A MILLION NEW RESIDENT AND 117,000 NEW
JOBS BY 2024. AS THE REGION EVOLVED TRANSPORTATION WILL
CONTINUE TO SHAPE HOW EFFICIENTLY PEOPLE CAN CONNECT
TO OPPORTUNITY. WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TRANSIT MOST OF THAT
GROWTH WILL RELY ON CARS. ADDING CONGESTION TO ALREADY
BUSY ROADS AND MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS JOBS,
SCHOOLS, SAFE PLACES FOR YOUTH, MEDICAL APPOINTMENT AND OTHER
ESSENTIAL SERVICES. ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK CONGESTION. EVEN
IF YOU DON'T USE TRANSIT, SOMEONE YOU RELY ON USES
TRANSIT. WHETHER THAT IS YOUR BARBARA, YOUR NURSE, YOUR
MECHANIC OR YOUR KIDS TEACHER, TRANSIT GETS THEM THERE. THIS
IS WHY YOU OFTEN HEAR US SAY EVEN IF YOU DON'T TAKE PUBLIC
TRANSIT YOU BENEFIT FROM IT. YOU BENEFIT FROM LESS CARS ON
THE ROAD AND MORE PEOPLE KEEPING OUR ECONOMY MOVING. WE
HAVE A PLAN TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE IN MORE PLACES MORE
OFTEN. A PLAN THAT WILL IMPROVE TRANSIT FOR THE 21,000
DAILY TRIPS OUR WRITERS TAKE AND A PLAN TO HELP MAKE TRANSIT
POSSIBLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT REALLY
ACCOMMODATE. A PLAN FOR A 47% INCREASE IN SERVICE THAT SPANS
ACROSS THE 13,000 CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS THAT WE
SERVE. PLEASE NOTE THIS DOES NOT EXPAND TRANSIT INTO NEW
MUNICIPALITIES OR UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE
COUNTY THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY SERVE. THAT IS A SEPARATE
PROCESS DETERMINED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND VOTERS IN THAT
AREA AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PAY FOR AND RECEIVE TRANSIT
SERVICE. WE ALSO PROVIDE MICRO RUNNER TRANSIT SERVICE AND
OPERATE THE 12TH LARGEST RIDESHARE PROGRAM IN THE
NATION. BUT TODAY I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON BUS AND PARATRANSIT
SERVICE AS THAT IS WHERE THE NEW FUNDING WOULD BE DIRECTED.
I AM NOW GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO TINA LEE, OUR INTERIM CHIEF
PLANNING OFFICER TO SHARE THE PLAN WITH YOU.
>> Speaker: THANK YOU MIKE. IF APPROVED BY VOTERS IT WILL
COST AN ADDITIONAL THREE PENNIES FOR EVERY $10 SPENT ON
FOLLOWING PURCHASES AND PIERCE COUNTY TRANSIT AREA FOR EXAMPLE
A $20 SWEATER WOULD COST SIX ADDITIONAL PENNIES. A PAIR OF
$80 HEADPHONES WOULD COST AN EXTRA $0.24. THIS WOULD FUND
47% INCREASE IN TRANSIT SERVICE. IF APPROVED BY VOTERS
WE WOULD ADD FOR NEW ROUTES. THE PORT OF TACOMA ROUTE WOULD
SERVE THE NEW MARITIME 253 HIGH SCHOOL AND TO HEALTH WORKERS
WOULD GET TO JOBS AT THE PORT. IT WOULD ALSO IMPROVE ACCESS TO
SWAN PARK HOME OF THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PIPELINE
TRAIL. THE CENTRAL TACOMA ROUTE WILL CONNECT LAKEWOOD,
TRIBAL ALONG TYLER TO CHENEY STADIUM AND ELEANOR HOSPITAL
AND CONTINUE TO THE MEDICAL MILE AND DOWNTOWN TACOMA
IMPROVING ACCESS TO JOBS, HEALTHCARE AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
IN THE NORTHEAST TACOMA ROUTE WILL CONNECT RIDERS TO THE NEW
LIGHT RAIL STATION ON FEDERAL WAY AND FIFE. WE WILL ADD A
WEEKDAY ROUTE SERVING PUYALLUP AS PUYALLUP CONTINUES TO GROW
AND THIS WILL SERVE NEW HOUSING AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE AGING
IN PLACE. IT WILL ALSO ADJUST ROUTE 11 WHICH OPERATES FROM
DOWNTOWN TACOMA TO THE POINT DEFIANCE FERRY TERMINAL WHICH
WILL PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT IMPROVING
ACCESS TO RECREATION AND CONNECTING EMPLOYEES TO JOBS
AND CONNECTING SHOPPERS TO BUSINESSES. IF APPROVED BY
VOTERS WE WILL ADD SEASONAL WATERFRONT TROLLEY AND SPECIAL
EVENT SERVICES. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO
PROVIDE WATERFRONT TROLLEY SERVICE TO GIG HARBOR AND WORK
WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DELIVER A SEASONAL TROLLEY TO THE TACOMA
WATERFRONT AS WELL. THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN A
FLEXIBLE POOL OF FUNDING TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES
AND PARTNERS EACH YEAR TO DESIGN SERVICES TO MEET THAT
COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. OUR SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE HAS HISTORICALLY
HAD SNIFFING AT RIDERSHIP INCLUDING OVER 100,000
BOARDINGS WHEN WE OPERATED SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE TO THE
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR. AND MORE THAN 12,000 WRITERS IN A
SINGLE DAY WHEN WE PROVIDED SERVICE TO MAJOR REGIONAL
EVENTS LIKE THE FREEDOM FAIR. IMAGINE THAT ALMOST 12,000 CARS
GOING TO ONE EVENT ON THE SAME DAY. THIS PACKAGE ALLOWS US TO
PARTNER IN MAKING TACOMA EVENTS MORE VIBRANT AND ACCESSIBLE.
SPECIAL EVENT SERVICE TO REGNIER'S GAMES, THE SOUND OF
NARROWS OR THE DUNE PENINSULA CONCERT SERIES MEANS FAMILIES
DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY LOOKING FOR PARKING.
INSTEAD THEY CAN SPEND THAT TIME ACHING MEMORIES. AND IF
APPROVED BY VOTERS WE HAVE THREE HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT
LINES THAT WILL SERVE PACIFIC AVENUE, 19TH AND BRIDGEPORT TO
RIDLEY LAKE AND SOUTH TO COME AWAY. THIS MEANS BUSES ARRIVE
EVERY 15 MINUTES ON WEEKDAYS AND 20 MINUTES ON WEEKENDS.
STOPS WOULD RECEIVE IMPROVEMENTS. MORE THAN
140,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF THE STOPS. MORE
THAN 110,000 JOBS ARE LOCATED WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF THESE
ROUTES. PUT SIMPLY, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK ALONG
THESE CORE DOORS, TRANSIT BECOME SOMETHING THEY DON'T
HAVE TO PLAN AROUND THE SAME WAY WITH BUSES ARRIVING EVERY
FEW MINUTES THERE'S LESS TO CHECK SCHEDULES OR WORRY ABOUT
A SHIFT ALIGNS WITH SCHEDULE BECAUSE THAT NEXT BUS IS ALWAYS
CLOSE BY. HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT UNLOCKS TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTS MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN OUR REGION. RECENTLY IN SPANAWAY NEAR
TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IN THE LINCOLN DISTRICT, HUNDREDS
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT HAVE BEEN BUILT NEAR TRANSIT AND
NEAR TRANSIT STOPS. BUSES RUNNING MORE OFTEN IS OUR
HIGHEST RANKED REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE FROM WRITERS AND UNDER
THIS PLAN 86% OF THE CURRENT ROUTES WILL RUN MORE OFTEN.
SEVEN ROUTES WILL RUN EVERY 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND MOST ROUTES
WILL OPERATE 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON A WEEK DAY. THE SEVEN
ROUTES CARRY NEARLY HALF OF ALL OF OUR WRITERS MEANING THEY
REPRESENT ONE OUT OF EVERY TWO BUS RIGHTS THAT WE PROVIDE.
THEY CONNECT THE SOUTH HILL WOULD LIKE WOOD, FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL TACOMA MALL AND LAKEWOOD TOWN CENTER. THIS MEANS NO
MORE HOURLY WAITS ON A WEEKDAY. NEARLY ONE IN FOUR PIERCE
COUNTY RESIDENTS LIVED WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF A BUS ROUTE
THAT WOULD OPERATE EVERY 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND THIS MAKES
TRANSIT MORE RELIABLE AND PRACTICAL OPTIONS FOR EVERYDAY
TRAVEL. IT MEANS GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION IS FASTER AND
IT HAS LESS WAIT TIME. THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS AND BUSES
ON THIS SLIDE BUT I WOULDN'T REALLY CALL OUT THAT THIS IS
ABOUT WEEKEND IMPROVEMENTS. IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY
GET TO WORK AND TO THEIR DESTINATION AND THEN GET HOME
ON THE WEEKENDS. CURRENTLY THE MAJORITY OF OUR ROUTE RATE ON
THE WEEKENDS. THINK OF WHAT THAT MEANS IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT
AN HOUR ON THE BUS. THE TRIPS YOU DON'T TAKE THE 45 MINUTES
YOU WAIT FOR A TRANSFER. WHAT IT MEANS TO HOLD YOUR GROCERIES
AT THE BUS STOP AS YOUR ARM GETS TIRED. TODAY 15 ROUTES
OPERATE EVERY HOUR ON A SATURDAY AND WITH THIS PLAN 23
ROUTES WOULD OPERATE EVERY 30 MINUTES. CURRENTLY 22 ROUTES
OPERATE HOURLY ON SUNDAY THAT WOULD MOVE TO EIGHT. THIS IS
ABOUT SERVICE BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT GETTING TO YOUR NEPHEWS A
SMALL GAME OR GETTING TO A BABY SHOWER ON THE WEEKEND. AND
WITH THIS PLAN, 23 ROUTES NEARLY 80% OF OUR SERVICE WILL
RUN LONGER AND LATER HOURS. MOST OF OUR ROUTES WILL START
BETWEEN FIVE AND 6 A.M. AND WILL AND AFTER 10 P.M. OR
LATER. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND
IMPROVEMENT IN EVENING SERVICE, A LONG-STANDING REQUEST FROM
OUR WRITERS. WE HEAR FROM OUR WRITERS THAT OUR SERVICES DO
NOT OPERATE LATE ENOUGH FOR MANY OF THEM TO GET HOME AFTER
WORK FOR AN EVENING CLASS OR OTHER COMMITMENTS. THESE
CHANGES MAKE TRANSIT A MORE REALISTIC OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO
CAN CURRENTLY NOT RELY ON IT FOR A FULL DAY. STUDENTS
ATTENDING A NIGHT CLASS OR RETAIL OR PEOPLE TRAVELING HOME
AFTER A NIGHT ACTIVITY. THINK ABOUT THE AVERAGE CUBA RIDE
FROM DOWNTOWN,TACOMA TO SEATTLE AND WHAT THAT COSTS. IT'S $84
ON AVERAGE AND THAT SAME TRIP ON PUBLIC TRANSIT IS 3 TO 6
DOLLARS. WE BUILT THIS PLAN TO ALIGN WITH OTHER REGIONAL
PLANS, TRANSIT HUBS AND CONNECTIONS WITH LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS. WE PLAN FOR CHANGES TO PIERCE COUNTY ROUTE TO
BETTER ALIGN WITH REGIONAL LIGHT RAIL CONNECTIONS AS THE
TACOMA DOME LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION COMES ONLINE. EIGHT
ROUTES WILL CONNECT WITH LIGHT RAIL STATIONS AT SOUTH FEDERAL
WAIT, FIFE, PORTLAND AVENUE AND AT THE TACOMA DOME STATION. IT
MEANS EASIER TRANSFER, LESS TIME ON I-5 AND OTHER CONGESTED
ROADS. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE ONE OF THE
FASTEST GROWING GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY MAKING ACCESSIBLE,
RELIABLE TRANSIT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. ALL OF OUR BUSES
ARE ACCESSIBLE IN LAST YEAR WE HAD 37,000 WHEELCHAIR
BOARDINGS. THE SHUTTLES ARE PURE TRANSIT SERVICE FOR
WRITERS THAT LIVE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF A FIXED
ROUTE. THEY CAN'T USE THAT SERVICE DUE TO SOME DISABILITY.
PARATRANSIT OPERATES THE SAME ROUTES AS OUR BUS ROUTES AND
ANYTIME YOU MAKE A CHANGE TO A BUS ROUTE OR A BUS SCHEDULE
THOSE CHANGES IMPACT PARATRANSIT SERVICES AS WELL.
OTHERS UNDER THIS PLAN WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ESPECIALLY IN PUYALLUP NEAR THE PORT AND IN
NORTHEAST TACOMA. WE HEAR FROM OUR PARATRANSIT WRITERS HOW
IMPERATIVE SHUTTLE RIGHTS ARE. SOME LOCATIONS ARE KIDNEY
DIALYSIS TREATMENTS, GROCERY STORES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS
WITH PROGRAMMING FOR ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES. EXPANDED PARATRANSIT MEANS PEOPLE HAVE
ACCESS TO SAFE, RELIABLE AND FORMAL TRANSIT THAT MEETS THEIR
NEEDS. FINALLY, UNDER THIS PLAN WE MAKE BUSES AND
PARATRANSIT FREE FOR SENIORS AGE 65 AND OLDER JOINING YOUTH
WHO ALREADY RIDE FREE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER ORCA LIFT AND
REDUCED OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME AND DISABILITIES AS
WELL. WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH WEEKEND SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE CAN
IMPLEMENT THAT WITH OUR FLEET THAT WE HAVE. FOR REFERENCE IT
TAKES TWO YEARS FOR US TO RECEIVE A BUS ONCE WE ORDER IT
AND BE ABLE TO PUT THAT BUS INTO SERVICE. SO AS SOON AS WE
START COLLECTING A POTENTIAL NEW RATE IN APRIL WE BEGAN
ORDERING BUSES AND RECRUITING AND TRAINING NEW OPERATORS.
THEN WE WOULD IMPLEMENT WEEKDAY SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW
ROUTES WOULD START TOWARDS THE END OF THE TIMELINE FOLLOWING
PERMITTING AND DESIGN. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WE WILL WORK
WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE NEW ROUTES AND IMPLEMENTATION
ALIGNS WITH NEW VISION AND NEEDS. WITH THAT I WILL TURN
IT BACK OVER TO MIKE OR HIS CLOSE OUT.
>> Speaker: SO, THIS IS ABOUT WELDING TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT
WORKS FOR THIS REGION. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE, CONNECTING
EMPLOYERS TO A WORKFORCE, CONNECTING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL,
CONNECTING SHOPPERS TO SMALL BUSINESSES. CONNECTING YOUTH,
SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO MOBILITY. AND
CONNECTING FAMILIES TO SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE MEMORIES ARE MADE.
PROP ONE IS ABOUT CONNECTING OUR REGION TO OPPORTUNITY.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND I AM READY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU MIKE. ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS?
WE HAVE A FEW STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH.
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MIKE I
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. I WANT TO SAY AYE REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT YOU HEARD THE PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST TACOMA SAID YOU WANT
US TO SUPPORT THIS BUT WERE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFIT FROM IT.
YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD 63 BACK WHICH I HAVE HEARD FROM LOTS OF
MY RESIDENT. THEY ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT. BECAUSE IF YOU
MISSED THE SCHOOL BUS YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL MANY
OF THEM. THEIR PARENTS HAVE LEFT ALREADY AND THEY HAVE TO
GET AN UBER AND IS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO GET FROM NORTHEAST
TO TOWN. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND SEEING
IT AS A POTENTIAL IS REALLY ONE COMMENT TO YOU THAT IT IS GOING
TO BE EASY FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS AND SELL THIS KNOWING THAT
WE ARE BENEFITING FROM WHAT YOU ARE BRINGING FORWARD SO THANK
YOU.
>> Speaker: THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE?
>> Council Member Sadalge: THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. I FEEL LIKE I KEEP RUNNING INTO YOU.
>> Speaker: I KNOW IT'S LIKE THREE TIMES IN A WEEK.
>> Council Member Sadalge: SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND FOR
OTHER REASONS. IN STARTING MY COMMENTS I AM VERY MUCH IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS
THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CONSTITUENTS WILL HAVE HEARD
THE RESIDENCE AND THE VOTERS WILL HAVE. THIS IS JUST
ANOTHER TAX AND I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE
LIVE IN A STATE THAT HAS AN AGGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM. RIGHT?
WE TAX POOR PEOPLE TO HELP PEOPLE AND THIS IS 3/10 OF 1%
AND IT ISN'T A SMALL AMOUNT BUT THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT
DO WE GET FROM IT? RIGHT? AND IN MY DISTRICT AS IN MANY OTHER
PLACES INTO, BUT SPECIFICALLY I KNOW A LOT ABOUT MY DISTRICT
ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST SIDE, THERE'S SO MUCH PENT-UP DEMAND
FOR SAFE, UM, ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT. THE TOP 2 THINGS I
HEAR GENERALLY THAT ARE EXACERBATING FACTORS IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE LACK OF HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND LACK OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE PLACES YOU NEED TO
GET TO TO DO THINGS. RIGHT? ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION WE TALK ABOUT HOW
WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT. THE FACT THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE
FEW RELIABLE METHODS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS.
THAT IS A REAL CHALLENGE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE.
HEY, CAN SHE JUST DRIVE SOMEWHERE? AN ITEM LIKE WELL,
SOMETIMES YOU PHYSICALLY ARE UNABLE TO OR PHYSICALLY AREN'T
ABLE TO DO. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS. THERE ARE
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND AS WE GROW WE NEED TO INVEST IN
TRANSIT. I CAN BOTH BE VERY ANNOYED AND ANGRY THAT THE ONLY
TOOLS I HAVE ARE REGRESSIVE TOOLS TO DO IT BUT THEN
UNDERSTAND THAT THE END GOAL IS ONE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO
BE RESPONSIBLE TO OUR NEIGHBORS, TO THE PEOPLE WE
REPRESENT AND MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY
TOOLS WE HAVE AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT FIGHT ON THE STATE
LEVEL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR LESS AGGRESSIVE TOOLS ON A
LOCAL LEVEL THAT ALLOW US TO STILL MEET THAT GOAL BUT IT
DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING TODAY. I THINK YOU
HAVE MADE A REALLY COMPELLING CASE. I FELT IT WHEN YOU
TALKED ABOUT UBER BECAUSE SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO BE
COGNIZANT ABOUT IS YOU KNOW, OUR WHETHER EIGHT GREAT FOR A
WHILE AND I'VE TAKEN AN UBER FROM MY HOUSE TO DOWNTOWN JUST
BECAUSE IT'S RAINING AND THERE'S NO OTHER OPTIONS LATE
AT NIGHT AND IT WASN'T EVEN ALL THAT LATE. SO, TO HAVE A VERY
WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW WE CAN YOU
KNOW, BENEFIT THOSE THAT RELY ON THIS AND TO ALLOW A NEW
ENTRANCE, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T TAKE THE BUS
BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFTEN ENOUGH. IT DOESN'T GO EARLY ENOUGH OR
LATE ENOUGH OR OFTEN ENOUGH TO FIT IN THEIR WORLD AND YOU
HAPPEN TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY. YOU KNOW, A CAR IS NOT CHEAP,
NOT TO BUY, NOT TODAY. NOT TO FUEL, NOT TO OPERATE, NOT TO
FUEL AND NOT TO FIX SO WE NEED THESE OTHER OPTIONS. AND WITH
THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO
GET ANY CHEAPER. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE REASONS THAT
REALLY MAKE ME APPRECIATIVE BUT THE LAST ONE IS THE FACT THAT
YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER DIDN'T DRIVE. AND SURE, WE LIVED IN
NEW YORK CITY THAT HAD REALLY GOOD TRANSIT THEN WHEN SHE
MOVED OUT TO THE SUBURBS IT WAS A LOT HARDER AND SHE WAS MORE
ISOLATED LATER IN LIFE. I THINK ABOUT THE SENIORS IN MY
DISTRICT WHERE WE NEED TRANSPORTATION TO KEEP THEM
SAFE. SO, FOR ALL THOSE REASONS I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE
THOUGHT REALLY HARD AND DEEPLY ABOUT HOW DO YOU USE THAT
MONEY? AND ULTIMATELY THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION THAT
CONSTITUENTS, THE RESIDENCE AND VOTERS WANT. ARE YOU GOING TO
USE IT EFFECTIVELY? ARE YOU GOING TO BE SMART ABOUT IT OR
ARE YOU GOING TO WASTE IT? AND WITH THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE
LAID OUT, I THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THAT IS WHY
I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU.
>> Speaker: ONE THING WE USUALLY SAY AT THE AGENCY IS
LIKE A PASSENGER BUT ALSO THINK LIKE A TAXPAYER.
>> Mayor Ibsen: SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT?
>> Council Member Scott: THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIAL
EVENT SERVICE, HOW DO YOU DECIDE IS A SET DEPENDING ON
EVEN, HOW DO YOU DECIDE AND WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT
YOU LOOK AT FOR WHAT SPECIAL EVENTS YOU HAVE THAT ARE
SPECIAL?
>> Speaker: WE WOULD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY THOSE
EVENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THAT HAVE LARGE
AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING. WE WOULD THEN PUT THOSE
SERVICES IN PLACE WITH THE CITIES.
>> Council Member Scott: THANK YOU. SO, I AM NOT A MATH WHIZ.
BUT WE ARE ALSO FACING OUR OWN BUDGET DEFICITS HERE. I DO
UNDERSTAND THE MATH OF WE HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY IN THE BANK AND
EGGS COST THIS MUCH. AND SO, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO HELP
A BIT BUT I GUESS I AM LOOKING AT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ADD 47%
MORE SERVICE AND YOU ARE JUST RAISING, YOU ARE DOING A 50%
INCREASE IN THE TAX, I GUESS MY QUESTION, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M
ASKING IT RIGHT HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS OF THE
DEFICIT? BECAUSE I IMAGINE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. I
GUESS THE QUESTION I'M GETTING AT IS AT WHAT POINT WILL THIS
INCREASE SYSTEM, THE ENHANCED SYSTEM EXPANDED IS A BETTER
WORD. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU START WORRYING THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO BE HITTING A LIMIT OF LIKE, YOU CAN ONLY, WITH THE
COSTS GOING UP YOU CAN ONLY MAINTAIN THIS EXPANDED SYSTEM
FOR SO LONG?
>> Speaker: OUR PROJECTIONS SHOW YOU CAN CARRY THIS THING
OUT FOR 16 TO 17 YEARS THIS PLAN WITHOUT ANY NEW FUNDING.
>> Council Member Scott: OKAY. AND THEN, I THINK I HAVE ONE
MORE QUESTION WRITTEN DOWN HERE. SO, THINKING ABOUT MY
MOM ALSO HAS NEVER DRIVEN AND I REALIZE ON TRANSIT SHE WORKS AT
TACOMA GEN., SHE HAS TO AT THIS POINT SHE HAS TO LEAVE A FEW
HOURS EARLY TO GET TO WORK ON TIME AND IT TAKES A FEW HOURS
TO GET BACK FROM WORK AND ON THE WEEKENDS SHE HAS TAKEN OVER
BECAUSE THE BUSES DON'T NECESSARILY AND SHE HAS TO MAKE
MULTIPLE TRANSFERS ON THE WAY THERE. SO I GUESS AS YOU GUYS
ARE FIGURING OUT WHICH ROUTES YOU CAN INCREASE, WHICH ROUTE
YOU ADD, HOW DO YOU DO THAT WORK TO FIGURE OUT? IS IT ALL
BASED ON WHAT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE OR THE TAX AMOUNT YOU
ARE PUTTING IN THEIR? OR IS IT BASED UPON NEED? IS IT A MIX
OF ALL OF IT? AND THEN HOW DO YOU GATHER THAT INFORMATION TO
HELP MAKE THAT DECISION WITH THE MOST AMOUNT OF DISCERNMENT
TO ADDRESS THE NEED?
>> Speaker: WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT WE USE ON THIS AND
ALSO SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE BOARD
AT EACH STOP, WHEN THEY BOARD AND WHEN THEY GET OFF NOT
INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE BUT HOW MANY. SO WHEN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT
PUTS TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE THEY TRIED TO SERVE THE MOST PEOPLE
THAT THEY COULD WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE. AND THAT
IS WHY THE EIGHT ROUTES THAT HAVE THE MOST FREQUENCIES SERVE
MORE THAN HALF OF OUR RIDERSHIP RIGHT NOW.
>> Council Member Scott: THAT IS MY CONCERN. THERE'S THAT.
TO ME THERE MIGHT BE A GAP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE FULL LIKE
THE ROUTES THAT ARE MOST POPULATED, I GET THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA BUT WHEN THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THEY PROBABLY RELIED ON CARS IN THE AREA SO HOW WOULD YOU
ADDRESS IT? THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
MIGHT RIDE THE BUS A LOT MORE IF THE BUSES WERE THERE AND
RELIABLE AND READY. HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT? DO YOU EVER
SAY WE ARE JUST GOING TO TRY THIS OUT AND SEE THE RIDERSHIP
WE GET OR DO YOU JUST BASE IT ON THE USE THAT YOU ALREADY
HAVE?
>> Speaker: I DON'T THINK IT IS A STATIC PLAN. IT IS A PLAN
THAT WE SEE BASED ON THE STATISTICS THAT WE HAVE NOW AND
WHAT WE DO EVERY SERVICE CHANGE WHICH WE DO TWICE A YEAR IS
LOOK AT WHERE THE WRITERS ARE AND MAKE OUR CHANGES BASED ON
THE NEW DATA THAT WE GET IN.
>> Council Member Scott: AND WITH THE INCREASED OBVIOUSLY
TONS OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO THE AREA, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A
PROJECTION OF HOW MUCH RIDERSHIP WILL INCREASE WITH
THE NUMBERS? FOR EVERY 10 PEOPLE WHO MOVE HERE TWO OF
THEM USE TRANSIT?
>> Speaker: WE DON'T HAVE PROJECTIONS ON HOW MANY, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU, WHEN AGENCIES MOVE THEIR SYSTEMS TO MORE
FREQUENCY, THE WRITERS SHOOT UP A LOT TIMES MORE THAN DOUBLE.
>> Council Member Scott: THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU
MAYOR.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER?
>> Council Member Palmer: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION, IT'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. I THINK THE
TIMING MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. RECENTLY A STATE CHANGED OUR
PARKING REQUIREMENT AND A LOT OF OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE
GOING AWAY FOR NEW BUILDERS. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONCERN
FROM COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT THAT IS GOING TO DO FOR TRAFFIC
AND HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET AROUND? WE NEED THIS RIGHT
NOW. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. AND ALSO I GUESS I WANTED TO
BRING MY KIDS INTO THE CONVERSATION. MY KIDS, YOUR
KIDS, THEY ARE NOT DRIVING THESE DAYS. THEY ARE NOT
WANTING TO DRIVE. THEY UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF
WRITING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN A VEHICLE.
NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR A VEHICLE, INSURANCE, ALL OF THE
THINGS. AND THE BENEFIT TO OUR CLIMATE, OUR KIDS REALLY CARE
ABOUT THAT. FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS I THINK WE NEED TO DO
SOMETHING TO KIND OF CATCH UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO SERVE
MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT. I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING ON THE BALLOT AND I HOPE PEOPLE
SUPPORT.
>> Speaker: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY LAST YEAR WE CARRIED
OVER 1 MILLION CHILDREN 18 AND UNDER AND IN THIS PLAN WE ALSO
MADE SURE THAT THE FREE FARES WOULD CONTINUE FOR THEM.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER?
>> Council Member Walker: THANK YOU MAYOR I WANTED TO
QUICKLY THANK STAFF. I DO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE
PIERCE TRANSIT BOARD ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HINES AND
COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ AS YOUR TACOMA REPRESENTATIVES ON THE
BOARD. SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF AS THEY CREATED THE
PACKAGE AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GREAT THE PROCESS WAS IN
TERMS OF IT BEING ITERATIVE AND BACK AND FORTH AND TINA WOULD
BRING SOMETHING FORWARD AND WE WOULD ASK FOR MORE NUMBERS AND
ASK THE TEAM TO GO BACK. REALLY, REALLY GREAT WORK AND
REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAYBE EVEN HUNDREDS EVENTS,
I'M NOT SURE. YOUR OUTREACH TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB. I
KNOW WE PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE THAT REALLY NEED THE COMMUNITY
ASKS, WANTS AND NEEDS. OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE
BUT I THINK WE REALLY GOT TO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH
WHAT PEOPLE WANT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS WORK. THANK YOU,
ALL THREE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY THE PRESENTATION BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY ALL THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND TO HEAR WHAT
THE VOTERS HAVE TO SAY AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT
MORE AND MORE AND MORE TRANSIT. SO, THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH?
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY
NAME GOT RAISED AS A SPONSOR. I TRIED TO DO IT TODAY BUT IT
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
>> Mayor Ibsen: OF COURSE. MORE THAN HAPPY TO. THE KEY
FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP. AND WHAT I WILL ADD TO MY COLLEAGUES
GREAT COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERT PRESENTATION MY
SUPPORT FOR THIS IS BASED ON A LOT OF FACTORS. A LOT OF IT IS
INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY AND MAKING SURE WE ARE DEALING WITH
FOLKS FOR WHOM TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE A VERY REAL PART OF
THEIR FAMILY BUDGET. BUT ON TOP OF THAT ON TOP OF JUST
RESPONDING SOLELY TO CHALLENGES, THIS TO ME PLAINLY
SPOKEN IS A WAY TO MAKE TACOMA MORE OF A VIBRANT AND ENJOYABLE
PLACE. WHEN I THINK OF TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS I
THINK OF EVENTS LIKE LAST MONTH WHEN WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASING
AMOUNT OF REALLY FUN CONCERTS AT PLACES LIKE DUNE PENINSULA
FOR EXAMPLE WHICH INCREASINGLY IS BECOMING SO MUCH OF A
TOURIST DESTINATION AND DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE IN OUR
REGION. THERE'S EVEN PEOPLE WHO ROUTINELY TALK ABOUT IT ON
SEATTLE SUB READ IT FOR EXAMPLE. THAT IS ALL WELL AND
GOOD BUT TRY TO FIND PARKING ON RESTON WAY IN THE MIDDLE OF
SUMMER IT'S A BIT OF A HARD DATE, RIGHT? BUT IMAGINE THE
RESTORATION OF SOMETHING LIKE THE TROLLEY LINE THAT WE HAD ON
RESTON WAY. IMAGINE GREATER UTILIZATION FOR THESE AMAZING
COMMUNITY BUILDING VIBRANT ACTIVITIES THAT RING THE AREA A
LIFE THAT INCREASES SAFETY THAT IS GOOD FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
AND IMAGINE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY ESPECIALLY NOW WITH
THE PASSAGE OF CONNECT TO TACOMA AND DEDICATED LOCKBOX
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. THIS IS EXCELLENT FOR HELPING PEOPLE
GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND ALSO GREAT FOR OUR CITY TO
ACTIVATE SPACES AND TO DO MORE OF LIKE GET HAVE DONE IN THE
PAST IN PLACES LIKE THE LINCOLN DISTRICT. PLACES THAT WE CAN
REALLY BRING TO LIFE LIKE THE COURT ORDERS THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR TRANSCENDENTAL DEVELOPMENT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES. THIS COULD BE A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY
AND FOR THAT AND FOR ALL THE OTHER REASONS THAT WERE
ARTICULATED BEFORE I'M DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST PUBLIC CONVERSATION
ABOUT INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY AND MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
EVEN SAFER AND BETTER. WITH THAT VOTE IS BEFORE US ON THE
RESOLUTION ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42009
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION
IS DECLARED ADOPTED. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH ITEM 22 CLERK, PLEASE
READ.
>> RES42010 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FLYING OF A
COMMEMORATIVE FLAG TO RECOGNIZE THE TENTH YEAR OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON BUSINESSb
BUS TOUR, TO BE FLOWN FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, TO OCTOBER
7, 2026.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42010.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
ON COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ.
>> Council Member Diaz: THANK YOU IF PASS THIS RESOLUTION
HELPS US RECOGNIZE THE 10TH YEAR OF MANUFACTURING WEEK BUS
TOUR THROUGH A COMMEMORATIVE FLAG RAISING HERE IN TACOMA.
THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
BUSINESSES MANUFACTURING WEEK BUS TO HER AS THE TWO ARISE
THROUGH TACOMA BY ALLOWING THE MANUFACTURING WEEK FLAG TO BE
FLOWN PER OUR FLAG POLICY IN TACOMA FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH,
2026 TO OCTOBER 7, 20 TO SIX. THE COMMEMORATIVE FLAG RAISING
PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF TACOMA TO RECOGNIZE AND
COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANUFACTURING TO OUR BROADER
COMMUNITY. THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR PROVIDES HIGH-PAYING
SKILLED AND FILLING JOBS FOR ENGINEERS, COMPUTER
PROGRAMMERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS THAT ARE
VITAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EQUITABLE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY. MANUFACTURING IS A MAJOR
EMPLOYER AND JOB CREATOR IN WASHINGTON STATE WITH OVER
275,000 WORKERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 8% OF GROSS STATE
PRODUCT AND OVER 17,000 INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE
MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN PIERCE COUNTY. MANUFACTURING IN
TACOMA PRODUCES SUCH VARIED PRODUCTS AS AIRCRAFT
COMPONENTS, PRECISION ROBOTICS, BATTERIES, COMPONENTS FOR THE
MARITIME INDUSTRY AND CRAFT BEVERAGES. AND LOCAL
MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES LEAD THE WAY IN SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS
TO REDUCE ENERGY AND CARBON EMISSIONS INCLUDING BUSINESSES
LIKE THOSE THAT RESIDE WITHIN THE PORT AND AID IN THE PORT OF
TACOMA'S CLEAN AIR STRATEGY TO REACH ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2040.
FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD
THIS RESOLUTION AND HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE FOR IT
AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN MANUFACTURING WEEK ACTIVITIES
WHEN THAT TIME COMES. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? OKAY ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 4120 SAY AYE. ITEM
NUMBER 23 CLERK PLEASE READ.
>> RES42011 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT AND
COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO LAUNCH A
UNIFIED REGIONAL APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS AND TO COMMIT TO
CERTAIN ACTIVITIES TO REGIONALLY ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS IN PIERCE COUNTY; AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO WORK WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO
DEVELOP AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42001.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
ON COUNCIL MEMBER ABOVE.
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU MR. MAYOR I AM SUPER
PROUD OF TACOMA TONIGHT THIS IS A SYSTEM TO CREATE A REGIONAL
SYSTEM TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING I FEEL
ON OUR OWN FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO GET
HERE AND WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO COUNTY
COUNCIL MEMBER JENNY HITCH AND . SHE'S BEEN A LEADER ON THIS
ISSUE. PIERCE COUNTY HAS DEMONSTRATED REAL LEADERSHIP BY
INVESTING IN A UNIFIED REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS AND BRING CITIES TOGETHER AROUND A SHARED
VISION. RATHER THAN ASKING EVERY JURISDICTION TO CHALLENGE
THIS ON HIS OWN THE COUNTY RESOURCES CAN BE PARTNERS FROM
ACROSS PIERCE COUNTY AND CREATE A PROCESS WHERE EVERY CITY HAS
A VOICE IN SHAPING THE PATH FORWARD. I WANT TO ALSO THANK
MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
FORMING A UNIFIED APPROACH AS PART OF THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP
GROUP AND THAT INCLUDES COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE, HINES AND AS
WELL AS MAYOR IBSEN. I ALSO APPRECIATE OUR CITY MANAGER,
HYUN KIM, TO MEET WITH OTHER CITY MANAGERS INVOLVED IN THE
PROCESS AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF THAT HAS PARTICIPATED THUS FAR.
TACOMA IS NOT THE CITY TO SIGN ON FOR THIS WORK FOR THE
SECOND. PIERCE COUNTY, FIFE, GIG HARBOR AND LAKEWOOD HAVE
PASSED SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS TO WHAT IS BEFORE US TONIGHT.
THESE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.
ALL OF US ARE AT THE TABLE COMMITTED TO THESE DISCUSSIONS
BECAUSE WE EACH KNOW WE WILL GET FURTHER IF WE WORK
TOGETHER. THIS BRINGS TO MIND THE WORDS OF OUR FORMER MAYOR,
VICTORIA WOODARDS. IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST GO ALONE BUT IF YOU
WANT TO GO FARGO TOGETHER. ONE OF THE ISSUES OF ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS IN THE REGION IS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE GO
FAR. THAT IS WHY THE COUNTY'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE IS SO
IMPACT WILL. THEY HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER SO MANY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SERVING DIFFERENT
CONSTITUENCIES. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OTHER
CITIES AND LEARN WHERE THEY SAT ON THIS ISSUE AND WHY THEY FEEL
THE SAME WAY WE DO. SOMETIMES THIS IS HARD BECAUSE OUR
CONSTITUENTS IN TACOMA HAVE SUCH HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THE
SERVICES WE PROVIDE OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND WE
CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN OUR REGION HUMANS
SERVICES SUPPORT. HOWEVER, THAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE
MEANINGFUL WHEN WE SEE PROGRESS HAPPEN. OTHER CITIES HAVE
ALREADY STEPPED UP TO WORK TOGETHER TO FORMALLY LAUNCH THE
URA. THEY ARE COMING TO THE TABLE AND COMMITTING TO THIS
WORK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY OF TACOMA JOINING AND BE A
PART OF THE SHARED WORK SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING
HOMELESSNESS SO THAT IT IS RARE, BRIEF AND
NON-REOCCURRING. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE?
>> Council Member Sadalge: THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH FOR SPONSORING THIS I AM MORE THAN
HAPPY TO BE A COSPONSOR. I HAVE BEEN PART OF THE URA
DISCUSSION SINCE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG AGO IT WAS
ACTUALLY, ALMOST 2 YEARS? AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROCESS
WHERE QUITE FRANKLY I LEARNED A LOT. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
WHAT HOMELESSNESS MEANS TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS, HOW THEY
SEE IT AND I ALSO THINK OTHER JURISDICTIONS LEARNED A LOT
ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN TACOMA AND HOW THEY COULD
BENEFIT FROM SOME OF OUR LEARNINGS. I THINK THROUGHOUT
THE PROCESS, IT'S PROUD OF WHAT WE HERE IN TACOMA HAVE DONE IN
THIS SPECTRUM OF WAYS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS. BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT WE DO NEED A
REGIONAL APPROACH. WE CAN'T JUST DO IT ALONE. AND SO, WHAT
IS REALLY AMAZING ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND AGAIN, I AGREE WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH IN THINKING PIERCE COUNTY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JENNY HUTCHINS ON REALLY LEADING THROUGH SOME
REALLY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, A LOT OF DIALOGUE, AT THE END OF
THE DAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT KING COUNTY DID AND WHAT
WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO BE A COALITION OF THE WILLING.
THOSE WHO HAVE COME AND TO HAVE TAUGHT AND WHO UNDERSTOOD. AND
WE ARE GOING AROUND AND HAVING RESOLUTIONS OF INTENT THAT WE
ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A
RESOLUTION OF INTENT. PEOPLE ARE LIKE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN
UNTIL I MAKE IT GET SIGNED. BUT IN THIS RESOLUTION WE ARE
AGREEING EVERY SINGLE RESOLUTION DOING SOMETHING
MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE DOING SOMETHING TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS
IN THEIR JURISDICTION AND THAT IS A BIG WIN. YOU ALSO TALK
ABOUT IT WITH SHARED DEFINITIONS, SHARED DATA,
SHARED INFORMATION, IS GOING TO HELP US ALL OUT. AND I CANNOT
DESCRIBE YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
THAT I WAS LIKE EIGHT NO ONE SIGNING THIS THING. BUT WE
PERSEVERED. WE GO THROUGH IT AND WE TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. WE
LISTENED AND WE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK FOR
THE REGION AND WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ON IT. THIS IS A START
AND WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ON IT. SO, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY
TO BE HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I AM REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS IN
THE ENTIRE REGION. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HEINZ?
>> Council Member Hines: THANK YOU MRS. MARRAH I WILL KEEP IT
SHORT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HOTRUMBA AND SADALGE DID WELL
IN OUTLINING THIS. I WAS THERE AT THE FIRST COMMITTEE WE HAD
AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. I THINK THE THING THAT WE HAVE SAID
MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IS
THAT HOMELESSNESS DOES NOT RESPECT ANY BOUNDARIES. THE
ONLY WAY WE WILL ADDRESS A PROBLEM THAT IS FLUID AND
COMPLEX AND AS DYNAMIC AS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS WE HAVE TO SEE IT AS A
COLLECTIVE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON TOGETHER. AND I
THINK WHILE WE ARE YET TO SEE WHERE THE URA IS GOING TO GO I
THINK THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP IN GETTING SOME OF THE CITIES
AND THE COUNTY ALIGNED ON THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A COLLECTIVE
EFFORT THAT WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE WORKING ON TOGETHER TO TRY
TO ADDRESS. I AM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE
DOING AMAZING WORK. IN THE CITY OF TACOMA. I THINK THE
PRIDE OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE ON THE COUNCIL CAN BE BOTH
A I GUESS I WAS A AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY
IN OUR AREA AND I GET TO BE A WAY TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED OVER TIME IN BEST PRACTICES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
I AM ALSO EAGER TO LEARN FROM OTHERS TO SEE WHAT ELSE THEY
ARE DOING. I WAS A FOOTBALL COACH FOR A LONG TIME AND WE
TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT YOU CAN
CONTRIBUTE YOU ARE PART OF A TEAM AND YOU CONTRIBUTE WHAT
YOU CAN. AND SO, I THINK AS WE LOOK FORWARD WITH THIS I'M
EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS ARE GOING TO
COME TOGETHER AND CONTRIBUTE AS WE TRY TO TAKE ON THINK THE
NUMBER 1 MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT OF OUR TIME WHICH IS HOW DO WE
MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HINES AND THANK
YOU TO THE THREE OF YOU WITH YOUR DIRECT INVOLVEMENT WITH
THIS REGIONAL CONVERSATION AS WELL AS YOUR PARTICIPATION.
AND ALSO JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO PIERCE COUNTY'S AND OUR
COLLEAGUES OUR JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS WHO CARE. THIS IS ONE
OF THE ISSUES IF NOT THE ISSUE ON THE MINDS OF SO MANY
TACOMANS THAT ALL OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN COMMUNITY AND
IT CAN FEEL SO FRUSTRATING WHEN IT FEELS LIKE BETWEEN WHAT
WE'RE SAYING FEDERALLY AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING EVEN CLOSER TO
HOME WITH THE BUDGETS AND PRIORITIES THAT THE PROBLEM
DISCONTINUES, WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY DOING TO RESOLVE THIS?
TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE GET HELP AND NEIGHBORHOODS GET RELIEF?
THIS IS NOT THE THING BUT IT IS A CRUCIAL THING WITH WHAT WE
CANNOT DO IT AND THAT IS NOT GOING IT ALONE. THAT IS THE
SINGLE BIGGEST WENT TO THE UNIFIED APPROACH IS THAT WHAT
IS POTENTIALLY REALLY GAME CHANGING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE
NOW, NOT CONCEPTUALLY BUT WE NOW HAVE THE WILLING OF
VOLITIONAL PARTICIPATION OF OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS NOT
ALWAYS THE CASE. OF NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS,
NEIGHBORING SUBURBANS, SMALLER JURISDICTIONS WITH IN TANDEM
WITH US. THIS IS A MODEST START. IT IS NOT GOING TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM OVERNIGHT. BUT MAKING SURE, THE ACTUAL
GAME CHANGING THING IS MAKING SURE WE ACTUALLY HAVE UNIFIED
DATA SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO RE-CREATE AND RELIVE THEIR
TRAUMA EVERY TIME THEY SEEK SERVICES OR GO INTO SHELTERS.
THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING AS MUCH DUPLICATION BETWEEN SERVICE
PROVIDERS. THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING MONEY AND
GIVING PEOPLE LONG-TERM HEALTH INSTEAD OF RE-CREATING THE SAME
PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME SYSTEMS. PROPERLY DONE, THIS IS GOING TO
BE A REALLY BIG GAME CHANGER AND WE ARE JUST GETTING
STARTED. BUT THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEBODY WILLING
SUBURBAN AND COUNTY AND OTHER PARTNERS SIGNING ON TO PROVIDE
A GREATER AND MORE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THAT IS HUGE. THAT IS IMMEDIATE HELP
PEOPLE IN NEED AND IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR FRANKLY OUR CITY IN
TERMS OF THE CONCENTRATION OF WHERE AND WHO HAS BEEN PAYING
FOR THE SERVICES. MUCH MORE TO COME BUT I'M PROFOUNDLY
GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES WITH YOUR HELP ON THIS FOR OUR
JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS FOR STEPPING UP AND ACTUALLY
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THIS AND HAVING THE LONG, HARD
CONVERSATIONS BUT ABOVE ALL THE LONG COMMITMENT TO OUR PEOPLE.
I'M VERY UP THE MYSTIC ABOUT WHERE THIS IS HEADED AND I'M
DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO CONTINUE THIS WORK IN APPROVING THIS
MOTION. WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION
42011 TWO SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE
RESOLUTION IS DECLARED ADOPTED. ITEM 24 CLERK, PLEASE READ.
>> RES42012 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ONE-TIME USE OF
COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,500, TO
SUPPORT b HOSTED BY NOURISH PIERCE
COUNTY.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42012.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
ON COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER.
>> Council Member Walker: THANK YOU MAYOR ENDS MEETIN
BRINGING FORWARD DOUBLE DATE AS MOST OF YOU NOTE NOURISH PIERCE
COUNTY BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T THEY ARE A VITAL
ORGANIZATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. A NONPROFIT BASED IN TACOMA
MISSION IS TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND SUPPORT
SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED WITH COMPASSION, DIGNITY AND
RESPECT. THEY OPERATE SIX BRICK-AND-MORTAR FOOD PANTRIES
AND 16 MOBILE SITES COUNTYWIDE. THREE OF THOSE BRICK-AND-MORTAR
PANTRIES AND EIGHT OF THE MOBILE SITES ARE HERE IN
TACOMA. LAST YEAR THEY SERVED NEARLY 29,000 UNDUPLICATED
TACOMA RESIDENTS WHICH IS JUST A BIT MORE THAN 12% OF OUR
POPULATION. WE ALREADY KNOW THE NEED FOR ACCESS TO
NUTRITIOUS FOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HIGH AND NAVY THAT
IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. IN FACT, IN TWO CENSUS TRACTS IN TACOMA
THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
PARTICIPATION IN SNAP BENEFITS IN PIERCE COUNTY. WE ALSO KNOW
THE NEED IS GOING WITH THE REDUCTION OF SOME FEDERAL FOOD
BENEFITS AS WELL AS OUR OWN FOOD DESERTS THAT HAVE BEEN
AMPLIFIED BY THE RECENT CLOSURE OF A CRITICAL FRED MEYER. WE
NEED PARTNERS LIKE NOURISH TODAY MORE THAN EVER AND THIS
OF COURSE IS A VERY SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE GREAT WORK
THAT THEY DO BUT SMALL BUT MIGHTY TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN
HAVE A GREAT EVENT AND SUPPORT AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN
SUPPORT THEM. I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SADALGE,
COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH FOR COSPONSORING THE REQUEST AND
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF AT NOURISH WHO HELPED US GET
ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND MIKE WHO IS HERE
REPRESENTING NOURISH TODAY. AS YOU WOULD EXPECT PROBABLY BUT I
WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN REACHING FOR OUR SUPPORT THE CITY OF
TACOMA LOGO WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM AND PRESENTATION
AND LISTED AS A PARTNER. AND I HAVE ALREADY SENT YOU AN INVITE
TO SIT AT MY TABLE AT THE LUNCHEON. HOPE YOU CAN JOIN ME
TO LISTEN TO ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY ARE DOING AND I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER DO WE
HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH?
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: I DID NOT HAVE A QUESTION I JUST
WANTED TO SAY DEFINITELY I WILL SIT AT THE TABLE EVERY YEAR MY
TEMPLE DOES A FOOD DRIVE FOR NOURISH PIERCE COUNTY. WE
SUPPORT THE JACKSON STREET FOOD BANK AT ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH. SO THESE EGGS ARE HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN OUR
COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NEED IS SO HIGH. I WANT TO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER FOR DOING THIS SMALL BUT IMPORTANT
COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND ASKED. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU. SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION 42012 PLEASE SIGNIFY
BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION IS DECLARED
ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO ITEM 25 CLERK PLEASE READ.
>> RES42013 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ONE-TIME USE OF
COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUNDS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,000, TO
SPONSOR A CITY FLAG COMPETITION.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 42013.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCIL #.
>> Council Member Hines: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON FUNDS TO
DEFINE A SYMBOL THAT UNITES US. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY REFLECT
THIS THROUGH A FLAG DESIGNING COMPETITION. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DESIGN HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THE IDEA
IS WHAT ARE THE SYMBOLS OF TACOMA? WHAT IS OUR COLLECTIVE
HISTORY? WHAT BEST REPRESENTS US? THIS CONVERSATION HAS GONE
ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT AS MANY OF
THOSE ON THE DAIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT COUNTLESS TIMES. A FLAG DESIGN CREATES A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE QUALITY AND CHARACTERISTIC OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND CAN OFTEN BECOME AN ICON AND A DEEPLY
MEANINGFUL IMAGE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT ICONIC FLAGS YOU CAN
THINK OF THE TRICOLOR IN FRANCE OR THE MAPLE LEAF OR THE
JAPANESE RISING SUN. YOU CAN THINK OF THE ST. GEORGE'S CROSS
OF ENGLAND OR THE ST. ANDREW'S CROSS OF SCOTLAND. THESE
SYMBOLS ARE POWERFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE SIMPLE. THEY ARE
EASILY RECOGNIZABLE AND THEY CONVEY SOMETHING THAT IS CORE
TO THE IDENTITY OF A PLACE. AND SO, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
A FLAG IS NOT ABOUT A PRODUCT. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE THING
ITSELF. BECAUSE FLAGS ARE MORE THAN JUST THINGS THEY ARE A
SYMBOL. THEY HAVE MEANING. IN MY GOAL BY BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY GIVING MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IS THIS IDEA
OF HAVING A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION IN THIS MOMENT
ABOUT WHAT BEST SYMBOLIZES OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS THE CITY OF
TACOMA. AND IN A FUN AND EXCITING WAY. YOU KNOW, IN
TACOMA WE HAVE VALUES AND CHARACTERISTICS AND AS OUR CITY
IS CHANGING, SOMEONE WHO LIKE I SAID HAS BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS
GEEZ, MORE THAN THAT HOW OLD AND AM I? MY ENTIRE LIFE.
TACOMA IS CHANGING AND GROWING. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY I
WAS BORN INTO AN DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY THAT MY KIDS WILL LIVE
IN. IT'S A CORE IDENTITY OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE
REPRESENT THAT A FLAG AS A SYMBOL CAN HELP REPRESENT. WE
SEE THIS SPREAD OUT AND TAKE OVER PARTS OF THE WORLD. THE
RADIATORS ARE FOR THE BASEBALL TEAM THE SECOND SELLING
EVERYWHERE I GO I SEE SOMEWHERE WEARING THE HE HAT
AND IT SPARKS SPARKS CONVERSATION I THINK ABOUT OUR
UR SPIRIT ANIMAL JOLLY Y JERRY WHO HAS RESPONDED TO THE SAID
SEATTLE CALLED TIMOTHY. THIS INSPIRING CREATURE THAT HAS
REALLY CAPTURED SOMETHING ABOUT OUR CITY THE GRITTY NATURE TO
OVERCOME EVERYTHING. THE SYMBOLS ARE POWERFUL AND
REPRESENT SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY TY THAT DRAWS US IN
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE FLOOD E FLOOD COMPETITION WILL HELP
US DO THAT. P US DO THAT. I THINK OUR COMMUNITIES ARE
TALKING ABOUT A CONVERSATION AND HAVING THEMING THEM REALLY
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS SO I AM HAPPY THAT WHILE THE
CONVERSATION HAS GONE ON FOR SOME TIME THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR
US REALLY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION NOW. IF YOU LOOK
AT THE CURRENT FLAG WHICH IS BEHIND ME, IT WAS DEVELOPED AS
PART OF THE CITY'S CORPORATE IDENTITY PROGRAM. I THINK WE
CAN ALL AGREE THAT A CORPORATE IDENTITY PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY
ANTITHETICAL TO OUR CREATIVE JOYFUL CREATIVE DIVERSE
HARD-WORKING AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY. RIGHT? I THINK WE
NEED SOMETHING MORE THAN OUR PRAYER IDENTITY REPRESENTING
US. IT SHOULD REGULATE CAPTURE SOMETHING ABOUT OUR CITY AND
WOULD ACHIEVE FAR FAR MORE THAN JUST A NEW FLAG. IT WILL
ACHIEVE A CONVERSATIONSATION THAT WILL REALLY LEAD US INTO
WHAT WE WHAT WE VALUE WHAT REPRESENTS US AND WHAT BRINGS
US TOGETHER AS CLICHCAS IT SOUNDS A FLAG CAN BE A THING
AND REMINDER THAT THINGS THAT BRING US TOGETHER ARE MORE
POWERFUL THAN THE THINGS THAT DIVIDE US IN SOME CASES. AND I
HOPE WE CAN GET FURTHER INTO THAT CONVERSATION. A
BACKGROUND AND NOT JUST WHY THE HOPE AND DREAM OF THE FLAG
COMPETITION FOR THE E FOLKS TUNING IN THIS WILL BE OPEN TO
EVERYONE AND INCLUDING WE HAD MEMBERS MEMBERS HERE ABOUT A
FLAG THAT WAS CREATED IN THE PAST. THAT ARTIST OR SOMEONE
WHO REPRESENTS THE ARTIST IS WILLING TO SUBMIT THAT FOR THIS
COMPETITION BUT WHEN I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT FLAG WHEN
IT WAS DESIGNED AND WE READ THE WORDS OF THE ARTIST ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT STRUCK ME AS SHE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT JUST
THINKING ABOUT THAT INCREASING THE FLAG CAUSED HER TO THINK
ABOUT THINGS THAT REPRESENTED THE CITY OF TACOMA REPRESENTED
COMMUNITY. I WANT MORE FOLKS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT TRULY SYMBOLIZES AND REPRESENTS US.
I THINK ONE THING ABOUT FLAGS RIGHT, GOOD FLAGS, THEY ARE A
SYMBOL. IT'S NOT ABOUT MORE IT'S GETTING CLOSER TO LESS AND
WHAT TRULY REPRESENTS US. IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE INCLUDING
FLAGS THAT WERE CREATED IN THE PAST. THAT CAN ALSO BE PART OF
THIS CONVERSATION, TOO. WE ARE ASKING BUSINESSES TO UPLOAD A
COPY OF THEIR DESIGN IN A BRIEF STATEMENT TO THE REASON WHY
THEY THINK THEIR FLAG SHOULD BE THE ONE FOR THE CITY OF TACOMA.
WE GET CREATIVE ORIGINAL WORK FROM ARTISTS SO WE ARE
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE NOT TO USE AI AS PART OF THE PROCESS WE
WANT ORIGINAL WORK AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A DEEP
CONNECTION TO TACOMA AND THINK ABOUT A FLAG THAT CAN BEST
REPRESENT OUR CITY. OTHER CITIES AROUND US, THE CITY OF
VANCOUVER, THE CITY OF SPOKANE HAVE RECENTLY DONE THIS PROCESS
IN TALKING TO THEIR MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IT REALLY WAS
AN EMPOWERING PROCESS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FLAG WHAT REPRESENTS US AND WHAT IS
THE CORE IDENTITY OF OUR CITY. AS PART OF THIS WE WILL BE
SELECTING A FLAG COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS WILL NOT
BE A NORMAL CBC IT WILL BE A LIMITED DURATION GROUP THAT
WILL COME TOGETHER AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE SUBMISSIONS TURNED
IN ONLINE. THE CITY OF SPOKANE GOT OVER 50. THE CITY OF
VANCOUVER GOT OVER 45 SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD FOR THE FLAGS OF THEIR CITY. WE WILL HAVE A FLAG
COMMISSION THAT WILL NARROW THIS DOWN TO 10 FINALISTS. WE
WILL THEN HAVE A PUBLIC VOTE ON TO GET US TO A FINAL THREE.
THE FINAL THREE WILL COME TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL
WILL DECIDE THE WINNER. AS I WOULD IMAGINE IF PEOPLE ARE
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FLAG WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE COMING HERE
AGAIN AND ADVOCATE TO EITHER FLAG SHOULD BE THE ONE TO
REPRESENT THE CITY AND INFLUENCE COUNCIL AS WE MAKE
OUR FINAL DECISION. THE COUNCIL CONTINGENCY FUND
REQUEST SORRY AND TALKING A LOT ABOUT FLAGS, IT'S SO EXCITING.
IT IS EXCITING. THE $6000 IS FOR THE BIG WINNER. THE FLAG
THE PERSON WILL GET THE $2000 AND THE TWO OTHER FINALISTS
WILL GET $1000 EACH. WE WILL REWARD THE FOLKS, WE WILL
PROVIDE A MONETARY REWARD FOR THE FLAGS TO GET TO THE FINAL
THREE AND BASIC IDEAS. COUNCIL MEMBER BUSHNELL DON'T YOU HAVE
A FLAG SITTING AROUND SOMEWHERE? THERE WE GO. WE
ARE ALREADY TRYING THIS ON THE COUNCIL. HE CANNOT ENTER THAT
FLAG FOR THE COMPETITION. WELL I GUESS HE CAN ENTER THAT ONE.
SO THE STANDARDS WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE NORTH AMERICAN DECKS
GEOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND ADA HAVE SOME VERY BASIC RULES
ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK MAKES A GOOD FLAG A GOOD FLAG. THEY
SHOULD BE SIMPLE AND THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT A CHILD
COULD DRAW IT LIKE THE CANADIAN FLAG MOST KIDS COULD PROBABLY
DRAW THAT OR IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMERICAN FLAG MOST KIDS CAN
PROBABLY DRAW A ROUGH ASSEMBLY OF THAT FLAG. IT SHOULD BE 2
TO 3 BASIC COLORS, WHITE NOT INCLUDED UP TO FOUR IF YOU
INCLUDE WHITE. NO LETTERING OR SEALS AND DISTINCTIVE TO
SIMILAR AREAS THAT SHOW CONNECTIONS. IF YOU THINK
ABOUT CERTAIN FLAGS THEY RIP OFF OF EACH OTHER TO SHOW
CONNECTIONS TO OTHER THING. IT IS IMPORTANT. I THINK THE
EXAMPLES THAT WE SAW THE ASSOCIATION MENTION IF YOU LOOK
AT THE COUNTRY OF LIBERIA WHICH IS IN AFRICA IT WAS HELD BY
FORMER SLAVES THAT WENT BACK TO AFRICA AND LIBERIA AND SETTLED
THERE. THE CAPITAL IS MONROVIA. IT IS A FLAG THAT
LOOKS ROUGHLY LIKE THE UNITED STATES TO RIP OFF THE FACT THAT
THEY WERE FOLKS THAT LEFT THE UNITED STATES AND WENT BACK TO
AFRICA. THAT'S ENOUGH FUN FLAGS FOR ME. GET READY FOR
THE PODCAST, FUN WITH FLAGS AND COUNCIL MEMBER HINES COMING OUT
SHORTLY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT'S IDEAS
FOR COSPONSORING THE REQUEST AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL ENGAGE
IN THIS CONVERSATION AND VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST AND I
AM OPEN TO ANY REQUESTS OR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HINES COUNCIL
MEMBER RUMBAUGH?
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD I FEEL LIKE IF COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMIT ONE THEY SHOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE $2500.
>> Council Member Palmer: THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE FLAG
COMMISSION TO DETERMINE WHAT MOVES FORWARD.
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: ARE WE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT ONE,
IS A QUESTION.
>> Council Member Palmer: I WOULD SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
ARE BUT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ATTORNEY TO WONDER IF YOU
CAN BEAT REMEMBER AYDA FOR THAT OR NOT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO
NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TIED TO THE CITY TO NOT ANTICIPATE ISN'T
THAT RIGHT CITY ATTORNEY?
>> City Attorney: I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ASSUMPTION
COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: OKAY, BUMMER.
>> Mayor Ibsen: OKAY. ANY OTHER FURTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT?
>> Council Member Scott: JUST TO CLARIFY IT WAS IT NOTE TO
COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMITTING OR GETTING THE MONEY TO?
>> Mayor Ibsen: I THINK IT'S GETTING THE MONEY.
>> Council Member Hines: OF HOPEFUL AND I WOULD SAY IF
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A DESIGN OR A VISION MAYBE TALK TO
SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALIZE THAT
DESIGN WITH WHAT IS GOING ON. OKAY.
>> Mayor Ibsen: ALL RIGHT. KILLS MEMBER DIAZ? OKAY. ALL
RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING RESOLUTION FOR 2013
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE RESOLUTION
IS DECLARED ADOPTED THE FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES ITEM 26
PART, PLEASE READ.
>> ORD29116 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1.12 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN, TO IMPLEMENT
RATES OF PAY AND COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL
483, SUPERVISORSb
AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE UNIT; THE TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY
AND PIERCE COUNTY EMPLOYEES LOCAL NUMBER 120 OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEES; AND
THE SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL, AND TRANSPORTATION - TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION, CONDUCTOR UNIT. 'S.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK. ARE THERE
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: I.
>> Council Member Diaz: AYE.
>> Council Member Hines: AYE.
>> Council Member Palmer: AYE.
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: AYE.
>> Council Member Sadalge: AYE.
>> Council Member Scott: AYE.
>> Council Member Walker: AYE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: AYE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THE ORDINANCE IS DECLARED PASSED. ITEM 27
CLERK, PLEASE READ.
>> ORD29117 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY
FOR, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN,
CERTAIN PROPERTY ALONG A VACATED ALLEYWAY LOCATED
BETWEEN PUYALLUP AVENUE AND EAST 25TH
STREET, ADJACENT TO THE EAST SIDE OF A STREET, FOR THE
ACQUISITION OF EASEMENT RIGHTS TO REPAIR, REPLACE, MAINTAIN,
AND CONSTRUCT THE STORMWATER TRUNK MAIN AND ASSOCIATED
FACILITIES.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK. ARE THERE
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, CLERK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> Council Member Diaz: AYE.
>> Council Member Hines: AYE.
>> Council Member Palmer: AYE.
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: AYE.
>> Council Member Sadalge: AYE .
>> Council Member Scott: AYE.
>> Council Member Walker: AYE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: AYE.
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: AYE.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THE ORDINANCE IS DECLARED PASSED. ARE THERE
ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? SEEING NONE CITY MANAGER DO YOU
HAVE A REPORT THIS EVENING?
>> City Manager: THERE IS NO REPORT THIS EVENING.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS I WOULD LIKE
TO CALL ON CHAIR WALKER FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNING
AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
>> Council Member Walker: THANK YOU MAYOR WE HAVE MET
TWICE SINCE OUR LAST REPORT OUT ON JULY 22ND THE COMMITTEE WAS
BRIEFED ON AN UPDATE FROM TACOMA WATER ON GROUNDWATER
SUPPLY AND REGULATIONS PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AND
MEETING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO PFA'S COMMONLY KNOWN
AS FOREVER CHEMICALS. ON AUGUST 12TH THE COMMITTEE VOTED
TO RECOMMEND CANDIDATES TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE
MISSION AND YOU ALL VOTED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED FOUR MEMORANDUMS FROM PUBLIC
WORKS PROVIDING UPDATES ON WALLOP AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS, THE
FISHING MORRIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT EXPANSION AS WELL AS BACKGROUND
INFORMATION ON THE SCHUSTER PARKWAY TRAIL PROJECT. I
RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE ON COUNCIL LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE
MEMOS IS A TON OF GOOD INFORMATION AND GREAT WORK DONE
IN PUBLIC WORKS. SINCE OUR LAST REPORT OUT THE COMMITTEE
HAS RECEIVED ONE POLICY LETTER AND THAT WAS FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION SUPPORTING THE ELIMINATION OF
PARKING MINIMUMS. OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE
AUGUST 26. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL BE
PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE TREE AND LANDSCAPING CODE AND DRAFT
AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS OF A
CARING PROCESS. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STAFF WILL BE BRIEFING
THE COMMITTEE ON THE URBAN FORESTRY PRIORITY ACTION PLAN
ENTRY MINUTES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AS BY RESOLUTION
41682 WHICH WAS OUR RESOLUTION ON URBAN FORESTRY AND MAYOR
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER KILLS
MEMBER SADALGE?
>> Council Member Sadalge: THANK YOU MAYOR I HAD A COUPLE
OF LAST THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FIRST I WANTED TO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER PORTS COMMISSIONER SMITH AND EASTSIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LYNETTE SHI'ITE VP
TARA SHI'ITE JENNIFER CAMERAS ALL STREET OPERATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR COMING OUT WITH ME LAST
WEEK TO DO THE UNVEILING OF THE WAYS FINDING SIGN FOR THE EAST
SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER AND EARLIER TODAY I BELIEVE OUR
MEDIA TEAM HAS POSTED SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE STAFF FOR GETTING THIS DONE SO
QUICKLY. BECAUSE I REALLY WAS HOPING SOMETIME THIS YEAR I
DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS ALSO GOING TO BE IN THE SAME MONTH
OR RIGHT IN THE NEXT MONTH SO THAT WAS AMAZING. I HAVE
ALREADY HEARD OR GOTTEN MESSAGES FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT JUST THOUGHT IT WAS DELIGHTFUL TO SEE THAT SIGN
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAD TROUBLE EVEN FINDING IT OR
KNOWING IT WAS THERE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. SECOND, I ALSO WANT
TO MENTION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HAD THE HONOR OF VISITING
IN MY DISTRICT AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL A PROGRAM CALLED THE
NEWCOMERS CAMP. IN THAT PROGRAM IT IS BASICALLY A
SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REFUGEES OR ASYLUM-SEEKERS.
THIS IS A PROGRAM PUT ON BY IN PART BETWEEN TACOMA PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND ASIA-PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTER. I WANT TO
THANK MAYOR CHRIS CASTRO AND REHOME WHO HELPS RUN THE AS
WELL AS ALL OF THE STAFF WHO WAS THERE. I DON'T KNOW
EVERYBODY'S NAME BUT IT WAS AMAZING. I HAD THE DELIGHT OF
BEING THERE WITH WASHINGTON STATE SEN. JAVIER VALDES WHO
CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALSO TALK TO THE KIDS ON THE VERY
LAST DAY. IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO BE IN THAT ROOM
TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE ALL HAVE AGREED TO SO MANY
TIMES IN SO MANY RESOLUTIONS AND BEING A WELCOMING CITY THAT
WELCOMES EVERYONE, WHEREVER YOU ARE BORN OR COME FROM. IT WAS
ACTUALLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY TENURE AS A COUNCIL
MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS GIVEN THE WORLD IN
WHICH WE LIVE NOW. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR?
>> Deputy Mayor Bushnell: THANK YOU MAYOR I WANTED TO DO
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE HAVE A PLAQUE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT BOARD AND I WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO THE FOLKS OVER
AT PUBLIC WORKS A JOB WELL DONE. WE JUST DID A
RIBBON-CUTTING THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE SHERIDAN AVENUE
PHASE I PROJECT. THAT TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN STAFF
AND PARTNERS INCLUDING PARKS AND OTHERS. JUST IN
RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THAT YOU WILL HAVE DONE VERY WELL
DONE AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE YEARS AHEAD IN FAMILIES
BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THE NEW STREET AND GETTING TO THE PARK
SAFELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
GUYS HAD THIS.
>> Mayor Ibsen: WONDERFUL COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH?
>> Council Member Rumbaugh: THANK YOU MAYOR I WANTED TO
THANK THE STAFF IN THE ROOM. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK IN OLD TOWN THAT FINALLY THANK GOD GOT FIXED. EVERY
TIME I WAS AT THIS BAR AND HEARD IT GO OFF WITH MY FRIENDS
EVERY THREE OR 4 MINUTES APOLOGIZING TO THEM AND I KNOW
IT'S NOT MY FAULT BUT I FELT SO RESPONSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE WORK FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND
JENNIFER CAMERAS ALL AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US. I HEAR THAT THEY
MIGHT HAVE A LOBBYIST THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO MORE WORK
WITH NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Ibsen: THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBAUGH. A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. A REMINDER
SEPTEMBER 4TH AND SEPTEMBER 8TH STUDY SESSIONS AND
BIDDIESBUSINESS MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HER COUNSEL. WE ARE
RELOCATING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER
30TH AS THE FIRST OF OUR IN DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING IT
WILL BE HELD AT THE STAR CENTER IN SOUTH TACOMA. DOORS WILL
OPEN ON THE SEPTEMBER 30TH MEETING AT 5:30 IN THE MEETING
WILL START AT 6:00. THERE WILL BE FOOD, MUSIC AND CHILDCARE
PROVIDED. THE MEETING INCLUDED A BRIEF AGENDA AND COMMUNITY
FORUM AND CITY STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND
DEAL WITH SERVICE REQUESTS. THE STUDY SESSION ON TUESDAY
OCTOBER 29TH IS NOT BEING RESCHEDULED. THE STUDY SESSION
WILL STILL TAKE PL., TUESDAY AT NOON ON THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
SCOTT.
>> Council Member Scott: NOT A QUESTION.
>> Mayor Ibsen: A COMMENT?
>> Council Member Scott: I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT
THE HILLTOP STREET FAIR IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY AT
PEOPLE'S PARK.
>> Mayor Ibsen: VERY GOOD KILLS MEMBER DIAZ?
>> Council Member Diaz: I DO QUESTION WHY IS THE MEETING
MOVING FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY?
>> Mayor Ibsen: THAT WAS THE AVAILABILITY FOR THE STAR
CENTER FOR THAT DATE DISTRICT 5. OKAY ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> Council Member Hines: I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
>> Council Member: SECOND.
>> Mayor Ibsen: MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY AYE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. [RAPS THE GAVEL]