On May 1, members of the City Council are scheduled to receive a briefing on the upcoming City of Destiny Awards scheduled for May 8 at Stadium High School. As a second item on the agenda, City Council is scheduled to discuss “Other Items of Interest.”
The Council will not take public comment during the noon study session in the Tacoma Municipal Building North, 733 Market St., Room 16. Audio from the session will be broadcast live on TV Tacoma and on www.tvtacoma.com. On-demand audio archives are available on the web within 24 hours of the meeting at www.tvtacoma.com.
Contact: Karrie Spitzer, Community Relations, karrie.spitzer@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5790
Members of City Council are scheduled May 1 to consider a resolution that would adopt the Substantial Amendment to the 2011-2012 Annual Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development and would authorize submittal of the Substantial Amendment to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development by May 15, 2012.
Contact: Linda Villegas Bremer, Director, Human Rights and Human, lbremer@cityoftacoma.org, (253)591-5059
Members of City Council are scheduled to consider a resolution on May 1 that would authorize the submittal of the 2012-2013 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development by May 15, 2012.
Contact: Karrie Spitzer, Community Relations, karrie.spitzer@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5790
The Tacoma Planning Commission has released a public review draft of a new landscaping code to replace the current code that is intended to align the code with the Urban Forest Policy Element of Tacoma’s Comprehensive Plan. Adopted by the City Council in 2010, the Urban Forest Policy Element sets goals to improve the health and function of the urban forest and grow citywide tree canopy coverage from 19 percent to 30 percent by the year 2030, while striking a balance with other key goals including accommodating density, urban design, public safety, sustainability and regulatory flexibility. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the code revisions on May 2, 2012. The public hearing will start at approximately 5 p.m. and will be held in the Council Chambers on first floor of the Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market St.
Contact: Elliott Barnett, Community and Economic Development, elliott.barnett@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5389
City Council standing committee meetings this week
Committee of the Whole
May 1, 3 p.m. in Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market St., 9th Floor Visibility Center
May 2, 4:30 p.m. in Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market St., Room 248
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Editor’s Note: For information about these or other City activities after business hours, please call Communications Supervisor Rob McNair-Huff at (253) 591-5054 or Community Relations Specialist Karrie Spitzer at (253) 591-5790.