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Tacoma Report - July 29, 2025
📣You’re invited to join a virtual informational meeting on August 7, 2025, at 6 PM to learn more about the proposed updates to the Critical Areas section of the Tacoma Municipal Code.
❓What’s a critical area, you might ask? It’s a wetland, fish and wildlife conservation area, area ...with frequent flooding, geological hazard, or aquifer recharge. This meeting will help prepare you to make public comment at the Planning Commission Public Hearing on August 20. Public comment is also accepted by email and mail. More info in the event page below. ⬇️
🔴As a reminder, Tacoma City Council Study Session begins at noon on July 29, 2025. Agenda includes an Initiative Measure No. 2 Review, a Council Consideration Request for an Ordinance to Update Tacoma Municipal Code Chapter 1.55 Tacoma Creates Program, and a Council Consideration Request for an ...Ordinance to Reauthorize the Tacoma Creates Program and One-Tenth of One Percent Sales and Use Tax. The meeting is broadcast live at tacoma.gov/councilmeetings, on our YouTube channel, and on TV Tacoma.
🛠️YOUR STREETS INITIATIVE TAX DOLLARS AT WORK 🛠️
🎉 Big improvements are on the way for South #Tacoma! Current work on South Sheridan Avenue from South 64th St. to South 72nd St. will make it safer and easier for residents to connect to Wapato Park, nearby neighborhoods, and key ...arterials! 🎉
The South Sheridan Avenue – Phase 1 project will:
🚶 Add a shared-use path near Wapato Park
🚸 Build new sidewalks, curbs, and gutters on the east side of S. Sheridan Ave.
💧 Upgrade water, stormwater, power & gas utilities
🛣️ Narrow lanes for traffic calming and safety
🚲 Create a safer route for people walking, biking, and rolling
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This work is 100% funded by Tacoma Streets Initiative I ($3.89M), Washington State Transportation Improvement Board ($3.56M), and City of Tacoma Real Estate Excise Tax ($400K). Project completion is expected in Summer 2026. Check out completed, active, and planned projects at TacomaStreetsInitiative.org.
🛠️YOUR STREETS INITIATIVE TAX DOLLARS AT WORK 🛠️
🎉 Big improvements are on the way for South Tacoma! Current work on South Sheridan Avenue from South 64th St. to South 72nd St. will make it safer and easier for residents to connect to Wapato Park, nearby neighborhoods, and key ...arterials! 🎉
The South Sheridan Avenue – Phase 1 project will:
🚶 Add a shared-use path near Wapato Park
🚸 Build new sidewalks, curbs, and gutters on the east side of S. Sheridan Ave.
💧 Upgrade water, stormwater, power & gas utilities
🛣️ Narrow lanes for traffic calming and safety
🚲 Create a safer route for people walking, biking, and rolling
This work is 100% funded by Tacoma Streets Initiative I ($3.89M), Washington State Transportation Improvement Board ($3.56M), and City of Tacoma Real Estate Excise Tax ($400K). Project completion is expected in Summer 2026. Check out completed, active, and planned projects at TacomaStreetsInitiative.org.
🛣️ Tacoma roads are about to get a fresh new look! Our Public Works Engineering Division will begin work to refresh lane striping on key roads and intersections across #Tacoma this week. Road closures are not expected, and work is expected to take place at night through September 2025.
🛣️ Our roads are about to get a fresh new look! Our Public Works Engineering Division will begin work to refresh lane striping on key roads and intersections across the city this week. Road closures are not expected, and work is expected to take place at night through September 2025.
The Planning Commission is taking public comment on proposed changes to the historic preservation section of the Tacoma Municipal Code at a Public Hearing on August 6, 2025. You can attend virtually or in-person. If you can’t make the Hearing, they’re also taking comment by email and mail. More... info in the event page below. ⬇️
Join us for the July 29, 2025, Tacoma City Council Meeting at 5 PM. Here's a link to the agenda: https://ow.ly/rQoH50Wwgm6. The meeting will be hybrid, in-person at the Tacoma Municipal Building Council Chambers and virtual via Zoom. To join via Zoom, use this link: www.zoom.us/j/84834233126 ...and passcode: 349099 or dial (253) 215-8782 using Meeting ID: 848 3423 3126. The meeting will also be streamed live at tacoma.gov/councilmeetings and broadcast on TV Tacoma.