city of tacoma
Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/20/2013 5:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Council Chambers
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13-0010 11.Study Session Minutes 20130716MinutesMinutes of the City Council study session of July 16, 2013.adoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0009 12. ProclamationProclaiming August 22, 2013 as Tacoma Link Day.presented  Action details Not available
13-0012 13.Alzheimer's Awareness MonthProclamationProclaiming September 2013 as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.presented  Action details Not available
13-0013 14.Settlement Motion 20130820Action ItemA motion may be considered to authorize the City’s full and final settlement of all violations of the Toxics Substance Control Act alleged by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to used oil management activities at the Tacoma Landfill upon payment by the City in the amount of $40,000.adoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0014 15.Settlement Motion 20130820Action ItemA motion may be considered to authorize the City’s full and final settlement of all claims against the City in the matter of Terri Coe vs. City of Tacoma, Pierce County Cause No. 12-2-09484-1, upon payment by the City in the amount of $87,500.adoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0015 16.Settlement motion 20130820Action ItemA motion may be considered to authorize the City’s full and final settlement of all claims against the City by Margaret Wilkins, Claim No. 14409, upon payment by the City in the amount of $37,658.35.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES38719 17.ED13-0359F and IT13-0379FResolutionAwarding contracts to: 1. Global Contractors, LLC, on its bid of $367,165.00, sales tax not applicable, plus a 10 percent contingency, for a cumulative total of $403,881.50, budgeted from the CDBG Fund and the Neighborhood Business District REET Fund, for Business District Sidewalk Improvements in four locations - Specification No. ED13-0359F; and [Carol Wolfe, Program Development Specialist; Ricardo Noguera, Director, Community and Economic Development] 2. Sage Group Consulting Inc., on its bid of $292,400.00, plus applicable sales tax, budgeted from the Information Systems Fund, for a four-month contract to conduct a strategic assessment of the City’s core Enterprise Resource Planning systems - Specification No. IT13-0379F. [Alan Alvarez, Business Solutions Functional Manager; Jack Kelanic, Interim Director, Information Technology]adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES38720 18.Approve expansion of Tacoma Water Service Area (Fennel Heights)ResolutionApproving the expansion of the Tacoma Water service area by 14.7 acres and authorizing the execution of an agreement to extend the water mains to 15 residents served by the Fennel Heights Maintenance Water System. [Ryan Flynn, Senior Principal Engineer; Linda McCrea, Superintendent, Tacoma Water]adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES38721 19.Easement - O'Donnell Family Revocable Living TrustResolutionAuthorizing the execution and conveyance of a non-exclusive perpetual easement to Robin Bueche, individually and as Successor Trustee of the O'Donnell Family Revocable Living Trust, in the amount of $10,000, for ingress, egress, and utilities over and across the Tacoma Rail Mountain Division right of way in the Ashford area of Pierce County. [Dylan Harrison, Senior Real Estate Specialist; Kurtis Kingsolver, Interim Director, Public Works]adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES38722 110.Sands Open Space Current Use AssessmentResolutionApproving and designating the property owned by Norma J. Sands and Linnea C. Sands, located at 615 South 82nd Street, as open space for property tax purposes under the City and Pierce County's Open Space Current Use Assessment program. [Cheri Gibbons, Associate Planner; Peter Huffman, Interim Director, Planning and Development Services]adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD28165 111.Compensation - Judges and Court CommissionersOrdinanceAmending Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code, relating to the Compensation Plan, to implement rates of pay and compensation for Municipal Court Judges and Court Commissioners, effective September 1, 2013. [Joy St. Germain, Director, Human Resources]passedPass Action details Not available
ORD28166 112.Compensation - District Lodge No. 160OrdinanceAmending Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code, relating to the Compensation Plan, to implement rates of pay and compensation for employees represented by District Lodge No. 160, on behalf of Local Lodge No. 297, of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Rail Mechanics and Track Workers Units, which covers approximately 18 budgeted, full-time positions. [Joy St. Germain, Director, Human Resources]passedPass Action details Not available
ORD28167 113.Amending Chapter 1.12.246, Leave Based Contribution ProgramOrdinanceAmending Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code, relating to the Compensation Plan, to provide for changes to the employee Leave-Based Contribution Program. [Mary McDougal, Human Resources Manager; Joy St. Germain, Director, Human Resources]set over for final reading  Action details Not available
ORD28168 114.Establishing a rebate payment pilot programOrdinanceAmending Chapter 12.08 of the Municipal Code, relating to stormwater and surface water systems, to authorize the Environmental Services Director to establish a pilot program to offer and evaluate the use of rebate payments to eligible customers, in an amount up to $2,000, who construct and/or maintain City owned low-impact development rain gardens and bioretention facilities through December 31, 2014. [Geoffrey M. Smyth, P.E., Science and Engineering Division Manager; Michael P. Slevin, III, P.E., Director, Environmental Services]set over for final reading  Action details Not available
13-0027 115. AppealJameson Babbitt Stites & Lombard, P.L.L.C., representing the appellant H&P Tacoma Acquisition, LLC, by appealing the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner regarding the request to reclassify approximately 1.78 acres/75,000 square feet of the southeast corner of a larger property located at 4601 South Orchard Street from a “R-2” Single-Family Dwelling District to a “M-1” Light Industrial District, to be developed with a stormwater detention facility requiring approximately 15,000 cubic yards of grading, landscaping, and up to 100 passenger car parking spaces; and to develop a driveway across the parcel for commercial and passenger vehicle access to South 48th Street. (Paul McCormick, Innova Architects on behalf of H&P Tacoma Acquisition, LLC; File No. REZ2013-40000199731) (Continued from the meeting of September 24, 2013)continued  Action details Not available