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Council member reports TIP change, ADA plan adoption and $1M H Barn grant pursuit
Summary
Council member (introduced as Council member Tavo) updated the planning commission on council actions including removal of a 75th Street extension from the TIP, addition of an I-5 gateway project, adoption of an ADA barrier-free mobility plan, upcoming homelessness coordination with Pierce County, and pursuit of a $1,000,000 state grant plus a $2,000,000 city match for the H Barn restoration.
Council member Tavo addressed the planning commission near the end of the June 3 meeting with several city-council updates relevant to planning and transportation.
Tavo said the council adopted the six-year Transportation Improvement Program but removed the proposed 75th Street extension over Chambers Creek after extensive public comment and added a new, currently-scoped I-5 gateway project intended to improve the Bridgeport-to-Gravelly Lake corridor. He also said the council formally adopted the ADA barrier-free mobility plan the commission previously reviewed.
Tavo said staff will present a coordinated Pierce County and regional approach to homelessness at an upcoming study session and that council will hear more about downtown transportation-feasibility work tied to a federal RAISE grant and a Green Street loop concept. He also said the council is holding study-session conversations about a proposal from the West Coast Baseball League to bring an amateur collegiate team to Lakewood and that staff will present an encroachment evaluation process for lake-terminating street ends.
On historic preservation funding, Tavo said the council approved pursuing a state historic-preservation grant request of $1,000,000 for the H Barn restoration and a $2,000,000 local match from the city. "We're very hopeful and, hope to hear soon before the end of the year," he said.
Tavo also noted the council will present initial information on potentially legalizing cannabis land uses and that more detailed proposals would come to the planning commission and then to council for consideration.
