Council Schedule Highlights Week of July 31st, 2017

Monday, JULY 31st, 2017
1:30pm Community Development Committee
Derek Young, Chair
Douglas G. Richardson, Vice Chair
Rick Talbert
Jim McCune
Pam Roach
This meeting will be broadcast live and replayed on channel 22 (Comcast and Click! Network) and on channel 20 (Rainier Connect). Electronic meeting material can be accessed at www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=4414. Video archives are available at www.piercecountytv.org.
Three presentations in this meeting but no action on proposals. The purpose is to educate the committee on what’s already happening in Pierce County on conservation, and what other areas are doing.
Open Space Preservation Efforts Presenter: Jordan Rash, Conservation Director, Forterra
An overview of efforts by the County and our partners like Forterra, and Audubon Society.
Presentation: Transfer of Development Rights Update (TDR) Presenter: Diane Marcus-Jones, Planning and Public Works
TDRs are a market based way to protect farmland while compensating property owners for its development potential, and transferring those development credits into cities.
Presentation: King County Conservation and Preservation Work Plan Presenter: Ingrid Lundin, Natural Lands Planner, Land Conservation Advisory Group
An opportunity to see what our neighbors to the north are doing on conservation.
Tuesday, AUGUST 1st, 2017
3:00pm County Council Meeting
Council meetings are audio recorded and cablecast from gavel to gavel. Meetings are broadcast live and replayed beginning the next day on channel 22 (Comcast and Click! Network) and on channel 20 (Rainier Connect). Video archives are available at www.piercecountytv.org Audio equipment is available for the hearing impaired. Please contact the receptionist for assistance.
Proposal №2017–28s, Low Impact Development An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting Amendments to the Pierce County Code Related to Low Impact Development (LID); Amending Title 11 of the Pierce County Code (PCC), “Storm Drainage and Surface Water Management”; “Manual on Accommodating Utilities in Pierce County Rights of Way,” 5th Edition; Title 17A PCC, “Construction and Infrastructure Regulations — Site Development and Stormwater Drainage”; Title 17B PCC, “Construction and Infrastructure Regulations — Road and Bridge Design and Construction Standards”; Title 17C PCC, “Construction and Infrastructure Regulations — Building and Fire Codes”; Title 18 PCC, “Development Regulations — General Provisions”; Title 18A PCC, “Development Regulations — Zoning”; and Title 18J PCC, “Development Regulations — Design Standards and Guidelines”, to Comply with the Requirements in Pierce County’s Phase I Municipal Stormwater NPDES Permit; Adopting Findings of Fact; and Setting an Effective Date.
Sponsored by: Councilmembers Derek Young and Connie Ladenburg
The Clean Water Act prohibits anybody from discharging “pollutants” through a “point source” into a “water of the United States” unless they have an National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. The permit will contain limits on what you can discharge, monitoring and reporting requirements, and other provisions to ensure that the discharge does not hurt water quality or people’s health.
The EPA has delegated authority and responsibility to Washington’s Department of Ecology which then permits the County (and other local governments) to discharge stormwater into the State’s ground and surface waters. Puget Sound has a number of problems, but pollutants from stormwater is the most serious.
In an effort to reduce pollution from stormwater the State required a number of new protections that we adopted in the County’s Stormwater Manual in late 2015. Some of them are known as Low Impact Development techniques (LID) which is designed to reduce the amount of stormwater generated by creating less impervious surfaces and using more nature-like stormwater facilities.
Here’s an explanation from Seattle Times:
While those standards have already been adopted, we also need to update our development regulations to ensure that LID is the preferred method of controlling stormwater.
Proposal №2017–36, Charter Amendment — Nonpartisan Prosecutor An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Proposing an Amendment to Section 4.10 of the Pierce County Charter, “Election Procedures,” to Make the Prosecuting Attorney a Nonpartisan Office; Requesting the Auditor to Submit this Amendment to the Voters at the November 2017 General Election; and Requesting the Prosecuting Attorney to Draft an Appropriate Ballot Title.
Sponsored by: Councilmember Douglas G. Richardson
A charter amendment to be sent to voters that would make the Prosecutor a nonpartisan office.
Proposal No. R2017–77, Creating Committees to Prepare For and Against Arguments for Charter Amendment №47 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Creating a Committee to Prepare Arguments Advocating Voter Approval of Charter Amendment №47, Said Arguments to Be Included in the 2017 General Election Voters’ Pamphlet; Creating a Committee to Prepare Arguments Advocating Voter Rejection of Charter Amendment №47, Said Arguments to Be Included in the 2017 General Election Voters’ Pamphlet; and Appointing Members to the Newly Created Committees.
Sponsored by: Councilmembers Douglas G. Richardson and Connie Ladenburg
Creating the committees for the charter amendment proposal regarding appointments for nonpartisan office.
Proposal No. R2017–78, Creating Committees to Prepare For and Against Arguments for Charter Amendment №48 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Creating a Committee to Prepare Arguments Advocating Voter Approval of Charter Amendment №48, Said Arguments to Be Included in the 2017 General Election Voters’ Pamphlet; Creating a Committee to Prepare Arguments Advocating Voter Rejection of Charter Amendment №48, Said Arguments to Be Included in the 2017 General Election Voters’ Pamphlet; and Appointing Members to the Newly Created Committees.
Sponsored by: Councilmember Douglas G. Richardson and Connie Ladenburg
Same as above. This one is for the charter amendment proposal amending the term limit for the Council from two to three terms.
Wednesday, AUGUST 3rd, 2017
9:30am SPECIAL MEETING COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT
Location: Sprinker Recreation Center, Rainier Room, 14824 C St S, Tacoma, WA
Believe it or not, we’re already starting to talk about next year’s budget. This one is typically more of an overview of the budget as it currently stands, a tentative forecast on what will be available, and beginning to set some Council priorities.
My Weekly Calendar
Earlier this year we got a request for my forward looking calendar. Rather than have staff waste their time on public record requests, I’m just going to start publishing screen shots. Keep in mind, my schedule isn’t static. Things will get added, deleted, changed, etc. There are conflicts that I have to pick between. But if people want to see where I’m at and who I meet with, that’s fine by me.

