Pierce County Council
Regular Meeting
3 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Room 1045
County-City Building
930 Tacoma Ave. South
Action on Ordinances
Proposal No. 2004-13, amending Chapter 18A.25.150 F. of the Pierce County Code, Rural Zone Classifications and Use Tables to allow regional parks as an outright permitted use in rural activity centers (RAC) zoned classifications.
Proposal No. 2004-15, authorizing the approval of applications for timber land classification under current use assessments on certain properties located within unincorporated Pierce County; and adopting findings of fact. (Application No. OST1-03, Bruce and Korrice Pederson – Tule Lake/McKenna area; Application No. OST3-03, William and Catherine Hainer – Tule Lake/McKenna area; Application No. OST5-03, Michael and Kristin Yamada – Tule Lake/McKenna area; Application No. OST7-03, Phillip and Angela Aponte – Tule Lake/McKenna area; Application OST8-03 – Don and Hwa Kim – Silver Lake area; Application No. OST9-03, Dae Kyung and Mal Soon Rhe – Tule Lake/McKenna area; Application No. OST10-03, Daniel and Connie Buchignani – Tule Lake/McKenna area; Application No. OST11-03, Matthew Bronoske – Tule Lake/McKenna area; Application No. OST12-03, Paul and Jeanine Jordan – Silver Lake area)
Proposal No. 2004-18, finding the proposed nonexclusive wireless telecommunications franchise to Voicestream PCS III Corporation, a subsidiary of T-Mobile USA, Inc., for a telecommunications network in Pierce County to be in the public interest; setting forth terms and conditions accompanying the granting of the wireless telecommunications franchise; providing for the regulation of construction, operation, maintenance and use of the network; prescribing remedies for the violation of provisions of the franchise; and authorizing the County Executive to enter into the franchise agreement.
Proposal No. 2004-20, authorizing the approval of applications for open space classification under current use assessment on certain properties located within the unincorporated boundaries of Pierce County; and adopting findings of fact. (Application No. OS2-03, Robert L. Berg – Orting area; Application OS4-03, Kimberly Powell – Eatonville area; and Application No. OS6-03, Nick and Joleen Reynolds – Wauna area)
Proposal No. 2004-22, approving a land lease/sublease agreement for real property at the Pierce County Steilacoom Ferry Landing with the Washington State Department of Corrections and Department of Social and Health Services; and authorizing the County Executive to execute said lease/sublease.
Proposal No. 2004-26, adopting a new Chapter 18J.17 of the Pierce County Code (PCC), Small Lot Design Standards; amending Section 18J.10.030, Definitions, Section 18J.50.070, Small Lot Design, and Section 18A.35.020, Design and Density; setting an effective date; and adopting findings of fact.
Awards, appointments
Proposal No. R2004-60, commending Dave Risvold as an Employee Suggestion Award winner.
Proposal No. R2004-61, commending Kris Dessen as an Employee Suggestion Award winner.
Proposal No. R2004-43, confirming the reappointment of three members to the Ethics Commission. (Richard McGrue, Michael Lacadie and Denise Hood)
Proposal No. R2004-46, confirming the appointment of one new member to the Pierce County Arts Commission. (Susan Leonard)
Proposal No. R2004-53, confirming the appointment of ten new members to the Pierce County Airport/Thun Field Advisory Commission. (Robert Baltzell, Michael Carson, Leon Peters, Elizabeth Stubbs, Carl Vest, Robert Fay, Frank Lloyd III, Jeff Pratt, Tony Robinson and Darryl Sams)
This is an incomplete agenda for this weeks meeting. The Index prints as much as space allows.