Colleagues,

The Tacoma City Council will take up the following at its Nov. 19 meeting beginning at 5pm at City Hall, 747 Market.  Please note that the Council has a lengthy agenda - 45 items and the two ordinances are at the end of the agenda.  I have copied out the three sections and attached the City Council Action Memorandum and Resolution or Ordinance for each of the three proposed actions.  You can find the full agenda at https://cityoftacoma.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.  Jut click on the agenda for 11/19.  

Resolution No. 40488A resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Low Income Housing Institute, in the amount of $388,000, budgeted from the General Fund, to operate a temporary emergency shelter site, located at 802 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. 

Ordinance 28636 An ordinance amending Chapter 13.06 of the Municipal Code, relating to Zoning, by amending Section 13.06.635, entitled “Temporary Use”, to update geographic location and square footage requirements for temporary shelter sites.

Ordinance 28637  (First and Final Reading) An ordinance adopting additional findings; and extending the declaration of emergency and the emergency authority granted pursuant to Ordinance Nos. 28565, 28430, 28457, and 28477, to remain in effect until such time as there is shelter availability for 95 percent of unsheltered individuals in Tacoma as noted in the annual Point In Time Count; and declaring an emergency, making necessary the passage of this ordinance, and it becoming effective immediately.

We will not have time on our Coalition to End Homelessness agenda Friday to discuss suggested talking points but if you email your suggestions, I'll draft something over the week-end and get it out late Sunday.

As always, thank you for your work,

Maureen

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