Home in Tacoma Phase 2 Letters & Comments

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Your North End Neighborhood Council has been very involved in reviewing, discussing, and commenting on the Home in Tacoma 2 proposal.

At our meeting on February 5, 2024, City of Tacoma Senior Planner, Elliott Barnett gave a presentation to explain the current proposal.

The NENC developed and submitted comments indicating our concerns and documenting our opposition to the proposal.

The NENC was also provided with comment letters written by Tacoma Urban Forrest Friends  and the North Slope Historic District and has written letters in support of the positions taken by those two organizations: 

NENC comment letter in support of TUFF

NENC comment letter in support of NSHD

NENC Agenda For March Meeting (03/04/24)

http://city-made.com/author/admin/page/21/ North End Neighborhood Council Meeting
 
Monday March 4, 2024
6:00 p.m.

Cookies & Hot Cider from 5:30 p.m.


 ****MEETING ROOM LOCATION****

Rotunda at the 
University of Puget Sound
Wheelock Student Center
3209 15th St.

 

Meeting Agenda:

 
 

Virtual – Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 882 2046 7648
Passcode: 649767

 

1) Call to order, adoption of agenda —

2) Introductions and welcome—

Welcome to Boy Scouts of America Troop 299 who are attending tonight’s meeting as a requirement to observe a Community Council Meeting!

3) Announcements —

4) Approval of Minutes 

5) Treasurer’s Report 

6) Standard Liaison Reports

-Police

-Tacoma Public Utilities 

-City Manager’s Office

7) City Council Member Reports

PROJECT MASON

Pastor Susan Boegli from Mason United Methodist Church will provide an update of PROJECT MASON with plans to redevelop its property into 120-140 units of mixed-income housing, with a focus on affordability, space for community services, indoor and outdoor communal spaces, required parking, and a space for spiritual and meditative activities.

9) PROCTOR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN

City of Tacoma Principal Planner, Lauren Hoogkamer, will provide an update on the recently adopted Proctor Neighborhood Plan, implementation, and next steps.

10) CUSHMAN AND ADAMS SUBSTATIONS REDEVELOPMENT

Consultant OTAK has been engaged to by the City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU) to engage the community on the future redevelopment of these historic properties. Mandi Roberts from OTAK will explain what that outreach will look like and get input from the NENC on this very important opportunity.

 

                                                                       11) Old Business 

                                                                          -Home in Tacoma 

-Amici House

-Cushman Commons

-Rendering Plant

12) New Business

13) Adjournment 

NOTE: Our next meeting will be Monday, April 1 when we will be welcoming our three District 27 legislator: Senator Yasmin Trudeau, House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, and Representative Jake Fey to discuss what was achieved in the most recent legislative session and answer questions from the NENC membership.

 

 

Big Changes Are Coming to Tacoma’s Neighborhoods

Now is the time to make your voice heard about the future of housing in our City that has been outlined in the plan called Home in Tacoma. During the past 2+ years, our City has reached out to inform our citizens about these big changes by notifying us with mailed postcards, emails, social media, press releases and in person events at locations including our North End Neighborhood Council meetings. 

Currently, our City is seeking your input about these big changes.

 

Q. What are these changes and how will they affect your own neighborhood?

 

A.  Single family zoning is being replaced by multi-family housing zoning throughout our City. That means that the following multi-family housing types will be able to be built within all single family neighborhoods: duplex up to 6-plex, town houses, row houses, backyard buildings, courtyard housing and also multi-plex housing that could be built up to 2.5 stories tall.

 

Please See the Home in Tacoma Website and then Speak Up!

-You can read about the important details of the Home in Tacoma Phase 2 housing plan by going to the website homeintacoma@cityoftacoma.org

 

Leave Your Comments on the Home in Tacoma Website, About the Following Topics

-Home in Tacoma Summary • Zoning • Reduced Parking • Housing Types • Amenity Space and Tree Retention • Affordability and Retention Bonuses • Unit Lot Subdivision • Draft of Environmental Impact Statement 

 

Watch the Zoom of the Home in Tacoma Informational Session from Feb. 20, 2024

 

Attend the Planning Commission Public Hearing on this Wed., March 6, 5:30 

– City Council Chambers, 747 Market Street and also on Zoom. Voice your questions and comments.

 

Provide Your Written Comments by Friday, March 8. Send them to planning@cityoftacoma.org 

 

Support the Landscaping Code section of Home in Tacoma

As more and more multi-family housing will be constructed within our City in the coming years, the new tree regulations will help protect our mature trees and ensure that many more will be planted to improve our very low tree canopy from 20% to 30%.

 

Please go to our NENC website and Facebook page to read the North End Neighborhood Board’s letter to the Planning Commission describing our stance on the Home in Tacoma plan.                                                                      

 

 

Contact Your North End City Council Members:

 

CM John Hines represents citizens in District 1  jhines@cityoftacoma.org

 

CM Sarah Rumbaugh represents citizens in District 2     srumbaugh@cityoftacoma.org

NENC Board Members    Contact: officers@gmail.com

Chair Peter Bennett          Vice-Chair Tobi Bet     Treasurer Jodi Cook      Secretary Alex Morganroth

 Joe Tieger     Georgette Reuter      Brad  Stave        Geoff Corso       Danielle Vargas

 

Subsidized Urban Tree Sale

The Pierce Conservation District has provided information about a program that is available for the residents of North End Tacoma Neighborhood!

 

 

The Urban Tree Sale is a program that is directly funded by the City of Puyallup, City of Tacoma, and Pierce County with the goal of providing residents of Puyallup, Tacoma, and Unincorporated Pierce County with subsidized trees to plant around their homes and along their street, providing invaluable benefits to our urban spaces such as cleaner air and water, bettering stormwater management, increasing the economic value of homes, and creating healthier neighborhoods.

 

 

The Urban Tree Sale is offered twice a year, and the Spring sale is currently open for pre-orders and will continue to be open until April 6th. If you would like to learn more about the Urban Tree Sale you can visit their website at: https://www.pcdwaterquality.com/tree-sale.

 

Home in Tacoma 2 Proposal

Thank you to everyone who joined our February meeting.  Here is the Home in Tacoma 2 presentation given by City of Tacoma Senior Planner Elliott Barnett:
 

HIT NENC Presentation

 
The NENC Board will be developing comments on the Home in Tacoma 2 proposal at a special board meeting on February 12.  If you have suggestions for us to consider and/or want to be involved in the writing of those comments please contact admin@nenc.org