Category: Pierce County

Where We are Going & What We Need to Get There

From: Paul Pastor – Pierce County Sheriff We recently held our Sheriff’s Department Awards Ceremony for 2015 honoring those who have performed with special distinction over the past year. We honored 69 of our employees for valor, for life saving and for meritorious actions on behalf of the community. We also honored six citizens for…

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Navigating your county government – from Jim McCune

[Editor note: the following is from an email County Councilman Jim McCune put out otday. It has a lot of helpful citizen information so we decided to post if for you.] Our daily lives can be complicated enough, then you get a postcard or an e-mail from a government agency (federal, state or local) seeking…

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Editorial: Graham Community Plan update

By David M. Friscia Bottom up Growth Management at work in Pierce County Bloated “Community” Plan Rubber Stamped By the Graham Advisory Commission At the 6 PM Tuesday March 24 Graham Advisory Commission meeting, the Chair of the Graham Advisory Commission was in such a hurry to get a positive vote on the County Staff’s…

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Section of 72nd Street East closed March 28-29 for vault installation

72nd Street East between Canyon Road East and 66th Avenue East will be closed from 7 a.m. Saturday, March 28 to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 29 while crews install pipes under the road for a new stormwater filter vault. The vault will remove contaminants from stormwater runoff before it enters Rody Creek. The closure will not impact local…

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Annual county roadside herbicide applications start March 30

Pierce County roadsides will get their annual makeover this spring and summer. An initial application of herbicides to combat weeds along road shoulders will start March 30, and continue through June. Targeted noxious weeds and brush control applications will occur through the end of November as needed. Only federal- and state-approved herbicides are used. Workers…

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Frederickson Meeting on transportation Mar 21

This is your friendly reminder about Saturday’s meeting. Bring your Frederickson transportation questions for the guest speaker. Hope to see you at 9 AM, @ Christ Christian Baptist Church, 8016 176th St. E. The Guest Speaker for our March 21st meeting will be Letticia Neal, the Section Manager of Pierce County’s Transportation Improvement Department. She…

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Delano Beach boat restrictions

Please note the March 23, 2015 Public Safety and Human Services Committee Meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. This is notice of the Public Safety and Human Services Committee and final Council hearings on Proposal No. 2015-7. An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Section 8.88.500 of the Pierce County Code, “Saltwater Areas,” Restricting…

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Pierce County Airport/Thun Field Advisory Commission appointments

This is notice of final Council hearing on Proposal No. R2015-33. A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Confirming the Reappointment of One Existing Member (J. Keith Kemper) and the Appointment of One New Member (Marshall Collins) to the Pierce County Airport/Thun Field Advisory Commission. The Final Council hearing on this proposal is set for…

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Draft Pierce County Comprehensive Plan update is available for public review

A draft policy document intended to guide growth in unincorporated Pierce County over the next 20 years is now available for the public to review. The updated Pierce County Comprehensive Plan fulfills a state legislative requirement that is due by June 30, 2015. Pierce County must review its existing growth policies and update them if…

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