Upcoming Meetings:
- Council Meeting – October 18, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall
- Civil Service – November 3, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Community Center.
- Planning Commission – October 10, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall.
- Preservation and Review Board – October 26, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall.
Council Future Agenda “Look-Ahead” Issues:
Copies of the Agenda and staff reports are available at all Town facilities once published. The Agenda and Council meeting minutes are posted to the Town’s official website.
Parks’ Task Force Community Work Party – Sunday October 9, 1 PM to 3 PM:
This Fall season is the time to plant our native plants purchased this past spring to improve the berm at Saltars Point Park. The plants have been well-attended by Town parks staff all summer and are eager to trade in their pots for a permanent home.
Our plan is to plant them on the berm at Saltars Point Park which previously was engulfed in blackberry vines before our volunteers removed them. Blackberry vines are very determined and have made a little comeback. The goal for Sunday afternoon is to remove all remaining blackberry roots.
The next step, specifics of which will be determined, will involve preparing the soil to be more invasive-resistant and more receptive for the native plants. The native plants will then be planted toward the end of Oct or in Nov.
Please bring any tools you would like to bring. Pick axes, shovels, cutters, and pitchforks will be handy. The Town will have extra gloves on hand (no pun intended).
The weather is predicted to be sunny on Sunday, 66 degrees, and the Seahawks aren’t playing!
Street Light LED Conversion Project:
The contractor continues to work converting street lights to LED heads/lights throughout Town. Excluding the arterials, most of the new conversions are being installed without the diffuser. Given comments from residents, the Town crew has begun removing the diffusers from selected lights in the Saltar’s Point neighborhood.
Public Safety:
School Emphasis Patrols:
Public Safety officers as part of our community oriented policing objective, will be highly visible in, at, and around the schools.
Safety Alert:
If you observe suspicious activity, please contact Public Safety – non-emergency number – 798-4721 as soon as possible
Public Works:
Streets and Storm:
Crew Emphasis:
The crew performed sidewalk maintenance, maintained storm drains, swept streets, sidewalk repairs along Lexington Street, and worked with the contractor on Roe Street.
Roe Street Project:
Tucci & Sons’ crews concentrated on curb, gutter, and sidewalks this week. The final paving lift is scheduled for October 12 and 13, weather permitting. Please use alternative routes whenever possible.
Electrical:
Crew Emphasis:
The crew conducted a planned power outage in the Shannon Street neighborhood to repair faulty wire which created a recent unplanned outage. Additionally, the crew removed diffusers from select street lights, installed a new vault lid in conjunction with the Roe Street project, and repaired lights in the Community Center.
Water/Sewer:
Crew Emphasis:
The crew repaired pump #1 at the Sunnyside pump station, provided traffic control for the electric crew, changed out a meter in the 2300 block of Sunnyside Heights, and performed other system maintenance.
Parks, Buildings and Grounds:
Crew Emphasis:
The crew mowed and performed grounds maintenance, continued shutting down and winterizing irrigation systems, repaired wallboard and cabinets at the Community Center, and performed other grounds and building maintenance.
Other:
SHS Taste of Italy Dinner and Silent Auction, October 22nd:
Annually, the Steilacoom High School Senior Parents plan a Senior Graduation party. The Graduation party is a fun, safe, all night party and costs approximately $20,000 to put on. To help keep the cost to student’s reasonable, and help any student who does not have the funds to attend, the senior parents do several fund raisers. Their largest fundraiser is this Dinner Auction. Please consider attending the Dinner Auction and supporting the seniors at Steilacoom High School.
Dinner includes: Pasta including a gluten free option, Red and Alfredo sauce, chicken, sausage, salad and bread. Wine/Beer and coffee will be available. The cost of the tickets is $35.00, or $280.00 for a table of 8. Tickets are on sale now through October 14th. Doors open at 6:00 Dinner starts at 6:30. Please email starjenfield@gmail.com, for tickets and information.