Landmark and Right-of-Way Actions

At a glance

  • What: landmark designations, right-of-way vacations and a McKinley Overlook agreement.
  • Where it stands: Resolution 41998 on August 18 would designate the North Union Avenue Greenway a City Landmark; Resolution 41985 set a September 24 Hearing Examiner hearing on an air rights vacation over North 2nd Street; Resolution 41986 revised the Port of Tacoma agreement for McKinley Overlook signage. Votes were not recorded.
  • Next: Confirm results and the September 24 hearing outcome.

Details

  • Built from the City's posted agendas; minutes and video of these meetings were not available, so votes and discussion are not recorded.

Sources

Log

2026-08-18 - City Council

  • RES41985: set September 24, 2026, 1:30 p.m. as the Hearing Examiner hearing date on a request to vacate 836 square feet of air rights over North 2nd Street for balconies (File 124.1462)
  • RES41986: amend the Interlocal Agreement with the Port of Tacoma, reducing it to $17,412.24 to reflect actual costs of interpretive and wayfinding signage and a viewfinder at the McKinley Overlook
  • RES41998: designate the North Union Avenue Greenway, North 9th Street to North 30th Street, a City Landmark and place it on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places

2026-09-15 - City Council

  • RES42014: set October 22, 2026, 1:30 p.m. as the Hearing Examiner hearing date on a request to vacate a 7,200 square-foot area of unimproved right-of-way abutting 1402 East 62nd Street (File 124.1470)

2026-09-22 - City Council

  • RES42024: amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with Pierce Transit on ownership and maintenance responsibilities for improvements in the Commerce Street Corridor between South 9th and South 13th Streets
  • RES42025: quit claim deed to Tacoma Public Schools No. 10 to clear title issues on the Gault Middle School property

2026-10-06 - City Council

  • ORD29122: vacate a portion of South MacArthur Street right-of-way to cure a freestanding business sign encroachment (Hearing Examiner; File 124.1450)
  • ORD29123: vacate portions of unopened Lemons Beach Road right-of-way to comply with a litigation settlement consent decree (Hearing Examiner; File 124.1468)

2026-10-20 - City Council

  • ORD29123 (final reading): vacate portions of unopened Lemons Beach Road right-of-way to comply with a litigation settlement consent decree (Hearing Examiner; File 124.1468)