The Tacoma City Council met on June 24, 2025, at 5:00 PM in Council Chambers. The meeting included a moment of silence for Shelby Fritz, adoption of the comprehensive plan amendments, confirmation of two department directors, and a proclamation for the City of Destiny Awards Day. Several public comments addressed the comprehensive plan and other issues.
I'd like to call to order the city council meeting of June 24th, 2025. Clerk, will you please join? Will you please call the roll? Councilmember Bushnell. Present. Deputy Mayor Daniels. Here. Councilmember Diaz. Here. Councilmember Hines. Here. Councilmember Rumba. Here. Councilmember Sidalgay? Here. Councilmember Scott. Here. Councilmember Walker. Here. Mayor Woodards. Here. Please join me in listening to the land acknowledgement and flag salute led by Councilmember Rumba, followed by a moment of silence for Shelby Fritz. Tonight's moment of silence for Shelby Fritz, our human resource director, who recently passed away. Shelby was a fighter, both in her personal journey and in her professional leadership. Shelby led with integrity, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to serving the people of the city. Her leadership touched every department and every employee. And her legacy will live on in the culture of care she helped to create. In her memory, I hope we will all continue to carry that spirit forward, seeking those quiet moments to connect, to uplift, and to care for one another. To the employees of the city, to those who knew Shelby, who worked with Shelby. Last week, dedicated a moment of silence to Jeff Robinson, our community, our former community and economic development director. And this week losing our dear dear Shelby. That we lead and do the work with the same passion, with the same commitment, and with the same idea that everybody, whether they are inside the walls of the city, of City Hall, or in the four corners of the city, that everyone is valuable and everyone has something great to contribute. And I don't say that to you in a preachy way because I know that you all are already committed. But I say it to you to remember in those dark times that you'll have in the coming weeks and the coming months at the loss of these incredible human beings, that you'll just take a little bit of stock in remembering that they would want you to continue to do the great work that you do as employees of this city. To Shelby's family, on behalf of this council and the entire city, I want you to know that we extend our deepest and heartfelt sympathy to you. We know what a loss it is to us as a city, and we can't imagine the pain that you may be feeling right now. But I want you to know that Shelby was special to us just as Jeff was special to us, and we will carry their legacy. Agenda modifications. On tonight's agenda for item seven, ordinance number two nine zero four one, we will have a motion to substitute an amendment an amended actions table in the comprehensive plan. Are there any additional modifications to the agenda this evening? Seeing none, we will move on to the consent agenda. I move to adopt the consent agenda, including resolution number 41704. Second. Are there any council comments, questions, or corrections? Seeing none, all those in favor of adopting the consent agenda, please signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed, the consent agenda is declared adopted. Moving on to proclamations, recognitions, presentations, and announcements, we have one ceremonial tonight. For the City of Destiny Awards Day proclamation, I would like to invite Jessica Johnston, Chair of the City Events and Recognitions Committee to the podium as the Deputy Mayor reads the proclamation. And please, all the members, I see you coming, all the members of the CERC uh committee, please come forward.