Councilmember Derek Young blog

January 6, 2020

Council Schedule Highlights Week of January 6th, 2020

– Derek Young, Pierce County Council Monday, January 6th, 2020 1:30 pm Community Development Committee Regularly scheduled meetings are broadcast live and replayed on channel 22 (Comcast and Click! Network) and channel 20 (Rainier Connect). Access meeting materials at www.piercecountywa.org/councilcommittees. Proposal №2019–97s, Affordable Housing Incentives Sponsored by: Councilmembers Derek Young, Marty Campbell, and Connie Ladenburg This …

December 11, 2019

Votes tonight on I-976 litigation and a Clean Fuel Standard

– Derek Young, Pierce County Council I-976 Litigation On a 4–3 vote, the Council voted to intervene in defense of I-976 in a suit filed by a number of parties including King and Garfield counties. The voters have spoken and they deserve to have the law they passed defended. That’s why the Attorney General, as …

December 6, 2019

Vision 2050 Recommended for Approval

Our new regional land use plan for Kitsap, Snohomish, King and Pierce counties is ready for final approval by the Puget Sound Regional Council. – Derek Young, Pierce County Council After almost two years of work and over 200 amendments, we’re ready to recommend our regional land use plan update to the Puget Sound Regional …

December 2, 2019

Council Schedule Highlights Week of December 2nd, 2019

– Derek Young, Pierce County Council Monday, December 2nd, 2019 1:30 pm Community Development Committee Regularly scheduled meetings are broadcast live and replayed on channel 22 (Comcast and Click! Network) and channel 20 (Rainier Connect). Access meeting materials at www.piercecountywa.org/councilcommittees. Proposal №2019–97, Affordable Housing Incentives Sponsored by: Council Derek Young, Marty Campbell, and Connie Ladenburg We …

November 28, 2019

A United Thanksgiving

– Derek Young, Pierce County Council In October 1863, the United States wasn’t united at all. The Battle of Gettysburg was just three months prior. Sherman’s March was a year away. Whatever anyone thought the outcome of the war would be, the state of the union must have seemed bleak. In those days, most states …

November 25, 2019

Council Schedule Highlights Week of November 25th, 2019

– Derek Young, Pierce County Council Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 3:00 pm Council Meeting Regularly scheduled meetings are broadcast live and replayed on channel 22 (Comcast and Click! Network) and channel 20 (Rainier Connect). Access meeting materials at www.piercecountywa.org/councilcommittees. Proposal №2019–95, Planning and Public Works Department Responsibilities — Efficiency and Sustainability Sponsored by: Councilmembers Douglas G. …

November 18, 2019

Biennial Budget Nearing Final Vote

– Derek Young, Pierce County Council Sometime Monday afternoon, the Council will wrap up the final amendments and likely pass Pierce County’s first biennial budget. The Council started its part of the budget process after the County Executive presented his recommendation back in September. Since that time, we’ve met in less formal budget retreats and …

November 15, 2019

2020–2021 Proposed Budget Amendments

These are the budget amendments I’ve proposed. All amounts are for their biennial cost. $50,000 to hire a consultant for shoreline inventory, analysis, and characterization work to support amendments to the Shoreline Management Program. Increasing the Executive’s proposal for Pierce County’s Help Me Grow pilot project from $75,000 to $150,000. HMG builds capacity within existing …

November 12, 2019

Council Schedule Highlights Week of November 11th, 2019

Tuesday, November 11th, 2019 1:00 pm Special Council Meeting — Note special meeting time Regularly scheduled meetings are broadcast live and replayed on channel 22 (Comcast and Click! Network) and channel 20 (Rainier Connect). Access meeting materials at www.piercecountywa.org/councilcommittees. Proposal №2019–70s, Countywide Planning Policies — Countywide Centers Sponsored by: Councilmember Derek Young The Growth Management Act …

November 11, 2019

Renewing Pierce County’s Commitment to Veterans

– Derek Young, Pierce County Council As home to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and located close to military installations around Puget Sound, Pierce County has one of the largest concentrations of veterans in the country. We’re grateful for those who served and are proud to have them as valuable employees, leaders, and members of our community. …