Friday, October 20, 2006
Building a budget for a building city, Pt. 2
Work continues on a 2007 budget for Lakewood. The next discussion is scheduled for Tuesday night because several folks could not be here Monday. I'll keep you posted.
Meantime, if you want to take a look at what government has been doing and what it wants to do, you might check out these links. The documents require that you have the Adobe PDF reader on your computer.
First, here's the report on the present and future of the Community Development Department. Just as you are likely to hear more about neighborhood policing, you are likely to hear more about Community Development and something with the snazzy name of 'abatement.' There is some discussion on the council about putting more emphasis on shutting down drug houses and getting rid of dangerous homes. A little girl apparently lay dead in Lakewood for months near one of these houses, and maybe we need to put more emphasis on replacing them with safe and legal residences.
And then of course you will want to read about the parks and recreation department. In addition, you should check out the parks department's list of projects they'd like to build. The list does not include a separate effort to get some hotel tax money to put up soccer goals and bleachers in Fort Steilacoom Park.
You will also want to read up on what road construction is planned. Among other things you will see construction set in 2008 for the incredibly badly needed left turn lane on Custer at John Dower. And you can also download the street department's annual report.
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Meantime, if you want to take a look at what government has been doing and what it wants to do, you might check out these links. The documents require that you have the Adobe PDF reader on your computer.
First, here's the report on the present and future of the Community Development Department. Just as you are likely to hear more about neighborhood policing, you are likely to hear more about Community Development and something with the snazzy name of 'abatement.' There is some discussion on the council about putting more emphasis on shutting down drug houses and getting rid of dangerous homes. A little girl apparently lay dead in Lakewood for months near one of these houses, and maybe we need to put more emphasis on replacing them with safe and legal residences.
And then of course you will want to read about the parks and recreation department. In addition, you should check out the parks department's list of projects they'd like to build. The list does not include a separate effort to get some hotel tax money to put up soccer goals and bleachers in Fort Steilacoom Park.
You will also want to read up on what road construction is planned. Among other things you will see construction set in 2008 for the incredibly badly needed left turn lane on Custer at John Dower. And you can also download the street department's annual report.
