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Puyallup Landowners needed for free rain garden installation - This summer the city will once again coordinate with Stewardship Partners, Pierce Stream Team and others, to install 6-8 rain gardens in a quadrant of the city to be announced. This popular program began last year with seven demonstration rain gardens on 8th Ave. N.W. We are currently looking for 6-8 adjacent homes in the SE, SW or NE quadrants of Puyallup to install the rain gardens. Homeowners must be adjacent to each other, be active participants, and be in the city limits If you and your neighbors are interested, you can nominate your neighborhood. Please contact Tim Parham at tparham@ci.puyallup.wa.us (or call 253-841-5556) for more information or attend the free rain garden workshop to be held April 29th from 6-8 p.m. at the Puyallup Library.

Puyallup supports our Ft. Lewis Community Connector - The 5th Brigade, 2nd Infrantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team stationed in Afghanistan. A memorial service, attended by Vice President Biden, honored seven members who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

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LIBRARY BOARD VACANCY - The City Clerk's office is taking applications for a vacant position on the city's library board. Read more.

NEW QUARTER SECTION BASED ZONING MAPS AVAILABLE ONLINE - The new zoning maps feature parcels idenfitied by tax id number, zoning identified using text instead of color, and much more. Check out the new maps.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING AMENDMENTS FOR COMP PLAN - Anyone wishing to submit amendments for the city's 2010 Comprehensive Plan should do so by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 1. Read more. Download application.

PUYALLUP FAIR IMPACT SURVEY - Every year over 1.1 million people come to Puyallup to attend the Puyallup Fair. The influx of visitors during the Fair's 17 days has a dramatic impact on our city. The City of Puyallup has worked closely with the Fair each year to plan for potential concerns in regards to traffic, safety and security. Please take this brief survey to let us know if there is anything that can be improved. Take the survey.

2010 CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR - Interested in attending city council meetings? The 2010 City Council meeting calendar has been approved by the Council and is now available online. Click here. The meetings are also posted to the city's web calendar (see calender of events).

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION WELCOMED AT COUNCIL MEETINGS - Citizens can now sign up online to speak at City Council meetings. Here's how to do it.

MORE SOUND TRANSIT COMMUTER PARKING IN PUYALLUP - Beginning February 8, the Puyallup Fair Blue Lot (S Meridian and 10th Ave SE) will be open for Sound Transit Commuter Parking. The lot will open at 4:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. See Sound Transit Rider Alert.

CITY RECOGNIZED FOR TRAIL RESTORATION - The City of Puyallup was recognized at the Countywide Annual Trails Conference as a nominee for the 2009 Forever Green Council Award. The nomination was based on work done by City of Puyallup Parks crews to quickly restore the Puyallup Riverwalk Trail to full-functionality after last winter's flooding.

EZRA (Easy Rider Area) - The city of Puyallup will receive $1.461 million in 2010 to plan for Puyallup's Bus Rapid Transit Project (known as EZRA--Easy Rider Area). The appropriation was moved through U.S. Senator Patty Murray's Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee. The funding is contained in the Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appopriations Act which was recently passed by the House and Senate. The bill was signed by President Obama on December 16th. Read more. The proposal for a bus rapid transit project that will connect downtown Puyallup with South Hill. Read more about EZRA.

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS – A draft study explaining concepts for how Sound Transit could work with the city to integrate parking for Sounder commuters with mixed-use projects, to improve the economic health and parking situation in the city's downtown area.

2010 CENSUS - Stand up and be counted.

CITY OF PUYALLUP IS ON TWITTER - Get city tweets at www.twitter.com/cityofpuyallup

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