To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Train Testing on Point Defiance Bypass Route to occur Jan. 16-17 On January 16-17, Sound Transit in partnership with WSDOT and Amtrak, will run trains on the Point Defiance Bypass for railroad signal testing. Trains will run from Tacoma Dome station to the Nisqually Junction. Testing will take place from 8 …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager How the City used its CARES Act funds from the state In 2020, the City of Lakewood received a total of $2.685 million dollars in CARES Act funds through the state of Washington. These funds were used for COVID-19 related expenses incurred between March 1, 2020 and November 30, 2020 by …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager City looking for candidates to fill anticipated Lakewood City Council vacancy It is anticipated that there will be a vacancy on the Lakewood City Council (Position 5) on December 31, 2020 when Councilmember John Simpson’s resignation becomes effective. Pursuant to RCW 42.12.070 the City Council will have 90 days to appoint …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager City Council met with Lakewood’s state legislators to review legislative priorities On Wednesday 2, 2020, the Lakewood City Council held a special meeting with Lakewood’s state legislators. Present at this meeting were Senator Steve Conway (29th District), Representative Mari Leavitt (28th), Representative Steve Kirby (29th), and Representative-elect Dan Bronoske (28th). At …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Let’s celebrate Thanksgiving safely COVID-19 cases in Washington state, as well as around the United States, have rapidly increased over the past few weeks. In fact, more than one million COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States over the last 7 days. We want everyone to stay safe this Thanksgiving. …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Get rid of junk for free – Lakewood Fall Clean-up is this weekend! Got junk you’d like to get rid of?  Would you like to get rid of it for free? Then come join us this Saturday (Nov. 14) and Sunday (Nov. 15) for the Lakewood Fall Clean-up event with our …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Pierce County Restaurant Rally starts this Sunday – 15 Lakewood eateries are participating The Pierce County Restaurant Rally starts this Sunday!  This program allows restaurants to offer their customers 30% off their dine-in or take-out meal before tax, excluding alcohol and orders via 3rd party delivery services. Participating restaurants will be …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Happy Halloween! Here are some tips to stay safe this year. We hope you have a fun, safe, and spooky (if that’s your thing) Halloween this year.    The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) developed a grading system to measure how scary various Halloween activities may be this year given COVID-19. …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Lakewood adopts state and federal priorities for 2021 At the October 19, 2020 Regular City Council Meeting, the Lakewood City Council adopted its Federal Priorities for 2021, State Legislative Agenda and Manual for 2021-2022, and County Manual for 2021. To view the City’s complete legislative materials visit the Government Relations page. Federal …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Pierce County creates innovative “Restaurant Rally” Program Pierce County recently dedicated $7.5 million from its federal CARES Act allocation to create a program that will offer a 30 percent discount to dine-in customers, excluding alcohol purchases.  The program is called the “Pierce County Restaurant Rally” and it is designed to encourage …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Proposed 2021-2022 Biennial Budget under development The City’s Proposed 2021-2022 Biennial Budget was introduced to the Lakewood City Council at its Regular Meeting this past Monday on Oct. 5, 2020.  The Proposed 2021-2022 Biennial Budget is balanced and takes into account the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the City’s financial …

To: Mayor, City CouncilFrom: John J. Caulfield, City Manager Rental assistance available through LASA Living Access Support Alliance (LASA) is now accepting applications for the Lakewood COVID-19 Rent Assistance program. LASA, a community-supported nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing temporary and recurrent homelessness, was awarded $407,640 from the Lakewood City Council as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security …