Washington: Eric Anderson

In his report to the Tacoma City Council last Friday, City Manager Eric Anderson provided a time line of legislation approved by the Council related to the LeMay Museum.

It starts with Oct. 27, 1998 -- the day the City proclaimed as LeMay Day -- and goes up through the April 28, 2009 application for $3.5 million in federal Housing and Urban Development loans.

You can download a .pdf of it here.

Tacoma City Manager Eric Anderson sent an e-mail to council members this morning telling them he doesn't believe now is the time to increase his salary.

He asked them to pull a resolution from the Tuesday council agenda that would have raised his salary 14.5 percent over the course of two years.

Anderson said he's heard back from a couple who said they understand the decision.

"I presume they will" pull the item from the agenda, Anderson said.

Anderson said he made the decision last night after talking about it with his wife "for quite some time." Although the City of Tacoma is in better financial health than many other governments, Anderson said it was better "fiscally and symbolically" if he did not receive the raise right now.

Furniture is coming to Tollefson Plaza.

Tacoma city officials are pressing ahead with a four-phased plan aimed at bringing life to the moribund downtown open space.

Phase 1 includes placing some loose tables and chairs throughout the plaza, City Manager Eric Anderson told council members earlier this month at a meeting of the Economic Development Committee.

Officials from the city and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce hope to order the furniture in the couple of weeks and have the items in the plaza this spring, said Chelsea Levy, metropolitan development manager for the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce.

The city is contracting with the chamber for operations and minor maintenance of the plaza.