UMkhandlu Wedolobha uvumile ngazwi linye isinqumo muva nje, uqondisa uMphathi Wedolobha ukuthi abeke phambili izixazululo ezihlanganisa iminyango eyahlukene, ezisebenzisanayo kusetshenziswa izinsiza ezikhona ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha komphakathi kanye nokuqina ezindaweni ezitshala imali eningi edolobheni.
UMkhandlu uchaze imizila yokutshalwa kwezimali ephezulu njengezindawo ezivame ukumboza inani elithile lamabhulokhi ahlangene eZikhungweni Zokusetshenziswa Okuxubile lapho kuye kwatshalwa khona imali enkulu yomphakathi neyangasese ukuze kuthuthukiswe izindlu, ezokuthutha, amabhizinisi endawo, ukuhlobisa, nokuningi. Izibonelo zemizila yokutshalwa kwezimali ephezulu zifaka phakathi uMartin Luther King Jr. Way, kusukela ku-9th Street kuya ku-Earnest Brazil Street; u-6th Avenue ukusuka ku-South Mildred Street kuya ku-South Jackson Avenue; u-South 38th Street ukusuka ku-South G Street kuya ku-Yakima Avenue; kanye no-North Proctor Street ukusuka ku-North 27th Street kuya ku-North 24th Street.
“Bekubalulekile kimi ukwethula lesi sinqumo ngoba sifuna ukwakha izikhungo zomakhelwane ezichumayo futhi ezisetshenziswa ngokugcwele ngumphakathi,” kusho iLungu leKhansela leSifunda 3 uJamika Scott. “Isibonelo, umzila wethu iMartin Luther King Jr. Way—oqala ku-9th Street uye e-Earnest Brazil Street—kufanele ube nokwanda okukhulu kokusetshenziswa komphakathi. Lo mzila uzuze ezakhiweni ezintsha zamafulethi, indlela entsha yokuhamba, amabhizinisi amasha, ukufakwa kobuciko obusha, kanye nengqalasizinda entsha. Ngeshwa, naphezu kwakho konke lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali, lo mzila unezinkinga ezenza abaningi emphakathini wethu bazizwe bengaphephile, okunciphisa inani labantu abazohlala, basebenze, futhi badlale kulo mzila. Lokhu kufaka phakathi imidwebo, udoti, ukuhlobisa indawo okukhule kakhulu, izakhiwo ezinamapulangwe, kanye nezindawo ezingasetshenziswa kahle noma ezingenalutho. Singazilungisa lezi zinkinga, futhi asidingi izigidi zamaRandi ukwenza kanjalo. Sidinga ukubeka phambili le mizila njengabaqhubi bokukhula komnotho futhi sigxile ekuletheni izinsiza zethu ezikhona ukusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umuntu emphakathini wethu uzizwa ephephile futhi wamukelekile, ejabulela konke anakho.”
Idolobha laseTacoma lamukele Isu Lokuphepha Komphakathi elichaza ukuphepha njengokungaphezu nje kokungabikho kobugebengu. Leli su lisekelwe emibonweni yomphakathi ngalokho okwenza abantu bazizwe bengaphephile, okuhlanganisa izimo zemvelo, njengokuba khona kwemfucuza, udoti, kanye nemidwebo noma ukuthi kukhona yini ukukhanya kwemigwaqo okwanele, ukuhlobisa kahle, kanye nezindawo zokuqoqa ezibonakala zamukelekile. Ukuqonda okubanzi kwedolobha ngokuphepha komphakathi kuyaqaphela ukuthi ibhokisi lamathuluzi lokuthuthukisa ukuphepha komphakathi lidlulela ngale kwamaphoyisa futhi lifaka izinsizakalo eziningi zamanje kanye nezinsiza ezivela kuyo yonke iMinyango eminingi yeDolobha.
“Ngibheke phambili ezindleleni zokudala ezengeziwe zokusekela amabhizinisi nokukhula kuyo yonke imizila yokutshalwa kwezimali edolobheni,” kusho iLungu leKhansela Elikhulu u-Olgy Diaz. “Njengosihlalo weKomidi Lokuthuthukiswa Komnotho loMkhandlu wethu, ngizwa njalo emabhizinisini ngesidingo sezinsizakusebenza zamabhizinisi amancane futhi ngivame ukusiza ukuxhumanisa abanikazi bamabhizinisi nezinhlelo ezikhona ababengazi ngazo. Lesi sinqumo sizosisiza ukuthi siqhubeke nokuxhumana futhi sigxile kakhulu ekufinyeleleni umphakathi ngezinsizakusebenza zeDolobha futhi sisize ukuletha umthelela omkhulu ezifundeni zethu zezentengiselwano.”
“IDolobha litshale imali eningi emigwaqweni efana noMartin Luther King Jr. Way, 6th Avenue, kanye neSouth Tacoma ngoba sezwa ngqo kubantu abahlala khona ukuthi bafuna izindawo lapho abantu bezizwa bephephile, bexhumene, futhi beziqhenya ngokuchitha isikhathi,” kusho iPhini likaMeya kanye neLungu loMkhandlu weSifunda sesi-5 uJoe Bushnell. “Ngisho noma sivumelanisa imizamo yethu yokuhlela izindawo ukuze ivumelane nezimo zesabelomali samanje, ukuzibophezela kwethu kule miphakathi akukwazi ukuphela. Lesi sinqumo sisiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siyaqhubeka nokusekela izindawo lapho abantu behlangana khona nemindeni, behambisa izinja zabo, besekela amabhizinisi endawo, futhi bakhe umphakathi. Nakuba isinqumo siqokomisa imigwaqo eminingana ebalulekile, siphinde siqinise ukuzibophezela kwethu okubanzi ezindaweni zomphakathi kulo lonke elaseTacoma.”
“I-Tacoma isezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu uma sitshala imali ezindaweni ezihlukile ezinikeza idolobha lethu isici salo,” kusho iLungu leKhansela leSifunda 1 uJohn Hines. “Imizila efana ne-6th Avenue phakathi kweMildred neJackson isivele inezikhungo zomphakathi eziqinile, kusukela kulabhulali kanye nesiteshi somlilo kuya eWar Memorial Park kanye namabhizinisi endawo asenesikhathi eside ekhona. Lesi sinqumo simayelana nokwakha phezu kwalezo zikhwepha nokuqinisekisa ukuthi izikhungo zendawo kulo lonke idolobha lethu ziyachuma futhi zisisize sisekele amabhizinisi endawo.”