HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-14-2024 HPC AgendaCommission Members
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ȱȡȱClayton Bussey ȡȱȱ ȡȱJoe Mann ȡ Dawn King
CITY OF YAKIMA
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Date: November 14, 2024 – SPECIAL MEETING
Time: 5:30 p.m
Place: Ron’s Coin & Collectables
Staff: Connor Kennedy, Associate Planner
I.Call to Order Commission Chair
II.Roll Call Staff Liaison
III.Approval of Meeting Minutes from 9/25/24 Commission Chair
IV.Staff Announcements Staff Liaison
V.Audience Participation Commission Chair
VI.New Business Staff Liaison
A. Letter in Support of 6
th Ave Trolley Tracks
VII.Old Business Staff Liaison
VIII.Other Business Commission Chair
IX.Adjournment
Adjourn to next scheduled Historic Preservation Commission meeting December TBA, 2024, at
5:0pm in the Council Chambers.
Commission Members
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ȱȡȱClayton Bussey ȡȱȱ ȡȱJoe Mann ȡ Dawn King
CITY OF YAKIMA
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Council Chambers, City Hall
Date: September 25, 2024
Time: 5:30 P.M.
Place: Council Chambers, City Hall, 129, N. 2nd St.
Staff: Connor Kennedy, Associate Planner/ Historic Preservation Liaison
I. Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at approximately 5:30 P.M.
II. Roll Call
Commissioners Hall, Bussey, and Mann were present, with Commissioners Edmondson and
King absent.
III. Approval of Meeting Minutes from 08/21/2024
Meeting minutes were approved unanimously.
IV. Staff Announcements
None.
V. Audience Participation
None.
VI. New Business
Harvest Celebration Committee
x Connor Kennedy discussed the commissions’ ability to create committees and city
staff capacity to work on these items.
x The commission briefly discussed planning a harvest related event and agreed to
plan something outside of the public meeting.
VII. Old Business
i. Naches Ave HOZ –
a. Connor described the remaining process for the Naches Ave Historic Overlay
Zone project, and discussed future additions to planning staff.
VIII. Other Business
i. Places Main Street Conference:
Commission Members
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ȱȡȱClayton Bussey ȡȱȱ ȡȱJoe Mann ȡ Dawn King
a. Commissioner Mann asked staff if there were any updates regarding staff
attendance to the Main Street Conference, and explained that he had spoken
with City Manager Vicki Baker regarding the event.
b. Staff had no substantive update regarding staff participation in the conference.
ii. Commissioner Mann discussed an old walking tour pamphlet that had been created
by the Historic Preservation Commission some time around 2008. The commission
then discussed updating this pamphlet and creating new materials for the Fruit Row
district.
iii. Commissioner Hall inquired on the status of the 6th Ave. trolley tracks. Commissioner
Mann provided some comments regarding editorials he had read on the matter.
iv. Commissioner Mann introduced the idea of drafting a letter to Council in support of 6th
Ave redesigns that maintain the trolley tracks. Commissioners Bussey and Hall
agreed that this would be beneficial and the commission decided to draft a letter that
would be in support of either of the redesign options that include the trolley tracks.
v. Commission members discussed future ideas for the Fruit Row district.
IX. Adjournment
A motion to adjourn to October 23, 2024 was passed with a unanimous vote. The meeting
was adjourned at approximately 5:55 P.M.