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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 9.A.
For Meeting of: July 1, 2025
ITEM TITLE: Clean City Program 2025 Year-to-Date presentation
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Director of Public Works
*Trace Bradburn, Solid Waste Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Since its inception in 2019, Clean City has been a heavily depended upon program to address the
various blights occurring in Yakima; ranging from providing rapid graffiti removal, to the cleaning and
removal of homeless encampments and littered filled alleyways. This presentation will highlight the 2025
year to date accomplishments, recent activities, a 3-year comparison and proposed budget reductions.
ITEM BUDGETED: N/A
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: A Safe and Healthy Yakima
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ATTACHMENTS:
Revised Clean City Program Slide show 7.1.2025.pptx
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Scott Schafer - Public Works Director
Trace Bradburn - Solid Waste Manager
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Clean City Program
The City of Yakima launched the Clean City program to combat chronic blight
throughout the community. The goal is to deliver a more efficient, timely, and
proactive response to visual and environmental concerns impacting the city's
appearance and livability.
Key Objectives of the program:
Eliminate visual blight such as trash, graffiti, abandoned buildings and inoperable
vehicle
Remove illegal dumping from city-owned rights-of-way
Clean up homeless encampments in coordinated and humane manner
Support the Yakima Police Department in enforcing unlawful camping ordinances
Collaborate with neighborhoods to organize and support community cleanup events
Develop and implement educational outreach to encourage community pride and
responsibility
Partner with local organizations and volunteers to expand program impact
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2025 YTD Accomplishments
Graffiti incidents 1 ,900
Homeless contacted 1 ,200 i
Shopping carts removed 226
Illegal dumps cleared 1 ,000
Homeless encampments cleared 183
Dangerous buildings 1
Inoperable vehicles 0
Tires removed 600
► Tons of garbage removed 83. 3
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Community Cleanups
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, f 2025 event collected 25.5 tons of waste
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GreenwayCleanup
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Focused on preventing encampments due to
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f,ef.'i a Increased accessibility for mobility impaired
'te and elderly residents
- - Reinforced city standards through consistent
enforcement and collaboration with local
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Bulky Waste Collection
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► Expanded on-call bulky waste service for
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Rates based strictly on disposal costs
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Clean City 3-Year Comparison
Graffiti Shopping Carts Illegal Dumps
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800 746 2500 2139
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3000 2211 1900 600 539 2000
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Dangerous Tires Garbage Tons
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Proposed Clean City Budget Reductions
Reduce budget by $250,000 and Reduce Graffiti Removal Program ($88,000)
Reduce full-time Senior Assistant City Attorney position to 50% (share the cost of the 50%
position equally with Risk Management) - $184,500
Eliminate Code Compliance Officer (City Hall) - $88,000
Eliminate Code Compliance Assistant (Graffiti Remover) - $88,000
Total savings = $360,500
Use Yak Back to report
Effects: - Street/pavement/pothole is777
• Streetlight outages
• Traffic signal outages
Slower response times to Yak Back requests (days to weeks) • Traffic sign issues -
• Graffiti
More visible graffiti • Animal complaints
- and much more
24/7 in the City of Yakima
More visible garbage within City right-of way https://www.yakimawa.gov/yak-back/
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