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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
April 14, 2026
City Hall - Council Chambers - 129 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA
City Council Regular Meeting
5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting I 6:00 p.m. Public Hearings ---This meeting will be conducted in
person, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov/council/agendas-and-minutes/ and telecast live on
YPAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194. You may also participate via Zoom:
https://cityofyakima.zoom.us/j/96550838529 or call in by dialing 1 (253) 215-8782 I Webinar ID: 965
5083 8529 I Passcode: 704335
Individuals who wish to provide public comment remotely may submit a Public Comment
Request Form online at: www.yakimawa.gov/council/public-comment no later than two hours
prior to the start of the meeting. If you wish to provide public comment in-person, fill out a
"Request for Appearance" form and hand it to the City Clerk before you address City Council.
1. Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Interpreter Services
4. Good of the Order
A. Recognition of Davis High School girls' basketball team
5. Public Comment
There will be 35 minutes allotted for public comment with two and a half(2 1/2) minutes per
speaker in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience participation. Written
communication and e-mail messages are strongly encouraged.
6. Council Reports
7. Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without
discussion. A Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if
approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.
A. Resolution authorizing an agreement with Vertex Contracting LLC for Wide Hollow Creek
Pedestrian Bridge Improvement Project 2587 (REET and WSDOT Safe Routes to School)
B. Resolution setting the dates and time for open cruising events on Yakima Avenue for the
summer of 2026
8. Public Hearings
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A. Closed record public hearing and Resolution to consider an appeal of a Certificate of
Appropriateness for property at 2810 Barge Street
B. Closed record public hearing and Resolution to consider the Hearing Examiner's
recommendation regarding the master planned development and subdivision for the Plat of
Johnston Estates
9. Department Items
A. First Tee Expression of Interest to Lease and Operate Fisher Park Golf Course
B. Licensing Discussion - Non-Profits and Regulatory Licenses
C. Ordinance adding Section 6.08.210, Endangerment with a Controlled Substance, to the
Yakima Municipal Code
D. Proposed 3°/o Utility Tax
E. Ordinance amending the Yakima Municipal Code Section 5.50.060 Water Business tax,
adding a 4°/o utility tax
F. Ordinance amending the Yakima Municipal Code Section 7.64.020 Water and Wastewater tax
adding a 3°/o utility tax
G. Ordinance amending the Yakima Municipal Code Section 7.64.030 Refuse tax, adding a 3°/0
utility tax
H. Ordinance amending the Yakima Municipal Code Section 7.64.040 Stormwater tax, adding
3% utility tax
I. City Council Code of Ethics and Principles of Conduct
10. Council Open Discussion
11. City Manager Update
A. Preview of upcoming topics
12. Other Business
13. Adjournment
The next meeting is a City Council regular meeting on April 21, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall
Council Chambers.
14. Council General Information
A. Preliminary Council Agenda for the April 21, 2026 regular meeting
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary
offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the
invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council, and the Council
does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker.
The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or language
interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's office
at (509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting. A Council packet is available for
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review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov/council/agendas-and-minutes/
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