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Commission Members
Cynthia Hall ▪ Clayton Bussey ▪ Paul Edmondson ▪ Joe Mann ▪ Dawn King
CITY OF YAKIMA
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES 2/25/26
Date: February 25, 2026
Time: 5:30 p.m
Place: City Hall Council Chambers
Staff: Connor Kennedy, Associate Planner
I. Call to Order Commission Chair
i. Commissioner Bussey calls the meeting to order
II. Roll Call Staff Liaison
i. Commissioners King, Bussey and Edmonson are present, Hall and Mann are absent.
III. Audience Participation Commission Chair
i. Audience participation is skipped in order to move onto the Certificate of appropriateness hearing as the
audience is there for that hearing.
IV. Certificate of Appropriateness Hearings Staff Liaison
i. 2019 W. Yakima Ave – H.M. Gilbert House
1. Staff introduces the Certificate of Appropriateness item which is a proposal to re-roof the historic H.M.
Gilbert house. Staff recommends to approve the item.
2. Commissioner Bussey notes that conclusion #4 in the staff report should be stricken from the staff report
as it was left in the report by mistake.
3. Commissioner Edmonson moves to approve the certificate of appropriateness, Commissioner King
seconds, the commission votes to approve the certificate of appropriateness to re-roof the H.M. Gilbert
home at 2019 W. Yakima Ave.
V. New Business Staff Liaison
i. Review Naches Ave Overlay Draft
1. Staff presents a draft of the Naches Avenue Historic Overlay Zone to the commission.
2. Staff discusses the presentation with the commission and answers questions.
3. Staff discusses edits and changes to the draft with the commission.
4. Commissioner Mann moves to approve the draft and direct staff to move forward with presenting the
draft code to the Yakima Planning Commission with the edits discussed during the meeting,
Commissioner Edmonson seconds, the commission votes unanimously to approve this motion.
VI. Adjournment
i. Commissioner King motions to adjourn, Commissioner Mann seconds, the commission votes to adjourn to
the March 25, 2026 meeting.
Adjourn to next scheduled Historic Preservation Commission meeting March 25, 2026, at 5:30pm in the
Council Chambers.