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Commission Members
Cynthia Hall ▪ Clayton Bussey ▪ Paul Edmondson ▪ Joe Mann ▪ Dawn King
CITY OF YAKIMA
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES 11/13/25
Date: November 13, 2025
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. King, Bussey, and Mann are present, Edmonson and Hall absent.
III. Audience Participation Commission Chair
i. No audience participation
IV. Certificate of Appropriateness Hearing Staff Liaison
i. 2712 W. Yakima Ave
1. Staff presents staff report of the proposal to the commission.
2. Commissioners discuss the design of the home and the placement of the addition, the
removal of historic windows, and design of the addition. Commissioner King notes that she
would like to see the original windows being reused in some way in the new addition.
3. Staff notes that the commission may not want to impose a requirement for the applicant to
reuse the windows in the new design as there may be a reason why they have not been
included in the design, and that the commission could instead ask them to reuse the windows
if possible without requiring the use.
4. The commission continues to discuss the proposal and staff answers several questions.
5. Commissioner Mann moves to approve the addition with a suggestion for the historic windows
to be reused or maintained in some way if possible. Commissioner King seconds. The vote
passes and the Certificate of Appropriateness is approved.
V. Adjournment
i. Commissioner King makes a motion to adjourn, Bussey seconds and the commission votes to
adjourn until January 28, 2026.
Adjourn to next scheduled Historic Preservation Commission meeting January 28, 2025, at 5:30pm
in the Council Chambers.