HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/31/2018 Special MeetingYAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
May 31, 2018
City Hall — Council Chambers
2 p.m. -- MINUTES
1. Roll Call
325
Council: Mayor Kathy Coffey, presiding, Assistant Mayor Dulce Gutierrez, Council Members Holly
Cousens, Kay Funk, Brad Hill, Carmen Mendez and Jason White
Staff: City Manager Moore, City Attorney Cutter and City Clerk Claar Tee
2. Update on 1) Utilities to Homeless Encampment, 2) Zoning, Comprehensive Plan and RFP
process and 3) Proposed amendments to lease
City Manager Moore reported the current lease with Transform Yakima Together (TYT) anticipates
installation of water and sewer utilities to the homeless encampment site near the Wastewater
Treatment Plant. Council Member Hill, as the City's representative on the Yakima Valley Conference
of Governments (YVCOG) Executive Board, will be attending a meeting this afternoon and would like
Council's authorization to request emergency funding of $100,000 from YVCOG to pay for the
extension of utilities to the site as the City has already matched this funding amount by in-kind
services totaling over $124,000. After Council discussion,
MOTION: Gutierrez moved and Cousens seconded to direct Council Member Hill to
request that YVCOG support utilities being extended to the homeless encampment. The
motion carried by unanimous vote.
Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager, briefed Council on the zoning and comprehensive plan process.
City Manager Moore added that presuming this goes forward, Council would approve the rezone in
December of this year or January of next year, and the City would write a Request for Proposals to
identify a provider to build a shelter at this site and then seek funding from YVCOG to build the
shelter, which could take some months.
Sara Watkins, Senior Assistant City Attorney, briefed Council on the proposed lease amendments
with TYT related to the temporary status of the encampment, which will be on the June 5, 2018,
agenda for action. Council members thanked staff for the work on this issue.
Council Member Gutierrez asked if congregate living is on the June 5 agenda. City Manager Moore
confirmed it is on the agenda as a discussion item. Council Member Hill reported he will be out of
town for that meeting.
3. Adjournment
MOTION: Gutierrez moved and Hill seconded to adjourn to the next Council Business
Meeting on June 5, 2018, at 6 p.m. at City Hall in the Council Chambers. The motion
Page 1 of 2
326
carried by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 2:46 p.m.
CERTIFICATION
READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY
ATTEST:
COUNCIL MEMBER
OVO 3/1
ATE
8
DATE
CoUNcI1E1EMBER
Page 2 of 2