HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/27/2019 Special MeetingYAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
August 27, 2019
City Hall — Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Agenda Preview — MINUTES
1. Roll Call
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Council: Mayor Kathy Coffey, presiding, Assistant Mayor Dulce Gutierrez, Councilmembers Kay
Funk, Brad Hill and Carmen Mendez
Staff: Interim City Manager Cynthia Martinez, City Attorney Jeff Cutter, Interim Assistant City
Manager Scott Schafer, Communication & Public Affairs Manager Randy Beehler and City Clerk
Sonya Claar Tee
Absent: Councilmembers Holly Cousens and Jason White
2. Agenda preview for September 3 and 17, 2019 draft agendas
Interim City Manager Martinez reviewed the September 3 and 17, 2019 draft agendas.
Councilmember Hill asked about reviewing the temporary status of Camp Hope, which will be added
to an executive session on September 3. Assistant Mayor Gutierrez asked to have a Council Public
Safety Committee report on the September 17 agenda. Councilmember Hill asked to have an
HCNBC Council report on the September 17 agenda. Councilmembers discussed the public
comment period and agreed to remove the request for an address on the form and replace with a city
resident question.
3. City Manager update
Interim Assistant City Manager Schafer provided an update on the LED Light Project and discussed
that the City of Yakima has been delegated Pretreatment Control Authority over Union Gap and
Terrace Heights.
City Attorney Cutter reported the Tiger Mart property located at West Nob Hill has
sold. Communication & Public Affairs Manager Beehler reviewed the 2020 Iegislative priority
process.
Human Resources Director Mendoza reported on the Interim City Manager search. It was Council
consensus to add this as an executive session item on September 17, that staff prescreen the
applications and reduce the number to be considered to eight, with a top four identified.
Interim City Manager Martinez reviewed the updated Strategic Plan and the study session schedule
for the remainder of the year.
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4. Council Committee update
None.
5. Adjournment
MOTION: Gutierrez moved and Mendez seconded to adjourn to a City Council study
session on August 29, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The motion
carried by unanimous vote, Cousens and White absent. The meeting adjourned at 6:29 p.m.
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