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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 4.D.
For Meeting of: October 20, 2020
ITEM TITLE: Set date of November 2, 2020, for a public hearing to declare
property surplus to the City needs and abandon a section of former
Drainage I mprovement District (D I D)#4
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Director of Public Works
David Brown,Assistant Director of Public Works
Mike Price, Wastewater/Stormwater Division
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Set a Public Hearing for November 2, 2020, 6:00 p.m., to declare a section of former Drainage
Improvement District (DID)#4 abandoned from manhole 32 in the vicinity of 1611 West Grant
Avenue extending westerly approximately 595 feet to manhole 100L in the vicinity of 1807
Greenway Street.
All property rights to DI Ds within city limits were ceded to the City of Yakima (City) by Yakima
County when the City accepted transfer of this conveyance system. There is little legal specificity
as to how to decommission DID lines after they are essentially abandoned. As a result, the City
is treating them as a utility for purposes of abandonment and asking the City Council to hold a
public hearing declaring the property surplus.
The engineer's design report states that the purpose of this drain line was to drain off irrigation
water being used to irrigate the many orchards that had been planted in the area. Over the years,
the orchards have been removed and the DID line sought to be abandoned is no longer
necessary as there is no drainage flow through this portion of the pipe. No City services, such as
stormwater, are connected to this portion of the DID. The City has no need for this portion of the
DID system and the property owner is seeking to decommission the pipeline.
ITEM BUDGETED: NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve Public Hearing date