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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
February 25 2014
City Hall -- Council Chambers
10 a.m. 1) Special Meeting and 2) Study Session regarding Cascade Mill Landfill -- MINUTES
1. Roll Call
Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Council Members Tom Dittmar, Rick Ensey and Dave
Ettl
Staff: City Manager O'Rourke and City Clerk Claar Tee
Absent: Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey (excused) and Council Members Maureen Adkison
(excused) and Bill Lover (excused)
2. Special Meeting: Ordinance (second reading) amending the 2014 budget and making an
appropriation from unappropriated Fund Balance within the General Fund (Tiger Oil Properties)
The City Clerk read the ordinance by title.
ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -003, AN ORDINANCE amending the 2014 budget for the City of
Yakima; and making appropriations of $1,102,000 within the 001 — General Fund, for
expenditure during 2014 to, provide for the purchase of four properties with the intent to partner
with the Department of Ecology for pollution remediation and resell.
Ensey moved and Dittmar seconded to pass the ordinance. The motion carried by a 4 -0 roll
call vote (Adkison, Coffey and Lover absent).
3. Study Session: Cascade Mill Landfill Clean -up Options and consideration of Resolution
authorizing City Manager to sign a Voluntary Cleanup Program Agreement with Department of
Ecology
Strategic Projects Manager Joan Davenport presented a PowerPoint relating to options
for clean -up at the Boise Cascade Mill Site.
Ms. Davenport discussed options ranging from limited waste removal and capping and
monitoring what remains, to removing all of the waste. The estimated cost of the former option is
$7.24 million; the cost of removing all the waste could be $27 million. Additionally, the debris
from the landfill needs to be removed for environmental and construction reasons. Under the
preferred design, the ground must be stabilized in order to hold up under the weight of the
proposed Cascade Mill Parkway and the East -West Corridor. Before cleaning up the municipal
waste, the City will have to remove wood waste currently covering the landfill site at an
estimated cost of $900,000.
Ms. Davenport also reviewed a voluntary cleanup program agreement with Department of
Ecology (DOE) for the removal or remediation of waste. The City hopes to partner with DOE
using Model Toxic Control Act funding, if available. City Attorney Cutter stated the City bears the
ultimate responsibility for cleaning up the site as this was previously a municipal landfill.
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The City Clerk read the resolution by title.
RESOLUTION NO. R- 2014 -035, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to execute a
Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) Agreement with Department of Ecology related to
remediation of the former municipal landfill. .
Ensey moved and Dittmar seconded to adopt the resolution. The motion carried by a 4 -0
roll call vote (Adkison, Coffey and Lover absent).
4. Audience Comments (allow 15 minutes)
Lynn Kittelson, City resident, stated the Cascade Mill Site is in her neighborhood and urged
Council Members to consider the impact on her neighbors and the downtown plans resulting
from any decisions regarding the Mill Site.
5. Following the Study Session -- Executive Session regarding Real Estate or Land and Property
Acquisition
At 10:36 a.m., Ensey moved and Ettl seconded to adjourn to Executive Session for up
to 30 minutes. The motion carried by a 4 -0 voice vote (Adkison, Coffey and Lover absent).
Executive Session was held and adjourned at 11:02 a.m. when Council resumed session.
6. ' Adjournment
Ensey moved and Ettl seconded to adjourn to the next Council Business meeting on
March 11, 2014 at 6 p.m. at City Hall. The motion carried by a unanimous voice vote (Adkison,
Coffey and Lover absent). The meeting adjourned at 11:02 a.m.
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