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Counci ( Economic Development Committee
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Members present: Micah Cawley, Kathy Coffey, Bill Lover
Staff: Bill Cook, Michael Morales, Joan Davenport
Guest: Bill Rathbone, City of Union Gap Development Coordinator
Signage on Valley Mall Blvd., Washington Avenue and Ahtanum Road.
Bill Rathbone reported that Union Gap is considering new regulations for signs
on portions of Ahtanum Road, Washington Avenue and Valley Mall Boulevard.
They would like to coordinate with the City of Yakima. The regulations primarily
relate to billboards, including video billboards. He distributed copies of the draft
standards. Bill Cook said it would be a good idea to have common standards on
these streets. Joan Davenport added that the City of Yakima already has some
of the standards, but our video billboard standard might not be up to date.
Councilmember Cawley agreed that it would be good to coordinate from a
0 planning perspective. While advertising needs to happen, the character of the
area needs to be maintained. Councilmembers Coffey and Lover agreed. The
Committee assigned staff to fine tune the recommendation and bring it to Council
with the Committee's recommendation to approve.
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Council Economic Development '
Committee will be Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. Chairman Cawley
reminded everyone that the Aspen Lane /45t Avenue project has been added to
this Committee's monthly agenda as a standing issue.
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