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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
September 9, 2014
Council Chambers -- City Hall
10 a.m. City Council Study Session with Planning Commission - Review Comp Plan -- MINUTES
1. Roll Call
Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Council Members Maureen Adkison, Tom Dittmar,
Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill Lover
Staff: City Manager O'Rourke and City Clerk Claar Tee
Absent: Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey (excused)
Planning Commission Members in Attendance: Chair Dave Fonfara, Ron Anderson, Patricia
Byers, Bill Cook and Al Rose
2. City Council and Planning Commission Discussion
Community Development Director Joan Davenport introduced members of the Planning
Commission and Planning staff. She noted it may have been 20 years since the Council and
Planning Commission last held a joint meeting. Ms. Davenport and Planning staff reviewed a
Powerpoint presentation.
Planning Commission members and Council discussed methods of improving communications.
Members also discussed ways to improve public participation in planning issues, including the
possibility of a business owner survey similar to the annual Citizen Survey.
Planning Commission Chair Fonfara mentioned the Commission will be updating the
Comprehensive Plan for submission to the City Council, which serves as the framework for the
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policy decisions and staff action on issues affecting economic development, utilities,
transportation, neighborhood planning, environmental protection and hazard preparedness. The
City of Yakima's comprehensive plan through 2040 must be adopted by the Council and
submitted to the state by June 2017.
Community Development Director Davenport noted Planning staff will be creating a website for
citizen participation in the public process of updating the Comprehensive Plan. Council also
discussed having an alternate as a liaison to the Planning Commission, and it was the
consensus of those present to have a quarterly update at Council meetings by the Planning
Commission Chair.
3. Audience Comments (allow 15 minutes)
None.
4. Adjournment -
Motion: Ensey moved and Adkison seconded to adjourn to the next Council Business
meeting on September 16, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote, Coffey absent. The meeting adjourned at 11:20 a.m.
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