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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
CITY COUNCIL RETREAT
February 18, 2015
Hilton Garden Inn - -Board Room
1:30 -4 p.m. Retreat -- MINUTES
1. Roll CaII
Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey, Council Members
Maureen Adkison, Tom Dittmar, Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill Lover
Staff: City Manager O'Rourke and City Clerk Claar Tee
Facilitator: Bill Chiat
2. Quarterly review with Bill Chiat -- welcome and update
Mr. Chiat welcomed Council to the quarterly review.
3. Emergency management exercise
Perry Tarrant, Emergency Preparedness Director, walked Council through a mock emergency
incident.
4. Discussion: Review of community survey results
Facilitator Chiat reviewed the community survey results from 2014 with regard to strategic
priorities. Discussion ensued on the Council's overall impressions of the survey. City Manager
O'Rourke noted the survey indicates that citizens are happier with the overall direction the City is
taking with a growth of 10 percent from the 2012 survey. The following areas of the survey were
discussed in depth:
* Safety
- Property crime issues
- Follow up
* Economic Development
- Assistant to help with marketing
- Future impacts of changing trends in agriculture
- Strategies to match education with future needs
* Improve the Built Environment
- Emphasis on partnerships with community
- Trash dumping issues
- Bike policy
5. Discussion: Check -in on Council governance of itself
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Mr. Chiat asked how Council is working together. Discussion ensued on keeping focused on
priorities and accomplishments.
6. Capital improvements discussion
Time did not allow for discussion of this item.
7. Budget process discussion
Time did not allow for discussion of this item.
8. Adjournment
Motion: Ensey moved and Dittmar seconded to adjourn to an Executive Session on
February 20, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall. The motion carried by unanimous vote. The meeting
adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
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