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Home My WebLink About04/21/2015 Business Meeting/Adj to Executive Session 205 tt I' YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL April 21, 2015 City Hall -- Council Chambers 6 p.m. Business Meeting; 6:30 p.m. Public Hearing BUSINESS MEETING 1. Roll Call 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, City Attorney Cutter and City Clerk Claar Tee 2. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Cawley led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Open Discussions for the Good of the Order A. Proclamations i. Stand Against Racism Day Mayor Cawley read the proclamation and Ruth Broyles, from the YWCA, accepted the proclamation and invited the community to attend their Stand Against Racism event on Friday, April 24 at noon at the Performance Park. ii. Cinco de Mayo Cultural Event Mayor Cawley read the proclamation and Avina Gutierrez accepted. Each of the Cinco de Mayo royalty introduced themselves: Dulce Maria Diaz - Martinez, Senior, Davis High School; Venus Lomeli, Senior, Davis High School; Yulissa Martinez, Junior, Eisenhower High School; and Elizabeth Valencia, Junior, Davis High School. The contestants discussed how they would utilize a scholarship. B. Presentations / Recognitions / Introductions / i. Apple Award for Penny Phillips Transit Manager Alvie Maxey introduced Penny Phillips and recognized her outstanding contributions to Transit and the community. Mrs. Phillips accepted the Apple Award and thanked Council and her supervisors for the recognition. C. Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees i. Re- appointments to Boards and Committees 206 Motion: Coffey moved and Adkison seconded to approve the recommendations. The motion carried by unanimous vote. 4. Council Reports None. 5. Consent Agenda Mayor Cawley referred to the items placed on the Consent Agenda, questioning whether there were any additions or deletions from Council members or citizens present. The following items were removed from the consent agenda: Item 5E now item 8 and Item 5F now item 9. The following items were added to the consent agenda: Item 8 now item 5G and Item 9 now item 5H. The City Clerk read the Consent Agenda items, including resolutions and ordinances, by title. (Items on the Consent Agenda are handled under one motion without further discussion —see motion directly below.) Motion: Ensey moved and Adkision seconded to approve the consent agenda. The motion carried by unanimous vote. A. Set May 19, 2015 as the date of a public hearing for the proposed text amendments amending Yakima Municipal Code Title 15, Urban Area Zoning Ordinance, to incorporate a use and definition for "Mission" in the GC, CBD, and M -1 zoning districts B. 1st Quarter 2015 Claim Report and Resolution authorizing and approving 1st Quarter 2015 claims activity RESOLUTION NO. R- 2015 -054, A RESOLUTION accepting and approving the 1st Quarter 2015 Claim Report for the City of Yakima. C. Resolution authorizing a contract with Municipal Research Services Center (MRSC) to utilize MRSC Small Works and Consultant Rosters RESOLUTION NO. R- 2015 -055, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract between the Municipal Research Services Center (MRSC) and the City to utilize MRSC Small Public Works and Consultant Rosters to award public works and consulting contracts. D. Resolution authorizing an agreement with Conley Engineering Inc. to provide electrical engineering support services to the City Wastewater Division, not to exceed $100,000 RESOLUTION NO. R- 2015 -056, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between Conley Engineering Inc. and City of Yakima for engineering services. E. Ordinance Amending the 2015 Budget for 2014 Year -End Encumbrances (second reading) ORDINANCE NO. 2015 -016, AN ORDINANCE amending the 2015 budget for the City of Yakima; and making appropriations for 2014 Year -End Encumbrances from Unappropriated Fund Balances within various Funds for expenditure during 2015. 207 F. Ordinance Amending the 2015 Trolley Fund budget for the City of Yakima (second reading) ORDINANCE NO. 2015 -017, AN ORDINANCE amending the 2015 budget for the City of Yakima; and making appropriations of $230,000 within the 162 — Trolley Fund, for expenditure during 2015 to provide for the environmental cleanup of a portion of the Trolley Barn property, to be funded with a Department of Ecology grant. G. 2015 Business Plan H. 2015 Strategic Plan 6. Audience Participation David Morales, City resident speaking on behalf of the Commission on Hispanic Affairs, spoke against the appeal of the ACLU lawsuit and provided information to Council. PUBLIC HEARINGS 7. Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution to amend the 2015 through 2020 Six -year Transportation Improvement Program Brett Sheffield, Chief Engineer, briefed Council on the hearing. Mayor Cawley opened the public hearing and, with no one coming forward to speak, closed the hearing. The City Clerk read the resolution by title only. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2015 -057, A RESOLUTION to amend the Six -year Transportation Program (TIP) for the period of 2015 through 2020 to include projects affecting the City's Transportation Plan. Motion: Ensey moved and Coffey seconded to adopt the resolution. The motion carried by unanimous vote. CITY MANAGER REPORTS 8. Resolution approving and ratifying an agreement with Yakima Police Athletic League to provide evidence based programming and /or activities in conjunction with the Yakima Gang Free Initiative Youth and Family Development Center This item was removed from the agenda and referred to the Council Public Safety Committee by Council consensus. 9. Resolution approving and ratifying an agreement with People for People to provide evidence based programming and /or activities in conjunction with the Yakima Gang Free Initiative Youth and Family Development Center This item was removed from the agenda and referred to the Council Public Safety Committee by Council consensus. 10. Resolution authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with the WA State Department of Corrections for the formation and maintenance of a Critical Response Unit (CRU) that 208 incorporates both a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team and Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT) This item was removed from the agenda and referred to the Council Public Safety Committee by Council consensus. 11. Other Business Council Member Lover informed Council that Council Member Ettl will be attending the next GFI meeting on Thursday for him. Motion: 6:32 p.m. Cawley moved and Ensey seconded to adjourn to Executive Session for up to 15 minutes to discuss pending litigation. The motion carried by unanimous vote. Executive Session was held and adjourned at 6:45 p.m. 12. Adjournment Council reconvened at 6:45 p.m. Motion: Ensey moved and Coffey seconded to adjourn to the next Council Business meeting on May 5, 2015, at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The motion carried by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 6:46 p.m. CERTIFICATION READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY % / 07 1 - o C- UNCI MBER DATE COU..0 L MEMBER DATE ATTEST: • , CITY CLERK 1 :, , MAYOR 1 �- Z. • •