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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
August 8, 2023
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4 p.m. conducted in -person
Roll Call
Present: Mayor Janice Deccio, presiding; and Councilmembers Matt Brown, Patricia Byers,
Holly Cousens, Danny Herrera, and Eliana Macias
Staff: City Manager Robert Harrison, City Attorney Sara Watkins, and City Clerk Rosalinda
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Absent and Excused: Assistant Mayor Soneya Lund
2. Public comment (allow 15 minutes)
Judy Sinclair, City resident, commented on lack of ADA sidewalks for wheelchair accessibility
to restrooms at Miller Park and adding signage to inform community about the mobile health
clinics at the Washington Fruit Community Center.
Joe Mann, City resident, noted the importance of preserving the history and the heritage of
the trolleys as being one of the last urban trolleys in the nation.
3. Municipal Court Budget Presentation
Presiding Judge Kelley 01well and Judge Aryn Masters briefed the Council on municipal
court operations, potential budget reductions and the service impacts of those proposed
reductions.
4. Update on Trolley Bridge Analysis
City Engineer Bill Preston introduced Craig Mallow (available via speaker phone),
Professional Engineer with Sargent Engineers, Inc., the firm selected to conduct the
engineering inspection of the Yakima Valley Trolley Bridge over the Naches River. Sargent
Engineers, Inc., was tasked with performing a fracture critical inspection of the bridge
including all truss members both top and bottom; ultrasonically testing the bridge pins and
other elements for cracking and significant flaws; providing a structural analysis of the South
Abutment; preparing a report that documents current conditions and compares it to the last
Fracture Critical Analysis done in 2008, including pictures; and providing recommendations
and a cost estimate of repairs and maintenance.
The findings of the inspection report concluded that the trolley bridge should remain closed
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to trolley traffic until the necessary repairs are made. Sargent Engineers, Inc. recommended
replacing damaged and decayed timber stringers, timber deck ties, replacing the south
timber abutment, performing ultrasonic pin testing, monitoring Pier 3 foundation for scour, ani
brushing back overgrown vegetation.
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