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Home My WebLink About09/20/2016 05A 2017-2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities 70t:, „ -. 4,'7.; BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 5.A. For Meeting of: September 20, 2016 ITEM TITLE: 2017-2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities SUBMITTED BY: Randy Beehler, Communications & Public Affairs Director SUMMARY EXPLANATION: At an August 30th study session, the Yakima City Council reviewed and made revisions to draft 2017-2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities. A summary of the revisions is included in the attached memo. The Council will consider adopting final state and federal priorities at its September 20th business meeting. ITEM BUDGETED: NA STRATEGIC PRIORITY: f -4 APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: 11 . City Manager STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt 2017-2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities as presented. BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description Upload Date Type Memorandum - Draft 2017-2018 State and Federal D 9/6/2016 Cover Memo Legislathe and Administrathe Priorities Draft 2017-2018 State Legislatfte and AdministraMe D 8/30/2016 Cmer Memo Prienties D Draft 2017-2018 Federal Legislathe and Administrathe 8/30/2016 Cmer Memo Priorities NEMORADDD[D To: City Council Members From: Communications & Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler Subject: Draft State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities Date: Thursday, September 15 2016 Council members, At a Yakima City Council study session conducted on Tuesday, August 30 the Council reviewed and discussed draft 2017 -2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities. The draft priorities were developed to reflect recent policy actions taken by the City Council and in order to be consistent with direction provided by the City Council. Additionally, the draft priorities include items identified by City administration as important to conducting City business as efficiently and effectively as possible. During the August 30 study session, the City Council made some revisions to the draft priorities as they had been originally presented. Following is a description of the revisions to the draft priorities made by the City Council during the August 30 study session: 2017 -2018 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities — Aug. 30 Study Session Revisions - Move "Strengthening access to public records by curbing abusive requests" from the Actively Pursue category to the Support category - Combine "Efforts to address homelessness locally, regionally, and statewide" and "Reducing barriers to affordable housing and human services programs" and keep them in the Actively Pursue category - Move "Development of a sustainable funding model for gang prevention, intervention, and suppression programs given current funding will expire in 2017" from the Support category to the Actively Pursue category - Move "Development of a sustainable funding model to assist in meeting increased indigent defense costs given current funding will expire in 2017" from the Support category to the Actively Pursue category - Add "Washington State Department of Transportation bicycle and pedestrian safety grant program" to Support category 2017 -2018 Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities — Aug. 30 Study Session Revisions - Combine "Efforts to address homelessness locally, regionally, and nationally" and "Reducing barriers to affordable housing and human services programs" and keep them in the Actively Pursue category - Move "Efforts by eligible local entities to secure funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's ( "HUD ") "Choice Neighborhoods" program from the Support category to the Actively Pursue category - Move "Continued funding of the Community Development Block Grant ( "CDBG ") program at current or increased levels" from the Support category to the Actively Pursue category At its September 20 business meeting, the City Council is being asked to review and approve 2017 -2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities as revised at the August 30 City Council study session. Please let me know if you have any questions about the 2017 -2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities, as they are now presented, prior to the September 20 City Council business meeting. I can be contacted by phone (901 -1142) or e-mail (randy.beehler @yakimawa.gov). "fix Yk ri crop lt:r-3 % I> 1 \ (8 -30 -2016) v City of Yakima 2017 - 2018 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities Actively Pursue - Passage of the Washington Voting Rights Act - Efforts to address homelessness and to reduce barriers to affordable housing and human services programs locally, regionally, and statewide - Safe Routes to Schools funding - Development of a sustainable funding model for gang prevention, intervention, and suppression programs given current funding will expire in 2017 - Development of a sustainable funding model to assist in meeting increased indigent defense costs given current funding will expire in 2017 - Ensuring cities have stable, sufficient, and flexible revenue options to utilize to provide essential services - Funding partners to assist with Mill Site infrastructure and landfill cleanup costs Support - Full funding of the Washington State Basic Law Enforcement Academy - Strengthening access to public records by curbing abusive requests - Seeking funding from the Washington Department of Transportation ( "WSDOT ") Bicycle and Pedestrian grant program - More equitable allocation of federal Fixing America's Surface Transportation ( "FAST ") Act funding to local infrastructure projects Monitor - Efforts to amend the Open Public Meetings Act - Efforts to require Washington State driver's licenses to be REAL ID compliant ce.^ ix itYl lilt, A Y IP f A y d . (8 -30 -2016) City of Yakima 2017 -2018 Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities Actively Pursue - Efforts to address homelessness and to reduce barriers to affordable housing and human services programs locally, regionally, and nationally - Increased funding for Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ( "OJJDP ") and other federal programs designed to combat gang crime and violence - Efforts by eligible local entities to secure funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Choice Neighborhoods" program - Continued funding of the Community Development Block Grant ( "CDBG ") program at current or increased levels - Funding partners to assist with North 1 Street project costs - Funding from the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act ( "TIFIA ") program and other available federal sources for critical local transportation projects such as development of streets serving the Mill Site project and the Yakima East -West Corridor project - Support of efforts to secure Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Redevelopment grants Support - Ongoing funding assistance provided to local public safety entities through programs such as Community Oriented Policing Services ( "COPS "), Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response ( "SAFER "), and Local Law Enforcement Block Grants ( "LLEBG ") - Yakima Basin Integrated Plan funding requests - Development of pilot programs (with accompanying funding) to assist cities in the creation of innovative solutions to combat crime and violence - Development of adequate, predictable, and sustainable funding for airport capital projects and airport economic development projects - Efforts to normalize and make consistent regulations and taxing authority applicable to providers of communication services regardless of delivery method (i.e. wireless, satellite, cable, telephony, internet, etc.)