HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/15/2017 00 AgendaYAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
August 15, 2017
City Hall -- Council Chambers
6 p.m. Business Meeting; 6:30 p.m. Public Hearings
BUSINESS MEETING
Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Interpreter Services
4. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A. Update on senior staff searches
B. Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees
Consideration of Council Member Dulce Gutierrez's application to WA State
Partnership on Juvenile Justice
5. Council Reports
A. Council Partnerships Committee meeting follow-up re
1. Discussion of a draft letter to President Trump re: DACA
2. Discussion of draft letter to U.S. Congress members re: H.R. 2997
3. Discussion of draft letter re: Historic Preservation Commission
request for funding generated from recorded documents surcharge
B. Discussion regarding neighborhood forums
C. Accept July 20, 2017, Council Nominating Committee minutes
6. Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without
discussion. A citizen or Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if
approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.
A. Approval of the minutes from the July 11, 19 and August 1, 2017, City Council Business
meetings, July 25, 2017, City Council Retreat and August 8, 2017, Special City Council
meeting/Partnership Committee meeting
B. Approve payment of disbursements for the period July 1 — 31, 2017
C. 2nd Quarter 2017 Capital Improvement Projects Report
D. Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police's execution of recurring annual agreements
with the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
E. Resolution authorizing an agreement with HLA Engineering and Land Surveying, Inc., in
an amount not to exceed $123,829 to provide construction administration concerning
Security Gate Improvements at the Yakima Air Terminal -McAllister Field
7. Public Comment
Community members are invited to address items that are not listed on the regular business meeting
agenda. A guideline of three (3) minutes per speaker is in place in order to allow as much opportunity as
possible for audience participation. A speaker's time may be extended at the discretion of the Mayor
and/or the consensus or vote of the Council. Written communication and e-mail messages are strongly
encouraged.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
8. Closed record hearing to consider an appeal regarding the Hearing Examiner's decision on a
request from Yakima Neighborhood Health Services for a proposal to convert an existing
commercial building into a multi -family residential development
9. Other Business
10. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a Council Study Session on August 22, 2017, at 10 a.m. in the Council
Chambers
11. Council General Information
A. Council General Information
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the
voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs
expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the
Council, and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other
speaker.
A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and the Library. A packet is
also available on-line at www.yakimawa.gov.
The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or
language interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact
the City Clerk's office at (509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting.