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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
BUSINESS MEETING
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, YAKIMA CITY HALL
6:00 P.M. — BUSINESS MEETING
1. Roll Call
Present:
Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey, Council
Members Maureen Adkison, Dave Edler, Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill
Lover
Staff: City Manager Zais, City Attorney Cutter and Acting City Clerk Roberts
2. Invocation /Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Micah Cawley gave an invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A. Proclamations
• National Arts in Education Week
A number of teachers and students were present and spoke regarding National
Arts in Education Week — September 12 -16, 2010.
• Yakima County Quits Week — No one was present for this proclamation
• Day of Hope
Tammy Masters accepted the proclamation declaring September 11, 2010 as a
Day of Hope
B. Presentations /recognitions /introductions - None
C. Status reports on prior meeting's citizen service requests - None
D. Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees - None
4. Consent Agenda
All items listed with an asterisk ( *) are considered routine by the City Council and will
be enacted by one motion without discussion. A citizen may request Council to
remove an item from the Consent Agenda, and if approved, it will be considered in
its normal sequence on the agenda.
Item number 8 was added to the Consent Agenda. ACTION: Motion carried to
approve the consent agenda as read. VOTE: Unanimous
*A. Consideration of approval of City Council Meeting Minutes
1. Business Meeting August 17, 2010
2. Council Retreat — August 23, 2010
ACTION: Council meeting minutes were approved.
B. Consideration of approval of Council Committee Meeting Minutes
*1. City /County Intergovernmental Committee — August 10, 2010
*2. Gang Free Initiative Steering Committee — August 11, 2010
ACTION: Council Committee meeting minutes were approved.
3. Rules and Procedures Committee — August 26, 2010
• Recommendation to establish a designated 15- minute time period for
Audience Participation with an option to resume if necessary after
business items are concluded
ACTION: Motion carried to accept the recommendation. Vote: 6 -1, Lover
voting no.
• Recommendation that Mayor Cawley and Council Member Ettl
represent the Council in February 2011 for lobbying trip to Washington,
DC and consider authorizing a second lobbying trip in late spring or
early summer 2011 for two Council members
ACTION: Motion carried to accept the recommendation. Vote:
Unanimous.
5. Audience Participation
Jim Evans complained about weeds at the Doty property, on Front Street by Inland
Pipe, and on the railroad property. He also suggested that someone at City Hall
should be monitoring assessed property values to make sure proper taxes are being
collected.
Council Member Ensey pointed out a weed problem at N. 1s Street across from
Delaney's Laundromat.
Candy Turner asked for signal lights to be installed at 64 and Washington Avenues
as well as at 66 and Summitview. She was advised that a signal at 64 and
Washington is part of the WaI -Mart mitigation and is being reviewed; and a signal is
already in process for 66 and Summitview. Ms. Turner noted that a, speed
monitoring device on 80 Avenue was malfunctioning.
7:00 P.M. — PUBLIC HEARINGS
6. Closed Record Public Hearing to consider appeal of Hearing Examiner's decision to
deny request to site an adult business dance studio in General Commercial Zoning
District
The public hearing was held. ACTION: Motion carried to uphold the Hearing
Examiner's recommendation. Vote: Unanimous
CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS
7. Set Date of Public Hearing for fiber -, 2010 to consider Resolution adopting
Design Review Guidelines and Certificate of Appropriateness for Barge- Chestnut
Neighborhood Historic District
ACTION: Motion carried to set hearing date for October 5, 2010. Vote: Unanimous
*8. Consideration of a Resolution stating the City Council's intent to modify the Yakima
County Tourist Promotion Area Ordinance and setting a date of public hearing for
September 2 2010 for that purpose
ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2010 -102
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*9. Reports from Finance Department
A. Second quarter 2010 Treasury report
B. Second quarter 2010 Accounts Receivable report
ACTION: Reports were accepted.
*10. Consideration of the 2009 year -end medical insurance report
ACTION: Report was accepted. '
*11. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing execution of an interlocal government
agreement with CIAW for the purchase of liability insurance for the City of Yakima
ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2010 -103
*12. Consideration of a Resolution ratifying and authorizing execution of an educational
services agreement with YVTech for Firefighter Training
ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2010 -104
*13. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing sole source procurement from
Landscapeforms for amenities on the Downtown Yakima Futures Initiative Project,
Phase 4
ACTION: Resolution adopted. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2010 -105
*14. Consideration of final contract payments for:
A. Wastewater Treatment Plant ultra violet disinfection project
B. Repair of sanitary sewer line in the vicinity of South 3 Avenue and West Pierce
Street
C. "J" Street low impact development project
(Standard Motion V -B — Accept the project and approve the final payment)
ACTION: Final contract payments were approved.
ORDINANCES
*15. First reading of an Ordinance amending the 2010 budget and making an appropriation in
the 462 — Transit Operating Fund for extended services
ACTION: Ordinance read by title only; second reading scheduled for 9/21/10
*16. First reading of an Ordinance amending the 2010 Refuse budget for unanticipated
landfill and fuel expenditures
ACTION: Ordinance read by title only; second reading scheduled for 9/21/10
17. Other Business
No other business was brought forward.
18. Adjournment — 7:39 p.m.
ACTION: Motion carried to adjourn to September 8, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the City
Hall Council Chambers for a Study Session regarding the proposed Yakima Bears
stadium. VOTE: Unanimous
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