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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
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Item No. 6.D.
For Meeting of: July 17, 2018
ITEM TITLE: Set date of August 6, 2018, fora Public Hearing to declare
property surplus to the City needs and abandon a section of former
Drainage Improvement District (DID) #39
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Director of Public Works
Mike Price, Wastewater/Stormwater Division Manager 249-6815
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Set a Public Hearing for August 6, 2018, 6:30 p.m., to declare a section of former Drainage
Improvement District (DID) #39 abandoned, extending from manhole 65 at N. 20th
Avenue/Jerome Avenue to manhole 67 located westerly approximately 395 feet.
All property rights to DI Ds within city limits were ceded to the City of Yakima (City) by Yakima
County when the City accepted transfer of this conveyance system. There is little legal specificity
as to how to decommission DID lines after they are essentially abandoned. As a result, the City
is treating them as a utility for purposes of abandonment and asking the City Council to hold a
public hearing declaring the property surplus.
The engineer's design report states that the purpose of this drain line was to drain off irrigation
water being used to irrigate the many orchards that had been planted in the area. Over the years,
the orchards have been removed and the DID line sought to be abandoned is no longer
necessary as there is no drainage flow through this portion of the pipe. No City services, such as
stormwater, are connected to this portion of the DID. The City has no need for this portion of the
DID system and the property owner is seeking to decommission the pipeline.
ITEM BUDGETED:
NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
APPROVED FOR
SUBMITTAL:
2
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Public Hearing date
BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: