HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-08-16_Minutes - HCNBYakimaCity Council Committee Minutes
Healthy Communities & Neighborhood Building Committee (NCNB)
2nd Floor Conference Room
August 16, 2018
Committee Members
Councilmember/Chair Kay Funk
Councilmember Jason White
Councilmember Kathy Coffey
Staff Others
Cliff Moore Adrianne Garner (HBCC)
Joan Davenport Steve Mitchell (OIC)
Rosalinda Ibarra Crystal Testerman (YVCOG)
Ken Wilkinson
Scott Schafer
Joseph Calhoun
Randy Beehler
With a quorum present, Chair Funk called this meeting to order at approximately 10:05 a.m.
Reports from Departments/Commissions
Transit Citizen Advisory Committee — No report.
Parks & Recreation (P&R) — No report.
Henry Beauchamp Community Center (HBCC) — Adrianne Garner provided a detailed report of
2nd quarter activities at the community center. Highlights included: NASA Astronaut Jose
Hernandez, Strengthening Families program evaluation and the English and Spanish curriculum
costs, Youth Leadership Summit, Summer Reading Challenge, Black Elegance Celebration
honoring African-American graduates, Community Clean -Up Day, and National Night Out activities.
Steve Mitchell, OIC Director, mentioned concerns about school safety and accessibility issues that
were raised by kids at the Youth Leadership Summit. He will follow-up with the Yakima School
District Superintendent. A discussion about unlicensed/underage drivers at Davis High School
ensued. The Committee agreed to add under Council Reports at the September 11th business
meeting that the HCNB Chair report their concern on underage/unlicensed drivers parking in the
Davis High School parking lot and request that Council consider taking further action to address
this issue.
Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) — A special meeting was held for the Hotel Maison
dedication ceremony. The next meeting is scheduled for August 22nd
Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) — The next meeting is August 22"d, the commission will
continue with public hearings on the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Amendment and text amendments,
which include a definition for hotel/motel extended stay.
Bike & Pedestrian Committee — White reported that the committee asked for input about seeking
funding for a pedestrian master plan. This proposal is in the preliminary stages and more
information will be presented in the future if the committee decides to pursue this.
Tree City Board— No report.
Community Integration Committee — Beehler provided a brief background of the committee
activities since its inception. At their last meeting the Community Integration Committee assigned
two members to each council committee to track topics of interest. Beehler and Coffey encouraged
council members to send the Community Integration Committee any recommendations that they
would like the committee to pursue.
Fall 2018 Afterschool Programs / Role of the City- Funk reported that Assistant City Manager Ana
Cortez is working on developing an interactive map of child service program providers, such as
after-school Parks programs, Central Lutheran, HBCC, YAMA, YMCA, and YPAL. City Manager
Moore will follow-up with Cortez. In regards to the Governor's Proviso money, it was reported that
the steering committee is currently being developed.
Homeless Operational Model/Administration — Davenport reported that HPPC members, Sara
Watkins and Lowell Krueger, gave a presentation of the recommendation of the Governance
Committee to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) at their July 311t meeting. The BOCC
took no action but accepted the recommendation and an implementation committee will move
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forward with the recommendations. Funk shared that the BOCC discussed removing the
management of homeless funding from YVCOG and assigning it to another agency to which Moore
responded that the City has no role in that decision. Funk also expressed that YVCOG is providing
unacceptable and their information is not timely.
Additional dialogue continued regarding the appropriate process to request and obtain information
from YVCOG. As a result, Coffey made a motion, seconded by White, to take forward to, the full
Council a request to direct that the city liaison Brad Hill request from YVCOG a report on homeless
programming and funding. Motion carried unanimously. Moore pointed out that all four Council
Committees include homelessness as a topic to discuss, analyze, consider, review data, input and
ideas.
Crystal Testerman provided YVCOG agendas for June and July and summarized the actions
taken. The Executive Committee approved one year funding for three organizations to receive
rental assistance contracts, two organizations to receive domestic violence emergency shelter
contracts, two organizations to receive emergency winter shelter hotel/motel contracts, three
organizations to receive coordinated entry contracts, and three organizations to receive emergency
shelter contracts. Three additional organizations were awarded two-year contracts due to an
increased budget. Funk inquired about the $238,000 RFP (Request for Proposals) process to
which Testerman replied that the first $100,000 came from the emergency fund available only to
municipalities and the remainder was awarded through an RFQ (Request for Qualifications)
process in which the City was the only applicant. A summary report from YVCOG will be provided
at the next meeting that includes details about the scoring criteria, organization proposals, and
contracts awarded.
Affordable/Senior/Low Income Housing/ULqent Issues, Only — Calhoun provided a presentation on
construction/permit activity information for a three year period. He showed the committee how to
find that report on the City of Yakima website: www.buildingyakima.com under Documents. Permit
activity and valuations has increased this year from the same time period last year. He described
several pending and approved multi -family developments, such as West Valley Lodges (438 units),
Racquet Lane Townhomes (73 units), Bicycle Apartments (80 units), and VBT Stonewood
Apartments (84 units). Discussion continued about funding sources and reporting requirements,
specifically for VBT Stonewood Apartments, that comply with the goals and policies of the
Comprehensive Plan 2040. Staff would do some research and request information from the
developer regarding their requirements to provide subsidized housing, as it is not a criteria for land
use review. The City only tracks projects for which it is invested in, such as the Bicycle Apartments
and the Yakima Housing Authority Veteran Housing projects which will potentially be receiving
CDBG funding.
Community Crosswalks — White explained the painted community crosswalk program that is similar
to what the City of Seattle has implemented. White requested that staff review the information
provided and report back on whether or not it is financially feasible to do. The City of Yakima does
not have a funding source at this time. Coffey expressed concern about the time and efforts that
City staff will dedicate to research this. Staff indicated that they can accomplish this request and
will report back to the committee with information on what resources are necessary to implement
this type of project in Yakima. This request was approved in form of a unanimous motion.
Discussion about narningsomething after Ester Huey — Wilkinson provided information adopted by
Council regarding the policy of naming public parks and recreation facilities. He cautioned them
that the naming of a park and/or facility is established based on the following criteria:
1- neighborhood, geographic or common usage identification;
2- a natural or geological feature;
3- an historical figure, place, event, or other instance of historical or cultural significance;
4- an individual (living or deceased) or group who has made a significant land and/or monetary
contribution to the parks system or who has had the contribution made "in memoriam"; and
when the name has been stipulated as a condition of the donation;
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5- an individual who has contributed outstanding civic service to the City of Yakima primarily in
the area of Parks and Recreation and who has been deceased for a period of at least one
year.
Wilkinson clarified that the naming of streets does not fall within the purview of this policy. Funk
recommended, and the Committee agreed, that the reasonable manner in which to move forward
on Councilmember Cousens request to name something after Ester Huey is to refer this discussion
to the Henry Beauchamp Community Center Board for their consideration.
Araval of Minutes — Funk proposed an amendment to the July 12th meeting minutes. After review
and discussion, the following language was agreed to be added to the minutes:
The 2018-2020 strategic plan of the Healthy Communities and Neighborhoods Building
Committee includes, in part: "this committee will discuss, analyze, consider, review data, input
and ideas on the following topics: Homeless Resources/ Network".
Mayor Coffey said that requests for information with YVCOG should be conducted through
Councilman Brad Hill, who is the council liaison to YVCOG. Councilmembers Funk and White
think that consideration of homeless resources is within the purview of this committee.
Mr. Mattson, of YVCOG, said that he would like to receive information requests from one City
committee only. All three committee members agreed that it would be reasonable to ask the full
council to make a clarifying decision. This item will be placed on the next full council agenda
under "New Business", as a request to have it added to the agenda for discussion at the
following meeting.
Funk motioned, seconded by White, to approve the correction to the minutes. Motion carried
unanimously. A motion to accept the July 12th minutes as corrected carried unanimously.
Future Items / Recap of Deliverables —
• Include Councilmember White's name be added to the agenda for the Bike/Ped Committee
and Community Integration
• Public Works staff to research the community crosswalk idea
• Information on data to assess implementation of affordable housing goals of the
Comprehensive Plan 2040 — Moore and Joan to meet and discuss scope of request and
possible benchmarking approach
White spoke about the effective response to complaints that are submitted through the Yak Back
system. However, he noted that most community members are not aware about the Yak Back
program as a resource. Staff recently created a handout with information in English and Spanish of
several ways that community members can report complaints and/or violations to City staff. Funk
inquired about the progress of the Yak Back program. Beehler will do a Yak Back presentation with
follow-up information at the September HCNB meeting.
Funk announced interpreter services are available with 48 hour advance notice.
Audience Participation — none noted.
Adiourn — White motioned, seconded by Coffey to adjourn. This meeting adjourned at
approximately 12:02 p.m.; the next meeting is September 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
Approved by:
Date Approved: Sx_t4
Prepared by: Rosalinda Ibarra, Community Development Administrative Assistant
This meeting was recorded by Y-PAC.
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