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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/28/1980 Business Meeting ) CI • Wu APRIL 28, 1980 The Yakima City Council met in session on this date at the Union Gap City Hall, Union Gap, Washington for the purpose of discussing, City of Yakima Transit System proposal. Council members present were Mayor Betty L. Edmondson, Henry Beauchamp, Lynn Budhanan, Bruce Crest, Shirley Doty and Don Hinman. Council member Lynn Carmichael absent. The following is an excerpt from the Minutes of the Union Gap City Coundil Meeting of April 28, 1980. Ms. Betty Edmondson, Mayor of the City of Yakima, briefly gave an overview of the transit situation in the City of Yakima to the Council. Mayor Edmondson told the Council that before committing Yakima to one of the options, the Yakima City Council decided to see if Union Gap would be interested in buying into the system with a vote from the citizens on a .3 percent sales tax increase. She then introducted Mr. Willis White, Public Works Director and Mr. Daniel Newton, Transit Manager to present the cost estimates for the Union Gap Extension of the Yakima Transit System. Mr. Willis White reviewed with the Council the report prepared by the City of Yakima on Yakima Transit System, Union Gap Extension. Alternative #1 would be hourly service and alternative #2 would be half hour service. Mr. White mentioned that alternative #2 would fit into the Yakima Transit better because Yakima Transit will be half hour service. Mr. Daniel Newton explained to the Council the different buses that could be considered for purchase. These buses will meet all veh- icle requirements of Section 504 which is the requirements govern- ing federal money for transit grants. Mr. Newton also explained the route the buses will take in Union Gap. Mayor Edmondson stated that the Yakima City Council has made no decision yet on how it wants to finance the bus system. She went on to invite the Union Gap Council to the Yakima City Council Study Session on transit that will be held in the next couple of weeks. Mayor Pro-Tem Melville told Mayor Edmondson that the Union Gap City Council would have an answer for the Yakima City Council following the next regular Council Meeting on May 12, 1980. READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY DAT04 COUNCILMAN 4 . 4' 1, lit - DATE 40/80 COUNCILMAN ATTEST: (4 1— f) / 40 • , 1 1.07 CITY CLE ;.YOR II/ _ ,