HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-21-18 MinutesMeeting convened at 8:30 a.m.
Council present: Kathy Coffey, Carmen Mendez and Brad Hill a via speakerphone
Staff present:: City Manager Cliff Moore, Communications & Public Affairs Director
Randy Beehler, Water & Irrigation Manager Dave Brown and Sonya Claar Tee, City
Clerk
1. Approval of minutes (11-26)
Hill moved and Coffey seconded to approve the 11-26-18 minutes.
The motion carried by unanimous vote.
2. New business
• Yakima Housing Authority request for support for a $2.5 million capital
budget proposal for the armory project in the 2019 session
■ Susan Wilson, Housing Development Manager, Yakima Housing
Authority (YHA), briefed the Committee on financing for the YHA
Veterans Supportive Housing and Service Center and noted they
anticipate breaking ground April 2019. Wilson requested the City
send a letter of support to our legislators for their request of a $2.5
million capital budget proposal. It was Committee consensus to
recommend approval of this request at the next Council meeting.
• Yakima Basin Integrated Plan (YBIP) state funding request (County
position)
Brown reported the County has reaffirmed its support of a request
for state funds for YBIP projects. Mendez reported the Yakima
Basin Integrated Plan Work Group will be meeting with federal
legislators in D.C. the first week of February. Brown noted the
importance of an elected official attending. Mendez will see if she
can attend and if not, suggested Hill attend since he will be in DC
around that time.
• RFP Committee suggestions (transitional housing)
• Moore recommended the Committee be comprised of: 1 Council
member, 1 Commissioner, 1 Greenway representative, 1
Arboretum representative, 1 expert on programs, 1 expert on
housing and 3 community members. Claar Tee noted the Council
has a policy that community members can only be on one
committee at a time. Moore suggested Nathan Poole, Architect,
could be the expert on housing. It was Committee consensus to
bring this forward at the next Council meeting. Moore reported he
understands the Greenway will be appealing the Wastewater
Treatment Plant rezone and therefore, it would not be prudent to
meet with the Greenway until after that appeal is settled.
• Freight Rail Regulatory issue
Moore reported on a request from Nate Kaplan of GORAIL for the
City to • a letter to Congress opposing Forced Access. It was
Committee consensus to have Kaplan on an upcoming agenda for
a 3 -minute presentation • this request.
3. Old business
A. Boards & committee applications (Claar Tee)
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) — Sara Allen
(Ledgestone) has reapplied. It was Committee consensus•
reappoint Sara Allen to the LTAC.
4. Other business
5. Future agenda items (Council Committee members)
0 None
6. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m. to the next meeting • January 18, 2019 at
8:30 a.m. in the 2 nd floor • room.
Carmen M6ndez, Chair