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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 11.A.
For Meeting of: May 19, 2020
ITEM TITLE: Council General Information
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
1. Memo from Transit Division regarding CARES Act Grant Funding
2. Preliminary Council Agenda
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council and Alex Meyerhoff,
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From: Alvie Maxey, Yakima Transit Manager
Subject: CARES Act Grant Funding
The following Information Item is to provide notification that Yakima Transit will be
receiving$6,268,035 in funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), as part
of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The CARES Act grant is provided in direct response to the COVID-19 health crises and
does not replace or reduce other grant funding opportunities anticipated to be received
by Yakima Transit.
No matching funds are required with this grant, however,Yakima Transit will have to
carefully track and provide quarterly reports to the FTA detailing how this funding is
utilized. The funding provided through this grant can also be carried over into the next
three years or until otherwise utilized by Yakima Transit.
This funding is only applicable for Yakima Transit operations use and will enable
Yakima Transit to maintain current schedules, routes and staffing at regular capacity.
Thus far, maintaining regularly scheduled operations, in conjunction with the sudden
drop in ridership due to COVID-19 related concerns has enabled Yakima Transit to
provide passengers the ability to practice social distancing and minimize overcrowding
on buses. Therefore, maintaining current schedules, routes and staffing at regular
capacity has been viewed and practiced as a method to better ensure the safety of
Yakima Transit employees, passengers and the general public.
The CARES Act grant funding can be used very broadly to cover a number of different
Yakima Transit expenses and is not limited to COVID-19 related expenditures.
However, this funding will certainly be utilized to offset expenses related to the
purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE), new Plexiglas bus driver enclosures,
cleaning and disinfectant supplies and all other expenses pertaining to Yakima Transit's
response to the health crises.
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YAKII1AA CITY COUNCIL
June 2, 2020
City Hall Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting --This meeting will be conducted via speakerphone and is live
streamed at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194.
There will be no opportunity for oral communications at this meeting; however if you wish
to provide written comment to the City Council, please email ccounciI2@yakimawa.gov.
Written comments received by 3 pm on June 2 will be provided to the City Council prior to
the meeting.
1. Roll Call
2. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
3. Council Reports
4. Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without
discussion.A Council member may request to remove an itern from the Consent Agenda and, if approved,
it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.
A. Approval of minutes from the May 19, 2020 City Council regular meeting
B. 2019 Annual Report for the Yakima Fire Department
C. Resolution authorizing an agreement with the Yakima Pickleball Club
D. Resolution authorizing a Fire Protection Services Interlocal Agreement with the City of
Union Gap
E. Resolution authorizing a contract with Belsaas & Smith Construction, Inc. for Project No.
2487B Fair Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvements Phase B
F. Resolution authorizing an agreement with RH2 Engineering, Inc. to provide engineering
and consulting services associated with the 2022 Wastewater Treatment Plant Facility
Plan update.
DEPARTMENT ITEMS
5. Ordinance amending the 2020 Budget for the City of Yakima; and making appropriations from
Unappropriated Fund Balances within various Funds for expenditure during 2020 for various
purposes including 2019 encumbrances (First Reading)
6. Summary of Home Occupation Permitting Process and Background
7. Other Business
8. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council regular meeting on June 16, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall