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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 4.G.
For Meeting of: June 16, 2020
ITEM TITLE: Resolution deferring and continuing the mentorship and internship
program to 2021
SUBMITTED BY: Alex Meyerhoff, Interim City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
On March 12, 2020, a Mayoral Proclamation of Civil Emergency and Order declared a state of
emergency in the City of Yakima due to the coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVI D-19"), and
subsequent proclamations have extended the civil emergency. The Governor, in collaboration
with the Washington State Department of Health, recently issued "Safe Start Washington Phased
Reopening County-By County", which includes a data-driven approach to a phased reopening.
On June 1, each county began in their current phase. The number of confirmed coronavirus
cases has continued to increase significantly in Yakima County and the City of Yakima, and
Yakima County remains in Phase 1.
The internship program is part of the settlement in the case of Montes and Arteaga v. City of
Yakima, et al., where the plaintiffs donated part of their fee award back to the City of Yakima for
the mentorship and internship program. $23,696.28 remains for the internship program in 2021.
As a result of the continuing significant increase of COVI D-19, attached for the Council's
consideration is a Resolution deferring and continuing the summer internship program to 2021.
ITEM BUDGETED: Yes
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Trust and Accountability
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
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RESOLUTION NO. R-2020-
A RESOLUTION deferring and continuing the mentorship and internship program to 2021.
WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020, a Mayoral Proclamation of Civil Emergency and Order
declared a state of emergency in the City of Yakima due to the coronavirus disease 2019
("COVID-19"), and subsequent Mayoral Proclamations have extended the emergency; and
WHEREAS, on May 31, 2020, the Governor, in collaboration with the Washington State
Department of Health, issued "Safe Start Washington Phased Reopening County-By County",
which includes a data-driven approach to a phased reopening; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2020, each county began in their current phase, and Yakima
County has remained in Phase 1; and
WHEREAS, the Yakima Health District has reported that there are numerous confirmed
cases of COVID-19 in Yakima County and the City of Yakima and that the number of COVID-19
cases has continued to increase significantly; and
WHEREAS,the mentorship and internship program for high school students in the Yakima
School District is part of the settlement in the case of Montes and Arteaga v. City of Yakima, et
al., where the plaintiffs donated part their fee award back to the City of Yakima for the mentorship
and internship program, and as part of the program, in past years students have worked at the
City during the summer; and
WHEREAS, as a result of Yakima County being in Phase 1, the continuing significant
increase of COVID-19 cases in Yakima County and the City of Yakima, and the emergency that
exists,the City Council has determined that deferring the 2020 mentorship and internship program
to 2021 will best protect the health and safety of the high school student interns as well as City
staff; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The mentorship and internship program is deferred and continued to 2021.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th day of June, 2020.
Patricia Byers, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sonya Clear Tee, City Clerk
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