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129 N. 2nd Street,Yakima,WA. 9890 I Bill Lover
Phone: (509) 575 -6000 • Fax (509) 576 -6614 City Manager
Email: ccouncil @ci.yakima.wa.us • www.ci.yakima.wa.us Donald B. Cooper
Anyone wishing to address the Council, please fill out the form found on the podium and give it to the City Clerk
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, YAKIMA CITY HALL
5:00 P.M. — EXECUTIVE SESSION
1. Roll Call
2. Executive Session (allow 1 hour)
• Collective Bargaining
6:00 P.M. — BUSINESS MEETING
1. Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
II 3. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A. Proclamations
B. Presentations /recognitions /introductions
➢ . Yakima Housing Authority Annual Report
C. Status reports on prior meeting's citizen service requests
D. Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees
4. Consent Agenda
All items listed with an asterisk ( *) are considered routine by the City Council and will
be enacted by one motion without discussion.. A citizen may request Council to
remove an item from the Consent Agenda, and if approved, it will be considered in its
normal sequence on the agenda.
*A. Consideration of approval of City Council Meeting Minutes
• Adjourned Meeting /Study Session — October 11, 2011
• Business Meetings — October 18 and November 1, 2011
*B. Consideration of approval of Council Committee Meeting Minutes
• Gang Free Initiative Steering Committee — October 6, 2011
• Neighborhood Development Committee — November 2, 2011
5. Audience Participation — Community members are invited to address items that are not
listed on the regular business meeting agenda. A guideline of three (3) minutes per
speaker is in place in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience
participation. A speaker's time may be extended at the discretion of the Mayor and /or
• the consensus or vote of the Council. Written communication and e-mail messages Yakima
are strongly encouraged.
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City of Yakima Vision Statement: To create a culturally diverse, economically vibrant, safe, and strongYakima community. 1111,
Adopted March 2008 " "'
7:00 P.M. — PUBLIC HEARINGS
6. Closed record public hearing and consideration of an Ordinance to adopt the City of
Yakima Planning Commission's recommendation on amendments to the City of
Yakima's Municipal Code Title 15 Urban Area Zoning Ordinance (please bring material
previously distributed)
7. Public hearing to consider the 2012 Proposed Budget
8. Public hearing to consider the 2012 Ad Valorem (property) tax
CITY MANAGER REPORTS
9. Resolution expressing the intent to establish a Downtown Yakima Business
Improvement District (DYBID); if adopted, Resolution setting date of public hearing to
consider approval of an ordinance establishing a DYBID to allow for the collection of
special assessments from downtown Yakima business owners and operators as set
forth in the Resolution
10 . Resolution authorizing execution of a contract amendment with the Committee for
Downtown Yakima (CDY) to continue certain clean and safe services through
December 31, 2011
*11. Resolution to initiate the process to re -form a Parking and Business Improvement
Area (PBIA) and setting a date of public hearing for December 6, 2011 on reformation
of a PBIA for the North Front Street area of downtown Yakima
*12. Resolution authorizing annual renewal of the City Manager's authority to resolve and
settle any claims against or by the City of Yakima in an amount of $100,000 or less
*13. Resolution authorizing execution of an extension of an existing operating contract and
lease agreement extension with TC Transportation to provide another month of
paratransit services
*14. Resolution declaring surplus and authorizing the sale /auction of a 2010 Ford F150 4x4
pickup truck
*15. Resolution authorizing execution of a professional services contract to secure a
Hearing Examiner to preside over park exclusion appeals
*16. Resolution authorizing the Department of Community and Economic Development to
implement a policy regarding temporary emergency cold weather shelters in the City
of Yakima from November 15, 2011 through March 15, 2012
*17. Set date of public hearing for November 29, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss budget
revenue options
ORDINANCES
*18. Ordinance amending the annual base rate of the stormwater fee and amending
Sections 7.80.110 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
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*19. Ordinance revising various wastewater rates, fees and charges and amending
. Chapter 7.58 Wastewater Connection Charge of the Yakima Municipal Code
20. Other Business
21. Adjournment to November 29, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers for a public
hearing regarding budget revenue options
THE NEXT COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING IS DECEMBER 6, 2011 AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and the Library. An
abbreviated packet is also available on line at www.ci.yakima.wa.us under Quick Picks.
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the
voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or
beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved
by the Council, and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any
other speaker.
The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or
language interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact
the City Clerk's office at (509) 575 -6037
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