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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
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For Meeting of: October 23, 2012
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SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
1. Weekly Issues Report
2. Planning Commission notice of cancellation for 10 -24 -12
3. 10 -4 -12 Letter from Parks & Recreation Commissioner Jo Miles
4. City Meeting Schedule for week of October 22 -29, 2012
5. Preliminary Future Activities Calendar as of October 22, 2012
6. Preliminary Council Agenda
7. 2012 Study Session Schedule
8. * Newspaper /Magazine /Internet Articles:
- "Riverfront revitalization," American City and County, September 2012
- "Off the Beaten Trail," City Vision Magazine, May /June 2012
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MEMORANDUM
October 18, 2012
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Tony O'Rourke, City Manager
SUBJECT: Weekly Issues Report
• COUNCIL BOARDS & COMMISSIONS NOMINATING COMMITTEE: This
Committee (Adkison, Ensey, and Bristol) will be meeting at 9:30 a m. on Tuesday,
October 23 in the Mayor's Office.
• COUNCIL STUDY SESSION: The City Council will be meeting on Tuesday,
October 23 at 10:00 a.m. in Council Chambers to review the 2013 budget, legislative
and administrative priorities, and strategic plan.
• YAKIMA COUNTY FIRE COMMISSIONERS MEETING: The Yakima County Fire
Commissioners will be meeting on Wednesday, October 24 at the Holiday Inn from
4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. if you would like to attend their meeting.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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CITY OF YAKIMA PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Cancellation
The regular meeting of the Yakima Planning Commission
scheduled for October 24, 2012 has been cancelled. The next
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday November 14, 2012
beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.
An agenda will be distributed prior to that meeting.
Public Demand for Parks
This year more than 1,000 citizens took time to return surveys to the City of Yakima responding
to questions about Parks and Recreation services. Some people favored increasing fees for specific
services and others have said they would consider it. A few, including a recent letter to the editor,
voiced a complaint because they cared about having public parks and improving them, not eliminating
them.
Before the recent budget reductions, more funds were available for park maintenance
personnel and equipment replacement. Now there are not. Some critics have demanded, "Live within
your means like the rest of us do!" OK, we're doing that. But now we are hearing, "prioritize!" In other
words cut someone else's services, but not mine!
The best solution is for voters to earmark funds for a specific category where revenue will
remain and not be transferred to another department or service. Many of us look forward to progress
toward that goal.
Jo N. Miles
10/04/2012
CITY MEETING SCHEDULE
For October 22, 2012 — October 29, 2012
Please note. Meetings are subject to change
Monday, October 22
12:00 p.m. Greenway Board Meeting — Greenway Visitors Center
12:00 p.m. Capitol Theatre Board Meeting — Capitol Theatre
Tuesday, October 23
9:30 a.m. Council Boards & Commission Nominating Meeting — Mayor's Office
10:00 a.m. City Council Study Session — Council Chambers
1:30 p.m. County Commissioners Agenda Meeting — Council Chambers
Wednesday, October 24
3:30 p.m. Historic Preservation Commission — Council Chambers
Thursday, October 25
9:00 a.m. Hearing Examiner — Council Chambers
10:00 a.m. Yakima Regional Public Facilities District Meeting — Convention Center
Office Of Mayor /City Council ,
Preliminary Future Activities Calendar
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Mon. Oct. 22 ' ._.
12:00 p.m. Greenway Board Meeting Board Meeting Ettl Greenway Visitors Center
1200 p m. Capitol Theatre Board Board Meeting Bristol Capitol Theatre
Meeti
Tue. Oct. 23
9 30 a.m Council Nominating Scheduled Meeting Adkison, Bristol, Mayor's Office
Committee Ensey
10:00 a m. City Council Study Session Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers
12 00 p.m Miscellaneous Issues Scheduled Meeting Cawley, Adkison, TBD
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Wed. Oct. 24
5 p m Historic Preservation Scheduled Meeting Bristol Council Chambers
Commission
Thur. Oct. 25
10 00 a.m Yakima Regional Public Scheduled Meeting Bristol Convention Center
Facilities District
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a.m. Soro•timist Welcome Scheduled Event Cawle Hilton
Moll. Oct. 29
6.00 p m. Welcome WA Service Scheduled Event Cawley Convention Center
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10 00 a m City Council Study Session Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers
12.00 p.m Miscellaneous Issues Scheduled Meeting Adkison, Cawley, TBD
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Thur. Nov. 1
4 p m. GFI Steering Committee Scheduled Meeting Coffey, Adkison, CWCMH
Meeting Ettl
6:00 p m. Regional Fire Authority Scheduled Meeting Cawley, Coffey, Station 95
Adkison
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8 00 a m. Sister Cit Meetin. Scheduled Meetin• Adkison CED Conference Room
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Mon. Nov. 5
10.00 a m. City Council Media Briefing Scheduled Meeting Cawley Council Chambers
Tue. Nov. 6
1200 p.m. Miscellaneous Issues Scheduled Meeting Cawley, Adkison, TBD
Bristol
p.m (T) City Council Executive Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers
Session
6:00 p.m. Cit Council Meetin• Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers
Thur. Nov. 8
1.00 p m. Harman Center Board Board Meeting Adkison Harman Center
Meeting
1 30 p m Yakima Regional Clean Air Scheduled Meeting Lover Council Chambers
Meeting
2 00 p.m GFI Executive Committee Scheduled Meeting Ettl, Coffey, Mayor's Office
Meeting Adkison
Mon. Nov. 12
CITY OFFICES CLOSED
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Tue. Nov. 13
10.00 a.m. City Council Study Session Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers
12 00 m. Miscellaneous Issues Scheduled Meetin• Cawle Adkison TBD
Wed. Nov. 14
3 30 p m. Planning Commission Scheduled Meeting Ensey Council Chambers
Meeting
5 30 p m Parks & Recreation Scheduled Meeting Adkison Council Chambers
Commission
Thur. Nov. 15
5 30 ..m. YCDA Board Meetin• Board Meetin• Adkison New Vision Office
PRELIMINARY FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA
October 23
10:00 a.m. City Council Study Session — Council Chambers
October 30
10:00 a.m. City Council Study Session — Council Chambers
November 6
(T) 5:00 p.m. Executive Session — Council Chambers
6:00 p m. Business Meeting, — Council Chambers
• American Indian Heritage Month proclamation
• Recognize retiring City employee Rick Schuknecht
• Fire Department Commendation Recognition Award
• Recognize LDS Volunteer Group
• Memorandum of Understanding with the Washington State Liquor Control Board
for office space for a liquor agent in YPDs building
• A Resolution Authorizing an Agreement with Yakima County, through the Office of
Aging and Long Term Care (ALTC) for the City of Yakima Day Break Adult Day
Care and Respite Services Program at the Harman Center
• A Resolution Authorizing an Agreement with Yakima County, through the Office of
Aging and Long Term Care (ALTC) for the Geriatric Preventative Foot Care
Services Program
• Resolution amending the Wastewater Division's contract with Pharmer Engineering
• 3rd Quarter engineering report
• Consideration of Resolution authorizing annual renewal of the City Manager's
authority to settle any claims against or by the City of Yakima in an amount of
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$100,000 or Tess, and to execute all documents necessary to the resolution or
settlement of such claims
• YV -Tech agreement that allows them to use certain areas of Station 95
• Resolution naming Apple Valley Kiwanis Skate\Park in Memory of Ron Bonlender
7 :00 p.m. Public Hearing — Council Chambers
10/18/2012
1100 AM
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2012 STUDY SESSION SCHEDULE
Council Chambers
10:00 a.m.
October 23 Strategic priorities
2013 budget
Legislative priorities
October 30 Trek Yakima
Metropolitan Parks District
Downtown development standards
November 13 Water Cost of Service and Rate Study, Five Year Financial Plan
Fire inspection rate structure
November 27 Gang Free Initiative
TBD North 1 Street and signage issues
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EXPLORING PUBLIC SERVICES THROUGH PROJECTS, GEAR, STATISTICS & HISTORY
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- The 3 -acre park complements several other
recently constructed amenities in a popular
- area that 11 years ago was a blighted downtown district.
Since 2009, Owensboro has been implementing a master plan
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Smothers Park, designed by Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -based
EDSA, draws visitors to a children's playground and outdoor
. museum, a spray park and a water fountain. It also is home to
the Shelton Memorial, Owensboro's tribute to the men and
women of the armed forces. The park's promenade, which
spans five city blocks and includes space for special events,
connects the RiverPark Center performing arts and civic center
on one side with the Mitch McConnell Plaza on the other.
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OFF THE BEATEN TRAIL
Leadership means many things to many dfferent people.
But all who assume the mantle of civic leader make an impact.
RAISED IN YAKIMA, William 0. Douglas blazed a lot ideas are way out of line with current trends, and I see no
of trails. With a term of 36 years and 209 days, he was the particular point in staying around and being obnoxious."
longest- serving justice in the history of the United States Not every municipal leader possesses Douglas's outsize
Supreme Court, An ardent lover of nature and a dedicated persona. But everyone who takes a seat in the council
conservationist, he% remembered by the William 0. Douglas chambers is a community trailblazer, bringing a unique
Wilderness, an unspoiled tract of 168,232 acres located in the leadership skill to the table. The trails don't always end up in
Washington Cascades. the same place, but that's what makes the evolution of policy so
Douglas was a leader with a vision that sometimes took him fascinating. We're lucky that our leaders don't share the same
an side trips. The decisions he helped reach had an impact goals and passions, because their directions take us to places
on our communities for decades. Ile championed civil rights we may never have foreseen.
and environmental issues before they had broad support, Cityvision salutes all of the mayors and councilmembers
and he wasn't always the most popular judge. Following his who are navigating Washington toward an inspiring future
(unsuccessful) 1970 impeachment hearings, he wrote: "My every day. C
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