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MINUTES
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
April 27, 2021
City Hall -- Council Chambers
5 p.m. Meeting conducted via Zoom
Roll Call
Council: Mayor Patricia Byers, presiding, Assistant Mayor Holly Cousens and
Councilmembers Kay Funk, Brad Hill, Soneya Lund and Eliana Macias
Staff: City Manager Robert Harrison, City Attorney Sara Watkins and City Clerk Sonya Claar
Tee
Absent: Councilmember Jason White
Public comment (allow 15 minutes)
None.
3. Discussion item Update on Youth Crime and Gangs
Chief Murray and members of the Yakima Police Gang Unit (Cali Saldana, Eric Jones
and Booker Ward) presented an update on the recent gang activity and violent crime impacts
in our community, and answered questions from Council members.
4. GRIT Programs Update
Sara Watkins, City Attorney, presented a PowerPoint on GRIT programs including: DCYF
Progress Report #3 for the Yakima Youth Leadership Program as DCYF funds the
Education Advocate at Washington Middle School; OJJ DP Progress Report #2 for the
period of July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 as OJJDP funds Education Advocates
at the other three middle schools, but the report covers information from all four middle
schools for the time period because the OJJ DP grant funds the Washington Middle School
EA starting July 1, 2021; and DCYF Progress Report #3 for the Walk About Yakima (WAY)
Program.
Sarah Augustine, Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima and Kittitas
Counties (DRC) answered questions about the (WAY) program. The City contracts with
DRC to administer the WAY program, as well as facilitate the Village and Steering
Committee meetings.
Council members discussed the positive aspects of the WAY program as well as the need
for sustainable funding.
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Adjournment
MOTION: Cousens moved and Funk seconded to adjourn to the next City Council
regular meeting on May 4, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. The motion carried by
unanimous vote, White absent. The meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.
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