HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/04/2014 00 AgendaYAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
February 4, 2014
City Hall -- Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Executive Session; 6 p.m. Business Meeting
EXECUTIVE SESSION
1 Executive Session regarding Pending Litigation and Real Estate or Land and
Property Acquisition.
BUSINESS MEETING
1. Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Open Discussions for the Good of the Order
4. Council Reports
5. Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion
without discussion. A citizen or Council member may request to remove an item from the
Consent Agenda and, if approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and
consideration.
A. Approval of the minutes from the January 7 and 21, 2014 City Council
Business meetings; January 14, 2014 Study Session and January 16 and 17,
2014 Special Meetings.
B. Final Contract Payment for KRCI, LLC - Billy's Pond 2267A (Standard Motion
V -B -Accept the project and approve the final payment).
C. 4th Quarter 2013 Claim Report and Resolution authorizing and approving 4th
Quarter 2013 claims activity.
D. Resolution authorizing execution of a Municipal Stormwater Capacity Grant
Agreement in the amount of $50,000 with the Department of Ecology for the
Planning, Implementation, and Management of its Stormwater Program.
E. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to consent to a settlement entered
into by CIAW and Munich Reinsurance to resolve and settle the lawsuit
brought by the Personal Representative of the Estate of Pascual Ayala.
F. Resolution authorizing a contract with Rural Community Development
Resources (RCDR) in the amount of fifty -thousand dollars ($50,000) in
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to provide technical
assistance to microenterprise businesses within the City of Yakima.
G. Resolution authorizing Third Amendment to the Block by Block Agreement
for Professional and Ambassador Services in the Downtown Yakima
Business Improvement District (DYBID).
6. 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 are strongly encouraged.
CITY MANAGER REPORTS
7. 2014 Draft Strategic Plan
8. 2014 Draft Business Plan
9. Resolution authorizing acceptance and executing the necessary agreement for a
$40,000 "Supporting Investments in Economic Diversification" (SIED) grant to
study the feasibility of a business incubator and public market in the City of
Yakima.
10. Resolution authorizing acceptance of funding and executing an Agreement with
the Yakima County (SIED) Board for $900,000 in a loan and $900,000 in a grant
to support engineering and design of new streets, utilities, environmental clean-up
and right of way for the Cascade Mill District Redevelopment Project.
11. Other Business
12. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a Council Business Meeting on February 18, 2014 at 6 p.m. in
the Council Chambers.
13. Council General Information
A. Council General Information
14. Confidential
A. Confidential item
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.
A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and the Library.
A packet is also available on-line at www.yakimawa.gov.
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.