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Home My WebLink About02/18/2014 00 AgendaYAKIMA CITY COUNCIL February 18, 2014 City Hall -- Council Chambers 5:15 p.m. Executive Session; 6 p.m. Business Meeting EXECUTIVE SESSION 1 Executive Session regarding pending litigation. BUSINESS MEETING 1. Roll Call 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Open Discussions for the Good of the Order A. Presentations/recognitions/introductions i. Recognition of Maria Mayhue and Susan Knotts in obtaining Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO) certification ii. Apple Award for Brad Harrison an Irrigation Crewleader 4. Council Reports A. Discussion concerning City Council delegation for Washington, D.C. visit B. Consideration of a request from the Yakima Union Gospel Mission for a letter of support regarding the Mission's grant funding request to expand its Long Term Residential Housing Complex and Medical Care Center. C. Council Built Environment Committee Minutes 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. 2013 4th Quarter Capital Improvement Projects Report. B. 2013 Year End Gang Free Initiative Report. C. Resolution setting the time and place for a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on March 18, 2014 regarding amending the Six-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). D. Resolution setting the time and place for a public hearing on March 18, 2014 at 6:30 PM in the City of Yakima Council Chambers to hear from the public to dissolve the Transportation Benefit District. E. Resolution authorizing execution of Addendum #1 for Engineering Services Agreement with Huibregtse, Louman Associates, Inc. (HLA), in the amount not to exceed $318,015 for Engineering Services for Alpha Taxiway Rehabilitation Constructions Project AIP 3-53-0089-36. F. Resolution authorizing execution of a Memorandum of Understanding to an existing Purchasing Agreement between the City of Yakima and the City of Union Gap regarding transit advertising. 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. Set date for a public hearing on March 18, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the Yakima Planning Commission's recommendation on amendments to the Yakima Urban Area Zoning Ordinance YMC Chapter 15.08 Signs, to further regulate the impacts of billboards and digital signs. 8. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to direct engineering plans and specifications be prepared to implement the "Preferred Option" for a landscape and corridor design of the North First Street Corridor Revitalization Project. 9. Resolution authorizing withdrawal from Intergovernmental Local Agreement for Stormwater Permit Compliance Activities between Yakima County and the Cities of Union Gap and Sunnyside. 10. (A) Resolution approving real estate purchase and sale agreement between City of Yakima and Tiger Oil Corporation; and (B) Ordinance (first reading) amending the 2014 budget and making an appropriation from unappropriated Fund Balance within the General Fund. 11. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Supplement to the Professional Services Agreement with H.W. Lochner, Incorporated not to exceed the total of $1,734,000 (original contract and supplement) to provide engineering and related services for the Cascade Mill Project site. 12. Resolution authorizing preparation and submission of proposed legislation to amend the Revised Code of Washington to provide for issuance of administrative search warrants for the enforcement of building, housing and life safety codes and statutes. 13. Resolution authorizing the execution of the 2014-2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Yakima and IAFF Local #469, Public Safety Dispatchers & Communication Supervisors. 14. Resolution authorizing the execution of the 2014-2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Yakima and IAFF Local #469, Fire Department Employees & 911 Calltakers units. 15. Other Business A. Discuss rescheduling the March 4, 2014 Council meeting to March 11, 2014. 16. Adjournment The next meeting will be a Council Study Session on February 25, 2014 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers. 17. Council General Information A. Council General Information 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. 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