HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/18/2014 00 AgendaYAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
March 18, 2014
City Hall -- Council Chambers
6 p.m. Business Meeting; 6:30 p.m. Public Hearings
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 David Brown, Water/Irrigation Division Manager, for 30
years of service.
B. Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees
i. Appoint Council Member Dittmar as liaison to the Southeast
Community Center and appoint a Council Member to the YVCOG
General Membership Board.
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 February 4, 18 and March 11, 2014 City
Council Business meetings; January 30 and February 25, 2014 Study
Sessions and February 28, 2014 Special Meeting.
B. 4th Quarter 2013 Treasury Report.
C. 4th Quarter 2013 Accounts Receivable Status Report.
D. Consideration of changing Human Resources Division to a City Department.
E. Resolution ratifying emergency electrical repairs at Lions Pool.
F. Resolution authorizing the 2014 Agreement with the Yakima Valley Umpires
Association (YVUA) for officiating services for the Parks and Recreation
Softball Program.
G. Resolution authorizing execution of Amendment No. 1 of the Interlocal
Agency Agreement with Yakima County, to have the County perform Right -
of -Way acquisition services for the City on Capital Improvement Projects.
H. Ordinance updating Classification and Compensation Plan for City
Employees Section 2.20.100.
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.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. Final Public Input hearing on the 2013 Consolidated Annual Performance
Evaluation Report (CAPER) for Office of Neighborhood Development Services.
8. Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution to amend the 2014 - 2019 Six-
year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
9. Public Hearing and ordinance of the City of Yakima relating to dissolving the
Transportation Benefit District.
10. Public hearing to consider the Yakima Planning Commission's Findings of Fact,
Conclusions of Law, Recommendation, and Ordinance amending Chapter 15.08
Signs of the Yakima Municipal Code regarding regulation of billboards and off -
premises signs within the City of Yakima.
CITY MANAGER REPORTS
11. Resolution authorizing a Professional Services contract with Gustafson Guthrie
Nichol LTD (GGN) not to exceed $145,000 to prepare design plans for a
downtown central plaza.
12. Resolution authorizing an agreement with Carl Walker Inc. to conduct a parking
study in Downtown Yakima.
13. Consideration of Urban Economic Analysis of Cascade Mill Site.
14. Request to Reallocate Parks & Recreation Capital Funds intended for the
Southeast Community Center Restroom Restoration Project to the Yakima Food
Bank Building Project.
15. Resolution authorizing acceptance of SAFER Grant Awarded to Yakima Fire
Department.
16. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to grant a 1`)/0 base pay increase and
$500 lump sum for all non -represented City employees for 2014.
ORDINANCES
17. Ordinance amending the City of Yakima pit bull dog prohibition to provide certain
specific exceptions to the prohibition and permit possession of pit bull dogs within
the City under certain conditions; amending YMC 6.18.020 (B) and adding new
Section (C).
18. Other Business
19. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a Council Business Meeting on April 1, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the
Council Chambers.
20. 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. Anyone needing special assistance please
contact the City Clerk's office at (509) 575-6037.