HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/02/2014 04A 2015 Draft State Legislative and Administrative PrioritiesBUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 4.A.
For Meeting of: September 02, 2014
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Draft 2015 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities
Randy Beehler, Communications & Public Affairs Director
At the City Council's August 19th business meeting, draft 2015 State Legislative and
Administrative Priorities were presented. As the City's Olympia lobbyist, Jim Justin,
explained during his presentation on August 19th, by adopting priorities for next year now, the
Council will allow lobbying efforts regarding the City's state legislative and administrative
agenda to begin immediately.
The Council is being asked to adopt the 2015 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities at
its September 2nd business meeting. The Council Partnerships Committee, which provides
oversight of City legislative activities, has reviewed the draft priorities and recommends their
adoption.
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RECOMMENDATION:
The Council Partnerships Committee recommends adoption of the 2015 State Legislative and
Administrative Priorities as presented.
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Memorandum - Draft City of Yakima 2015 State
Legislative and Administrative Priorities
Draft City of Yakima 2015 State Legislative and
Administrative Priorities
21/2014
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2014 Cover Memo
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To: Yakima City Council Members
From: City Manager Tony O'Rourke
Communications & Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler
Subject: Draft 2015 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities
Date: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
Council Members,
At the City Council's August 19th business meeting, draft 2015 State Legislative and
Administrative Priorities were presented to you. Additionally, the City's Olympia lobbyist, Jim
Justin, provided the Council with a briefing about the current political landscape in the State
Capital and some of the issues that may dominate the 2015 legislative session.
As Jim Justin explained during his presentation on August 19th, by adopting priorities for next
year now, the Council will allow lobbying efforts regarding the City's state legislative and
administrative agenda to begin immediately. Doing so will provide additional opportunities for the
City to present its 2015 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities to elected officials, state
agency staff, organizations the City partners with, and others well before next year's legislative
session even begins.
The Council is being asked to adopt the 2015 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities at its
September 2nd business meeting. The Council Partnerships Committee, which provides
oversight of City legislative activities, has reviewed the draft priorities and recommends their
adoption.
The simple, single -page, easy -to -read list of State Legislative and Administrative Priorities that
the City has utilized over the past two years has proven to be a highly effective communication
tool in the City's efforts to share its strategic agenda in Olympia with legislators and state agency
staff.
Please let Communications & Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler know if you have any
questions about the draft 2015 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities prior to the
Council's September 2nd business meeting.
City of Yakima
2015
State Legislative and Administrative Priorities
Actively Pursue
- Passage of a transportation revenue package and accompanying
transportation revenue reforms to ensure funding for state and local projects
- Funding partners to assist with Mill Site infrastructure costs
- Sustainable funding for gang prevention, intervention, and suppression
programs
- Funding partners to assist with North 1st Street improvement project costs
- Development of a funding mechanism to assist in meeting increased indigent
defense costs resulting from the State Supreme Court ruling limiting defender
case loads b
- Amending existing state statutes to accommodate cities being able to be
granted administrative warrants to investigate potential building code
violations ® ®®®® ®®®®®®®®®®®®
Support
- Adding "ability to pay" to considerations regarding labor union arbitration settlements
- Funding new rounds of Local Revitalization Financing projects
- Eliminating current requirement for cities to pay medical costs for felons
- Allowing cities to use Real Estate Excise Tax ("REET) 2 funds for capital debt service
- Strengthening access to public records by curbing abusive requests
- Funding new rounds of Public Works Trust Fund projects
Monitor
- Distribution of a portion of marijuana excise tax revenue to local jurisdictions
- Voting Rights Act