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Item No. 4.A.
For Meeting of: October 07, 2014
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Final Concept Presentation - Downtown Plaza Option Y -A
Sean Hawkins
Economic Development Manager
575-6274
Kathryn Gustafson from Gustafson, Guthrie, Nichol and Brett Baba from Graham Baba Architects will
present the final design renderings of downtown plaza option Y -A as selected by the Yakima City Council
at the September 2, 2014 meeting. There will be a short presentation followed by a question and answer
session.
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