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Home My WebLink About08/08/1972 Special Meeting 413 SPECIAL MEETING: • .'AUGUST 8 , 1972 ' . . . .. -, . . ....: . ..MINU.TES.:. OF. SP..ECIAL.._MEETING .. ' . . . ' . ._.. • YAKIMA :.:CITY._COUNCIL -• . .'AUGUST.8; 1972 ) • - . . :. . All . member .s....o.f..,•the.,Board.::of:.: Yakima `Co.unty.Commis -sioners.....and. the_<Yakima,..City Council 'present at the. spe'cial__.joi -nt meetin'gywa`ived:;not ce : said_.meeting__by signature,... which signatures . are : :on:. file 'in, the : office -o'f the : Ci'ty.._Clerk. . . . ..Pursuant.. to:Ahe__minutes:.ofa special.: meeting held by.,.the- Yakima City...Council on. July 24, _. 1972, the... City :: �':. Counclmet±:.wi.th:Yakima County -Commissioners. and .the - Mayor of the -town •of . .- . Union..Gap - .in_special: :session . at. 8 :..00_ o :'clock..P.,M..,.: :August 8, 1972. . Councilmen .,pr.es.ent._were..May_or: Bert::. Broad.,,..Wr.ayBrown,,..Lenore. Lambert Lust, Walter . Robinson.,.....: Don.-..Schussler._:and.: William` Whitaker...._ ... Yakima. .County..Commissioners:pres.ent 'were_ ' , ..._ Angus.,.McDo:nald:,.._Les_.. Conrad and :_Cliff_..Onsgard... Mayor .Bob :Masterman..was .present representing :the. Town,,.of...Union Gap... Also:: present: - were :.City ---Manag..er..Craig °McMicken and City Attorney . Fred Andrews. . . . .Mayor .Bert :: Broad...:opened the :meeting:" that . its....purpose :.was . to. develop plans to . :- .make: Yakima'..s . Ci :ty`.servic:es._.ava'iiableto ..all people..in-, the Yakima.: Metropolitanarea..... City • Manager .:.McMickensummarized.: for the .Council-,... the ideas...which .resulted in-development; of . .the .agenda... ..He.. pointed :.out - .-that a new approach - to..planning.-was..needed • to expand water and sewer services...topeople outside..: the .incorporated._.boundar.ies. of .. Yakima City and. that. _that a roach:` -mi h.t not :necessari'1 a ree :with ..the- ..existin General ,Plan. He -described a. metro- 7 PP g y. g g... ... . politan -wide .planning :process withy . regional.- <.pl.anning .-committees . appointed. and staffed by - • . the interested intergovernmental:. agenciesf °which.would._represent all_the people in the area .. .. to :be :defined .as -the metropolitan: area. . . .County... _. Commissioner Les Conrad::questioned_._whether. the..- proposed .regional' approach might. re- _.. sult .in. the...eventual..demise :.of. the .annexation policy.. . Councilman Wray Brown observed that .. ... -., :. • ...the..regional .approach'was •desirable..considering: the topography of the area of interest.. .,_....... ..:. Councilman .. -Schussler...relatedhis. experiences .with - the City of Salem, Oregon, adja- cent communities_ contracted with .a.Yregional commission which • resulted in uniformity .of. .- . policy and .ordinances.. ' County.:.Commissioner Cliff Onsgard stated• that- the Commissioners. - .. ... were not against the - regional' approach and that their interests are irithin and .without City.. .. 'boundaries -but that people :.without will argue convincingly against more.control. .Mayor ... ..Masterman said that his. town has•.addressed all of these .problems, but an'approach •has not • been developed.. Councilman .Lambert said.thatwe are all concerned as. to -what is going. to • :• happen._-in the next five .to ten.:•years, hence the interest in ..a '.regional planning approach. County Commissioner-Conrad. stated.that-..the .Board of Commissioners will not impose .restric- .... .tions since that was not the.purposeof:.government.. .Councilman Lambert questioned whether ... there- .existed.possibilities for - agreement as relate to_.building'codes and Commissioner Con- . .rad.answered:. that residence :owners - .do not resist - ...even - welcome: building codes.. Mayor.. ... Broad cited.: other. services ,.such..as.public.healti programs (he alluded to the typhoid prob- • -.. lem) , which people•_would -not accep't:even when offered.... Commissioner McDonald stated that . .the-City should. contract with.fringe areas for sewer and water service and that .the.other . considerations s -of land use .would.follow:...:Councilman_ Whitaker stated that_ther.e.should.be agreement- on.the •definition .•.ofinetropolitan -.area and.agreement that there should be further .__:_: study as to the..desirability of of the metropolitan planning. ..... -. _. .approach. . - . City .Manager .McMicken .s.tated . that-pl.anning :must •precede the providing .of_ services and -ex- . •plained_ how the constant. movement of people ..:from.urban to. suburban environments had the • .. -. 'effect .of creating the same. problems .which .caused them to move. He emphasized the homo geneity of the area •of :interest,:the fact - that most people do desire City services..and that. the need. _exists. now for...a regional.approach...to the •solution• of their.problems. He added thatthe proposed. Metropolitan.. Planning.. Commission would be advisory in and would . :.. . exercise .- no.jurisdiction-which..would be •left to existing-legislative bodies as to final. . , authority... Councilman Lambert•agreed•with this approach. City Manager McMicken went on. to explain °that - •existing:county /city land use plans are.not dissimilar and that:regional. . . planning..might.serve to bring them.in.line....He_ further explained•that•.the various areas. . .in.question...could well. develop. their own comprehensive plans. Councilman Lambert said that ..this could.-be.difficultsince unincorporated areas might not want urban type planning.:.. .: . Councilman .Robinson..reiterated..the need the term area ". He•said that -the new planning concept should recognize existing land use plans as some:. -areas_may not have the .potential for development as part of the defined metropolitan area. . Director .of...Public..Works.Dave`Vargas explained:.why land use and. utility services' concepts . could.not_•be..separated'.since the methods•of of .these concepts are often dic- . :. tated.by previous plans_ He used.as.an example; existing sewer systems the size of which; .., might preclude.a.change in land for particular areas. .. Interested. private - .citizens expressed their views.as opponents or proponents -of the pro- . .. . posed •new• concept. of .planning. . ..... .' Councilman. Lust. expressed .hope...tha:t..Councilmen and . Commissioners .could.return.to..their. various governmental. bodies-. and.. develop -a .statement of:.intent to .pursue the of ........regional...planning °. - Commissioner :Conrad:,..speaking for the Board.of Commissioners, antici -. •pated.many•problems agreed that: form of metropolitan planning was needed.. Coun- . .`� .. .... .. cilman. Whitaker....suggested'.that.all concerned work for proper future growth patterns.•Com- missioner:Onsgard said•that.it...was. ::government's duty to work out these problems and.ex- .... ...pressed pleasure.at being part =of.a meeting where various levels of government.come to -.. gether to resolve their mutual..problems:• Councilman Lust observed that people should_not be.forced to annex. .Councilman Lambert expressed her•feeling that Yakima_is of an.ideal .._.size•and.would :.not.want_.to see it.grow - out of itsspecial quality. She said that me shoul. .•.maintain.:o.ur. essentially . ..agricultural.nature and that we should not enlarge merely for the .. - . sake.of.enlargement. - , Councilman.-.Brown .asked. :whether .the•City •Council could expect a reciprocal with .._ .:_.County Commissioners. within a month. ...Commissioner Conrad replied in - the affirmative and stated that as:: usual.:.it would be -open, to tI-e public. • I ■ ' 414. Special Meeting:- AUGUST .8, 1972 Mayor ..Broad .. assur.ed.., an inter.es.te.d ..e1tLzei tha.t..•.th.e _.establishment..-.of.,.a_.. regional._ phanning . . body .would not ..impo_s.e another::layer -of.: government... and._ Co.unci :..Robinson'. added° his assur- . ance that such a body would not force . annexa.tion - -in its . purely advisory capacity: Another... inter .estedci.tizen...,inquir.ed. as,.. to.:..what ..1.egal ..pro.visions....would-the,. Commi.ssioner.s. and Councilman .proceed Mayor._; Broa :: and ::Co.uncilman....Schussler... both : o.f.fer,ed :.ass.urance ....that the formation .of .a..r,egional :. planning body .had not .been agreed: upon': and 'that: the members in . .session had. agreed .only...to ...proceed...to: discuss..the..matter. _At her insistence, . Ci_ty .Manager McMicken cited: three .acts .of :.. State: :law which.. provide for .intergovernmental._..planning. . .Another citizen stated that the.people.want..no more taxation and Mayor: Broad.expressed his - .awareness of this. Mayor . Broad.. adjourned:. the.meeting -.at 9.:40 P.M. . ..READ .. AND. .CERTIFIED:..ACCURATE....BY__,, ,..;. - i / � iia :, DATE_ COUNCILMAN . C� �>•" �� . . DATE • /%l COUN.CILMAN ILMAN • ATTEST: : ' . X: / . . . CLERK MAYOR 1 • ....1 u , • • • • • • • • •