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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/14/1973 Adjourned Meeting X 524 FEBRUARY 14, 1973 FEBRUARY 16, 1973 ,.. ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING •. .. YAKIMA. CITY- .COUNCIL, FEBRUARY 14, 1973 ,, . The City Council met in session at 8:00 A.M., February 14, 1973, at the Holiday Inn Motel, Yakima, Washington. Councilmen present at the meeting were Mayor Bert Broad, Wray Brown, Howard C. Cole, Jim Lust, Don Schussler and Bill Whitaker. Edmondson.absent. Also present were City Manager Craig McMicken and City Clerk Jack Daniel. The purpose of the meeting was to engage in a question and answer session with Congressman Mike McCormick concerning the status of various federal budget programs. Of special inte- rest to the Council was Congressman Mike McCormick's estimate of the future of housing and special and regular revenue sharing programs. The Congressman expressed his opinion that the mood of Congress is to hold at a total federal budget ceiling of $268 -269 Billion and may want to stay below. that. He challenged the President's efforts to submit a budget which includes a $5 Billion increase for defense. He further expressed his opinion that such categorical programs as housing and urban renewal had not been very successful and thought that future appropriations might be in jeopardy. Specifically, he was ,pessimistic about interim funding to offset the present one and one -half year moratorium on federal housing programs. The Congressman told the Council that even though general revenue sharing was established by act of Congress, this did not necessarily insure that FRS appropriations over that period would be automatic. His overall estimate of the status of existing federal programs was that of uncertainty due to conflicts between the President and Congress with respect to basic philosophies of spending. Mayor-Broad expressed the thanks of the Council in Congressman McCormick's time and helpful observations. There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Brown, seconded by Lust that this meeting be adjourned to Friday, February 16, 1973, at the hour of 12:00 noon, to then meet at the Cosmopolitan Chinook Hotel, Yakima, Washington: carried, Broad, Brown, Cole, Lust, Schussler and 10 ; a er voting .ye by voice vote. Edmondson absent. READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY alk`, , A ,, DATE ; 3 co ILMAN DATE 00 194.3 COUNCILMAN / ATTEST: 0�6 .4•04, _ CITY CLERK MAYOR ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 16, 1973 The City Council met in session at 12:00 noon, February 16, 1973, at the Cosmopolitan Chinook Hotel, Yakima, Washington. Councilmen present at the meeting were Mayor Bert Broad, Wray Brown, Howard C. Cole, Jim Lust, Don Schussler and Bill Whitaker. Absent was Councilman Betty L. Edmondson. Also present was City Clerk Jack Daniel. Mr. Ray Pittman, representing the Yakima Visitor and Convention Bureau, being present, out - lined lobbying activities in Olympia as concerns legislation to allow local governments to levy and collect an excise tax against motel -hotel lodgings at the rate of two per cent. a He passed around Convention brochures used in the cities of Portland, Tri-Cities and Seattle and outlined how Yakima might benefit from similar publications in connection with attract- ing convention business. There was some discussion about the feasibility of creating a tourist attraction out of the existing inter -city and intra -city rail lines upon which to run a tour train. It was mentioned that Selah was considering the use of these lines as a transit connection with Yakima. No Council decisions were made at this meeting. There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Lust, seconded by Whitaker that we do now adjourn at the hour of 1:30 P.M.: carried, Broad, Brown, Cole, Lust, Schussler and Whitaker. Edmond -on absent. /C? "7/4.-/%1 READ AND CERTIFIED A URATE �: _ DATE AN CC " "` �� COUNCILMAN AO. DATE .06411173 COUNCILMAN ATTEST: AMA, *owe 4/ CITY CLERK MAYOR