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Home My WebLink About01/06/2009 05A Draft Minutes 11-04-2008 Business Meeting• YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING NOVEMBER 4, 2008 — 2:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS — YAKIMA CITY HALL 1. Roll Call Present: Council: Assistant Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, .Council Members Kathy Coffey, Rick Ensey, Norm Johnson, Bill Lover and Neil McClure Staff: City Manager Zais, Acting City Attorney Cutter and City Clerk Moore Absent: Mayor Dave Edler 2. Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance Council Member Neil McClure gave an invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance 3. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order A. Proclamations Assistant Mayor Cawley read a proclamation declaring November 2008 as National Hospice Month. Raymalee Wilsey accepted the proclamation. B. Special presentations / recognitions • Presentation of the Yakima Air Terminal - McAllister Field 2009 Budget and consideration of the Amended 2008 Budget Jerry Kilpatrick, Yakima Air Terminal, commented that 2008 was a fairly good year. Delta Airlines helped with boarding numbers. Partly due to the loss of Delta, 2009 is expected to be a very difficult year. This is the first year they have had to use reserves to balance their budget. They are still pursuing a second airline. McCLURE MOVED AND JOHNSON SECONDED TO APPROVE THE AMENDED 2008 BUDGET. The motion carried by unanimous roll call vote; Edler absent. C. Status report on prior meeting's citizen service requests none D. Appointments to Boards and Commissions - none Police Chief Granato introduced the newly hired Crime Analyst, Cesar Abreu. Previously he was an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army. 4. Consent agenda Assistant Mayor Cawley referred to the items placed on the Consent Agenda, questioning whether there were any additions or deletions from either Council . members or citizens present. Item No. 7 was added to the Consent Agenda. The City Clerk read the Consent Agenda items, including resolutions and ordinances by title. McCLURE MOVED AND JOHNSON SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. The motion. carried by unanimous roll call vote; Edler absent. (Subsequent paragraphs preceded by an asterisk ( *) indicate items on the Consent Agenda handled under one motion without further discussion.) *A. Consideration of approval of Council Minutes -- None • *B. Consideration of approval of Council Committee Meeting Minutes -- None NOVEMBER 4, 2008 5. Audience Participation Ann Buys- Hayden, Yakima Valley Kiwanis Club, invited Council to participate in the 15'" annual Agple Cup dinner and auction to be held at Howard Johnsons November 13 . PUBLIC HEARINGS 6. Closed Record Public Meeting and consideration of a Resolution approving the final plat of Sierra Vista - Bruce Benson, Acting Planning Manager, explained the public meeting was for a final plat of a 30 -lot subdivision. It consists of 9.5 acres between Chestnut, Tieton and 92nd Avenue that is zoned R -1. Staff recommends adopting the resolution. The public meeting was opened and with no one coming forward to speak, the meeting was closed. The City Clerk read the resolution by title only; McCLURE MOVED AND LOVER SECONDED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. The motion carried by unanimous roll call vote; Edler absent. RESOLUTION NO. R- 2008 -155, A RESOLUTION approving the final plat of Sierra Vista, a 30 -lot subdivision located in the vicinity of South 93 Avenue and West Walnut Avenue, and authorizing the Mayor to sign the final plat; SBJ Joint Venture LLC is the applicant herein. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS "7. 2008 Third Quarter Capital Improvement Projects Report The 2008 Third Quarter Capital Improvement Projects Report was accepted. *8. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing annual renewal of the City Manager's authority to resolve and settle any claims against or -by the City in an amount of $100,000 or less, and to execute all documents necessary to the resolution or settlement of such claims RESOLUTION NO. R- 2008 -156, A RESOLUTION authorizing annual renewal of the City Manager's authority to resolve and settle any claims against or by the City in an amount of $100,000 or less, and to execute all documents necessary to the resolution or settlement of such claims. *9. Set Date of Public Hearing for November 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. to consider Hams Farms Annexation at 5313 Scenic Drive November 18, 2008 was set as the date of public hearing to consider the Hams Farms Annexation. 2 NOVEMBER 4, 2008 *10. Set date of Final Public Hearing for December 2, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the 2009 CDBG and HOME Annual Action Plan December 2, 2008 was set as the date of the final public hearing to consider the 2009 CDBG and HOME Annual Action Plan *11. Set Date of Public Hearing for December 9, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the Hearing Examiner's recommendation to approve a right -of -way vacation in the vicinity of Oak Avenue between Gordon Road on the west and North First . Street and a vacated portion of North Front Street on the east December 9, 2008 was set as the date of public hearing to consider the Hearing Examiner's recommendation to approve a right -of -way vacation in the vicinity of Oak Avenue between Gordon Road on the west and North First Street and a vacated portion of North Front Street on the east 12. Other Business There was no other business. 13. Adjournment JOHNSON MOVED AND McCLURE SECONDED TO ADOURN TO NOVEMBER • 10 AT 8:30 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote; Edler absent. The meeting adjourned at 2:26 p.m. READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DATE �J ATTEST: CITY CLERK COUNCIL MEMBER DATE DAVID EDLER, MAYOR Minutes prepared by Linda Watkins. A CD and DVD of this meeting are available in the City Clerk's Office 3