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CITY OF YAKIMA
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Council Chambers, City Hall
Date: March 22, 2023
Time: 5:30 p.m.
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Place: Council Chambers, City Hall, 129, N. 2 St.
Staff: Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager/ Historic Preservation Liaison
I. Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at approximately 5:30 P.M.
II. Roll Call
Commissioners Hall, Bussey, Edmondson, Mann and King were present.
III. Approval of Meeting Minutes from 02/22/2023
Minutes were approved unanimously.
IV. Staff Announcements Planning Manager/ Staff Liaison Calhoun announced the following:
A. Staffing in the City of Yakima Planning Division
There will be oral boards conducted on 03/23/2023, for an assistant planner position. The
expectation is to proceed with the qualifying candidates to have proper staffing in the
planning division.
Following the staffing conversation, it was mentioned by commissioner, Mann that the
downtown director has given notice about leaving their position, and there will be an
opening in search of a certified downtown director. Anyone who might be interested can
find information about this position on the Downtown Association website.
V. Audience Participation
None.
VI. New Business
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A. 9 S 10 Ave Removal from local register
PENDING, due to applicant not being present.
VII. Old Business
A. Fruit Row March WA-ACHP meeting cancelled
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There are currently no substantial updates on the Fruit Row nomination process, but the
WA-ACHP meeting that was meant to be held last week was cancelled. Discussion with
the consultant has been mainly about staffing issues in the department of archeology,
and we are still pending on a reschedule date for the WA-ACHP meeting.
B. 2022 Grant Update
The final draft of the contract was sent to the consultants on 03/21/2023, now the
commission is waiting for the proper signatures to move forward with the Naches Avenue
overlay district.
Questions regarding the 10 ft. fences arose, but there is not knowledge of the specifics of
what is happening with them, there was problems with vandalism on irrigation systems,
but as for rehabilitation that would be determined by the parks department and public
works.
C. 2023 Grant Application
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2023 was
presented to the commission, partly filled out by Joseph Calhoun. After the opportunity of
meeting with Michelle Thompson, the plaque/ signage idea for the downtown area was
deemed to need to be tied to another component. The application still needs to be
finalized, but the goal is to have it fully completed by the next Historic Preservation
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Commission meeting April 26 2023, which is two days before the due date. If there need
to be any revisions done to the application prior to submittal revisions shall be addressed
at the meeting.
Commissioner Bussey speaks more about the idea of the plaques and how they could be
catered to be a walking tour that requires a sense of engagement to make it more
attractive to citizens or tourists. The commission agreed that there should be some time
set aside to focus on that discussion to draft up some specific ideas and think about how
a proposal like this could be put into effect. Commissioner Bussey agreed to lead this
discussion in the future and will coordinate with Joseph to schedule a special meeting
dedicated to his proposal.
VIII. Other Business
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Representative for 9 S 10 Ave Removal from local register is not present, it has been
decided to table the discussion until applicant can be present. Commissioners briefly
questioned among themselves why might this applicant want to remove this parcel from the
local register, but there are no clear answers, without his presence. The history of the
building was also briefly discussed. This building is not only on the local register, according
to the application, but also on the national register.
IX. Adjournment
A motion to adjourn to April 26, 2023 was passed with a unanimous vote. The meeting was
adjourned at approximately 6:00 P.M.
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