HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/07/1973 Adjourned Meeting TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1973 - SEPTEMBER 7, 1973
City Manager' McMicken referring to the certification by Cornell, Howland, Hayes & Merry -
field, Consulting Engineers and the City Engineer of the completion of work and recommenda-
tion that said work be accepted and final payment made on the Telemetering Facility for
City-wide Domestic Water System, it was MOVED by Schussler, seconded by Edmondson that the
report of the Consulting Engineers and the City Engineer dated August 29, 1973, with
respect to the completion of the work on•Public Works contract Telemetering Facility for
City-wide Domestic Water System, be approved, the work be accepted and payment of the final
estimate as therein set forth is hereby authorized: carried, Brown, Edmondson, Holbrook,
Schussler and Whitaker voting aye by voice vote. Broad and Cole absent.
City Manager McMicken referred to the present plan for relocating management personnel beinc
implemented in City Hall and requested that the trial period be extended another thirty
'days in order that the report and recommendation for this arrangement to be continued on
a permanent basis may be brought back to the Council for action'by the end of September.
It was.MOVED by Holbrook, seconded by Schussler that the trial arrangement be extended
another thirty days: carried, Brown, Edmondson, Holbrook, Schussler and Whitaker voting
aye by voice vote. Broad and Cole absent.
City Manager McMicken requesting out -of -state travel authorization for Public Works
Director, Dave Vargas, to travel .to Denver, Colorado, to attend the Annual Congress of the
Public Works Association, September 16 -20, 1973, it was MOVED by Schussler, seconded by
Whitaker that said travel be authorized and expenses paid: carried, Brown, Edmondson,
Holbrook, Schussler and Whitaker voting aye by voice vote. Broad and Cole .absent.
City Manager McMicken referred to the request made by the Regional Director of the Washing-
ton Lung.Association at the previous meeting for a traffic -free area in downtown Yakima
during Clean Air Week, October 14- 20, 1973. He referred to the requirement that all
abutting property owners in the affected area would need to give their approval for this
and further reported on a meeting with the Downtown Advisor Redevelopment Commission, who
recommended denial of this request. It was the consensus of the Council that this recom-
mendation be followed and City Manager McMicken indicated that he would inform the Lung
Association of the Council's decision.
Councilman Schussler referred to the matter of a Comprehensive Bicycle Plan for Yakima,
stating that Dr. Jim Dodge has indicated that an organization called "The Peddlers" would
like to make suggestions for improvements of the route in the area of Chestnut and 32nd
Avenue. After due discussion, it was MOVED by seconded by Edmondson that the
Staff be asked to provide information to the Council on specific plans for routing in this
area: carried, Brown, Edmondson, Holbrook, Schussler and Whitaker voting aye by voice vote.
Broad and Cole absent.
Councilman Holbrook requesting permission to be excused from the regular meeting of
September 10, 1973 and Councilman Schussler requesting permission to be excused from the
adjourned regular meeting of September 7, 1973 and regular meeting of September 10, 1973,
it was MOVED by Edmondson, seconded by Whitaker that Councilmen Holbrook and Schussler be
excused on those dates: carried, Brown, Edmondson, Holbrook., Schussler and-Whitaker voting
aye by-voice vote. Broad and Cole absent.
There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by .Whitaker,
seconded by Holbrook that this meeting be adjourned at 4 :40 P.M. to Friday, September 7,
1973, at the hour of 12:00 Noon, to then meet in the Flight Deck Restaurant at the Yakima
Air Terminal:. carried, Brown,- Edmondson, Holbrook, Schussler and Whitaker voting aye by
voice vote. Broad and Cole absent.
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ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING - SEPTEMBER 7, 1973
The regular Council meeting of September 4, 1973, having been adjourned to this date,
Councilmen Wray Brown,Betty L. Edmondson and Bill Whitaker met in the Flight Deck Restau-
rant at the Yakima Air Terminal. Also present was Jim Bowers, representing the press.
There being no quorum present, no formal meeting was held and the meeting adjourned at
1:30 P.M.
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