HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/15/2010 03C-1 Citizen Service Request Response RE: Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Traffic Calming MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor Cawley and Members of the City Council
FROM: Chris Waarvick, Director of Public Works
Michael Morales, Director of Community 86 Economic Devel.
Joan Davenport, Planning Manager
DATE: June 10, 2010
Subject: Response to Walt Ranta Inquiry Regarding Barge- Chestnut
Neighborhood Traffic Calming Public Hearing.
At the June 1, 2010 City Council meeting Mr. Walt Ranta inquired about the
date of a Public Hearing to review the proposed Traffic Calming Plan for the
Barge - Chestnut Neighborhood. He indicated that he thought the Yakima Valley
Memorial Hospital (YVMH) project hearing was already scheduled.
On May 28, 2010 the City of Yakima issued the notice of availability for the
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Notice of Application for the
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Campus Expansion project. The mandatory
public comment period for the DEIS will conclude June 28, 2010. All public and
agency comments will be considered and a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) is expected to be issued in early August. A Public Hearing on
the campus expansion project will be conducted by the Yakima Hearing
Examiner, estimated to occur in September. . C
The technical study conducted for the Traffic Calming, project in the
neighborhood concluded that the City of Yakima should not install the
proposed calming devices until the YVMH project moves forward with the
"closed campus" phase of the expansion project. The technical study noted that
the effectiveness of these devices will not be realized unless the "closed campus"
portion of the YVMH project is implemented.
Therefore, it is expected that City Council may schedule the public hearing to
receive comments on the Barge Chestnut Traffic Calming Project in late August
or early September, after the Final EIS for the YVMH project is issued.