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Council Development Committee
Council Chambers
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Members present: Councilmembers Cawley, Ensey, McClure
Staff: Dave Zabell, Bill Cook, Michael Morales
Invited guests: Don Eastridge/Yakima Farmers' Market, Joe Walsh /CWHBA
Farmers' Market offer to utilize available dates for downtown banner locations
Don Eastridge showed the Committee a copy of the design created for the two Farmers'
Market banners this year and explained their offer to fully utilize the downtown banner
locations. Don will work with the Codes Division to coordinate placement of their
banners at the two locations on Yakima Avenue whenever there are dates available.
The Committee agreed that this arrangement will begin in mid -May and will continue
through October. A single banner permit will cover the Market for the season. The
Market will make arrangements with their contractor for removal and reinstallation of
their banner in each instance. The Committee congratulated the Farmers' Market on
their tenth anniversary.
Annexation — Harris Farms
Harris Farms has requested annexation into the City of Yakima. This is a single- owner,
single- parcel, .89 -acre property on Scenic Drive. Rick Ensey moved and Neil McClure
seconded to move forward on the annexation. The motion carried 3 -0.
Update on Yakima Resources Property
At their May 13 meeting, Council will be asked to set June 10 as the date for a Public
Hearing to begin to consider the proposed revenue development Ordinance that will
establish the area of the Yakima Resources property that will be eligible for state funds.
The LIFT Application is due on June 30. Staff hopes to have the application
substantially complete by May 30. The financial analysis and the environmental
analysis are nearly ready. Michael Morales reminded the Committee that the funding
the City will apply for through the LIFT program is for infrastructure only. Approximately
eighteen applications are expected from communities throughout the state this year in
an extremely competitive process. The award will be made in September 2008. Work
on the project would begin in 2010 and the construction activity would take place over a
ten year period. The Committee has requested that this matter be kept on their agenda
for the next several months.
Utility Availability Application Conclusion
At the April 2 meeting, the Committee requested additional conversation and
coordination between the City, County and developers. This occurred at a meeting at
the CWHBA on April 17. Bill Cook reported on the consensus reached at the meeting.
The County has agreed to ask developers for additional information about utility
availability at the initial contact. Steve Erickson and Bill Cook will work on the process
required to coordinate the exchange of information. Rick Ensey stated that he was glad
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S that the City and County had agreed to work together instead of placing additional
responsibility on the developers. Neil McClure added that he would like to hear
occasional updates from staff on how the process is working.
The next regular meeting of the Council Economic Development Committee is June 4,
2008.
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Micah Cawley, Ch Date
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