City Council Study Session — Yakima, WA
Date: 2024-06-11

YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES

 June 11, 2024
 City Hall - Council Chambers - 129 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA
 5:00 PM City Council Study Session – conducted in person and via Zoom

1. Roll Call

 Present: Mayor Patricia Byers, presiding; Assistant Mayor Matt Brown and Councilmembers
 Reedy Berg, Janice Deccio, Rick Glenn, and Leo Roy

 Staff: Interim City Manager Dave Zabell, City Attorney Sara Watkins and City Clerk
 Rosalinda Ibarra

 Absent and Excused: Councilmember Danny Herrera

2. Public Comment (allow 15 minutes)

 Joey Anderson, City resident, provided update to concerns expressed at January Council
 meeting regarding the City's response to landlord-tenant issues.

 Corie Ratliff, downtown business owner, invited the public to the 3-on-3 basketball event
 in downtown Yakima. Ms. Ratliff also mentioned inconsistent notice/warnings about
 parking under the new ordinance.

 Joe Daniels, City resident, read a religious passage for Council.

3. Study Session Items

 A. Juneteenth Freedom Week proclamation

 Councilmember Deccio proclaimed the week of June 10, 2024 through June 19, 2024
 as "Juneteenth Freedom Week" and Mr. James Parks, President of the Yakima County
 NAACP, accepted the proclamation.

 B. Resolution adopting the Acknowledgment of Section 12(d) of the Yakima County
 Professional Services Agreement for 9-1-1 Ambulance Transport Services

 City Attorney Sara Watkins briefed the Council on the proposed resolution to adopt an
 acknowledgement section of the Yakima County agreement for ambulance transport
 services. This acknowledgment serves as the City's agreement that it will also provide
 365 days’ notice if it were to withdraw from the county-wide ambulance service.

 The City Clerk read the resolution by title.


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 MOTION: Brown moved and Deccio seconded to adopt the resolution. The motion
 carried by a 6-0 roll call vote; Herrera absent.

 RESOLUTION NO. R-2024-107, A RESOLUTION adopting the Acknowledgement of
 Section 12(d) of the Yakima County Professional Services Agreement for 9-1-1
 Ambulance Transport Services.

C. Review of the Clean City Program

 Public Works Director Scott Schafer presented a summary of the City of Yakima Clean
 City Program. The Clean City Program addresses chronic blight issues in the City of
 Yakima and creates a more pro-active approach to resolving these issues. The
 collaborative efforts include staff members from Refuse, Streets & Traffic, Parks &
 Recreation, Code Administration, Legal Department, and Yakima Police Department.

 Solid Waste Manager Trace Bradburn highlighted current objectives, performance
 metrics over a three-year period, and future goals. Future goals include establishing city-
 wide weekly curbside bulk pickups; developing an agreement for tire recycling; and
 establishing an agreement with Washington State Department of Transportation
 (WSDOT) to address rights of ways.

 Councilmembers thanked City staff for their work and the organization of the recent
 clean-up event.

D. History of Downtown Business Improvement Districts

 Assistant City Manager Rosylen Oglesby presented information about several
 downtown local improvement districts which were established to enhance the downtown
 area. Ms. Oglesby summarized the history and provided assessment data for the 1974
 Local Improvement District 1001, 1996 and 2002 Parking and Business Improvement
 Area (PBIA), Downtown Yakima Business Improvement District (DYBID), Downtown
 Association of Yakima (DAY), and North Front Street Parking Business Improvement
 Area (NFSPBID).

E. Update on Cascade Mill Site Parkway

 City Engineer Bill Preston and Planning Manager Trevor Martin provided an extensive
 update on land use, planning activities, and funding related to the Cascade Mill Site
 property. Staff noted that the property owners have applied for a binding site plan which
 will be reviewed by the Planning Division. A binding site plan allows new lots and
 adjustments to the recorded plat to be altered through a qualified exemption process,
 which greatly reduces the application processing time. In 2008, the City was awarded
 LIFT funds which can be used in the Redevelopment District Area (RDA). The
 reimbursement for those funds ends in 2036.

 Interim City Manager Dave Zabell noted the potential economic development
 opportunities this property offers for the City in the future.




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 F. Update on ARPA Funds Allocation

 Interim Director of Finance and Budget Rosylen Oglesby briefed Council on the current
 ARPA allocations and identified approximately $7,690,000 as remaining funds that must
 be obligated by December 31, 2024 and spent by December 31, 2026. The Council can
 revisit the agreement for the $2 million set aside for the YWCA women and family
 shelter.

 Ms. Oglesby informed the Council of three completed projects which can be captured
 under the revenue loss category and proposed revisions for the Domestic Violence
 Advocate, Yakima Convention Center Assistance, and YPAC Equipment Improvements
 project categories.

 After discussion, the Council consented to direct staff to bring back legislation
 reassigning category revisions for the three completed projects (totaling $805,776) as
 revenue replacement and designating the remaining $7.69 million ARPA funds as
 revenue replacement for the General Fund.

4. Adjournment

 MOTION: Brown moved and Deccio seconded to adjourn to the next City Council
 special meeting on Friday June 14, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. at the Yakima Convention &
 Event Center. The motion carried by unanimous vote; Herrera absent. The meeting
 adjourned at 7:03 p.m.



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