The Yakima City Council will hold a study session beginning at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025. The study session will be a joint meeting with the Yakima County Commission regarding the Yakima County Homeless Coalition. Click the following link for the April 22nd study session agenda packet – https://granicus_production_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/yakimawa/4727f4c95e3372c779b2a5c6b8e4684b0.html Click Agendas and Minutes … Continued

A portion of D Street will be closed beginning on Monday, April 21st to accommodate ongoing pedestrian safety improvements work. D Street between 3rd Avenue and 6th Avenue will be closed to through traffic while the work is underway.  Through traffic will still be allowed on 5th Avenue through the project area. The speed limit … Continued

At its April 15th regular meeting, the Yakima City Council established a schedule for open cruising events in downtown Yakima for 2025. The Council adopted a resolution that allows open cruising on eight Saturdays from June through September.  As stated in the resolution, open cruising will be allowed in 2025 on June 14th, June 21st, … Continued

Yakima City Manager Vicki Baker has announced Craig Warner will be the City’s new finance and budget director.  Warner replaces Viren Mayani, who left the City earlier this year.  Since Mayani’s departure, Mike Bailey, a retired government finance expert, has been serving as interim finance and budget director for the City. Warner’s first day as … Continued

The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 15th. Items on the April 15th regular meeting agenda included: Click the following to watch on-demand Y-PAC coverage of the meeting – https://videos.yakimawa.gov/CablecastPublicSite/show/14137?site=2 The April 15th Yakima City Council study session airs on Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter Spectrum channel 194, beginning at … Continued

An open house regarding a required update to the City of Yakima’s Comprehensive Plan will take place at the Henry Beauchamp, Jr. Community Center (1211 S. 7th Street) on Wednesday, April 16th.  The open house will begin at 6:00 pm. Under Washington State law, local jurisdictions are required to adopt and regularly update a Comprehensive … Continued

The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025. Agenda items for the April 15th regular meeting include: Click the following link for the entire April 1st meeting agenda packet – https://granicus_production_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/yakimawa/e6a4092c9a9b4cd549f72282f074f08b0.html Click Agendas and Minutes | City Council (yakimawa.gov) to sign up for e-mail notification when … Continued

Yakima City Manager Vicki Baker is hosting two more town hall meetings to discuss the City’s current General Fund budget challenges. The next budget town hall meeting will take place on Thursday, April 10th at the Yakima Convention Center in Room G.  The town hall meeting will begin at 6:30 pm.  The third and final … Continued

The Yakima City Council held a study session on Tuesday, April 8th. Items on the April 8th study session agenda included: Click the following to watch on-demand Y-PAC coverage of the meeting – https://videos.yakimawa.gov/CablecastPublicSite/show/14130?site=2 The April 8th Yakima City Council study session airs on Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter Spectrum channel 194, beginning at … Continued

Work at the intersection of Division Street and 3rd Avenue will begin on Monday, April 7th.  The project is scheduled to be completed by late June or early July. New traffic signals, ADA ramps, curbing, gutters, and sidewalks will all be installed as part of the project. Work will take place weekdays from 7:00 am … Continued