The Yakima City Council will hold its next regular business meeting at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 17th in Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2nd Street. Agenda items for the October 17th business meeting include: Introducing Finance & Budget Director Danilo “Danny” Agsalog. Receiving final reports and recommendations from the Integration and
Y-PAC, the City of Yakima’s government access channel, has produced a 2017 Video Voters Pamphlet focusing on candidates for Yakima City Council seats in the November 7th General Election. The Yakima City Council candidates for the General Election are: District 2 – Jason White and Pablo Gonzalez. District 4 – Keith Effler and Kay Funk.
The Yakima City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 17th, to receive comment on the proposed 2017-2022 Comprehensive Plan for Parks and Recreation. The Council will conduct the hearing at 6:30 pm during its regularly scheduled business meeting on October 17th. “The comprehensive plan helps us determine how best to use our
Friday, October 13th marks the end of another irrigation season for the vast majority of the residential and business customers served by the City of Yakima’s irrigation system. That’s the day the system operated by the City’s Water/Irrigation Division will be shut off until next spring. Systems served by Naches Cowiche Canal were shut off
Improvements are planned for the pond at the City of Yakima’s Randall Park. Starting next week, the one-acre pond will be drained so years of sediment can be removed. After that, the bottom of the pond will be deepened, and its slopes improved to enhance stormwater run-off, Parks and Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson said. The
A section of Englewood Avenue will be closed to through traffic starting Thursday, October 12th, due to a drainage improvement project. “The project length is 30 working days,” said Construction Supervisor Bruce Floyd. “It should be completed just before Thanksgiving.” Englewood Avenue will be closed between 49th Avenue and 52nd Avenue during work hours at
Two community forums held last week about violence are airing on the Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter Cable Channel 194. One is Gov. Jay Inslee’s listening tour stop in Yakima on Thursday, October 5th, at the Fourth Street Theatre. It focused on gang violence and gun-related crimes. “I don’t want the Yakima area to
A section of Fair Avenue will be closed to all traffic 24-hours-a-day for the next two to three weeks starting tomorrow, Tuesday, October 10th, while work related to the installation of a sewer main interceptor is underway. Fair Avenue will be closed at Beech Street for the next phase of the sewer project. Sewer main
Utility work will result in the closure of South 3rd Street between East Walnut Street and East Chestnut Avenue from Tuesday, October 10th through Thursday, October 12th. Work hours on the project will be from 5:00 am to 3:30 pm each day. Because of heavy traffic volumes in the area, drivers can expect delays near
The City of Yakima is marking its first official Indigenous Peoples’ Day today, Monday, October 9th. During its regular business meeting on November 1st, 2016, the Yakima City Council approved a resolution declaring the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Yakima. “The City of Yakima encourages all citizens to reflect upon the
