Yakima City Council Meeting Review

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, October 21st, 2014. Action taken by the Council on October 21st included: –    Approval of a six-month moratorium on new homeless shelters –    Approval of three temporary emergency winter weather shelters –    Directing City staff to meet with pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers


Yakima City Council Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, October 21st, 2014. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the October 21st agenda include: –   An economic and fiscal impact report on the Cascade Mill site property –   A request to use three churches as temporary emergency


Downtown Parking Restriping Project To Start

A switch from parallel to angle parking will be underway during the next two days in portions of Downtown Yakima. The restriping work will result in the closure of East Chestnut Avenue and South Third Street on Thursday, October 16th. Chestnut will be closed to through traffic from 1st Street to 4th Street and Third


Utility Work to Restrict Traffic on West Washington Avenue

Paving work on a utility cut will result in traffic restrictions on West Washington Avenue between South 24th Avenue and South 28th Avenue on Thursday, October 16th and Friday, October 17th, 2014. Work will begin at 8:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. Traffic will be limited to one lane in both directions


Yakima City Council Study Session Preview

The Yakima City Council holds a study session on Tuesday, October 14th, 2014. The meeting begins at 3:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the October 14th study session include: Review of 2015 capital investment projects Additional study session information is available at http://bit.ly/1stP5xX Yakima City Council Study Session is aired live on Charter


Food and Fun This Fall at Harman Center

Don’t be a couch potato. Plan to attend this year’s Harman Center baked potato feed on Tuesday, October 21st. The start of fall is a perfect time to enjoy a warm baked potato with all the fixings, and a beverage. The big event starts at 5:30 pm and the cost is $8.00 per person. Tickets


Yakima City Council Meeting Review

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, October 7th, 2014. Action taken by the Council on October 7th included: –    Placing reconsideration of a public advisory vote on the proposed Downtown Yakima Central Plaza on the agenda for the Council’s October 21st business meeting –    Approval of


Yakima City Council Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, October 7th, 2014. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the October 7th agenda include: –    Final design presentation for downtown central plaza –    Recognition of retired police officer Wayne Haubrich –    Engineering contract for environmental clean up of


Special Yakima City Council Meeting Review

The Yakima City Council held a special meeting and study session on Tuesday, September 30th, 2014. Action taken by the Council on September 30th included: –      Approval of a proposed redistricting plan for the election of City Council members –      Future consideration of budget requests to raise water, wastewater and stormwater utility rates in 2015


Special Yakima City Council Meeting

The Yakima City Council will hold a special agenda meeting and study session on Tuesday, September 30th, 2014. The meeting begins at 10:00 am at Yakima City Hall. Items on the September 30th agenda include: –     Consideration of a court ordered City Council redistricting plan –     Wastewater/stormwater rate study and pre-treatment program –     Drinking water