The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016. Action taken by the Council on September 20th included: – Seeking a state planning grant for a business incubator and public market – Approving two amendments to the City marijuana ordinance – Accepting 2017-2018 state and federal legislative
Yakima Transit will once again be providing free shuttle bus service to the Central Washington State Fair all ten days of the fair. Shuttle buses will run continuously from the Park and Ride location at Gateway Center (home to Target, Big Lots!, and other stores). Shuttle buses will load passengers at the Yakima Transit bus
A survey designed to provide guidance and direction for City of Yakima parks facilities and recreation programs over the next decade will be officially closed on Friday, September 30th. That will be the last day community members will have the opportunity to fill out the surveys that were sent to their homes and mail them
The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall. Items on the September 20th agenda include: – Hispanic Heritage Month proclamation – Equity study asset data collection presentation – Public hearings on marijuana ordinance
A road improvement project will impact traffic at the intersection of Scenic Drive and Hilltop Way from Monday, September 19th through Wednesday, September 21st. The project will take place within the intersection and will involve patching and paving utility cuts. Work on the project will take place between 6:00 am and 3:30 pm from September
A road improvement project will impact traffic along a three-block section of Walnut Street from Monday, September 19th through Thursday, September 29th. The project will take place on Walnut Street between 62nd Avenue and 65th Avenue and will involve removing old and deteriorated asphalt and repaving a section of the street. Work on the project
Click on the link below to see the September 2016 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter. Articles in this edition of the City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter include – Yakima Seeking “Tree City USA” Status – Another Irrigation Season Coming to an End on October 14th – Changes Made as Homeless Encampment Population Grows
A road improvement project will impact traffic along a section of 9th Street on Thursday, September 15th. The project will take place on 9th Street between Yakima Avenue and Chestnut Avenue and will involve removing old and deteriorated asphalt and repaving a section of the street. Work on the project will take place between 6:00
The City of Yakima’s Utility Services Division has implemented a new management and billing system that makes it easier and more convenient for customers to request services, change services, cancel services, pay bills, and manage their accounts. Through the City’s Utility Services Division, customers sign up for and discontinue utility services (water, sewer, garbage), pay
In response to the continued growth in the number of people staying at the homeless encampment located on City of Yakima property near the 3rd Street and Walnut Street intersection, as well as concerns about some activity reported to be taking place there, the City of Yakima has tightened rules that everyone staying in the
