The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, April 21st, 2015. Action taken by the Council on April 21st included: – Setting a May 19th public hearing date on the definition of a “Mission” in various zoning districts – Referring formation of a law enforcement Critical Response Unit to the
An effort by the City of Yakima to boost the number of people flying into and out of the Yakima Airport in order to convince Alaska Airlines to add a fourth daily flight between Yakima and Seattle has paid off. A marketing campaign called FLYYKM, which the City launched last spring, helped the Yakima Airport
The removal of several trees along a one-block section of Peach Street will result in the daytime closure of that portion of Peach Street on Wednesday, April 22nd, Thursday, April 23rd, and Friday, April 24th. While City of Yakima crews are removing the trees, Peach Street between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue will be closed
Paving activities will occur on Nob Hill Boulevard between South 1st Street and South 6th Street, on Monday, April 20th, resulting in a nighttime closure of the two eastbound travel lanes and center turn lane. A detour will be posted at South 1st Street and South 6th Street. Construction activities may temporarily affect homeowners and
Repairs to a manhole will result in the closure of eastbound and westbound inside lanes on a section East Nob Hill Boulevard just west of the Fair Avenue intersection on Monday, April 20th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed within two or three hours. About 120 feet of both inside
The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, April 21st, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the April 21st agenda include: – Presentation of the 2015 City of Yakima Business Plan – Presentation of the 2015 City of Yakima Strategic Plan – A
Traffic signals at the intersection of Fair Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard will be shut down temporarily during the day on Sunday, April 19th for a few hours while work is done to replace the signal cabinet at that location. City of Yakima crews will be installing a signal cabinet from 8:00 am until about
Articles in the 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief include: Yakima Making Another Run at All-America City Status – Viva La Música Free Concert Series Returns for Second Year – Longtime City Employee Named Interim Human Resources Director. Click on the link below to see the latest edition of the City of Yakima Issues Brief,
Construction on the $70,000 Randall Park wildlife viewing deck began earlier this year thanks to fund raising efforts that were spearheaded by the Yakima Southwest Rotary Club and a grant from the Yakima Rotary Trust. “The new deck will be a tremendous improvement for visitors and replaces a structure that was in really bad shape,”
Since it opened in early December last year, the first dog park built by the City of Yakima has been being enjoyed by dogs big and small and their owners. The Randall Park Dog Park, however, still needed a few finishing touches before it was officially done, and those final details had to wait to
