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Study Session and Community Meeting to Focus on The Power of a Plaza

Downtown development leaders from Rapid City, South Dakota and Missoula, Montana will share stories of how plazas reshaped their downtown cores during a Yakima City Council study session in the afternoon on Tuesday, September 22nd and again at a community meeting that evening. The Council study session will begin at 2:00 pm in the Council

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Paving Project Will Impact Traffic on a Portion of Spruce Street

A repaving project will result in the daytime closure of a portion of Spruce Street from Monday, September 21st through Thursday, September 24th. Spruce between Union Street and Fair Avenue will be closed each day from September 21st through September 24th from 6:00 am until 4:30 pm. Pavement along that section of Spruce will be

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September 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter

Articles in the September 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief include – Dog Paddle Will Be Stroke of Choice During Paws In the Pool – Thank You Letter to Yakima Community for Firefighter Donations – No Fall Leaf Pickup Program in Yakima This Year. Click on the link below to read the September 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter.

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Yakima City Council Meeting Review

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on September 15th included: –    Approving changes to the Yakima Airport Safety Overlay Ordinance –    Updating licensing requirements for mobile food vendors –    Approving annexation of nearly 120-acres of land near the

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Utility Work to Close a Portion of River Road

Installation of a water line will result in the closure of River Road between North 22nd Avenue and Fruitvale Boulevard from Wednesday, September 16th to Friday September 18th. Work on the project will take place from 6:00 am to 3:30 pm every day until completed. Detours around the construction site will be available, but because

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Yakima City Council Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the September 15th agenda include:  Holding a public hearing on proposed changes to the Yakima Airport Safety Overlay Ordinance  Updating licensing requirements for mobile food vendors  Conducting

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Yakima Airport to Host Full Scale Exercise

The Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field staff along with its community partners will host a major, full scale exercise on Thursday, September 17th beginning at 12:30 pm.  The exercise will simulate a fire that was ignited next to an airplane following by shots being fired. Over 70 volunteer actors and simulators will assist as victims,

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Road Repair Will Impact Traffic on a Portion of Englewood Avenue

Traffic on Englewood Avenue between 34th Avenue and 40th Avenue will be impacted for at least a day while City of Yakima crews try and pinpoint the source of a leak that is affecting the integrity of the roadway. The project will begin at 6:00 am on Wednesday, September 9th. While the project is underway,

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Irrigation Project to Close Randall Park Dog Park for Two Days

The Randall Park Dog Park will be closed for a couple of days while a project is underway to install irrigation lines at the 1.6 acre off-leash park. The Randall Park Dog Park will be closed from 8:00 am on Wednesday, September 9th until 3:00 pm on Thursday, September 10th while new irrigation lines are

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