Yakima City Council Meeting Review The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014. Action taken by the Council on September 2nd included: – Approval of 2015 state legislative and administrative priorities – Setting a September 16th public hearing on utility tax reduction options – Selection of
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Yakima City Council Meeting Preview
The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the September 2nd agenda include: – Adoption of the proposed 2015 state legislative and administrative priorities – Selection of a preferred downtown Yakima plaza design – Discussion
Windows Alive! Project Is Back for Second Big Year
Last year, the Yakima Arts Commission, an advisory group appointed by the Yakima City Council, developed an idea to harness the creativity of Central Washington artists to help invigorate windows of empty downtown storefronts by displaying their work as part of a new project called, “Windows Alive!”. Based on similar projects that have proven successful
Citywide Road Resurfacing Project Update
A citywide street repaving project that began about four months ago and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 2nd through September 5th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project
Pilot Program Shows Strong Interest in Curbside Recycling
Even though the data that’s been compiled during a four-month pilot curbside recycling program that the City of Yakima’s Refuse & Recycling Division conducted is still being tabulated and analyzed, all indications are that the experiment was a success. From early May through August 29th, about 540 homeowners in neighborhoods east and north of Kissel
Second Half of Lunchtime Live Concert Series Features Variety
The decision to split this year’s Lunchtime Live concert series into two sessions in order to avoid the hottest part of the summer seems to have been a fortuitous one. The last few months have seen record high temperatures. Now that the weather is cooling off a bit, the series will once again fill Downtown
Joan Davenport Named Director of Community Development
In the 27 years Joan Davenport has worked for the City of Yakima, she has served in a variety of roles ranging from an entry-level Associate Planner to a Division Manager and as an acting Department Director. Beginning September 1st, Davenport will take on yet another new task as the City’s Director of Community Development.
Utility Work to Close a Portion of South 18th Street
Installation of a water line for a new business project will result in the closure of South 18th Street between East Nob Hill Boulevard and East Viola Avenue on Thursday, August 28th. The work will begin at 5:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. Detours around the construction site will be available, but
City Launching Third Annual Yakima Citizen Survey
Two years ago the City of Yakima began asking the community to help identify its most important challenges and opportunities by taking part in an annual citizen survey. Results of the first two Yakima Citizen Surveys have contributed significantly to decisions made by the City Council as the City’s programs and services were redesigned to
Citywide Road Resurfacing Project Update
A citywide street repaving project that began in May and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from August 25th through August 29th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project is now
