The Yakima City Council will hold a special agenda meeting and study session on Tuesday, October 28th, 2014. The meeting begins at 10:00 am at Yakima City Hall. Items on the October 28th agenda include: – Redesign of City Council election system – Discussion on refuse and recycling rates – Presentation of 2015 Preliminary Budget
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Road Damage Caused by Water Main Break Being Assessed
It will likely take a few days to fully evaluate the extent of damage a water main break that occurred early this morning did to a downtown section of Yakima Avenue and to determine what repairs will need to be made to the roadway. Until a more complete assessment is completed, Yakima Avenue between 1st
Special Yakima City Council Meeting Scheduled for October 28th
A special meeting of the Yakima City Council has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 28th at 10:00 am so the Council can discuss its efforts to redesign its Council election system. The redesign of the Council election system became necessary after a federal judge ruled in August that certain elements of the existing system do
Citywide Road Resurfacing Project Paving Completed
An ambitious citywide street repaving project that began in May has reached a milestone now that all of the more than 90 lane miles of roads included in the project have been paved. All that remains for the $15 million project to be completed is work involving striping some of the last road sections that
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
Repaving Project to Impact Traffic on 22nd Avenue
A repaving project on 22nd Avenue will result in the closure of the road between St. Helens Street and Bonnie Doon Avenue for most of each day on Monday, October 20th and Tuesday, October 21st. That section of 22nd Avenue will be closed from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm while the project is underway. Detour
Citywide Road Resurfacing Project Update
An ongoing citywide street repaving project that began in May will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from October 13th through October 17th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The project is now 90% complete. While paving is scheduled to be
