The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, September 3rd. Action taken by the Council on September 3rd included:
– Banning smoking at special events in public parks and within 25 feet of playgrounds
– Extending a moratorium on new cell towers and wireless communication facilities until December 31st
– Renaming a portion of “A” Street to Staff Sgt. Pendleton Way
– Approval of a public education campaign to reduce panhandling
– Prohibiting the receipt of items from the occupant of a motor vehicle at high-accident intersections
– Creating a special event application fee of $50 and requiring a 50/50 split of City related costs for traffic management for certain parades and car cruising events
Follow this link to watch Y-PAC coverage of the September 3rd Yakima City Council meeting http://bit.ly/15uLUGY
Yakima City Council regular agenda business meetings air live on Charter Cable channel 22 and are replayed at 7:00 pm the following night. The meetings are shown again at 9:00 am on the following Saturday and Sunday mornings, and are also available on the City of Yakima website – https://www.yakimawa.gov/