{"id":14056,"date":"2024-02-21T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=14056"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:03:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T18:03:45","slug":"clean-city-program-reports-progress-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/clean-city-program-reports-progress-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean City Program Reports Progress in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/public-works\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14057\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2023-Clean-City-review-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to more than 2,200 graffiti incidents, contacting more than 3,700 individuals experiencing homelessness and clearing more than 183 tons of garbage were some of the City of Yakima Clean City Program activities in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yakima City Council received updates on the program in the agenda packet for its meeting on Tuesday, February 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/yakima.novusagenda.com\/agendapublic\/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=11033&amp;MeetingID=1128\">Coversheet (novusagenda.com)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yakima.novusagenda.com\/agendapublic\/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=8323&amp;MeetingID=877\"><\/a> for a copy of the update. The link also includes a Clean City Program report for the 4<sup>th<\/sup> quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Yakima developed \u201cClean City\u201d as a program in 2019. Its main objectives are: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Address visual blight (trash, graffiti, dangerous building, abandoned vehicles, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Address unscheduled collection of waste and litter from the City\u2019s public areas\/thoroughfares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedite the clean-up of such illegal dumps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean up homeless encampments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support Yakima Police Department officers in unlawful camping enforcement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide coordination with neighborhoods for annual clean-up events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create educational components<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage with community partners and volunteers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean City, under the direction of the City\u2019s Public Works Division, coordinates the efforts of several City departments and community partners. They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><u>City of Yakima Public Works<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Works Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refuse Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Streets &amp; Traffic Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parks &amp; Recreation Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><u>City of Yakima Codes Division<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>City of Yakima Legal Department<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Yakima Police Department<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/public-works\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/public-works\/<\/a> for more about the City of Yakima Public Works Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-99f25c58-acb8-4e01-8a75-0963446d6ab2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Clean-City-Program-2023-Update-News-Release.pdf\">Clean-City-Program-2023-Update-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Clean-City-Program-2023-Update-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-99f25c58-acb8-4e01-8a75-0963446d6ab2\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to more than 2,200 graffiti incidents, contacting more than 3,700 individuals experiencing homelessness and clearing more than 183 tons of garbage were some of the City of Yakima Clean City Program activities in 2023. The Yakima City Council received updates on the program in the agenda packet for its meeting on Tuesday, February 20th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14056"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14066,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14056\/revisions\/14066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}