{"id":7077,"date":"2019-03-08T08:52:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2019-03-08T08:52:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:52:53","slug":"report-street-light-outages-potholes-graffiti-through-yak-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/report-street-light-outages-potholes-graffiti-through-yak-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Report street light outages, potholes, graffiti through Yak Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Street light outages are just one\nof many issues City of Yakima residents and businesses can report through the\nYak Back application at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/yak-back\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/yak-back\/<\/a> or on the front page of the City&#8217;s website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It has been a tremendous\ntool for the community to help identify and report issues,&#8221; said City\nManager Cliff Moore. &#8220;It also provides an opportunity for the appropriate\nCity department to address concerns in a timely manner and look for a solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other examples of issues that can\nbe reported to the City via Yak Back include potholes, trash, abandoned\nproperties and graffiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception in 2012, the\nYak Back app has seen dramatic growth. There were nearly 1,500 reports in both\n2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application is mobile\nfriendly. Reports can be saved in a custom, personal report profile or they can\nalso be submitted anonymously. The Yak Back app also has a GPS locator feature\nthat when clicked can help people pinpoint issues for City staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the public can call\nin Yak Back requests to 575-3535 and have Yak Back reports processed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City reminds the community\nthat if there is an emergency situation they should dial 9-1-1 and get help on\nthe way as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, a full list of City\nServices and Departments with contact information is available on the City of\nYakima website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/contact\">www.yakimawa.gov\/contact<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Yak-Back-News-Release.pdf\">Yak Back &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Yak-Back-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street light outages are just one of many issues City of Yakima residents and businesses can report through the Yak Back application at https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/yak-back\/ or on the front page of the City&#8217;s website, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/ &#8220;It has been a tremendous tool for the community to help identify and report issues,&#8221; said City Manager Cliff Moore. &#8220;It<\/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-7077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077","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=7077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7079,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions\/7079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}