The Yakima City Council is seeking\nvolunteers interested in serving on City of Yakima boards,\ncommittees, and commissions. The Arts Commission, Community Review Board, and Bicycle\/Pedestrian\nCommittee each have one available position. \nThe Historic Preservation Commission and\nthe Board of Appeals currently have two available openings. It is the\nresponsibility of the City Council to appoint people to serve on the governing bodies\nof those organizations. The following boards and commissions have term\nexpirations in June and may have positions vacant: Henry Beauchamp Jr. Advisory Board, Parks and\nRecreation Commission, and Tree City USA Board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are no residency requirements\nfor the current openings on the Arts Commission, whose members serve four-year\nterms. The available position on the\ncommission needs to be filled by an artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no residency requirement\nfor members of the Community Review Board, but the positions must represent\ndifferent aspects of the public as a whole. \nCurrently there is a vacancy on the board for a representative of the healthcare\ncommunity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bicycle and Pedestrian\nAdvisory Committee Board has seven members. \nCurrently, there is one vacancy. Members serve a three-year term and\nmust live within the Yakima city limits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are seven members of the\nHistoric Preservation Commission, all of whom serve four-year terms and must\nlive within Yakima city limits. Currently there are two vacancies on the commission,\nwhich shall include at least three professionals who have experience in\nidentifying, evaluating, and protecting historic resources and are selected\nfrom among the disciplines of history, architecture, architectural history,\nlandscape architecture, historic preservation, planning, folklore, cultural\nanthropology, prehistoric and historic archaeology, American studies, curation,\ntraditional building crafts, the practice of historic rehabilitation or\nrestoration, finance and banking, law, real estate, or related disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are seven members on the Board of Appeals\nwho serve three-year terms. The board currently requires a mechanical\ncontractor or a developer to fill one of its vacancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional information on the\nduties and responsibilities of each committee can be found at https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/council\/boards-commissions\/<\/a>. Anyone\ninterested in applying for openings can download an application from the City\nof Yakima website – https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/council\/assets\/Application-form-for-City-of-Yakima-Boards-and-Commissions.pdf<\/a> – or can pick up an application at the City Clerk\u2019s\noffice at Yakima City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information about current or future openings on City of Yakima boards, committees, or commissions, contact City Clerk Sonya Claar Tee by phone (575-6037) or by e-mail (sonya.claartee@yakimawa.gov<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Yakima City Council is seeking volunteers interested in serving on City of Yakima boards, committees, and commissions. The Arts Commission, Community Review Board, and Bicycle\/Pedestrian Committee each have one available position. The Historic Preservation Commission and the Board of Appeals currently have two available openings. It is the responsibility of the City Council to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7215","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7217,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7215\/revisions\/7217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}