The closure of some City of\nYakima facilities and limited public access to other City facilities remain in\neffect in an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Harman Senior Center, the\nHenry Beauchamp Community Center, the Washington Fruit Community Center, the\nYakima Valley Visitor Information Center, and Lions Pool, all City-owned, are\nclosed until further notice. Likewise, City\nrecreation programs and events have been cancelled until further notice. Events at the Capitol Theatre and the Yakima\nConvention Center, both of which are also owned by the City, have been\ncancelled at least for the remainder of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All City board, commission, and\ncommittee meetings are cancelled until further notice. Yakima Municipal Court is operating at a\nreduced level of service, meaning some court processes are currently suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The City has implemented social\ndistancing practices at all currently-open City facilities. The City has increased cleaning and\nsanitizing efforts at City facilities, including Yakima Transit buses, and is\nmaking every effort to safeguard the health and well-being of its employees and\ncustomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The closure of currently-open\nCity facilities is being closely evaluated and considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The City is continuing to provide\nall services, but strongly encourages community members to utilize online,\ntelephone, and other options to conduct business with the City. The City\u2019s website (www.yakimawa.gov<\/a>) includes directions for\ncommunity members to follow to conduct business with the City by other means\nthan in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Yakima Police Department and\nYakima Fire Department are continuing to respond to incidents, however,\ncommunity members are strongly encouraged to report incidents online or by\ntelephone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Community members can still\nprovide input and feedback to Council members via e-mail, postal mail, and\ntelephone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n City staff is regularly receiving\ninformation from the Yakima County Health District regarding the COVID-19 virus\nand is sharing that information on its various communications platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe City intends to continue to\nprovide all services during this emergency,\u201d said City Communications &\nPublic Affairs Director Randy Beehler. \u201cThis\nis certainly a challenging time for us all. \nBut through diligence, cooperation, and coordination, we will meet the\nchallenge,\u201d said Beehler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional information will be provided regarding the City\u2019s response to the COVID-19 emergency as necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The closure of some City of Yakima facilities and limited public access to other City facilities remain in effect in an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Harman Senior Center, the Henry Beauchamp Community Center, the Washington Fruit Community Center, the Yakima Valley Visitor Information Center, and Lions Pool, all City-owned,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545","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=8545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8547,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545\/revisions\/8547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}