{"id":3989,"date":"2025-07-03T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2025-07-21T08:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:59:18","slug":"clean-city-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/clean-city-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean City Program update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Responding to 1,900 graffiti incidents, contacting 1,200 individuals experiencing homelessness and clearing more than 83 tons of garbage were some of the City of Yakima Clean City Program activities during the first six months of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yakima City Council received a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/d2kbkoa27fdvtw.cloudfront.net\/yakimawa\/30fc1cb75ae5789df7db14bee1c3f4a80.pdf\">year-to-date update<\/a>\u00a0on the program during its meeting on July 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/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;&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;&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;&nbsp;<u>Yakima Police Department<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/public-works\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/public-works\/<\/a>&nbsp;for more about the City of Yakima Public Works Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/bulky-waste-rates-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Clean-City-YTD-2025-photo-background-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15472\" style=\"width:673px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yakima City Council has received an update about Clean City Program activities for the first half of 2025. 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