At the Council's December 4^th, 2018 regular meeting, the Council unanimously directed City staff to pursue having the City partner with Spark Northwest, a non-profit organization that supports local efforts to simplify the process for residents of Washington State and Oregon communities to invest in solar energy.

Included in the June 18^th Council regular meeting agenda packet is a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City and Spark Northwest regarding a campaign entitled Solarize Yakima.  As demonstrated in the MOU, the City will incur little if any out-of-pocket expenses for the Solarize Yakima campaign.  A moderate amount of City staff time will likely need to be invested in order to coordinate committee recruitment, campaign promotion, and the reservation of meeting space.