AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
February 6, 2024
City Hall -- Council Chambers - 129 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA
4:30 Executive Session | 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting | 6:00 p.m. Public Hearings --- This meeting will be conducted in person, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov/council/live-stream/ and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194. You may also participate via Zoom: https://cityofyakima.zoom.us/j/99447476219 or call in by dialing 1-253-215-8782 | Webinar ID: 994 4747 6219 | Passcode: 882209 --- Individuals who wish to provide public comment remotely are encouraged to submit a Public Comment Request Form online at: www.yakimawa.gov/council/public-comment no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. If you wish to provide public comment in-person, please fill out a "Request for Appearance" form and hand it to the City Clerk before you address City Council.

EXECUTIVE SESSION
1.Executive Session regarding collective bargaining pursuant to RCW 42.30.140
1.Roll Call
2.Pledge of Allegiance
3.Interpreter Services
4.Public Comment
There will be 35 minutes allotted for public comment with two and a half (2 1/2) minutes per speaker in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience participation. Written communication and e-mail messages are strongly encouraged.
5.Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A.Proclamations
i.Black History Month proclamation
ii.Draft Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day proclamation
6.Council Reports
A.Upcoming Chamber State of the City event
B.Discussion on City Manager job description
C.Resolution extending the moratorium regarding parking violations within the downtown area of the City of Yakima
7.Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without discussion. A Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.
A.Approval of minutes from the January 16, 2024 City Council regular meeting, January 22, 2024 special meeting and January 23, 2024 study session
B.Project Completion and Contract Acceptance with Leslie & Campbell Inc for the Yakima Convention & Event Center Roof Replacement Project 2755
C.Project Completion and Contract Acceptance with Central Washington Asphalt Inc for the Summitview Avenue Project 2566
D.Resolution ratifying the declaration of an emergency and authorizing Professional Services Agreement with HLA Engineering and Land Surveying, Inc. for the S. 2nd Avenue Waterline Project
E.Resolution authorizing a contract agreement with Andrew Kottkamp for Hearing Examiner Pro Tem services
F.Resolution accepting an Agreement with KPG Psomas for Division & 3rd Ave Signal Installation Project 2598
DEPARTMENT ITEMS
8.2023 Vacant Building Safety Project 4th Quarter Report
9.Resolution authorizing a Professional Services Agreement  with Annie Murphey Consulting LLC to serve as the domestic violence high risk team coordinator
10.Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission for funding a Law Enforcement Liaison
11.Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 6.08.015 by adopting Revised Code of Washington 69.50.475, relating to penalties for sales of cannabis by cannabis retail outlets to persons under twenty-one years of age
12.Other Business
13.Adjournment
The next meeting is a City Council study session on February 13, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers
14.Council General Information
A.
Council General Information
B.Prosecution Division 2023 Year End Report
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council, and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker.

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