YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
January 8, 2019
City Hall -- Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Executive Session; 6 p.m. Business Meeting

EXECUTIVE SESSION
1.Executive Session regarding prospective litigation

BUSINESS MEETING

1.Roll Call
2.Pledge of Allegiance
3.Interpreter Services
4.Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A.Proclamations
i.School Board Recognition Month
B.Presentations / Recognitions / Introductions
i.Recognition of Shift Commander Mitch Cole - 30 years of service, Shift Commander Tom Schneider - 30 years of service, Shift Commander Jennifer Norton - 25 years of service and Firefighter Kory Simmons - 25 years of service
C.Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees
i.Appointment to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
5.Council Reports
A.Ad Hoc H2A Committee report
B.Council Partnership Committee report
C.Council Public Safety Committee report
D.Council Healthy Communities and Neighborhood Building Committee report
6.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 the minutes from the December 11, 2018, City Council Business meeting, December 7, 2018, City Council Special meeting and December 10, 2018, meeting notes
B.December 2018 Investment Transactions
C.

Resolution authorizing a contract with P. O. W. Contracting for Water and Sewer Improvements along Hathaway Street

D.

Resolution authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Yakima County for design and construction associated with the Nelson Dam Replacement

E.Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code, updating the fee schedule for certain police services
7.Public Comment
Community members are invited to address items that are not listed on the regular business meeting agenda. A guideline of three (3) minutes per speaker is in place in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience participation. A speaker's time may be extended at the discretion of the Mayor and/or the consensus or vote of the Council. Written communication and e-mail messages are strongly encouraged.
DEPARTMENT ITEMS
8.Resolution authorizing the City of Yakima to participate in the HUD public offering as part of the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Assistance Program to refinance two existing notes
9.Resolution to Terminate Lease Agreement with Transform Yakima Together and Enter into Lease Agreement with Sunrise Outreach Center of Yakima to Lease City Property for a temporary homeless encampment
10.Other Business
11.Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council special meeting on January 12, 2019, at 9 a.m. at City Hall Council Chambers.
12.Council General Information
A.
Council General Information
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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