YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
October 20, 2020
City Hall -- Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting -- Conducted via speakerphone, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194 or you may call in and listen by dialing 1-253-215-8782 or 1-888-788-0099. When prompted for the webinar ID enter 969 7301 2736#. When prompted for the participant ID enter #. When prompted for the meeting password enter 424901#. There will be no opportunity for oral communications with the exception of public hearings; however, if you wish to provide written comment to the City Council, please email ccouncil2@yakimawa.gov. Written comments received by 3 pm for this meeting will be provided to the City Council prior to the meeting.

1.Roll Call
2.Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A.Coronavirus (COVID-19) update
B.Proclamations
i.Pro Bono Week proclamation 
ii.Careers in Construction Month Proclamation
C.Presentations / Recognitions / Introductions
i.Water Treatment Plant Receives Gold Certificate of Achievement for 10 years of Outstanding Performance producing drinking water
3.Council Reports
4.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 October 6, 2020 City Council regular meeting and October 6, 8, 13 and 15, 2020 City Council study sessions
B.Correction to the March 17, 2020 City Council meeting minutes
C.

Approve payment of disbursements for the period September 1 – 30, 2020

D.Set date of November 2, 2020, for a public hearing to declare property surplus to the City needs and abandon a section of former Drainage Improvement District (DID) #4
E.Set dates of November 2 and 17, 2020, for public hearings on the 2021 Preliminary Budget for the City of Yakima
F.Set date of November 2, 2020 for public hearing regarding the Ad Valorem Tax (property tax) for collection in 2021
G.Resolution declaring certain rolling stock surplus and authorizing disposal of said property in a manner most beneficial to the City of Yakima
H.Resolution authorizing an agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission for high visibility traffic safety emphasis patrols
I.Resolution authorizing a contract with Mastercraft Concrete Finishing for the 4th Street Sidewalk Replacement Project
DEPARTMENT ITEMS
5.Resolution authorizing deferral of previously adopted 2021 airline and terminal building rate increases for the Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field
6.Resolution authorizing contract to award bid to Halme Construction for Bravo Company Boulevard Municipal Solid Waste and Wood Debris Removal project
7.Other Business
8.Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council regular meeting on Monday, November 2, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall
9.Council General Information
A.
Council General Information
B.Update on Utility Account Balances
C.Code Administration Division Report - Monthly Building Permits Issued - September 2020
D.

Distribution of the Complete Record for a Comprehensive Plan map amendment and concurrent Rezone application submitted by Les Heimgartner for property at 8014 Occidental Rd

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