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AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
January 18, 2022
City Hall -- Council Chambers
5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting -- This meeting will be conducted in person, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194 or you may call in and participate by dialing 1-253-215-8782 or 1-971-247-1195, enter meeting ID 949 5723 2110#, participant ID # and meeting password 721981#. Public comment is limited to items on the agenda and may be made in person or by phone. Members of the public participating by telephone are encouraged to arrange to make public comments in advance of the meeting at https://www.yakimawa.gov/council/public-comment/ by 3:00 pm the day of the meeting. For those who attend the meeting in person, the City is required to follow the Governor’s Proclamation regarding face coverings. Every person entering City Hall, including those entering to attend a City Council meeting, are required to wear a face covering that covers their nose and mouth at all times. Failure to wear a face covering will result in you being asked to leave the premises. Failure to leave the premises after being asked to do so by City staff is a misdemeanor violation of Yakima Municipal Code section 6.47.050. Masks will be available in the alcove at City Hall. The requirements are found in Governor’s Proclamation 20-25.15, which adopts the Washington State Secretary of Health’s face covering order 20-03.6.


1.	Roll Call


2.	Pledge of Allegiance


3.	Interpreter Services


4.	Open Discussion for the Good of the Order


	A.	Presentations / Recognitions / Introductions


		i.	Presentation from Yakima Valley Trolleys


	B.	Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Council Committees


		i.	Greenway request for Council member to serve on Board


5.	Council Reports


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.	Approve payment of disbursements for the period December 1 – 31, 2021
	B.	Approval of minutes from the January 4, 2022 City Council regular meeting and January 11, 2022 study session
	C.	Resolution ratifying a grant application to the Washington State Department of Commerce for funding to support Group Violence Intervention Strategies
	D.	Resolution opening the 2022 Comprehensive Plan Amendment process pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130 and YMC Ch. 16.10
	E.	Ordinance amending and/or repealing certain sections of City of Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 5.49, Chapter 6.45, Chapter 6.47, Chapter 6.68, and Chapter 6.75 for the purpose of removal of archaic statutory language, removal of duplicative statutes, and/or updating statutes


7.	Public Comment


	Community members are invited to address items listed on the meeting agenda. There will be 35 minutes allotted for public comment with two and a half (2.5) minutes per speaker in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience participation. Written communication and e-mail messages are strongly encouraged.


	DEPARTMENT ITEMS


8.	Presentation and Resolution authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding with Single Track Alliance of Yakima for the development and construction of a bicycle pump track at Randall Park
9.	2022 State Legislature Session Briefing


10.	Other Business


11.	Adjournment


The next meeting will be a City Council study session on January 25, 2022, at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers


12.	Council General Information


	A.	Council General Information
	B.	Code Administration Division Report - Monthly Building Permits Issued - December 2021


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. A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov. The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or language interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's office at (509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting. All meetings are live streamed on the City of Yakima website at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194.