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AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
November 3, 2025
City Hall - Council Chambers - 129 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA
City Council Regular Meeting

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/agendas-and-minutes/ and telecast live on YPAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194. You may also participate via Zoom: https://cityofyakima.zoom.us/j/96166130671 or call in by dialing 1 (253) 215-8782 | Webinar ID: 961 6613 0671 | Passcode: 381554
Individuals who wish to provide public comment remotely may submit a Public Comment Request Form online at: www.yakimawa.gov/council/public-comment no later than two hours prior to the start of the meeting. If you wish to provide public comment in-person, fill out a "Request for Appearance" form and hand it to the City Clerk before you address City Council.
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.

State law prohibits electioneering at City facilities. During Public Comment, speakers cannot campaign for or against candidates or support or oppose any ballot measure in any upcoming election.

 
5.

Open Discussion for the Good of the Order


 
6.

Council Reports


 
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 October 21, 2025 City Council regular meeting
 
B.
Resolution accepting and approving 3rd Quarter 2025 Claim Report (Risk Management)
 
C.
Resolution authorizing a grant agreement with the Washington State Department of Commerce for the improvements to Elks Memorial Park (No General Fund Impact)
 
D.
Resolution authorizing Supplemental Agreement No. 4 to Task Order No. 2022-01 with HLA Engineering and Land Surveying, Inc. for the Water/Irrigation and Wastewater Divisions Low-Income and Unserved Utility Areas Project AC2570 and SC2605 (Water and Wastewater Capital, Grant Funded)
 
E.
Resolution authorizing a Right of Way Use Permit Application RL250013 for a driveway off N 5th Avenue for the use of a duplex at 801 N 5th Avenue
 
F.
Resolution authorizing Supplemental Agreement 1 with RH2 Engineering, Inc. for I-82 Sewer Main Extension at the Landfill Mill Site Project 2760 (Mill Site Fund 323 & ARPA 180)
 
G.
Resolution creating a new Yakima Downtown Development and Promotion Agreement with the Downtown Association of Yakima for the expenditure of additional 2025 Mainstreet funding (Grant Fund with matching General Fund)
 
8.

Public Hearings


 
9.

Department Items


 
A.
Ordinance amending the 2025 Biennial Budget for the City of Yakima and making appropriations from Unappropriated Fund Balances within various Funds for expenditure during 2025 for various purposes (First Reading)
 
10.

City Manager Update


 
11.

Other Business


 
12.

Adjournment


The next meeting is a City Council study session on Wednesday November 12, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.

 
13.

Council General Information


 
A.
Preliminary Council Agendas for the November 12, 2025 study session and the November 18, 2025 regular meeting
 
B.
City Communications and Outreach reports for 3rd quarter of 2025
 
C.
Yakima Valley Tourism letter re Association of Washington Cities
 
D.
Fair Play Coalition letter re unlicensed vendors
 

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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.

 

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. A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov/council/agendas-and-minutes/