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3:54Mhm.
4:08>> You ready?
4:11All right.
4:12We're going to go ahead and call this
4:14meeting to order on Monday, May 11th,
4:162026 at 6:00 p.m.
4:21For the record, all members of council
4:22are here with the exception of Deputy
4:24Mayor Hart and Councilman
4:27Galvan who have asked for excused
4:29absences. Both are not feeling well. Are
4:31there any objection?
4:33No. No. Okay. So, both um have been
4:38excused for today's meeting.
4:42Also for the record, all members of
4:45staff are here. We have Leo
4:48um Hector, Chief is uh uh
4:51>> Rob's at conference. Rob Chief Layman is
4:53at a conference and
4:56Corey's uh still Okay, also under the
4:58weather. Something's going around.
5:00Hopefully they all feel better soon. And
5:03um
5:04Japhet is also here. Um
5:07do we have anybody online? Do we have
5:10Monica online?
5:12Ms. Hofstetter?
5:13Nobody from council. No. Okay.
5:16So,
5:18we're going to move on to agenda
5:20approval.
5:22Could I get a motion to approve today's
5:25agenda as is?
5:29Move to approve as is.
5:32Is there a second?
5:33I'll second that. Thank you.
5:38Any discussion?
5:41Council member Chavez?
5:47Yes.
5:48I'd goal with Council Vasquez Oh.
5:51I was just reading over it. I didn't get
5:52a chance to work it to look it over. So,
5:54I
5:55had a little chance to go through it and
5:56everything, but yeah.
5:57Yes.
5:58>> Councilor Vasquez Yes. Councilor Vasquez
6:01Yes. Councilor Dolan Yes. 8 to 0 Yes.
6:05Motion carries.
6:08I believe we have somebody here for
6:09invocation.
6:11Mhm.
6:12Okay.
6:13All rise if you're able to and please
6:15remain standing for the pledge of
6:17allegiance.
6:25And you can go whenever you're ready.
6:28To pray? Yeah.
6:29Okay.
6:30Father God, thank you for uh
6:33another day. Thank you for
6:35each and every one of the people here uh
6:37that cares for our community. So, at
6:39this moment, Father, we pray for them
6:41for the city council members uh
6:45the mayor uh city manager and anyone who
6:49is involved in this. Father, I pray that
6:51you give them wisdom uh how you teach us
6:53in
6:54uh
6:55Second Chronicles 7:14, "If my people
6:59humble themselves
7:01and
7:02seek my face and pray,
7:06you will heal this this town, Father."
7:08So, you teach us that in in Second
7:10Chronicles 7:14. I pray, Father, that
7:12you remind each and every one of these
7:15people in leadership that it is about
7:16you, that also it's about the people,
7:18not about ourselves. So, Father,
7:31so they can give um
7:33guide
7:34well well this community, Father. Give
7:37the wisdom that they need, Father, but
7:38also remind them the purpose they have.
7:41It's about the community. So Father,
7:44thank you for each and every one of them
7:46and I pray that you will give them the
7:47wisdom they need. Father, we pray all
7:49this in the only name over any other
7:52name, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
7:58I pledge allegiance
7:59to the United States of America
8:01and to the republic for which it stands,
8:04one nation under God, indivisible, with
8:07liberty and justice
8:09for all.
8:11Thank you.
8:15Thank you for that.
8:17Okay, up next we have a proclamation
8:19presentation and this was submitted by
8:22Mr. Mejia.
8:24It is National Public Works Week
8:27proclamation.
8:29May 17th through May 23rd, 2026.
8:36So I'm going to go ahead and read
8:38actually
8:39getting ahead of myself.
8:41Um
8:42Mr. Mejia just um uh added this to the
8:45agenda. He just printed something out
8:46for me. Um I am going to ask for it to
8:48be reformatted so I can go ahead and
8:50sign it. But um as for today, we're just
8:52going to go ahead and read it onto the
8:53record. If it is approved by council,
8:56um
8:57is there any is there a motion um or the
9:00desire of council for this proclamation?
9:04Yeah, I motion to approve the resolution
9:06for the city of Sunnyside recognizes
9:08that on May 17th through the 23rd, 2026
9:11is National Public Works Week.
9:14I second.
9:16I got a motion by Counselor Vasquez and
9:19the second seconded by Counselor Dolan.
9:22Is there any other comments?
9:25I have a question. How many um
9:27how many individuals do you have working
9:29for the publics right now?
9:32Public Works.
9:33Uh as of right now, I
9:36we have a total of
9:4119. We're missing three positions in the
9:44water department.
9:45And where are most of your employees at?
9:47There's a method to my madness. I'm I'm
9:49asking for a reason. Uh so, I have
9:52streets, parks, uh my water treatment
9:56plant, which uh is also with my storm
9:59water, and my fog.
10:01Um collections is also on waste water,
10:04and then water department's on its own.
10:07Okay. Do they like donuts? Yeah. They
10:09they prefer ice cream, I I was told. Ice
10:12cream's better cuz it's getting warm out
10:13there. All right. Brownies. Thank you.
10:15And brownies.
10:17>> [laughter]
10:20>> Any other comments?
10:23No. Um no, just um thank you, Hector,
10:26for submitting this in. Um public works
10:28does a lot of behind-the-scenes work,
10:30right? They do all the things that most
10:32of us don't want to do, and they're
10:34always there showing up day in, day out.
10:36So, thank you to everyone in the public
10:38works department for all that you do,
10:40for keeping our city looking the best
10:42that it possibly can, and for all the
10:44hard work. Thank you to all.
10:46And thank you, Hector.
10:47You do a good job, and uh they I have a
10:49great team. I can't do my job without
10:52them. So, I appreciate them very much,
10:54and I thank you for allowing us to have
10:56the week.
10:57Yes. I
11:00I wanted to give Lupe a shout-out
11:01because I was trying to figure out how I
11:03was going to move all that metal
11:05around to the new building on Museum,
11:07and all of a sudden he pulls in with
11:09right behind me with a big forklift.
11:14I'll pass it to Lupe.
11:18Thank you. Well, thank you for bringing
11:20this forward, and um
11:22uh and just a special thank you to the
11:24unsung heroes of the community. So,
11:26very special shout-out to our public
11:28works department.
11:30They really just keep us all running.
11:32All right, so um now I get to read this
11:35into the record.
11:42Actually, did I do a roll call?
11:45Oh my gosh, okay. Hold on.
11:47Long weekend.
11:50>> [laughter]
11:50>> I'm definitely on many pain medication
11:53over the weekend.
11:54Um
11:55I'll go ahead and start at the at the
11:56the very end. The Counselor Chavez Yes.
11:59Yes.
11:59>> Councilor Sathi Yes.
12:01Councilor Vasquez Yes. Councilor Dolan
12:04Yes.
12:05I too vote yes, motion carries. I'm
12:06sorry. Um
12:09I thank you for your patience as I kind
12:11of push through today.
12:14All right, so now we get to do this.
12:18Whereas public works professionals focus
12:21on infrastructure, facilities, and
12:23services vital to the sustainable and
12:25resilient communities, public health, a
12:27high quality of life, and the well-being
12:29of the people of the city of Sunnyside.
12:31And whereas these infrastructure
12:34facilities and services could not be
12:35provided without the dedicated efforts
12:38of public works professionals who are
12:40engineers, managers, and employees at
12:42all levels of government and the private
12:43sector, who are responsible for
12:45rebuilding, improving, and protecting
12:47our nation's transportation, water
12:49supply, water treatment, and solid waste
12:51systems, public buildings, and other
12:53structures and facilities essential for
12:55our citizens. And whereas it is in the
12:58public interest for the citizens civic
13:00leaders and children in the city of
13:01Sunnyside to gain knowledge of and
13:03maintain an ongoing interest in and
13:05understanding of the importance of
13:07public works and public works programs
13:10in their respective communities. And
13:12whereas
13:13the year 2026 marks the 66th annual
13:16National Public Works Week sponsored by
13:19the American Public Works Association,
13:22be it now resolved. I have Vicky Fausto
13:26City of Sunnyside Mayor hereby designate
13:28the week of May 17th through 23rd, 2026
13:32as National Public Works Week. I urge
13:35all citizens to join representatives of
13:36the American Public Works Association
13:39and government agencies in activities,
13:41events, and ceremonies honoring our
13:43public works professionals, engineers,
13:44managers, and employees and recognizing
13:47the substantial contributions they make
13:49to protecting our national health and
13:51safety and advancing quality of life for
13:55all.
13:56In witness of
13:58whereof
13:59In witness whereof, I have I have
14:02hereunto set my hand and cause the seal
14:03of the state
14:05to be affixed. Done at the city of
14:07Sunnyside, Washington this 11th day of
14:10May, 2026.
14:13Thank you very much and um I think a big
14:16round of applause to all of our public
14:18works
14:19employees
14:21everywhere.
14:23Thank you.
14:25In particular, my parks supervisor and
14:28Keith Booth.
14:29Valencia, who's my father. Um They've
14:31been a great part of the team and
14:33they've done a lot. Our parks can't be
14:36any better than Mitch and giving it and
14:38you know, he's been here many years and
14:39he's been here about 4 years now? 5
14:42years. 5 years. And he's uh he keeps up
14:45all of our FOG, which are our fats,
14:47oils, and grease. Uh keeping an eye on
14:50those restaurants and uh stores to make
14:52sure they don't dump down our sewer
14:54line. So.
14:56Thank you all.
14:58And thank you for showing up, Mitch and
14:59his sis. Thank you. I think you got to
15:01make them come up here.
15:02>> Yeah, do you want to make them come up
15:03and and take a picture if they wish?
15:06Oh, okay.
15:07>> [laughter]
15:08>> That's okay. They're like, "No, thank
15:10you." Optional.
15:12Okay. [laughter] We'll get this signed
15:13and over to you.
15:14>> Yes. Thank you for doing that.
15:19Okay, moving on to item six on the
15:22agenda, public comment. Is there anybody
15:24signed up for public comment for careful
15:27there.
15:28For
15:30the
15:31agenda items.
15:41Thank you.
15:51Okay, I have a few members signed up for
15:56comment on active agenda.
16:00First on the list is Vicky Ripley.
16:04Vicky Ripley, Sunnyside. I saw on the
16:07agenda that
16:09you guys wanted to talk about the
16:11railroad.
16:12Um
16:13selling it.
16:15And I saw that the price was 400,000.
16:19It was bought for 500,000 in 23.
16:23And there's water rights to the Sunny
16:26View Park.
16:28And none of that was in the sales
16:31packet.
16:33And uh
16:35you know, it'll cost over a million
16:36dollars to
16:38drill a well for water for Sunny View
16:41Park.
16:43And um
16:46And another thing is
16:48do you all remember where uh
16:51the money came from for the
16:54for the railroad property?
16:57It came from I've got a list here.
17:00If you guys want to copy this.
17:03It came from uh
17:05the local capital men capital
17:07improvements the read funds.
17:1075,000
17:12general fund 101,000
17:16water fund
17:18126,000
17:20ambulance EMS fund, 126,000,
17:25and local capital improvement rate fund,
17:2975,000.
17:31So, um
17:34I'm sure that there's a couple
17:35enterprise funds in there that need to
17:37be repaid.
17:39And
17:40it looks like all of these need to be
17:42repaid.
17:44And so, you guys might look into that
17:46before you accept a lower bid for this
17:50property.
17:52Thanks.
17:53Thank you.
17:56Up next on the list is Jim Stevens.
18:05Jim Stevens, Sunnyside, Washington. Uh
18:08on the agenda, there was a note here
18:10that we're going to annex this area on
18:12Swan Road. And as I we drive up and down
18:16Swan Road, we see a lot of vehicles, uh
18:20it
18:22for lack of a better word, it looks
18:23pretty trashy down through there.
18:25And in our community, I think we want to
18:27make these places look as appealing as
18:29we possibly can. That's great that we're
18:31going to be annexing it because we have
18:32codes and ordinances that can help clean
18:35these things up. The problem is all over
18:37our community, we have codes and
18:39ordinances, but we're not adhering to
18:42them. We're not making folks adhere to
18:44them. And so, as we annex areas, we want
18:49to make sure that people are going to
18:50use them and that they're going to be
18:51profitable.
18:53And now we have people here that they'll
18:55have a home, and let's say their home is
18:57worth $350,000.
19:00So, the person next door has 14 cars
19:03parked in their front yard. They don't
19:05paint it. Um they've got dogs barking
19:08all night. And now their house, instead
19:10of being worth $350,000 is worth
19:13$250,000.
19:15And so they're losing the major
19:17investment they made in their whole
19:18life. And this is all over Sunnyside.
19:21So, I think we really need to pay
19:23attention to that as we start to annex
19:25property. We want to make sure that
19:26we're taking care of the property that
19:28we have, and that slips over into these
19:30areas that we're annexing as well.
19:32Thanks.
19:34Thank you.
19:35Uh last on the list here is
19:38Britain Moore.
19:42>> [clears throat]
19:45>> Good evening, everyone. Britain Moore,
19:46Sunnyside. Um I echo both what Vicki
19:50Ripley and uh Mr. Stevens said. Both
19:52really great comments.
19:53Um I know that tonight on the executive
19:56session you're talking about a couple of
19:58properties.
19:59I realize that this is public comment
20:01and you
20:02we're not supposed to go back and forth
20:03and ask questions, but uh one of the
20:05properties is um something that I
20:08proposed to the city back in November,
20:10and it was approved by council and voted
20:14and it hasn't moved forward at all. I
20:17know that we're in a little bit of a
20:18standstill without having uh legal
20:20counsel and a few open positions at the
20:22city hall, but if you had any questions
20:25for me, I'm happy to answer them for
20:27you. Um
20:29there was a few things that I had uh
20:32gone back
20:34and forth with with Mr. Haley. Um very
20:37much appreciate him being on top of it.
20:39Uh but the
20:41purchase agreement is a little vague in
20:43the description, so it doesn't really
20:44describe the property very well. I think
20:47for both parts of myself and the city,
20:49it would be great to have a
20:51very distinct description. I have
20:53provided a map. Hopefully you'll have
20:55that uh when you go into executive
20:56session. And um also the the valuation
21:00came back less. Um back in 2006, it was
21:04valuated at a certain price, and it's
21:06just $1,500 less. So, if you have any
21:08questions for me, I'm happy to answer
21:10and I'll be here throughout the meeting
21:11if you have any questions later as well.
21:15Thank you. Am I allowed to respond to
21:17that? Uh per rules and procedures, we're
21:19not allowed to respond. Um Mhm.
21:24just yet. Yeah.
21:26Okay, thank you, everybody.
21:27>> Thank you.
21:31>> [clears throat]
21:32>> Okay.
21:34Yes, go.
21:38Moving on to the consent agenda.
21:41Item A, payroll vouchers.
21:44Approved payroll liabilities numbers
21:464058 through 4059 and wire transfers as
21:50listed for
21:51$237,983.40
21:55for the period ending May 8th, 2026.
21:59And B, claim vouchers. Approved claim
22:01voucher numbers 4008
22:04through 4195 and wire transfers as
22:07listed for $246,555.76
22:13for the period ending on May 8th, 2026.
22:17Is there any item
22:19council members would like to pull?
22:29Any comments? Really? No.
22:31I heard it was a good session Friday.
22:35Excellent meeting.
22:36>> Yeah, you were part of it, right? I was.
22:39It was uh very good and we got a lot of
22:41things uh figured out. There was only
22:43one thing I had a question about and it
22:46doesn't pertain, so I'm going to ask Leo
22:48about it tomorrow. Sounds good. And by
22:50session, I mean the finance committee
22:52convened on on Friday.
22:54Very good meeting. Thursday.
22:59Okay, so what is the desire of council?
23:04Move to approve.
23:05Is there a second? I second.
23:08Okay.
23:08There's a motion on the table by council
23:11council member Dolan and then I got a
23:13second by councilor Sisaty.
23:15And is there any other questions or
23:18comments?
23:20Hearing none, councilor Travis?
23:22Yes. Councilor Sisaty? Yes.
23:24Councilor Vasquez? Yes. Councilor Dolan?
23:27Yes. They two vote yes, motion carries.
23:31Okay.
23:32Moving into executive session.
23:36Is there a time?
23:38Do I I would say
23:41I would say 15 minutes and
23:43[clears throat]
23:44um
23:45our um our agent Russ
23:49who I hope hope is here
23:51is also attending the executive session.
23:54Thank [clears throat] you for that. So,
23:56we will recess into executive session
23:57for about 15 minutes to start.
24:00Siting RCW 42.30.110
24:04subsection 1C to consider the minimum
24:06price at which real estate will be
24:07offered for sale or lease when public
24:10knowledge regarding such consideration
24:12would cause a likelihood of decreased
24:14price.
24:15Final action for selling or leasing a
24:17public property shall be taken in an
24:19open meeting. If I can just have
24:21everybody please move into the lobby
24:25and make sure you take your belongings
24:27with you, please.
24:33So, we'll only have Russ
24:36And
24:36staff can be here, but
24:38if Russ is the only a non uh
24:41staff member that uh
24:44In fact, vacant property was put on the
24:47uh on the uh packet for
24:50consideration of a second piece of land
24:53that was brought up.
24:55Uh that was a uh a mistake on my part
24:58that put two properties there. I
25:00actually just mistakenly put two
25:01purchase and sale agreements.
25:03The
25:04the agenda item addresses just the one
25:07property. So,
25:09uh, there's nothing taking on the first
25:11property that was, uh, listed there in
25:13our agenda packet. So, Britain,
25:16um,
25:16we're still working on that.
25:19Okay. Thank you for that, Mr. Haley. So,
25:22um, we will go ahead and forego item A
25:25on the active agenda for now,
25:29which will move us into item B,
25:32Swan Road 2 annexation final action
25:35annexing property into Sunnyside city
25:37limits, adopt an ordinance to annex the
25:39Swan Road 2 annexation into Sunnyside
25:43city limits.
25:46Hector, would you like to address that?
25:51Um,
25:54so, a while back,
25:57the Swan Road uh, number 2 annexation
26:00for the property located south of 791
26:03Swan Road,
26:05uh, which has already been taken to the
26:07planning committee.
26:09Um,
26:10it's just west of the existing city
26:13limits.
26:14In the fall of 2025, council passed a
26:16resolution of 2025-92
26:19to move forward with the annexation
26:21process.
26:22On January 13th, 2026, the planning
26:25commission held a public hearing where
26:28they recommended approval of the
26:29annexation and determined that the
26:31property should be brought into the city
26:34with neighboring businesses zoning
26:36consistent with Swan Road Market to the
26:39north.
26:40A notice of intention was created and
26:42submitted to the Yakima County Boundary
26:44Review Board
26:46for a 45-day review period, which ran
26:48from February 9th, 2026 through March
26:5126, 2026.
26:54The BRB did not involve jurisdiction and
26:59issued its approval of the annexation on
27:01April 7th, 2025.
27:04The ordinance before you tonight is for
27:06the final action for the city to take in
27:08the order to complete the annexation.
27:12>> [clears throat]
27:13>> Thank you, Mr. Mejia. Council, any
27:15questions? Go ahead, Council Dolan. Uh
27:17is there did he give you a reason
27:21that he wanted to annex that um parcel
27:23into the city?
27:25Uh
27:26at
27:27at the time I do not have that.
27:30Um but that is something I can bring up
27:32to you
27:34um
27:34Mr. Calhoun.
27:39I'd ask him that question for you.
27:46Any other questions? Council Vasquez.
27:49Yeah, um
27:50just because I just recently heard this,
27:52but um you know, just to get direction
27:54or like some intel from the chief, um
27:56you know, annexation we would be
27:57annexing this property. So, it is close
27:59to neighboring homes, but this would
28:01definitely be covered by water and it
28:03wouldn't be a deal for the fire
28:04department.
28:05Correct. At this point, um we have a
28:07fair amount of hydrants just on the
28:09other side of Swan, um well within our
28:13area of reach. Perfect. So, safety
28:14wouldn't be an issue here. Correct.
28:16>> Thank you.
28:19Any other questions?
28:26Okay, hearing none, what is the desire
28:28of council?
28:36I move to adopt an ordinance to annex
28:38the Swan Road 2 annexation into Sunny
28:40Side city limits.
28:42I have a motion by Council Vasquez. Is
28:44there a second?
28:47I'll second.
28:48Seconded by Council Assirati.
28:52Is there any further discussion?
29:00Hearing none.
29:01Council Chaires.
29:03Yes.
29:06>> [clears throat]
29:11>> I am Oz.
29:14Oh, somebody joined in the room. Hmm,
29:16okay.
29:18Council Assirati. Yes. Council Vasquez.
29:21Yes.
29:21Council Dolan. Yes.
29:23I too vote yes. Motion carries.
29:28Okay, that's the end of the
29:31items on our active agenda.
29:34Moving into
29:36public comments.
29:38Is there anybody signed up for public
29:39comment?
29:40I'll do Anya.
29:49Thank you.
29:51Okay.
29:53I will be calling on those who have
29:55signed up for general public comment.
29:57And the first on the list here is
29:59Britain Moore.
30:01That Okay.
30:04The next on the list is Jim Stevens.
30:15Jim Stevens, Sunnyside.
30:17Uh the
30:19issue that I wanted to talk about was
30:20voting.
30:22Um I noticed we have some appointments
30:24coming up for certain boards.
30:26And on one of
30:29our boards,
30:32uh mayor
30:33sits on that board.
30:35It's environmental board.
30:38And uh of recent, during the last year,
30:42uh they had a vote to see who is going
30:45to be on the board and one of the
30:47candidates was uh
30:50uh
30:52Maria Fernandez
30:54who is or was an employer of Mayor
30:58Frosto.
31:00Uh this is a direct conflict
31:04with city code
31:06with the state code.
31:08It's a serious violation. This happened
31:10twice, I believe.
31:12And she failed to recuse herself from
31:15that vote and voted for him, Maria
31:17Frosto.
31:19And you Fernandez.
31:20Pardon me? Fernandez.
31:21>> Fernandez. Oh, yeah. For uh Maria
31:23Fernandez, thank you.
31:25And
31:27uh this has sanctions with it.
31:29Uh the vote needs to should have been
31:32and should be
31:33uh
31:34recounted again.
31:36Uh
31:37this carries with it the the view this
31:40is being so serious that the mayor could
31:42be asked to step down from the position.
31:45Uh I don't believe she was mayor at that
31:47time.
31:48But
31:50uh this is something we can't take
31:51lightly. We have some rules here and
31:53they have to be followed. And we have
31:55the leader of our council here not
31:57following not not going back to recuse
31:59themselves. This is it's unacceptable.
32:03And so I think we need to decide
32:05who we are and who we're going to be.
32:08Uh if we have
32:09residents in our community that fail to
32:11follow the laws
32:13uh we expect that there's going to be
32:14reprisals for those people. There will
32:16be sanctions. There's going to be a
32:18citation or something of that nature.
32:21But they're not going to have any
32:22respect for the law one if they're
32:24allowed to get away with it and they're
32:25certainly not going to if this is the
32:27example that we're setting. And I'd like
32:29to have a
32:31feedback from this from each one of you
32:33as council people as to how you view
32:35this and I seriously the feedback. We
32:38never get feedback from these meetings,
32:40but I want feedback from these meetings.
32:42I want to see what you think about this.
32:44I want to know uh how you view it, and I
32:47want you to go through and look it up to
32:48see exactly what this is and how you
32:51feel about recusal. Thanks. Appreciate
32:53it.
32:55Thank you, Mr. Stevens.
32:57That was the end of public comment.
33:02And we'll go ahead and give that over to
33:05you.
33:06And next on the list is items from
33:09council members. A, mayor's appointments
33:12for boards and commissions. Um currently
33:15there are none. Um but um we will be
33:20convening with the rules committee here
33:21pretty soon again, and that might change
33:24in the following um in the weeks ahead.
33:27Um going on to our next council meeting.
33:31So, we will move on to reports,
33:34announcements, and or questions by
33:37council. And I'll go ahead and start at
33:39the end over there with Councilor
33:41Chavez.
33:44Good evening, everyone. Um
33:47we are scheduled for tomorrow to go over
33:50to Prosser for the Boys & Girls Club
33:52tour, 3:00.
33:54Um I did have some uh council members
33:57that did reply of being able to go. I
34:00know that only three. Now, you did have
34:02a question in regards to having more
34:06than four council members go um
34:08Can you
34:10Right. I don't believe that there's a
34:12restriction on the OPM related to
34:14council members participating in events
34:16that are not necessarily city related.
34:18You know, if you all go to a festival
34:20and I'll see you all there, or if you go
34:22to an association meeting, as long as
34:24you're not addressing anything related
34:26to city business, it's not an open
34:27public meeting. You're just there in as
34:30a almost as a private citizen
34:33um
34:34and not necessarily representing the
34:35city.
34:37Cuz I would I honestly I would like for
34:38a lot of us to go to that. That's going
34:40to be something that comes in for our
34:42community and a lot of you guys'
34:44feedback and input's going to be very
34:45important. I know I sent out the the
34:48email to all council members and our
34:50city manager. So if with that, I mean
34:53you guys are more than welcome to go.
34:55We're scheduled for it tomorrow at 3:00
34:56for the tour. I think it's going to be
34:57awesome. Um I would like to see all
34:59council be there if possible and I
35:02include our mayors.
35:04Cuz I do have uh mayor Deputy Mayor
35:06Julia Hart that
35:08is part of it. I will be going to it and
35:11Councilwoman um Sisneros is going to be
35:13going to it. So
35:14you guys are more than welcome if you
35:16guys can see that.
35:18Um
35:19Council member Hart was putting our
35:22names down for us and was supposed to be
35:24sending that to you.
35:27Because you guys were supposed you guys
35:28are Yeah, she was asking if we were
35:30going to go and I said, well, I was kind
35:31of hoping I could I
35:32was able to Yeah, let's let's do it. You
35:35know, I'd I'd I'd I'd be great. You guys
35:37join us.
35:38>> responded to you that
35:39>> I didn't get no response. So that's why
35:40I want to make sure that we bring this
35:42>> has said yes and I'm Let's do it.
35:45So since it's open, it's Do we want to
35:47meet at City Hall and drive up there
35:49together or
35:50take our vehicles? It's up to you guys.
35:53That was the part that um George felt
35:56that We should Okay.
35:58Take our own vehicles. Okay, let's do
35:59that.
36:01Okay. Um now it's it's at City Hall up
36:04there? No, it's going to be at the Boys
36:06and Girls Club with um the the VP Mr.
36:10Ace.
36:11What's Where's the Where's it located?
36:13>> It is actually right in front of the
36:15park. It's where the old high school
36:16will be at. I can actually send you guys
36:19uh the email I'll email you guys the the
36:21physical address to that.
36:23Or even off you also if you Google it, I
36:25Googled it the last time and it was on
36:26there too.
36:27But I can send it out too.
36:31Thank you, Council Chavez.
36:32>> So we just all meet there at 3:00?
36:34Okay.
36:37Okay. Council Rosales.
36:39Nothing to report.
36:41Council Vasquez.
36:43Yes. So first, um I wanted to share I
36:46actually was able to attend the Spirit
36:47of Sunnyside event. Um it was really
36:49nice to see all the local people who
36:52have stepped up in our community. We had
36:54a little bit of every
36:55um we had like the
36:58the um city employees, we had um
37:01educators, we had nurses, we had a
37:04little bit of everyone and it was just
37:05really nice to see. Even like the
37:07business person of the year and we just
37:08had so many great amazing people um win
37:11these awards, so I just wanted to
37:12congratulate every single one of you.
37:14And I also wanted to
37:16just say that I was at the Cinco de
37:17Mayo. It was really great. It was really
37:19packed. Sunday was crazy and I just
37:22wanted to give a shout-out to all the
37:24local businesses who signed up and
37:25showed up to make the parade extra
37:27special this year.
37:29I know it's a lot of work to put into
37:31decorating and attending and I also
37:34wanted to give a huge shout-out to
37:35Victoria Hernandez. I saw her like
37:37running around everywhere and you know,
37:39she did so much for our community and
37:41donating her time and also just give
37:42thanks to Noon Rotary who put in a lot
37:44of effort to make this event possible.
37:46So thank you to all of you and that's it
37:48from me.
37:50Thank you. Council Dolan.
37:52Can would it be possible to go back to
37:55the Swan Road annexation? Because I did
37:59I meant to ask on that. I read this part
38:01about it being uh special use permit
38:06mini storage.
38:08Um
38:09this was
38:11going to be taken down and a new
38:15um like a a house or something was
38:18housing was going to be put on that lot
38:19or
38:20do we have any
38:23So that is the question that was brought
38:25up. Um
38:26I believe Mr. Calhoun was looking into
38:28that. So, we haven't gave a definite
38:30answer.
38:32If
38:34If there is a house there, I believe the
38:36structure goes with it, but I don't
38:37think there is. And
38:39if he is going to put up a new house, um
38:42there are requirements that he has to
38:45The The only structures there are
38:48storage units.
38:49>> Mhm. Currently. And that's why I was
38:51curious about if there was going to be
38:54another house going in there instead of
38:57the storage units. If there is enough
38:59room,
39:00um
39:01that's That's what I've been told. If
39:03there's enough room, then
39:04we would have to obviously have to
39:06approve the plans, go to the planning,
39:09um make sure everything's going to be
39:10done correctly.
39:15That's all I had. I yield back.
39:17You.
39:18Okay.
39:19Um
39:21I'll go ahead and hand that hand up uh
39:23the items to the upcoming council
39:25meetings to you, Mr. Haley.
39:28Okay, we uh 2 weeks from now, we have
39:31another council meeting. And um full
39:33agenda.
39:35I'll be talking about that on the
39:36manager's report, one of those items
39:38that we'll be considering then. And then
39:40of course, our workshop is scheduled for
39:42the first Monday in June.
39:44And um
39:46we will have uh Monica participating in
39:49that one. That will have kind of a
39:52basically a budget workshop, bring her
39:54bring us up to date on where we are
39:55financially, as well as other items that
39:58she wants to include in the budget
40:00amendment. She plans on having that
40:02ready for a budget amendment on that
40:04workshop day. June 1st. June 1st, right.
40:07So, it'll give her time to get things
40:09ready and have a presentation for us on
40:11June 1st.
40:14Okay.
40:15City manager reports.
40:17Well, let's go down the row here. Leo,
40:20anything?
40:21Nothing?
40:22Okay. Nice shirt, by the way. I like
40:24that.
40:26>> [laughter]
40:27>> Hector, any more?
40:28Uh
40:29just working on my submitting all
40:31documents for the FFA F FFA FAA
40:37airport for the fencing
40:40um
40:41submitting my documents for the comrades
40:43to get all the funding that we were
40:45received.
40:47Uh
40:48submitting the documents to wash up for
40:51uh the roundabout uh
40:53first and
40:55first and YVH
40:57uh
40:59I have many.
41:01The Edison Bridge, I know we're waiting
41:03on May 22nd. That'll be coming up soon
41:05to see if we are past that short list uh
41:09for the governor's.
41:11Um and then working on the ordinance and
41:15SMCs with Mr. Taylor. Um
41:18there's a lot that we are working on to
41:20revise and
41:21bring up
41:23updated.
41:24Um
41:25and then today
41:28uh
41:28was working with Melissa from the
41:30county.
41:31Uh
41:33I went to the hotel off of YVH um sprung
41:36a leak.
41:37Well, it didn't spring a leak. Someone
41:39put a leak in there. Uh the water's off
41:41right now, but we are working with them
41:43um to get it repaired. Uh I believe they
41:46found somebody that's going to come down
41:48and repair it. I just talked to her
41:49right before uh
41:51council. Um so we'll get that repaired,
41:54get the water on, um and then hopefully
41:57uh they can
41:58find some housing for them.
42:01For the [clears throat] residents that
42:02are the working in there or living in
42:03there.
42:04Um also uh YV Tech
42:08YV COG meeting I have on Thursday. Um we
42:12have interviews for code enforcement. It
42:15was open in-house. We have three that
42:18submitted uh
42:20applications. So, they'll be interviewed
42:22here on Wednesday.
42:24Um
42:27and that's that's all I have. Yes, sir.
42:30Do you have uh
42:32a date set for the next uh airport
42:35committee meeting?
42:36I do. It is
42:39at
42:40the
42:42third week of this month. I will get it
42:44invitations out to get everybody
42:46updated. Want to let everybody know
42:47about the T hanger or the hanger that's
42:49coming up at the airport, um what
42:52they're proposing, and
42:54uh have everybody updated. How many How
42:57many spots are open on that committee?
43:00Uh the I do believe there's only one.
43:03There's uh one of the pilots there that
43:04I've talked to a few times now. He would
43:07very much like to be on that committee.
43:09He has a plane there in the big
43:11in the original hangers.
43:12>> Yes, sir. And and that that has to go to
43:15um
43:16be I think there's an application that's
43:17online that needs to be submitted,
43:20um and then it will go to I believe
43:22uh Mr. Haley. Council, I think it's
43:25the update on on the application.
43:27>> So, um
43:28if he would like he's more than welcome
43:30to stop by and we can navigate him into
43:33the application. Uh that way he can have
43:35it submitted. Yeah, I'll I'll let him
43:37know next time I'm over. Yes, uh stop
43:39by, talk to myself or Mr. Taylor, and we
43:41can navigate him through.
43:43Uh we do have a new uh development
43:46technician, um Lisa. Always she came
43:48over. She started on uh May 1st. She's
43:52uh learning a lot. She's getting thrown
43:54a lot, but she's learning and um I
43:56appreciate all the help, and I believe
43:58she's going to be help a great asset to
43:59our team.
44:01Um keeping the doors open as that's what
44:03we want. Uh customer service is our
44:05number one thing.
44:06Um so, and she's uh she's helping us
44:09out.
44:10So, that's that's all I have.
44:15Uh, Cameron, and now I should mention
44:17that you show no disrespect by wearing a
44:19hat because your hair was on fire, is
44:21that what I understand? Not quite, but I
44:23apologize for the hat. We assisted
44:26neighbor agency with a brush fire just
44:27immediately prior to the council meeting
44:30and I have what we like to call helmet
44:31hair. So, I was trying to just keep that
44:34under wraps. So, I This is not my normal
44:36wardrobe, so I apologize if there's any
44:38disrespect from it. So,
44:40Um, but recap
44:42reports tonight earlier today we ran 97
44:45emergency incidents last week, that's
44:47Sunday to Sunday.
44:49Last week we did host a instructor one
44:52and IFSAC credentialing course at
44:54Sunnyside Fire. We had four four
44:56Sunnyside Fire members and five other
44:59students in there. We did have a 100%
45:01success rate on both the written and the
45:02practical, so
45:04even, which brought us to 256 and 1/2
45:07training hours for last week, so
45:10pretty excited about that and then stand
45:12for any questions. Is Tony one of your
45:14trainers? Sorry.
45:16Uh, Captain Castillo? Yes, yeah, he's
45:18one of our instructors and he is a
45:21certified TCO or test control officer
45:23with the state.
45:28Chief you got anything?
45:33Not at this time, no.
45:35Not in many words.
45:38Uh, manager's report,
45:41a priority that I've been working on
45:42over the last couple weeks is hiring a
45:45new city attorney.
45:47>> [gasps]
45:47>> I have
45:49contacted colleagues all around various
45:51cities that I've worked at in the past
45:54and
45:55among those that I contacted two
45:58were
45:59interested in serving the city of
46:01Sunnyside.
46:03I've interviewed both of them.
46:05Traveled
46:07met halfway for both of them.
46:09I also worked with the city of
46:11Toppenish. We have an interlocal
46:13agreement to have them advise us about
46:16city clerk services well
46:18Dan
46:19Hyde
46:21Dan Hyde is also their city attorney
46:24who previously was the city attorney for
46:27Sunnyside back in their late 80s and
46:29early 90s.
46:31And so he is going to review the current
46:34contract that they
46:35the one firm that I I believe is the
46:38best fit for the city of Sunnyside
46:40carrying us into the future.
46:43We didn't we needed an attorney to
46:45evaluate an attorney agreement. So we're
46:47going to use Dan through the city of
46:49Toppenish.
46:51And I should come back with a contract
46:54professional services agreement for
46:55legal services here at our next council
46:57meeting.
46:58And you will also have an opportunity to
47:00meet
47:01that attorney that's going to make a
47:03presentation or just an introduction
47:06of him
47:07of who he is and what his company is
47:10planning to do or at least eager to
47:12provide services for us.
47:16We also have a city clerk that's
47:18starting on May 27th.
47:20And she has a couple days for onboarding
47:23and then we'll be sending her off to
47:25clerk school which I believe is in
47:27Tacoma somewhere week-long kind of a
47:30boot camp.
47:31And so we will probably have her
47:33officially
47:35well, she'll be here onboarding for a
47:37couple days before she leaves.
47:39But then she'll be
47:41with us as an apprentice because she's
47:44not certified but as an apprentice she's
47:46got experience and background in public
47:48sector.
47:49And
47:50in the middle part or the early part of
47:52June.
47:55Thank you for the update.
47:59Seems like things are moving along.
48:02Okay, well we've come to the end of our
48:05of our agenda.
48:10Is there anything else for the good of
48:12the order?
48:15No.
48:16Okay.
48:17Well, I think Council, this is record.
48:21We're ending our time together at 7:13
48:23p.m.
48:25Only two items on the active agenda.
48:27>> [laughter]
48:28>> All right, if there's nothing else, I'll
48:31go ahead and adjourn us
48:32at 7:13 p.m.
48:35Thank you.

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