If the project is voted down by the council more than $9 million in donated money will be given back and the main parking lot downtown will not be impacted.
Tuesday night's Yakima City Council meeting was contentious, and in the end the council decided to not hold an advisory vote in 2015 on the proposed downtown plaza.
The Yakima City Council gave its approval to a design for the proposed downtown plaza and also indicated that it might cancel an advisory vote set for August of 2015 in their biweekly meeting Tuesday.
The city of Yakima unveiled the final design plans for the proposed downtown plaza at a public hearing Monday night at the Seasons Performance Hall.
The plan includes a shaded structure for some parking spaces, water features for children to play in, shaded areas as well as multi-purposed event space for concerts and farmers markets...
Anyone who has been following the proposed downtown plaza plans and the controversy over parking in the downtown area will want to be at The Seasons Performance hall at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
The Seattle designer putting together the proposed downtown plaza is expected to be back in Yakima next month with a revised design, and you're invited to view the new plans during a public meeting.
Yakima City Economic Development Director Sean Hawkins says the revised drawing incorporates new components for the plaza...
The President of the Yakima Arts Commission says she believes the Millennium Arts Project in front of the Capitol Theatre should be moved to Performance Park next to the Yakima County Courthouse to accommodate the proposed downtown plaza.