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.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said last week the final agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership won’t be made at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit this month in Beijing.
The Yakima City Council will talk about and take a vote on whether to rescind the city council's plan to place an advisory vote on the ballot in 2015 asking voters if they support the proposed downtown plaza.
On Tuesday the council began preparations for 2015 and that started by looking at the budget and for the second year in a row, public safety was at the top of the spending list.
Weekend negotiations progressed the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks but gaps still exist between the United States and Japan, according to trade representatives.