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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 9.A.
For Meeting of: June 3, 2025
ITEM TITLE: Resolution naming features within the Aquatic Center at MLK Jr. Park
(No Budgetary Impact)
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Public Works Director
* Ken Wilkinson, Parks & Recreation Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Fund raising efforts for the Aquatic Center at MLK Jr. Park raised over$3 Million dollars to assist with the
construction of the facility. As part of the fund raising efforts, organization, companies and individuals
were offered the ability to name features within the facility in honor of their donation. According to City
policy, naming of parks and features within a park require approval of the City Council.
The Yakima Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously approved for City Council consideration the
recognition of the donors for their generosity and approved the naming of the following features at their
May 14, 2025 meeting:
1. Food truck and picnic area: Comprehensive Healthcare Picnic Area
2. Slide tower: OIC of Washington Waterslide
3. Entry lobby: Harvest Auto Lobby
4. Entrance outdoor patio: Yakima Rotary Club Patio
5. Community Room: Ester Huey Community Room
6. Ninja course: Senator Curtis King Ninja Course
7. Climbing wall: Jordan and Amy Matson Climbing Wall
8. Basketball hoop: Quinn and Aaron Dalan Basketball Hoop
9. Vortex, Yakima Valley Community Foundation Vortex
ITEM BUDGETED: N/A
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: A Thriving Yakima
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution_Naming_Aquatic_Center Elements_5.21.2025-2a
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RESOLUTION NO. R-2025-
A RESOLUTION naming features within the City of Yakima Aquatic Center at Martin Luther
King Jr. Park, in recognition of donors who provided financial support for
the construction and development of the Aquatic Center.
WHEREAS, in April of 2024, the City Council approved the development and construction
of the Aquatic Center; and
WHEREAS, as part of the fundraising efforts for the Aquatic Center project, donors were
offered name recognition within the Aquatic Center's interior features as a condition of the
donation, for a period of ten years; and
WHEREAS, these individuals or organizations donated financially to the development of
the Aquatic Center: Comprehensive Healthcare, Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC),
Harvest Auto, Yakima Rotary Clubs, Yakima Neighborhood Health in honor of Ester Huey,
Senator Curtis King, Jordan and Amy Matson, Quinn and Aaron Dalan and the Yakima Valley
Community Foundation, and
WHEREAS, the naming of specific features within the Aquatic Center would highlight the
donors' contributions, and it is recommended the features be named: 1. Food truck and picnic
area: Comprehensive Healthcare Picnic Area, 2. Waterslide tower: OIC Waterslide, 3. Entry
lobby: Harvest Auto Lobby, 4. Entrance outdoor patio: Yakima Rotary Club Patio, 5. Community
Room: Ester Huey Community Room; 6. Ninja course: Senator Curtis King Ninja Course, 7.
Climbing Wall: Jordan and Amy Matson Climbing Wall, and 8. Basketball hoop: Quinn and Aaron
Dalan Basketball Hoop; 9. Vortex, Yakima Valley Community Foundation Vortex, and
WHEREAS, the specific naming of these components meets criteria specified in
Resolution R-2022-088, a resolution establishing and amending the policies and procedures
relating to the naming of public parks and recreation-related facilities and interior features; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously recommends approval
of the naming of these components within the Aquatic Center; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Yakima also desires to advance community development,
enhancement of the City's quality of life and provision of healthy recreational opportunities for
enjoyment of its citizens; now, therefore, and
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The Aquatic Center's interior components shall be named as follows, in recognition of the
donors who provided financial support for the construction and development of the Aquatic
Center, for a period of ten years from the date of the opening of the facility:
1. Food truck and picnic area: Comprehensive Healthcare Picnic Area
2. Slide tower: OIC of Washington Waterslide
3. Entry lobby: Harvest Auto Lobby
4. Entrance outdoor patio: Yakima Rotary Club Patio
5. Community Room: Ester Huey Community Room
6. Ninja course: Senator Curtis King Ninja Course
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7. Climbing wall: Jordan and Amy Matson Climbing Wall
8. Basketball hoop: Quinn and Aaron Dalan Basketball Hoop
9. Vortex: Yakima Valley Community Foundation Vortex
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this_day of , 2025.
ATTEST: Patricia Byers, Mayor
Rosalinda Ibarra, City Clerk
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