HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-B-1792 ORDINANCE NO. B -1792
AN ORDINANCE providing for and authorizing the conveyance of certain property held by
the city as park property to the Metropolitan Park District of Yakima for- ,
perpetual use for public park and playground purposes.
WHEREAS, it is considered advisable and for the best interests of the City
of Yakima, to convey certain park properties owned by said city to the Metropolitan Park
District of Yakima, and the city is authorized to do so as a donation pursuant to Sec-
tion 1$, Chapter 265, Laws of Washington of 1943, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed
on behalf of said city to execute and deliver to the Metropolitan Park District of Yakima,
a municipal corporation, a quitclaim deed conveying all of the city of Yakima's interest
in the following park properties now owned by and situated in the City of Yakima, said
conveyance to be upon the express condition that said properties shall be perpetually
used for public park and playground purposes only, and that in the event of the abandon=
ment of such use, title to said property shall immediately revert to the City, and upon
the further condition that said park district shall, so long as desired by said city,
handle the upkeep, care and maintenance of the Naches Avenue Parkway and South 6th
Avenue Parkway in said city. The properties to be so conveyed are commonly known as:
4th Avenue and Cherry Street Park; Lions Park; 10th Avenue and Summitview
Park; 12th Avenue and Yakima Avenue Park; Miller Park; 26th Avenue and
Walnut Park; Milroy Park; Larson Park; Washington Park; South 3rd and Race
Street Park; and Incinerator Annex to Kiwanis Park;
the legal descriptions of said properties and the terms and conditions of said deed being
as more fully provided in said deed, copy of which is annexed hereto and incorporated
by reference herein.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this. 12th day of
December, 1955.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (S E A L) G. W. BURNS,
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -1792 entitled "AN ORDINANCE providing for and authorizing the conveyance of cer-
tain property held by the city as park property to the Metropolitan Park District of
Yakima for perpetual use for public park and playground purposes." as passed on the 12th
day of December, 1955, . and that same has been published as required by law.
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