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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDASTATEMENT
Item No. 6.E.
For Meeting of: November 15, 2016
ITEM TITLE: Resolution adding the City of Yakima Parks and Recreation
Manager to the Millennium Foundation Board of Directors as an Ex-
Officio Member
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Public Works Director - 509.576.6411
Ken Wilkinson, Parks and Recreation Manager - 509.576.6416
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
During the Neighborhood and Community Building Committee (NCBC) meeting on October 20,
2016, three members of the Millennium Foundation Board of Directors presented information
about the Millennium Foundation. During the presentation it was requested by the Millennium
Foundation Board that the Yakima Parks and Recreation Manager be added to the Board of
Directors as an ex- officio member for the purpose of maintaining communication between the
City of Yakima, the owner of the Millennium Plaza and the Millennium Foundation. Yakima Parks
Maintenance staff assists with the necessary repairs and maintenance of the Millennium Plaza
along with staff from Block By Block.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Partnership Development
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution.
BOARD /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
The NCBC unanimously approved the request to add the Yakima Parks and Recreation Manager
to the Millennium Foundation Board of Directors as an ex- officio member and recommended that
the resolution be sent on to Yakima City Council for discussion and adoption.
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Resolution adding the Parks and Recreation Manager to
RESOLUTION NO. R -2016-
A RESOLUTION adding the Yakima Parks and Recreation Manager to the
Millennium Foundation Board of Directors as an ex — officio
member
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that visual arts and culture are important to
residents and visitors, and a reflection of the City's unique nature and personality; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the stimulation of community art,
community beautification, and culture is a proper role of city government; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, pursuant to Resolution No. 2000 -101, agreed to
work collaboratively with Allied Arts Council of Yakima Valley and the Millennium
Foundation Board of Directors for the construction and maintenance of the Millennium
Plaza, and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Resolution No. 2015 -099, the City of Yakima has
agreed to a maintenance agreement for the Bins of Light project with the Millennium
Foundation, and,
WHEREAS, the Millennium Foundation has sufficient funds to repair and maintain
the Millennium Plaza and the Bins of Light; and,
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Manager serves as the liaison between the
City of Yakima and the Millennium Foundation for the repair and maintenance of the
Millennium Plaza artwork; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that placing the Parks and Recreation Manager
onto the Millennium Foundation board as an ex- officio member is in the best interest of
the City, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
1. The Parks and Recreation Manager for the City of Yakima will serve on the
Millennium Foundation Board of Directors as an ex — officio, non - voting member.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this day of 2016.
ATTEST:
Kathy Coffey, Mayor
City Clerk