HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/20/2017 10 Lion's Pool Rededication to Include Betty EdmonsonBUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDASTATEMENT
Item No. 10.
For Meeting of: June 20, 2017
ITEM TITLE: Resolution authorizing the re -dedication of Lions Pool to include
Betty Edmondson
SUBMITTED BY: Ken Wilkinson, Parks and Recreation Manager 509-576-6416
Scott Schafer, Director of Public Works 509-576-6411
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
In the fall of 2016, Ken Wilkinson received a request from George "Spud" Edmondson to
rededicate Lion's Pool to both his parents, Mer and Betty Edmondson. Mer Edmondson was a
Parks and Recreation Commissioner from 1962 to 1981 and in recognition of his many years of
service to the City's recreational programs in general and aquatics programs in particular, Lion's
Pool was dedicated to the memory of him in 1986.
Betty Edmondson served as the first female mayor to the Yakima City Council. She was also
influential and instrumental in creating the Miller Park Senior Center, which has now morphed into
the Harman Center. She served on many committees and was a member of many organizations
throughout the City of Yakima.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR ,,.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution
BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
No
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At the April Parks Commission meeting, Parks and Recreation Commission supported the
approval of this resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
D Resolution 6/2/2017 Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. R -2017-
A RESOLUTION authorizing the addition of Betty Edmondson to the previous Lion's Pool
dedication to Mer Edmondson, Betty Edmondson's husband.
WHEREAS, currently, the Lion's Pool building is dedicated by the City Council to the
memory of Mer Edmondson, RESOLUTION NO. D 5226A, May 11, 1986, in recognition of his
many years of service devoted to the City recreational programs in general, and the aquatics
programs in particular; and
WHEREAS, Mer Edmondson was a member of the Metropolitan Park District Board and
the City Park and Recreation Commission from 1962 to 1981, having served as chairman of
that Commission from 1972 until 1981; and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima chooses names for public parks and parks and
recreation facilities dedications based upon an established criteria; and
WHEREAS, one of the criteria seeks to identify "an individual who has contributed
outstanding civic service to the City of Yakima primarily in the area of Parks and Recreation and
who has been deceased for a period of at least one year"; and
WHEREAS, Betty Edmondson also contributed greatly to the City of Yakima, serving as
the first female mayor to the City Council, was influential and instrumental in creating the Miller
Park Senior Center, served on the Allied Arts Council and was influential and active in many
other quality of life organizations in Yakima; and
WHEREAS, The City Council designates dedications of deserving individuals for public
parks and parks and recreation facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has received a recommendation from Yakima's Parks and
Recreation Commission, based upon public input from individuals and organizations, to add
Betty Edmondson to the Lion's Pool building dedication; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Lion's Pool is rededicated to include Betty Edmondson, along with her husband Mer
Edmondson, in recognition of both of their individual contributions to the City of Yakima and the
City's Parks and Recreation Programs, said rededication to be represented by the placement of
an appropriate commemorative plaque in the pool area.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 20th day of June, 2017.
Kathy Coffey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk