HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/03/2009 14 West Valley Community Park Maintenance MOA with West Valley School District No. 208 III
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 34/ `f
For Meeting of: February 3, 2009
ITEM TITLE: Consideration of a Resolution authorizing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
with West Valley School District No. 208 for the maintenance of West Valley
Community Park
SUBMITTED BY: Chris Waarvick, Director of Public Works
Ken Wilkinson, Parks and Recreation Manager
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Ken Wilkinson, 575 -6020
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Staff respectfully requests the City Council approve the attached Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) with the West Valley School District No. 208 for maintenance services for the West Valley
Community Park. Property conveyance from Yakima County took place May 2008 for this
24.5 -acre facility located at 1420 South 75 Avenue, adjacent to the West Valley Middle School.
40 Maintenance operations for this park have been a joint effort with the West Valley School District
since the West Valley Community Park became part of the City's parks system. As stated in the
MOA, West Valley School District agrees to continue to perform the primary mowing of the park
and to provide a two-yard dumpster for refuse collection. The City agrees to perform basic
maintenance of the park, including playground maintenance, trim mowing, irrigation maintenance,
tree maintenance and restroom maintenance, and will also process park reservations and pay for
utilities at the park.
Resolution X Ordinance Other (Specify) MOA
Mail to (name and address):
Funding Source: 2009 Parks & Recreation Bud • et
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Due in part to the cost savings from the West Valley School
District, staff respectfully requests the City Council to adopt the Resolution authorizing a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Yakima and the West Valley School
District No. 208 for maintenance of the West Valley Community Park.
BOARD / COMMISSION /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: The Parks and Recreation
Commission endorses this request.
COUNCIL ACTION:
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RESOLUTION NO. R -2009-
A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager of the City of Yakima to
execute a "Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Yakima
and the West Valley School District No. 208 for the maintenance of West
Valley Community Park.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima operates and maintains an extensive parks system and
conducts substantial recreation programs; and
WHEREAS, Yakima County asked the City of Yakima to take over the West Valley
Community Park, since it was annexed into the City Limits; and
WHEREAS, since 1984 the City of Yakima has had a formally adopted Comprehensive
Parks and Recreation Plan and currently has the 2006 -2011 Parks and Recreation
Comprehensive Plan for future parkland acquisition; and
WHEREAS, the Yakima City Council approved maintenance of the West Valley
Community Park in 2006; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
enter into the "Memorandum of Agreement" with the West Valley School District No. 208 for
0 the maintenance of West Valley Community Park since becoming part of Yakima's extensive
parks system, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute the attached and
incorporated "Memorandum of Agreement" between the City of Yakima and the West Valley
School District No. 208, for the maintenance of West Valley Community Park.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 3` day of February, 2009.
ATTEST: David Edler, Mayor
City Clerk
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