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1111111111111111 <br />111111111 ir <br />City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Community Services & Safety Committee <br />FROM: Pete Mayer, Parks & Recreation Director <br />By: John Dunn, Recreation Superintendent <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: August 22, 2022 <br />SUBJECT: September 17, 2022 3x3 Basketball Festival <br />ISSUE <br />Parks & Recreation will be hosting a Basketball Festival at the Community Center on <br />September 17th for Tukwila youth. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Seattle Sports Commission, in partnership with King County Play Equity Coalition, formed <br />The Basketball Equity Action Team (BEAT), which brings together voices of community-based <br />basketball stakeholders throughout the county to identify spaces, people and programs that <br />have marginal access to basketball opportunities and create more opportunities within a 3- <br />phase approach: <br />• Phase 1 — Amplify Existing Basketball Camps and Programs <br />• Phase 2 — Create community festivals centered around 3x3 format <br />• Phase 3 — Showcase career opportunities in the sports industry to local high school <br />students <br />Tukwila Parks & Recreation has a couple of staff that are members of the King County Play <br />Equity Coalition and BEAT. <br />As part of Phase 1, BEAT is sending 25 Tukwila kids to the Storm basketball camp free of <br />charge. (A $300 camp) This includes transportation from the Community Center to Bellevue. <br />As part of Phase 2, Tukwila will be hosting 1 of 2 Festivals in King County. <br />DISCUSSION <br />This Festival will bring together various organizations to provide information, services, and <br />activities for youth. This festival is being developed now, but some of the confirmed <br />organizations that will be involved include Special Olympics and Seattle Adaptive Sports. There <br />will be both structured and unstructured basketball activities. There will be organized 3x3 <br />games and tournaments along with open hoops to shoot around. The indoor and outdoor <br />basketball courts will be used along with portable hoops being brought in and set up in the <br />parking lot. <br />The target audience is 300 Tukwila youth between 4th and 12th grade, with an emphasis on <br />middle school. <br />The Seattle Sports Commission will handle all contracting and payments for any vendors, make <br />purchases, handle registrations, and provide branding and identity including advertising and <br />marketing. In addition, they will pay for the Community Center usage and reimburse for Tukwila <br />