HomeMy WebLinkAboutCDN 2017-09-11 Item 2A - Resolution - Naming of Ball Field: Joe Duffie FieldCity of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Community Development & Neighborhoods Committee
FROM: Rick Still, Parks & Recreation Director
BY: Marius Francis, Parks & Recreation Coordinator
Robert Eaton, Parks & Recreation Manager
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: September 5, 2017
SUBJECT. Park Naming Resolution
ISSUE
Naming of an existing ball field at Joseph Foster Memorial Park at 13919 53rd Avenue
South
BACKGROUND
Councilmember Seal proposed the idea of naming a ball field at Foster Memorial Park
to honor Councilmember Duffle's years of service on the council and to the community.
Councilmember Duffie has served on the Tukwila City Council for 35 years and was a
dedicated employee of the Tukwila School District for 21 years. As a City of Tukwila
resident, he has been a steadfast advocate for Tukwila's parks as well as recreational
activities. Because Councilmember Duffle lives particularly close to Foster Memorial
Park and has always taken an active prideful role in the park, it seems as though this
would be the perfect site to name a field in his honor. This idea was presented to the
Parks Commission by Mayor Ekberg on April 12, 2017.
DISCUSSION
City Council Resolution 1400 addresses the process for naming City property. For
Parks, the names shall be recommended by the Park Commission to the Community
Development and Neighborhoods Committee. The following unranked criteria is used to
guide the naming decision:
1. Geographical location
2. Historical considerations
3. Names of persons
4. Geological features
5. City identity and image
Where persons' names are used, they should be people who have made an outstanding
contribution to the community, or whose names are of historical significance to the area,
or who the City would like to recognize as an important influence in the area.
The Park Commission discussed this at the June 14, 2017 meeting and voted
unanimously in recommending the name "Joe Duffie Field" to the Community
Development and Neighborhoods Committee.
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It was also discussed that along with name signage of the field, that an additional sign
referencing why the field was named after Councilmember Duffle be posted as well.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Minimal cost would include signage and possibly dedication ceremony.
RECOMMENDATION
The Committee is being asked to consider naming the field at Joseph Foster Memorial
Park, "Joe Duffie Field" in honor of Councilmember Duffle's years of service to the
community and forwarding to the September 25, 2017 Committee of the Whole and
Novernber 6, 2017 Regular City Council Meetings,
ATTACHMENTS
Aerial Map of Joseph Foster Memorial Park
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, NAMING THE NORTHEASTERN
BALL FIELD AT JOSEPH FOSTER MEMORIAL PARK AS
"JOE DUFFIE FIELD."
WHEREAS, Councilmember Joe Duffie is retiring from the Tukwila City Council after
35 consecutive years of service; and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Duffle has served the Tukwila community with great
compassion, enthusiasm, and devotion for over three decades; and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Duffie has been a tireless advocate for parks,
recreation, and the children and youth of the community; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 1400, which established policies for naming City
property, requires that facilities only be named after people who have made outstanding
contributions to the community, or who the City would like to recognize as an important
influence in the area; and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Duffle has been both an outstanding and influential
contributor to the City of Tukwila; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila Park Commission has agreed that Councilmember
Duffie should be honored by the naming of a City facility in his honor;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
The Northeastern Ball Field at Joseph Foster Memorial Park shall be named "Joe
Duffie Field."
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2017.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O"Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk Dennis Robertson, Council President
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY:
Rachel B. Turpin, City Attorney
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Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Resolution Number:
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