{"id":7400,"date":"2019-06-04T10:57:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T17:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=7400"},"modified":"2019-06-04T10:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T17:57:41","slug":"community-input-meetings-set-for-possible-mlk-jr-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/community-input-meetings-set-for-possible-mlk-jr-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Input Meetings Set for Possible MLK Jr. Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two community input\nmeetings will be held Wednesday, June 12<sup>th<\/sup>, regarding the\npossibility of a community swimming pool at the City of Yakima&#8217;s Martin Luther\nKing Jr. Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first meeting will be at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, June 12<sup>th<\/sup> at the Henry Beauchamp Jr. Community Center, 1211 South 7<sup>th<\/sup> Street. It will be followed by a second community input meeting at 5:30 pm on June 12<sup>th<\/sup> at Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Street. The 5:30 pm meeting will be held during the regular Parks and Recreation Commission meeting scheduled for that night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three conceptual swimming pool\ndesigns will be presented during both meetings by Miklos Valdez of the\nconsulting firm Counsilman\u2013Hunsaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designs for the possible pool are\nbased on the information provided from the Community Swimming Pool Ad Hoc\nCommittee meeting notes from 2017 and all of the input Valdez received during\nthe community input meetings, small focus groups, Yakima City Council Ad Hoc\nCommittee and Park and Recreation Commission meeting in March of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Yakima City\nCouncil Ad Hoc Committee are Mayor Kathy Coffey, Assistant Mayor Dulce\nGutierrez and Councilmember Jason White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Miklos will share the\nconcepts at the June 12<sup>th<\/sup> meetings and then answer questions and\ngather more input on the three designs,&#8221; said Parks and Recreation Manager\nKen Wilkinson. &#8220;He will also share estimated costs to construct and\noperate the possible pool.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Luther King Jr. Park\ncurrently has a splash park, one of two the City offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During its regular meeting on\nJanuary 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019, the Yakima City Council agreed to a feasibility\nstudy contract with Counsilman-Hunsaker for a pool at Martin Luther King Jr.\nPark. The cost for the study is not to exceed $35,000. It will be paid for with\nReal Estate Excise Tax 1 funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/\">https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/<\/a> for more about Yakima Parks and\nRecreation programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Pool-Community-Input-Meetings-News-Release.pdf\">Pool-Community-Input-Meetings-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Pool-Community-Input-Meetings-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two community input meetings will be held Wednesday, June 12th, regarding the possibility of a community swimming pool at the City of Yakima&#8217;s Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The first meeting will be at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, June 12th at the Henry Beauchamp Jr. Community Center, 1211 South 7th Street. 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