HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 202CITY OF MEDINA, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 202
A RESOLUTION to thank Friends of the Medina Parks.
WHEREAS, people entering Medina enjoy attractive plantings and
seasonal flowers at some of the entrances to the city, and
WHEREAS, similar plantings enliven many of Medina's parks,
providing additional visual appeal to the parks and enhancing
their enjoyment by all who use and view the parks, and
WHEREAS, these plantings have been established and maintained
through the volunteer efforts of a number of Medina residents,
loosely organized under the name Friends of Medina Parks, and
WHEREAS, the Friends of Medina Park have organized themselves
into teams responsible for specific areas, these being A)
Viewpoint Park: Barbara and Rolf Friele, John Frost, Don and
Truby Klopfer, Martha and Jim Perry; B) 24th Street entrance to
Medina: Ned Wells and the staff of Wells Medina Nursery; and C)
Five Corners/Medina Park: Al and Betty Schneider, Mary Odermat,
Toby Moore, Jim Barbee, John and Maureen Powers, Jane and John
Campbell, Lisa Wells; and D) Fairweather Park: Bud Elliot, Jerry
Sperling, Kathryn and Art Johanson, Bob DeButts, Dave and Penny
Martin, Cathey Johnson, Jim Barbee, and Marian Brusselback with
the assistance of Dorian Shuler, Gwynn, Tom and Ryan Beckwith;
and
WHEREAS, these volunteers, under the general guidance of the
Medina Park Board and Michael Sheehan of the Medina Parks
Department, have contributed many hours and much effort in the
Planting, watering, weeding and maintenance of these areas, and
WHEREAS, the Friends of Medina Parks, both individually and
collectively, have shown commendable initiative and energetic
enthusiasm in their efforts, and
WHEREAS, the Friends of Medina Parks have, through their efforts,
improved the visual appeal and quality of life in Medina without
any additional expenditure of city funds, and
WHEREAS, in so doing, the Friends of Medina Parks have provided a
Positive example of community spirit and citizen involvement,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council, on
recommendation of the Park Board and on behalf of the City of
Medina, hereby thanks and commends the Friends of Medina Parks
for their dedication and continuing contribution of time and
energy, and
FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED that a suitably prepared copy of this
resolution be presented to each of the citizens named above as
Friends of Medina Parks.
PASSED by the City Council this /3-t�day of
1990, and si ned in authentication of its passage this 3 � day
of — , 1990.
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