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A RESOLUTION endorsing the Pendergast Committee's
intentions to begin a fund raising campaign.
WHEREAS, Andrew Pendergast was a highly respected Parks
Superintendent for the City of Bremerton for 30 years, retiring in
1977; and
WHEREAS, during Mr. Pendergast's career in Parks and
Recreation he was President of Washington Recreation and Parks
Association and President of the Amateur Softball Association for
many years and a nationally recognized leader in the softball
arena; nd
WHEREAS, upon Mr. Pendergast's tragic death aboard a
small engine plane in 1986, the Andrew Pendergast Memorial
Committee was formed for the purpose of building a first class
Athletic Complex in Andy's honor; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously accepted a
conceptual design for a proposed City Park's Athletic Complex that
includes softball fields, soccer fields, playgrounds, trails,
picnic areas, an RV park and an outdoor swimming pool; now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL that the
City Council endorses the Pendergast Committee's plan to begin a
fund raising campaign in March of 1991 for the purpose of providing
partial funding for Phase I construction of the Pendergast Athletic
Complex.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Parks and Recreation
is directed to allocate $3,000 from Fund 107 (Athletic Fund) as matching funds for funds
available from the Pendergast Committee, and the Mayor is directed to contractually
provide this money for fund raising activities by the Pendergast Committee in support of
capital costs of Phase I of the Pendergast Athletic Complex. Funds raised shall be directed
to Fund 107.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 12th day of December, 1990.
LYNN HORTON, PRESIDENT
APPROVED this 14 day of December, 1990.
LOUIS MENTOR, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Kathleen L. McCluskey, Clerk