Rosalma Garden Club Park is located at the corner of 16th Avenue and Tieton Drive and is a City-owned Park. The Park was a Trolley stop many years ago and was named the Rosalma Garden Club Park in January of 1979 after a donation of labor and funds was received by the Rosalma Garden Club to improve this area. In recent years, the park area had been used as a Yakima Transit stop. However, improvements made along Tieton Drive created a new Transit stop location that has resulted in this park area no longer being utilized.
Hogback Development Company, LLC (Hogback) and Stephens and Sons Construction, Inc. (Stephens) have agreed to donate materials and labor to improve the Rosalma Garden Club Park. Hogback and Stephens are interested in providing improvements to this Park as a means to improve the Yakima community.
This agreement is to define the responsibilities of the City, Hogback and Stephens in the Park improvements and to provide for effective cooperation. The City shall perform the following obligations in regard to the Park:
- The City shall assist in planning the improvements at the Park.
- The City shall oversee the site development in accordance with the plans provided by Hogback and Stephens.
- The City shall maintain the improvements and the Park in accordance with its general maintenance schedule and policies.
Hogback and Stephens shall perform the following obligations in regard to the Park:
- Hogback and Stephens shall provide the design of the improvements, which must be approved by the City, at no cost to the City.
- Hogback and Stephens shall provide all landscaping materials, plants, and improvements proposed in the plans.
- Hogback and Stephens will provide the labor and select all contractors to design and improve the Park, at no cost to the City.
- Hogback and Stephens will confer with the City as necessary in regard to any outstanding matters related to the maintenance and repair of the improvements.
Rosalma Garden Club Park will remain a City-owned Park but will be greatly improved by the efforts of Hogback and Stephens.
Enclosed for City Council review is the Agreement between the City, Hogback and Stephens. |