HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-17 RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, renaming Georgiana Park to "Quinn Redlin Kintner
Memorial Park".
WHEREAS, the City of Port owns a park known as "Georgiana Park" which
incorporates open space and a playground; and
WHEREAS, one of Quinn Redlin Kintner's public service acts was working closely
with the Director of Parks & Recreation on the accessibility of City parks and facilities; and
WHEREAS, Quinn's work with the Parks & Recreation Department was included in
her accessibility edition of Quest Magazine and was later recognized with an award and a
standing ovation at a 2008 City Council Meeting; and
WHEREAS, after Quinn passed away in 2010, the City worked with Janet Young to
develop the City's first fully ADA accessible playground in Clallam County, using Quinn's
report to make sure all ADA issues were covered and the proper improvements were made;
and
WHEREAS, after Quinn's passing, an endowment was set up in her name with the
Olympic Medical Center Foundation by her parents Dr. Bill Kintner and.Kelsey Redlin; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the Georgiana Park Playground Committee, the City of Port
Angeles,and Olympic Medical Center partnered to raise funds for a new inclusive playground
at Georgiana Park; and
WHEREAS, the Quinn Redlin Kintner Endowment for Accessibility was a major
contributor and donated$20,000 toward the project;and
WHEREAS, Quinn's words will always be inspiring, "I am deaf, I use a wheelchair, I.
breathe through a trach tube, I am medically fragile,I have gross and minor motor difficulties,
and I communicate primarily with a computer. All these things complicate my life. Most
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people would call me disabled or handicapped. I am not happy to be characterized by what I
can't do than what I can do, but the label can give me some rights and services that I need"
and
WHEREAS,on February 16,2017,the Parks, Recreation& Beautification
Commission,acting in its capacity as the Memorial Committee to City Council, unanimously
passed the following recommendation:
In consideration of the Parks &Recreation Department's PR-0504 Naming/Renaming
Public Facilities Policy, the Port Angeles Parks, Recreation& Beautification
Commission recommends,that a resolution be forwarded to the Port Angeles City
Council to approve the renaming of Georgiana Park in memory of Quinn Redlin
Kintner; and
WHEREAS,to honor Quinn's commitment to public service to the City of Port
Angeles,passion for ADA improvements, and significant contribution to a new playground
from her endowment, the City of Port Angeles would like to honor Miss Quinn Redlin
Kintner by renaming Georgiana Park to"Quinn Redlin Kintner Memorial Park;"
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles that the name of Georgiana Park is changed to Quinn Redlin Kintner Memorial
Park.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 7th day of March,2017,
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Patrick Downie, Mayor
Aj 'EST: APPR VED AS TO FO04:,1
Jennifer cneklasen, City Clerk, William E. Bloor, City Attorney
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