File #: 18675    Version: 0 Name: renaming Adair Park after Dennis R. Waits
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/1/2014 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 12/1/2014 Final action: 12/1/2014
Title: A RESOLUTION renaming a portion of the park located at 4400 S. Lee's Summit Road, Independence, MO, the "Dennis R. Waits Softball Complex at Adair Park."
Sponsors: Fred Arbanas, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Crystal Williams, Scott Burnett, Kenneth T. Bacchus, Dan Tarwater III, Greg Grounds, Bob Spence
Indexes: ADAIR PARK, DENNIS WAITS SOFTBALL COMPLEX
Attachments: 1. 18675adopt.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION renaming a portion of the park located at 4400 S. Lee's Summit Road, Independence, MO, the "Dennis R. Waits Softball Complex at Adair Park."
 
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18675, December 1, 2014
 
INTRODUCED BY Fred Arbanas, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Crystal Williams, Scott Burnett, Kenneth T. Bacchus, Dan Tarwater, Greg Grounds, and Bob Spence, County Legislators
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, Jackson County Legislator Dennis Waits has represented the third district of Jackson County since 1986, and served as the legislature's chair during 2008 and 2011; and,
 
WHEREAS, Mr. Waits has been an avid proponent of youth sporting activities and it is appropriate that the County demonstrate its esteem and gratitude for his years of dedicated service to the citizens of Jackson County by renaming the softball complex within the park located at 4400 S. Lee's Summit Road, in Independence, MO, the "Dennis R. Waits Softball Complex at Adair Park;" now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that in honor of Dennis R. Waits's commitment to public service and dedication to the common good, the softball complex within the County Park located at 4400 Lee's Summit Road, Independence, MO, should be and hereby is renamed as the "Dennis R. Waits Softball Complex at Adair Park."
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
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Chief Deputy County Counselor                  County Counselor
 
Certificate of Passage
 
    I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18675 of December 1, 2014, was duly passed on December 1, 2014 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
 
      Yeas _______8_________      Nays ______0______
 
 
 
      Abstaining ______0______      Absent ____1_______
 
 
 
 
 
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Date                                    Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature