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Another example, Yakima County Stadium, is a baseball stadium located in the 120‐acre State Fair Park and home to the <br />Yakima Valley Pippins Baseball team. The Yakima Valley Pippins are a collegiate wood bat baseball team, not <br />contractually bound by Major League Baseball (MLB), Minor League Baseball (MiLB), or the Major League Baseball <br />Players Association (MLBPA). <br /> <br />https://www.statefairpark.org/p/book‐a‐special‐event/outdoor‐venuesspaces/yakima‐county‐stadium <br /> <br />The Ridgefield and Yakima County grants total less than 15% of the single $7.4 Million MLB/MiLB "New Stadium" grant <br />proposed in downtown Everett. <br /> <br />Section 1038 indicates: <br /> <br />9 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1038. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <br />10 Public Facility Improvement Fund (92001367) <br />11 The appropriations in this section are subject to the following <br />12 conditions and limitations: <br />13 (1) $24,000,000 of the youth athletic facility account—state <br />14 appropriation in this section is provided solely for the following <br />15 list of projects: <br /> <br />16 Bellingham: Joe Martin Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . $700,000 <br /> <br />17 Everett School District: Everett Memorial Stadium. . . $7,400,000 <br /> <br />18 Lower Columbia College: David Story Field. . . . . . . $1,300,000 <br />19 Pasco: Gesa Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000,000 <br />20 Port Angeles: Civic Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000 <br />21 Ridgefield: Ridgefield Outdoor Recreational Complex. . . $450,000 <br />22 Spokane County: Avista Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,800,000 <br />23 Tacoma: Cheney Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000,000 <br />24 Walla Walla: Borleske Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $525,000 <br />25 Wenatchee Valley College: Paul Thomas Sr. Field. . . . . $700,000 <br />26 Yakima County: Yakima County Stadium. . . . . . . . . . $525,000 <br /> <br /> <br />Please note the Everett School District: Everett Memorial Stadium entry: <br /> <br /> <br />17 Everett School District: Everett Memorial Stadium. . . $7,400,000 <br /> <br />Contrary to your understanding and what has been reported in the press, the money was legislatively intended for the <br />"Everett School District: Everett Memorial Stadium," not a "New Stadium." Changing the words to "New Stadium" does <br />not appear to be correcting a mistake. It appears to be a conscientiously planned effort on the part of interested parties <br />to include the words, "New Stadium." <br /> <br />https://curtisking.src.wastateleg.org/wp‐content/uploads/sites/24/2023/04/Proposed‐Compromise‐Summary‐and‐ <br />Project‐Lists‐Apr‐21.pdf See page 63 <br /> <br />The Proposed Compromise Summary and Project Lists Apr 21, 2023, includes the Everett School District entry: <br /> <br />Everett School District: Everett Memorial Stadium 7,400 <br /> <br />Again, Contrary to your understanding and what has been reported in the press, the money was legislatively intended for