2024-03-10T15:31:57-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 202578831 DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION OF YAKIMA DOWN 5095711328 14 South 1st Street Yakima WA 98901 John Baule Treasurer 5099614172 2024-03-05 John Baule 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Curtis Wilson 14 South 1st Street Yakima WA 98901 684178 0 X downtownyakima.org X 2003 WA The Downtown Association of Yakima (DAY) is a certified National Main Street organization with the goal of making the urban core of the City of Yakima the premier place to live, work, and play. 9 9 7 84 0 0 63322 0 628185 684178 0 0 7762 0 699269 684178 6894 0 0 0 265410 277553 0 0 0 516383 320139 788687 597692 -89418 86486 383967 470453 0 0 383967 470453 The Downtown Association of Yakima (DAY) exists to make the City of Yakima's urban core the premier place to live, work, and play. Primary activities are a facade restoration program, monthly educational breakfast meetings, free summer evening concerts, operation of a weekly Farmers' Market, maintenance of hanging flower baskets and street-level container plantings, removal of garbage and grafitti, and offering activities and advice to boost downtown's safety, appearance, economic activity, and appeal. 0 0 37636 0 0 Hanging Baskets & Flowers; The Association maintains 290 flower baskets which hang from the city-owned street-lamp poles. DAY owns the basket containers, the City of Yakima buys the flowers, and then DAY maintains each basket on a daily basis by monitoring and/or repairing irrigation lines, repairing vandalism, replacing plants that do not thrive, and fertilizing. DAY also plants and maintains (in a similar manner as with the hanging baskets) annuals and perennials in about 360 street-level concrete pots and planters permanently placed all around the downtown core. Expenses may seem low, but the bulk of cost for this program is in the staff labor, which is more accurately reported in the overall downtown maintenance progam described below. There is also a considerable amount of volunteer labor from adjacent business owners and other DAY volunteers. 274089 0 171250 Downtown Maintenance: Under a contract awarded to DAY by the City of Yakima, business and propery owners in a downtown special assessment district pay mandated fees to the City of Yakima for extra services, which DAY provides and is reimbursed for by the City of Yakima from these specially collected fees. These extra services include a daily pick-up and removal of garbage from city-owned receptacles as well as directly off the sidewalks, streets, and gutters; the maintenance of permanent ground-level shubbery qnd plants; the removal of snow from sidewalk/street intersections; the monitoring an removal of all grafitti; assistance in managing issues of homelessness; the the pruning and lighting of street trees; advice to businesses on CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design; and works closely with the City of Yakima's Departments of Public Services and Parks in all ways which promote health, safety, and positive downtown experiences. NOTE: This program area typically reports more expenses than revenue as DAY subsidizes the work of the City contract with funds from other sources. However, 2021 remained unusual in that the rolling quarantine lockdowns and guidelines instituted by the state & local governments greatly affected the hourly staffing due to issues related to child care when schools were closed, family illness, and other such pandemic challenges. This reduced hourly payroll, but the salaried staff and volunteers stepped up to maintain all the services by working increased hours. There was also a special $143,257 capital improvement for a downtown venue space--costs were paid in 2022 but contractual reimbursement was not received before the end of the fiscal year 100263 0 123180 Farmers' Market: DAY operated a Farmers' Market for 21 consecutive Sundays from May 23-October 1o (this was a shorter season than normal as directed by the State Department of Health due to the pandemic), The Market is certified by the Washington State Farmers' Market Association, which requires the inspection of farms to ensure the produce is grown locally with proper health and safety features. Normally, there are also vendors who sell their own handicrafts (i.e. no resale or mass-produced items are allowed), but this was not allowed iin the beginning of the 2021 season. The Market was self-sustaining financially in 2021due to a one-time $20,000 pandemic grant from the WA State Farmers Market Association. This may not be the case in 2022, but the Market will continue with funds from other sources in DAY because a functioning market is important to the health and appeal of downtown. 131739 0 173915 Special Events: DAY offers a number of downtown events which have a threefold mission--to attract people to visit and enjoy downtown, to encourage people to patronize downtown businesses, and to raise revenue to support the overall organizational mission. These events included a series of free summer evening concerts; a wine, food, & music festival in June; and "Sip & Stroll" at which people are encouraged to get samples of locally-produced beer and wine while shopping at downtown businesses, a facade restoration grant program, a Chalk Art Festival, a Community Christmas Tree Lighting & Decorating program, and a very successful Small Business Saturday promotion. 131739 0 173915 543727 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X John Baule and DAY CEO 5095711328 14 South 1st Street Yakima WA 98901 Curtis Wilson Executive Director 40 X X 36695 0 0 Joe Mann President 5 X X 0 0 0 Nancy Rayner Vice-President 2 X X 0 0 0 Rhonda Ostreim Secretary 3 X X 0 0 0 John Baule Treasurer 10 X X 0 0 0 Kristi Foster Director 2 X 0 0 0 Maria Fabara Director 2 X 0 0 0 Todd Hodges Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Lori Fiske Director 2 X 0 0 0 36695 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Downtown Maintenance Contract 813410 171250 171250 0 0 Main Street Tax Credits 813410 213333 213333 0 0 Farmers Market 813410 123180 123180 0 0 Downtown Music Concerts 813410 154145 154145 0 0 Downtown Promotions 813410 22270 22270 0 0 0 0 0 0 684178 0 0 0 0 0 0 684178 684178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55450 45450 10000 0 168262 155000 13262 36724 31400 5324 17117 14899 2218 8100 8100 16655 16655 15185 13075 2110 7294 4074 3220 13851 10388 3463 0 0 0 9250 7100 2150 11073 6955 4118 Downtown Concert/Event Expenses 117429 117429 0 0 Farmers Market Supplies 31702 31702 0 0 Maintenance Supplies 55412 55412 0 0 Market Studies/Architectural Plans 34188 34188 0 0 597692 543727 53965 0 372137 458623 11830 0 11830 11830 383967 470453 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 383967 470453 0 0 383967 470453 383967 470453 86486 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 390029 279869 481869 544182 512928 2208877 160000 160000 160000 160000 171250 811250 550029 439869 641869 704182 684178 3020127 0 3020127 0 3020127 1 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11830 0 0 11830 0 0 0 0 11830 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b This completed form is circulated among all the trustees both at a regularly scheduled meeting as well as e-mailed to each member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Compensation for the CEO is determined after a review of compensation for a position with similar responsibilities at similar organizations within this geographic region. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All these documents are noted as available on the DAY website and/or upon request at the DAY office at 14 South 1st Street, Yakima, WA.