Res 32195 — Version 1 https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/seattle/Matters/16865/Texts/18209 CITY OF SEATTLE RESOLUTION __________________ ..title A RESOLUTION providing an honorary designation of South Jackson Street between 28th Avenue South and 29th Avenue South as "Dr. RL Manaway, Sr. Way." ..body WHEREAS, Reverend Dr. Robert L. Manaway, Sr. is the Senior Pastor of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington, where he has faithfully served for over four decades; and WHEREAS, Pastor Manaway began his pastoral ministry at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Ellisville, Mississippi, before accepting the call to Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church (MBC) in 1983, since which time, under his visionary leadership, Tabernacle has grown from 125 members to a thriving congregation of more than 1,700, launching men and women into ministry across the nation; and WHEREAS, Pastor Manaway has had a significant community impact through is founding of Manaway Evangelistic Ministries (MEM) and Tabernacle MBC by founding in April of 1987 an initiative called "Daily Bread," a three-day-a-week unhoused feeding program serving the Central District of Seattle and Pioneer Square; and WHEREAS, through MEM, Dolly Austin was founded in November 1991 as a transitional housing project for homeless young adults that now serves women with children and single adults, and went on to establish "Samuel House," a staffed residential home in South King County that serves as a Behavioral Rehabilitation Facility for at-risk teenage boys, ages 12-17; and WHEREAS, in 2001, Pastor Manaway established the "Bridge Project," a collaborative initiative with ULMS (Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle), providing reentry and post-treatment transitional housing for men and women at two separate locations; and WHEREAS, the Pastor has partnered with other organizations and individual to launch services, such as a rehabilitation home for women in addiction recovery and homelessness and a licensed chemical dependency program, offering outpatient and intensive outpatient, and DUI programs; and WHEREAS, Pastor Manaway is a respected leader and serves in numerous denominational and civic roles, including the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc., where he sits on the Board of Directors and serves as Far West Regional Vice President for the Congress of Christian Education, and is serving a second term as President of the North Pacific Baptist Convention; and WHEREAS, he established the "Homeless Outreach" Missional effort, providing food and essential goods to unhoused persons on the third Saturday of every month -no exceptions; WHEREAS, this Honorary Street designation seeks to recognize his more than 40 year impact on 28th Avenue South and South Jackson Street and the greater community and his continued service; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT: Section 1. South Jackson Street between 28th Avenue South and 29th Avenue South shall have an honorary designation as "Dr. RL Manaway, Sr. Way." Section 2. The Council requests that the Seattle Department of Transportation manufacture, install, and maintain honorary signs at the locations and intersections above that reflect the "Dr. RL Manaway, Sr. Way" honorary designation. Adopted by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2026, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day of _________________________, 2026. ____________________________________ President ___________ of the City Council The Mayor concurred the ________ day of _________________________, 2026. ____________________________________ Katie B. Wilson, Mayor Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2026. ____________________________________ Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk (Seal) Amanda Allen LEG Manaway Honorary Street RES D1a 2 Template last revised December 9, 2024 2 Version No. 1