June 7, 2006, 5:53PM
YMCA leaders agree to drop Lay's name from facility
Request came from the former Enron chief
By BETTY L. MARTIN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Honoring a request from convicted former Enron chief Ken Lay, the YMCA of Greater Houston's executive board has agreed to remove his name from a Katy facility.
The 14-member board unanimously voted to rename the facility as the Katy Family YMCA after receiving a one-page letter Friday from Lay, who was found guilty May 25 on fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with the failure of the energy firm.
The decision must be ratified by a quorum of the Y's full 64-member board of directors when it meets, probably in July or August, said Trazannna Moreno, spokeswoman for the Greater Houston YMCA.
But the Katy Y already is using the new name in daily operations and is ordering a stone marker with that identification to go outside the $5.7 million facility for which Lay paid an undisclosed amount for naming rights six years ago. The amount paid for naming rights was at least $1 million.
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