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Review and Discuss City Facility Naming Policy and Criteria for Naming City Facilities (45 minutes)
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Review and Discuss City Facility Naming Policy and Criteria for Naming City Facilities.
BACKGROUND
At its April 12, 2018 meeting, the Recreation and Parks Commission received two written communications related to naming or re-naming parks. One was a request to rename Jackson Park to Justice Park. The second was to name a new, yet-to-be-built park at Alameda Landing Waterfront, to Bohol Circle Park.
At its May 10, 2018 meeting, the Commission discussed the City Naming Policy and the two park naming requests further and directed staff to provide a baseline of criteria for naming parks as well as historical background on Jackson Park from an Alameda historical source, such as Alameda Museum or the College of Alameda.
Exhibit 1 is the City Council adopted 2016 policy for Naming City Property, Facilities and Streets.
DISCUSSION
The City Naming Policy lists specific criteria for selecting the name for a City property, facility or street (Section C of Exhibit 1). These include:
1. A name that reflects the Iocation of the facility by geographic area;
2. A name that reflects the history of a facility such as the family name of the builder developer or person who may have donated the land when the individual has been deceased a minimum of three years;
3. A name that recognizes a significant contributor to the advancement of the City such as a former Mayor Councilmember Board or Commission Member officers or employees of the City or member of the community when the individual has been deceased a minimum of three years;
4. A name that recognizes the donor of a significant gift of land or funds for a City facility;
5. A name that is listed on the List of Street and Facility Names of the City of Alameda.
6. Only one name shal...
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