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Recommendation to Name the New Park Known as Alameda Point Waterfront Park as Seaplane Lagoon Promenade. (Recreation 10051400)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Alameda Point Waterfront Park (Park) opened in 2022 and serves new and existing Alameda Point residents as well as the broader community. The Park is the first of three phases of parkland to be built along this promenade. The Recreation and Parks Commission (Commission) followed the four-step process detailed in the City of Alameda (City) Facilities and Street Naming Policy (Naming Policy), which included holding naming discussions at three Commission meetings and administering two community-wide surveys. The Commission unanimously recommended the name Seaplane Lagoon Promenade to the City Council.
BACKGROUND
In October 2021, the City Council updated the City Naming Policy, with the goal of the updated Naming Policy to broaden the naming criteria, allowing for greater diversity, equity and inclusion as well as broader community input at public Brown Act meetings. As a result, standing criteria is written into the Naming Policy clearly stating that names should reflect diversity, equity and inclusion to intentionally broaden the representation of people in our community.
The Naming Policy provides for a four-step public process that was followed by the Commission that begins with a Commission meeting and ends with a presentation of the Commission recommendation to the City Council.
On December 9, 2021, the Commission received a presentation describing the Parks location, background and identifying features. Ultimately, the Commission approved the naming criteria for this park as "Aviation - Alameda history, people and park features."
Staff then conducted a community-wide survey to solicit name ideas for the Park based on the established criteria. The community survey included four new parks for efficiency. These included Alameda Point Water...
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