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Excerpt from April 10, 2006 Business Meeting

2b.       Naming the Old Post Office Plaza and Honoring Joe and Lucy Straley and Charlotte Adams.

Dianna McDuffee provided the Council with background on how this request came about. She described the work and commitment of the Joe and Lucy Straley and Charlotte Adams, noting the many hours they had spent at the Post Office Plaza, collecting signatures and holding demonstrations and vigils.

Ms. McDuffee said when the Naming Committee had discussed naming the plaza and then placing a plaque there to honor community members on an ongoing basis, she had first thought it was a good idea.  But, she said, when she thought more about it she remembered that these three individuals had spent four decades in front of the post office performing their work.  Ms. McDuffee suggested naming the plaza the Adams-Straley Peace Plaza, which was put forth by Lucy Straley, or perhaps naming it the Adams-Straley Free Speech Plaza.

Ms. McDuffee said once the plaza was named, then a plaque could be added that would honor future members of the community who deserved recognition.

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLEINSCHMIDT, TO RECEIVE AND REFER COMMENTS TO THE NAMING COMMITTEE AND THE MANAGER, AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.  THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY (9-0).