AGENDA #3a(1)
MEMORANDUM
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TO:
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Mayor and Town Council
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FROM:
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Greenways Commission
Glenn Parks, Chair
Parks and Recreation Commission
Faith Nager, Vice Chair
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SUBJECT:
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Naming and
Dedication Recommendations for Various Town Parks and Trails
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DATE:
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October 23, 2008
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The Greenways Commission and the Parks
and Recreation Commission jointly recommend that the Council make the following
naming and dedication changes:
- Name the Sport Art Gymnastics building property “Blue
Heron Park”. The Commissions note that the large pond attracts a great
number of waterfowl including Blue Herons. The property is currently used
for the Sport art Gymnastics school, but has great potential to be
improved as a park and future link in the planned Horace Williams Greenway
Trail.
- Dedicate the Booker Creek Linear Park project in memory of
Alice Ingram. She was a strong proponent of the project and served on the
master plan committee.
- Dedicate the future phase 3 section of the Bolin Creek
Trail in honor of Joe Herzenberg. Mr. Herzenberg was a strong proponent of
open space and greenways in the community. He passed away in 2007 and left
at least $250,000 to be used for the Bolin Creek Trail. The Commissions’
note that it would be easier to plan a more fitting memorial to Mr Herzenberg
if any such dedication were made prior to construction.
The Greenways Commission voted unanimously (5-0) and the
Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously (6-0) to jointly recommend
the above name and dedication changes.
In addition, the Parks and Recreation Commission voted
unanimously (6-0) to rescind its previous recommendation of naming Southern
Community Park “Southern Heritage Park”, and to recommend that the Council
officially adopt the name “Southern Community Park”.
Greenways Commission Members Voting: Glenn Parks (Chair), Jim Earnhardt (Vice Chair) Christine Berndt, Mary Blake, Mary Ann Freedman,
and Gary Galloway
Parks and Recreation Commission Members Voting: Faith Nager (Vice Chair), Raymond Wong, Betsey Anderson, Joan Guilkey, Erin Crouse, and Neal
Bench.