AGENDA #5g

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            Council Naming Committee

                        (Council Members Flicka Bateman, Bill Strom, and Edith Wiggins)

 

SUBJECT:       Report on Naming Opportunities for Town Facilities

 

DATE:             September 22, 2003

 

 

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the Council with recommendations from the Council Naming Committee regarding the naming of three Town facilities.   

 

In a separate memorandum and resolution on tonight’s agenda, the Council will consider revised policies and procedures for the Council Naming Committee. 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The current procedures for naming facilities state that the Committee will develop recommendations, present these to the Council, and invite public comment on these recommendations for at least one month.  A public forum to receive comments is optional.  This is the public comment process used in both the current and the proposed Naming Committee policies.

 

DISCUSSION

 

The Naming Committee has considered three naming opportunities for various Town facilities and offers these recommendations to the Council.  The Committee will provide this information to area media to make the public aware of our recommendations.  In accordance with the Committee’s policies and procedures, these recommendations could be considered at the Council’s October 27 regular business meeting.   

 

We offer the following names and locations for the Council’s consideration:

 

• Naming the tennis courts at Hargraves Community Center in memory of Hank Anderson, as recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission in consultation with the Northside community.
• Placing a bench with a plaque in memory of Frances Hargraves at the Hargraves Community Center, as requested by the Northside community.
• Naming the Town park next to the Rashkis Elementary School “Meadowmont Park,” as recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission.

 

CONCLUSION

 

We recommend that the Council receive and refer these names for consideration at the October 27, 2003, Council meeting.  We will provide this list of names to the media and invite public comment at that meeting.