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RESOLUTION NO. 09-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 97-43, THE
POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR NAMING NEW
CITY PARKS; TO PERMIT NAMING PORTIONS OF
CITY RECREATION FACILITIES IN HONOR OF
INDIVIDUALS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to revise the policy and procedure for
naming City parks and permit naming portions of City recreation facilities in honor
of individuals; and
WHEREAS, the current policy and procedure was established by
Resolution 94-12 adopted January 18, 1994 and amended by Resolution 97-43
adopted July 17, 1997; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Section 1 of Resolution 97-43 is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Any person recommending a name for a park or a portion of a
recreation facility will first complete a form "Proposal for Park or Facility Name,"
to be provided by the Parks and Recreation Department. Each proposal shall be
submitted to the Parks and Recreation Board.
(b) The Parks and Recreation Board will not consider any requests to
rename existing parks unless so requested by motion of the City Council
Commission.
(c) The Board will not oonsider :my requests to n3me recre3tion
f3cilities such 3S tennis courts, b3sketball courts, or b3l1fields, that 3re loc3ted
within p3rks.
(~G) Each park or facilitv or portion of a facility to be named will be
evaluated on the following criteria:
· Neighborhood homeowners associations will be contacted when
considering names for parks or facilities located In their
neighborhoods.
· Persons serving on the Parks and Recreation Board, another City
board, or on the City Council Commission will not be eligible to have a
park or facility named after them during their tenure of office.
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. Ordinarily, parks will be named after subdivisions, geographic
locations, or streets.
. In the event the park property is donated, the donor will be allowed the
privilege of submitting a preference for a name.
. Parks or facilities may be named in honor of an individual; however,
this should occur only on rare occasions and the individual should
have given lengthy civic service to the City of Clearwater community,
and that individual should be of local importance rather than of state or
national prominence.
(g6) A survey may be required of homeowners living around the park to
receive their opinion of a proposed name.
(~f) The Parks and Recreation Board will conduct an advertised public
hearing for each proposal.
(f~) Based on the criteria contained in Paragraph (a~) and on
information received from the public hearing, the Parks and Recreation Board
shall formulate a recommendation on the proposed name and shall provide the
recommendation to the City Council Commission for a final decision.
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
day of August
,2009.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th
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Frank V. Hibbard, Mayor
Approved as to form:
~i Akin, City Attorney
Attest:
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