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Resolution No. 18-12, Renaming Carnegie Library Park to Library Park
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the City Commission consider adoption of Resolution No. 18-12, renaming Carnegie Library Park to Library Park.
BACKGROUND:
Dr. John McLoughlin dedicated the block on which the Oregon City Public Library and Carnegie Library Park are located when he dedicated the land to the City in 1850. For many years, it was known as Library Park. Then, in the fall of 2005, Doug Neeley wrote a request to have the area named Carnegie Plaza. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (PRAC) convened a naming committee and the end result was the unanimous recommendation from PRAC that the property be renamed to Carnegie Library Park. The City Commission agreed and voted in favor of the name change by resolution in January 2006.
In the fall of 2016, the Oregon City Public Library completed construction of their new library on the property which incorporated the historic Carnegie building into the new larger Oregon City Public Library facility. Discussion occurred at PRAC meetings in March and April 2017 to review the name of the park to determine if the name accurately reflects the current and future use of the park. Per City policy for naming or changing names of parks, an ad-hoc naming committee was created at the April 2017 PRAC Meeting. The committee included the Parks and Recreation Director, two members of PRAC and the staff liaison to the Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC). Naming committee members included Community Services Director Phil Lewis, PRAC member Shawn Dachtler, PRAC member Doug Neeley, and Senior Planner/CIC Staff Liaison Christina Robertson-Gardiner.
The naming committee met on June 8, 2017. The committee discussed the history of the park, the historical contributions and the ongoing permanent use of the park. At the conclusion of the meeting, it was determined to recommend adjusting the name of the park to ‘Carnegie Park’. ...
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