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Resolution No. 18-45, Naming Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Park
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the City Commission adopt Resolution No. 18-45, naming Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Park.
BACKGROUND:
Per City policy for naming or changing names of parks, an ad-hoc naming committee was created including the Parks and Recreation Director, two members of PRAC and the staff liaison to the CIC. Sub-committee members include Community Services Director Phil Lewis, PRAC member Shawn Dachtler, PRAC member Mike Mitchell, and Senior Planner/CIC Staff Liaison Christina Robertson-Gardiner. Committee members also identified additional members to be added to the committee including a representative of the Caufield Neighborhood Association and a representative of the City Commission. Tori Skipper was selected by the neighborhood association to serve as their representative and Commissioner Brian Shaw was selected to serve as a representative of the City Commission.
The first naming committee meeting took place on March 19, 2018. Committee members reviewed the naming policy and discussed possible approaches to the naming process. A general approach and timeline were agreed upon. A public process to suggest possible names of the new park would be solicited during the months of April and May 2018 and then narrowed to a list of top 4 or 5 choices to go back out for a public vote during the months of August and September 2018.
A second naming committee meeting took place on July 17, 2018. The committee narrowed the 404 public suggestions down to a top four to move forward to a public vote. The names selected were:
· Caufield Creek Park
· Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Park
· Wacheno Park
· Waldo Caufield Memorial Park
During the months of August and September, 8,572 public votes were received. Naming committee members met for a third and final meeting on October 10, 2018 to review the votes and make a decision on a formal recommendation to the Parks and Recr...
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