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Section 3: Eligibility and Criteria <br />Recognizing that the naming or renaming of a City building, public place, facility, <br />structures, parks or natural feature or the renaming of a City street should be <br />approached cautiously with forethought and deliberation, the following criteria are <br />established. The Historical Commission and City Council shall consider the criteria <br />stated herein as guidance in making a decision: <br />A. In the development or purchase of a City facility, the address designation shall be <br />used until the formal naming of the public facility. Whenever possible, naming shall <br />be made prior to completion of construction or purchase of the facility. <br />B. Naming of new streets during the platting or other land use process need not <br />follow this policy pursuant to EMC 13.44. This policy shall be used for changing the <br />name of existing streets. Attention should be paid to maintaining sequential, <br />numerical, alphabetical, and historical naming patterns when considering any street <br />name changes. <br />C. Street names, plats, specific sites and places and natural features indicated on <br />general usage maps for fifty years or more should only be changed under <br />exceptional circumstances. <br />D. Renaming proposals of a City building, street, public place, facility, structure, <br />park or natural area that has already been attributed to a person shall not be <br />considered unless it is found that continued use of their name would not be in the <br />best interest of the community. <br />E. This policy shall not preclude a specific City building, public space, facility, <br />structure, park or natural area that has been officially named pursuant to this policy <br />from being included in a larger grouping of properties or district that has a different <br />name for the larger grouping of properties or district. <br />F. Portions of a City building, street, public space, facility, structure, park or natural <br />area may have another name than that of the entire location, for example, the "Mark <br />Nesse Reading Room" at the Everett Public Library. <br />G. Historical names placed on designated landmarks, such as the "Culmback" <br />building, listed on the Everett Register of Historical Places, the Washington State <br />Register of Historic Places or the National Register of Historic Places should not be <br />changed unless it is found that a more historically significant name is warranted. <br />Changes to facilities listed on historic registers must also comply with relevant state <br />and federal regulations and processes. <br />H. Proposals shall be reviewed to avoid duplication, confusing similarity or <br />inappropriateness. <br />I. Proposed name change may reflect the geographical location, historical or cultural <br />significance, or natural or geological features or, may be attributed to a living or <br />