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2 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 6537 <br />A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY ON <br />PUBLIC PLACE NAMES AND NAME CHANGES <br />AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 5865 <br />AND COUNCIL BILL #763-76 <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds the following: <br />1. The City of Everett has many public facilities used for a variety of public purposes. <br />2. Everett has a long history of citizen involvement, including citizens who have <br />unselfishly contributed their time, talents, energy and resources to make Everett a <br />better place to live, work, visit and enjoy. <br />3. The City has a tradition of naming public facilities for citizens who have made <br />outstanding contributions to the community. <br />4. The City desires to establish a predictable process for establishing or changing the <br />name of public facilities within the City. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY RESOLVES THE FOLLOWING: <br />Section 1: Policy <br />A formal policy is hereby adopted establishing the process used to confer a specific <br />name on a given City building, facility, structure, park, public place, natural feature <br />or street within the City limits of the City of Everett or owned by the City. This policy <br />also applies in reviewing or preparing the City's official comments or <br />recommendations to State, Federal and/or intergovernmental boards taking actions <br />regarding geographic names, naming or renaming. <br />The City Council shall designate the names of any City building, facility, structure, <br />park, public place, natural feature or street by resolution. Prior to any final action by <br />the City Council, any proposal made by the Mayor, City Council member or any <br />citizen or interested group shall be reviewed, and recommendations made to the <br />City Council through the following procedures. <br />Section 2: Procedure <br />A. The Mayor, City Council member or any citizen or interested group may request <br />the naming or renaming of a City building, facility, structure, park, public place, <br />natural feature or street. Requests must be made in writing to the Mayor's Office, <br />accompanied by sufficient information to demonstrate how the proposal complies <br />with the provisions of this policy. Upon receipt of the request, the Mayor's Office <br />shall provide notification of the request to the City Council; the Historical <br />Commission; the Parks Commission for requests involving parks; the Transportation <br />Advisory Committee for requests involving streets; and such other advisory bodies <br />including the Cultural Commission as appropriate to the request <br />4 <br />