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2 <br />B, The Mayor's Office will review the request and if it determines the request is <br />inconsistent with this policy, it shall forward the request to the City Council with a <br />recommendation to deny the request. Upon reviewing the recommendation from <br />the Mayor's Office, the City Council will have the prerogative of denying the request <br />or directing the request to the Historical Commission for further consideration. <br />When directed to the Historical Commission, Council will provide an explanation of <br />its reasons for sending it to the Commission. If the Mayor's Office determines the <br />request is consistent with this policy; then it Will referthe-request fo the HistoTica <br />Commission. <br />C. The Historical Commission shall have primary responsibility for coordinating <br />public review of all requests for naming or renaming of a City building, facility, <br />structure, park, public place, natural feature or street. The Historical Commission <br />shall solicit recommendations from other advisory bodies within the City as <br />appropriate and coordinate public involvement and review of such requests with that <br />body. <br />D. The Historical Commission shall provide notice as set forth inreview process V, <br />as defined in EMC Chapter 15.24, before taking action on any naming or renaming <br />of a City building, facility, structure, park, public place, natural feature or street. <br />Following its public process, the Historical Commission shall forward a <br />recommendation to the City Council. <br />E. In all cases, the City Council will have the prerogative to take final action, <br />approving, denying, changing or remanding the request back to the Historical <br />Commission for further review. Such a remand may be pursued only if the City <br />Council finds that an error in the process occurred at the Historical Commission <br />hearing(s) or if the City Council determines that significant new information has <br />been made available since the time of the Historical Commission process, which <br />would likely have affected the Historical Commission's recommendation. In the <br />event of a remand, the Council will provide an explanation of its reasons for <br />returning it to the Commission. <br />F. The City Council, upon receipt of a recommendation from the Historical <br />Commission, shall hold a public hearing prior to any final action. <br />G. The City Council shall take action by resolution on the naming or renaming. <br />H. The Mayor, upon approval of the naming or renaming action by the City Council, <br />shall implement names or name changes of City buildings, streets, public places, <br />facilities, and/or natural features. The Mayor shall notify those who have submitted <br />the suggestion as well as other appropriate offices and agencies. Upon City Council <br />denial of a name or name change, the Mayor shall notify those who sponsored the <br />name change. <br />I. The Mayor will notify the Historical Commission of any approval or denial action <br />taken by the City Council. <br />5 <br />