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POLICY ON PLACE NAMES AND NAME CHANGES In the event that the city of Everett wishes to confer a specific name on a given building, street, facility, place or natural feature within the city limits or owned by the city of Everett, the following policy is adopted. The same policy should also be followed in reviewing or preparing the city of Everett's official comments or recommendations to State, Federal and /or intergovernmental boards taking actions regarding geographic names, naming or renaming. Policy 1. The City Council shall designate the names of city buildings, streets, public places, facilities and natural features by resolution. At the request of the City Council and prior to any final action by the Council, the Historical Commission shall consider a name or the consideration of a name change for a specific building, street, public place, facility or natural feature at a regularly scheduled and advertised meeting and formally adopt a recommendation to the City Council. Procedure 1. The Mayor, a City Council member or any citizen or interested group may request the naming or renaming of a public building, street, place, facility or natural feature. Requests should be made in writing to the Office of the Mayor. 2. The Mayor, in consultation with the City Council, will forward any requests for naming and name changes to the Historical Commission for review and recommendation at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Historical Commission. 3. Suggestions for names may be solicited from organizations, individuals, and the media. All suggestions, solicited or not, shall be acknowledged and recorded for consideration by the Commission. 4. If a contest or competition is to be held, the Commission shall provide guidelines and rules for the contest. 5. The Commission will make every effort to contact and solicit comments from surrounding property owners, residents, and affected parties before taking action on any naming or renaming of a public building, street, place, facility or natural feature. 6. The Commission shall provide appropriate public notice on any naming actions in conjunction with other agenda items for regularly scheduled Historical Commission meetings a period of 30 days shall be provided for any written public comment on any naming action and the Historical Commission shall provide for an opportunity for public comment on any naming action.