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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 refer the request to the Historical <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 in. review 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, publi.c 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 /> 1. The Mayor will notify the Historical Commission of any approval or denial action <br /> taken by the City Council. <br /> 17 <br />