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Item # 1.

Council Meeting

Meeting Date:	09/08/2020
Department:	Parks & Recreation

AGENDA CAPTION:

Present and Discuss Naming of the Future Parks located at the Addison Grove Development.

BACKGROUND:

On January 26, 2016 Council approved a letter of intent with Beltline Beltway Investments, Ltd. and Urban Intownhomes, LLC for the redevelopment of the former Sam's Club property for an amount not to exceed $6.5 Million for the construction of public infrastructure as part of the development. Included in that funding was the construction of public parkland which includes three parks and two parklets. The Developer has assigned temporary names to the three parks to help reference them through design and construction. The two parklets have not been assigned a temporary name. The names assigned to the three parks are; The Grove Park, The Commons Park and The Plaza Park and these names could comply with the Naming and Recognition Policy which states town facilities could be named after man-made or natural features. Construction of the parks is beginning to mobilize and staff would like direction from Council regarding the permanent names of the parks / parklets.

To help facilitate this discussion a presentation of the park locations has been attached along with the Naming and Recognition Policy. The Naming & Recognition Policy states named facilities should utilize predominant characteristics related to the Town's natural environment, physical features or history from the following identifiers:

Hydrological Features
Natural Features
Man-Made Features
Significant Historical Events
Community Sponsored Name
Name of an Individual that has Made a Significant Contribution

Staff is requesting direction from Council on the following:

- Would Council prefer to make these names permanent or would Council like to consider different names?

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff requests direction from Council.

Attachments
Presentation - Addison Grove Park Naming
Policy - Naming & Recognition