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CITY OF SHAKOPEE
Memorandum
To: City.Council, Mayor, City Administrator
From: Andrea Weber, Park and Recreation Landscape Design
Subject: Park Naming Request for Providence-Westchester Park
Date: February 19, 2008.
INTRODUCTION
The City Council is asked to make a motion to table a naming request recommendation for
.Providence-Westchester Neighborhood Park until the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
(PRAB) can review the naming policy interpretation for names in honor of people.
BACKGROUND
At their January meeting, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board heard a request to
name Providence-Westchester Park for a local resident.
Since the .park naming policy was adopted in 2005 only two park naming requests have
been submitted for a person and both of those were not approved.
Prior to hearing the current naming recommendation, the Mayor and City Administrator have
asked staff to bring the naming policy back to the PRAB to review the guidelines for naming
in honor of persons in order to ensure the guidelines are reflective of park names for
persons adopted in the past.
RELATIONSHIP TO VISION
C. Great Place for Kids to Grow Up
REQUESTED ACTION
1. Table action on Providence Westchester Neighborhood-Park naming and direct staff
to return to the PRAB for further discussion of the naming policy in relation to
naming in honor of a person.