For City Council Meeting [ September 27, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Administrator
FROM: Cynthia Alvarado-Crawford, Director of Parks, Recreation & Community
Services
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Request City Council set a Public Hearing for November 15, 2022, to approve the Naming of a Meeting Room in the Frances E. Brooks Conference Center located at the Johnson Community Center "Barbara Chavez Meeting Room".
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BACKGROUND:
On January 27, 2012, the City Council approved the policy for naming parks and other City
facilities. The procedure for the naming of city parks and facilities includes the following:
* The Recreation and Community Services Department (Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department) will submit a staff report to City Council requesting to set a public hearing to consider the recommendation. Citizens will have the opportunity to comment on the recommendation directly to the City Council via the Public Hearing.
* The City Council will make the final determination in the naming of all City parks and facilities.
Naming of City parks and facilities are subject to the following criteria:
* A park can be named after an individual whether living or deceased.
* A facility can be named after an individual or organization.
* No more than one park or facility can be named after an individual or organization.
* To have a park or facility named after any individual or organization, that individual or organization must have completed a minimum of 20 years of service to the community or have donated a minimum of 50% of the value of the park or facility.
At the September 13, 2022, City Council meeting, Councilmember Trujillo and Councilman Carrizales requested that this item be brought before council for consideration to begin the process of naming a meeting room in the France E. Brooks Conference Center after Barbara Chavez.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
Barbara Lourdes Chavez was born on May ...
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