HomeMy WebLinkAbout1624Resolution No. 1624
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Resolutions)
Amends Res 1049
RESOLUTION NO. I b ) i
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washmgton, amendmg ResolutiOn No 1049,
which established a pohcy and procedure for the nammg of
City parks and public facilities
WHEREAS, on February 19, 1985, the City adopted ResolutiOn No 1049,
which enacted a policy and procedure regardmg the nammg of parks and pubhc facilities,
and
WHEREAS, the City now finds It necessary to update the ongmal pohcy
and procedure to further develop the circumstances under which It would be appropnate
to name a park, pubhc facility, or feature withm a park after a hvmg person, NOW
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1. -Amendment SectiOn 4 0 of Resolution No 1049, entitled
"Procedure," IS hereby amended to read as follows
4 0 PROCEDURE
4 1 SuggestiOns for names shall be solicited from organizations,
mdividuals and the media, and all suggestiOns, sohc1ted or not, shall be
acknowledged and recorded for consideratiOn by the C1ty
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4 2 The legtslative authonty, followmg such review and public
hearmgs by the Parks Committee as deemed appropnate, shall desigtiate names for
park, recreatiOn and other public facilities
4 3 There shall be a time lapse of at least six months between receipt of
a name proposal and the final recommendatiOn on Its adoptiOn m cases where the
person IS livmg, or m cases where wlneh the death of the person or the event to be
commemorated took place w1thm the past year
4 3 I The SIX month lapse penod may be waived by the City
when a park, pubhc facility, or a feature w1thm a park IS to be named after
a living person when an unusually outstandmg public service would so
JUStify, In those mstances, the Mayor, Council President. Parks Committee
Chairperson, and Parks Director may unanimously designate the name of
such park, public facility, or a feature Withm a park. The park name so
designated w1ll be announced at the park or public facility ded1catwn
4 4 Facilities shall be Identified by the established name, and SigtiS
shall be mamtamed as a source of Identity and CIVIC pnde.
SECTION 2. -Severabzlzty If any section, subsectiOn, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase of this resolutiOn IS declared unconstitutiOnal or mvalid for
any reason, such deciSion shall not affect the validity of the remammg portiOns of this
resolutwn
SECTION 3. -Ratzficatwn Any act consistent with the authonty and
pnor to the effective date of this resolutiOn IS hereby ratified and affirmed
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SECTION 4. -Effectlve Date Th1s resolutwn shall take effect and be m
force nnmed1ately upon 1ts passage
PAS SED at a regular open pubhc meetmg by the C1ty Council of the City of
Kent, W aslnngton, tins I 0 dayof '1~ ,2002
CONCURRED m by the Mayor of the C1ty of Kent tins /(, day of
-c;re::;zt_~d.,.fL*''-----' 2002
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO FORM
TOM BRUBAKER, CITY ATTORNEY
I hereby certify that th1s IS a true and correct copy of Resolution No / t, Z t..f
passed by the C1ty Counc1l of the C1ty of Kent, Waslnngton, the I J, day of
?f~ ,2002
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