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Milwaukie council reviews new citywide naming, memorial and donation policies; asks for edits and public outreach
Summary
Councilors heard a staff report and community-led draft policy to guide naming or renaming city facilities, parks and internal rooms, plus a companion memorial-and-donation policy. Council suggested edits, asked for targeted outreach to foundations and community groups and set a path to return the revised draft for adoption in December.
Milwaukie councilors on Oct. 13 reviewed a community-led draft citywide naming policy and a companion memorial-and-donation policy intended to standardize how the city names or renames parks, facilities and internal rooms and how it accepts and recognizes donations such as benches or memorial plaques.
The policies were drafted by Equity & Inclusion Coordinator Gabriela Santoyo Gutierrez and Parks and Green Space Development Manager Adam Moore with a volunteer subcommittee drawn from the Parks & Recreation board and the Equity Steering Committee. The subcommittee recommended limiting formal park- and facility-level naming to deceased individuals and setting criteria for donor recognition that avoid the appearance…
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