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Appleton committee amends park-naming policy to add classifications after lengthy debate
Summary
The Appleton Parks and Recreation Committee voted 3-2 to substitute a revised park-naming policy that adds a prioritized list of naming classifications; members debated scope, continuity with the 1997 policy and whether to include conceptual names such as "great ideas or causes."
The Appleton Parks and Recreation Committee voted 3-2 to adopt an amended park-naming policy that adds a classification list intended to guide future park-naming and renaming decisions.
The vote on agenda item 25-1331 ended a long discussion about how prescriptive the city’s naming policy should be. Committee members said the council had asked for more specificity; supporters of the amendment said classifications would give staff and the naming committee clearer guardrails, while opponents said the change risked complicating a policy last substantively revised in 1997.
Director Gaza, Parks and Recreation director, told the committee the…
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