Parks committee amends naming policy, adopts classification list after extended debate

The Appleton Parks and Recreation Committee voted to amend its park-naming policy and will forward the revised document to the City Council after extended debate about classifications and priorities.

Committee members and staff spent more than two hours debating whether to add a prioritized list of naming classifications — including places and features, organizations, and “great ideas or causes” — to the department’s existing naming policy. Director Gazza told the committee the policy had not required updates since a 1997 revision and that the department believed the current practice generally covered naming questions: "I think there is miss, misunderstanding that because the last update was 1997 that it had not been, reviewed," Director Gazza said.