Trophy Club councilors workshop draft policy on naming and renaming town facilities

Trophy Club councilors and staff on Sept. 8 reviewed a draft policy to govern how the town names or renames facilities, parks and other public places and agreed to send recommendations to town management for a formal ordinance. “We will not be taking action tonight, but we will be giving recommendations to our town management to, again, bring forth an ordinance,” Mayor Tiffany said at the start of the workshop. Brandon Wright, the staff presenter, told the council the draft is intended to create “a uniform set of procedures that really are in place to help us name town facilities or rename town facilities.”

Councilors discussed several decision points the draft policy covers: how often the council should review naming requests; whether living people may be honored; criteria for what constitutes an “exceptional individual;” thresholds of public support for petitions; how to treat street names versus honorary street placards; and whether donors must pay part of renaming costs. “One of the decision points is how many times a year do you think the…