Overland Park leaders pick tree design as preferred city flag, direct staff to draft resolution

City officials in Overland Park reviewed guidance from flag experts and public feedback and voted to direct staff to prepare a resolution recommending the adoption of a tree-based design, referred to as Flag 1A, as the city’s official flag.

City communications staff told the council the selection process drew on outside expertise from the North American Vexillological Association and community input. “The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory,” a city staff presenter said, summarizing a core principle of the vexillology guidance used to evaluate designs.

The presentation said the city received roughly 141 submissions and, with help from NAVA members, the branding team and community polling, narrowed the pool to three finalists. The…