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Agency seeks board guidance on naming conventions for urban renewal districts
Summary
Agency staff asked commissioners for guidance on how to name future urban renewal districts, citing repetitive use of 'river' in district names and discussing options including geographic landmarks, intersections, project-based names, or numbering.
Agency staff asked the board for guidance on naming conventions for future urban renewal districts during Wednesday's meeting, saying many proposed districts use similar names that make internal tracking difficult.
Staff presented options including naming by geographic features, intersections, project type (for example, "Hotel District"), landmarks, or assigning numbers. Megan said other jurisdictions use varied approaches and that staff would like direction to improve consistency.
Commissioners and staff discussed pros and cons: project-based names can become obsolete if developers or projects change, while geographic or intersection-based names are easier to recall. One commissioner suggested using a nearby street and landmark combination as an identifiable convention.
Staff said they would return with proposed names for forthcoming districts and asked commissioners to think about preferred approaches ahead of the next meeting.
Why it matters: consistent naming helps staff, elected officials, developers and members of the public track district histories, attachments and financial documents across multiple projects and years.
What happens next: staff will bring naming proposals for new districts to a future meeting and seek board direction.
