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Oak Ridge staff outline proposed changes to facility-naming policy; mayor proposes naming new civic center meeting room for Edwina Crowe
Summary
City staff presented a draft resolution to update the facility-naming policy to allow naming portions of facilities, require posthumous naming for individuals, and make the city responsible for monument costs; Mayor Warren Gooch said he will propose naming the main meeting room in the new civic center to honor Edwina Crowe.
City legal and administrative staff described proposed amendments to Oak Ridge's facility-naming policy during the March 18 council work session, and Mayor Warren Gooch announced his intent to bring a request to name the main meeting room of the new civic center in honor of the late Edwina Crowe.
City Manager Mr. Heeman and the city clerk summarized changes staff recommend to a policy last revised in February 2007. Key proposed changes discussed at the work session included: allowing public facilities "as a whole or a portion thereof" to be named for individuals; requiring that naming a public facility in someone's honor be posthumous; removing a…
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