City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: DECEMBER 11, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER
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Public Hearing and Consideration of the Recommendation from the City Council Naming Committee to Combine the Interim King Street Park and Waterfront Park into One City Park Named Waterfront Park.
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ISSUE: Public Hearing and Consideration of the Recommendation from the City Council Naming Committee to Combine the Interim King Street Park and Waterfront Park into One City Park Named Waterfront Park.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Hold public hearing and consideration of the recommendation of the City Council Naming Committee to Combine the Interim King Street Park and Waterfront Park into One City Park Named Waterfront Park; and
2. After the public hearing adopt this recommendation of the City Council Naming Committee, effective immediately.
BACKGROUND: The Waterfront Small Area Plan envisioned a new park at the foot of King Street called "Fitzgerald Square." Although the Plan was adopted by City Council in 2012 after extensive public input, approval of the Plan did not constitute formal naming of any element in the Plan. All City parks are subject to a separate and formal naming process based on focused public input.
The Alexandria City Council Naming Committee is comprised of two members of City Council (Del Pepper, Chair and Tim Lovain) and one designee of the City Manager (Jack Browand, Division Chief in the Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities). The Naming Committee meets as needed to make recommendations to City Council on the names of major City facilities, parks, and other assets.
The Naming Committee met on September 12 to discuss a process to gather input on the name of the new park. Although intended to be a logistics meeting without public input, the Naming ...
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