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ORDINANCE NO. 2517
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS, that:
1.
Ordinance No. 1866 be, and is hereby repealed.
2.
The naming of City facilities shall be governed by the guidelines contained in this
Ordinance.
3.
A Naming-Board of the City Council is hereby created for the purpose of bringing
recommendations to the City Council for the naming of City facilities which include
parks, buildings, streets and other publicly owned facilities. Such Board shall consist of
three council members who shall be appointed annually on or before November 1 st to
serve one year terms. The appointment shall be made by the Mayor subject to City
Council approval. It shall be the duty of this Board to receive and screen information
presented to it which relates to the naming of a City facility. Anyone wishing to submit
a name for consideration by the Board shall submit same to the City Secretary who, in
turn, shall keep a record thereof and submit each name to the Board for consideration.
The Board shall make a recommendation to the City Council. If a Park and Recreation
Department facility is to be named, the Board shall request of the Park and Recreation
Board its input prior to submission of a recommendation by the Naming Board to the
Council. The City Council shall take action to accept or reject the Board's
recommendation.
4.
The following guidelines shall be followed in arriving at a name for a City facility:
a. When giving a name to a facility in honor of a person, living or dead,
that person must have made a significant contribution to the
community or must have been an outstanding community leader.
b. If the Board, or Council, is considering the name of a deceased
person, ninety days must have elapsed since that person's date of
death.
c. No more than one City facility shall be named after anyone person. A
name may be repeated only for purposes of being added to a ring of
honor.
d. The Board shall, as part of its duties, do a background search on any
person it recommends and shall ascertain affirmatively that the
person's name is appropriate for the naming of the subject facility.
e. Renaming of a public facility which has been named after an individual
is prohibited.
f. Names considered which do not meet these guidelines may only be
selected, if approved by at least three-fourths vote of the council.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 25th day of September, 2000.
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