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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 25, 2023 Page 4 Mayor Roe suggested language such as "contact the City Engineer to discuss the requirements of the process" could be added to the end of the line, or something similar. Councilmember Strahan thought adding what the considerations are would be helpful for people to know. Councilmember Etten appreciated that the PWETC asked for A and B to be where it is. He stated, for him, it is to discuss the entire process, not just whether the residents can change the name based on section B but also there are several more steps to make sure people are thoroughly understanding this is not a casual activity. It is a fairly rigorous process with several steps. He was not sure he would need to change section A but would be open to little changes. Mayor Roe asked Councilmember Etten if the proposed changes in the draft policy in the packet get to his concern about having that more involved process to develop the name or does staff need to enhance the policy further to include it. Councilmember Etten explained it does not and the additional language that has shown up today in section D, means the public notice piece is much better fleshed out here. He appreciated the specificity of the distance and the timing for notification process. What he would be doing is cutting off after the petition and then the City would start going through almost part way through Process B, what can be named, have the community put in name options, and then have this public notice. He understood this will take a long time and people may not be interested in that. Mayor Roe thought the challenge may become if the City has a cul-de-sac with a unique name that is not shared with other streets and there are five homes on it, then would the City need to notice people within a thousand feet of it. The other question would be does there need to be a process involving a lot of people that do not live on the street either. Councilmember Etten noted they would get removed by other items in Process B. What he does not want this to be, is a few people getting together and creating a new name. Mayor Roe thought maybe there could be some kind of parameter around the number of impacted properties as to whether or not it is as complex of a process or can a generic process be outlined that covers both situations like a previous County road rename. Councilmember Strahan stated the City should have a policy because there are times when more information is known, maybe the City does not have a lot of streets that are named in honor of someone but if there is more information found Page 20 of 82