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Roseville Parks and Recreation Department <br />2660 Civic Center Drive - Roseville, Minnesota 55113 <br />6511792-7006 <br />OPERATING POLICY# 40 DATE: October,1988 <br />POLICY TITLE: Assigning Names to City Facilities <br />PURPOSE: From time to time there is a need to name City of Roseville parks and recreation <br />facilities. The adopted policy contains an orderlyprocess for accomplishing this <br />need. <br />DESCRIPTION: <br />The foIiowing policy adopted by the City Council on October 5,1988, shall be used for <br />assigning names to city Parks and Recreation facilities: <br />It shall be the policy of the City of Roseville to refer to the Parks and Recreation Commission, <br />any activity involving the naming or changing of names of any city-ownedparks or recreational <br />facilities. <br />The Commission shall recommend to the City Council for approval, names for new sites, <br />facilities or portions of facilities. This includes any changes in names to existing facilities. <br />The naming of parks and recreational facilities will be given considerationby the Parks and <br />Recreation Commission based on the following factors: <br />natural habitat, i.e., vegetation, terrain, animals, etc. <br />geographic location, i.e., street names, directions, etc. <br />appropriate nan-descript terminology, i.e., acronyms or joining of t�vo words or names or <br />activities. etc. <br />Only under certain and exceptional circumstances will considerationbe given to the names of <br />individuals (alive or deceased) andlor organized groups, associations or businesses. To be <br />considered the individual, group, association or business must have made a significant and <br />exceptional contribution to the site involved or to the community as a whole. Such contributions, <br />(immediate or deferred) should be for recreation purposes and may include: <br />� substantial fmancial donations <br />` substantial property donations <br />In addition, recognition plaques, memorial plaques or dedications may be placed throughout the <br />Park and Recreation system by the Parks and Recreation director and with the recoinmendation <br />of the Parks and Recreation Commission. <br />