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NAMING POLICY APPENDIX G-II DOUGLAS COUNTY FORESTRY DEPARTMENT NAMING POLICY As passed by the Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee at their regular meeting on June 27, 2005: The Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee shall be responsible for naming or name changing of all County-owned parks and recreation areas. SELECTION CRITERIA Parks and recreational areas may be named: For a location, such as the name of an adjacent street, neighborhood, or the related plat or subdivision. For a geologic, geographic, historical, botanical, horticultural, or scientific feature inherent to the area. To honor a person who has made a significant contribution to the growth and development of the park system and/or community as a whole. Their contribution could be time, talent, or funds but must be documented with a biographical sketch and evidence of their contribution. A person may be honored posthumously. To honor an organization, business, or group who has made a contribution to the park system, a specific park or recreational area. Again, the contribution must be documented. Political or religious organization’s names are discouraged unless the organization has had a unique and important place in the area’s history. A non-local organization may be considered if it has made some outstanding service to the area. Groups will not be allowed to identify parks or recreational areas with local chapter numbers, troop numbers, etc. Once a park or recreational area is named after an individual or group, another (meaning a second site) may not be named after the same individual or group For a great idea or cause ecological, friendship, independence, peace). By the result of a contest, providing the contest meets the approval of the Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee. PUBLIC NOTICE After a name is considered tentatively acceptable by the Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee, public notice of the name will occur twice during a 60-day period in the County’s official newspaper. Citizen comments are preferred in writing and will be accepted by the Director of Forestry and Natural Resources within the 60-day public notice. After the 60-day notice period, the recommended name will re-submitted to the Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee for final approval. SIGNAGE Parks & Recreational signs bearing an approved name shall be consistent in size, shape and design with the existing signage system and shall be approved by the Director of Forestry and Natural Resources and/or Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee. OTHER ALTERNATIVES The use of a memorial plaque, bench, or other item may be considered at the discretion of the Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee; however, they should be used sparingly. The design, cost, placement, and care of the item will be mutually agreed upon by the Director of Forestry and Natural Resources and the party making the request, with the Director of Forestry and Natural Resources having final authority in any dispute. The Douglas County Forest, Parks & Recreation Committee may also recommend a Tribute Tree as a means of recognition. ---PAGE BREAK--- NAMING POLICY APPENDIX G-II Acts of vandalism or deterioration of the item/tree may not always be rectified by the Forestry Department due to financial and/or time constraints. RENAMING The renaming of parks and recreational areas is strongly discouraged. Efforts to change a name will be subject to a critical examination so as not to diminish the original justification for the name or discount the value of prior contributors. Parks named by deed restriction cannot be renamed. The recommended new name must qualify according to the above selection criteria and be accompanied by a petition from the particular park or recreational area users and or neighborhood. Renaming a site will be subject to the above public notice process.