Title
Honorary Street Names
Details: Honorary street names have been designated at the discretion of Council on rare occasion. There is no code, statute or document policy regarding the use of honorary street names and currently the only guidance for implementation is past practice. The use of honorary street names over the past decade has been limited to the following three instances:
1) Greg Biffle, NASCAR Champion and Camas High School graduate
2) Denis Hayes, Coordinator of the first Earth Day and founder of the Earth Day Network celebrated in over 180 nations
3) Jimmy Rodgers, Pop music icon who's recording of the song "Honeycomb" charted at No. 1 in the Billboard Top 100 in 1957
A letter from Alicia King has been submitted to place an honorary street sign along Couch Street in recognition of the Schwary name. The letter of request in support of an honorary name is attached.
Presenter: Phil Bourquin, Community Development Director
Recommended Action
Recommended Action: Staff recommends that Council review the request in light of past practice. If Council wishes to move forward with an honorary name of "Schwary Street" being applied to a portion of Couch Street, Staff recommends Council direct the City Attorney to draft a resolution to be placed on the May 2, 2016 Regular Agenda for Council's consideration.