TITLE
Recommendation to name the park site located at Alamitos Avenue and 7th Street "Robert Gumbiner Park."
DISCUSSION
On March 11, 2014, (former) Vice Mayor Robert Garcia requested that the Mayor and Members of the City Council refer to the Parks and Recreation Commission a request to designate the park site at Alamitos Avenue and 7th Street (Attachment - Site Map) as "Robert Gumbiner Park." The Parks and Recreation Commission considered this request at their December 18, 2014 meeting and unanimously supported the proposed name.
The Administrative Regulation AR 8-7 applies to the naming of all public land, buildings and facilities. AR 8-7 provides several policies to guide the consideration of a naming request. The following are those policies:
• The name should incorporate Long Beach whenever important for civic recognition or identification;
• A name in honor of a recognized geographic area, a topographic feature or a historically significant event may be appropriate;
• A name in honor of persons or families who have donated the land or a substantial portion of the improvement costs may be appropriate when applicable;
• A name in honor of a person or persons who have served the nation, the State of California, and/or the City of Long Beach in an exceptional or distinguished manner may be appropriate if warranted by service of major significance;
• A name in honor of a living person, or of a deceased person within one year of their death, is not appropriate unless the significance of that person's contribution is worthy of an exception to the policy;
• A name in honor of a person is not appropriate when a name in honor of another person has been given to the same site, building or facility in the past;
• A name in honor of a person is not appropriate if that person have been overly recognized in the past; and,
• A name may be selected through a competition or a contest.
In accordance with this regulation, the name recommended to the Parks...
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