City of Santa Clara - File #: 19-551

• File #: 19-551
• Version: 1
• Type: Public Hearing/General Business
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/26/2019
• In control: Governance and Ethics Committee
• On agenda: 7/15/2019
• Final action: 7/15/2019
• Title: Review Council Policy 035 on Naming of Facilities for Possible Recommendation to City Council

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/15/2019	1	Governance and Ethics Committee	Approved as amended	Pass

REPORT TO GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS COMMITTEE
SUBJECT
Title
Review Council Policy 035 on Naming of Facilities for Possible Recommendation to City Council

Report
BACKGROUND
At the March 5, 2018 Ad Hoc Facilities Naming and Honorary Recognition Committee meeting, the Committee directed staff to review Council Policy 035 Naming of Facilities (Attachment 1) with a focus on the naming criteria (e.g., what the geographic area criteria entailed) and how the procedure of naming City facilities is documented to ensure that policy requirements are met.

At the October 11, 2018 Ad Hoc Facilities Naming and Honorary Recognition Committee meeting, the Committee had a discussion on Council Policy 035 Naming of Facilities, and reviewed staff's suggestions to clarify naming requirements and streamline the process of naming facilities. By Committee consensus, Council Policy 035 Naming of Facilities was referred back to staff for revision.

At the February 5, 2019 City Council meeting, the Council approved the council committee restructuring proposal which consolidated committees. The Governance Committee, Ethics Committee, Ad Hoc Facilities Naming and Honorary Recognition Committee, and the Council Goal Setting Committee were combined into one committee now called the Governance and Ethics Committee.

DISCUSSION
The amended policy (Attachment 2) clarifies the naming criteria requirements and establishes a procedure to streamline the naming of City facilities including the requirement that proposals for naming of municipal buildings or facilities shall detail consistency with the policy criteria for naming of facilities. The amended policy has also been revised to include the Governance and Ethics Committee in the procedure instead of the former Ad Hoc Facilities Naming and Honorary Recognition Committee.

Naming Criteria: The current policy language states that the City Council may name facilities in recognition of individual contributions to the community, or the "geographic ...