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CITY OF COLTON A DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE RECREATION AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION ESTABLISHING ITS POLICY FOR THE NAMING OF CITY PARRS, PARR FEATURES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHEREAS, the City has established a vigorous program to provide suitable park and recreation areas for its residents; and, It is desirable that appropriate names be selected for the City's parks and that a policy be adopted by the City Council to accomplish this purpose. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Colton that the following policy shall be instituted for the naming of the City's parks, park features and community facilities: 1. That parks adjacent to schools be named the same as the school but that the parks so named be dedicated in honor of persons who have served their community in an exceptional and distinguished manner. 2. If an entire park or sizeable portion of a park which is not adjacent to a school is donated by an individual or family, it shall be named after the donor. ,3. If the park is neither adjacent to a school nor donated, all or in part, it shall be named after Colton mayors, no longer members of the City Council, the honor to be given first to those oldest who are still living. 4. That after all the mayors names have been affixed to designated parks and additional parks are purchased by the City, city councilmembers who did not attain the office of mayor have a park named in their honor beginning with the oldest still living. 33. If enough parks adjacent to schools do not exist to exhaust the list of names of past Colton mayors, then other community facilities such as lakes, structures (other than restrooms), groves of trees, walkways , playing fields, group camp and picnic sites, gardens, play equipment areas, meadows, amphitheaters, vista, bridges and wildlife refuges shall be named after such mayors to honor them for their service to the City.