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19 <br /> t <br /> Honorary Street Designation <br /> Application <br /> As a means to honor individuals;organizations,entities and events that have had a significant <br /> lineage to the City or a significant cultural,historical,or humanitarian impact on the community, <br /> the City of Decatur shall.establish an Honorary Street Naming Sign program as described below. <br /> All honorary sheet name signs shall comply with the guidelines of this program and honorary <br /> street name signs shall not have the effect of changing platted street names or official addresses. <br /> 1. Pow: <br /> • Criteria required for an honorary street name_designation: <br /> o Honorary street namedesignations should be limited to individuals,organizations, <br /> entities,and events Haat either bad a significant lineage to the City or had a signiftcant <br /> cultural,historical, or humanitarian impact on the City as determined by the Decatur <br /> City Council. <br /> o An honoree must have aeoQra hical relationshi to the requested sin location <br /> having either lived or worked or --formed other actions or activities in the area <br /> deemed to have been important to the City of Decatur. <br /> o Applicants shall be required to submit.an application form to the City of Decatur's. <br /> Economic&:Community Development providing details as to the proposed honoree's <br /> lineage or cultural,historical or Humanitarian impact on the city and an explanation of <br /> the honoree's relationship to the requested honorary street sign location as part of the <br /> application process_ Individual letters of support,ateencouraged,and should be <br /> attached to the application. <br /> o .AppUcatiions shall'be reviewed by a five(5)member panel consisting of one(1) <br /> member of the Decatur City Council,one(1)member from the Economic& <br /> Community Development Department,one(1)member from an.authorized city <br /> neighborhood organization,one(1)member from the Decatur Police Department and <br /> one.(1)member appointed from the community at large:Applications will be <br /> forwarded to the Mayor and Decatur City Council and scheduled for a vote only'unon <br /> an affirmative mano recommendation or if a.maiori_q of the Decatur City <br /> Council call, s for its <br /> The request will be considered"denied pon a negative panel <br /> recommendation.or if the majority of the Decatur City Council does not call <br /> for an application to be brought forward within 30 days of said panel <br /> recommendation being issued. <br /> o Current city employees are not eligible.for an honorary street naming designation. <br /> o The City shall cause letters to be sent to residents and/or businesses in the vicinity of <br /> the proposed honorary designation in advance notifying them that an honorary <br /> April 2022 <br />