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CityCouncil | 2021-10-19 | 12 | Councilmember Herrera Spencer stated there are costs for homeowners to change legal documents to reflect the current name of the street; inquired whether the City would assist with costs. The City Planner responded there is a fee for filing the application; stated once Council approves the street naming, there will be time and logistic costs for residents of the street to change their mailing address and work with the Post Office. Councilmember Herrera Spencer stated legal documents must also be changed, not just the mailing address. The City Planner stated some processes might involve costs; the costs are a key consideration; staff has reached out to other cities with similar processes and received advice not to underestimate the costs of changing a street name. Councilmember Herrera Spencer stated that she would like more information about the legal document costs at some point. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the Planning Board process includes applying a tiered system; two thirds of residents could veto a name change on their street; requested clarification. The City Planner stated the idea behind the tiered system is for a relatively short street; there are streets in Alameda which only have 10 homes; a majority of homes would be 6 property owners; 500 signers on a long street might not be proportional to obtaining a majority; the approach is based on giving more weight to residents living on the street; the proposed approaches are variations on what Council might want to establish as a threshold. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the staff report references an application process for renaming facilities and streets; inquired whether the process will be criteria or subjective based or whether staff will bring a report to Council. The Recreation and Parks Director responded the policy does not create criteria for whether or not a facility will be renamed; stated staff will take the information from the application process, perform due diligence and bring the proposed change to Council; the process might be different for any particular name. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the draft policy and procedures state: "the intent of broad outreach and notification is to involve a more diverse group of stakeholders in the community, including residents who are historically under-represented in City public discussions;" inquired the residents envisioned for the outlined section. The Recreation and Parks Director stated more people are attending Council meetings now with Zoom; there are many underrepresented people, including people of color, disadvantaged, low- income and youth residents; the intent of the sentence is to include people who do not know how to or choose not to be involved with the bureaucracy of public discussions; there is more that can be done and learned about in performing outreach and getting information out to people for active engagement on important issues. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 11 October 19, 2021 | CityCouncil/2021-10-19.pdf |