Title
Request for Public Hearing - Facility Renaming Application- Joshua Murray Boating and Safety Center
Action
ACTION:
1) Acknowledge receipt of application submitted by Chief David Baucom to name the office area at Blythe Landing, 15901 Highway 73, Huntersville, NC 28078, to the Joshua Murray Boating and Safety Center.
2) Schedule a public hearing for Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 6:30 pm to receive public comment on the proposed naming of the Park and Recreation office area at Blythe Landing in honor of Joshua Murray, and direct the Clerk to the Board to publish the notice of public hearing as required.
Staff Contact: Peter Cook, Park and Recreation, Deputy Director
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Park and Recreation has received a Facility Naming Request from Chief David Baucom with the Cornelius Police Department. Park and Recreation has a small office at Blythe Landing, and Chief Baucom would like to name the office area for Joshua Murray (Naming Request, application and Petition Signatures attached.) The office would be named the Joshua Murray Boating and Safety Center. Joshua was a Cornelius Police Officer with the Lake Patrol Unit, until his off-duty medical event on 12/29/2021.
As outlined in the Park and Recreation Public Areas and Facility Naming Policy, the Park and Recreation Commission conducted two of required three public hearings which were held on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 and Wednesday, June 12, 2024 as well endorsed advancing the renaming application to the Board of County Commissioners. This request fulfills the scheduling of the third public hearing per guidelines.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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