Fiscal Note
This resolution updates the Madison Engineering Division Official Street Naming Policy and the Policy for Street Name Changes. Costs associated with street names are funded at the time of street naming or renaming by the entities involved with development or a street naming project. No appropriation is required.
Title
Updating the Madison Engineering Division Street Naming Policy for New Streets and the Engineering Division Policy for Street Name Changes.
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WHEREAS, the Common Council, by Resolution No. 12,459, File Number 5055-47, adopted in 1967, approved a “General Policy - Street Names” for the criteria and process for approving of new names and changing of existing street names; and
WHEREAS, Section 10.34 - STREET NAMES AND ADDRESSES, Madison General Ordinances, establishes requirements and standards for street names and addresses. This section of the General Ordinances was last repealed and recreated by the Common Council adopted by action on February 27, 2007, Enactment Number ORD-07-00030, File ID 04160; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works approved a “Policy for Street Name Changes” on April 22, 2015, File ID 38,082 for parties requesting the renaming an official street name within the City of Madison. The Policy sets forth the procedures and criteria for the renaming an official street name; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Engineering Division developed and applied additional criteria over several decades used for the review and approval of official street names within the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 12,459, Section 10.34 of the City of Madison General Ordinances and the Policy for Street Name Changes assign the review and approval of official street names by the City of Madison Engineer; and
WHEREAS in July 2021, The City of Madison conducted a Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative Analysis of the existing street naming program; and
WHEREAS, the RESJI analysis found that the current guidance and polic...
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