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File #: 2025-2194    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: To Be Presented
File created: 8/29/2025 In control: Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services
On agenda: 9/3/2025 Final action:
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Title: Resolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to name the playground within Townsend Park the "Bill Coleman Memorial Playground" (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)
Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith
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Resolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to name the playground within Townsend Park the “Bill Coleman Memorial Playground”

(Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)

 

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WHEREAS, Chapter 173 of the City Code establishes the Commission on Naming Public Properties; and

 

WHEREAS, as required by Chapter 173 of the City Code the Commission on Naming Public Properties shall receive requests and recommendations for naming or renaming any public property or facility and subsequently shall, upon performing its due diligence as set forth in Chapter 173.02(b) of the City Code, submit its recommendation to City Council regarding a proposed naming or renaming along with a written report to accompany its recommendation; and

 

WHEREAS, Chapter 173.02(d) of the City Code requires City Council to hold a public hearing before taking action on any recommendation by the Commission on Naming Public Properties for naming or renaming any public property or facility; and

 

 

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

 

Section 1.                     The Commission on Naming Public Properties is hereby authorized as per Chapter 173 of the City Code to recommend the playground within Townsend Park to be named the “Bill Coleman Memorial Playground”