TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Catherine Kauffman, Chair, Historical Advisory Committee
DATE: September 28, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Natalie Montenegrino, Executive Assistant to the Town Manager, Mayor and Council
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Recognition of Individuals, Groups or Organizations Draft Policy
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Town Value(s):
☐ Primarily one-acre, residential community
☐ Limited government
☒ Creating a sense of community
☐ Partnerships with existing schools and resorts to enhance recreational opportunities
☐ Improving aesthetics/creating a brand
☐ Preserving natural open space
The proposed policy will provide guidance to recognizing individuals, groups or organizations who live in Paradise Valley. The recognition event will bring residents together and create a sense of community.
Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Review draft recognition policy that was discussed and prepared by Historical Advisory Committee.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Historical Advisory Committee was tasked with drafting a policy that can be used by anyone wishing to recognize individuals, groups and organizations. In the past, recognitions were made at the bequest of the sitting Mayor or other member of the Town Council. Plaques were placed to commemorate George Adams, a Town resident who sat on the Planning Commission for 30 years; Barbara and Phillip Von Ammon, residents and founders of Paradise Valley; former mayor Joan Lincoln who designed the fountain and the Town entry monuments, was a council member, vice mayor and mayor, and sat on the Hillside Building Committee; and Diana Balazs, a Town resident who was a reporter for the Arizona Republic and wrote about Town happenings for more than 30 years. The new policy, once adopted, will provide guidelines for anyone wishing to recommend someone for recognition.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
None
ATTACHMENT(S):
Draft Recognition Policy