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Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance renaming Bunny Trail to A. L. Davis Trail.
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DATE: May 6, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Wallis Meshier, Exec. Dir. Of Dev. Services
SUBJECT: Rename Bunny Trail to A. L. Davis Trail
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On April 15, 2025, City Council approved a Motion of Direction to hold a Public Hearing regarding a request to rename Bunny Trail to A. L. Davis Trail in honor of (retired) Command Sergeant Major Alphonso Lee Davis, also known as the 'Killeen Running Man.'
The process for changing the name of a street is set forth in Killeen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25, Article IV and in the City's adopted Naming Policy. Per Sec. 25-121, a public hearing on the proposed renaming must be held by the City Council prior to taking action. Staff notified the owners of ninety-seven (97) properties abutting Bunny Trail, and notice was published in the newspaper on April 20, 2025.
Killeen Code of Ordinances Sec. 25-118(5) and the City's Renaming Policy state that applications for a street name change may be considered to "honor a person, place, institution, group, entity, event or similar subject."
Sec. 6-1(c) of the City's Renaming Policy also provides that the renaming of a City street may be considered if an individual has made "exceptional contributions" to the City.
The estimated cost for the proposed renaming is $4,056.
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
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Which alternative is recommended? Why?
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CONFORMITY TO CITY POLICY:
This item conforms with city policy and state law.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
What is the amount of the revenue/expenditure in the current fiscal year? For future years?
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Is this a one-time or recurring revenue/expenditure?
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Is this revenue/expenditure budgeted?
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If not, where will the money come from?
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Is there a sufficient amount in the budgeted line-item for this revenue/expenditure?
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council hold a publ...
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