TITLE
HOLD a public hearing and consider a resolution renaming Rosewood Drive to “JD Aycock Boulevard.”
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO RENAME ROSEWOOD DRIVE TO“JD AYCOCK BOULEVARD”
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Planning and Development Services
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Rosewood Drive is a public street that runs north-south from the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard (FM 2410) to a future terminus onto Chaparral Road. Rosewood Drive is classified as a 90’ minor arterial on the City’s current Thoroughfare Plan. City staff has been approached by Councilman Brockley Moore to honor Texas House Representative Jimmy Don Aycock by having a street named in recognition of his contributions to the city of Killeen and public education within District 54. Councilman Moore is requesting to change the name of Rosewood Drive to “JD Aycock Boulevard”.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION
Article IV, Chapter 25 of the Killeen Code of Ordinances provides a process for street name changes. Section 25-118 of this Chapter specifies that “Applications for a street name change may be considered for any one (1) of the following reasons, which must be specified in the application:
(1) To establish continuity of the street’s name;
(2) To eliminate name spelling duplication, phonetic duplication, or misspelling;
(3) To bring coherence to the street numbering designation (east, west, north, south);
(4) To provide necessary roadway designation (Street, Road, Lane, Circle, Drive, Boulevard, and similar designations);
(5) To honor a person, place, institution, group, entity, event or similar subject;
(6) To enhance a neighborhood through association of the street name with its location, area characteristics, history and similar factors."
Pursuant to Code section 25-120:
In all instances where it is the city's recommendation that a street name be changed, the department head shall file a request for a change of the name of a street with the department of plann...
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