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CC-(1) Consideration of a Naming Request to Name a Location near Culver Boulevard and Overland Avenue the Judge Harold I. Cherness Plaza; and (2) Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.
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Meeting Date: November 13, 2017
Contact Person/Dept: Shelly Wolfberg/City Manager's Office
Phone Number: (310) 253-6008
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: Darryl Cherness and (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (11/09/17);
Department Approval: John M. Nachbar, City Manager (11/08/17)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council consider a Naming Request submitted by Darryl Cherness to name a location near Culver Boulevard and Overland Avenue the Judge Harold I. Cherness Plaza; and (2) provide direction to the City Manager as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND
At the City Council meeting of March 27, 2017, Darryl Cherness, son of Judge Harold Cherness, requested that City Council consider naming the intersection of Culver Boulevard and Overland Avenue the "Judge Harold I. Cherness Plaza." This intersection is in close proximity to the former Municipal Courthouse, which became the Mayme Clayton Library and Museum in 2006.
A veteran of World War II, the Honorable Harold I. Cherness graduated with a Degree from UCLA and attended USC Law School. Judge Cherness was appointed to the Municipal Court for the Culver Judicial District by then-Governor Jerry Brown in 1975. He was subsequently appointed to the Superior Court, from which he retired in 2013 at age 90. Judge Cherness died on March 10, 2016, at age 93.
On November 6, 2017, the City Council adopted a Resolution adopting an updated City Council Policy entitled Naming of City Property, Facilities and Events, as reco...
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