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CC- Consideration of a Recommendation of the City Council Ad Hoc Naming Policy Subcommittee to Name a Portion of the Parkway located at 4130 Overland Avenue the Judge Harold I. Cherness Memorial Parkway.
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Meeting Date: December 10, 2018
Contact Person/Dept: Shelly Wolfberg/City Manager's Office
Phone Number: (310) 253-6000
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: Darryl Cherness (12/04/18) and (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (12/05/18);
Department Approval: John M. Nachbar, City Manager (12/05/18)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council consider the City Council Ad Hoc Naming Policy Subcommittee's recommendation to name a portion of the parkway located at 4130 Overland Avenue the Judge Harold I. Cherness Memorial Parkway.
BACKGROUND
At the City Council meeting of March 27, 2017, Darryl Cherness, requested that City Council consider naming an area near the former Municipal Courthouse, which became the Mayme Clayton Library and Museum (at 4130 Overland Avenue) in 2006, after his late father Judge Harold I. Cherness. A veteran of World War II, Judge Cherness graduated with a Degree from UCLA and attended USC Law School. He 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. He was also an involved member of the community. Judge Cherness died on March 10, 2016, at age 93, and his biography can be found in Attachment No. 1.
At the November 6, 2017 City Council Meeting, the City Council approved a Resolution adopting an updated City Council Policy entitled "Naming of City Property, Facilities, and Events" with mo...
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