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<br />POLICY FOR INSERTION INTO THE POLICY MANUAL <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: February 21, 1989 NUMBER: A-0390 <br /> <br />EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 1989 REVISIONS: November 9, 2005 <br /> March 3, 2009 <br /> November 17, 2015 <br /> December 16, 2016 <br />POLICY: Orange County Property Naming Policy <br /> <br /> <br />Policy "Policy Statement" <br /> County owned buildings, facilities and land shall bear such names as the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners shall approve pursuant to this policy. This policy follows all applicable local, state and <br />federal laws, rules and regulations. <br /> <br />Purpose <br /> <br />This policy is to establish the Board of County Commissioners as the responsible authority for naming of <br />County buildings, facilities, and land. <br /> <br />Guidelines <br /> <br />2.1. The naming of public buildings, facilities and land shall be done only by the Board of County <br />Commissioners by resolution adopted by majority vote. <br /> 2.1.1. Property to be given names or titles shall be either owned by Orange County government <br />or leased by Orange County government for its use. <br /> 2.1.2. Properties to be named or given a title include county-owned or leased buildings. <br /> 2.1.3. Official names or titles for property belonging to the County shall only be changed by the <br />Board of County Commissioners as it deems appropriate after a public participation <br />process. <br /> 2.1.4. Current names for property belonging to the County shall remain the same unless <br />changed by the Board of County Commissioners upon relocation or change in function of <br />the property. <br /> 2.1.5. Property belonging to Orange County may be named for living persons with the <br />following qualifications. <br /> a. Any areas or rooms in buildings, other physical facilities, collections of books, records <br />or other printed or audio-visual materials, land or water areas <br /> <br />b. Living persons who secure funding and/or make a significant contribution to the life <br />and well being of Orange County. <br /> c. Leased property that has been conferred a name by the lessor that is a person's <br />name need not be renamed if it has locational or other value <br /> <br /> <br />2