EGF Council considers policy for naming parks/rec sites

The East Grand Forks city council is discussing a potential policy for “naming” parks and/or recreation facilities.

Parks superintendent Reid Huttunen says a Parks and Rec Committee has looked at what other Minnesota cities have done.. and drafted a policy … but made no recommendations.

Council member Marc Demers said he supports forming a policy.

“I think it really defines who we are and who we have been as a community, and pays honor to some of that,” he said. “So I hope we do this and I hope we take the time and really delve into it with the proper respect that it deserves.”

Huttunen said he’s heard several suggestions about naming venues after people, but there’s no official policy for  that.

Demers said he hopes the city’s founders are not forgotten, if and when sites are named.

No action was taken at this week’s council meeting.