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Resolution No. 2023-182 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA DEDICATING THE
TENNIS COURTS AT MCNEAR PARK, THE LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL TENNIS
COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY’S PUBLIC PARKS AND FACILITIES NAMING
POLICY, AND IN RECOGNITION OF HER SIGNIFIGANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE TO
THE COMMUNITY
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma, through Council Resolution No. 89-304 N.C.S, adopted formal policies
and criteria to aid the City Council in exercising its final authority in naming all public parks and facilities within
its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the City’s adopted park naming policy and procedures, provides the Council, community, and
staff with guidelines to evaluate recommendations to name or rename parks and/or facilities; and
WHEREAS, the policy objectives provide evaluation criteria for applying consistent naming standards under
conditions which state, ‘when appropriate, a public facility can be named in honor of a person when such person
has made major contributions to the community; and
WHEREAS, Lynn Haggerty, born on July 22, 1956, moved to Petaluma in 1986, where she married husband
Dave, raised a family to include daughters Carrie and Katie, and in addition to practicing law for 16 years,
subsequently dedicated herself to public service as a volunteer, community leader, board member, mentor, and
coach for more than 30 years; and
WHEREAS, Lynn Haggerty King’s community contributions included serving as an active Cool City Block
leader to enact programs to reach local climate goals, spearheading efforts in the youth and leadership,
‘Tomorrow’s Leaders Today’ program which provided support to local high school students, helped coordinate
the City’s initial Safe Routes to School initiative, and was selected as one of 21 members to represent southern
Sonoma County on the Local Law Enforcement Task Force; and
WHEREAS, in addition participating and encouraging others to engage in varied outdoor activities, Lynn
was an avid tennis player, who devoted time to championing the sport locally as a coach, a Board Member and
past president of the Petaluma Tennis Association, who was committed to volunteering her time to support local
leagues, participants, and youth programming; and
WHEREAS, Support for the formal naming effort also included a community-led endorsement which
garnered 175 signatures, as well as letters of support by the Petaluma Tennis Association (PTA) President and
Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, the Recreation, Music, and Parks Commission voted 7-0 to support the recommendation that the Tennis Courts at McNear Park be named the Lynn Haggerty Memorial Tennis Courts during the regular meeting on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows:
1. Declares the above recitals to be true and correct and are incorporated herein as findings of this Resolution.
2. Finds that this resolution does not constitute a “project” pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378 as naming a tennis court is an organizational action which will not have environmental impacts.
3. In accordance with the City of Petaluma’s park naming policy, the City Council adopts the Resolution to formally name the tennis courts at McNear Park, the Lynn Haggerty King Memorial Tennis Courts.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 4th day of December
2023 by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
__________________________
City Attorney
AYES: McDonnell, Barnacle, Cader Thompson, Healy, Nau, Pocekay, Shribbs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk ____________________________________________
Mayor
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