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<br />APPLICATION FOR NAMING <br />A <br />CITY OF LA PORTE FACILITY <br />Please provide the information requested and retum this application to the City Secretary's Office. <br /> <br />Applicant Infonnation <br /> <br />Name: Stephen Barr, Director of Parks & Recreation Department <br /> <br />Address: 1322 S. Broadway <br /> <br />Phone: 281.470.5136 <br /> <br />Facility Infonnation <br />Location: <br />Current Name: <br />Function or Facility: <br />Proposed Name: <br /> <br />3600 Canada Road <br />(working name) Westside Sports Complex & Park <br />Future Home of La Porte Boy's Baseball Association <br />Pecan Park <br /> <br />Contnbutlons <br />In the spaces provided below, briefly explain how the proposed individual, family, organization, or <br />entity has contributed to La Porte. You may use any combination of categories, as is <br />appropriate to the nomination, to describe the contributions made. For further assistance, please <br />refer to the Procedures and Guidelines for the Naming of Public Facilities. <br /> <br />Financial Contribution <br /> <br />I N/A <br /> <br />HistoricalJSymbolic Conbibution <br /> <br />The park site was an old Pecan Plantation many years ago. There are a number of mature pecan trees on the <br />site that bear pecans annually. The site was chosen for a park because of this unique characteristic. Through <br />its design, the architect has managed to keep quite a number of the pecan trees along the eastern half of the <br />park, while incorporating ten new youth baseball fields and other amenities. The pecan trees will add shade <br />for picnics both during the season as well as post and pre-season picnicking at the park. Naming the new <br />facility Pecan Park will draw attention to these beautiful trees and the La Porte heritage they represent. Staff <br />recommends adoption of this as a very fitting name for the park. At some future point, we may ask to <br />consider naming of individual fields for specific groups or individuals who donate funding or otherwise make <br />a contribution to the Association or the City in some way. <br /> <br />Civic Contribution <br />N/A <br />