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Chris Swope
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May 26, 2009
Ammahad-Shekarakki
P.O. Box 13135
Lansing, MI 48901-3135
Dear Sir:
The Lansing City Council has received your letter dated April 22, 2009 requesting that a
street be named after Malcolm X. Enclosed is an Application for Naming and Renaming
Memorials in the City of Lansing, Michigan.According to the City of Lansing's Ordinance for
Naming and Renaming Memorials, the following procedures must be followed:
Chapter 1034
1034.09. Procedures
(a) Anyone proposing the naming or renaming of a public memorial or street as a
memorial shall file an application with the City Clerk. The application shall contain the
following information:
(1) The proposed name and the basis and significance of the name;
(2) The object, site, or street that is the subject of the application;
(3) The current name of the object, site or street, if applicable;
(4) The effect of the proposed name change upon residents and businesses, if
applicable;
(5) The projected cost to implement the application proposal, if approved; and
(6) Anticipated support or opposition to the application proposal.
(b) The City Clerk shall forward the application to the Memorial Review Board upon
receipt.
(c) If the application is to name or rename a street as a memorial, in addition to the
requirements in subsection (a)of this section, the applicant shall also file a petition with
the City Clerk within sixty (60) days of the filing of the of the application.
(1) The petition, to be valid, must support the application proposal and contain the
following minimum number of signatures: if the street is a local street, the petition must
be signed by not less than one percent (1%) of the registered voters of Lansing as of
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the date of the last general election; and if the street is a major street, the petition must
be signed by not less than three percent(3%)of the registered voters of Lansing as of
the date of the last general election.
(2) Within 14 days of the filing of the petition, the City Clerk shall verify the petition
signatures and submit a written report to the Memorial Review Board as to the
sufficiency of the petition pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (c).
(3) If the applicant fails to file a petition within the required time, containing not less
than the minimum number of signatures, the application shall be deemed invalid and
the Memorial Review Board shall report this fact to the City council.
(d) If the application proposes to name or rename a street as a memorial, the applicant
shall be responsible for, and bear the cost of, printing and delivering, door to door to
affected businesses and residences, notice of the proposed name change. The notice shall
be delivered to all businesses and residences with a mailing address on the subject street
and to all businesses and residences on the immediate corners of streets intersected by
the subject street.
(1) The applicant shall make a reasonable effort to include in the written notice the
information described in paragraph (3) of subsection (g).
(2) The notice shall also include information as prepared by the Memorial Review
Board and approved as to form by the City Attorney, describing the City's process for
naming and renaming a street as a memorial.
(3) The applicant shall request that an occupant of each residence or business sign a
statement, in a form acceptable to the Memorial Review Board and approved by the
City Attorney, acknowledging receipt of the notice. If an occupant is not available or
elects not to sign the statement, the applicant shall show in writing on the statement the
address of the occupant, the date and time notification was attempted, and indicate
whether the occupant was not available or elected not to sign. A signature on the
petition submitted by the applicant shall be considered fulfillment of this
acknowledgment requirement. A copy of acknowledgments, petitions and statements of
attempted notification shall be delivered to the City clerk and forwarded to the Memorial
Review Board within sixty days of the filing of the application.
If you have any questions regarding the application or petition process, please do not
hesitate to contact my office.
Sincerely,
Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk
Lansing City Clerk's Office
Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1695
517-483-4131 ❑ 517-377-0068 FAX
clerk.cityoflansingmi.com ❑clerk@lansingmi.gov