Title
Resolution Naming Rooms in the Fox Hill Neighborhood Center
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Fox Hill Neighborhood Center (Center), in accordance with a Use Agreement with the City of Hampton who owns the subject property located at 65 Hall Road, has opened for programming. The Fox Hill Neighborhood Center Board has requested authority to name rooms in the Center instead of using numbers to identify them. This is being done to facilitate participants in program and activities of the Center locating the room in which their activity and also to add local character to the Center.
Participants in small group tours of the building were asked for suggested room names and the Center's executive committee, through a consensus process, identified room names for the City’s consideration. The Director of Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services concurs with the requested action of City Council.
Discussion:
This change is being requested in conformance with past practices of naming items in and on neighborhood center properties and will cause no additional financial implications or costs to the City.
Recommendation:
Rec
Council is being requested to approve the naming of rooms as set forth in the proposed resolution.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Hampton (the “City”) is the owner of property located at 65 Hall Road, Hampton, Virginia, 23664 where the Fox Hill Neighborhood Center facility (the “Center”) is located;
WHEREAS, the Fox Hill Neighborhood Center entity is a Virginia non-stock corporation organized for the purpose of providing families, seniors, and youth opportunities for learning, recreation, and neighborhood betterment (the “Corporation”);
WHEREAS, the City and the Corporation entered into a Use Agreement dated September 9, 2020 regarding the Center’s use and operation;
WHEREAS, the Center’s floor plan identifies the rooms numerically;
WHEREAS, the Corporation conducted small group tours to ask for suggested room names and the Corporation’s Executive Committee, through a consensus process, identified room names for the City’s consideration;
WHEREAS, the Corporation proposed the following list of room names to the Director of Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services (the “Director"): Room 103 - Deadrise Hall; Room 109 - Back River Reading Room; Room 112 - Puppy Drum Room; Room 113 - Foxy’s Den; Room 114 - Factory Point Room; Room 115 - Grandview Room; Kitchen - Crab Pot Kitchen; and Room 123 - Harris Creek Conference Room; and
WHEREAS, the Director reviewed the suggested list and is recommending that City Council recognizes and affirms the suggested room names for the Center;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia that the rooms located within the Fox Hill Neighborhood Center facility be recognized by the following names: Room 103 - Deadrise Hall; Room 109 - Back River Reading Room; Room 112 - Puppy Drum Room; Room 113 - Foxy’s Den; Room 114 - Factory Point Room; Room 115 - Grandview Room; Kitchen - Crab Pot Kitchen; and Room 123 - Harris Creek Conference Room.