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[Subdivision Review Committee on September 4, 2025.]
IT IS 8 31.THIS IS A MEETING OF THE SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE.
MR.
GOOD MORNING, SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, I'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL COMMISSIONER, UH, HAMPTON PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER CARPENTER PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER FORSIGHT AND COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, VICE CHAIR BRENT, I'M HERE.
AND WE HAVE ONE AGENDA ITEM, UM, ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD? SURE.
UH, THE RECORD WE HAVE IS STREET NAME CHANGE, STNA STREET, S-T-N-A-M-E DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 3 IS AN APPLICATION TO CHANGE OAK STREET BETWEEN GASTON AVENUE AND LIVE OAK STREET TO PETER M. MILLER STREET.
THE ABOVE HAS BEEN ADVERTISED FOR A HEARING AT THIS TIME.
NEWSPAPER NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 20, 20, 25, AND NOTIFICATION SIGNS WERE POSTED ALONG OAK STREET AND AUGUST 15TH, 2020 5, 34 NOTICES WERE SENT TO ABOUTING PROPERTY OWNERS ON AUGUST 20, 20, 25, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLY AND OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM CT ARCHIVIST, UH, STUDY AUGUST, UH, OF SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2025.
UH, JUST THE UPDATED COMMENTS FROM CITY ARCHIVIST.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS AL AND HIS COMMENTS, I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ HIS COMMENTS.
OAK STREET DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE OFFICIAL 9 18 89 ANNEXATION MAP FOR THE CITY OF EAST DALLAS, BUT DOES SHOW UP IN THE 1890 PROPERTY TAX RULES FOR A CITY OF EAST DALLAS.
OAKLAND OAK CONTINUES TO APPEAR IN EARLY MAPS OF ALL EAST DALLAS RUNNING FROM W TO LIVE OAK, AS SEEN IN THE 1921 CITY BLOCK MAP ARCHIVES.
CONFIRM ARCHIVES CONFIRMS THAT OAK STREET HAS A HISTORY EXTENDING BACK 135 YEARS, CLASSIFYING IT AMONG THE OLDER STREET NAMES IN DALLAS.
AND, UH, SO HE JUST WANTED TO UPDATE HIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO DAL.
SO WAIVERS ARE NEEDED FOR SIX AND 51 A DASH 9.304 A FIVE.
A STREET NAME MAY NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN FOUR 14 CHARACTERS PROVIDING, HOWEVER, THAT THE STREET TYPE DESIGNATION MAY BE ABBREVIATED TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT.
SECTION 51 A DASH 9.304 C ONE STATES A HISTORIC STREET NAME MAY NOT BE CHANGED.
A STREET NAME COMMEMORATING A PERSON OR A HISTORIC SITE OR A AREA IS PROHIBITED UNTIL AT LEAST TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PERSON TO BE HONOR OR THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT TO BE COMMEMORATED.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL PROVIDED THAT THE ALL REQUIRE WAIVERS ARE GRANTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND TO CONFIRM THERE'S TWO WAIVERS, BUT THOSE WAIVERS ARE GRANTED AT THE TIME OF CITY COUNCIL.
UM, MEMBERS QUESTIONS? I I HAVE A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
IN THE, UM, CASE REPORT, IT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WAS RECOMMENDING DENIAL BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITY OF THE PROPOSED NAME TO EXISTING STREET NAMES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, I MOVE TO DENY THE APPLICATION TO CHANGE OAK STREET BETWEEN GASTON AVENUE AND LIVE OAK STREET TO PETER M. MILLER STREET.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND IT.
ANY COMMENTS? I MADE THE MOTION TO DENY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, NUMBER OF WAIVERS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE WAIVERS IN, UM, IN MAKING THIS, UH, THIS NAME CHANGE, PROPOSED NAME CHANGE.
OAK STREET IS A HISTORIC NAME.
I THINK THAT STREET NAMES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HISTORY AND SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED LIGHTLY.
UH, THE FACT THAT THE PROPOSED HONOREE IS NOT DECEASED IS ANOTHER, UM, FACTOR.
UM, THE CONCERNS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY AND POSSIBLE CONFUSION WITH EMERGENCY DISPATCH WHEN PROPOSED STREET NAMES ARE TOO SIMILAR TO EXISTING STREET NAMES, UM, ALL FACTOR INTO THE DECISION.
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RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO, UM, HONOR INDIVIDUALS, WHICH ARE THE CEREMONIAL SIGN TOPPERS, WHERE THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE STREET ISN'T CHANGED, BUT THERE'S A SECOND SET OF SIGN TOPPERS, YOU KNOW, HONORING, UM, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE DEEMED WORTHY.I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, UH, A RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. ESA, IS THAT THE END OF OUR AGENDA? ANY OTHER UPDATES TODAY? NO, WE DON'T.
IT IS 8:37 AM AND THE SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.