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(KXAN) – A memo sent to the Austin City Council and mayor from the city’s Equity Office provides a framework for renaming city assets with names that have ties to the Confederacy. Renaming those assets has been in talks for years.
The memo, sent from Interim Chief Equity Officer Tamela Saldaña, is a response to and report following a 2020 council resolution. That resolution “directed staff to support an educational process and collaborate with residents to identify City assets for renaming,” according to Saldaña’s memo.
Background
In July 2018, the Equity Office issued a memo in response to a 2017 resolution identifying assets slated for review, along with remedies like removal, interpretive signage, and renaming.
The Equity Office recommended council take action to rename streets and public assets that are identified in the list for “Assets Slated for Initial Review” and collaborate with residents to identify a person or other entity desired to be honored in the renaming of the asset, according to…
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