Recommending Public Input be Encouraged on a Suggested Additional Street Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Resolution No. ft l 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, RECOMMENDING THAT PUBLIC INPUT BE ENCOURAGED TO BE RECEIVED ON A SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL STREET LOCATION TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE RENAMED TO HONOR THE LATE REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. IN SOUTH BEND INDIANA the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana recognizes that almost a thousand communities across our great county have renamed public streets to honor the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. as depicted in the following map'; and current Indiana law set forth in Indiana Code §36 -7 -4 -405 provides that "streets shall be named or renamed so that their names are easy to understand and to avoid duplication or conflict with other names "; and ' 78 Social Education 123 (May, June 2014) Jerry T. Mitchell and Derek H. Alderman of the National Council for the Social Studies "A Street Name for a King: The Politics of Place- Naming" notes that "the United States now contains no fewer than 890 streets, boulevards, avenues, and courts named for the slain civil rights icon..." Locations of Martin Luther King Jr. Streets By Zipcode • %16 i •' ,c 0 145 2% 500 t 0 W5 700 1.K 3.190 2940 N A 0 720 e40 1280 •r.NniNrMrr ECU Gw7+9M 104meb s current Indiana law set forth in Indiana Code §36 -7 -4 -405 provides that "streets shall be named or renamed so that their names are easy to understand and to avoid duplication or conflict with other names "; and ' 78 Social Education 123 (May, June 2014) Jerry T. Mitchell and Derek H. Alderman of the National Council for the Social Studies "A Street Name for a King: The Politics of Place- Naming" notes that "the United States now contains no fewer than 890 streets, boulevards, avenues, and courts named for the slain civil rights icon..."