CITY OF COMMERCEAGENDA REPORTCITY OF COMMERCEAGENDA REPORT
CITY OF COMMERCE
AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF COMMERCE
AGENDA REPORT
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TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT: Hall of Champions
Meeting Date: May 9, 2023
RECOMMENDATION:
Per Council direction, the Department of Parks & Recreation established a “Hall of Champions” award for outstanding athletic achievement in the City of Commerce. At the Parks & Recreation Commission meeting of June 3, 2021, the Commission reviewed and recommended Roy Amos and Sandy Nitta to the City Council for inclusion in the Hall of Champions.
ANALYSIS/BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the City of Commerce athletic “Hall of Champions” is to recognize and honor those Commerce athletes who excelled in their respective sports and who helped to bring honor, recognition, distinction and excellence to the City of Commerce through their conduct both on and off the field, court, swimming pool or other venue of competition. This recognition will help maintain the spirit, pride and sense of community as well as serving as a historical account of the great athletic traditions of the City of Commerce.
Examples:
Selected to a national team or win a national title
Setting a national, state or regional record
Obtaining professional status in a sport
Eligibility for Nomination:
Athletes are eligible for nomination 5 years after their last date of City competition. They must be in good standing as determined by the Parks and Recreation Commission. Such athletes must have competed in a City of Commerce funded team or sport that competed and excelled at a level equal to Junior Olympics, AAU, or other high levels at a regional, or national level. The nominee must have accomplished in setting new individual or team records or titles, and/or made an impact on teams that won national or regional titles.
Nominations are also open to coaches, who must have participated with distinction and/or made significant contributions to athletics for the City of Commerce as evidenced, for example, by the success of their teams and the acknowledgment of their former athletes. Such coaches shall be eligible for nomination beginning 10 years after their hire date with the City of Commerce.
Nomination Process:
A candidate may be nominated for the Hall of Champions by any resident of the community.
All applications are to remain confidential, until it is placed on the Parks and Recreation Commission agenda. Information relating to a nominee's career statistics, records, achievements, etc. must be supported by accompanying documentation or sources cited so that the information may be verified independently.
Once presented as an eligible nominee, a candidate who is not elected shall automatically be reconsidered annually until he/she has been considered for five years. Thereafter, re-nomination may occur at any time. The Department will notify any nominators if their nominee was not selected.
Election Process:
All nominations shall need at least three votes by the Parks and Recreation Commission in order to nominate, review, and forward nominees to the City Council for final approval. The results will then be placed on the City Council Agenda for their review and approval. All nominees will need a three vote by Council to be inducted into the Hall of Champions.
Induction Ceremony:
The induction ceremony will take place during the Independence Day Celebration. Inductees will have a chance to say a few words and have a photo opportunity with City Council and the Parks and Recreation Commission. Their names will be added to the Hall of Champions perpetual plaque located in the Brenda Villa Aquatic Center.
FISCAL IMPACT:
City Council recently approved an allocation of $10,000.00 for traveling and lodging costs for future recipients of this recognition.
RELATIONSHIP TO STRATEGIC GOALS:
This item is not related to a specific Strategic Goal.
Recommended by: Greg Alaniz, Director of Parks & Recreation Approved as to Form: Noel Tapia, City Attorney
Respectfully submitted: Edgar P. Cisneros, City Manager ATTACHMENTS:
Nominees