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manager resigned. He then became Director of a new Facilities Management <br />Department, then Director of Hult Center Operations. <br />Ed’s leadership in planning and lobbying for funding measures resulted in the <br />construction of a senior center, four regional recreation centers, two swimming pools, <br />the start of the Ridgeline Park, extensions of park and open space along the Willamette <br />River, and the acquisition and development of parks to keep up with a growing <br />population. The National Recreation and Park Association recognized his early <br />accomplishments in 1969 with a national first place gold medal award for program <br />excellence for mid-sized cities. <br />Date of death: <br />November 13, 2014 <br />Explanation of how renaming a park or feature would improve community <br />awareness and historical perspective: <br />When the park was originally named Washington-Jefferson Park, that name was <br />adopted by the Parks & Recreation employees because they couldn’t come up with a <br />better alternative to the streets that bounded it. It is clearly an improvement to remind <br />people that outstanding individuals such as Ed Smith are why we have special places <br />like our parks. At heart, it is the citizens who make a community what it is. <br />John Etter, on behalf of <br />Ernest Drapela <br />Louis Kroeck <br />Vic Martin <br />Carrie Matsushita <br />Dave Pompel <br />Doug Post <br />Marilyn Steele <br />July 15, 2019, Public Hearing – Item 3