Seccombe Lake renaming

Former parks commissioner who detailed the Seccombe family's civic legacy — multiple mayors, a police chief, the first woman councilmember — and argued the park, not the segregated plunge, was what was named for them; proposed renaming the amphitheater instead.

Lifelong resident and historical society board member who argued the city has already lost too much history and asked commissioners not to erase the 140-year-old Seccombe name.

Charter Review Committee chair who argued Mayor Seccombe didn't create the plunge's segregation policy and, after the court ruling, went beyond the order by banning whites-only signs citywide — so he should be celebrated, not stripped of the name.

Presented 30 pages of historical research on Mayor William Seccombe and the 1947 Mendez case, opposing a rushed renaming and suggesting other historical figures be honored; his time was cut off at three minutes.