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Support the Request to Ask NCDOT to Place Honorary Highway Name Signs for Dean Smith and Roy Williams on Sections of U.S. Highway 40.
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Staff:
Department:
Pam Hemminger, Mayor
Mayor's Office
Overview: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wants to honor Dean Smith and Roy Williams by designating a portion of U.S. Highway 40 in their name. The North Carolina Department of Transportation requires support, preferably unanimous, in the form of a resolution from the local municipality to consider designating a portion of a state roadway in honor of a person.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council adopt resolutions sending support for the highway designations.
Where is this item in its process?
Attachments:
* Resolution Dean Smith Highway Designation
* Resolution Roy Williams Highway Designation
* NCDOT Honorary Designations of State Transportation Assets, Employee Memorial Program
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE REQUEST THAT NCDOT PLACE THE HONORARY HIGHWAY NAME FOR THE SECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 40 FROM EXIT 270 TO EXIT 273 AS THE DEAN SMITH HIGHWAY. (2021-11-17/R-4)
WHEREAS, Dean Smith was born in Emporia, Kan., graduated from the University of Kansas where he won an NCAA men's basketball championship in 1952 as a player, was an assistant coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and became assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1958; and
WHEREAS Dean Smith was named head coach of the Tar Heels in 1961 and held that position for 36 seasons until he retired from coaching in 1997; and
WHEREAS Dean Smith was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2014; and
WHEREAS, Dean Smith, in 2000, was named one of the seven greatest coaches of the 20th Century by ESPN, with Red Auerbach (Boston Celtics), Bear Bryant (Alabama football), George Halas (Chicago Bears), Vince Lombardi (Green Bay Packers), John McGraw (MLB's New York Giants) and John Wooden (UCLA men's basketball); and...
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