At the Monday, August 9, 2021 Town Council meeting the council unanimously approved the proposed names for bodies of water and streams that were previously unnamed.  The approval of the names fulfills Recommendation #72 of the 2019 Comprehensive Plan to, "Assign names to significant unnamed water bodies and streams."

In the fall of 2019 the Town Council forwarded the task of assigning names to the Conservation Committee.  Residents were invited to help the Conservation Committee through a survey that was conducted during the month of August 2020 [Article].  During a February 9, 2021 Conservation Committee meeting, the committee voted 6-0 in favor of forwarding names to the Town Council.  The council reviewed the proposed names during a May 5 workshop, whereby they determined that the list would be forwarded to the ad hoc Civil Rights Committee for their consideration. 

Based on the review of the proposed names during the Civil Rights Committee meeting on June 30, the committee identified five proposed names they deemed, "potentially problematic."  In a Memo to the Town Council the committee recommended that the council consider changing five names in order to avoid names that might be misconstrued and/or the misuse of Native names.  During the July 12 Town Council meeting, the consensus of the council was to request staff members to provide potential alternative names.  In a July 14 Memo to Town Manager Matthew Sturgis, Town Planner Maureen O'Meara provided alternative names chosen by staff; These names, along with the entire list of proposed names were approved by the Town Council August 9.