Cape Coral City Council is expected to establish guidelines on how to name, or rename city facilities, especially parks, Wednesday.

Councilmember Robert Welsh brought the measure forward during the summer in the wake of the death of former city council member John Carioscia after the city proposed naming the softball fields at the Cape Coral Sports Complex.

The field was officially named in his honor last month.

However, Welsh expressed concerned with the way parks are being named.

According to the proposed ordinance, the purpose is to establish guidelines for naming and renaming of public assets owned and operated by the city.

If approved, the ordinance would establish a policy that would reserve the naming or renaming of parks, recreational facilities and other city assets for circumstances that will best serve the city’s interests and ensure an enduring legacy for Cape Coral’s parks and recreation system and other public facilities.

When naming an asset, the city would consider whether the name projects a positive image, is appropriate at the site’s location, has historical or cultural significance, commemorates people, places and events of importance to the city, has symbolic value that transcend ordinary meaning and has broad public support.

The ordinance also delves into criteria, the renaming of an asset, possible time limits, commemorative works, and what to name something that isn’t a parks and recreation asset.

In other business:

* The city will hold the first of two public hearings on an ordinance that would rezone 12.71 acres from Professional office (P) to Residential Multi-Family Low (RML).

The properties are to the west of Cultural Park Boulevard, a stone’s throw from City Hall that was intended to be the core of the City Centrum conceptual area, established in 2000-2002.

The purpose of City Centrum was to attract office uses to the governmental center (City Hall, post office, County annex) and create an employment center in central Cape Coral.

The property was changed to Commercial/ Professional in 2003 and the properties were rezoned to Professional in early 2009. However, by that time several duplexes were constructed in the area, which hurt assemblage opportunities.

In that area, 27 of 50 properties are developed with multi-family residences and duplexes. According to city staff, the city has a well-documented need for more multi-family housing and the area fronts local roads, with little to no attachment to Cultural Park Boulevard

In September, the city council unanimously approved a Future Land Use Map amendment paving the way to the proposed change.

* The city will hold another quasi-judicial hearing on an ordinance that would rezone 1.22 acres north of Viscaya Industrial Park from Residential Multi-Family Low (RML) and Professional (P) to Residential Multi-Family Medium (RMM).

The change of designation would increase the amount of units per acre at the site from 16 to 25. The Land Use Map was changed recently to Residential Multi-Family.

The regular meeting will begin 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.

The meeting is open to the public.