HomeMy WebLinkAboutVII (D) Discussion re the City Logo and the Official City Seal Agenda II-05-2002
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S. Scott Vandergrift Danny Howell, District 1
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City Manager �l '1'��, p Rusty Johnson, District 3
Jim GleasonM- ; Nancy J. Parker, District 4
STAFF REPORT
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Jean Grafton,City Clerk If
DATE: October 25, 2002 �1
RE: TIIE CITY LOGO AND THE OFFICIAL CITY SEAL
ISSUE
Should the Honorable Mayor and City Commission formally adopt the city logo as pictured above
and authorize for use as the corporate seal the original city seal that was retired in 1986?
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
During the past year this Commission authorized a new city logo to be designed and the intent was
to incorporate the logo into a new city seal, as was done with the previously adopted logo/seal. That
logo was round and adapted easily to duplication as the city seal. As the style of the new logo is
more oblong/oval than round, suppliers of embossing seals have advised the logo would have to be
modified to fit into either a round or rectangular shape embosser. This means that the corporate
seal would not be identical to the new logo; and, although it seems to be a generally accepted
practice to not have the seal the same as the logo,rather than go to the expense of buying a"near
miss" staff suggests the Honorable Mayor and City Commission adopt the original corporate seal
which was adopted in 1925 and retired from use in 1986, authorizing its use as the official city seal
again.
That seal says simply "City of Ocoee, Orange County, Florida" around the perimeter, with
"Corporate SEAL" in the middle. It is in the classic lion's head style embosser and has rested in the
City Clerk's office next to the Ocoee Cemetery Association seal that was retired in the seventies.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff respectfully recommends the Honorable Mayor and City Commission formally adopt as the
city logo the logo as depicted at the top of this page and authorize staff to prepare an Ordinance to
adopt the original corporate seal used from 1925 to 1986 and authorize its use as the official city
seal.
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