I think a better and more organized way is for the city council to keep a list of approved names. When a new street or park or building needs a name it's right there ready for naming. There will be some controversy (of course) when a name approved later on the list seems more appropriate but a lot of the anger will be gone because it's on the Approved List.

I live in St Johns. There are a large amount of Hispanics living here. Ever think about renaming Fessenden??? People have a hard time pronouncing and spelling it besides endangering your life trying to cross it. There are very few businesses to impact and a future streetcar on this street would go a long way to
revitalizing this part of the neighborhood. Actually, Cesar Chavez Street and Streetcar sounds good.