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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 4, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH <br />EAST END REALTY PARTNERS, LP TO <br />CONSTRUCT NEW DOWNTOWN SKATE <br />PARK <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,4) <br />ON 00- <br />��WMMTICJM_m <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />/_111=159 01 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a license agreement with East <br />End Realty Partners, LP to construct and maintain a new skate park in Downtown Santa Ana <br />for a five year period effective on the date of City's execution of the agreement, subject to <br />non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $10,000 from East End Realty Partners, LP <br />in revenue account (no. 02710002-57990) and appropriate the same amount to expenditure <br />account (no. 02710133-66200) to be used for the completion of parking structure <br />improvements at the 5th and Spurgeon garage. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Skateboarding has gained popularity in Southern California as an active mode of transportation. In <br />2020, the Tokyo Olympics will now feature skateboarding as an official competitive sport. In Santa <br />Ana, the City currently only has one skate park located at Centennial park that is available to youth <br />and residents. <br />Many of Santa Ana's youth use skateboards as a way to get to and from school by traversing <br />through the downtown area. Some areas of the downtown have seen an increase in the damage <br />to curbs, benches, and planters from skateboarders. By creating a community space for <br />skateboarding in the downtown, youth in the City will be provided an recreational opportunity that <br />both nmvides a healthy lifestyle and potentially alleviate future damage to this downtown <br />infrastructure. The skate park would also aim to decrease the likelihood of skateboard and <br />pedestrian injuries and fatalities. <br />Placemaking inspires cities to collectively reimagine a public space into a community asset that <br />promotes health, safety, and active transportation. East End Realty Partners, LP, owners of several <br />properties in the downtown area, have approached the City with a request for placemaking to <br />20C-1 <br />