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REQUEST FOR <br />--COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE NAMING OF THE NEW PARK <br />AT 720 EAST SIXTH STREET "MARIPOSA <br />PARK" <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 5,4) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1'' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED <br />TO <br />FILE <br />NUMBER <br />Approve naming of the park at 720 East Sixth Street "Mariposa Park." <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />At its regular meeting on August 12, 2019, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution <br />approving Public Facilities Naming No. 2019-01 for a new City park at 720 East Sixth Street <br />pursuant to Sections 33-5 and 33-6 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). The Planning <br />Commission voted 6:0 to change the name of the park from "Parque Mariposa" to "Mariposa <br />Park" in order to be consistent with the proposed naming protocols for other City parks (Exhibit <br />1). <br />BOARD OF RECREATION AND PARKS ACTION <br />On June 26, 2019, the Board of Recreation and Parks unanimously recommended by a vote of <br />4:0 (Aleman, Sanchez and Velarde-Garcia absent) the Planning Commission consider naming <br />the new park at 720 East Sixth Street "Parque Mariposa". <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 2017, City staff held a meeting with the Lacy Neighborhood to provide input and feedback on <br />the design and name for a new City park within their boundaries. During the development of the <br />park, it was identified that a key design element of the park would be a sculpture of a butterfly <br />with colorful landscape in the wings of the butterfly. Once installed, this sculpture will represent <br />the transformation that a butterfly experiences and will likewise symbolize the positive <br />transformation that the Lacy Neighborhood has undergone and continues to undergo to improve <br />the resident's quality of life. Another symbolic representation of the butterfly sculpture is <br />migration. Like butterflies, many members of the Lacy community have migrated to Santa Ana <br />39A-1 <br />