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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE RENAMING THE SKATE PARK <br />AT CENTENNIAL PARK "PAT MCGUIGAN <br />SKATE PARK" <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 41 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1r Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve renaming of the Centennial Park skate park to the "Pat McGuigan Skate Park." <br />DISCUSSION <br />At the September 3, 2019 City Council meeting, Mayor Pro Tern Villegas proposed renaming the <br />skate park at Centennial Park after former City Councilmember Patricia McGuigan who recently <br />passed away. <br />Patricia A. McGuigan was Santa Ana's first councilwoman and one of the longest -serving council <br />members in Orange County history. McGuigan, known as "Pat," served on the city council from <br />1981-1992, and then reappointed in 1993 to fill a vacancy. After two successful elections, she <br />retired in 2002 due to term limits. Pat served during a period when Santa Ana demographics were <br />affected by immigration, with big increases in the city's Latino and Asian populations. Some <br />credited Pat for forging relations with immigrant communities, particularly Asian refugees. She <br />created the Asian -Pacific Advisory Council of Santa Ana in 1994 and headed that council for eight <br />years. <br />Among her many accomplishments was the opening of the Salgado Community Center, which she <br />backed for years. The center was the first of its kind on the west side of town, serving youth with a <br />gymnasium, a pool, a game room and more. She was an early advocate of the Asian community, <br />helping Vietnamese and Cambodians to access resources. She was a member of the city's <br />Historic Resources Commission, and advocate for creating Santa Ana's downtown Artist Village, <br />served on the Orange County Senior Citizens Advisory Council, served as a director of Soroptomist <br />International of Santa Ana -Tustin, and worked as a government relations consultant, according to <br />city officials. She was instrumental in the development and opening of the first skate park at <br />Centennial Park in Santa Ana in 2002. <br />39B-1 <br />