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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2020 TITLE: RECEIVE AND FILE DOG PARK AT CENTENNIAL PARK INFORMATIONAL UPDATE CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1� Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO /s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Receive and file Dog Park at Centennial Park informational update. DISCUSSION On December 3, 2019, the City Council directed the City Manager to study the feasibility of a dog park at Centennial Park. On March 3, 2020, the City Council discussed the feasibility of a dog park at Centennial Park and provided direction to staff. On July 7, 2020, the City Council was provided a Receive -and -File Dog Park update. The City Council provided direction to staff, which included moving forward with efforts to build a dog park located at Centennial Park (3.54-acre undeveloped area) and returning to the City Council at a future date with additional options for a dog park that includes an educational component (teaching, trainings, signage, spay -and -neuter information, how to care for animals, etc.) since the land can only be used for educational purposes. Originally, the property, owned by the City of Santa Ana, had a deed restriction requiring park and recreational uses only. In 1988, the City of Santa Ana deeded the property to the National Park Service, who then transferred the site to the U.S. Department of Education. The U.S. Department of Education conveyed the land to the City of Santa Ana for use as a Police/Fire Training Facility. The 30-year deed restriction required the City to use the site only for educational purposes. On September 28, 2020 a letter (Exhibit 1) was sent to the U.S. Department of Education to start the process of releasing 3.54-acre site from educational use restriction and to use for recreational purposes to build a future dog park. In response, the U.S. Department of Education provided the following options for the City of Santa Ana to consider: 1. Wait until March 7, 2021 when the 30-year educational deed restriction expires. 2. Enact the Abrogation provision (Exhibit 2), which essentially is a "buy out' provision. 19C-1