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Parks, Recreation, and Community Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/parks <br />Item # 15 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />City Council Staff Report <br />November 19, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Naming of Park between Fairview and King Streets <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve the Naming of a Park Located Between Fairview Street and King Street <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Affirm the Planning Commission’s adoption of a resolution approving Public Facilities <br />Naming No. 2024-01 and recommend approval of the name “Artesia-Pilar Park” for the <br />park located between Fairview Street and King Street. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency (PRCSA) <br />solicited suggestions from the community for the park between Fairview Street and King <br />Street by crowdsourcing. Site naming ideas were submitted via PRCSA’s and the City’s <br />Instagram accounts. In addition, PRCSA leveraged the King Street Urban Greening <br />Project groundbreaking ceremony to assist in naming the latest addition to the Parks <br />system. <br />The site’s location transformed an unused 10,000 square-foot right-of-way area <br />between Fairview Street and King Street into a new park with a stormwater capture <br />system. Residents can now enjoy bike and pedestrian pathways, new lighting features, <br />community art installations by Marina Aguilera, seating areas, interpretative signage, <br />and drought tolerant landscaping. In addition, the park brings an innovative approach to <br />managing stormwater runoff through two bio-retention basins and an underground <br />stormwater infiltration system in the park that will capture up to 117,000 gallons of <br />stormwater per storm. <br />In naming or renaming public facilities, the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) provides <br />that consideration must be given to the following guidelines (in part): <br />•A name which serves to identify the location of the subject by reference to <br />distinct geographic, environmental, or development features in the immediate <br />area. <br />•A name which references the history of the subject site or its immediate area.