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REQUEST FOR Planning Commission Action PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: MAY 14, 2007 TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING - FILED BY THE CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES NAMING NO. 2007-01 TO RE-NAME AN EXISTING PARK SITE AT 1009 NORTH CUSTER STREET FROM LOGAN PARK TO CHEPA`S PARK PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Set Public Hearing For DENIED ^ Applicant's Request ^ Staff Recommendation CONTINUED TO Prepared by Ron Ono ~~'~\ ' Executive Director RECOMMENDED ACTION Kd~Al) e.l E-t~--~-~1~~ Planning M ager Approve the re-naming of Logan Park to Chepa's Park. Board of Recreation and Parks Action Recommended to the Planning Commission and the City Council to approve the re-naming of Logan Park to Chepa' s Park by a vote of 6:0:2 at its March 28, 2007 meeting. DISCUSSION Logan Park is located within the Logan Neighborhood. The Logan Neighborhood is located just west of Interstate 5 and south of Seventeenth Street. It borders Historic French Park Neighborhood on the west and the Regional Transportation Center on the south. Logan Park is rectangular in shape and is approximately .41 acres in size (Exhibits 1 and 2). On August 26, 2006, the Logan Neighborhood Association discussed the re- naming of Logan Park to Chepa's Park in recognition of the late Josephine "Chepa" Andrade. On March 17, 2007, the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency received a formal letter from the Logan Neighborhood Association requesting the park name be changed to "Chepa's Park" (Exhibit 3). Josephine "Chepa" Andrade lived her entire life in the Logan Neighborhood and many residents in the area referred to her as "Chepa". She was an advocate for neighborhood improvement and was involved in forming the Logan Neighborhood Committee that stopped the rezoning of this small neighborhood into an industrial area. She was also involved in the community building of Logan Park and received many recognitions E~~T_,~