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REQUEST FOR <br /> Planning Commission Action <br /> ' i <br /> 3,~ Y <br /> ~Ml of <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br /> NOVEMBER 9, 2009 APPROVED <br /> TITLE: ? As Recommended <br /> PUBLIC FACILITIES NAMING NO. 2009-01 ? As Amended <br /> TO NAME A ROOM WITHIN THE SANTA ANA MAIN ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED AT 26 CIVIC CENTER DENIED <br /> PLAZA THE ESTELLA R. SHULSE TEEN ACTIVITY ? Applicant's Request <br /> ROOM ? Staff Recommendation <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> Prepared by Vince Fregoso <br /> ~T <br /> Executive Director Planning Man er <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> Approve Public Facilities Naming No. 2009-01 to name a room within the <br /> TeenSpace area of the Santa Ana Main Public Library the Estella R. <br /> Shulse Teen Activity Room. <br /> BOARD OF RECREATION AND PARKS ACTION <br /> On October 28, 2009, the Board of Recreation and Parks unanimously <br /> approved Public Facilities Naming No. 2009-01 by a vote of 7:0 (one <br /> absence) to name a room within the TeenSpace area of the Santa Ana Main <br /> Public Library the Estella R. Shulse Teen Activity Room. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> In 2007, the Library Department accepted a bequest of $123,000 from the <br /> Estella R. Shulse Family Trust. Estella was an employee of the library <br /> for many years and continued to return as a volunteer and part-time <br /> employee after her retirement. Ms. Shulse had no family of her own, but <br /> was an enthusiastic and dedicated member of the library family. When <br /> Estella passed away, she left the bulk of her estate to the Santa Ana <br /> Public Library, her adoptive family, trusting that her bequest would be <br /> used to help the community. Her generous donation was used as the seed <br /> money necessary for the development of a long-needed Teen Area in the <br /> library. It provided approximately 55 percent of the funding required <br /> for the project, making possible the design and construction of the <br /> state-of-the-art TeenSpace area. <br /> The Library would like to honor the memory of Estella R. Shulse and <br /> recognize her generosity by naming the Teen Activity Room within the <br /> library TeenSpace in her honor. In addition, a plaque that reads, "In <br /> <br /> memory of Estella R. Shulse, longtime library employee and friend, whose <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> 39A-3 <br /> <br />