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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 24, 2011 <br />TITLE <br />PUBLIC FACILITIES NAMING NO. 2011-01 <br />TO NAME THE PUBLIC PROPERTY <br />LOCATED AT 325 EAST FOURTH STREET <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve the public facilities naming request initiated by the City of Santa Ana by naming the <br />property located at 325 East Fourth Street one of the following: Plaza (or Placita) Calle Cuatro, <br />Plaza (or Placita) Cinco de Mayo, Plaza (or Placita) Santa Ana, Plaza (or Placita) Fiesta or El <br />Zocalo (Public Facilities Naming 2011-01). <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City Council at its meeting on August 1, 2011, initiated the naming of the city-owned <br />property located at the northwest corner of Fourth and French Streets (325 East Fourth). This <br />action does not require a public hearing pursuant to SAMC §33-7 (Exhibit 1). <br />History of Property <br />This 8,785 square-foot property was acquired by the City in 1984. That same year the City <br />licensed its use to the Downtown Santa Ana Business Association (DSABA) for the El Faisan <br />Mercado and paseo. El Faisan was designed to accommodate four kiosk-type businesses. <br />Accordingly, DSABA executed a lease with Javier Marin dba El Faisan. The original license <br />agreement with DSABA was later transferred to the Downtown Business Improvement District <br />Advisory Board in 2005, and it included a new month-to-month agreement for use of El Faisan. <br />And finally, the City entered into a direct month-to-month agreement with Mr. & Mrs. Marin dba El <br />Faisan in 2007. <br />In 2009, after an assessment of the extensive repairs to the structures that would be necessary, <br />the City gave notice to Mr. & Mrs. Marin of its intention to cancel the lease as of December 31, <br />2009. An extension was granted and the property was vacated as of January 31, 2010. <br />Demolition of the structures and clean up of the site was completed in early March 2010. <br />55A-1