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REQUEST O <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 9, 2015 <br />TITLE; <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY NICK CANZONE <br />FOR STREET NAMING NO. 2015 -01 TO RENAME <br />A SEGMENT OF RAITT STREET NORTH OF <br />MACARTHUR BOULEVARD AS JAGUAR WAY <br />Prepared by Ricardo Soto <br />Interim 1{xecutive Dir6ctor <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving Street Naming No. 2015 -01. <br />Reauest of Applicant <br />� R <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />© <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• <br />Applicant's Request <br />• <br />Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED To <br />o r <br />Acting Planning Manager <br />Nick Canzone, representing the Santa Ana Unified School District, is requesting to rename a segment <br />of Raitt Street north of MacArthur Boulevard that provides access to Segerstrom High School as <br />Jaguar Way. <br />Proiect Back-ground <br />The subject street segment was formerly vacant land until it was constructed and dedicated to the <br />City of Santa Ana in 2003 as part of the Segerstrom High School development. The proposed street <br />segment is not a through - street and serves as a point of primary school access to Segerstrom High <br />School together with its sport facility known as Jaguar Stadium. <br />Project Analysis <br />Pursuant to Sections 33 -5 through 33 -8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), the Planning <br />Commission is the decision making body for the naming of public streets, subject to confirmation <br />by the City Council. Further, the policy guidelines in the SAMC pertaining to the naming of public <br />streets state that streets may be named if the name serves to identify the location of the subject by <br />reference to a geographic, environmental or development features in the immediate area. <br />The intent of the street renaming is to name the street segment after Segerstrom High School's <br />mascot, the Jaguar. The proposed street renaming will serve to identify the location of the subject <br />street segment by referencing its proximity to Segerstrom High School and to Jaguar Stadium. In <br />addition, renaming the segment of the street to Jaguar Way will improve wayfinding by clearly <br />identifying it as a point of access into the high school and as the primary point of access to Jaguar <br />Stadium. Further, it will clearly distinguish this street segment as a point of access rather than a <br />through- street, which will reduce traffic and pedestrian confusion. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />39A -3 <br />