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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 7, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC FACILITIES NAMING NO. 2015 -02 <br />TO NAME A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT <br />THE SANTA ANA REGIONAL <br />TRANSPORTATION CENTER LOCATED AT <br />1000 EAST SANTA ANA BOULEVARD AS <br />THE GORDON BRICKEN PEDESTRIAN <br />BRIDGE - JOHN PALACIO, APPLICANT <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. S, } <br />0 <br />CITY MANAG <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Receive and file the staff report and affirm the naming of the pedestrian bridge at the Santa Ana <br />Regional Transportation Center as the Gordon Bricken Pedestrian Bridge (Public Facilities <br />Naming No. 2015 -02), <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />On March 9, 2015, the Planning Commission approved Public Facilities Naming No. 2015 -02 by <br />a vote of 7:0 naming the pedestrian bridge located at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation <br />Center at 1000 East Santa Ana Boulevard as the Gordon Bricken Pedestrian Bridge. The <br />Planning Commission made no changes to the name change identified in the attached staff <br />report (Exhibit A). <br />DISCUSSION <br />John Palacio, in conjunction with several community members, is proposing to name the existing <br />pedestrian bridge located at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) after Gordon <br />Bricken, a former elected and appointed official of Santa Ana. Mr. Bricken first became active in <br />local politics when he was appointed to serve on Santa Ana's Planning Commission from 1964 to <br />1974. He later was appointed and elected to the City Council where he served from 1974 until <br />1984, including serving a stint as Mayor from 1980 -1982. Gordon was an avid train aficionado. To <br />honor the memory of a unique individual who significantly contributed his time and efforts for a <br />better Santa Ana, John Palacio and several members of the community have requested the <br />naming of the pedestrian bridge at the SARTC as the Gordon Bricken Pedestrian Bridge. <br />39A -1 <br />