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Home My WebLink AboutItem 15 - Approve the Naming of a Park Located Between Fairview Street and King Street Parks, Recreation, and Community Services www.santa-ana.org/parks Item # 15 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 City Council Staff Report November 19, 2024 TOPIC: Naming of Park between Fairview and King Streets AGENDA TITLE Approve the Naming of a Park Located Between Fairview Street and King Street RECOMMENDED ACTION Affirm the Planning Commission’s adoption of a resolution approving Public Facilities Naming No. 2024-01 and recommend approval of the name “Artesia-Pilar Park” for the park located between Fairview Street and King Street. GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No DISCUSSION The City of Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency (PRCSA) solicited suggestions from the community for the park between Fairview Street and King Street by crowdsourcing. Site naming ideas were submitted via PRCSA’s and the City’s Instagram accounts. In addition, PRCSA leveraged the King Street Urban Greening Project groundbreaking ceremony to assist in naming the latest addition to the Parks system. The site’s location transformed an unused 10,000 square-foot right-of-way area between Fairview Street and King Street into a new park with a stormwater capture system. Residents can now enjoy bike and pedestrian pathways, new lighting features, community art installations by Marina Aguilera, seating areas, interpretative signage, and drought tolerant landscaping. In addition, the park brings an innovative approach to managing stormwater runoff through two bio-retention basins and an underground stormwater infiltration system in the park that will capture up to 117,000 gallons of stormwater per storm. In naming or renaming public facilities, the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) provides that consideration must be given to the following guidelines (in part): •A name which serves to identify the location of the subject by reference to distinct geographic, environmental, or development features in the immediate area. •A name which references the history of the subject site or its immediate area. Naming of Park between Fairvew and King Streets November 19, 2024 Page 2 4 6 7 5 •A name which identifies a person or family which made an extraordinary donation of land or funds to promote the construction or improvement of the subject public facility. •A name which recognizes a person or family who made a distinct, significant contribution to the well-being of the city, including past mayors, councilmembers, board or commission members, officers or employees of the city, but not anyone who currently holds any such position. Staff reviewed over 30 suggestions for the park’s name using the SAMC criteria. The park name list below is in order of the overall votes received via social media voting that took place between July 2-July 16, 2024 and were recommended by staff for consideration, as these submissions align with the SAMC guidelines for naming a public facility. •Artesia-Pilar Park •El Caminito Park •El Rey Park •John Acuna Park (Santa Ana College Counselor and Adjunct Professor) At the July 25, 2024, Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission (PRCSC) meeting, information was provided on the naming of the subject park. The four submissions were presented to the PRCSC and, as a result, Artesia-Pilar Pocket Park was approved by a vote of 6-0 as a recommendation for Planning Commission determination. At the October 14, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting, information was provided on the naming of the subject park, with the recommendation of Artesia-Pilar Pocket Park. A motion was made and seconded to approve recommending the name Artesia-Pilar Park, without the word “Pocket.” The item was approved by a vote of 6-0-1 (Commissioner Pham absent). Accordingly, Artesia-Pilar Park is recommended to the City Council for their consideration. Per Section 33-8 (a) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code: “Following the decision of the planning commission under section 33-6, the director of planning and development services shall prepare a report for the commission’s action, summarizing the public input, if any, and the reasons for the commission’s decision. Such report shall be submitted to the city council at its first regular meeting occurring at least ten (10) days after the commission’s action. The city council may affirm the commission’s decision, remand the matter back to the planning commission for further consideration, or make its own decision on the matter.” ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT There is no environmental impact associated with this action. Naming of Park between Fairvew and King Streets November 19, 2024 Page 3 4 6 7 5 FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. EXHIBIT(S) 1. Executed Public Facilities Naming No. 2024-01 Resolution Submitted By: Hawk V. Scott, Executive Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager Resolution No. 2024-23 Page 1 of 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-23 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING PUBLIC FACILITIES NAMING NO. 2024-01 NAMING THE PARK LOCATED BETWEEN FAIRVIEW STREET AND KING STREET AS ARTESIA-PILAR PARK BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, and declares as follows: A.The City of Santa Ana is requesting approval of City-initiated Public Facilities Naming (PFN) No. 2024-01 to name the park located between Fairview Street and King Street as Artesia-Pilar Park B.Pursuant to sections 33-5 through 33-8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), all requests for naming or renaming of public streets, public buildings, parks or recreational facilities owned or controlled by the City, shall be referred to the Planning Commission for determination, subject to confirmation by the City Council. Further, the policy guidelines in the SAMC pertaining to the naming of such facilities specify the criteria that shall be used in such determination. C.On July 25, 2024, the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission held a meeting regarding PFN No. 2024-01 and, after receiving information on the item, voted 6-0 to recommend that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution approving “Artesia-Pilar Park” as the name of the park located between Fairview Street and King Street. D.On October 14, 2024 the Planning Commission held a meeting and discussed PFN No. 2024-01. E.Based on the established guidelines, the name of Artesia-Pilar Park satisfies the criteria of SAMC Section 33-6(c)(1) of the SAMC, which directs the promotion of names which serve to identify the location of the subject by reference to district, geographic, environmental or development features in the immediate area. Section 2. The Planning Commission finds and determines that this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because the naming of a public facility (a park) will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change Resolution No. 2024-23 Page 2 of 3 environment and is not a “project,” as defined in section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines. Furthermore, the Resolution falls within the “common sense” CEQA exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3), excluding projects where “it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” Section 3. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby approves Public Facility Naming No. 2024-01 to name the park located between Fairview Street and King Street as “Artesia-Pilar Park.” This decision is based upon the evidence submitted at the above-referenced meeting, which includes, but is not limited to: the Request for Planning Commission Action dated October 14, 2024, and exhibits attached thereto; and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference. ADOPTED this 14th day of October 2024, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners: NOES: Commissioners: ABSENT: Commissioners: ABSTENTIONS: Commissioners: Jennifer Oliva Chairperson APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney By: Melissa M. Crosthwaite Sr. Assistant City Attorney in the environment, as there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on the Carl Benninger, Manuel J. Escamilla, Christopher Leo, Jennifer Oliva, Isuri Ramos, Alan Woo (6) Bao Pham (1) Resolution No. 2024-23 Page 3 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, Nuvia Ocampo, Recording Secretary, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2024-23 to be the original resolution adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana on October 14, 2024. Date: Recording Secretary City of Santa Ana 10/14/2024