MEETING DATE: April 19, 2022
PROJECT NAME: Honorary Street Name Change – “Captain Moore Avenue” PROJECT LOCATION: A segment of South Powers Avenue between East Yosemite Avenue and Marin Street APPLICATION NUMBER: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council take the following action:
Adopt a Resolution approving the Honorary Street Name Change to “Captain Moore Avenue” for a segment of South Powers Avenue between East Yosemite Avenue and Marin Street.
Project DescriptioN & LOCATION
This project is a request from the Manteca Fire Department for an Honorary Street Name Change to “Captain Moore Avenue” for the segment of South Powers Avenue between East Yosemite Avenue and Marin Street. This request is to honor Manteca Fire Captain Tom Moore, who made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in the line of duty on June 16, 1999. He was a Fire Captain at the fire station on South Powers Avenue. See Figure 1 for project location.
An Honorary Street Name Change does not change the name of the street, nor does it change any addresses. An Honorary Street Name is simply applied next to the current existing street name.
Figure 1: Project Location: Segment of South Powers Avenue between East Yosemite Avenue and Marin Street, shown in yellow.
ANALYSIS
The proposed Honorary Street Name Change was reviewed with respect to conformance with:
Manteca General Plan
Manteca Municipal Code
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
General Plan Compliance
The General Plan acknowledges that Fire protection and emergency response is essential for the well-being of Manteca residents and is fundamental to attract many types of business to the community. The Manteca Fire Department provides these essential services to the City of Manteca. The Fire Protection policies of the General Plan show a commitment to providing prompt and adequate service to the community. Without a functioning Fire Department, the growth and development of Manteca would not be possible. As such, the evaluation of this honorary street renaming under the General Plan is not about whether the General Plan supports this symbol of recognition. Rather, this section will briefly touch on whether the physical sign and its placement conform to the General Plan. The proposed honorary street name change is supported by the following General Plan goals and policies.
Circulation Implementation C-I-15: All new signs, striping, and traffic signals shall be consistent with the latest edition of the (California) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
Analysis: This project’s signage will comply with all applicable code regulations and standards, and any other applicable regulations and standards, including the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
Circulation Implementation C-I-13: The City shall identify and remove, as feasible, obstacles limiting corner-site distances at existing street corners.
Analysis: The signage for the name change will comply with all safety standards for signs at corners. The thoughtful placement of the sign will ensure that corner-site distances at the existing street corners will not be limited or hindered in any way. If at any time it is found that the signage does impede corner-site distances, the applicant of this sign will be notified and the signage can be modified if necessary.
Municipal Code compliance
The proposed honorary street name sign must show compliance with the standards listed in Chapter 16.24, Street Name Changes, within the Subdivisions section of the Municipal Code. Based on the Code, the City is allowed to approve a section of a street for a renaming on a case-by-case basis (16.24.040 Process). The City Council is the reviewing authority for requests to establish honorary street names on existing, addressed streets that are supported by petitions signed by at least seventy-five percent of all impacted property owners who approve of the request.
This request was initiated by a petition by the Manteca Fire Department and 100% of the impacted property owners signed the petition to support the request. The petition supporters include the property owners of 115 South Powers Avenue, 165 South Powers Avenue, 245 South Powers Avenue, 249 South Powers Avenue, 290 South Powers Avenue, and 294 South Powers Avenue. Figure 2 below identifies the location of these property owners. This list of signees indicates that 100% of the property owners along this segment of South Powers Avenue support this honorary name change. This support is a true testament to the service of Captain Moore.
Figure 2: Property Owners on South Powers Avenue
in Support of Honorary Street Name Change
Section 16.24.070 identifies the following requirements to establish an Honorary Street Name:
Sign Additions. Honorary street signs will be mounted immediately adjacent to the existing street signs.
Analysis: The sign for this name change will follow all requirements related to signage placement and will be mounted immediately adjacent to the existing street signs.
Duration of Placement. Honorary street signs can be permanent or temporary. The durations of temporary honorary street signs will be set by the development director, or assigned designee.
Analysis: The signage for this Honorary Street Name Change is proposed to be permanent.
Sign Maintenance: The applicant will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of honorary street signs. If the applicant is unable to provide for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of the honorary street signs, the signs will be removed.
Analysis: The Manteca Fire Department is responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the signage for this honorary street name change at the designated segment of South Powers Avenue. If they are unable to provide for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of these honorary street signs, the signs will be removed.
The individual who is to be honored is deceased.
Analysis: The individual to be honored with this Honorary Street Name Change is Manteca Fire Captain Tom Moore, who died in the line of duty on June 16, 1999.
The application for the Honorary Street Name includes clear evidence that Captain Moore had a strong, positive impact on the Manteca community and made significant contributions that promoted Manteca’s economic vitality, culture, and sense of civic pride.
Analysis: Manteca Fire Captain Tom Moore was a dedicated Manteca firefighter for over 20 years, and was also a devoted resident and volunteer in the community. He was known as a fun-loving, caring individual, and a people person.
After only 6 years with the Department, he was promoted to Captain. This promotion was attributed to his excellent leadership skills, as well as the technical skills he had acquired, including having certifications as a California Certified Fire Officer, a Hazardous Materials Specialist, and a regional instructor for hazardous materials and a computer program, CAMEO. He gave back to the community and shared his knowledge by being an instructor for the American Rescue Institute, teaching heavy rescue, confined space, and cliff rescue.
As a firefighter, he was familiar with treating the physical needs of people at emergency scenes but also sought to treat the spiritual needs of people. Captain Moore developed a Chaplain program, which treats the emotional needs of family and friends who have witnessed fire and life-safety emergencies. With his desire to mentor others, particularly youth, he was also a counselor for the City’s Juvenile fire setter program.
Captain Tom Moore was an asset not only to the Manteca Fire Department, but also to his family, God, his church, and his community. He selflessly gave his time and expertise back and helped others, through his profession and with his personal time. Through all of his efforts, Captain Tom Moore truly had a positive impact on the Manteca community and made significant contributions that promoted Manteca’s culture of family, safety, and civic pride.
The request for this Honorary Name Change was routed to all affected departments and outside agencies. No opposing comments were received.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This project is determined to be exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15061(b)(3), Common Sense Exemption, because this project only involves an honorary street name change and does not involve a change in any existing land use, and it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this project may have a significant effort on the environment; and Report prepared by: Mallorie Fenrich, Associate Planner Attachments:
2. City Council Resolution
3. Application and Petition
Reviewed by:
Lea Simvoulakis, Planning Manager Date Approved by:
Chris Erias, Development Services Director Date
ATTACHMENT 1
City of Manteca City Council
PROJECT REPORT