Resolution No. 2025-25
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING PUBLIC
FACILITIES NAMING NO. 202 5-01 NAMING THE PARK
LOCATED AT 712 SOUTH BRISTOL STREET AS
NUESTRO 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. 2025-01 to name the park located at 712 S. Bristol Street as “Nuestro 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 2 4, 202 5, the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission held a meeting regarding PFN No. 202 5-01 and, after receiving information on the item, voted 8 -0 to recommend that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution approving “ Nuestro Park” as the name of the park located at 712 S. Bristol Street;
D. On August 25, 2025, the Planning Commission held a meeting and discussed PFN No. 2025-01;
E. Based on the established guidelines, the Planning Commission determined that the name of “Nuestro Park” satisfies the criteria of SAMC Section 33-6(c)(1) of the SAMC, which directs the promotion of names which references the history of the subject site or its 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 in the environment, as there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on the Resolution No. 2025-25
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.”
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ion 3. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby approves Public Facility Naming No. 202 5-01 to name the park located at 712 S. Bristol Street as “Nuestro 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 August 25, 2025, and exhibits attached thereto; and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference.
ADOPTED this 25th day of August 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners: Carl Benninger, Manuel J. Escamilla, Christopher Leo, Bao Pham, Jennifer Oliva, Isuri S. R amos,
Alan Woo (7)
NOES: Commissioners:
ABSENT
: Commissioners:
ABSTENTIONS: Commissioners:
Isuri S. Ramos
Chairperson
APPRO
VED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:
Melissa M. Crosthwaite
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Resolution No. 2025-25
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, G
EMA ZAPIEN, Acting Recording Secretary, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2025-25 to be the original resolution adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana on August 25, 2025.
Date: _____08/25/2025_______ ____________________________________ Gema Zapien
Acting Recording Secretary
City of Santa Ana