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Clerk/Secretary
Department: Recreation & Community Services Item No: C11 Prepared by: Mike Pacheco, Director Meeting Date: April 8, 2025 Approved by: John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Consent Calendar SUBJECT: VISTA CONSERVANCY TRAIL RE-NAMING TO WÍIVAY TRAIL RECOMMENDATION: Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2025- , approving re-naming the Vista Conservancy Trail to the Wíivay Trail.
CORRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Parks and Recreation.
PRIOR ACTION: On September 10, 2024, directed staff to accept two properties owed by the Vista Conservancy (Vote: 5-0).
PRIOR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ACTION: On March 24, 2025, the Parks and Recreation Commission approved a motion to recommend to the City Council that it consider changing the name of the Vista Conservancy Trail to the Wíivay Trail. (Vote: 6-0, Abeyta, absent).
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: The Vista Conservancy Trail, previously named in association with the now-dissolved Vista Conservancy non-profit, requires renaming. This trail segment links Brengle Terrace Park and Wildwood Park, following Buena Vista Creek. There is no city policy for trail naming; however, City Council Policy 400-01, which outlines naming procedures for parks and recreational facilities, is provided for reference (Exhibit 2).
Staff believes a new trail name that reflects the area’s geographic and cultural context would satisfy the criteria outlined in Policy 400-01—specifically Section 4, for identifiable geographic location or feature, and Section 6, for combining geographic and cultural heritage. The trail alignment along Buena Vista Creek and its connection to the developing Wíivay Park supports a consistent naming approach based on location and significance.
Wíivay Park, a new fitness park and trail loop situated at the eastern terminus of Townsite Drive, near 740 Paseo Buena Vista, Vista, CA 92084 is named in recognition of a historic Payómkawichum village site. The San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians has provided the following description of Wíivay and the adjacent segment of Buena Vista Creek:
“Wíivay is an old village site located in what is now known today as Vista. The village was home to the Payómkawichum (People of the West) - the First People of this land and the ancestors of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians. Like today, the Wíivay Park and trail system supported healthy and sustaining lifeways and provided a place for individuals and families alike to call home. The Payómkawichum and their AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-57. Vote: 5-0
MEETING DATE: April 8, 2025
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SUBJECT: VISTA CONSERVANCY TRAIL RE-NAMING TO WÍIVAY TRAIL descendants have stewarded this land since time immemorial. It is important to know where we have come in order to understand and appreciate the responsibilities we have for tomorrow. Welcome to Wíivay!” FISCAL IMPACT: Staff estimate a total budget of $1,500 to replace existing signage. Sufficient funding is available in the Parks Maintenance account (No. 0010525.531700).
EXHIBITS:
1.City Council Resolution No. 2025- , approving re-naming the Vista Conservancy Trail to the Wíivay Trail
2.City Council Policy 400-01, Naming of City Parks
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, RE-NAMING THE VISTA CONSERVANCY TRAIL TO THE WÍIVAY TRAIL
The City Council of the City of Vista does resolve as follows:
1. Findings. The City Council hereby finds and declares the following:
A. The Vista Conservancy Trail, previously named in association with the now- dissolved Vista Conservancy non-profit, requires renaming.
B. On March 24, 2025, the Parks and Recreation Commission approved a motion to recommend to the City Council that it consider changing the name of the Vista Conservancy Trail to the Wíivay Trail. (Vote: 6-0, Abeyta, absent.)
2. Action.
A. The City Council approves renaming the Vista Conservancy Trail to the Wíivay Trail.
3. Adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Vista held on April 8, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
WALTER CHUNG, CITY ATTORNEY
By:
APPROVED
Walter C. Chung
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JOHN B. FRANKLIN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATHY VALDEZ, CITY CLERK
By:
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EXHIBIT 1
Vista City Council Policy
400 -01 NAMING OF CITY PARKS
PURPOSE
To provide guidelines for selecting names for new city parks and recreation facilities.
POLICY
When selecting names for a city park or recreation facility, the name must meet one of the following criteria:
1. The name of an individual may be used. However, that individual must have contributed significantly, over a substantial period of time, to the quality of life for Vistans. He /she must have been identified as a Vista resident or employed within the City of Vista.
2. The name of an individual may also be used if that individual, or representatives of that individual, provides a substantial donation toward the cost of providing a city park or recreation facility, i.e., Joselyn Center, Brengle Terrace Park, Thibodo Park, etc.
3. The name of an organization may be used if the organization provides a substantial donation toward the construction or ongoing maintenance of the park or recreation facility, i.e., Rotary Lane, Soroptimist Park, Exchange Parkette, etc.
4. An identifiable geographic location or feature, i.e., Breeze Hill Park, Live Oak Park, etc.
5. A name that provides a link in the City's heritage, more specifically its Hispanic heritage, i.e., Rancho Buena Vista, etc.
6. Names using combination of the above. Especially names that provide a link to the City's Spanish heritage which are of identifiable geographic features, i.e., Buena Vista Creek Park, Rancho Guajome Park, etc.
HISTORY
Adopted January 28, 1986.
Amended March 26, 2002, Resolution No. 2002 -82.
Amended September 13, 2011, Resolution No. 2011 -148.
400 -01 (1)
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EXHIBIT 2