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HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY SERVICES
DATE:
SUBJECT:
JULY 12, 2004 CMR: 352:04
PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND PALO ALTO
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDATION TO CITY
COUNCIL TO NAME THE SOUTH OF FOREST COORDINATED
AREA PLAN PHASE I PARK AS "PALO ALTO HERITAGE
PARK"
RECOMMENDATION
The Parks and Recreation Commission, the Palo Alto Historical Association and staff
recommend.that the City Council name the dedicated park land at the comer of Homer
Avenue and Waverley Street (referred to as the South of Forest Coordinated Area Plan
Phase I Park) as Palo Alto Heritage Park. If City Council approves the Commission
recommendation, staff recommends that Council approve the ordinance amending Palo
Alto Municipal Code Section 22.08.390 to formally name the dedicated park land called
the South of Forest Coordinated Area Plan Phase I Park as Palo Alto Heritage Park
(Attachment A).
COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
At its iMay 5, 2004 regular meeting, the Board of Directors of the Palo Alto Historical
Association (PAHA) received a report from the Association’s Landmarks and Street
Names Committee. The committee recommended five names to the Board of Directors:
Joseph Davis Park; Russel Van A. Lee Park; Anna Zschokke Park; Birge Clark Park; and
Palo Alto Heritage Park. Because there was not a consensus of the committee on
preferred names, the list was not ranked by preference. After some discussion, The Board
approved a motion that the name "Palo Alto Heritage Park" be recommended to the City
Council, and that the names Dr. Joseph Davis Park, Anna Zschokke Park and Dr. Russel
Van A. Lee Park be provided for consideration as historically appropriate names.
At its May 25, 2004 regular meeting, the Parks and Recreation Commission
(Commission) conducted a public hearing on the naming of the park, reviewed the four
names forwarded by PAHA and the historical rationale that was used to support these
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recommendations. It determined that none of the names were incompatible with the
intended use of the park, and voted unanimously to recommend the name "Palo Alto
Heritage Park" to the City Council.
On June 7, 2004, Council reviewed the name recommended by the Palo Alto Parks and
Recreation Commission, voted unanimously to ratify the name Palo Alto Heritage Park,
and directed staff to retnrn with the resolution and .ordinance necessary to formally adopt
the name.
TDcI~LINE
August 2, 2004
August 26, 2004
September 30, 2004
Second reading of the ordinance
The name of the park becomes legal
GIS, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) records, map books,
planning documents amended to reflect the new name Palo
Alto Heritage Park
PREPARED BY:
DEPARTMENT APPROVAL:
G~G BETTY"
Superintendent, Open Space & Science
Director, Coro~u~y Serwces
cITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
EM~TY~LM~S ON~
Assistant City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A:Ordinance amending Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 22.08.390 to
formally name the dedicated park land called the South of Forest
Coordinated Area Plan Phase I Park as the Palo Alto Heritage Park
CC:Parks and Recreation Commission
Pal0 Alto Historical Association
CMR:352:04 Pa~e 2 of 2
**NOT YET APPROVED**
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO
ALTO AMENDING SECTION 22.08.390 OF CHAPTER 22.08
OF TITLE 2 OF THE PALO ALTO MI!NICIPAL CODE TO
RENAME THE SOUTH OF FOREST COORDINATED AREA PLAN
PHASE I PARK AS PALO ALTO HERITAGE PARK
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
follows:
SECTION i. Section 22.08.390 of Chapter 22.08 of Title
2 of the PaloAlto Municipal Code is hereby amended to read, as
follows:
~22.08.380. Heritage Park. That certain 2.01 acre
parcel of land, a portion of the land formerly known as
the Palo Alto Medical Foundation site and the South of
Forest Coordinated Area Plan Phase I Park, as delineated
and described in Exhibit A-26 attached to this chapter
and incorporated herein by this reference, is reserved
for park, playground, recreation and/or conservation
purposes; provided however, that underground reservoir,
well and pump station facilities necessary for emergency
water supply may be located at this site subject to the
following requirements:
i. The reservoir,well and pump station structures
shall be located underground.Any above-ground
appurtenances, such as ventilation devices, shall be
incorporated into the park design and shall ~support a
park use.
2. The design, location and operation of the reservoir,
well and pump station structures shall not significantly
interfere with or limit park design alternatives.
3. The design, location and operation of the reservoir,
well and pump station structures shall not result in a
net loss of trees or park acreage.
4. The underground reservoir, well and pump station
structures shall be located at a sufficient depth so as
to not preclude turf, landscape or tree plantings.
5. A park improvement ordinance shall be adopted in
conformance with Municipal Code section 22.08.005 prior
to construction of the reservoir, well and pump
station."
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**NOT YET APPROVED**
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective
thirty-first day after the date of its adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mayor
APPROVED:
City Attorney City Manager
Director of Community
Services
Director of Administrative
Services
the
LEGEND:
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