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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 7.1 NeighborParkDubRanCITY CLERK FILE # 920-60 AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: February 20, 2001 SUBJECT: Naming of Neighborhood Park in Dublin Ranch Phase I Development. Report by Diane Lowart, Parks & Community Services Director ATTACHMENTS: None RECOMMENDATION: ~ . FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Select a name from the Parks & Community Services Commission recommendations or determine an alternate name. None DESCRIPTION: In spring of 1999 the schematic design for the five acre neighborhood park in the Dublin Ranch Phase I development was approved by both the Parks & Community Services Commission and City Council. The park is being built by Shea Homes, the master developer for Dublin Ranch Phase I. Upon completion, the park will be dedicated to the City. The park is bordered by Oak Bluff Lane on the north, Noah Dublin Ranch Drive on the west, Antone Way on the south and a future elementary school on the east. An intermittent stream corridor runs along the west and noah edges of the park. Features of the park include a children's play area, baseball field, soccer field, and basketball and sand volleyball courts. A DSRSD pump' station/restroom building is also located in the park. To date, the park has been referred to as Dublin Ranch Neighborhood Park as the City Council has not taken official action to name the park. As has been done with other new parks in the City, the Parks & Community Services Commission was requested to select up to three names for the park for consideration by the City Council. The guidelines used by the Commission to determine the suggested park names are shown below. 1. Geographic Location a. Major Street b. Water Bodies c. Hills/Ridgelines d. Subdivision Names 2. Landscaping a. Indigenous Trees or Plantings b. Topography 3. Historic Significance 4. Name of People - Living or Deceased 5. Traditionally Known As... COPIES TO: F:\Capital ProjectsXDBRNCHPK\cc 2-20 drpk riame.doc Parks & Community Services Commission ITEM NO. it.l_ The names recommended by the Commission are as follows: Antone Park Antone Ranch Park Dublin Ranch Park By way of information, the Antone Family was a large property owner in the eastern Dublin area in the early 1900's. Mr. Antone offered land for a schoolhouse if the families could collect enough money to build a schoolhouse. Twelve hundred and eighty dollars was raised and the schoolhouse was built in 1912 on Tassajara Road. The school was named for Antone. The original schoolhouse is still standing, albeit in poor condition. It is the recommendation of Staff that the City Council select a park name from the list recommended by the Parks & Community Services Commission or determine an altemate name.