TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: SILVIA AVALOS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, PARKS & RECREATION
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Naming of Preserve Town Center Park Site.
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt the name “Glenn Duncan Town Center Park” as the name of the new park set to be part of the Town Center block project in The Preserve.
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FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above further the City’s values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
• Positive City Image
• Responsible Long-Range Planning
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BACKGROUND
The City’s park naming guidelines provide several steps during the process. First, a list of potential park names are compiled from suggestions submitted by the public, City staff, and the developer. The suggestions are then forwarded to the Community Services, Parks & Recreation Commission for review. The Commission has the option to review the names as an entire body or through a Sub-Committee prior to making a final recommendation to the full Commission. The Commission’s final recommendation is then forwarded to the City Council for final adoption. The park naming guidelines allow a park or facility to be named after an individual, living or deceased, who has provided a significant contribution to the development or improvement of the quality of life in the City (i.e. Ruben S. Ayala Park, Fred Aguiar Square, Carolyn Owens Centennial Square). Further, the park sites can be based on themes that characterize the individual park sites, such as neighborhood street names or significant site landmarks (i.e. Liberty Park, Walnut Park, Mountain View Park).
The development of The Preserve area includes the construction of a park required by the development agreement with Lewis Operation Corporation (LOC). As conditioned by the Preserve Development Agreement, the developer is required to design and construct a park in lieu of paying development impact fees for these facilities.
Unlike other City park development projects, the park sites in The Preserve are designed and constructed prior to residents moving into the neighborhoods adjoining the proposed park sites. In those cases, the parks are being constructed prior to or during construction of the adjacent tracts in order to have the parks completed when the model homes open to the public.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
LOC is currently in development of a 10+ acre public park located in The Preserve. This park is being developed as part of the Town Center block project, located south of Market Avenue and east of Main Street. This Town Center block will also include a new joint use public community center and San Bernardino County Library, and a new K-8 school surrounding this park. This park proposes the following amenities: a dog park, amphitheater, half-basketball court, outdoor fitness court, jogging track, open turf field, tot lot, shade structure, barbeques, splash pad, and public restrooms. The park is anticipated to open in late 2025.
The name being proposed by LOC for this park is Glenn Duncan Town Center Park. LOC would like to acknowledge and commemorate former Council Member Glenn Duncan for over 30 years of dedicated community service and for significantly contributing to improving the quality of life in the City of Chino. He was instrumental in the planning and approval of The Preserve development; therefore, LOC believes it would be fitting to honor former Council Member Glenn Duncan by naming this new park in the heart of The Preserve community after him.
On January 22, 2024, the Community Services, Parks & Recreation Commission met and voted unanimously in favor of recommending Glenn Duncan Town Center Park to be submitted to the City Council for adoption. At the Commission meeting, two residents stated their support for this recommendation. Staff is requesting City Council adopt Glenn Duncan Town Center Park as the name for The Preserve Town Center park site.
Attachment: Park Naming Policy; Conceptual Site Design