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Planning and Building Agency <br />santa-ana.org/departments/planning-and-building/ <br />Item # 10 <br />or City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />August 1, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Update on Historic Street Sign Toppers - Informational Quick Reference (QR) <br />Code Signs <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Update on Historic Street Sign Toppers - Informational Quick Reference (QR) Code <br />Signs. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Receive and file an update on Historic Street Sign Toppers and informational Quick <br />Reference (QR) code signs. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On December 6, 2022, the Planning and Building Agency presented an update to the <br />City Council on the 2022-2023 Historic Resources Commission Historic Preservation <br />Work Program, which stemmed from a 2020 process for communication between the <br />Historic Resources Commission (HRC) and the City Council that was established to <br />communicate feedback related to various historic items and issues. During the <br />December 6, 2022 City Council meeting, Councilmember Bacerra discussed the <br />different components of the Work Program and expressed a strong desire to establish <br />content on the City's website commemorating the historic individuals for whom various <br />parks, facilities, and street sign toppers are named. <br />Following this discussion, the Planning Division facilitated a series of discussions with <br />the Library Department and the Public Works Agency to brainstorm ideas to: 1) Develop <br />content on the City's Library Department webpages documenting and commemorating <br />historic individuals in the City's history; and 2) Bridge that content with the community <br />by making the information available through an easily -accessible format in public <br />settings. Because Helen Marie Shipp is the first historic individual commemorated <br />through the City's ceremonial street sign toppers along a portion of Willits Street near <br />Raitt Street, the Library Department initiated its online content with a new landing <br />webpage containing a biography of Shipp and a map showing the portion of Willits <br />Street containing Helen M. Shipp Way and Black History Square. The new landing page <br />is accessible online by visiting www.santa-ana.org/honorary-street-names/ . <br />